Growing up as a young Soul Boy in Brighton I was obsessed with Soul Music ,I spent virtually all my money on records from Sound Unlimited and can still remember the excitement of going home ,opening my bag of new albums and reading all the details on the album covers as I listened .....the disappearance of the traditional album sleeve is so sad , I can't read a CD inlay without my reading glasses now !
I loved Marvin,The Isleys ,Earth Wind & Fire etc etc but more than anything ,on a Sunday I liked to listen to The Sound of Philadelphia .Every Sunday I'm gonna write about another great artist from one of the greatest Soul Music labels EVER .
Today artist is one of the greatest Soul singers ever whose covers of " Your Song " and " Let " Em In " are classics and whose original songs " Me & Mrs Jones " ," You're Having My Baby " etc etc are just beautiful..............Ladies & Gentlemen I give you ,Mr Billy Paul !
To me he was always seemed to be ( unfairly in the shadow of Teddy Pendergrass and The O'Jays but this guy can SING ! My particular favourite is his concept album " war Of The Gods " which I urge you all to download today......a classic ,physchedelic Soul album that was largely overlooked on release ,.
Youtube him and you will see he was an icon of style ,the epitomy of cool ..........a class act !
The Sound of Phildadelphia will always be a part of my life ,Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff are my favourite song writers and as for that lush orchestrated Philly sound ......well for this Soul boy nothing comes close
Happy Sunday
x
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