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This is the Granada Television broadcast of The Sound of Soul, a studio Nina Simone concert in London, from September 14, 1968.
Here is what’s on it:
In the words of Joe Strummer, May Nina Simone rule the world
Al Green
Love and Happiness
Maybe the best intro…..ever? That was some spiritual shit.
All songs should start like that.
I think this is from Soul Train 1973, you can see the full version of Al’s 1975 apperance here
The Blonde Bomber
I am to Blame
All Tore Up: Unrequited Love, Tormented Romance, Tragedy & Tearjerkers…. 1955-1968
O Caminho Do Bem
—Tim Maia
Stream his whole album Nobody Can Live Forever: The Existential Soul of Tim Maia here
It’s pretty much impossible to not take a brilliant photo of this guy!
Here’s a pretty average but informative short doc on the dude
New Hamburger Eyes podcast!! this mix from Jack Halloway, Gettin Right..
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The Quarrel —Newlyweds
I wonder why this soul sub genre never really took off…
Pitchfork: Lenaburg believed Phoenix could produce a soul scene every bit as vibrant as Detroit or Memphis, and he tried to make that belief a reality. He made his first recording with a group called the Newlyweds when he was only 16, and the B-side, “The Quarrel”, became a local novelty hit despite being an unlistenable spoken word mess. The guys at Numero Group have included it as the last track on their Lenaburg retrospective, the latest in their amazing Eccentric Soul series, and it serves as a telling illustration of just how far he had come by the time he was regularly helming sessions in the late 60s.
Nina Simone - The Black Swan (live)
Nina Simone performing at the Pan-African Festival in Algiers (1969).
Photo by Guy Le Querrec.
“Did you know that the human voice is the only pure instrument? That it has notes no other instrument has? It’s like being between the keys of a piano. The notes are there, you can sing them, but they can’t be found on any instrument. That’s like me. I live in between this. I live in both worlds, the black and white world. I am Nina Simone, the star, and I am not here. I’m a woman. My secret self is between these worlds.”
-Nina Simone
(Source: oldhollywood)
Tainted Love by Gloria Jones. I didn’t know this but she sung this first!
It’s off one of these awesome mixtapes put out by Mississippi Records, they were only ever put out on tape, but some ruler has ripped them. Some of the links are megaupload so not all of them work. Bummer. There’s heaps of really good obscure tunes here… check it out!
This one MRC-81 - Dark Summer is here, and is definitely my favourite so far.
Ben from Lost & Found Films put me on to these. He just finished a great series of shorts called This Must be the Place. Check out his great blog too
Am I A Good Man by Them Two
I could only find it on this compilation Eccentric Soul: The Deep City Label
