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| 1. DOUBLE COOKIN' (STRINGS A GO-GO) - The Checkerboard Squares | |||
| 2. MAKE ME YOURS - Arthur Wright & His Orchestra | |||
| 3. FESTIVAL TIME - The San Remo Golden Strings | |||
| 4. LITTLE QUEENIE - Bill Black's Combo | |||
| 5. TRACKS TO YOUR MIND - The Sounds Of Lane | |||
| 6. THE CHAMPION PT 1 - Willie Mitchell | |||
| 7. LAY THIS BURDEN DOWN - Arthur Wright & His Orchestra | |||
| 8. CIGARETTE ASHES - Jimmy Conwell | |||
| 9. SLICED TOMATOES - Just Brothers | |||
| 10. IF I COULD TURN BACK THE HANDS OF TIME - Arthur Wright & His Orchestra | |||
| 11. THE SPY - The Guys From U.N.C.L.E. | |||
| 12. SHERRY - Hugo Montenegro & His Orchestra | |||
| 13. BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE - Arthur Wright & His Orchestra | |||
| 14. GONE WITH THE WIND IS MY LOVE - The Dore Strings | |||
| 15. MARCHING (INSTRUMENTAL) - The Camp | |||
| 16. THUMB A RIDE - Earl Wright & His Orchestra | |||
| 17. DANSE A LA MUSIQUE - The French Fries | |||
| 18. THE SAME OLD THING - The Fred Smith Orchestra | |||
| 19. JERK BABY JERK - Smoky & The Fabulous Blades | |||
| 20. STIRRIN' UP SOME SOUL - The Mar-Ketts | |||
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* Kent's first ever all-instrumental collection brings together some of the most popular "wordless wonders" to have livened up Northern Soul dance floors in the past 40+ years.
* From the pioneering Twisted Wheel and Blackpool Mecca/Torch eras, the instrumental has been as integral a part of Northern Soul as has its vocal counterpart. "Double Cookin'" embraces the whole spectrum of the Northern Dance instrumental, from early and seemingly unlikely floor-fillers by the likes of Hugo Montenegro and Bill Black's Combo to more orthodox Northern perennials such as `Thumb A Ride', `California Montage' and `Stirrin' Up Some Soul' - all first massive when instrumentals were at their peak of Northern Soul popularity (1972-75).
* As well as featuring numerous proven crowd-pleasers, the CD features a handful of instrumental versions of long-time vocal favourites that were created especially for - and are mostly exclusive to - "Double Cookin'".
* Also included are new stereo versions, taken from original master tapes, of several tracks that were first refashioned as instrumentals in the mid-70s by Simon Soussan and released variously as "Arthur Wright and his Orchestra", "The Fred Smith Orchestra" and so on.
* The debate as to whether or not an instrumental can have soul has raged on the scene for decades. They are always inspirational: there's no doubt that instro devotees will have a field day with the contents of "Double Cookin'".
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1-Double Cookin'CHECKERBOARD SQUARES 2-Make Me YoursWRIGHT, Arthur & Orchestra 3-Festival TimeSAN REMO GOLDEN STRINGS 4-Little QueenieBLACK'S COMBO, Bill 5-Tracks To Your MindSOUNDS OF LANE 6-The Champion Pt 1MITCHELL, Willie 7-Lay This Burden DownWRIGHT, Arthur & Orchestra 8-Cigarette AshesCONWELL, Jimmy 9-Sliced TomatoesJUST BROTHERS 10-If I Could Turn Back The Hands Of TimeWRIGHT, Arthur & Orchestra 11-The SpyGUYS FROM U.N.C.L.E. 12-SherryMONTENEGRO, Hugo & Orchestra 13-Before It's Too LateWRIGHT, Arthur & Orchestra 14-Gone With The Wind In My LoveDORE STRINGS 15-MarchingCAMP 16-Thumb A RideWRIGHT, Earl & Orchestra 17-Danse A La MusiqueFRENCH FRIES 18-The Same Old ThingSMITH ORCHESTRA, Fred 19-Jerk Baby JerkSMOKY & Fabolous Blades 20-Stirrin' Up Some SoulMAR-KETTS 21-Right OnDE LORY, Al 22-Hey America (Sing-Along)BROWN, James 23-House For SalesMUSCLE SHOALS SWAMPERS 24-California MontageYOUNG-HOLT UNLIMITED (2010/ACE) 24 tracks (64:12) 1966-77 with 16 page booklet.
