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Chicago, the Windy City. Another city with its own sound. Back in the Sixties you could spot which city records were made in by the sound. The writing, production, and arrangements, and of course the musicians, all contributed to that sound. Of course it was partly because the same people in each city tended to play on records for lots of labels, and the same guys in each city owned lots of little independent labels as well. So this book is about that distinctive Chicago sound. For many years th

It's Here ! Detroit Soul. The epitome of Sixties Soul for many collectors ! This book pulls together some of the smaller labels, and more obscure artists to record in the Motor City. An essential buy for any Detroit aficionado 270 pages of detailed discographical information. Orders taken now: £17.00 for each book, with free postage in the UK PM me for payment details. The book is also available on Amazon UK, Amazon US, and all the other European sites. It's st

New York, from the swooping sounds of Doo Wop, and the grittier sounds of R & B, the Big Apple had it all. And as the 1960's dawned a certain style was developing in New York. Some of the best songwriters and arrangers in the world lived and worked in the city. This coupled with some truly gifted singers created what has become known as the Big City Soul Sound. Suave, sophisticated and Soulful, it's a style that is still revered today by all aficionado’s of quality Soul music. The big p

The Soulful Kinda Music Guide To The West Coast: A discography of West Coast Soul The West Coast, sunshine and Soul! Two cities dominate the book, Hollywood, and Los Angeles, and not surprisingly the same names keep appearing, either as label owners, or producers, or artists who label hopped. And the address that keeps appearing time and time again is the iconic Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. So it’s no wonder there was such an interchange between the different labels really when a huge num

The Soulful Side of GME & Musette Records - Various Artists Tramp Records continue their fine releases with this fine comp that is available right now in 3 formats - download, vinyl and cd ( 8-page CD booklet ) - Download version free with vinyl and cd purchase. Preview and details follow - read and listen Juno Preview Player      Cd listing - see links for lp listing 1. Little Mary Staten - Steppin' Stone 02:06 2. Dede Copeland - You Gotta Give Up Some Money 01:51 3.

The Sound Of Indianapolis:  The Words Of Wisdom And Truth Review Side A. Don't Need Your Love Side B. What You Do To Me 7”/45 rpm Picture Sleeve - Core Black OUT EARLY MARCH 2021 250 + 20 pressed It all started when Herman “Butch” Slaughter at 12 years old asks his parents for a professional tape recording machine for Christmas. Butch’s technical training in music came from being First Chair/First Chair Baritone in a few school choirs. He started to write song poems and dreamed t

Press Release: Sounds Of Imani “Must Be An Angel/It’s Alright” SJ519 Release Date: Monday February 4th 2013 The Sounds Of Imani (with Imani being the Swahili word for faith) was created in 1996 by the versatile husband and wife team of Gerald and Carol Ervin. Carol a keyboard player, vocalist and songwriter in her own right, her background has always been within the gospel genre. She was a choir directress with several Church ensembles b

Hot on the heels of the hugely successful Decisions "We're In Love/I Love You" Soul Direction release, come for me a track that should have made a 45 release before now and after a conversation with Numero they agreed so here we are. Release date end of September with TP's going out to the radio shows for pre release plays. The Summits - P's and Q's / Instrumental version These 2 tracks were part of the groups recordings with DC International and did not see the light until Numero re

I doubt it was just a moment-in-time thing. Thirty years on, my memory of first hearing Someday echo across the dancefloor at an all-nighter and stopping this young teenager dead in his tracks has not faded. It wasn’t a recording which necessarily broke the mould upon ‘rediscovery’ on the early 1980s northern soul scene. The fresh open-minded approach and healthy appreciation for musical diversity had already seen to that, whether it be for mid-tempo, beat ballads, latin soul, early R&B or o

Vinyl edition COMING SOON from Brewerytown Beats & BCW Records The Thompsons - I'll Get Over It on BCW Records. Relatively unknown Philly Soul from 1975 Re-Mastered with Liner Notes and never before seen photo's of the band. Gatefold LP with Japanese style OBI Coming from North Philadelphia in the mid-seventies was a real struggle, being in a household of musicians lead by Charles Thompson Sr (background vocalist for the Gospel Travelers) was 10 times harder. The Tho

