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Good Times - London: Norman Jay Presents

by: Norman Jay

Release Date August 11, 2008
As an avid collector of the Good times albums, I was abit worried about how the series was beggining to decline in terms of track selection quality. Volume 7 was very poor, and so I expected this to be even worse, but to my delight it wasn't.

As this is now volume 8, there can be only so many great tracks that Norman can share with us, but for this CD he has dug deep and found 24 more to keep us going for another year.

It's not as great as the earlier editions, but it's still a good CD, and well worth having in your collection!

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Good Times Vol.7: Norman Jay Presents Let the Good Times Roll

by: Norman Jay

Release Date August 13, 2007
Norman Jay MBE returns again at the helm of a two cd collection of records under the 'Good Times' banner, this time accompanied with the legend 'Let the Good Times Roll'. The questions is, after six previous editions and prior to the release of a later specifically themed edition ('Good Times London'), are the 'Good Times' still as enjoyable as ever?

The collection opens with the dark tinged 'Let It Roll', which was playing constantly during 1990 as the short lived genre of Hip House began to run out of creative steam. It might once have been considered essential fare but it isn't perhaps the best opener to a collection such as this - and it isn't because the genre didn't have better records available to choose from (The Richie Rich ... Read More:

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Good Times Vol.6: Norman Mbe Jay Presents

by: Norman Jay

Release Date August 21, 2006
Wow, Norman and his team have done it again !! I shouldn't be surprised because volumes 1 to 5 are equally wonderful. As ever Good Times is a journey through all types of music, but whatever the genre the tracks are top drawer !! Personal favourites on GT6 are the awesome soulful house of Poor People, the 80's latin classic from Willie Colon and the sheer quality of the Tortured Soul cut. But having said that almost all of the 31 tracks are wonderful in their own right (sorry Light Flight may need a few more listens). Just buy it and enjoy, it's what your ears were invented for.

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Good Times Vol.1: Norman and Joey Jay's Good Times

by: Norman Jay

Release Date May 12, 2003
a good diverse collection here ,,,, lots of great tunes packed into double cd ,,,, culminating in the fantastic " california soul " by marlena shaw ... play this and watch the sunshine break out !!!!!

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Good Times Vol.2: With Joey and Norman Jay

by: Norman & Joey Jay

Release Date September 03, 2001
I bought this album on the back of hearing the 'Good Times 4' Cd from the same stable and was equally impressed. From the funk-soul-tastic opening of 'Bourgie Bourgie' from Gladys Knight onwards this compilation takes you through a cool, funky journey to soundtrack summer partying. I'm not a huge follower of the genre so knew very little about a lot of the artists featured (mostly from the seventies) - but i now have a massive amount of respect for the Jay duo and their record collection - and more importantly their ability to pick such choice soul cuts and create a record with a real unique flavour. It's a quality album - one to bring out at those summer evening parties.

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Good Times Vol.5

by: Norman and Joey Jay

Release Date August 15, 2005
The name says it all....Norman Jay MBE is a living legend and this compilation with his brother is just rocking...you will have GOOD TIMES all the time listening to this sublimely and supremely cool mix of music..buy it!

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Miss Moneypenny's DJ Series Vol.1: Miss Moneypenny's Presents Norman Jay

by: Norman Jay

Release Date March 29, 1999
This has to be ranked as one of the best mix albums in recent years. Norman Jay has now reached legendary status globally and this definative mix CD highlights the diversity of his favourite genres. Ranging from breakbeat, house, garage and funk - artists including SHARA NELSON, DE LA SOUL and THE JUNGLE BROTHERS. I haven't stopped playing this since I purchased this over 5 years ago. If you've got the GOOD TIMES collection, this is the next essential purchase!

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Desert Island Mix

by: Norman Jay

Release Date April 07, 2003
'Journeys by DJ' is, as the title suggests, a collection of music chosen by an individual of note. On this occasion the DJ in question is Norman Jay MBE, celebrated DJ and the most public face of the 'Good Times' soundsystem found at Notting Hill every year in London.

If you were a fan of Norman's show on BBC London then some of the music here will be familiar, especially the opening 'Windy City Theme' by Carl Davis and the Chi-Sound Orchestra. Other familiar records soon follow - Patti Jo's 'Make Me Believe in You', 'Watermelon Man' by the East Harlem Bus Stop and the Ballistic Brothers' 'Blacker Revisited'. All of which fall within the thematic you would expect of a Norman Jay set, an emphasis on developing a musical groove, predominantly ... Read More:

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Norman Jay Presents Philadelphia: the Underground Anthems of Philadelphia Soul 1973-1981

by: Norman Jay

Release Date August 09, 2004
Ok I didnt know a lot on this album, and actually quite a bit of it is not my cup of tea, BUT, this is worth the buy for Jean Carn and The Jones Girls alone (CD2). These are both classics that I have sought for years and have seen nowhere else. Worth it just for these two

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Good Times Vol.3: With Joey and Norman Jay

by: mixed by Joey & Norman Jay, Various

Release Date August 18, 2003
The 'Good Times' sound system and Norman Jay will probably be familiar to you if you have searched Amazon specifically for this title, and if that is indeed the case I suspect that the associations this music may hold will be enough to commend it to you.

But if not, and this is to be your first engagement with the 'Good Times' series, what are you to expect?

Given the obvious and natural associations with London's Notting Hill Carnival you will undoutedly expect to hear music drawn from Hip Hop, Funk, Soul, House and Reggae, with a few bits thrown in which draw from these varied musical traditions. And that is exactly what Norman and Joey serve up with this volume, the third in the 'Good Times' series.

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