60s DETROIT NORTHERN SOUL ORTHEA BARNES PICTURE WALL + SAME BEFORE MICKAYS ORIG

	£		15
	$		20

Issue 91 of Soul Up North is out NOW!

ALL MY SALES ARE ALWAYS PLAY-GRADED

AND NOT JUST GIVEN A VISUAL ONCE-OVER

ALL THE ITEMS I AM SELLING COME FROM FORTY YEARS OF COLLECTING SOUL

THERE WILL BE SOME REAL GEMS, SO MAKE SURE YOU KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN

SOME OF MY LISTINGS CARRY 'BORROWED' SOUND CLIPS BENEATH THE TITLE

ALL MY ITEMS START WELL BELOW BOOK VALUE

SOME FROM AS LITTLE AS 30p

60s DETROIT NORTHERN SOUL

ORIGINAL U.S. ISSUE

 Ortheia Barnes (1944 - 2015)

Obviously the above photo dates from much later than the single on offer

TWO TOP-QUALITY MOCK-MOTOWN DANCERS

FROM THE LITTLE SISTER OF J.J. BARNES

ORTHEA BARNES (OLLIE)

"YOUR PICTURE ON THE WALL"

HEAR HERE!!

Orthea Barnes - Your Picture On The Wall - YouTube

A. ONE OF THE HERO'S OF THE FLEDGLING NORTHERN SOUL SCENE (ALONG WITH MAJOR LANCE), J.J. BARNES WAS STILL A LARGELY UNKNOWN ENTITY WHEN HE BEGAN RECORDING IN 1960, SO IT SHOULD HARDLY BE SEEN AS A CASE OF JUMPING ON THE BANDWAGON WHEN HIS YOUNGER SIBLING STARTED HER CAREER TWO YEARS LATER; J.J. HAD RECENTLY SIGNED TO MICKEY STEVENSON AND KAY BROWN'S NEW MICKAY'S LABEL, AND 'LITTLE SIS' SOON FOLLOWED HIM; LIKE MANY OF HER BROTHER'S OFFERINGS, IT HAS HAD A DEGREE OF NORTHERN SPINS IN THE PAST, AND I OFTEN USED TO CONFUSE IT WITH "THE PICTURE" BY GWENN DOUGLAS (PROBABLY BECAUSE THE LATTER WAS COVERED UP AS CODY MICHAELS "PICTURE ON THE WALL"); A CRISP PIANO AND DRUMS INTRO LEADS INTO A WARBLING MALE VOCAL BACKING CHORUS, BEFORE ORTHEA DELIVERS A MID-PACED TALE OF BEING A TEENAGER IN LOVE; IT COULD HAVE CAUSED SOME MURMURS IF THE LABEL CREDITS HAD READ 'THE MARVELETTES' OR 'MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS', BUT LIKE SO MANY OTHERS FROM THE ERA, IT WASN'T THE HIT THAT IT DESERVED TO BE; EARLY IN 1963, ABC-PARAMOUNT DID OFFER IT TO A WIDER AUDIENCE, BUT AGAIN UNSUCCESSFULLY; THEY TOO SPELT HER NAME WRONG (CORRECTLY IT'S ORTHEIA)

b/w

"SAME AS BEFORE"

HEAR HERE!!

Orthea Barnes - Same As Before - YouTube

B. ESSENTIALLY THIS SINGLE IS A TASTY DOUBLE-HEADER, BECAUSE  "SAME AS BEFORE" IS ANOTHER VERY STRONG DANCER; IT HAS A MORE UPBEAT APPROACH THAN THE OTHER SIDE, WHICH  UNFORTUNATELY MEANS IT'S ALL OVER IN JUST UNDER TWO MINUTES; BOTH TRACKS ON OFFER HERE WERE WRITTEN BY DETROIT SCRIBE DOROTHY PIERCE, WHO ALSO PENNED THE SEMINOLES' "I CAN'T STAND IT" (AGAIN IN 1962); ORTHEIA ALSO RECORDED TWO EXCEPTIONAL CORAL 45s, AND WENT ON TO BECOME A SESSION SINGER, A CO-FOUNDER OF THE EARLY 80s GROUP CUT GLASS, AND LATER MARRIED INTO THE CLERGY - BECOMING A WELL-RESPECTED CHURCH MINISTER IN HER OWN RIGHT (THE REVEREND ORTHEIA BARNES-KENNERLY); THERE'S A NICE QUOTE FROM ONE OF HER OBITUARIES: "IF ARETHA FRANKLIN IS THE QUEEN OF SOUL, ORTHEIA WAS THE EMRESS"

BOOKS AT £100 IN THE NEW MANSHIP BOOK

(£150 IN THE RECENT ANGLO-AMERICAN GUIDE)

LISTEN TOTHE B-SIDE IN FULL VIA THE YOUTUBE POSTING ABOVE

(NOT TAKEN FROM THE SALE COPY)

(US: Mickay's 45-350, 1963)

Record condition (A-side): Excellent ++ (plays Excellent ++++)
Record condition (B-side): Excellent ++ (plays Excellent ++++)

Label condition (A-side): Excellent +++ (extremely light ring-wear)

Label condition (B-side): Excellent ('X' in pen; extremely light ring-wear)

Deletion hole: No

This record has been played on both sides to verify condition, but there's a full money-back guarantee on all my sales, and I'll refund anyone who isn't totally captivated. Most are sent by 'signed for' delivery.

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