First of all, I'd like to send a massive thankyou to all of you who have been there for me while I've been on my "break" from doing this.

While I was feeling down, I put together a set of tracks from Studio One that are about heartbreak and loss. While I'm in a solid relationship myself, this set goes out to those who have lost someone and are feeling it.

Tracklist:

01 - Tears From My Eyes - The Gaylads
02 - I Don't Want To See You Cry - Ken Boothe
03 - You Can't Be Happy - The Clarendonians
04 - A Change Is Gonna Come - The Heptones
05 - Thinking - Ken Boothe
06 - Out Of My Mind - Junior Soul
07 - I Made A Mistake - The Termites
08 - Bye Bye Baby - Zoot Simms
09 - I'm Not A King - Delroy Wilson
10 - Let Him Try - Alton Ellis
11 - Giving Up On Love - Trevor Clarke
12 - Let Them Say - Bob Andy
13 - Losing You - The Madlads
14 - I Can't Get You Off My Mind - John Holt
15 - Since I Fell For You - The Heptones
16 - Down Low - Errol Dunkley
17 - I'll Never Fall In Love (12" Mix) - Dennis Brown
18 - Let Them Stay - Delroy Williams
19 - Without You - The Wailing Souls
20 - Gonna Take A Miracle - Alton Ellis
21 - What About Me - Myrna Hague
22 - Didn't I - Cornell Campbell
23 - You're Not The Kind - Freddie McKay
24 - Things Ain't Going Right - Lloyd Charmers
25 - What Difference Does It Make - Freddie McGregor
26 - Rainbow - Wentworth Vernal

Continuing the series that started over on Mixcloud - here's the latest installment of some of my favourite uptempo doo wop tunes. (I'll upload the other volumes over here at some point too for those who have never heard them). Lots of tracks from 1961 here as it was the time when doo wop was morphing into soul.

Track Listing:

01 - Just For You - Jimmy Witherspoon & The Lamplighters (Federal) 1954
02 - Woman Is A Man's Best Friend - Teddy & The Twilights (Swan) 1962
03 - So Much - The Starfires (Bargain) 1961
04 - Roaches - The Court Jesters (Blast) 1961
05 - Come On - The Five Blacks (B&C) 1961
06 - All She Wants To Do Is Dance - The Turbans (Unreleased Roulette - Collectables CD) 1961
07 - That Night - Riff Ruffin & Group (Collectables CD - Harlem Rock n Blues) 1960?
08 - Queen Of Swing - The Labradors (Chief) 1958
09 - 59 Volvo - The Medallions (Dooto) 1959
10 - Gee - The Marathons (Arvee LP - Peanut Butter) 1961
11 - Let The Good Times Roll - The Crenshaws (Warner Bros EP) 1961
12 - Mr Astronaut - The Drivers (King) 1962
13 - The Girl's A Devil - The Dukays (Nat) 1961
14 - The Last Roundup - The Cleftones (Old Town Unreleased - Ace CD Old Town Doo Wop Vol 5)
15 - Rock N Roll Fever - The Monitors (Specialty) 1957
16 - I Wanna Love - The Jiving Juniors (UK Bluebeat) 1961
17 - Off The Mountain - The Magnificents (Vee Jay) 1957
18 - When Will The Light Shine For Me - The Solitaires (Unreleased Old Town - Ace CD - Walking Along With..) 1958
19 - From The Bottom Of My Heart - The Fantastic Five Keys (Capitol) 1962
20 - Woe Is Me - The Cadillacs (Josie) 1956
21 - Baby For Your Love - The Upfronts (Lummtone) 1963
22 - Looking For A Love - The Valentinos (SAR) 1962
23 - I Really Love You - The Stereos (Cub) 1961
24 - Stardust In Her Eyes - The Big Five (Shad) 1960
25 - Strollin' - The Hornets (Rev) 1958
26 - I'll Be There - The Vocaleers (Ace CD - Old Town Doo Wop Vol 4)

Some of my favourite deep and sweet soul tunes from the 1960s and 70s with a couple of late 50s tracks too.

Most tracks taken from reissues, LPs and CD. Original label of release stated for those who want to track a tune down.

