Follow Me to the Popcorn: The Untold History of the Belgium Popcorn Scene, by Various Artists

Follow Me to the Popcorn: The Untold History of the Belgium Popcorn Scene

by Various Artists

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billstandard This collection is full to the brim with daring, smoky, sweaty jukebox hits. But surely not a jukebox on this planet anyway. The serious, the ridiculous and the sublime, I think that perfectly defines this collection. Favorite track: You Need To Fall In Love.

epistrophy68 As an American who had never heard of the Popcorn scene or most of these artists, this album was a revelation to me. I absolutely love it. Favorite track: Downstairs.

Ordinary Joe Maybe the cover is not too appealing, but this surely is the best collection of so-called Popcorn Music you can find.
Dancers loving Jazz, Soul, R&B will highly appreciate it.

Featuring absolutely GREAT music and maybe a perfect sequence of tracks. 5 stars!

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Comes with 8 page booklet that includes liner notes based on our exclusive interviews with the original pioneering Belgium Popcorn DJs

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Gatefold double LP 2LP gatefold with liner notes based on our exclusive interviews with the original pioneering Belgium Popcorn DJs. Previously unpublished photos from Popcorn club nights from the early 70s and flyer gallery of early Popcorn events.

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1.	Little Jimmy Ray - You Need To Fall In Love 02:30	buy track
2.	Dolly Lyon - Palm Of Your Hand 02:36	buy track
3.	Plas Johnson - Downstairs 02:03	buy track
4.	Sam Fletcher - Think It Over 02:34	buy track
5.	Lilian Vines - I Dreamed About My Baby Last Night 02:15	buy track
6.	Haywood Henry - Buck De Hoodle 02:29	buy track
7.	Harvey - Any Way You Wanta 02:44	buy track
8.	Bellino - Boss Bossa Nova 02:22	buy track
9.	Ki Ki Page - Big Boy 01:42	buy track
10.	Linda Willoby - Big Boy You're Through 02:15	buy track
11.	Bobby Hendricks - I Want That 02:23	buy track
12.	Dinah Shore - Scene Of The Crime 02:34	buy track
13.	The Page Boys - Barricuda 02:19	buy track
14.	Shorty Long - Burnt Toast & Black Coffee 02:08	buy track
15.	Johnny Guitar Watson - Wait A Minute 02:08	buy track
16.	JJ Jones - Harlem Nocturne 02:36	buy track
17.	Al Brown And His Tunetoppers - Sweet Little Love 02:20	buy track
18.	Barbara Simpson - Waiting For My Baby Baby 02:38	buy track
19.	Earl Grant - Fever 03:09	buy track
20.	Gloria Grey - It's A Sweet World 02:03	buy track
21.	George Barnes - Spooky 02:25	buy track
22.	Dav Kipp - Yea! My Baby Loves Me 02:19	buy track
23.	Dimples Jackson - Love Came Tumbling Down 02:12	buy track
24.	Monty & The Cyclones - Summertime 02:40	buy track

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Originating in Belgium at the tail end of the 1960s and into the 70s, Popcorn was a music and dance scene with an emphasis on often obscure black American records of the then recent past. Drawing immediate parallels with the UK's Northern Soul scene from approximately the same time, young people would flock from all corners of Belgium to cram into a converted farmhouse barn to dance to these exotic sounds. But whilst Northern favoured an often uptempo, stomping 60s soul sound, popcorn focused almost entirely on slower, moodier numbers.

In recent years, collectors and DJs into vintage soul and R&B have been tuning into the Popcorn style - yet there still remains some confusion as to what exactly Popcorn means in musical terms. Not following established genre conventions, The Popcorn sound is hard to pin down - there are Soul, Blues, Ska, Pop, Jazz and Latin records which are all Popcorn – and all are represented here.

Whilst the sound has caught the attention of many forward thinking DJs, the origins and background of the Belgium Popcorn scene remain little documented. With sleeve notes from original Popcorn insider Gerd De Wilde and his contacts within the original Belgium Popcorn scene, this album looks to change that. Along with never previously published vintage flyers and photographs and combined with the 24 tracks of heady, intoxicating R&B, Blues, Soul and Jazz, 'Follow Me To The Popcorn' is almost certainly the fullest document yet of the important, influential and yet so often misunderstood Belgium Popcorn scene.

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released September 30, 2016

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