Trevor Nelson's Soul Christmas
Trevor Nelson's Rhythm Nation
After bringing the house down in 2019, Trevor returns to the Royal Albert Hall for a second time round, bringing together a host of special guests including Chic’s Kimberly Davis, soul singers Tony Momrelle and Omar, Ivor Novello-winning producer Troy Miller, award-winning singer Corinne Bailey Rae, singer-songwriter Andrew Roachford and British gospel group The Kingdom Choir.
They perform re-imagined and re-scored iconi
The Chicago Readers 'Secret History of Chicago Music' series of articles by Steve Krakow hits the spot yet again, this time it's taking a look at Jo Ann Garrett.
Local soul sensation Jo Ann Garrett disappeared from the biz in her 20s
This flexible, distinctive singer worked with the likes of Pervis Spann, Andre Williams, and Charles Stepney—but her career lasted only a few years.
by Steve Krakow
December 16, 2022
... urged Garrett to audition for WVON DJ and club owner Pervis Spa
Recently published, this 352 page hardback book takes a detailed look at 'King Curtis’s meteoric rise from a humble Texas farm to the recording studios of Memphis, Muscle Shoals, and New York City as well as to some of the world’s greatest music stages, including the Apollo Theatre, Fillmore West, and Montreux Jazz Festival.'
A lengthy Kindle preview follows below the notes
Release Notes
Although in 2000 he became the first sideman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, “
Two new Stream Records releases announced
Armour Gomez - 'Feeling Uptight' and The Ritz Band - 'I Should Have Known'
Due for release at the end of February 2023, details below
Armour Gomez - Feeling Uptight / The Accent Instrumental
Limited Edition Stream Records 7” 250 run (Bundle with The Ritz Band Available)
Out End of February 2023
PLEASE NOTE: Integral interview to A. Gomez digital download included
Listen to the interview: https://youtu.b
After problems at the pressing plant, the latest Big Man Records release is now available, audio along with the 45 sleeve notes and more follow below...
Sleeve Notes
Sharon began her career, as a teen in Detroit, Michigan. She wrote her first songs at 12 years old. After auditioning her, Ollie Mclaughlin launched her writing career by publishing/producing, recording and releasing, several of her songs on his own record labels, KAREN, CARLA, MOIRA & RUTH RECORDS. McLaughlin recorded
Joe Johnson 'What’s the Matter With You Baby' / 'I Still Love you'
Pre-Order Now:
Limited Edition Cannonball Classic 7” 250 run + 10TPs
Out End of February 2023
'What’s the Matter With You Baby'
Listen:
'I Still Love You'
Listen:
Preorder: https://cannonballsoul.com/cannonballrecords/
You just can’t imagine how many Joe Johnsons soul singers were around on both coasts of the States at the crossing of the sixties and the sev
Luxury Soul 2023. The annual 3 cd box set from Expansion records.
Note no shipping till the second week of January 2023.
35 tracks in total, spread over 3 x cds, track listing below
Released to coincide with the 20th Anniversary Luxury Soul Weekender in January 2023 and includes tracks by three artists performing live at the event.
Event Guide - Weekender Section
https://www.soul-source.co.uk/events/2-weekenders/
CD ONE
Here We Go Again - Output / Input feat. A
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
Two BBC Documentaries over Christmas and New Year.
When Tina Turner came to the UK on Christmas Day and then on New Years Day wehn Motown came to the UK.
BBC Two has revealed two documentaries on legendary singer Tina Turner and how Motown came to the UK in time for Christmas.
When Tina Turner Came To Britain will feature previously unheard interviews with the icon and will tell the story of her relationship with the UK when it airs on Christmas Day.
Speaking about the upcomi
If you like music, you will like this book; if you like Soul music, you'll love this book!
The Big AC, Adrian Corbin, has put pen to paper and compiled this excellent collection of stories and records about a life lived along to an incredible musical soundtrack.
Having received praise from Ady Croasdell, Eddie Piller and Dave Cole of 'In The Basement Magazine', this is a book you should definitely put on your Christmas list.
Introduction by John Lias, and beautiful full colour ill
A new cd release from Kent.
For Dancers Forty - Various Artists - CDKEND 514
For Dancers Forty revisits the US Modern and Kent labels that started it all off
The Lp version was released last month, but this the cd version differs a great deal, from than the vinyl version, with only 3 tracks being found on both
As always, the cd comes with an informative 20-page glossy leaflet, with photos and notes by Ady Croasdell (see below for preview scans)
Release notes from Ace Re
LRK Records proudly presents the last release of the year Falling by the Wayside – A Motown flavoured uplifting, unmissable and irresistible new single by Paul Mac Innes
ORDER now! No long pre-orders on theses ones.
Shipping out by Dec 9th 2022 for everyone to get before Christmas and the UK postage strikes.
Only 300 copies pressed.
