New Book From Clive Richardson

This should be a good read - Clive's always had a way with words.

I remember his review of Major Lance's Torch album which came out on Contempo. He described it as 'without doubt, the worst live LP ever made/issued... and as a public service gesture I moulded it into a flowerpot'.

Stuart

Might be worth look.

Nice on Nige

I'll add that one to the list, got to get back into reading in the New Year.....

Thanks for your positive reactions to the info regarding the book - I had meant to do a little self-promotion on this forum, but have been somewhat way-laid by the weather today! - (thanks, Arkwright!!)

There are chapters on all sorts of elements of music history, label colours, junk-shopping in the 60s/70s, US trips, UK shows, radio, fanzines, etc... approx 230 pages, plus approx 30 pages of photos

Clive R

Well done, Prof, hope it sells well for you. Who is the publisher?

Looking forward to reading this

Always got time for Clive. remember in the 70's when he, and other southern writers, were very critical of 'northern' soul; just because we liked non soul records didn't mean we couldn't differentiate between 'northern' dance and soul. With the pasage of time it was recognised that if it was 'soulful' then there wasn't a problem. Shout have had some excellent CD's and the radio show is also excellent (although is does cover a wide spectrum so not always soul). Clive has great taste and I've ordered the book; looking forward to reading it.

Paul

Thanks to Keith Rylatt for his kind review at www.groovesvilleusa.com/blog, which will also appear in the February issue of Manifesto