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I tend to buy a lot of compilations like this on CD as these days trying to get to record fairs and hunting for original vinyl is both time and cost consuming. So this CD will appeal to those like me who love the sound but can only afford the CD versions.
To start with I am no expert in Northern Soul, so I apologise if you are an expert, for me, it was the tracks i know that made me buy the CD, tracks like Sliced Totmatoes by the Just Brothers (must be on nearly every NS compilation going), a fast paced dancer, Willie Mitchells - The Champion, another great dancer, The Guys From UNCLE, Young Holt Unlimited and Bill Blacks Combo - Little Queenie, all tracks known to me and the majority of people. It is the new tracks to me that make this CD an interesting buy.
The Checkerboard Squares start the CD off with a feel good tune, the Arthur Wright backing tracks, Hugo Montenegros version of Sherry, THe French Fries and so on, all of the tracks flow, in a couple of instances for me it sounded as though the engineer had forgotten to put up the vocal fader (Lay This Burden Down , Before Its too Late and Make Me yours by Arthur Wright) but that is probably the appeal. The San Remo Golden Strings and Festival time is another new and great tune for me.
In whole the album is an added assett to my collection, certainly a CD I would not normally buy, although I do own Northern Soul vinyl and CDs, this CD mixes uptempo with bouncy with joyful Soul tunes.
As usual the booklet is first class from Kent with notes from Tony Rounce.
So all my collection needs now is a another Instrumental CD covering, all of the MOD(not covered in the MOD Jazz series) instrumentals on one CD, Berts Apple Crumble, The Champ, The Cat, You Cant Sit down, Rinky Dink, Bad Bad Whiskey etc etc - so come on ACE what about it!!!
To start with I am no expert in Northern Soul, so I apologise if you are an expert, for me, it was the tracks i know that made me buy the CD, tracks like Sliced Totmatoes by the Just Brothers (must be on nearly every NS compilation going), a fast paced dancer, Willie Mitchells - The Champion, another great dancer, The Guys From UNCLE, Young Holt Unlimited and Bill Blacks Combo - Little Queenie, all tracks known to me and the majority of people. It is the new tracks to me that make this CD an interesting buy.
The Checkerboard Squares start the CD off with a feel good tune, the Arthur Wright backing tracks, Hugo Montenegros version of Sherry, THe French Fries and so on, all of the tracks flow, in a couple of instances for me it sounded as though the engineer had forgotten to put up the vocal fader (Lay This Burden Down , Before Its too Late and Make Me yours by Arthur Wright) but that is probably the appeal. The San Remo Golden Strings and Festival time is another new and great tune for me.
In whole the album is an added assett to my collection, certainly a CD I would not normally buy, although I do own Northern Soul vinyl and CDs, this CD mixes uptempo with bouncy with joyful Soul tunes.
As usual the booklet is first class from Kent with notes from Tony Rounce.
So all my collection needs now is a another Instrumental CD covering, all of the MOD(not covered in the MOD Jazz series) instrumentals on one CD, Berts Apple Crumble, The Champ, The Cat, You Cant Sit down, Rinky Dink, Bad Bad Whiskey etc etc - so come on ACE what about it!!!
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some hard to find clasics on here and some not so well known tracks but all supurb
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Being a bit of an old Northern collector I at first thought 'what about this, what about that?' but then settled into the selection and an appreciation of the huge range of musical offerings it was attempting to represent.The Northern instrumental can be equally a horrible and a beautiful concept. But some of the true beauties are in this collection, like Jackie Day and Jimmy Conwell, and can it ever get better than that Young-Holt sun-ripened piece of orchestral happiness 'California Montage'?
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