When it comes to compiling a Northern Soul compilation, Harmless Records couldn’t have selected a better compiler than Kev Roberts for their latest Backbeats’ compilation Metropolis Stomp Time. After all, Kev Roberts life has been Northern Soul since Northern Soul’s heyday. Kev Roberts started off as a DJ at the legendary Wigan Casino, and in the intervening forty years, has been a promoter, owned record labels, been a radio presenter and a songwriter and producer. Then there’s the small matter of Kev compiling over 300 albums. To that number he can add one more, Metropolis Stomp Time which was one of the latest batch of Backbeats’ compilations.
Metropolis Stomp Time features thirty-one tracks from a truly eclectic selection of artists. There’s everyone from Little Richard, Paul Anka, Chuck Jackson, Inez and Charlie Foxx, The Just Brothers, Melba Moore, Maxine Brown and The Shirelles. These tracks were released on labels like RCA, Wand, Columbia, Date, Scepter, King, Dynamo, Garrison and Musicor. It seems Kev Roberts who came up with the idea for Metropolis Stomp Time has looked through every corner of his extensive and unrivaled collection of Northern Soul records. The result is a peerless collection of Northern Soul that’ll appeal to Northern Soul veterans and newcomers alike. That’s what you’d expect from a man whose life has revolved around Northern Soul.
Indeed, if you’ve never bought a Northern Soul compilation, this is a good place to start. Every one a winner, without any filler describes Kev’s selection. This should give you a flavor of one of Kev’s DJ sets, forty years ago at the Wigan Casino. Back then Northern Soul was a true musical phenomena. In the intervening forty years, Northern Soul’s popularity has never faltered, and its followers appetite for compilations like Metropolis Stomp Time has never waned. However, unlike many compilations, Metropolis Stomp Time has thirty-one quality tracks. Picking just a few of Metropolis Stomp Time’s highlights won’t be easy.
Full Review:
http://dereksmusicblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/28/backbeats-metropolis-stomp-time-northern-soul-from-the-big-city/
trax:
1. I'll Always Need You - Dean Courtney 2. Walk Like A Man - Johnny Moore 3. Get Down With It - Little Richard 4. I Can't Help Loving You - Paul Anka 5. I Need You - Shane Martin 6. Cause You're Mine - The Vibrations 7. Change Your Ways - Willie Kendrick 8. Do You Love Me Baby - The Masqueraders 9. Ain't No Soul (Left In These Old Shoes) - Ronnie Milsap 10. Try Me For Your New Love - Junior McCants 11. Help Me - Al Wilson 12. In The Long Run - Curtis Blandon 13. I Got What It Takes - Brooks & Jerry 14. One In A Million - Maxine Brown 15. They'll Never Know Why - Freddy Chavez 16. Livin' The Nightlife - The Charts 17. This Man - Wally Cox 18. Never Love A Robin - Barbara & Brenda 19. Tightrope - Inez & Charlie Foxx 20. You Can't Keep A Good Man Down - The Gentlemen Four 21. Let's Get Back Together - The Honeybees 22. Please Stay - The Ivories 23. These Chains Of Love (Are Breaking Me Down) - Chuck Jackson 24. Carlena - The Just Brothers 25. That's No Way To Treat A Girl - Marie Knight 26. Dearly Beloved - Jack Montgomery 27. The Magic Touch - Melba Moore 28. My Heart Cries For You - Porgy & The Monarchs 29. Last Minute Miracle - The Shirelles 30. I Got My Heart Set On You - The Toys 31. I've Got To Live While I Can - Freddie Williams
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BONUS 1 OF 4
NORTHERN SOUL…Rare As Hen’s Teeth (Goldmine Soul Supply)
