late 80s/early 90s uk streetsoul (bass and breakbeats and r&b vocals)

Ok, sussed it

Few more..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hP_ELZoEzo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6zE6dTSU4A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llrYY44f5jU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcQI4AsT_pU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2nvFlrc4-k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j_EZolf-_w

One of my all time faves next...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhC0Cs5d94U

Thanks@Nick B

The Street Soul scene is similar to the Northern Soul Scene in that it was pretty low key at the time but has since had many revivals and grows in popularity. My Mum used to talk about the Northern Soul scene and I'm glad I was around when street soul was peaking. The blues dances and pirates back then were something else. Never really appreciated them fully at the time as with most things but now can look back and see how special it was.

Nice work - thank you! Randomly listening to the Love & Laughter track, sounds good

0kay that Mike Anthony is terrific, but I went straight to discogs for it and it turns out i already have that record, just never played side two before - duh! Big thanks for posting though!

Don't know if people heard this one - came out just last year with a massive Fifth of Heaven / Just a Little More sample:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3ZDZH03iQM

Lynda Dawn - Move

@NickB
kay that Mike Anthony is terrific, but I went straight to discogs for it and it turns out i already have that record, just never played side two before - duh! Big thanks for posting though!

I had the reggae version of that tune on a complilation but was searching for the soul version for years until I realized it was on the B side and got it for pennies..
That epitomizes Street Soul for me...it was usually the B sides or the different mixes to the popular ones that got played.

That Linda Dawn version is nice....I heard it on DJ Swings show a while back..if you haven't heard it yet then tune in Sunday night 8-11pm on tunein https://tunein.com/radio/Legacy-901-FM-s252429/
One of Manchester's finest DJs playing a selection of tune old & new that you don't hear everyday..and sometimes never!

Couple more..

End to End - Are you gonna be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUxPXYYCifM

Princess Ivori - Wanted (Club It 90 Version)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VeTM66fi1E

Ninjaman & Flourgon - Zig It Up (Main Attraction Remix)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X60T9dtnR7g

MC Cinderella - Loneliness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmAZK9TFUKA

EN TO END - Money Talks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPxWZxT-Veo

This album was pure gold! Hardcastle at his best for me...
Kiss The Sky You Don't Have To Change
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02609fUIzjA

Kym Sims - Too Blind To See It
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuXNWI_fYSY

Another one of my faves
Gwen Guthrie - Eyes (You Never Really Cared)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbAb6Ub4KD8

Another Linda Dawn tune...not street soul..more Rare Groove style..another genre I love
Lynda Dawn - Any Way You Want
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ljBHvK8v0c

Reminds me a bit of Erykah Badu

This girl's realy doing for me right now..sorry to take it off track
Lynda Dawn - Arise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9uHBlnrRzE

The thing with Broadway was that you could hear all those new underground mixes/tunes and then they'd drop a classic like this..
Sylvia Striplin - You Can't Turn Me Away
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om4cMbFTDvk

or this...
BENNY GOLSON I'M ALWAYS DANCING TO THE MUSIC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPo3ZFOmxxI

That's why Broadway were the best sound for me...they introduced me to a lot of music. For me that's what being a good DJ/Sound is all about...the music should take first place. When you have a passion for the music then boundaries get broken.
Ha..I'll stop wafflin now!!

Been on the Brandy...

For those who don't know about Broadway..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYuDeNZIOnA

Couldn't find this one but sure it must have been posted as it's one of THE biggest tunes of it's time...even guys in London knew this one
Tammy Payne - Free
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQNzV7NnYQQ

Can't play that one without this one
Lalah Hathaway - Baby Don't Cry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJQTcX18P64

Haha going turbo there! Thanks for sharing, will go through those later

that Mike Anthony one is incredible!

really goes for it on the vocal, i did a little out-loud whoop! noise when i played that

@boxedjoy....yeah one of my all time faves

More big tunes from that era...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-CoGVw54es

