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Originally Posted by Man-of-Mystery

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Great track. It shows why UK DJs at the time used to refer to Blue Beat as "Latin".

Roland Alphonso's version of Jimmy Smith's 'The Cat'...

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Byron Lee's version of 'Green Onions'...

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The Rudies 'Night Train'...

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Great Tracks!

Originally Posted by OHT

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It should get to you, eventually. I just got my mail from a UK distributor yesterday and I ordered my item(s) around Early-Mid December. They did say that there has been some delay due to bad weather conditions


I ordered an overcoat from Jump The Gun on Dec 15, express mail and it was delivered yesterday. Tracking showed it sat in Coventry for 2 1/2 weeks. Once it left the UK, it got to me in a day. Not JTG's fault, but I should somehow get compensated for shelling out for Express!

Originally Posted by DrBassie

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I ordered an overcoat from Jump The Gun on Dec 15, express mail and it was delivered yesterday. Tracking showed it sat in Coventry for 2 1/2 weeks. Once it left the UK, it got to me in a day. Not JTG's fault, but I should somehow get compensated for shelling out for Express!

How's the overcoat? I've been wanting one but I don't want to risk buying it if I can't see how it is to try it on.

M-o-M, I know you mentioned that you were into all kinds of music(or most if anything). Did you like Rock'N'Roll or Rockabilly? How did the skinheads feel about those genres? Anyone else that's knowledgeable can give me an answer too(the more the better ).

i'd like to thank everyone here. a couple friends of mine and i have been hooked... this thread is the reason i started an account.

so some friends and i are trying to start a mod/skinhead club night focusing on soul and reggae.
and i was wondering about soul... thanks to the trojan compilations i've been able to get pretty well acquinted with the ska and reggae of the era but i've been wondering about what kind of soul would be most common. what artists, labels, and specific singles were in?

i live in detroit so there is a vast amount of soul records available at used record stores, thrift stores, and garage sales.


specifically MoM if you could key me in on some of the stuff that was really big in the mod skin and suede years.

Originally Posted by OHT

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How's the overcoat? I've been wanting one but I don't want to risk buying it if I can't see how it is to try it on.

I was familiar with their shirts and sta-prest trousers, so I e-mailed them and asked what size they recommended. Their sizing chart on those is accurate for sure. Pretty much size up your normal size and you're good to go.

I'm a 40 suit, so I got a 42 overcoat. Fits perfectly. Maybe 1 or 2 inches too long in length for me, but all the important measurements like waist, chest and sleeves were dead on.

E-mail them and they'll steer you right. Good experience with them.

Originally Posted by OHT

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M-o-M, I know you mentioned that you were into all kinds of music(or most if anything). Did you like Rock'N'Roll or Rockabilly? How did the skinheads feel about those genres? Anyone else that's knowledgeable can give me an answer too(the more the better

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Like most in-groups we tended to ignore anything outside our own principal "likes", particularly music favoured by a rival in-group.

Personally I didn't know much about Rockabilly until listening to Charlie Gillet's radio show in the mid '70s, and it's hard to describe my attitude to the genre without sounding po-faced, but my interest in American music broadened then to take in lots of very "basic" stuff as opposed to commercial chart stuff; as a result I would listen to obscure jazz, folk, Tex-Mex, Cajun, country, rockabilly, blue-grass, blues, R&B, and so on. But that's just me.

Originally Posted by Man-of-Mystery

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Like most in-groups we tended to ignore anything outside our own principal "likes", particularly music favoured by a rival in-group.

Personally I didn't know much about Rockabilly until listening to Charlie Gillet's radio show in the mid '70s, and it's hard to describe my attitude to the genre without sounding po-faced, but my interest in American music broadened then to take in lots of very "basic" stuff as opposed to commercial chart stuff; as a result I would listen to obscure jazz, folk, Tex-Mex, Cajun, country, rockabilly, blue-grass, blues, R&B, and so on. But that's just me.
No Man-O-Mystery,you are not the only one.I listen to many Radio Stations(and ipod Posts)covering a whole range of Music.If it is good I will listen to it.

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No Man-O-Mystery,you are not the only one.I listen to many Radio Stations(and ipod Posts)covering a whole range of Music.If it is good I will listen to it.

Indeed. But "back in the day" music had to be "black".

Originally Posted by Man-of-Mystery

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Indeed. But "back in the day" music had to be "black".

To be honest,that is where I was prejudiced.No Singer could sing or put emotion in like a Black Singer.The Bass Line ruled.Now I know there are some good White Singers.

Originally Posted by mattitude313

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i'd like to thank everyone here. a couple friends of mine and i have been hooked... this thread is the reason i started an account.

so some friends and i are trying to start a mod/skinhead club night focusing on soul and reggae.
and i was wondering about soul... thanks to the trojan compilations i've been able to get pretty well acquinted with the ska and reggae of the era but i've been wondering about what kind of soul would be most common. what artists, labels, and specific singles were in?

i live in detroit so there is a vast amount of soul records available at used record stores, thrift stores, and garage sales.


specifically MoM if you could key me in on some of the stuff that was really big in the mod skin and suede years.

Same here , it's been an interesting thread .

