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Cheap CDs for Sale

If you want to get your hands on some cheap CDs check out my store on Amazon Marketplace. I only sell CDs in excellent condition and my prices are usually the cheapest on the site.

www.amazon.co.uk/shops/readysteadygomusic

Soul * Funk * Indie * Britpop * and lot's more!

Lots of DJ friendly vinyl available to for sale. Contact me for my latest set sale list. These will not be sold on Amazon!

New funk & soul 45s mix

Kissing The Cotton Clouds by Paul Ritchie on Mixcloud

New issue of Shindig! mag out now

The latest issue of Shindig! magazine is out now featuring a massive look at the 60s Texas Scene including the 13th Floor Elevators and other less well known but equally brilliant obscurities such as Zakary Thaks. Checkout exclusive archive footage of the Nuggets favourite courtesy of You Tube below. The third and final installment of the mammoth West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band story comes to a thrilling climax and hundereds of reviews will keep you abreast of all the latest soul, garage, beat and psych re-issues.

If you can't find Shindig! in the shops, why not take out a subscription? More details here.

Motown celebrates 50th birthday

Starting in December 2008 and running through 2009, Universal Music will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of Motown Records.

To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Motown Records, Universal Music is releasing the album Motown 50 on 1st December. With the British nation’s endless love for Motown, Universal Music are inviting the public to vote for their favourite Motown tracks and the album will be compiled purely from the top 50 tracks chosen by them.

Universal Motown are embracing social networking to create this unique compilation album by partnering with Poll The People - www.pollthepeople.com/motown50 the global online polling community - to launch the GREATEST MOTOWN SONGS poll. It will run for 4 weeks from Monday 15th September to determine the ultimate Motown Top 50. People can select their Top 5 Motown songs from the database and their votes are entered into the poll. They will also be connected to other members of the community who match some or all of their Top 5 choices so they can meet like minded people and discover new gems from the legendary Motown catalogue.

RSG has submitted our top 5 – why not vote for yours?

Rather than go for the obvious, we've dug a bit deeper into the Motown vaults and gone for five classic dancers that can still pack dancefloors today.

1. Kim Weston (pictured above) - Helpless
2. The Originals - Suspicion
3. Frances Nero - Keep on loving me
4. Eddie Holland - Leaving Here
5. Chris Clark - Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)

Whilst we are on a Motown theme, check out this rare footage, courtesy of YouTube, of the Isley Brothers performing on the TV show 'Ready Steady Go' back in the sixties.

Cheap CDs, Vinyl for sale now on EBAY

It's time for a clearout here at RSG! towers.

Check out our 'for sale' lists on ebay and pick up a bargain along the way including this lovely original copy of the Temptations lp, Psychedelic Shack on Gordy.

http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZpaul*rsg

Keep on lookin' as there are lots of soul, funk and indie goodies to come soon!

My Favourite 45 by Andrew D. Cannes (Yeti)

Andrew Cannes is guitarist with hotly tipped Yeti (pictured left), a harmony-driven psychedelic pop group who are set to release their long awaited debut LP, ‘The Legend Of Yeti Gonzales’ (Get Up & Go records) on June 23rd.

The first single off the album is “Don’t Go Back To The One You Love” a sprawling psyched up song cycle that picks up from where the Beta Band left off and is out now on iTunes and other digital stores or CD and 7″. Check out the video below.

Andrew has kindly taken time out to delve into his record collection to pick out one of his favourite soul singles and tell us why he loves it so much for our ever popular ‘My Favourite 45’ series…

TELL IT LIKE IT IS – AARON NEVILLE

“It’s always amusing to look at a photo of Aaron Neville while listening to his music" says Andrew, "the man is a mountain: muscles everywhere, tight t-shirt with tattoos, earrings. You wouldn’t mess with him in a dark alley. But then you hear his voice, and you just want protect him – the man is crying out for a cuddle. Haunting, delicate and yet raw, Neville’s voice is one of the most unique in the history of recorded music. Dylan once described Neville (along with my other personal favourite from New Orleans, Irma Thomas) as being on a “higher level”. To me, Neville is the badder, New Orleans version of Carl Wilson, with a super-heavy dose of drugs, knock-backs and prison thrown in. In “Tell It Like It Is”, his voice conveys a level of hurt and raw emotion that has become alien to modern music”.

“And what about the first verse? Coupled with Neville’s delivery, it’s a pure knock-out”

"If you want something to play with
Go and find yourself a toy
Baby my time is too expensive
And I'm not a little boy”

“My favourite rhyme in the song is “serious/furious”, mainly because of the way Neville sings it. It simply wouldn’t be the same if it had been, say, Diana Ross”.

“Apparently it took Lee Diamond 15 minutes to write this song, which isn’t as short as it sounds. After all, if you’re going to name a song “Tell It Like It Is” and mean it, you should really get straight to the point”.

Thanks to Andrew for sending us this fantastic article. Keep coming back for more guest contributions. If you are in a band and would like some free publicity send us your views on one of your own 45s and we'll do the rest!

