Saturday afternoon on my way home from work I caught a little of Jamie Cullum broadcasting from the Cheltenham Jazz Festival and he played a great version of Dave Brubeck's track "Take Five". I think it was by The Sachal Studio Orchestra Lahore. A great mix of jazz, sitars and tambalas. Brilliant !

   This made me remember an old northern soul track that was a version of the Stones "Paint it black" by the Love Sitars. So I tracked it down on You Tube, must be 30 years since I last heard it.     Fatal to hear an old northern track, it got me to listen to other tracks that i've not played for years. Guy Darrell "I've been hurt" originally on CBS but re-issued here in UK on Santa Ponsa through PYE records making the charts. 
Another floor filler from the seventies was Archie Bell's "Here I go Again" One of my all-time faves from back then is Al Wilson's "The Snake" This single has appeared on numerous different record labels over the years, though the version I remember having was on Liberty  Having heard "The Snake" I was eager to hear more from Al Wilson and on the back of the success of this Northern Track, in 1973 Bell Records put out the super smooth soul track "Show and Tell" which became a bit of a smooch record at the end of a night.
  along with some great super smooth soul from Al Green, the best of which must be "Let's stay together"     Time to wind up this session and I had to finish with a piece of classic Motown. The Four Tops "Reach out I'll be there" for no other reason than it's still a great sounding track nearly fifty years since it first came out !   So there we go from Pakistan to Detroit and places in between, it doesn't matter where the music comes from or who is playing or singing, if it sounds good that's all that really matters.