Hi-NRG Vs Northern Soul

[marmite7]

All the following Northern Soul artists have been covered in a Hi-nrg stylee.

Can you name the tracks & the artist who covered them?

Hoagy Lands
The Sapphires
The Ad-Libs
Jimmy Radcliffe
Mary Love
The Tempos
Yvonne Baker
Joy Lovejoy
The Invitations
Nosmo King

for our *ahem* slightly older energy fans

If you didn't know then this will be a revelation

[Energyguy]

All the following Northern Soul artists have been covered in a Hi-nrg stylee.

Can you name the tracks & the artist who covered them?

Hoagy Lands
The Sapphires
The Ad-Libs
Jimmy Radcliffe
Mary Love
The Tempos
Yvonne Baker
Joy Lovejoy
The Invitations
Nosmo King

for our *ahem* slightly older energy fans

If you didn't know then this will be a revelation

I dont recognise any of those artists so I have no idea ! :icon_mrgreen:
I will probably recognise the song titles....

[marmite7]

Shocking you not knowing your roots

The Jimmy Radcliffe tune is one of the ultimate Northern Soul tracks, but for the life of me I can't now recall who covered it in the early/mid 80's! Doin me head in fact.

You'll know most if not all of the titles tho matey

[Energyguy]

Shocking you not knowing your roots

The Jimmy Radcliffe tune is one of the ultimate Northern Soul tracks, but for the life of me I can't now recall who covered it in the early/mid 80's! Doin me head in fact.

You'll know most if not all of the titles tho matey

I`m a bit ignorant where Northern Soul is concerned.. I know Laura Pallas covered SKIING IN THE SNOW and I think the Flirtations track EARTHQUAKE was originally a Northern Soul hit.. ? I have a track called IN ORBIT by Yvonne Gidden which may also ahve been Northern Soul as well ?

[marmite7]

There's 3 for ya :icon_biggrin:

Earthquake was originally recorded by Bobbi Lynn
In Orbit - Joy Lovejoy
Ski-ing In The Snow - The Invitations

and I gotta say I still prefer the originals :icon_confused:

[marmite7]

Yvonne Gidden was on Electricity, Kev Roberts (N.Soul DJ) old label, so there's a huge clue

[Energyguy]

There's 3 for ya :icon_biggrin:

Earthquake was originally recorded by Bobbi Lynn
In Orbit - Joy Lovejoy
Ski-ing In The Snow - The Invitations

and I gotta say I still prefer the originals :icon_confused:

I should imagine they are quite collectable nowadays..

[marmite7]

The Soul Club

There ya go dude


some of them are on here

[marmite7]

OMG - go to "Y" and listen to Yarbrough & Peoples - Heartbeats!

(Not sure what it's doin on this site, but it's cool) Never heard it before and only knew them for two tracks anyway!

[Energyguy]

OMG - go to "Y" and listen to Yarbrough & Peoples - Heartbeats!

(Not sure what it's doin on this site, but it's cool) Never heard it before and only knew them for two tracks anyway!

Cheers dude..

[DISCODISK]

Hoagy Lands-the next in line-eric roberts
The Sapphires-gotta have your love-velvette
The Ad-Libs-nothings worse than being alone-velvette
Mary Love-you turned my bitter into sweet-linda lewis
The Tempos-countdown-kofi & the lovetones
Yvonne Baker-you didnt say a word-shirley lewis




Nosmo King would be goodbye nothing to say and jimmy radcliffe would be long after tonight is all over cant remember these two either though im not gonna loose no sleep this stuff is not for me though i do own some of it, i must have been drunk when i bought em:icon_lol: no laura pallas was bought with love after i saw her live once and thought she was great but 20 20 vision was my favourite from her
KEV ROBERTS PRODUCER EXTRAORDINAIRE:icon_lol: gotta go someones at the door must be kevs lawyers hes a bit like that you know

[marmite7]

Hoagy Lands-the next in line-eric roberts
The Sapphires-gotta have your love-velvette
The Ad-Libs-nothings worse than being alone-velvette
Mary Love-you turned my bitter into sweet-linda lewis
The Tempos-countdown-kofi & the lovetones
Yvonne Baker-you didnt say a word-shirley lewis




Nosmo King would be goodbye nothing to say and jimmy radcliffe would be long after tonight is all over cant remember these two either though im not gonna loose no sleep this stuff is not for me though i do own some of it, i must have been drunk when i bought em:icon_lol: no laura pallas was bought with love after i saw her live once and thought she was great but 20 20 vision was my favourite from her

Nosmo King (an obvious play on words!) & The Javells - Goodbye nothing to say was coverd by *drum roll* The Nolans and produced by mr levine himself! 1986 I believe.

The cover of Long After Tongiht Is All is still buggning as Ican't recall the hi-nrg grouo which covered it aroun 86/87. Secession or sommat! Grrr

That Sapphires is tracjk is my fave and I lurv it. Such a dancable tune :)

[Simon White]

There's 3 for ya :icon_biggrin:

Earthquake was originally recorded by Bobbi Lynn
In Orbit - Joy Lovejoy
Ski-ing In The Snow - The Invitations

and I gotta say I still prefer the originals :icon_confused:

Not the same 'Earthquake' !

