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This release news sort of goes hand in hand with today's the sun is out vibe A 45 release from late last month KAZAHAYA - Miracles / It's Better Than Walking Out - Disco Bits Catalogue Number: DBS 1001 A blend of two classic versions of "I Believe In Miracles" Mark Cappani vocals over Jackson Sisters beats    Juno Player and their blurb   Serious Japanese Steel editry from Kazahaya: "Miracles" takes two recordings of the classic "I Believe In Miracles" (Mark

Recent Release from BBE Music  Keb Darge & Little Edith's Legendary Wild Rockers Vol 3 A Collection Of Rare Rockabilly & Surf From The 50s & Early 60s   Here's some of the text from BBE website release notes   Here we are again, the third volume in a series set to outstrip my “Legendary Deep Funk” comps. We do hope so, as we much prefer the music on these. The funk and soul thing seems much too serious nowadays. Whereas rockin tunes are all about fun. Not to detract from the quality

Russel passed on the ducktape website over in Canada is featuring a 3 part audio interview with Keb Darge, catch it at http://www.ducktape.ca/chitchat/kebdarge/index.html check out the rest of the site as well, most entertaing! its at www.ducktape.ca nice one

Out now from BBE Music, a Keb Darge selection to celebrates BBE's 20th year. Available now on vinyl, Cd and digital formats and via streaming services. Preview and words follow below In 1997 BBE released the first of three compilation albums of ‘Legendary Deep Funk ’, among the first LPs issued by the label. Equally loved by fans and loathed by vinyl price-gougers, the music contained on these albums took the world by storm, offering a refreshing change from the same old well-loved fun

Keep On Keepin' On A Short Film About Soul   The long awaited documentary, featuring northern soul legend Nolan Porter and Stone Foundation. The LA soul singer made 2 albums in the early 70's with legendary bands "Little Feat" and "Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention", before becoming disillusioned with the music industry and turning his back on it for the next 30 years. That was until NF Porter andhis brand of soul music was picked up by the UK northern soul scene. Nolan's songs became must have

Northern Soul is a religion, a total consuming lifestyle Northern Soul is like the point where Ying and Yang meet...it's a sensation, and the place to express this feeling is on the dance floor.... "Keeping The Faith" a book by photographer John Barrett A new book out now. 223 pages full of black and white images taken on todays Northern Soul scene, at venues all around the country, John Barret's stunning photos capture  the people and the whole aspect and feel of the Northern Sou

Keeping The Faith Calendar 2006 A new calendar just released, featuring photos by John Barrett (Keeping the Faith book) illustrating each month of 2006 with many of them unpublished previously. Priced at £11.99 inc uk postage and available to buy online via the New Century Soul Shop Available now from the New Century soulshop £11.99 inc UK postage and packing and all other EEC destinations at £14.50 (£11.99 and EEC postage and packing) The cover and one of the months are sh

'Keeping The Faith' Photographs Of The UK Soul Scene by John Barrett John Barrett has been documenting the UK soul scene through a range of stunning black & white plus colour photography during the past five years. These gritty images of the Northern soul artistes, dancers, fashion and lifestyle also include a record of the resurgence of the mod and scooterist events. This rare collection provides a true insight into the most endearing and idiosyncratic UK dance scenes,

A Sunday morning read sort of post, a highlight of a recent book titled 'Keeping the faith: A history of northern soul' by Keith Gildart and Stephen Catterall. Published in August 2020 this book is now available at approx. £60 for the hardback edition and £50 approx for the Kindle edition at Amazon Is this now the third university press related book in current times? Have to say am losing count/track of such going ons and the price does make me wonder about the aim/market of these 'Universi

Keith Minshulls Funeral Thursday 3rd December 2020 The journey commences from King Street Kidsgrove At 10.45am along Market Street then down Liverpool Road to the lights then left along the Avenue Kidsgrove then making its way to Crewe Crematorium for the service at 11.30am. Finally after the service to the burial at Audley Cemetary on Nantwich Road. The funeral service will be streamed live, details asap.   Keith Minshull At rest on 11th November 2020, Keith a

This coming Wednesday the 29th July 2020 Is my life long friend Keith Minshulls 70th Birthday. Because he is shielding as per government guidelines Keith has been isolating at home with his dog Bobby since March. So I thought it would be a nice idea to put up the fact that it is his 70th Birthday so you can send him a HB message which I know he would appreciate. I have known Keith since I was 16 years old and in my opinion he is one of the most important originators of this s

I heard overnight from Arthur Wright that Kell died on Sunday morning in hospital. He had been there for a week and developed complications which he finally succumbed to.   It was ill health that prevented his appearance at Cleethorpes a couple of years ago when Chalky helped me to arrange a visit to sing to his fans. His heart would have loved to sing for us but sadly his health wasn't up to it.