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frI51oRHaB8

The amazing Joanna Law..produced by her brother Funky Ginger Simon Law..great EP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_z337Kkyr0&feature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC1HGtK_qPQ

this is the one that didn't post above
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_z337Kkyr0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6M4PB2tkVU

Massive tune!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMOrHhbMDL4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51f2l_XR28g

Sorry if some have been posted

Another one of my faves...it was all about thsi mix on the 12"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tD2WxSUM0FE

<3 Mr energizer! :)

Still haven't had the chance to catch up with these but keep em coming. I do know dark Knight though - that's one of toyin agbetu's alias yes?

@NickB
Yeah that's right.. One of the originators of the sound

Speaking of Toyin Agbetu...

https://invisiblecityeditions.com/products/soul-connection-ice-016-test-pressing

Invisible City Editions reissues a selection of classic street soul tunes from the legendary duo Toyin Agetbu and Earl Myers. A mix of well loved tracks from Soul Connection's 1988 "Rough & Ready" and 1990 "Raw Street Soul". Remastered from the Master Reels!  This one has been a long time in the making and we are really excited to finally put it out! Full release to come in the next 2-3 months, so get your test pressing now.

Nice one @boxedjoy

Another one from the vaults!
Manchester's own Sylvia Tella..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IstKjsK44XQ

oh i know sylvia tella! i picked up a fantastic lovers version of 'you might need somebody' that she did in '82:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXeik-BFAD0

picked up this recently for a couple of quid. new to me, pretty good too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhC85yxa558

Part II - You Lose Again (Soul Mix)

great news about the Soul Connection btw boxedjoy!

Was overcome by the urge to pull the trigger on a £40 copy of Nemesis' 'The Way Love Is' and then I remembered to check the tracklisting on the Soul Connection comp - close shave that!

Is this floating points that's selling it btw? it's gotta be surely:

https://www.discogs.com/seller/theonlysam/profile

I love the idea of Floating Points looking at his signed copy of Skream's "In For The Kill" remix and deciding he doesn't need it any more

Also how wild is it that you can pick up a compilation of Brazilian street soul fairly easily yet none of the major archival labels have managed to put together one based on the Manchester sound?

I was going to say, is this scene completely unarchived as it is?

Also how did this stuff fit in with the whole mid-80s Soul II Soul/Wild Bunch sound system thing? I don't know a lot about this stuff, whether they were broadly playing the same records or whether it was way more localised than that.

It's odd - you can be on Discogs and some of this stuff is easily available for small change and then there's some stuff that's triple figures for a twelve-inch single. There's compilations from when this stuff was "fresh" but in my experience they're always mastered very quietly and there's always at least one ropey sax solo waiting to spoil the mood.

I'm guessing this mix might be a decent dive in?

https://thevinylfactory.com/features/vf-mix-147-street-soul-by-ruffy-and-randy/

https://www.discogs.com/DJ-Milo-The-Wild-Bunch-Story-Of-A-Sound-System/release/123867

This mix uses live crowd noise from Soul II Soul doing a set at New Year in the late 80s and sets out where this stuff is coming from - 80s vocal post-disco and r&b, the birth of house and hip-hop - but it's kinda a different thing.

Oh yeah I've got that one, way more hip-hop than I was expecting but it's terrific nonetheless.

My impression is that this stuff was aligned more with Soul II Soul and Smith & Mighty than, say, Massive Attack. But I wasn't clubbing in the late 80s on account of only just having been born so I can only base that on comments on Youtubes and how the music actually sounds

I don't know a lot about this stuff, whether they were broadly playing the same records or whether it was way more localised than that.

good question - i think a lot of it was very localised around parties/clubs/radio stations/labels so whether they were playing the manchester stuff in london or not is interesting. i definitely see way more of the london stuff around when i'm looking for records (mostly on the south coast) so i don't think the distribution side of things was particularly brilliant. guessing there are major parallels with a scene like grime in it's early days