80s Soul Grooves: 'The long hot soulful summer'

[Ian Townsend]

Whenever Robbie Vincent played the smooth jingle 'the long hot soulful summer' it was always followed by something wondrously DX7-ified or some old soul classic.

I have that jingle on tapes of his old shows followed by tunes like the Isley's 'For The Love Of You,' Richie Cole's 'New York Afternoon' or Natalie Cole's brilliant 'La Costa' with it's gorgeous seagulls, piano and strings intro.

And I got a little something through the post today which didn't cost as much as I thought it would....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMdSH54eOrk&feature=related


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ-sJSFbjeE


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd2sOqbIcaM


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe7YqFLpeOs

And I confess without embarassment I love Stock, Aitken and Waterman's version of New York Afternoon just as much! Cuica madness / summer shizzle.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLsYZCi8f2Q

I'm going to post a load of 80s smooth here throughout this summer regardless of interest... :rolleyes:

OK. Back to yer Psych raers.... :)

:)

(And this is isn't a pre-amble to an interview with Voices Of The Shadows man Rod Dearlove. No Sirreee.... )

[reza]

*The long hot soulful sound of Summer" what a great show it was too , still got few of the programs on cassette , gonna have to dig them out now


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH7OfUmuxWE

[reza]

God playing that Isley clip sends shivers down my spine

Still a killer


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ocxcMxtNCE

[reza]

love the break at 1' 10 in


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMe4cWxNYy4&feature=related

[Ian Townsend]

Great stuff Reza... I figured when posting this may be a long solo thread.

And I don't know those last two you've posted at all Looking forward to checking them out later.:)

[ceemillar]

:D music for a candlelight dinner!! remeber the Sunday show so well with the soul satellite always seeming to fall on some Northern town.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RtF0_IeRak

I used to love this one, goosebumps all the way with 'you stole my heart and tore me apart, then you sent me on my way.':cool:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUb5kqdLnZU

great thread.

[ironheadrat]

Two of my favourite tried and tested sundowners.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBB8RVZ3a4E


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cN42qU5eMdo

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Pure class....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpVKs-XqMoE

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqzWtO85qAc

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lknBTC_bL78

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA9RbtavEi4

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbE_Q0FWrhY

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaHYNryf26c

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=od5OD5MpvZY

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPwKo-iyqyk

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu4-C9k4UXo&feature=related

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOke3a5wS9Q

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joX3E3m7XtI

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqD0kB7wUWY

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF-j4ewr_I8

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8UcXVEPLHI

[ceemillar]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=od5OD5MpvZY
That brought a smile to my face. That was a Massive Robbie spin back in day. He must have played that every other Sunday for about three months.

[Ian Townsend]

Thanks Soylent :) ...some absolute beauties there. Need to revisit Perri, I only ever spin their gospel version of Caves of Altamira and the winsome but lovely No Place To Go.

[ceemillar]

Pure class....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpVKs-XqMoE
Thanks for posting this one which I didn't know at all. :cool: I dont know if it was Robbie Vincent or Andy Peebles after him who bigged up Sam Dees After All but i remeber the real soul crowd declaring this an instant masterpiece.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUAGLQBlCXo

[auxillary_output]

DX7 sounds / Anita Baker and the God-bothering Winans are perfect for this thread I think?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfWvVAh0Zps

But if you're after deep soul class for just a few dollars then this is unbeatable.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9M_04T_kpY

OK it's not 80s, but I heard it in the 80s and Robbie Vincent could have played it.:)