Since April, 2002, The Steve Propes 45s Show has been heard weekly on www.wpmd.org, generally live, on Saturdays, 9 to 11 a.m., PT. (1600 to 1800 GMT), check your local time zones. Often, guests show up: Kell Osbourne, Rip Spencer, Tony Allen, Count Yates, Elliott Shavers, Young Jesse, Thomas Turner and Charles Wright, among others, have been recent guests on the show. They hear their music, then they comment on their career. It's all very casual. Steve has a collection of around 35,000 r&b/

Kelly Finnigan - The Tales People Tell - Colemine Records The debut solo album ‘The Tales People Tell' from the recent much talked lead singer of the Monophonics Kelly Finnigan got a release just. Out now via Colemine Records, you can read and listen in full below... Release date 26th April 2019  Formats  LP / CD / CS /DOWNLOAD Kelly guided the songs on ‘The Tales People Tell’ from their conception all the way to the record pressing plant over the course of two years. He

Soul Source does austerity. A combined news post Expansion have a new 45 out by Keni Burke and Soulsorts has a new podcast out. Pull the two together and result a no effort news item KENI BURKE/PRESTON GLASS - SO REAL/ORANGE U READY 7" SINGLE £9 listen via podcast below available at all usual suspects - seen@ £9.99 also available for download purchase photo from Carl Ingrams Jazz Cafe 2010 album more from this event can be viewed here in the almost ready for prime time revamp

Today (1st July) sees Kenny Gamble "I am an American" released from Sony in a digital only format. The press release below has the full background and  how Kenny Gamble teamed up with Patti LaBelle and the Temple University Symphony Orchestra and Choirs for this project. To listen to the various different version of this release on the Sony page dedicated to this release, just hit the link below. http://www.sonybmgmasterworks.com/american/ Press release Rock & Roll Hall of Fa

To bolster this week's release of "Philadelphia International: The 40th Anniversary Box Set", here is an exclusive interview with Kenny Gamble with Ralph Tee, compiler of the box set. Enjoy! Ian D site note full thread with info and talk on this release can be read here

KENNY THOMAS CRAZY WORLD Release Date: 17th July In response to demand created by his fans rather than some marketing departments sleight of hand, Kenny Thomas is set to release his new album 'Crazy World' in July. Kenny's new album was seized upon by soul cognoscenti in the media and spread like a bush fire through England's ever-vibrant northern soul club scene. Soul music inspires more snobbery than almost any other genre, but Crazy World strikes one for homegrown British talent, with a

Back To The River: More Southern Soul Stories 1961-1978 This box set is the 'follow up' release to the best selling critically and publicly acclaimed  2006 release “Take Me To The River: A Southern Soul Story” Box set ( details here ) and is now out and about A 3 disc box set, this release follows on the first release, again with 75 tracks which include objects of desire such as rarities, unreleased and well known gems but this time around the scope is more expanded than its predecesso

Brent - Superb 60s Soul Sides Various Artists CDKEND 420 Released Aug 2014   Bob Shad was veteran of the music industry having worked for majors as well as independent record labels, recording many Jazz, Blues and R&B greats along the way. It was a natural progression to put all his experience, knowledge and contacts into his own labels and out of this was born Shad, Time and then Brent. Mainstream was to follow a few years later.     It is these labels that the latest offering from Kent hi

Karime Harris has notified me that her father Kent died on April 9th at 5.29 am.  Kent wrote, produced and sang black music from the 40s to the noughties. Best known to rare soul fans for his recordings with Karime’s mother Ty Karim, he covered all genres from R&B to hip hop. I’ll contribute a fuller biography in the week  