[Charlie Windle]

Nosmo King (an obvious play on words!) & The Javells - Goodbye nothing to say was coverd by *drum roll* The Nolans and produced by mr levine himself! 1986 I believe.

The cover of Long After Tongiht Is All is still buggning as Ican't recall the hi-nrg grouo which covered it aroun 86/87. Secession or sommat! Grrr

That Sapphires is tracjk is my fave and I lurv it. Such a dancable tune :)

Long after tonight was covered by True on Crystal city in 1985.:icon_lol:

[marmite7]

Long after tonight was covered by True on Crystal city in 1985.:icon_lol:

You know wot Charlie, I knew it began with "T", but could fink for the life of me.

Are there any others I've forgotten about?

Anyone else hear The Nolans doing Goodbye Nothing To Say? (I remember it being a "cover-up" release, with no info on the artist, until everyone loved it, then the bombshell was dropped it were the all-singing, all-performing Irish sisters!)

[Simon White]

All the following Northern Soul artists have been covered in a Hi-nrg stylee.

Can you name the tracks & the artist who covered them?

Mary Love - Linda Lewis

Linda did a version in the 60's too funny enuf. There's a whole list of Motorcity and Nightmare Hi- Nrg covers to plus things like Areppio's 'Love and Desrire which shares a melody with The Flirtations ' Stronger Than her Love' (Sidney Barnes wrote them both)... The flip side of Shalamars first 12" is a direct rip of Fathers Angels 'Bok To Bach (but not really Hi nrg) Bonnie Pointer covered The Elgins 'Heaven Must Have Sent You' which is always a popular track at a Northen do..there must be more...

[Energyguy]

Linda did a version in the 60's too funny enuf. There's a whole list of Motorcity and Nightmare Hi- Nrg covers to plus things like Areppio's 'Love and Desrire which shares a melody with The Flirtations ' Stronger Than her Love' (Sidney Barnes wrote them both)... The flip side of Shalamars first 12" is a direct rip of Fathers Angels 'Bok To Bach (but not really Hi nrg) Bonnie Pointer covered The Elgins 'Heaven Must Have Sent You' which is always a popular track at a Northen do..there must be more...

I loved Ian Levine`s re-working of HEAVEN MUST HAVE SENT YOU on his NIGHTMARE label.

[DISCODISK]

Are there any others I've forgotten about?

wasnt landslide done?

[marmite7]

Croistette - did a song called Landslide, but was it Tony Clarke's version?

[Energyguy]

Croistette - did a song called Landslide, but was it Tony Clarke's version?

That is a great HINRG track, ANGIE GOLD also covered it on Passion Records. I have the CROISETTE version on 12" and the "best of" CD
It would be interesting to hear the original version...

[Simon White]

That is a great HINRG track, ANGIE GOLD also covered it on Passion Records. I have the CROISETTE version on 12" and the "best of" CD
It would be interesting to hear the original version...

Now, how do we go about getting it to you, Energyguy? Drop me a line !

As an aside, there's a new Levine CD out called 'Solid Ground' which conatains some great new stuff in a Northern vein including one that borrows heavily from 'Landslide'.

[marmite7]

That is a great HINRG track, ANGIE GOLD also covered it on Passion Records. I have the CROISETTE version on 12" and the "best of" CD
It would be interesting to hear the original version...

Neil, go back to The Soul Club link and search Tony Clarke - cos Landslide is there, but I really can't recall the Croisette version at all.



I know there was a "house" remake of Mistura's - The Flasher, which was a stomper beforehand, but just ended-up beefed up with bass.

I may be imagining it, but was there ever a hi-rng cover of Dean Parrish's - I'm On My Way.

[Energyguy]

Neil, go back to The Soul Club link and search Tony Clarke - cos Landslide is there, but I really can't recall the Croisette version at all.



I know there was a "house" remake of Mistura's - The Flasher, which was a stomper beforehand, but just ended-up beefed up with bass.

I may be imagining it, but was there ever a hi-rng cover of Dean Parrish's - I'm On My Way.

Cheers Mark
the CROISETTE version was released on passion records in 1986.

[marmite7]

Cheers Mark
the CROISETTE version was released on passion records in 1986.

I know - I have it somewhere, but since listing my hi-nrg collection (and it not selling), they're no longer in alphabetical order. (I can't even recall if I've even still got it! I had it as a white label, but do know I was never that keen on it, which is why I can't recall the song itself I spose)

Didn't like Nothing But Blackmail Either to be honest.

Have you listened yet to Tony clarke's version to see if it's the same song?

[marmite7]

Not Northern and having already mentioned one Tamla classic, Heaven Musta Sent You.........

let's not forget:

Ms Wilde's rendition of Come See About Me
Angie Gold (again) - Third Finger Left Hand
FGTH - War
Evelyn Thomas - Reflections
and my personal favourite Deborah Washington - Nothing But Heartaches


Didn't Mary Wells also re-do My Guy slightly beefed up?


Gawd - Forgot, didn't Sinitta do Love On A Mountain Top (easy to forget I know)