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Sweet Soul Music
A must for those of you of a Modernist bent ... Eddie Pillar takes over the BBC Radio 6 Funk Show, playing rare soul, jazz, R&B and funk every weekend.

You can listen in live for the show every Friday (8pm until 11pm*) and Saturday (7pm until 10pm*). You can also listen to both of the week's shows for a week afterwards online by visiting:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/craig_charles/

In the words of Mr Bobby Byrd - I know you got soul, if you didn't you wouldn't be in here!

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A must for those of you of a Modernist bent ... Eddie Pillar takes over the BBC Radio 6 Funk Show, playing rare soul, jazz, R&B and funk every weekend.

You can listen in live for the show every Friday (8pm until 11pm*) and Saturday (7pm until 10pm*). You can also listen to both of the week's shows for a week afterwards online by visiting:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/craig_charles/

In the words of Mr Bobby Byrd - I know you got soul, if you didn't you wouldn't be in here!

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Just finished listening to the the Friday show and there are some absolute classics in there. I already have some of the stuff he plays, and know who to ask to find a lot of the rest ... so if you hear something that tickles your fancy, let me know.

Meanwhile, some more info on a VERY interesting cut from halfway through the show:

"Left, Right & Centre" by Lord Large is a cover of a long forgotten, previously unreleased song written by a 15 year old by the name of Paul Weller. Northern Soul legend Dean Parrish provides the vocals and the result is a belter.

Eddie Pillar takes up the story behind it:

"The track Left Right and Centre is well known to Weller obsessives. It was recorded in 1975, when the Jam were still a four piece (with Steve Brookes on vocal harmony)...when the band signed to Polydor 2 years later at the height of the UK Punk scene, the track was dumped. Although it came from the same batch of ideas as "Non Stop Dancing", the A&R man (was it Dennis Munday??) felt that it was too out and out soul to record for "In The City". The song was dropped and everyone forgot about it...well, not quite everyone.

I had a copy and following PWs lifetime acheivement award, I thought it might be nice to make our own tribute to Paul in our own way.

We already had the band Lord Large on Acid Jazz, they had recorded a couple of great northern soul style singles for the label and were putting the finishing touches to their debut album. I suggested they record Left Right and Centre in their own style.

I called Paul to ask his permission and he laughed but said yeah. A week later he called up to ask who was singing the vocals. I hadn't really decided at that point but suggested Chris Farlowe. Paul wasn't really happy with that as he wanted an American to do it and suggested I call Russ Winstanley or Steve Cradock to get their opinion (Russ was the man behind the legendary Wigan Casino)...Steve had already been thinking along these lines and so we joined forces for the project. Lord Large expanded to feature Steve on guitar and Richard Searle from Corduroy on bass, and Russ Winstanley suggested the legendary northern singer Dean Parrish for the lead vocal role.

Everyone agreed and Dean voiced the track. Superbly.

Left Right and Centre is the style of a classic northern soul dancer, but is surprisingly close to the original Jam track in both feel and vocal style. The track is finally finished and comes out in three versions.

7 inch. Classic mod style 7, with an instremental b side

12 inch - includes vocal and instrumental takes plus a beats remix and the original b side

cd single - includes as much as we can squeeze on.

The record was originally scheduled for release in the middle of July - BUT - we have had such a good response at radio that we are toying with the idea of putting it back a few weeks to allow Dean Parrish (who is constantly flitting from here back to New York in order to record more episodes of The Soprano's) to get back here in order to record some radio two sessions

PW loves the track, so keep yer ears peeled and get with the programme. The charts are so messed up with downloading that there is a real chance of a northern soul hit creeping in to the lower reaches!!! "

More info at www.acidjazz.co.uk
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Just finished listening to the the Friday show and there are some absolute classics in there. I already have some of the stuff he plays, and know who to ask to find a lot of the rest ... so if you hear something that tickles your fancy, let me know.

Meanwhile, some more info on a VERY interesting cut from halfway through the show:

"Left, Right & Centre" by Lord Large is a cover of a long forgotten, previously unreleased song written by a 15 year old by the name of Paul Weller. Northern Soul legend Dean Parrish provides the vocals and the result is a belter.

Eddie Pillar takes up the story behind it:

"The track Left Right and Centre is well known to Weller obsessives. It was recorded in 1975, when the Jam were still a four piece (with Steve Brookes on vocal harmony)...when the band signed to Polydor 2 years later at the height of the UK Punk scene, the track was dumped. Although it came from the same batch of ideas as "Non Stop Dancing", the A&R man (was it Dennis Munday??) felt that it was too out and out soul to record for "In The City". The song was dropped and everyone forgot about it...well, not quite everyone.

I had a copy and following PWs lifetime acheivement award, I thought it might be nice to make our own tribute to Paul in our own way.

We already had the band Lord Large on Acid Jazz, they had recorded a couple of great northern soul style singles for the label and were putting the finishing touches to their debut album. I suggested they record Left Right and Centre in their own style.

I called Paul to ask his permission and he laughed but said yeah. A week later he called up to ask who was singing the vocals. I hadn't really decided at that point but suggested Chris Farlowe. Paul wasn't really happy with that as he wanted an American to do it and suggested I call Russ Winstanley or Steve Cradock to get their opinion (Russ was the man behind the legendary Wigan Casino)...Steve had already been thinking along these lines and so we joined forces for the project. Lord Large expanded to feature Steve on guitar and Richard Searle from Corduroy on bass, and Russ Winstanley suggested the legendary northern singer Dean Parrish for the lead vocal role.

Everyone agreed and Dean voiced the track. Superbly.

Left Right and Centre is the style of a classic northern soul dancer, but is surprisingly close to the original Jam track in both feel and vocal style. The track is finally finished and comes out in three versions.

7 inch. Classic mod style 7, with an instremental b side

12 inch - includes vocal and instrumental takes plus a beats remix and the original b side

cd single - includes as much as we can squeeze on.

The record was originally scheduled for release in the middle of July - BUT - we have had such a good response at radio that we are toying with the idea of putting it back a few weeks to allow Dean Parrish (who is constantly flitting from here back to New York in order to record more episodes of The Soprano's) to get back here in order to record some radio two sessions

PW loves the track, so keep yer ears peeled and get with the programme. The charts are so messed up with downloading that there is a real chance of a northern soul hit creeping in to the lower reaches!!! "

More info at www.acidjazz.co.uk

Les_, Jul 13, 2006 @ 17:54
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