Friday, July 13, 2012

Capricorn needs the sunshine...


... and Scorpio.



I couldn’t resist buying a David Ruffin 45 in a charity shop today – from 1977 a track entitled “I Can’t Stop The Rain” – I thought it would be the perfect post considering the (lack of) summer we are experiencing in the UK this year. Spookily as I walked out of the shop the sun came out. When I got home and gave the record a spin it frankly wasn’t up to the standard necessary for posting here anyway (although the B side – “My Whole World Ended” from the previous decade -  was worth the price of entry and so the 45 was a neat summary of how soul music and Motown in eight short years had lost its magic).

So instead I give you Leo’s Sunshipp rare groove gem “Give Me The Sunshine”. Actually, it is almost five years to the day since I featured another track from their only album “We Need Each Other”. Reading that post again I notice I commented that “the British summer has been a damp squib so far”, and so here we are again. I went on then to describe a sunny weekend and it’s that I am hoping for now (actually with some optimism looking at the forecast) as Mrs Darce and I are off to Sidmouth for the weekend.

Sunny here as I type! Have to stop typing now as fingers are crossed.

Leo's Sunshipp - Give Me the Sunshine (another new link)
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12 comments:

  1. davyhFri Jul 13, 08:17:00 PM GMT+1

    That is a groove

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  2. DarcyFri Jul 13, 11:28:00 PM GMT+1

    Oh yeah!

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  3. paul dSun Jul 15, 11:23:00 AM GMT+1

    keep getting permission denied with mediafire

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  4. darcyMon Jul 16, 09:48:00 PM GMT+1

    Paul: Nothing obviously wrong with the link. Other have downloaded ok. Maybe filetype or site is being blocked by your isp/server?

    Anybody else having problems?

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  5. tommycTue Jul 17, 11:51:00 AM GMT+1

    I got the same message

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  6. DarcyTue Jul 17, 08:45:00 PM GMT+1

    I'm puzzled by the link issue. Some people have managed to download judging by the download count but that seems to be stuck now.

    I have put up a new link to see if that's any better.

    To those having problems: can you download from any any of my other recent posts?

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  7. paul dWed Jul 18, 10:52:00 AM GMT+1

    Hiya
    Getting same issue with the new link. Doesn't seem to affect other posts.

    Love the blog by the way Very diverse.

    Would comment & be involved more but time & life give me a problem ktf

    Regards

    Paul

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  8. Robert CassWed Jul 18, 04:48:00 PM GMT+1

    Mediafire is also blocking access to Madeline Bell's "Love Is All" and Lamont Dozier's "Going Back to My Roots" for supposed copyright reasons, but maybe it's only us American users who are being left out. That's okay, though — I was able to hear those two and "Give Me the Sunshine" on YouTube. Thank you for the continued R&B education.

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  9. UnknownThu Jul 19, 09:40:00 PM GMT+1

    I'm in Brazil and I also get the messages. It doesn't affet the other links. By the way, I love this blog!

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  10. davyhThu Jul 19, 10:59:00 PM GMT+1

    "This file has been identified as a copyright protected work and cannot be distributed using MediaFire"

    Yep, kiss mediafire goodbye Darce - as discussed.

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  11. DarcyFri Jul 20, 08:38:00 AM GMT+1

    Thanks for the feedback everybody. I've signed up to Box and there is another new link.

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  12. effective parenting skillsTue Aug 07, 01:19:00 PM GMT+1

    Nice post. Love it.

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