News from Ace Records of a four month celebration of the 40 year Kent Records landmark via an exclusive digital campaign. Details follow below. To celebrate an amazing FORTY YEARS of unrivalled Kent Records releases under the watchful eye of Master Soul Curator Ady Croasdell, aided and abetted by Messrs Tony Rounce, Dean Rudland and Alec Palao, Ace Records have launched an exclusive digital campaign to commemorate 40 years since the first Kent compilation “For Dancers Only” hit the record s

This Friday is a release day for Ace Records - including in the batch of release are 3 soul 45s that just may be of interest, details, label release notes, audio and such all follow below   CITY 089 - DEE ERVIN YOU MAKE ME HAPPY / GIVE ME ONE MORE DAY 'Dee Ervin suffered collateral damage from GRC/Aware’s bankruptcy. He only got to release two mediocre sides on Hotlanta but these recordings match anything he created in a successful career throughout the 60s & 70s.' CIT

Kent Soul Club Proudly Present their Next Top Notch Soul Night on Saturday 11th August @ The Royal Function Rooms Star Hill Rochester ME1 1XB from 8pm till 2am £5 on The Door ... With Resident DJ's MAGGO & BUNNY this months guests Myself JON BUCK & GINGER LOU & The Flyer Say's BEARSY will be Cleaning The Toilets ! ! ! ! Realy looking forward to this, Havn't DJ'd in Kent Since I Used to DJ for some old mates Brent & Dave who used to run The Invicta Soul Club @ The Kin

Delayed shout due to the recent final work on this part of Soul Source, but still even though delayed a most welcome shout. News and info from Kent on their recent Kent 45 releases, Going by the releases below and word on the forums of even more forthcoming releases, have to say that in the second decade of the 21st century to see such quality vinyl releases being pushed out is something that kent deserve the utmost credit for. Indeed! CITY 013 Changes by Lilly Fields from GWP We Can

Summer Kent Cd Competition - Kent's Cellar Of Soul Volume 3 CD   The destined to fail attempt to run a regular once a week competition for all you soul source members continues, here we have...   A chance to win yourself a copy of this fine CD.   Released earlier this year the third in this series continues travelling a more classic than rare soul road.   Ace said about this...   We present for your delectation 26 mid to late 60s classic soul tracks, only six of which are currently on Ace CDs. I

Out on Monday! Kents latest includes the much awaited Luther Ingram - Baby Dont you weep track! That floor filling track seeing the light of day for the first time is enough for a news item by itself, when you add that its rubbing shoulders with a large handfull of quality tracks as it breaks through the doors then it does look like this release from kent is one that goes straight on the must buy list. info from Ace Records tip top site The third of Kent’s ventures into the world of R

BREAKING NEWS !!!! After long months of gestation and being overdue, the baby finally arrived… ..in fact they are twins !! Welcome to the Epsilon’s family EPS005 and EPS006 Four fantastic unreleased tracks on two singles from Kenyatta, New York 1975. These are certainly amongst my best discoveries.   KENYATTA 1975 NEW YORK EPS005 A: Let Me Love You / B: Ain't Doin Nothing (previously unissued) EPS006 A: If We Only Had / B: Didn't I Treat You Right Gir

Kev Roberts Radio The Northern Soul Hall of Fame Presenter; Kev Roberts Stations; Solar, Sky Digital Channel 879(www.goldsoul.co.uk) Saturday 10am-Noon. The show is rolled out to Sunshine 855am(Shropshire) and Mansfield 103.2fm(North Midlands) for air on Sunday at 5-7pm. USA listeners can hear the show on the ESN format www.beachshag.com at 12 noon USA and 5pm UK time every Sunday. Some selections are featured on Saga 106.6(East Midlands) every Friday at 8pm.

Dust off your copies & prepare for the price hike. Seen in London last night, latest KFC ad featuring the Easter Bunny & Roadrunner followed by Laura Green Moonlight,Music & You. Not sure but think there was a football match being played at night? Only caught the end after dashing in from the kitchen from cooking chicken ( honest I kid you not!)

