Welcome to the RPM Seven Day Sound Track, week ending Friday 29th October 2021. What was on RPMer's sound systems this week? Over to....

Jean -

"This week I watched a documentary on Motown and it was marvellous. Gordy and Robinson have such a great friendship and their enthusiasm to tell the story was wonderful. Therefore, 3 Motown favourites of mine."

Piers -

"I was looking on YouTube for an instrumental version of the traditional song Booth Shot Lincoln, to learn. Although it started out as a mournful narrative song describing the events of Lincolns' assassination, over the years it has become accepted as an Appalachian, fiddle tune, which I have only ever heard played in a quite jolly manner. Amongst several other versions, I found this one which I think is quite lovely….."

Philip -

"Back to the seventies again this week for some "cult" acts, which I'm defining as people who never gained a mass audience and became "pop stars," but for whom a loyal coterie of fans are prepared to declare that their ineffable genius warranted greater public recognition (while privately being rather pleased to be members of an elite cognoscenti who share a secret appreciation that others are too blind/deaf to see or hear). I'm not getting at anyone here- the fact is I recognise myself in that description."

Jayne -

"Greetings to RPMers and thank you for the regular collective soundscapes. I hope everyone is well (both physically and mentally). This week's choices come courtesy of late night Radio 3."

John -

"Hi RPMers, here are three tracks from albums I've been listening to this week. All reminded me of the times I've seen the bands in question in a live situation..."

Tony -

"Here's my 3 selections for this week. I'm very happy to go along with John's suggestion for a get-together on first Tuesday in December - we can agree what we can do thereafter. I'm not up with suitable venues i.e. not too unreachable for all who would like to meet but am very happy to turn up to wherever is decided."

Nina -

"Hope you're all well. Heard the latest? Conservative MPs voted in support of dumping raw sewage in rivers. Literally up shit creek.. don't gulp whatever you do!

Thank wotsits for music & the RPM massive.

3 tunes I particularly enjoyed listening to this week."

"Stay strong & be well, folks."

Jackie -

"We went to the Barbican in York to see Richard Thompson last Monday, so here are my RT acoustic choices."

Alan -

"As promised (or should that be threatened?) last week, it's back to the sixties. One area I haven't visited previously, mainly as most of my collection of the genre is on compilation albums, is Jamaican Ska. However, a couple of weeks ago I had to walk into Watton as the car was being serviced and took the opportunity to make perhaps only my second or third call into a charidee shoppe in the last 18 months. Spotting a small box of singles I plucked out a handful to look at and was surprised to see that the top one for the next fistful would be on the very collectable white and red Island label from the mid sixties. Containing my excitement I flicked through the dozen or so I had pulled out. In that handful were a couple of singles on the Treasure Island label...... so excitement went up several more notches! As I went through the forty or so singles, yet more ska singles, on either Jamaican labels or the famed Blue Beat imprint emerged. By the end of my search, I had a total of nine singles dating from 1961 to 1968, the classic period for early Ska to Rocksteady. 'How much?' was my next question. 'They're 50p each' said the lady. 'No, I'm sorry........ they're 25p each'............. Well, what could I say? A quick valuation in the RRPG showed that a couple were in the £60 bracket (in mint condition... which they're not), a couple were £20-40 and the balance were a tenner. All in all, in mint, they would have totalled over £200! In my excitement, however, I forgot to ask if there were any more singles in the backroom so a further expedition is on the cards soon!!!

Here's three from the haul."

"Keep safe........... no expeditions to any reunions for me I'm afraid until this damn virus is more under control. 'We're going to follow the science''........... didn't Doris once say that???"

Dave -

"Hi RPMers...I would be very much up for a meet up...I saw a very good documentary on Moe Tucker by Cam Forrester called Foundation Velvet: The drumming of Maureen 'Moe' Tucker. If you have some time, we’ll worth a watch.

Here’s my 3 tunes."

Tim -

"it's been a lovely week in which we had visits from two couples of Norfolk friends, Jayne and Piers being one party who stopped off on their journey back south from Shetland via Whitby's Musicport festival, for a brew and a chat.

Jackie's choices have our main musical event of the week covered, if you disregard the acoustic session at the Kings Head in Kirkbymoorside, that is. So, here's the other delights of the week which caught my ear..."

'Til Next Time..