Originally Posted by mattitude313

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i'd like to thank everyone here. a couple friends of mine and i have been hooked... this thread is the reason i started an account.

so some friends and i are trying to start a mod/skinhead club night focusing on soul and reggae.
and i was wondering about soul... thanks to the trojan compilations i've been able to get pretty well acquinted with the ska and reggae of the era but i've been wondering about what kind of soul would be most common. what artists, labels, and specific singles were in?

i live in detroit so there is a vast amount of soul records available at used record stores, thrift stores, and garage sales.


specifically MoM if you could key me in on some of the stuff that was really big in the mod skin and suede years.

That's a big ask, but if you'll bear with me I'd be delighted to compile a playlist over the next day or so.

Originally Posted by mattitude313

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i'd like to thank everyone here. a couple friends of mine and i have been hooked... this thread is the reason i started an account.

so some friends and i are trying to start a mod/skinhead club night focusing on soul and reggae.
and i was wondering about soul... thanks to the trojan compilations i've been able to get pretty well acquinted with the ska and reggae of the era but i've been wondering about what kind of soul would be most common. what artists, labels, and specific singles were in?

i live in detroit so there is a vast amount of soul records available at used record stores, thrift stores, and garage sales.


specifically MoM if you could key me in on some of the stuff that was really big in the mod skin and suede years.

You seem to have Reggae covered.

Here's a little Soul playlist for you - spot the white artists! It's not comprehensive and there are some notable gaps you can fill in for yourself, plus there are some surprises in there, maybe. There are a lot of well-known tracks of course. There is also a mix of tempos, so any DJ will have to programme these well:

Willie Mitchell - That Driving Beat
Cliff Nobles - The Horse
The Bar-Kays - Soul Finger
Bill Moss - Sock it to "˜em Soul Brother
Joe Tex - Show Me
Al Green - Let's Stay Together
Betty Everett - You're No Good
Phil Upchurch Combo - You Can't Sit Down
The Contours - Just a Little Misunderstanding
Aretha Franklin - Save Me
Byron Lee & The Dragonaires - Green Onions (great cover version by a Jamaican Band)
Dobie Grey - The In Crowd
The Drifters - Under The Boardwalk
Beginning of the End - Funky Nassau
R Dean Taylor - There's A Ghost In My House
Shirley Ellis - The Clapping Song
The Four Tops - The Same Old Song
Ben E King - Stand By Me
Eddie Floyd - Knock On Wood
Sam & Dave - Hold On, I'm Coming
The Elgins - Heaven Must Have Sent You
Betty Everett - Getting Mighty Crowded
The Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself
Hank Jacobs - So Far Away
Isley Brothers - This Old Heart Of Mine
Billy Preston - Billy's Bag
Sam & Dave - Soul Man
The Four Tops - Standing in the Shadows of Love
The Four Tops - Reach Out and I'll Be There
Booker T and the MGs - Green Onions
Jackie Wilson - Higher and Higher
Geno Washington - Michael
The Impressions - You've Been Cheatin'
Jamo Thomas - I Spy for the FBI
James Brown - Night Train
Sugar Pie DoSanto - Soulful Dress
The Flamingos - Boogaloo Party
Jr Walker - How Sweet It Is
Lee Dorsey - Working in a Coal Mine
The Marvelettes - Too Many Fish in the Sea
The O'Jays - I Love Music
The Righteous Brothers - Little Latin Lupe Lu
Robert Knight - Love on a Mountain Top
Judy Clay & William Bell - Private Number
Otis Redding - Mr Pitiful
Rufus Thomas - Walking The Dog
Smokey Robinson - Going to a Go-Go
The Spinners (Detroit) - Working My Way Back To You
Kim Weston - Take Me In Your Arms
Stevie Wonder - Uptight
Martha & The Vandellas - Nowhere To Run
Otis Redding & Carla Thomas - Tramp
Ramsey Lewis Trio - Wade in the Water
Roy Head & The Traits - Treat Her Right
The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go?
Mel Torme - Comin' Home Baby. [Mel of course was a well-known white singer of Jazz standards with a brilliant voice. He had one pop hit and it's an absolute stonker!]
The Miracles - Shop Around
Ray Charles - I Don't Need No Doctor
Robert A Parker - Barefootin'
The Showstoppers - Ain't Nothing But A House Party. [God help me, that came out as "Hose Party" first time - the mind boggles! LOL]
Solomon Burke - Cry to Me
The Temptations - Get Ready
Tony Clarke - The Entertainer
Fontella Bass - Rescue Me
The Velvettes - Needle in a Haystack
Wilson Pickett - In the Midnight Hour

A couple of oddballs here:

Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky. [This was played a lot at the Savoy Rooms in Catford, S E London]
Tommy James & The Shondells - Mony Mony. [This was big at the Blackpool Mecca]

The spread of music here is, in fact, mainly based on stuff heard 1967-68 in the Blackpool Mecca (DJ Mick Lee), and 1968-1970 in the Savoy Rooms (DJ Steve Maxted), Catford, plus recommendations from mates.

Can't fault that playlist for a start, top tunes! Spirit in the Sky is a suprise but then again it does have a bit of a Reggae-ish shuffle and Funky Nassau would be very late I suppose towards the end of the Skinhead era.

A bit 'obvious' I suppose but I'd add 'Tears of a Clown' a big UK hit in '70, 'Harlem Shuffle', 'Give me Just a Little More Time' and Doris Troy's 'Just One Look' as some of the more well known biggies off the top of my head.

Wasn't 'Sex Machine' big with Skins also?