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The laws of supply and demand drive Northern soul with a force unrivaled in other areas of record collecting -- it speaks volumes about the genre that its most identifiable record, Frank Wilson's long-unreleased Motown classic "Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)," is also its most valuable, with a copy changing hands for £15,000 in 1998. While none of the tracks comprising the Goldmine compilation Northern Soul: Rare as Hen's Teeth fetch nearly so much on the secondary market, its appearance is nevertheless cause for celebration among collectors -- few if any of the tracks overlap with pre-existing anthologies, and most will be unfamiliar to all but the most obsessive Northern soul enthusiasts. Collections of this kind always run the risk of sacrificing quality in the name of scarcity, but by and large the music here deserves digital resurrection -- highlights include the Videls' "Ain't Gonna Do You No Good," Derek Martin's "Show Me That You Miss Me," and Matthew Barnett's "If Your Love Is Real." (Allmusic)
1. If Your Love Is Real - Barnett, Mathew
2. I'm Not Satisfied - Dream Team
3. Blessed With A Love - Tranells
4. Ain't Gonna Do You No Good - Videls
5. Show Me That You Miss Me - Martin, Derek
6. Weekend - Hall, Sidney
7. Clip My Wings - Archibald, Anetta
8. Kiss A Good Thing Goodbye - Watts, Wendell
9. I Can Feel Him Slipping Away - Bowie, Tobbi
10. Have Your Fun - Topics
11. Afraid Of Love - Maestro, Johnny
12. Wave A Banner - Feldman, Artie
13. Open The Door To Your Heart - Walker, Jay
14. Give Me A Helping Hand - Johnson, Pat
15. It Was Only Yesterday - Binns, Clifford
16. Stop And Let Yourself Go - Embracers
17. Dancing A Hole In The World - Delphs, Jimmy
18. Save Your Love For Me - Butler, Freddie
19. You're So Fine - Papa Bear & The Cubs
20. Live My Life For Myself - Reactions
21. What Price For Love - Heatwaves
22. Did My Baby Call - Professionals
INFO
http://www.play.com/Music/CD/-/27/30/-/1012096/Northern_Soul_Rare_As_Hen_Teeth/Product.html
BONUS 2 OF 4
Eddy Edmundson’s SOUL IN THE SUN (Goldmine Soul Supply)
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1. Catch That Teardrop - Five Royales
2. Jeanette - Flemons, Wade
3. Tell Me I'm Yours - Simmons, Fay
4. I Can't Please You - Robins, Jimmy
5. My Baby's Been Cheating - Reed, A.C.
6. If I Could Only Be Sure - Porter, Nolan
7. Girl I Love You - Green, Garland
8. I Cried My Life Away - Navarro, Tommy
9. My Love Keeps Getting Stronger - Ridgley, Tommy
10. You Should O' Held On - 7th Avenue Aviators
11. Emperor Of My Baby's Heart - Harris, Kurt
12. Take A Giant Step - Profiles
13. I Love Her So Much It Hurts - Majestics
14. Please Stay - Ivorys
15. No One To Love - Lewis, Pat
16. Voltaire Pier - Chocolate Boys
17. You Made Me This Way - Vann, Ila
18. You Brought It On Yourself - Hall, Barbara
19. There Can Be A Better Way - Smith Brothers
20. Independent Woman - Jones, Jan
21. Making My Daydream Real - We The People
22. Cry Myself To Sleep - Hughes, Rhetta
INFO
http://www.northernsouldirect.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=146
BONUS 3 OF 4
FREDDY CANNON - Just About As Good As It Gets: The Original Rock ’n’ Roll Recordings 1956-1961 @320
CD1
http://www75.zippyshare.com/v/61902758/file.html
CD2
http://www75.zippyshare.com/v/41660587/file.html
Still a great crowd-pleaser on the oldies rock ‘n’ roll circuit, Massachusetts-born Freddy “Boom Boom” Cannon was by far the rowdiest pop charting vocalist on both sides of the Atlantic during the 1959-1963 lull between the big guns of the mid 50s and mid 60s. Not so much singing as barnstorming his way through a succession of hit singles and a couple of best-selling albums, his recordings vibrated with echo, resounding percussion, syncopated hand-clapping, much background whooping & hollering and some stinging guitar licks from session man Kenny Paulson. Subtle, he and his producers were not! Freddy Cannon’s recordings leapt out of the radio with a unique blast of energy and let’s have a good time invitation to party. The first American rockin’ popster of the era to top the UK album charts, Mr Picariello (you didn’t think he was born a cannon, did ya?) also holds the record for the most appearances - 110 - on US TV’s American Bandstand. This explosive 2CD set includes all of his hit singles and album tracks from the time when he was a kick up the backside to the more sedate options of the day; his recordings still immensely more fun than a night in with Coldplay.