Dutch vintage soul outfit The Tibbs announce their new album Keep It To Yourself, to be released on January 26th and available for pre-order starting from today on recordkicks.com and Bandcamp (tap).  Listen to the first single “Ain’t It Funny”, out today on all digital platforms.   Dutch vintage soul combo The Tibbs present their highly anticipated new album Keep It to Yourself, to be released on LP, CD and digital format next January 26th on Milan-based label Record Kicks

A quick and easy Soul Source catch up of the top $ ebay results during the just gone month of February 2020    Soul Record Auctions - Recent Completed Soul Auctions [sorted by value] Tamala Lewis - You Won T Say Nothing - Marton Original  $6433.00   ended 03 Feb   Chuck Holiday Detroit Grail R B Ultra Gloria Lbl V-11..  $4877.79   ended 26 Feb   The Tiaras Foolish Girl Op-art Ul

THE TORCH ALL-NIGHTER BOOK. Over the last few months virtually every morning I have received requests for wristbands for the class of 72 reunion. From Belgium to Bognor, from Carlisle to Cambridge from Newcastle to Norwich, From Spain to St Helens the response has been as always phenomenal. Now we've had the negative ones suggest the fact the event is virtually sold out is down to the free entry wristbands my reply is have a look at the donation buckets Sunday 28th Oct,

SAVING THE TWISTED WHEEL     As a representative of the, Save The Twisted Wheel campaign & the club's current promoter Pete Roberts.  I can now tell you after discussions with the developers, Richard Goodwin their commercial Director.  Richard has kindly agreed to secure the building fabric,fixtures & fittings of the club for the purpose of preservation.  Richard will also assist usin its removal if only in part, namely, The Stage room and surrounding structure,  if possible so it can be

Anniversaries are prevalent in the Northern Soul World.  This year there has been a lot of noise regarding Wigan Casino’s 50th and Morecambe Pier’s 40th. However, it seems to have gone unnoticed that the place where it all started The Twisted Wheel Club, Manchester opened its doors for the first time 60 years ago on the 27 Jan 1963. The all-important trademark Black Music all-nighter was held later in that year on 28 September 1963. Please see the attached link The Twisted Wheel Anniversary

A focus on a most recent double Cd release from Kent Records offering The Undisputed Truths final Motown albums. The Undisputed Truth - Cosmic Truth & Higher Than High - Kent Records  CDTOP2 483 The psychedelic soul group’s final two Motown albums. Produced by Norman Whitfield. Listen while you Read Kent Release notes preview A couple of years ago, as part of our ongoing series of reissues of repertoire from the Motown catalogue, we were delighted to give the CD p

The Undisputed Truth - Nothing But The Truth A new release from Kent Records  3 Albums On 2 CDs Plus Bonus Tracks Preview of the Kent Blurb by Tony Rounce First time on CD for three Motown albums from the early 70s, plus bonus tracks. Produced by Norman Whitfield. Handpicked by top-level Motown writer-producer Norman Whitfield as a new outlet for the realisations of his creative mind, the Undisputed Truth debuted in 1970 with ‘Save My Love For A Rainy Day’ before going o

Details of the latest Soul Direction 45 release and it's a top one... After the usual pressing plant chaos Soul Direction Records are pleased to announce the latest release to add to the "Origins" label. The Vanguards - Good Times Bad Times I Man Without Knowledge - Soul Direction Origins 1003 Release Date scheduled for 25 March 2022 The Vanguards Group Members: Paul Irvin, James Davis, Dickey Pierson, Von Wheeler, Elaine Livingston & Wilbur  Winston. The Vanguards le

Track listing of upcoming release inc unissued french live and alt versions THE VELVELETTES: ‘THE COMPLETE MOTOWN ANTHOLOGY’ due out 1 Nov Disc 1 1. Selfish Lover* 2. Should I Tell Them* 3. My Foolish Heart (Keeps Hanging On To A Memory)* 4. Mama Please* 5. There He Goes 6. Thats The Reason Why 7. I Know His Name (Only His Name) 8. (The) Monkey (Hokey Pokey)* 9. Thats A Funny Way* 10. You Cant Get Away* 11. Stop Beating Around The Bush