Tracklist:

01 - I've Just Been Feeling Bad - Eddie Floyd (Stax)
02 - It's So Hard To Break A Habit - The Webs (Pop Side)
03 - Danger - Marvin L Sims (Revue)
04 - Love Bug - Willie And West (Stang)
05 - Suffer - Tyrone Davis (Four Brothers)
06 - Running Out - Vernon Garrett (Kent)
07 - Like A Big Bad Rain - Kenny Carter (Kent CD - Showdown RCA Recordings)
08 - Take Another Look - The Turquinettes (Kent CD - Lost Without You)
09 - My Love Is Real - Little Joe Hinton (Arvee)
10 - My Heart Cries For You - The Invincibles (Warner Bros and Stardom)
11 - Faith - Ricky Allen (Age)
12 - No Headstone On My Grave - Esther Phillips (Atlantic LP - Country Side Of)
13 - His Love For Me - Inell Young (Busy B)
14 - One Hurt Deserves Another - Fabulous Fiestas (RCA Victor)
15 - I Need Lots Of Love - Johnny Taylor (Derby)
16 - One Girl - Garnett Mimms (United Artists)
17 - Sometime, Someplace, Somewhere - Johnny Wilson (Arnold)
18 - Tomorrow May Never Come - The Spinners (Motown)
19 - Human - The Ad Libs (AGP)
20 - Blues Get Off My Shoulder - Dee Clark (Abner)
21 - Life Is Too Short - Benny Spellman (Minit)
22 - You're The Most - Kelly Brothers (Sims)
23 - Saving Face - Roscoe Shelton (Sound Stage 7 unissued)
24 - Just A Little Overcome - The Nightingales (Stax)
25 - One More Chance - The Masqueraders (LA Beat)
26 - Black Balloons - Syl Johnson (Twinight LP - Is It Because I'm Black)
27 - Only Your Love - Paul Kelly (Dial)
28 - You Were Meant For Me - Little Buster (Jubilee)
29 - Always In The Wrong Place At The Wrong Time - The Upsetters (lead - Jimmy Wess) (ABC)
30 - Lonely People Do Foolish Things - Judy Clay (Scepter)

My set that I was kindly invited to play on Roots Locker West Radio the US/UK collaboration, on July 11th this year:

Tracklist (all tracks original JA 45s unless stated).

01 - Ska La Parisienne - The Skatalites (C&N)
02 - Man In The Street - Don Drummond (Studio 1)
03 - The Jerk - Granville Williams & Baba Brooks (Gayfeet)
04 - Addams Family Rock Steady - The Carib Beats (Sir JJ)
05 - Napoleon Solo - Lyn Tait & The Jets (Merritone)
06 - Full Charge - Jackie Mittoo & The Soul Vendors (Studio 1 LP - Evening Time)
07 - Second Fiddle - Tommy McCook & The Supersonics (Treasure Isle)
08 - Batman - Lyn Tait & The Jets (Merritone)
09 - Dulcemania - Drumbago & The Dynamites (Clandisc)
10 - Grandfather's Clock - Winston Wright & Rupies All Stars (Success)
11 - Soul Scorcher - Karl Cannonball Bryan (as King Cannon) (UK Trojan LP - No More Heartaches)
12 - Dynamite Line - Joe's All Stars (UK Joe)
13 - Shang Hied - The Vulcans (UK Trojan LP - Star Trek)
14 - Tomorrow's World - Fleece & The Live Shocks (UK Nu Beat)
15 - High Plains Drifter - The Upsetters (UK Scratch - RE)
16 - ET Special - Bobby Ellis & Tommy McCook (Impact LP - Java Java Dub)
17 - Invasion - Herman's All Stars (Aquarius)
18 - Dirty Harry - Tommy McCook & Richard Hall (Pantomine)
19 - Drugs Man - Hux Brown (Power Pack RE)
20 - Ten Years - Bubbles Cameron (Dennis)
21 - Lion Head - Bobby Kalphat (Leo)
22 - Unknown Scorcher - Bobby (Ellis) (Hot Spice)
23 - Hail I - Bongo Herman & Les (Crystal)