Singer Paul Mac Innes and producer Mattias Axelsson share a great love for the timeless Motown sound that led them to write "Falling by th
Welcome to Epsilon Record Co. latest Californian releases
Two fantastic singles
EPS018 Natural Impulse (previously unissued)
A: “Let’s Get Together”(3:10)
B: “Let’s Get Together”(extended version 4:34)
Written by: Richard P Ramos
Bay Area 1976
Listen:
EPS017 James Hales
A: “Could It Be Joy”(3:12) Arranged by: James Hale / James Pasley / Rasha A Abdur
1982
B: “Cashing in My Memories”(3:40) Written by: James Hale / Nathan Mus
Winter Edition is out now, info follows below
Soul Up North #114
Issue Details
SOUL UP NORTH - issue 114
OPENING PAGE CONTENTS – EDITORIAL & INFO
GOOD TUNES & GREAT GROOVES
Dave Halsall
ISSUE CD TRACK LISTING – IT’S NEVER DULL IN ‘ULL
Martyn Bird
FUNK IN YO’ FACE – “BRING ME SUNSHINE”
Howard Priestly
EVERYONE'S FAVOURITE.......A BIT OF LATIN
Martyn Bird
ALEXANDER PATTON
John Smith
SOULFUL SEVENTIES SPINS aka ‘COSBY’S CHEST
The Decisions - That Girl - Soul Direction
B/W - Come Round Here (and Let Me Love You)
Format: 7" Vinyl.
Following on from the enormous success of the first release by The Decisions on Soul Direction of two the two tracks “We’re In Love” and “I Love You” comes a second and equally sublime duo of tracks from the same studio session. Both tracks are from an almost lost master tape that was sent to a LA music executive in 1968 by the group but was sadly never returned. The tracks re
Canadian born Sandra-Mae Lux now resides in London. When she first released 'I'm Still Here' it received much critical acclaim gaining lots airplay with Soul Connoisseurs. Although a new release very much has an early 80s modern soul feel warm lush real instrumentation. Due to demand released on a Vinyl 45 for the first time with a bonus previously unreleased vinyl ony track 'The Last Time' in a similar vien.
Sandra-Mae Lux
Born in the sleepy fishing village of Steveston (British Colu
'It Hurts So Good' Soul4Real Album
After 31 singles released it´s so exciting to announce the first ever album on Soul4Real, a compilation including 𝘀𝗶𝘅 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀 by James and Bobby Purify, Esther Phillips, Walter Jackson, Dionne Warwick, Gladys Knight & The Pips and Marvin Gaye.
It doesn’t always hurt to hurt…
Soul 4
Proud to announce my sixth 45 as Gillespie & Co for Funk Night Records outa Detroit IL and this time round featuring the singing sensation Coko Buttafli AKA Tonya Metcalf who hails from Pontiac Il and now residing in Detroit. Limited 300 pressed at the legendary Archer pressing plant in Detroit
Videos updated by site
link
https://funknight.bigcartel.com/
The Guardian website is running a feature titled...
Bruce Springsteen cover reignites row over lost northern soul classic
Who saved Frank Wilson’s Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) from Motown oblivion?
When Bruce Springsteen performed his new single on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on 14 November, it was to rapturous applause and the ecstatic US talkshow host leaping from his seat to declare that the Boss had “crushed it!”
But 3,300 miles away, Springsteen’s performance o
Charly Records have new podcasts through Mixcloud and have launched a new on line store.
Ltd previously unreleased vinyl from the Swiss Movement, Ruby Winters, Harold Burrage among others.
Keep an eye on new product from one of the UK’s longest running labels.
https://charlydirect.com/
'Tony's Empress Ballroom is star of new film documentary'
Details of an upcoming showing of a specially-commissioned documentary which is part of a campaign to 'bring a unique part of Blackburn’s heritage back to life' make up a current article on the Lancashire TelegraphWebsite
'On Saturday there will be two invitation-only screenings of a specially-commissioned documentary in which former regulars at Tony’s Empress Ballroom share their memories of the dancehall which for 80 years was
WE ARE THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE MISSPRESS LABEL'S REVERSED ERROR HAS NOW BEEN RECTIFIED, THE NEW PRODUCTION RUN IS DUE TO BR SHIPPED TO US ON DECEMBER 13TH WITH AN ETA OF DECEMBER 20TH, SOON AS THE RECORDS ARRIVE ALL PRE ORDERS AND WHOLESALE WILL BE PROCESSED AND SHIPPED.
THIS HAS BEEN A VERY WORRYING TIME BUT NOW RESOLVED, JUST LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR UNDERSTANDING AND PATIENCE REGARDING THIS UNFORTUNATE SITUATION.
Carmy Love caused quite a stir with the release of her debut single, “Thinkin’ About You” and follow up single “Rebel” in 2021. Therefore due to popular demand, we are delighted to say we have repressed this much loved 7” single on beautiful white vinyl!
This double-sided 45 is limited to 500 copies only and will be available at The Big AC Records Live Revue Show featuring Carmy Love, Abi Farrell, Nick Corbin and Emma Noble at London’s 100 Club on Thursday 24 November. There are also limite
A quick shoot and forget topic for heads up news (or catch ups!) on upcoming/new soul releases
Feel free all to add a quick shout up of any current/releases (best if keep it short and sharp as we do have the news feature for full info posts)
Soul Direction have a new 45 coming up
release date?