Yeti are Graham Blacow – Drums; Andrew Cannes - Electric, Vocals; John Hassall - Bass, Vocals; Mark “Harmony” Underwood - Acoustic, Vocals

For more information go to the bands’ website yetigonzales.com

Order your copy of 'The Legend Of Yeti Gonzales’ here.

Curtis Mayfield on DVD!

The good folks at 'Reelin In The Years' have followed up their recent excellent soul video compilations with a brand new documentary film about Curtis Mayfield featuring loads of vintage clips from his soulful days with The Impressions right through to his later funkier solo work.

Much more than a biography of a soul singer, this unique documentary carefully portrays the impact Curtis's music had on our social and political history. Mayfield was an unlikely protest singer, small in stature but a giant in terms of the message he dared put across, be it race, war, social injustice or drugs.

His artistic and poetic way of communicating with the man on the street was simple and pure yet Curtis was alone in standing up for what he believed in.

For those who doubt whether music and politics can mix simply listen to message songs like 'Keep On Pushin', 'We're A Winner' and 'We Gotta Have Peace' and imagine the impact they would have first made back in more troubled and unstable times. In one clip, the film tells the story of how nervous TV producers tried to censor the provocative lyrics Curtis wrote, perfectly highlighting the fear and ignorance of the times. Yet, despite the historical context, these inspirational message songs continue to be relevant and can resonate deeply with the continuing struggles that still affect many all over the world.

This DVD is not only essential for soul fans but for anyone with an interest in civil rights history and the power of music. It is a film that both educates and entertains in equal measure.

Curtis Mayfield was an inspiration to many and thanks to this important presentation his message of hope and understanding will continue to influence generations to come. Do yourself a favour and buy this DVD today. Before you do check out this great clip of Curtis with the Impressions from the sixties. The DVD contains this and 23 other full length performances along with poignant contributions from fellow Impressions, Fred Cash and Sam Gooden along with arranger, Johnny Pate.

My Favourite 45 by Eddie Piller, DJ

TYRONE DAVIS - IS IT SOMETHING YOU'VE GOT - DAKAR

Eddie Piller founded Acid Jazz Records in 1987 with Gilles Peterson. Today, Acid Jazz goes from strength to strength releasing classic grooves both, old and new. Eddie still DJs regularly alongside his many stints on radio shows. Eddie kindly took time out of his busy schedule to tell RSG a tale about one of his all time favourite 45s from his record collection.

“I remember exactly where I was when I first heard this record. I was in the back room of the legendary SPECIAL BRANCH night that was held at Streatham Ice Rink back in 1985. A DJ called Dave Brown was spinning jazz and a little bit of two step soul when suddenly; BANG! It hit me right in the face. A long lazy guitar riff intro followed by simply the best brass line ever. It was the vocals that really got me though...'there must be something that I'm missing, but is it something she's got?' delivered in a laconic, honey drenched Mississippi drawl”.

“I pestered the DJ, wrote down the details and by the following weekend I had located a copy for a princely £2”.“That same copy stayed in my DJ box and set for the following 21 years and I never missed an opportunity to play it. It became my signature tune!”

“Fast forward to Christmas 2006 and I had just finished recording the BBC Northern Soul New Years Eve special show and left the studio to play a gig in Deptford. I had the 34 records used for the recording in a BBC box and decided that I didn’t want to leave the box in my car boot in case anyone nicked the car”.

“Later that evening the box was stolen from behind the DJ decks at the gig. Well over a grand's worth of singles but the only one I really cared about was my special Tyrone 45. I was so gutted that I toyed with the idea of giving up playing records for a living. Thank you Deptford”.

“Henry Storch from Unique, my German DJ partner gave me his copy, but it wasn’t really the point. I had lost MY copy. The record still only sells for a fiver but it is a thing of great beauty. Buy it.”

For all the latest Acid Jazz news and releases check out the official site www.acidjazz.co.uk

Catch up with Eddie’s latest adventures behind the wheels of steel at his myspace page www.myspace.com/eddiepiller

RSG to write soul column for Shindig Magazine

Ready Steady Go writer Paul Ritchie (aka Soulboy_69) is to become the new soul and funk columnist for ace retro mag Shindig!

If you've not yet checked out Shindig! make sure you do fast!!! If you are fan of sixties psych, garage, beat, powerpop and soul - this is the mag for you! Glossy, colourful and packed with amazing stories, pictures and interviews. It is a fantastic read from cover to cover. You will not find a more comprehensive mag in the UK to cover the music we love. Pop down to your nearest WH Smiths or Borders and pick up a copy today. Better still get a subscription!

Our first column should be appearing very soon. Watch this space for further details.

Shindig! is now available in WH SMITHS and BORDERS all across the UK. See www.volcanopublishing.co.uk/shindig/shindigstockists.html for details. We can also be bought anywhere in the world via a cheap and easy subscription. www.volcanopublishing.co.uk/shindig.