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  3 0 WHAT ! i was just listening to harold melvin..in fact i was listening to french dj dmitri from paris edit's of the blue notes, the jacksons, eddie kendricks and teddy. off the beaten track but try some lonnie liston smith & the cosmic echoes the album 'expansions' ( the title inspiration for my radio show)and 'visions of a new world ' are solid. maybe dexter wansel for starters http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQNqi85Mfk4 that's from his 'life on mars' lp and of course the delfonics and the chi lites and 'nem from chi town..and for good measure.. how's about the ladies.. here's a re-edit of an emotions tune i'm feeling earth wind and fire's best effort outside of themselves http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCjbOM65Zu8 ( ..note a local sex columnists husband is looking to bring the remixer toddterje to town this summer ) gotta run.. i'm broiling salmon for the hubby's lunch today.. ..more later.. Riz Rollins answered in Ask DJ Riz about 1 year ago | Report 2 comments by cosby and Fnarf… 0 0 Good call on the Emotions. Their early 70s stuff on Stax is killer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goMP5cpAams / http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nWzxt4P_Xk) thanks to awesome production and writing from Isaac Hayes and David Porter. Of course, this is an undeniable tune too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPefERS7EZs cosby commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 I knew you'd come through! These are good pointers. I need LPs, not Youtube clips, but this'll get me started. I've had the Chi-Lites on my list for a while, but haven't been able to track down any of their good LPs yet. Fnarf commented about 1 year ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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  1 0 Thom Bell produced acts from Philly is my shit. The Stylistics were produced by Bell off of the back of his success with the Delfonics, whose first three albums you should own (they are very easy to find). 'Hey Love' from the fourth Delfonics album is a personal favorite (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1BgCjnELSc). I just recently heard this tune for the first time this past week, another Bell production for a lesser known artist called Ronnie Dyson (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee4Q1PrHuHY - that chorus is magic). I have this compilation and it's quite good: http://www.amazon.com/Love-Train-Sound-Philadelphia-Various/dp/B001F290GM It's a decent overview of Philly Soul, though it misses a few standards. What I really like about the compilation is the last disc spans through the disco phase into the early reaches of quiet storm R&B, touching on 'Love TKO' by Teddy Pendergrass (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV9VuPkIIv4). cosby answered in Ask DJ Riz about 1 year ago | Report 2 comments by Fnarf and cosby… 1 0 THIS. I got that comp from the library when I was first digging into this scene. Now I'm trying to find the LPs. The Delphonics -- yeah, I found their first one, a vinyl reissue on one of those mysterious companies that doesn't mark their records in any way, so the only way you can tell it's not original is the heavier vinyl (i.e., probably a pirate). Well, that and the fact that unlike every extant copy of the original it hasn't been played 400,000 times. I can't find the others. But yeah, Thom Bell is the thing. I like Hugo and Luigi's soul production work too, even if it's too square for the hipsters -- that Softones record is really good. I also like the related and sometimes overlapping world of the solo male pop singers, led by Lou Rawls (who overlaps, having recorded a couple of LPs for Philadelphia International as well as a million more-mainstream pop records for Capitol in the 60s. Sam Cooke is the progenitor, of course (though you could say Johnny Mathis) but there are all sorts of great singers who "sold out" and made adult-pop records that I really like -- Jesse Belvin, for instance. This is more late fifties than early seventies. Jackie Wilson made some great pop records in this vein. I'm always looking for more like that. A guy in the barbershop told me last month to check out Walter Jackson, a Chicago singer who turns out to be stellar. This is in a real pop vein that's unlikely to appeal to the hip young clubbers but I like it. I kind of have boundary posts set out -- so Teddy P. and Luther Vandross are OK, but if I find myself looking at Jeffrey Osborne's "On the Wings of Love", I have to kill myself before the infection spreads. Basically, I'm turning into a 30-year-old black woman who's had one too many Champales or white zinfandels... Fnarf commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 Very nice tip on Walter Jackson - I like this dude and will have to investigate more! I am really liking the early 80s stuff from just clicking about on Youtube. On the same Chicago Soul tip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9WXzr7LHgc cosby commented about 1 year ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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  0 0 Fnarf, could you name a few of the more popular songs by these artists to help us get a handle on what you're looking for? Thanks. O my captain answered in Ask DJ Riz about 1 year ago | Report 1 comment by Fnarf… 0 0 Well, "popular" isn't necessarily what I'm after, since they're, well, popular, and thus pretty easy to find out about. I'm looking for obscure corners I might otherwise overlook. But a good place to start is "If You Don't Know Me By Now" by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes (1972) on Philadelphia International, which was a massive hit, though the sound I'm looking for probably starts with "La-La Means I Love You" by the Delphonics (1968), which went to #4 pop, or the Intruders' "Cowboys To Girls" in that same year. Fnarf commented about 1 year ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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