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32 pm no comments labels soul friday march 13 2026 keepin on gittin down today is this blog s 20 th anniversary it s a stretch to say it has been active for all those years as in recent times there have been quite a few shall we say hibernations but in any event i think it s an anniversary worth noting i realise i m noting this landmark with my first post of 2026 but let s hope it kick starts me onto a few more posts this year i have one half written started as long ago as the first week of february it would have been finished and posted back then but i then felt a bit meh for a few days and it stopped me in my tracks subsequently the words that were bouncing around inside my cranium did no more than that the writer s block kicked in again as i say it s half way there although it was a bit of ramble but with a bit of editing and a following wind i am hopeful it will manifest itself in another post soon i don t do new year s resolution s but at the start of the year i made a decision that amounted to one i suppose i have over 6 000 records now and that is too many so i have embarked on something of a purge well the intent is there at least and i have hardly bought anything in the charity shops this year either i have taken a methodical approach to this venture which has initially involved documenting my album collection 1 700 albums on discogs so that our children might have a better idea of the records that are actually of real monetary value in the event they are suddenly left with this vinyl mountain in ploughing through this task i have been pulling out albums that i think i could let go i am giving them one last chance on the turntable to extend their life in my collection i say one last chance in truth i think some of these records were bought over the last 15 years or so and tucked away in the collection without ever being played i am having some success in the weeding out but i know i am not being ruthless enough and i will need to have another lap of the process next winter summer is not the time for such things i have made a few half hearted attempts at purges in the last 10 years or so i find it almost impossible to purge records i bought back in the 70s as i find i have a strong emotional tie to them even if they hardly ever get a play i can picture them in the collection and that seems sufficient and can preserve the memories one such album i felt sure would be purged this time was my copy of l t d s gittin down i reckon i bought this in 1976 it might have been 1977 though as that wa s when they had some success with the single back in love again which may have been the reason i was attracted to this album anywaty it has been in the collection for about 50 years now it has a sticker on it that reminds me where i bought it disc n tape on bristol s gloucester rd sadly no longer there it succumbed i think just before the vinyl comeback happened i can still picture the second hand bins where i bought a fair few records there were good bargains to be had although the layout of the rest of the shop is very fuzzy so the album scores high on the memories front but i think i have only ever played it a handful of times anyway onto the turntable it went and i played it through all of it and it s a keeper l t d love togetherness devotion were originally sam dave s backing band a fact i have only just discovered and had a run of 10 albums released between 1974 and 1983 gittin down was their debut album jeffrey osborne was one of their main vocalists until he left the band in 1980 to go solo in 1974 when this album was released it was all the rage for band members to have their star signs shown on the album cover and so we learn l t d contained three libra two sagittarius one cancer one pisces one gemini one scorpio and one virgo i think after all these years i may have finally got around to properly listening to this album and what strikes me is the overall upbeat feel the interplay between the vocals and horns are great and the sound has what i can only describe as an open and airy quality it has a sort of joyous outdoorsy feel street i suppose now i come to think of it that is a feel i associate with a number soul and funk albums from the early 70s it s very much of its time and has firmly hit my nostalgia button the sound i might describe as light and airy the album art maybe a riot of bright colours on a white background but this is one tough album it s now survived probably three purges in recent years back from the brink and after some years ago being relegated to division two in my own quirky way of organising my collection it has now proudly properly taken it s place in division one l t d groove for a little while 1974 l t d your love is the answer 1974 ps happy birthday candi staton posted by darcy at 5 19 pm 2 comments labels funk soul wednesday december 24 2025 the feel it advent ure 2025 door 24 so that s it for another year it seems to go quicker every year a cliché but true compliments of the season to you all enjoy your holidays i have made a spotify mix to represent this year s advent ure the doors have once again opened onto some very dusty corners of various abandoned wings of soul music s vast mansion you may well have some cobwebs in your hair it is therefore really no surprise that roughly 50 of the tracks featured i could not find amongst the 100 million or so that are available on spotify so think of this mix as something of an alternate take where possible the tracks featured on this advent ure are included in the mix where the tracks could not be found on spotify related tracks are included some are simply another track from the same artist that was featured others have some link that i ll let you work out for yourself the running order has been tweaked to help the flow posted by darcy at 3 17 pm 2 comments labels mix soul tuesday december 23 2025 the feel it advent ure 2025 door 23 carol anderson is yet another singer whose recording career started in the 60s