The Just Brothers - Sliced Tomatoes (1972)

The Just Brothers were the American musical duo of the brothers Jimmy and Frank Bryant and several session musicians. Their song “Sliced Tomatoes“ was a dancefloor hit in 1972, and was sampled in Fatboy Slim's “The Rockafeller Skank.“ Living and recording in Detroit, their huge Northern Soul anthem, “Sliced Tomatoes“ was almost an accidental throw away B side instrumental. I was the first DJ to ever play this record. When I started at Blackpool Mecca in late 1971, a very very young Tony Rounce picked up the single on Music Merchant and brought it up to me to play at The Mecca. At first everyone was sceptical, because it was quite different to the usual Northern Soul sound, and almost broke the norm, but then it went on to become such an anthem. Jimmy Bryant died many years ago, but Frank and A.J. very accurately recreated their classic for us for our award winning documentary, “The Strange World Of Northern Soul“.