Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Tuesday 12-inch Flashback: ‘Walking Into Sunshine’

You old folks might remember this cut from 1981. I never knew that Central Line was a British band. (And yet this single wasn’t a hit in the U.K.)

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  1. I remember this. (But "Walking On Sunshine immediately came to mind.) I remember that the group was from England too. Forgot all about them.

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  2. Oh man, I have not thought about taht jam in YEARS. Jeez, remember when you could take a song like this for granted?

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  3. Man, it's pretty depressing when a cut from 1981 is prefaced with "you old folks might remember..."

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  4. LL sampled this joint as well.
    My memory tells me there was a Larry Levan mix of this also.

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  5. Jeez, remember when you could take a song like this for granted?

    Yep, dude. Back then, even the one-off hits were solid. It used to be a joy to listen to the radio.

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  6. I'm born in 1984, but I LOVE the "old school" lol I listen to The Groove (60s, 70s, and 80s r&b) on XM Radio, so they play this song ALOT!

    I was wondering if one day can you do an article on Archie Bell & The Drells?! :D They're from my hometown (Houston)

    thanks and LOVE your blog!

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  7. ^ Thanks for that, houstongirl!

    I'll have to figure up a reason to stream "Soul City Walking."

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  8. On yes, I remember this... This was THEE jam! I just found a nice copy of this LP like a month ago, too...

    Between Central Line, Junior and Imagination, Black Britain was really putting it out there in the early 80s!

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  9. ^ You're definitely right about Junior and Imagination.

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  10. Speaking of "Imagination," I added "Burnin' Up" to my playlist a couple of months ago. Don't know how I could've left it off. :-/

    My favorite Black Brit act from the 80s was "Loose Ends." :worship:

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  11. yeah, i'm old folks (i was 23 years old in 1981) this was a club banger back in the day in Southern Cali...Inglewoooood!

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