The Voyage Of The Dynamo: Crate Digging In Outer Space A humorous romp through the Galaxy in search of an elusive rare soul record; or it might be about Manchester clubland in the 1980's. I don't know I only wrote it. Hi Kittens, Well after 12 years I've finally finished the book and while trying to find an agent to get a paper type artifact published I've made it available on Amazon Kindle. This is not your typical soul book but those of you who remember my stuff from B+S, Echoes

I am pleased to announce the next Big Man Records release BMR 1003, a fabulous double header from THE WEBS - DON'T EVER HURT ME B/W LITTLE GIRL BLUE, under licence from NUMERO GROUP via San Antonio, Texas based Dynamic Records, very possibly the rarest 45 on the label, prime Texas Soul served rare, record will come in a black card sleeve with sticker ident, collectors card in a high grade poly sleeve, taken from Dynamic masters. As with the COMMANDS release BMR 1002 this will be a pre order

I just noticed that Outta Sight is publishing a book written by Tim Brown on the 18th of October entitled "The Wigan Casino Years: Northern Soul - The Essential Story 1973-81". I haven't seen a mention of it on here yet, but here's the link to the website: http://www.outtasigh...casinoyears.php The preview pages looks promising. below added by site Northern Soul came of age in the mid-seventies. The first sign

As said as part of the revamped review section hopefully will be regularly offering members the chance to win a copy of the cds. The three winners of the first 3 cd competitions can be found below (listed under the cd that they won) Ask winning members can you please pm your postal address asp and will get in the post before the weekend The correct answers are listed at the bottom More reviews along with the chance to win the cds will be published very

Theme Park Update and a reply to guest comment. Firstly i would like to make it perfectly clear to everyone on the scene that the new Manchester Allnighter on December 6th is NOT MY PROMOTION I am simply DJing there so as for putting my money where my mouth is and reducing the cover price/admission this has nothing to do with me, anyhow is £10.00 advance not in line with other current venues, this event is costing a huge amount of money to set up so it has to be covered.......... funny the e

There's That Beat Issue #9 Issue number 9 of this fine soul magazine now out and about. A brief description from the There's That Beat Website follows, along with a video advert and ordering info. Unfortunately this issue starts by paying tribute to four of the soul world’s most iconic figures who in the space of a couple of months threw off their mortal coils and passed on. All four of them will need no lengthy introduction to readers of this particular magazine as I’ll guarantee thei

Issue #3 out 6th March. Rammed with full colour scans of labels, artists etc. Featured in this latest issue: Detroit's Pied Piper Production Team. In indepth look at the people and the catalogue. Jimmy 'The Wiz' Wisner - A Philly Legend and his contribution to Rare Soul. We remember the life and work of one of Detroit 's finest voices - The late great Emanuel Laskey. We take a look at Motown's Early issues that became known as 'The Pinks' and all the variants. Pittsburgh - The

From Dave Moore a quick heads up word and flyer on the current state of play on the upcoming book' The Philly Sound " There's That Beat! Guide to the Philly Sound: Philadelphia Soul Music and its R&B Roots: from Gospel & Bandstand to Tsop Hardcover  by Dave Moore (Author), Jason Thornton (Author) The book is now at the printers and has a 6th September publishing date.  The passionate team behind the acclaimed Northern Soul magazine There's That Beat!, presents here

Confirmed on Facebook by her brother that she has passed. ”Daddy O” one of the great Northern songs. RIP Theresa

Word of a new vinyl lp from Outta Sight Records, details follow below THESE MEMORIES - Rare Soul Gems OSVLP026   Company Blurb Memories of the rare soul scene are manifold but this timeless collection goes right to the heart and soul of the scene and is perhaps best summed up by the emotive title track “These Memories” by Almeta Lattimore. You really don’t need any other reason to buy this album, but how about Corey Blake’s £1,000+ collector’s-piece “How Can I Go On With

THIS IS LOWRIDER SOUL - CD Compilation from Ace/Kent Just giving my Soul friends the heads up that a project I've been working on with Ruben Molina Arlene Sepulveda Josh Whittemore and Ady Croasdell for the past couple of years finally got a release date. A compilation of stunning Lowrider Soul from the playboxes of the leading DJ's in the genre + a couple of fabulous, previously unreleased, scorchers from The Lovers and Melvin Hicks. Check out the link and order direct from Ace / Kent