Just seen this on twitter about Kim. Lets try to help her after everything she given our scene Click https://www.gofundme.com/258qqdqc Below added by site Kim Weston is need of your help.  She is in a hospital in Detroit and is in dire need of financial assistance after surgery. The legendary Motown Singer Kim Weston, is rehabing after a major surgery. Kim was the first duet partner for Marvin Gaye, with the song "It Takes Two,"(Baby). Also she performed and recorded the most

This double CD features the soulful singer's hits, stereo versions, previously unreleased cuts and alternative takes. Kim Weston has long been considered one of Motown's most underrated vocalists recording such classics as 'Helpless' and 'Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me A Little While)'. This double CD features the soulful singer's hits, stereo versions, previously unreleased cuts and alternative takes. Tracks: 1 I KNOW HIS NAME (ONLY HIS NAME) 2 LOVE ME ALL THE WAY

IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING, but... THE ESTIMATIONS ARE BACK WITH A SECOND RECORD! The A side, Heart Of Stone brings fuzz guitar, 4/4 drums, and a Levi Stubbs lead with haunting backing vocals to set a Norman-Whitfield-psychedelia-inspired soundscape for repressed lovers.  If you’ve spent your life getting hurt, it’s near impossible to trust and give yourself to someone completely.  This song is a hymn for the inhibited, rejected and pained out there who aren’t ready to get back in “the ri

Recently published, you can check out the kindle preview below, just click on the book cover to read  MEMORIES: The Amazing Life and Untimely Death of the Legendary Dennis Edwards  by Anthony Fuller  "Don't Look any Further!" This collection of memories has it all!  Dennis' incredible highs, his professional and personal lows, and everything in between. From Alabama, to Detroit, to Los Angeles, to St. Louis, and finally to Chicago. The reader gets an inside look at Dennis' entire life,

Preview of the Kindle version of Searching For Soul: a life surrounded by Soul Music and lovely people by Reg Stickings One of the benefits of recent soul related kindle version releases is that it allows people to revisit books in a more informative way than when they were originally first published. Here's one book that you may be aware off as it was first published in 2008 and is now on its 4th edition. If you missed the release at the time the kindle preview below now offers you a more

Here's another Kindle highlight This one is titled Southern Soul-Blues (Music in American Life) and was released last year but as the kindle edition is now available for £1.12 uk wise and is billed as 344 pages, thought maybe a highlight be of some interest Here's the blurb... Publisher: University of Illinois Press; 1st Edition edition (12 Mar 2013) Review "Southern Soul-Blues takes on a woefully unexamined topic to make a significant contribution to studies in African

To Make the Moment Last: The Story of the Incredible Jades Kindle Edition by William E. Thrasher Jr In this memoir, a member of the Incredible Jades recalls the rise and experiences of the band over the course of one year in the late sixties-the group's amazing moment in the sun. Available via a kindle edition at £3.49 and hardback at £7.95 from amazon (link below) Not of great length and though while not fully reviewed due to lack of time, the preview below should give a good ide

This 2013 book recently showed up in the comments on a recent article, titled 'Girl Groups: Fabulous Females Who Rocked the World' a follow-on visit found that the kindle version is currently available at £3.83, which could be of interest to those who regularly enjoy going beyond the vinyl With over 600 pages and a fair few photos, at first glance it seems this book maybe a useful/cheap add to your back pocket library Can check out the preview below to see what's on offer...  

Another in the  occasional series where we make the most out of the amazon "look inside" to provide some heads up reading on kindle releases. This time around its a kindle preview visit to a book that saw publication in June just gone ( thats 2015 for any Dave channel viewers) . Had mixed reviews on amazon but the kindle preview does allow a certain amount of making your own mind up...