1 Freddy Cannon Tallahassee Lassie 2 Freddy Cannon Buzz Buzz A-Diddle-It 3 Freddy Cannon Way Down Yonder In New Orleans 4 Freddy Cannon Okefenokee 5 Freddy Cannon The House Of Blue Lights 6 Freddy Cannon Indiana 7 Freddy Cannon For Me And My Gal 8 Freddy Cannon Kansas City 9 Freddy Cannon Boston 10 Freddy Cannon My Blue Heaven 11 Freddy Cannon The Blacksmith Blues 12 Freddy Cannon Muskrat Ramble 13 Freddy Cannon Transistor Sister 14 Freddy Cannon The Urge 15 Freddy Cannon Blue Plate Special 16 Freddy Cannon Happy Shades Of Blue 17 Freddy Cannon California Here I Come 18 Freddy Cannon St. Louis Blues 19 Freddy Cannon Blue Suede Shoes 20 Freddy Cannon Kookie Hat 21 Freddy Cannon Humdinger 22 Freddy Cannon Carolina In The Morning 23 Freddy Cannon Jump Over 24 Freddy Cannon Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy 25 Freddy Cannon Sweet Georgia Brown 26 Freddy Cannon Two Thousand-88 CD 2 1 Freddy Cannon Way Down Yonder In New Orleans (Reprocessed Stereo) 2 Freddy Cannon Indiana (Alternate Stereo Recording) 3 Freddy Cannon Kansas City (Alternate Stereo Recording) 4 Freddy Cannon Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue 5 Freddy Cannon St. Louis Blues (Alternate Stereo Recording) 6 Freddy Cannon Blue Skies 7 Freddy Cannon Boston (Alternate Stereo Recording) 8 Freddy Cannon Bye Bye Blues 9 Freddy Cannon The Old Piano Roll Blues 10 Freddy Cannon California Here I Come (Alternate Stereo Recording) 11 Freddy Cannon Carolina In The Morning (Alternate Stereo Recording) 12 Freddy Cannon Sweet Georgia Brown (Alternate Stereo Recording) 13 Freddy Cannon Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy (Alternate Stereo Recording) 14 Freddy Cannon Deep In The Heart Of Texas 15 Freddy Cannon Alice Blue Gown 16 Freddy Cannon Lavender Blue 17 The Spindrifts ft. Freddy Cannon Belinda 18 The G-Clefs ft. Freddy Cannon Ka-Ding Dong 19 The Spindrifts ft. Freddy Cannon Cha Cha Doo 20 Freddy Cannon Fractured 21 Freddy Cannon Cuernavaca Choo Choo 22 Freddy Cannon Tallahassie Lassie (Alternate Stereo Recording) 23 Freddy Cannon Walk To The Moon 24 Freddy Cannon Opportunity 25 Freddy Cannon You Know 26 Freddy Cannon Deep In The Heart Of Texas (Alternate Stereo Recording)
INFO
http://www.smithco.nl/catalog/Rock-n-Roll---Just-about-as-good-as-it-gets/freddy-cannon---the-boston-boom-boom-boy-just-about-as-good-as-it-gets/
BONUS 4 OF 4 (By Request)
IMELDA MAY - Tribal ’14 (Expanded) @320
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Dubliner Imelda May has done handsomely out of planting herself at the junction where rockabilly, burlesque and street-corner sassiness meet, and her fourth album doesn't tinker with the recipe. There's no need: Tribal's title track, in fact, alludes to the pleasures of existing outside music's mainstream. In May's hands, rockabilly is a feral form, vitally alive and compelling. When she really gets her teeth into a song, it's impossible not to be swept away by the whirlwind of pounding percussion, rootsy guitar and ravenous vocals – the two opening tracks are a lesson in ferocity. (And the second, Wild Woman, an essay in primal female desire: "I knew a girl once upon a time/ She grew into a werewolf/ That monster was all mine/ She was incarcerated inside my skin"). The real stunners, though, are the slow-burners: Gypsy in Me and Wicked Way are nuanced blues numbers, the latter made deliciously sleazy by B-movie trumpet fills; the delicacy of Little Pixie, inspired by first-time motherhood, is charming rather than sickly. This album is no time capsule; it's fresh and bracing. (The Guardian)
Her follow-up to the popular Mayhem finds Imelda May still indulging the boisterous rapscallion character suggested by titles like “Wild Woman”, “Hellfire Club” and “Gypsy In Me”. The title-track sets the tone, an aptly-named rockabilly stomp celebrating the appeal of rock’n’roll in fine Cramps style, with chugging guitars over rolling snare and tom-tom beat. The self-portrait “Wild Woman” employs similar grinding, greasy charm, its careering riff recalling both “Rock Lobster” and the old Batman theme, while elsewhere a sleazy burlesque trumpet is stirred into “Wicked Way”, and the slow blues croon “Gypsy In Me” is ravaged by scrubbed guitar distortion. But there’s sweetness to balance the earthier aspects, especially in “Little Pixie”, a lilting portrait of a new-born baby. (The Independent)
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Thank you.
Imelda May!! Hot cha!!! Gracias!!!!
kevinpat
Thanks for the Harmless comp, and all the bonuses, never heard Imelda May and I'm curious.
Thank you for all the goodies! Have a great summer! Take care, br, JD
Quiz: What does Imelda May have in common with Ricky Nelson?
Her husband, Darrel Highman did a very nice tribute album to Ricky Nelson & it was posted on this blog on April 4, 2014
Thanks
These look awesome! Any chance for a re-up?
Mahalo!
I'd love to repost it but unfortunately I can't find it in my archives right now. As soon as I find it I'll repost it!
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