High Energy Soul 45s for Garageheads

[buckeyebeat]

Willie and the Handjives doing the original, later recorded by the Yo-Yos. Not quite high energy but a big fave, I like it much more than the Yo-Yos

 

[mikael]

This gets the blood flowin :

Incredible vocals

 

[bosshoss]

Actually I prefer the more uptempo b-side

Killer!

 

[Dave Baldwin]

Bobby Howard of the British Walkers played gee-tar and sang on this pounder

Washington, D.C. folklore holds that Bobby Howard was James Brown's favorite "honky" R&B vocalist.

 

[TJ Coro]

Washington, D.C. folklore holds that Bobby Howard was James Brown's favorite "honky" R&B vocalist.

Or as they used to call lads like us who played R&B…blue-eyed soul brothers.

 

[Dave Baldwin]

Or as they used to call lads like us who played R&B…blue-eyed soul brothers.

I'm a green-eyed blues brother (lol).

 

[Sebastian]

Incredible vocals

Another by him that is just incredible:

 

[buckeyebeat]

You all know the Purple Hearts version....in case you didn't know this is the original recording. I don't hear this as a soul record but since collectors (re)write history, it's been appropriated by the northern soul/club DJ as soul

 

[Laurent Bigot]

Another long time fave most will be familiar with

 

[Laurent Bigot]

 

[troggy]

I just love this stuff. This one is from 1964, probably from the St. Louis area.

 

[troggy]

One more for now, the Freeman Brothers.

 

[buckeyebeat]

These are a few of the loudest and hardest I would play back when the DJ dance nights I played were going strong (I stopped club DJing a few years ago)

Not many can top the Wicked Pickett but this blows away the WP version

Buffalo's Jimmie Raye made a few good records, this one sounds amazing in a club

I've mentioned my love of CR and his peers and their Miami soul sound in this forum before, here's his 'heaviest' record... collectors note there are two mixes/versions of this, this is one I have and the one I prefer

This Al Wilson is not the "Show and Tell"/"the Snake" artist. DJ tip on this - the flip is the instrumental, make sure you check the record carefully when you've had a few and you're looking at your box in a dark club...

Tony Galla and the Rising Sons had a local hit with this in their home of Buffalo. It's been completely owned by the mod/Northern club scene since.

 

[MopTopMike]

Top picks, NW Buckeye. I had both mixes of Clarence Reid back in the 2000 era.
I never cared for Tony Galla's UK fave. Every time I found a copy I sold it. Shoulda hung onto a few for selling / profiteering today.
Most of the "good" soul 45s I kept are the midtempo 'beach' type tunes and the harmony ballads.

 

[Granny Goose]

 

[Granny Goose]

 

[Granny Goose]

Fantastic record by Jimmy Seals back when he was still writing sides for the Knickerbockers...

 

[mikael]

These are a few of the loudest and hardest I would play back when the DJ dance nights I played were going strong (I stopped club DJing a few years ago)

Not many can top the Wicked Pickett but this blows away the WP version

Could the INTRO have inspired this?

 

[buckeyebeat]

Fantastic record by Jimmy Seals back when he was still writing sides for the Knickerbockers...

I liked that one enough to keep when I got in a collection buy from a distributor. Part of that window of time when Dolly Parton, Ronnie Milsap, and others were recording with pop producers and directed to the top-40 teen market.

 

[buckeyebeat]

Could the INTRO have inspired this?

Mark and the band were influenced by the Animals.