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no. 134 beat ballads & mid tempo groovers

1 WE CAN MAKE IT RUBY & ROMANTICS
2 HAVEN'T GOT WHAT IT TAKES JUDY CLAY
3 DROWN MY HEART DAVID COLEMAN & HECTOR RIVERA ORCH
4 IF I HAD KNOWN FREDDIE HOUSTON
5 DON'T ACCUSE ME SQUIRES
6 A WHOLE NEW PLAN JO ANN GARRETT
7 CRY MYSELF TO SLEEP RHETTA HUGHES
8 I PLAY FOR KEEPS DIANE LEWIS
9 I'M GONNA HAVE A PARTY ED BRUCE
10 IF THIS IS GOODBYE HARRY & KEYAVAS
11 LET THE MUSIC PLAY ROY HAMILTON
12 DEEP IN THE HEART OF HARLEM JIMMY RADCLIFFE
13 I JUST GOTTA HAVE YOU NELLA DODDS
14 HE'S A LOVER MARY WELLS
15 FROM OUT OF NOWHERE GEORGE WYDELL
16 RUN TO MY LOVIN' ARMS LENNY WELCH
17 DON'T COUNT ON TOMORROW BOOTLEGGERS FTG CATHY CARLSON
18 AFTER YOU THERE CAN BE NOTHING WALTER JACKSON
19 DON'T LEAD ME ON ED TOWNSEND
20 YOU'RE BREAKING MY HEART KARMELLO BROOKS
21 I'M A LOVER CHUCK CARTER
22 I WOULDN'T CHANGE A THING ABOUT YOU JOHNNY WYATT
23 THE CHANGE ERNESTINE EADY

A reminder that previous shows are available via the mixcloud link...for anybody interested.

Sylvia Moy tribute on show no. 135 next week...listen anytime.

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Hi snakepit, I'll try and give this a listen if a get a chance [[not making any promises this time tho!) ;)

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Also, just out of interest, what is a "beat ballad"...?

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Originally Posted by TomatoTom123

Also, just out of interest, what is a "beat ballad"...?

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A ballad...with a beat.
Usually big productions, mid 60s soulful tracks . Think Righteous Brothers' "you've lost that lovin' feelin'"....in that style.
In the formative years of the Northern Soul scene, beat ballads very often got player at the end of a session....commonly referred to as "enders", as the event wound to a close.
Years later, as the scene was affected by many pioneers leaving...getting married, families etc, and most of the dancers having been discovered and played, the hard core fans adopted a more collectable style of records, often playing mid tempo/beat ballads. These records were ,in the main, considered too slow in the NS heyday. But beat ballads became popular in their own right and rightly so...great soul music.
A number of beat ballad CDs are available.
Re Soulful shack, you can open the link and play the show....whilst opening a second browser to surf/scroll web....with SS in the background.

https://m.youtube.com/results?q=beat...ds%20soul&sm=1

Try the above link to sample some Beat Ballads

Thank you very much snakepit. That is all very helpful!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLE...Zg&mode=NORMAL

https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLE...nE&mode=NORMAL

https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PL0...uk&mode=NORMAL

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Jq5z_U8z_b4