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Soul! # 315 "Elements"
Linda Hopkins & Soul Quintet perform "My Belief (That Keeps Me Going)." Gospel.
Soul! # 315 "Elements"
Linda Hopkins & Soul Quintet perform "You Better Listen to My Plea." Linda Hopkins sings, plays Hammond electric organ. Deep blues.
Soul! # 315 "Elements"
Linda Hopkins & Soul Quintet perform "Please Send Me Someone To Love." Blues.
Soul! # 315 "Elements"
Linda Hopkins & Soul Quintet perform "Real Gone Guy." Cabaret jazz. Credits roll.
Soul! # 302 Ashford & Simpson
CU Nick Ashford introducing himself. CU Valerie Simpson introducing herself. Opening credits. Ashford and Simpson perform "Keep It Coming." Upbeat soul number. Mr. Ashford wears a peach jumpsuit, diaphanous shawl & massive gold belt. At outset, panning MS black audience seated at tables applauding.
Soul! # 302 Ashford & Simpson
FOR FULL PERFORMANCE WITH AUDIO, PLEASE CONTACT WPA. Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson (Ashford and Simpson) perform a cover of the Five Stairsteps hit "Ooh Child."
Soul! # 302 Ashford & Simpson
Valerie Simpson introduces Nick Ashford. Nick Ashford performs "I Wanna Be Where You Are." Soul.
Soul! # 302 Ashford & Simpson
Nick Ashford performs a cover of the soft rock Bread hit "If" w/ Valerie Simpson accompanying on piano. Something rather cheesy about this, perhaps the questionable sincerity or perhaps it's just the song choice.
Soul! # 302 Ashford & Simpson
Nick Ashford tells a musical interlude about caring for an abandoned sparrow when he was a lad (his first love, an allusion to "testing the wings" of his current love, Valerie Simpson): "Anything that you love so much should be free." Nick Ashford (singing) and Valerie Simpson (piano) perform "Remember Me." Soul ballad.
Soul! # 302 Ashford & Simpson
Nick Ashford thanks the audience, introduces Valerie Simpson, then leaves studio. Valerie Simpson performs "Silly Wasn't I?" Soul ballad.
Soul! # 302 Ashford & Simpson
Valerie Simpson performs "Drink the Wine." CUs electric bass, guitar being played. At outset, MS seated black audience applauding. "Talking about the wine of life, now."
Soul! # 302 Ashford & Simpson
Valerie Simpson introduces "Genius One and Genius Two." MS black audience applauding. CU black man smoking cigarette, gazing upon stage. Valerie Simpson performs "Genius One and Genius Two." Soul ballad, Valerie singing, playing piano.
Soul! # 302 Ashford & Simpson
Nick Ashford & Valerie Simpson (Ashford and Simpson) begin performing "Everybody is a Star" until Valerie Simpson introduces guitarist Yoshiaki Matsuo, bass player Francisco Centeno, drummer Charles Collins, percussionist Ralph McDonald, keyboardist Nat Adderley Jr. (yes, he is the son of jazz trumpeter Nat Adderley), the horn section of the Soul Orchestra & conductor William Eaton. Nick Ashford introduces Mildred Lewis, Shirley Reid, Raymond Simpson (Valerie's brother) of White Rock Baptist Church.
Soul! # 302 Ashford & Simpson
Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson (Ashford & Simpson) perform "The Fool (God is a Spirit)." Inspirational gospel.
Soul! # 302 Ashford & Simpson
Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson (Ashford & Simpson) perform "Steal Away." Ms. Simpson on piano. Inspirational Gospel.
Soul! # 302 Ashford & Simpson
Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson (Ashford & Simpson) perform deep inspirational gospel about Jesus and the Cross. "Just to Know Salvation is Free." Religious joy, rapture and vocal histrionics. Standing ovation & reprise.
Soul! # 302 Ashford & Simpson
Nick Ashford & Valerie Simpson (Ashford & Simpson) perform "Reach Out (And Touch Somebody's Hand." Nick Ahford changes his outfit for the third and final time. Ashford & Simpson shakes hands with people in audience. Another standing ovation.
Soul! # 302 Ashford & Simpson
Ellis Haizlip comes out, thanks Ashford and Simpson. Credits roll.
Del Reeves Country Carnival # 102
Del Reeves "Rollin' In My Baby's Arms" Jimmy Martin "Tennessee" (bluegrass w/ Sunny Mountain Boys) Jamey Ryan "Sunshine Blue" Chase Webster "Once More With Feeling" Jimmy Martin "Free Born Man" (bluegrass w/ Sunny Mountain Boys) Del Reeves "Son of a Coalman" Del Reeves and Jimmy Martin and the Sunny Mountain Boys "Will You Be Loving Another Man"
Wilburn Brothers # 525
Wilburn Brothers "Less of Me" Peggy Sue "Love What You Got at Home" Jimmy Martin "The Sunny Side of the Mountain" (bluegrass w/ Sunny Mountain Boys) Wilburn Brothers "Just Call Me Lonesome" Peggy Sue "Kick It Again" Curley & Jimmy "C & C Boogie" (instrumental) Jimmy Martin "When the Savior Reached Down For Me" (bluegrass gospel) Wilburn Brothers "Travelin"
Soul! # 316 "In A New Way"
Gerry Bledsoe introduces program from audience of Club Soul. Excerpt of The Spinners performing "I'll Be Around" in Club Soul.
Soul! # 316 "In A New Way"
Gerry Bledsoe introduces The Jimmy Castor Bunch. The Jimmy Castor Bunch perform "It's Just Begun." Groovy, soulful funk. Jimmy Castor solos on tenor saxophone. Breakdown on percussion (drums, congas, timbales) that segues into guitar solo.
Soul! # 316 "In A New Way"
Jimmy Castor Bunch performs their 1966 hit "Hey Leroy, Your Mama's Callin You" (latin-flavored pop) that segues into their 1970s hit "Say Leroy (The Creature from the Black Lagoon is Your Father)." Jimmy Castor plays timbales. Somewhat of a novelty song but there's some great soul moments. Rock guitar solo.
Soul! # 316 "In A New Way"
Jimmy Castor Bunch perform an instrumental cover version of the soft rock hit "The First Time Ever I Say You Face." Jimmy Castor plays lead, solos on saxophone.