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I was in the record shop yesterday - this is true of a lot of my yesterdays. In the early seventies I used to buy my records for the Penny from the record shop in the basement of the rediffusion shop. The staff all used to come up to the Penny.

Anyway, I bought a Kent compilation called Northern Monsters (it is very good) that opens with an insrumental called 'Double Cooking' by the chequerboard Squares. The sleeve notes for this track say: If ever there's a 'can instrumentals have soul' debate.................and I thought well of course they can there's so and so.........and so on.

Then I thought, well, I'll make myself one.................these are tracks I've come up with:

Hole in the Wall - The Packers (you can find it on Kent's Cellar full of soul)

Cleo's Mood - Junior Walker

Trampoline - (thanks for reminding me Pete)

Collibosher - The Small faces - recalled becasue of Trampoline

Spooky's day off - The Swing Soul Machine

Groovin' with Mr Bloe

Riding on the Gravy Train - Thunder Company - thank you Pat

Green Onions - Booker T

Soul Sanction - Booker T

Give Everybody Some - The Markays

Soul Finger - The Barkays

Festival Time - The San Remo Strings

6 by 6 - Earl Van Dyke

Billy's Bag - Billy Preston

Wade in the Water - Ramsey Lewis

The Horse - Cliff Nobles

But then what? I could find the same-old same-old in my collection, but what other stonkers have I forgotten and maybe will miss? And, 'cos I'm going to make this CD can you tell me where to find the brilliant tracks you know about - on vinyl or CD, cos I don't like MP3 - bits and bytes don't go no soul!!

So now it's up tp y'all - PLEASE !cheers!

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If truth be told there are loads depending on your own interpretation of the word 'Soul' (Anything that moves the soul , and makes you want to move your feet, then I'm for these ,and these are just a few )

Duane Eddy ........................Because they're young

Tornados.............................Telstar

Mason Williams................... Classical Gas

The Chantays......................Pipeline

Dick Dale and the Deltones...Misirilou

Surfaris ..............................Wipe out

Booker T and the M.G.s........Time is Tight

Then as a slowdown

Percy Faith and his Orchestra.........Theme from "A Summer Place"

and for a smooch to finish off the session

Mr Aker Bilk....................Sranger on the shore...........Brilliant night in ,get the kids off to bed, roll back the carpet ,grab a bottle of wine and SWMBO, enjoy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Loads of others . (Lots of stuff by The Shadows for instance)

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If truth be told there are loads depending on your own interpretation of the word 'Soul' (Anything that moves the soul , and makes you want to move your feet, then I'm for these ,and these are just a few )

Duane Eddy ........................Because they're young

Tornados.............................Telstar

Mason Williams................... Classical Gas

The Chantays......................Pipeline

Dick Dale and the Deltones...Misirilou

Surfaris ..............................Wipe out

Booker T and the M.G.s........Time is Tight

Then as a slowdown

Percy Faith and his Orchestra.........Theme from "A Summer Place"

and for a smooch to finish off the session

Mr Aker Bilk....................Sranger on the shore...........Brilliant night in ,get the kids off to bed, roll back the carpet ,grab a bottle of wine and SWMBO, enjoy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Loads of others . (Lots of stuff by The Shadows for instance)

Mason Williams is in and that reminds me of one I haven't played for years!

Touch of Velevet, Sting of Brass - Mood Mosaic - so now I have another one as well!

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I used to finish the night off with "Touch of velvet" as did loads of other 'jocks' that or "Duelling Banjos" so there's another!!!!!

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I used to finish the night off with "Touch of velvet" as did loads of other 'jocks' that or "Duelling Banjos" so there's another!!!!!

Who the F did Duelling Banjos and is is on a comp anywhere?

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esl2NNOtHQE

From the film "Deliverence"

Listed as "Deliverence Soundtrack"......Dualling Banjos

Cheers mate! Ok I know it - I thought for a minute it was some Northern monster that I'd manged to miss! Well, actually - if you were palying it it is a Northern Monster that I managed to miss!

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Booker T and the M.G.s _ soul limbo

Dualing Banjo's??? Cajun music?

No it's not Cajun music Mick, I love Cajun music even though I don't understand Louisiana French.

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No , as I said I used to finish my 'Show' with it . It would clear the dance floor and send folks to the door smile2

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No , as I said I used to finish my 'Show' with it . It would clear the dance floor and send folks to the door smile2

I used to finish with 'Every time we say goodbye' - Ruby and the Romantics

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Enought of this talk of mountain banjo music!

Soul Instrumental collection MUST include

cliff nobles & co. - the horse

cliff nobles & co - Horse Fever

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Is it just me or does "The horse " sound like theme tune to some 70's yank cop show?

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Any of the above .I kept expecting the theme to shaft to break out

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