While the hard cover has been out for a couple of years the free kindle preview (full version priced at £5.99) gives us here an excuse to feature this book as part of the soul source what to read when waiting for your number summer selection... Nightclubs and music venues are often the source of a lifetime's music taste, best friends and vivid memories. They can define a town, a city or a generation, and breed scenes and bands that change music history. In Life After Dark Dave Haslam reveal

Rhythm Ride: A Road Trip Through the Motown Sound by Andrea Davis Pinkney  is just a bit different than the usual motown related books that get featured on here as the audience its aimed at 10-14 year olds. There are some quite favorable reviews via amazon and the goodreads site (you can read the amazon reviews via the link below) and a fair few praise the books approach and scope both musical and historical. So at this time of year it could be of interest if looking for gifts but at  £14 f

An occasional series where the site makes the most out of the amazon "look inside" to provide some heads up reading on both old and new books available on kindle. This time a kindle preview revisit to a book that news of was originally posted up back in 2012 Sit Down! Listen To This! The Story of Roger Eagle by Bill Sykes Bill Sykes (Author), Elliot Rashman (Foreword) When Roger Eagle rode into Manchester in the early 1960s, the music scene was dominated by imported pop and the hippe

From www.bbc.co.uk     R&B pioneer 'King' Coleman dies in hospital aged 78 Rhythm and blues pioneer Carlton "King" Coleman has died at the age of 78.   The US singer died on Saturday from heart failure at a Miami hospital, his son said.   Coleman was best known for singing lead vocals on 1959 hit (Do The) Mashed Potatoes, recorded with James Brown's band.   He also released numerous solo singles including Mashed Potato Man and The Boo Boo Song.   Coleman also performed with many artists incl

A ten-year gap in this three-part CD series has given Kent time to root out the final Northern Soul treasures from this most prolific and mysterious group of black music labels. Great tracks come from the connoisseur' s favourites Charles Spurling, James Duncan and Mary Johnson proving their work to be substantially more than flashes in pans. Pioneers of black music Hank Ballard, Little Willie John and Otis Williams venture into the soul years with three excellent offerings, while Royal Flush an

Kings Go Forth - New Tracks and 45 info This Milwaukee band did great things in 2008 with their top dog track "One Day" being one of the highlights of the year (as well as one of the most talked about releases).Come 2009 and the first month finds they are still at it, with a upcoming 45 release planned, fresh tracks out and even possible oversea tour plans. Three fresh new tracks have been pushed out during the last week or so, they are up via their myspac

MRC-003 Don't Take My Shadow available for pre-order Hi everybody We should have the 3rd Kings Go Forth single in stock any day. It is "Don't Take My Shadow" (Voc/disco edit). Hear it here (click on the song title in the player, 2nd one from top): http://myspace.com/kingsgoforth   By paying now you insure shipment of your order as soon as they are in stock (probably first week of May) . Also we still have copies of MRC-002 K

Kings Of Soul, following discussion about a recent BBC show that was titled 'Kings Of Soul', I thought it may be interesting to see what our own Soul Source members take on such a format would be... So after an all in members shout, we managed to get  hold of a load of single artist and video nominations, allowing us to put all the selections together into a Youtube video playlist. The Final result is  here... Soul Source Members - Kings Of Soul Video Playlist 2020

KOOL & TOGETHER "SITTIN ON A RED HOT STOVE" b/w  "NASSAU BEAT" AVAILABLE IN THE BCR WEBSTORE NOW Big Crown is proud to present this reissue 7 inch from Texas’s own Kool & Together. The A side, “Sittin’ On a Red Hot Stove” is an infectious, medium-paced funk movement that chugs along with the help of some sharp drums from Joe and a rolling bass line that never quits. Originally edited by Texas record mogul Huey Meaux, the 45 version clocks in at just under two and a half minut

Here we go with another in our series of LABEL OF THE WEEK & ARTIST OF THE WEEK Each week in LOOK AT YOUR BOX we celebrate a different LABEL & ARTIST for ALL to contribute and enjoy. Our very own archive of information about our favourite LABEL or ARTIST There is a wealth of knowledge on Soul Source; this is the place to share that knowledge. All contributions are welcome about the favourite sounds we treasure. Suggestions for future features are always we

LATEST RELEASE: Lack of Afro – I Got The Rhythm / All My Love Featuring the vocals of Elliott Cole (‘I Got The Rhythm’) & Juliette Ashby (‘All My Love’). Released on LOA Records April 2016.     UPCOMING RELEASE: NEW ALBUM PRE-ORDER! ‘Hello Baby’ will be released on LOA Records on the 29th April (CD & digital) & the 27th May (Gatefold vinyl). It features Joss Stone, Elliott Cole, Juliette Ashby, Professor Elemental, Herbal T &am