Andy Smith's Northern Soul

by DJ Andy Smith

Overview

Best known as the touring DJ with trip-hop pioneers Portishead, Andy Smith's previous compilation CDs proved him a mixologist of uncommon skill and taste, dexterous and batsh*t-crazy enough to weave Kate Bush,Ultramagnetic MC's and Three Dog Night into a seamless whole. With the self-explanatory Andy Smith's Northern Soul, he also proves himself a crate-digger par excellence -- born of his regular Northern sets at London's Jazz Cafe, this 26-cut mix bypasses traditional crowd-pleasers to plunge fully into the realm of vintage soul obscurities rarely, if ever, resurrected in the digital era. But Northern purists should also be forewarned that Smith mixes his tracks together in contemporary DJ style -- "I for one would buy a CD of a night at the Casino or the Twisted Wheel and would have marveled at the DJ's selections and announcements," he argues in his liner notes, and assuming the disc is indeed representative of a typical Jazz Cafe set, it's hard to argue with his logic. Highlights include Curtis Lee's "Is She in Your Town?," Bob & Earl's "My Little Girl" and the Charmels' "As Long as I've Got You." ~ Jason Ankeny

Product Details

Release Date:	03/08/2005
Label:	Bgp
UPC:	0029667516525
Rank:	248907

Tracks

1. Talkin' About My Baby  -  Dottie & Millie  - Dave Hamilton
2. Baby, Without You  - J. Ford  - Danny Monday  - Lolly Vegas
3. You Got Me Turned Around  - Rony Darrell  - Dave Hamilton  - O.C. Tolbert
4. That's Enough  - Roscoe Robinson  - Raven Wildroot
5. On Top of the World  - Walter Chaney
6. Reach Out, I'll Be There  - Lamont Dozier  - Brian Holland  - Eddie Holland  - Lee Moses
7. If I Could Turn Back the Hands of Time  - Vernon Garrett
8. All I Have to Do
9. He's Alright With Me  - Sherlie Matthews  -  Mirettes
10. Try Some Soul  - Harold Thomas
11. Same Old Thing  - Sherlie Matthews  -  Olympics
12. Don't Cry, Sing Along With the Music  - Artie Kornfeld  - Melba Moore
13. She's Looking Good  - Rodger Collins
14. Is She in Your Town?  - Curtis Lee
15. My Little Girl (Instrumental)  -  Bob & Earl  - Sherlie Matthews
16. I Can't Get Away (Vocal Version)  - Bobby Garrett  - Earl Nelson
17. Cigarette Ashes  - Godoy Colbert  - James Conwell
18. Too Much of a Good Thing  -  Shirelles  - Paul Vance
19. Shotgun and the Duck  - Jackie Lee  - Sherlie Matthews  - Earl Nelson
20. I Can't Believe What You Say  - Ike Turner  - Tina Turner
21. The New Breed  - Jimmy Holiday
22. You've Got It  - Earl Jones  - Johnny Williams
23. Mine Exclusively  - Sherlie Matthews  -  Olympics
24. That's No Way to Treat a Girl  - Anthony Bruno  - Bob Elgin  - Marie Knight  - Vic Millrose
25. As Long as I've Got You  -  Charmels  - Isaac Hayes  - David Porter

Album Credits

Performance Credits

DJ Andy Smith   Primary Artist
O.C. Tolbert   Primary Artist
Dottie & Millie   Primary Artist
Ike Turner   Primary Artist
Jackie Lee   Primary Artist
Melba Moore   Primary Artist
James Conwell   Primary Artist
Marie Knight   Primary Artist
Johnny Williams   Primary Artist
Lee Moses   Primary Artist
Curtis Lee   Primary Artist
The Charmels   Primary Artist
Danny Monday   Primary Artist
Tina Turner   Primary Artist
Rodger Collins   Primary Artist
Vernon Garrett   Primary Artist
Roscoe Robinson   Primary Artist
The Mirettes   Primary Artist
Jimmy Holiday   Primary Artist
The Olympics   Primary Artist
The Shirelles   Primary Artist
Bob & Earl   Primary Artist
Bobby Garrett   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Andy Smith   Compilation Producer
Raven Wildroot   Composer
O.C. Tolbert   Performer
Artie Kornfeld   Composer
Paul Vance   Composer
Brian Holland   Composer
Sherlie Matthews   Composer
Dave Hamilton   Composer
Rodger Collins   Composer
Lolly Vegas   Composer
Dean Rudland   Coordination,Liner Notes
Curtis Lee   Composer
Eddie Holland   Composer
David Porter   Composer
Doug Smith   Animation,Picture
Earl Nelson   Composer
Lamont Dozier   Composer
Earl Jones   Composer
J. Ford   Composer
Godoy Colbert   Composer
Isaac Hayes   Composer
Anthony Bruno   Composer
Vic Millrose   Composer
Harold Thomas   Composer
Dottie & Millie   Performer
Ike Turner   Composer
Walter Chaney   Composer
Rony Darrell   Composer
Bob Elgin   Composer
Jimmy Holiday   Composer