Lou Courtney 2fer! (Transworld 1666)

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Welcome back Boils and Ghouls. I've been relaxing over the last week into my piles of vinyl. I decided that I had way too much extra stuff that really doesn't have a place in my ever expanding collection. See, like any record collector, sometimes you find yourself in a position to purchase "other" genre rarities at a great price...and if you're anything like me, you buy it. I mean I'm ALWAYS looking for trade bait for the shows and whatnot. However, I finally decided to trim the collection a bit and post a bunch o wax on GEMM.com. Don't think you'll find a lot of Funk Soul etc on there unless I get doubles. This is strictly to rid myself of vinyl I don't want in my collection.

Yes I'm using the name SHINDIGGIT to post and I'll make sure I post a link on the left as soon as I get it where I want it......then you can go find that rare Scottish folktunes LP you've been looking for.
ANYWAY, Todays selection is a Lou Courtney single on the Canadian TransWorld label. This label released a LOT of hip sounds on it ranging from Lou to the Haunted (an AMAZING garage band from Montreal). This is Lou's ever popular "Skate Now" (which was a huge hit at the Twisted Wheel I read somewheres). Released in 1966, this is a very hip single. If you're not dancing or tapping your feet by the second verse...well, you get my point. The B-side is a treat...it's funky. Not what I expected as a flip. It's heavy...just the way I like it. I'm not gonna hold you back any longer...git listenin' and SHINDIGGIT!

The Woolies - Who Do You Love (Dunhill 4052)

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It's Sunday and as I sit looking out my window, longing for the snow to disappear, my thoughts drift back to those heady days back in the late 80's when I was part of the last gasp (so to speak) of the 60's counter-culture. I mean, since the 60's there had been several revivals of the music and overall lifestyle. None went as far as the 80's. Between 1978 and 1990 there were always Mods, Skins and 60's Punks around the Toronto area. I guess it was bands like Madonna and Flock of Seagulls, or maybe it was neon shoelaces and Choose Life t-shirts, but someone had to rebel. I got hooked, somewhere in 1988 (Grade 10) and never looked back. Apart from your typical tree-huggin' hippy which signifies the 60's in most media, there were tremendous spurts of musical talent and styles. I had listened to all the British Invasion stuff, moved on to the soul and MOD tunes of the early to mid 60's and then a wonderful thing happened, someone lent me an LP titled "Pebbles" (I forget which number). What I heard there blew my mind! I had never thought another type of music could touch my soul the way...well...soul music could. The fuzzy guitars, the snotty frontmen spewing out lyrics with a sort of venom. No wonder they called this Garage Punk. I had a copy of Nuggets which was another turning point in my life, but definately on the more commercial side. It just didn't compare to this...well what else do you call it? PUNK!....okay okay, so I've since shaved off my "Brian Jones" locks and couldn't fit inside the H.I.S. hip huggers anymore if I tried, but the music...yeah, the music follows me through my life. But enough of my sunday flashbacks....todays slice of vitriol is by a band called the Woolies. They were legends in Michigan. This selection is their big hit from 1966 which actually got picked up for national distribution due to its tremendous chart success in Michigan. The info I've been able to find on this band has pretty much been rehashed over and over and over so I won't go into it here, however, the lead guitarist Jeff Baldori's page with discography is located HERE if you want further info on this band. This song really does need to be played LOUD to really SHINDIGGIT!

Jackie Ross - Dynamite Lovin' (CHESS 1929)

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Welcome back Kiddies. Today I have another brilliant Northern soul Stomper! Another thrift store find, this slab cost me another whopping $0.50. As I mentioned in the last post, I've yet to get myself acquainted with a good portable turntable so I rely on my knowledge of the labels, a little common sense and sometimes a giant leap of faith....That being said, it's hard to complain about the duds when you're only paying a buck or two per single. Every nugget more than makes up for it. Sometimes you get something completely unexpected. The other day I was digging through a pile of singles and found a Stax 7" by a band called the Southwest F.O.B. Now, being on Stax, you'd expect some good Memphis Soul, or at least something funky, but no. All I heard was a pop/psyche band. It was crazy...who would have thought that Stax would release something this far from center? Anyway, I digress. I don't know much about this darling with the sweet voice except she started singing at the young age of 3 and released an album in 1964 titled "Full Bloom". This track was released in 1965 shortly before she left the label. If you don't start tapping your feet to this song, you better check that they're still there. Dynamite Lovin' is a Dynamite Song...Play it loud and SHINDIGGIT!

September Jones - I'm Coming Home (Kapp K 802)

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Well here we are again. As I mentioned in my last post I had neglected a lot of other genres you're probably used to seeing here on SHINDIGGIT. I hope you enjoyed that fantastic (IMHO) Pama LP I posted for you. I really wanted to continue the trend in switching it up and playing genres OTHER than soul/funk, however....As I was perusing the masses of Barry Maninlow and Englebert Humperdink singles that always seem to make it to my local thrift shop en masse, I happened across a single that sounded interesting. September Jones. Now THAT sounded like a winner. I could picture the single right there, but was is soul? Was it funky? My spidey senses were tingling so I forked over the whole 99 cents to try it out. Yes, I'm still trying to find a Fisher Price record player to bring along, but they are harder to come by than 3 dollar bills in these parts....Anyway, I get home and slap this slab on the platter and crank it. As soon as it started I broke out into gooseflesh....Northern! This could quite simply be the best find for me in at least a couple years (The Lyn Tait single comes really really close!). I immediately went to the computer to check up on this glorious piece of Northern Soul and have found absolutely NOTHING about her or her career. John Manship in the UK has a re-issued copy for sale but other than that, the only thing I have heard is that this particular track was a huge floorfiller in the Northern scene around 1998 (across the pond of course!).
Well I'm not going to talk about it anymore. I want you to experience this single and see if it gives you the same tingles it gave me the first time I heard it....SHINDIGGIT!