Trojan Records are spreading the word on their 50 year anniversary year, here's what they have to say... '2018 marks 5 decades since our label changed the British musical & cultural landscape. To mark the occasion, we are plotting a year-long celebration, taking in a series of music releases, live events, a definitive coffee table book and documentary' Here's the video and here's the link...  http://trojan.lnk.to/store 

OK I know it's February, freezing cold & snowing but this should warm some of you up who like your Modern Soul. It's the new release from Mr Robert Kelly called Share My Love. No info as yet on release dates or even if a vinyl release is in the pipeline but I hope it put's a bit of sunshine into a dull & dreary day for some of you. SITE UPDATE: Just in time for Valentine's Day, R. KELLY, the three-time Grammy Award winning King of R&a

Had word about this live show on this Sunday   THE IMPRESSIONS & THE CURTOM ORCHESTRA + HANNAH WILLIAMS & THE TASTEMAKERS   Looks like tickets are still left, if that's not right or they do sell out then please throw up a comment to let us know   Full info   https://agmp.ticketabc.com/events/impressions/     Islington Assembly Hall, London   Date: Sun, 09/03/2014 19:00 AGMP proudly presents THE IMPRESSIONS and The Curtom Orchestra - Live in Concert + support from Hannah Williams & th

Many thanks to Ritchie and Ann for sharing photos taken at the recent "This Thing Of Ours" 2003 Alldayer Up in the Gallery good quality and well worth a look

Pre-Pay Three Incredible Titles from Diggin' Deep! - JAMES CARR - LEE HURST - BOBBY BARNES - Available to Pre-Order Now!  From the vaults of Goldwax, Raina and A&M records:- James Carr, the ultimate Memphis Deep Soul track backed with a great 60’s stomper, Lee Hurst, the massively in demand 70’s gem, as featured in the movie ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ and Bobby Barnes superb groove from Raina records, these three 45’s are exclusively licensed to Diggin’ Deep in the UK and are essentia

Three new Grapevine singles released on Monday, March 25th: G2K 45-121 THE SPRINGERS Nothings Too Good For My Baby G2K 45-122 THE FOUR DYNAMICS Things That A Lady Aint Supposed To Do G2K 45-123 THE JONES BROTHERS Good Old Days / Lucky Lady Copies can be ordered from the usual outlets or direct from Garry J. Cape at

Words and stuff on three most recent soul 45s from Kents Kent select imprint Details, release notes and audio previews all follow below   Ready Or Not Here Comes Love / What Made You Think  Carolyn Crawford/ Hodges, James,Smith,& Crawford CITY 069 Preview Kent anniversary 45s, which are given out to 6Ts 100 Club All-nighter attendees, have always created interest and often end up selling for high prices. The reception Carolyn Crawford’s ‘Ready Or Not Here C

  LATEST 3 KENT SINGLES - NOW AVAILABLE TOWN 135   Tell Me Baby - KARMELLO BROOKS / I’ll Never Stop Loving You - CARLA THOMAS   At last a UK release for this massively in-demand captivating dancer. It was an unusual release for the jazz label Milestone but Karmello does have a cool sensuous voice and her self-written song has slowly built into a monster over the past 10 years. Carla Thomas’ Kent classic was recently deleted so it HAD to b

I have had these on ice for a few weeks as I am waiting on the new mixes to arrive, I have two previously unissued tracks and one amazing alternate take of their classic record, firstly a version of the Padded Cell Toddlin' Town release 'Mr Misery' which is incredible Northern Soul, secondly a version of Tyrone (The Wonder Boy) (Davis) Four Brothers release' Good Company' which gives 'The Wonder Boy' version a run for it's money and last but not least an alternate take with heavy horns on it of