and limped on into the disco era she had just eight singles released in that time she is revered on the northern soul scene for two records roughly ten years apart in their release dates taking my mind off love and sad girl and it s fair to say i think if those records hadn t been discovered by the northern soulies carol would barely make a footnote in soul music s history in saying that i don t deny she made a few good records especially her earlier ones but it s just that so many artists on the scene back then did too and for every one who caught a break and got a deal with a major label there were plenty who didn t and their 45s on local labels were destined to receive just a few plays on local radio stations before disappearing into the ether and the dead stock warehouses we should be grateful to the dedicated soul diggers who would eventually plunder those warehouses and shine a light on them taking my mind off love is a northern soul monster and due to it s rarity and its northern appeal commands a four figure valuation it was apparently released in 1968 on the obscure detroit label whip although there is a comment on discogs stating a 1964 recording date it sounds more like 1968 to me though and the backing singers remind me of some of the parliaments tracks recorded around that time also a detroit based group of course i m banging on about this whip single but of course i don t own a copy it being way out of my league value wise but i have been attracted to one of carol s early 70s singles which i could afford you boy holding on was released in 1972 on mid town which i believe was owned by carol s mum essie the winter of 1983 4 would prove to be a tragic time for the anderson family essie passed away on christmas day 1983 cancer is often quoted as the cause but it was more likely diabetes and three months later carol succumbed to cancer carol anderson holding on 1972 posted by darcy at 5 06 pm 2 comments labels soul monday december 22 2025 the feel it advent ure 2025 door 22 bo kirkland only has one record to his name this one of course he doesn t but he only has one 45 released under that name alone expand your search to bo kirkland ruth davis you will find a few more records and one very well known hit if you are of a certain age at least it was massive in the uk i wrote some more about bo ruth back in 2019 now expand your search to michael kirkland and you will find another 45 and to mike james kirkland and you find a few more 45s and albums we re gradually going backwards in time now and we re not finished yet plug in mike the censations and you will find his 60s output a string of eight cracking 45s released in second half of the 60s i featured one of them in my 2014 advent ure and i should really feature some more next year yes bo kirkland michael james kirkland mike james kirkland michael kirkland don t get him confused with robert bob kirkland though that s his brother he was also a member of the censations as was his sister and her husband sure got a thing for you is a lovely piece of slinky mid 70s midtempo soul a b side again and in my opinion much stronger than the funky a side grandfather clock bo kirkland sure got a thing for you 1975 posted by darcy at 5 55 pm no comments labels soul sunday december 21 2025 the feel it advent ure 2025 door 21 oscar weathers has appeared here once before just over ten years ago now that song you wants to play was beautifully arranged and this one which was oscar s next 45 is too quite why it has taken me so long to acquire it i m not sure soul for the connoisseur oscar weathers when you steal 1971 posted by darcy at 5 45 pm no comments labels soul older posts home subscribe to posts atom translate about me darcy just a music nut view my complete profile welcome to my world soul funk reggae disco jazz jazz funk mostly vinyl mostly a private pleasure until now music posted here i have bought and gained much pleasure from listening to down the years or months or days so in the spirit of an all back to mine it s time to share it disclaimer if you hear something you like i urge you to seek it out and purchase it in your format of choice mp3s found here are posted for a limited time and are for illustrative and previewing purposes only if you are the creator or copyright holder of any material posted and object to it s appearance on this blog then please email me at darcyfeelit at gmail com and it will be removed forthwith mfsb a hifi cabinet of curiosities the 2014 advent ure chocolate 5 simply christmas friends and family food and drink that s all we need season s greetings to you all the copper family softly the night dialogue from t 11 years ago keep on keeping on sun dried sparrows quark nettles and suffrajitsu 1 hour ago charity chic music the von bondies 7 hours ago bagging area the mid week special 7 hours ago a few good times in my life that s how it sounded in their beginnings 8 hours ago side one track one 101x homegrown 1 day ago wfmu s rock n soul ichiban aircheck of the week 2 days ago funk my soul michael henderson 1977 slingshot 2 days ago any major dude with half a heart in memoriam april 2026 2 days ago the perfumed garden john peel 4th may 1982 2 days ago anorak thing more u k obscurities on u s labels tony jackson with the vibrations you beat me to the punch 2 days ago 27 leggies may and away 5 days ago the wonderful and the obscure he s just a lonely dairy boy 5 days ago am then fm how i spent my record store day 6 days ago don t ask me i don t know sunnyland slim big time sarah patience like job upgrade 1 week ago south side souldiez rossyboy s oldies dreams matter 4 months ago monkey picks monkey s wandering wireless show the children of marx and coca cola 4 months ago mixtape riot mixtape riot radio 37 5 months ago professor eddy children of the revolution golden years of glam rock iii 1971 1976 mixcloud exclusive 7 months ago c90lounge fly too high a compendium of janis ian 1 year ago planet mondo podrophenia 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