J.J. Barnes - Please Let Me In 

Mr Loriz.......Great story and one that resonates very deeply with me. It was virtually the exact same 'epiphany' that my brother and I also experienced back in the late '60s. Up until then we had been collecting Soul music on labels like Motown, Atlantic, Polydor, Stax etc. It was great music but it was essentially Black pop - and everyone was listening to it. Then suddenly, our musical tastes veered off in a whole new direction thanks to our best [school] friend's elder brother. You see, he was an erstwhile Mod and had a record collection to die for. Every afternoon after school my brother and I would excitedly go to our best mate's house and listen to all these incredible sounds that we had never heard or seen before. They were mostly American imports on exotic sounding record labels like Giant, Money, Sound Stage 7, Lizard, St Lawrence, Loma and Okeh. But there was one label that our mate's brother seemed to have quite a few records on - Ric-Tic. And of all the records on this pillar-box red label, one stood out above all others - JJ Barnes' 'Please Let Me In'. As luck would have it, our mate's brother was getting married and he needed money to put down a deposit on a house. So he reluctantly decided to sell his record collection - and as he knew we absolutely cherished all these wonderful records he had, he let us buy them all. It was the beginning of a journey that has never really ended and to this very day there is nothing that comes close to it. Some people call it Northern Soul - and that's ok. We only knew it as 'Uptempo' or 'Rare' Soul back then. Over the years, we have managed to buy some of the best and rarest of records - and many of the 'biggest' sounds on the scene. But this one sublime record is what really started it all for us too.

Terrific story from a southern soul/funk boy ​@@thesoultwins72

wadclip1 once you hear northern soul music even if it’s on the radio your feet just start moving to the beat.

Welcome home!

I know exactly what you mean!

Never too late mate

Yes, people "ďon't get Northern Soul," Northern Soul grabs YOU, and it sounds like you've got the bug. Welcome to the fold! KTF SoT.

saw him live, b`ham q2 club, fantastic !!!

@@randolphtrenchtrousers4345You saw a legend.. KTF.

@@kevinsmith-ub8gw what a magical soul sound kev so glad you love this as much as I do a IMPECCABLE SOUL SOUND take care top soul brother 💯😎🤓🦉🦉🦉🦉🕺💃🕺💃🕺🎼🎹🎼🎹🎼🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🎻🎷🪕🎵🎸🎻✊🏻✊✊🏻✊✊🏻✊✊🏻✊✊🏻✊

@@stevenstewardson8613 Yeh, top 5 for me. Keep well, KTF.

Absoulty✊✊✊✊

I no 🎶🕺✊🏼🇮🇪😊

Me too. 😪😪

Hi Bob fabulous slice of northern shook the soul clubs many years ago thanks for the share 💯🍑🍑🎼🎹

Never gone if you let it. Keep the faith

Will always be remembered and felt through the records we still play today, Quality tunes will never go away...KTF.

Still have Copy UK issue Motown label 70' Soul boy later a man ktf

Ktf strictly great hearing from you my good friend 💯👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🦉🦉🦉🎼🎼🎼🎵🎸🎹🎷🎻🎺🎸🎷🎻🎸🎺🎷🎼🎼✊🏼✊✊🏼✊✊🏼✊✊🏼✊✊🏼✊

Classic at Wigan

Ditto

Ditto

You and I both, Soul Sister....KTF

Transports me to dance floor heaven. Nothing beats it

Me too.

🎶🎶✊🏼🇮🇪💃🌈

Kieron Mcmanus

Northern Detroit?

Northern England!!

Didn't know JJ was from Wigan

To clarify - The original message was about Northern Soul - hence my mention of northern England.

Nothing more, nothing better ✊🔉🔉🔊🔊🔊

Try dedicating this old northern to her ....Destination by Sam cox

Fabulous soul sound I'm so glad you love this gem Lynda bless you 💃🕺💃🕺💃🕺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧👑👑👑⛄🎄⛄♦️♦️♦️⭐⭐⭐😎🤓💯🍾🎷🎶🎸🎻🎺🪕🎼🎹🎼🎹🍑🍑🍑👌✊✊✊✊✊✊

Same here bud..KTF..

ian melia my thoughts entirely 😇

@@kevinsmith-ub8gw Great choice to go .Not picked my go away tune yet. Better do it soon as am getting on a bit lol

How did you get it on your ringtone

@@ianboshir5183 my son downloaded it for me.I'll find out how he did it.

Thank you rubbish at technology

@@ianboshir5183 Got my lad on the landline now,he wants to know what phone have you got?

@@CollieDog24 hi Samsung Galaxy

fantastic tune but not motownberry gordy bourght out ric tic and kiled it as compotision to mowtown , very sad but true