Three, Six, Nine! The Best Of Shirley Ellis A recent release from Ace Records 'Two dozen of the Nitty Gritty Girl's best Congress and Columbia recordings.' Listen while you read Blurb Recorded between 1963 and 1967, two dozen of the Nitty Gritty Girl’s finest recordings for Congress and Columbia, many written by her mentor Lincoln Chase. Includes Shirley’s unforgettable signature hits ‘The Nitty Gritty’, ‘The Name Game’, ‘The Clapping Song’ and ‘Soul Time’ (all in ste

Just a quick heads up if needed that "Tim Brown Talks" blog has had a May 2013 update As always an interesting read, a brief clip follows... As an example of this factor a few people have ‘discovered’ Little John on Gogate recently, oblivious to the fact that, a) it is an atrocious piece of nonsense from a guy that can’t sing and b) was played out, even bootlegged, 25 years ago. Get to ‘We’re Gonna Be More Than Friends’ on the Spinners CD. You can view further words on price guides, cd

Ooo.. I’m all disembodied! Perhaps not literally but I write now so far away from the last available issue of Manifesto that I feel almost unconnected. I’ll do what I can, I’ll make a few points, but I feel as if my pen is losing all vitriol. Is that really the case? Let’s see…. Well, I can observe a few things in my already-dust-covered June Manifesto. Probably the most interesting for me is Rob Moss’ item on Ed Wolfrum and his observations, as a studio engineer, on D

Timeout Chicago  has a short but interesting word on Lee Fields, clip below, link for more including clips of new album (usa only) The baby-faced funkateer’s senses of style, dignity and humor make him stand out from both his contemporaries on the chitlin’ circuit and its modern white-hipster equivalent. Perhaps his stellar new album, My World (on Truth & Soul, a non-Roth Brooklyn label), in which Fields tempers his nasty workouts with Al Green smoothness, will be his breakthro

Just in case missed it on the forums can find a new article on the Times Online website that may be of interest. Its written by Terry Christian and its titled "The Return Of Northern Soul", as you can guess it's one of those sort of mainstream features that do pop up now and again. While the title could be classed as a bit ropey, this one may be worth a look over as parts of it do go beyond the usual re-cycled mainstream approach, yep it is a bit Wigan/Revival orientated, it mentions Duffy, ther

Word about a nice looking and sounding vinyl box set release from Timmion Records Timmion Records Singles Box, Vol 2 from Timmion Records   7" Singles Box Vol. 2 includes the following 45's TR706 Fred "Love Can Last Forever" TR707 Willie West & The Soul Investigators "After The Storm" TR708 Cold Diamond & Mink "Queen Of Soul" TR709 Bobby Oroza "This Love" TR710 Ernie Hawks & The Soul Investigators "Scorpio Man Theme" ships out within 4 days

It's always nice when a Record Promoter involves you in some pre-release tracks and that's what Dave Thorley did about four or five years ago when he handed me a local release CD of new music out of Detroit. Now, some two years later, Dave & Malayka have managed to release not only tracks from that original CD but with the help from Detroit writer and arranger Tim King, have pulled together a great mix of sounds. The stand out track was and still is The Funk

Afternoon at home so managed to listen to Mr Searlings show on and off. Heres bits for those who missed. Ginger was first guest and most enoyable with some of his big sounds, clip should be up very soon. Next guest was Fran with a look at all the classic clubs from the 60s with sounds from that era to match   Future guests - next week Kenny Burrel Then next wek Johnny Pearson with a Gene Chandler feature Followed the next week with one to note Adey croasdell - inc

Hi!x At long last... just in time to make the 10th Anniversary of the making of the Togetherness ‘fly on the wall’ documentary filmed at Kings Hall, Stoke...is now available for the first time ‘officially’ on DVD to order for a guaranteed Xmas delivery! You heard it here first on Soul Source! We have managed to secure a stock of 500 for distribution before Xmas. However there are only 227 copy’s left for those not already ordered from this initial Xmas stock! What’s on it...? I will

Just letting you know that the next 3 45s on my 'Hit and Run' label arrived in the UK today. They are the delayed Tommy & The Derby's, Bobby Patterson's great coupling of dancers from his 'Storyteller' LP and 2 unreleased Willie Hightower tracks from Jesse Boyce Productions. Please check out the sound clips at www.garryjcape.com where there is also an online order option. Regards Garry HR 1509 BOBBY PATTERSON Let's Do Some