Marvin L Sims

Listen/Download – Marvin L Sims – Talkin’ Bout Soul MP3

Greetings all.

Since Monday’s selection was sweet and easy, I thought I’d take this midweek opportunity to stomp my size 16 foot down on the gas and get this thing moving.

However, before we get started, I wanted to make note of the anniversary of the change of the Funky16Corners Radio Show into podcast form in 2010. I had already been doing a show for Viva Radio for a while when some listeners and followers of the blog requested that I make the show available in downloadable/podcast form. I made that change seven years/364 episodes ago, and I like to think that in the ensuing years the show has evolved for the better in both style and substance.

If you are a reader of the blog, but not a listener, please take the time to subscribe (in iTunes, TuneIn, Stitcher or any podcast aggregator).

Though I have no hard and fast plans in this direction, it seems inevitable that the day will come when podcasting becomes the main focus of this operation, so if you dig what goes down in this space, do yourself a favor and tune in.

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Marvin L Sims is an interesting (if minor) soul singer who recorded for a variety of labels – Mellow, Maxi, Revue, Rivertown – from 1966 on, until he dropped out of the music biz to get an advanced degree in psychology.

Sims was from Missouri but settled in Chicago after his time in the service, where he hooked up with (and recorded for) Charles Colbert Sr (father of Chuck Colbert of the American Breed and Rufus).

The blazing ‘Talkin’ Bout Soul’ was released in 1968 where broke out regionally, then became a national hit, making it to #50 on the R&B charts.

Pushed along but smoking guitar and horns, ‘Talkin’ But Soul’ features Sims’ raw, Wilson Pickett-esque voice sending out namechecks to a variety of soul greats, including Pickett, the O’Jays, and Sam and Dave.

The record is packs a lot of dance floor heat, and has a following with the Northern crowd in the UK.

Sims came out of retirement in 1998 to record the album ‘Heart Talk’

‘Talkin’ Bout Soul’ is (thanks to its minor hit status) not terribly expensive (maybe 30-50 on a good day) and is definitely worth adding to your want list.

I hope you dig it, and I’ll see you all on Friday.

Keep the faith

Larry

 

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