WE ARE THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE ANOTHER NEW RELEASE FROM BIG MAN RECORDS BMR 1013 DUE FOR RELEASE EARLY 2023, ONE SONG TWO SUBLIME VERSIONS 'TASTE SOUR DON'T IT' FROM JIMMY RADCLIFFE AND BARBARA JEAN ENGLISH, UNDER LICENCE FROM BLACK PATCH PRODUCTIONS TO BIG MAN RECORDS WITH THE BLESSING AND KIND PERMISSION FROM CHRISTOPHER RADCLIFFE.
THE SONG WAS RECORDED AND RELEASED BACK IN 1966 AN OBSCURE 'B' SIDE BY BILLIE (DAVIS) AND KEITH (POWELL) ON UK PICADILLY RECORDS, THE RADCLIFFE/ENGLISH VERSIONS A
The end of the month brings a large handful of new release 45s from Kent Records, all in all a total of 7 brand new 45. three select 45s , three Repro 45s and one BGP 45, details follow below.
Eddie Hill / Detroit Emeralds - I Am So Thankful / Long Live The King - Kent Select 075
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CITY_075-2-1.mp3
Loleatta Holloway - I Can't Help Myself / Mr So & So's Daughter - Kent Select 076
CITY_076-1-1.mp3
CITY_076-2-1.mp3
Some incredible unreleased cuts on the Charly Records podcast, such as the Swiss Movement cut.
See their website for the forthcoming releases
Subscribe to the podcasts and be the first to hear unissued material
The Detroit Metro Times website is currently running an excellent feature on JJ Barnes, details below, full and do mean full of interesting info, well worth the trip over...
Detroit soul man J.J. Barnes looks back on his career ahead of what he says could be his final live performance
The ‘Chains of Love’ singer is set to perform at northern soul festival Detroit-A-Go-Go
... mailman who delivered to the Barnes’s home also ran a record label. Mailman Fred Brown had recently
The winners of the Jazz FM Awards 2022 were announced at an awards ceremony at Shoreditch Town Hall on Thursday 20 October with rising Soul star Mica Millar taking the prestigious 'Soul Act of The Year' award alongside Jools Holland (renowned blues-boogie woogie pianist and presenter of his long-running BBC show Later...) who won the 'Impact Award', US bassist Marcus Miller known for his tenure as Miles Davis’ producer for the last decade of the iconic trumpeter’s career who took home the 'Gold
Details of the next Soul Junction 45 release are out, available in just under 2 weeks
Release Date: Monday 7th November 2022
Artist Bio:
The Mansion were initially a prison group formed by Charles Lorenzo Blakely in 1970 while serving time in the Green Bay Reformatory at Allouez, Wisconsin. The Mansion’s line up included at different times Michael Locke, Stanley Newburn, Carl Anderson, John Crawford, Michael Smith, Larry Moses, Ronald Hardin, Jerome Wagner, Larry Lister, Mauric
WE ARE THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE THE NEXT BIG MAN RECORDS NEW RELEASE -
BMR 1012 JIMMY RADCLIFFE - 'BIG CITY BLUES B/W 'YOU CAN'T LOSE SOMETHING YOU NEVER HAD' WHICH SOME PEOPLE WILL RECOGNISE FROM DAY'S GONE BY (TWO PREVIOUSLY UNISSUED RECORDINGS) BIG CITY SOUL OF THE HIGHEST ORDER, 'BIG CITY BLUES' IS SUBLIME DOWN TEMPO SOUL TO MATCH THE LIKES OF ROY HAMILTON & RAY POLLARD, HEARTBREAKER OF A TRACK FROM THE ICONIC JIMMY RADCLIFFE, UNDER LICENCE FROM BLACK PATCH PRODUCTIONS TO BIG MAN RECOR
After the success of 'Thrive ' & 'Playground" LRK are excited to be able to share with you a brand new 45 by Claire Davis.
https://lrkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/long-gone-2
A jewel of Canada’s Soul scene, Claire Davis takes it up a notch and showcases her mighty vocals on the fiery breakup single “Long Gone”. Drawing from her influences of the likes of Etta James and Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, the unrelenting rhythm and sassy background vocals of this track complement the “t
Doc’n Roll Film Festival starts a 13 city tour later this month. Billed as an 'experience-led festival', Doc’n Roll offers film showing backed up with live Q&As with directors and musicians, special DJ sets, afterparties and post-screening gigs.
Doc’n Roll Film Festival and details follow below
COUNTDOWN... AND WE'RE ROLLING!
Doc’n Roll Film Festival returns to big screens nationwide this autumn for its 9th London edition, and a 13-city tour – to Birkenhead, Birmingham, Bright
𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗟4𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗟 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘𝗦
𝗣𝗥𝗘-𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗘𝗥 𝗡𝗢𝗪 𝗙𝗢𝗥 1𝘀𝘁 𝗡𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥
4 𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗬 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗦𝗦𝗨𝗘𝗗 𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗦
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𝘽𝘼𝙍𝘽𝘼𝙍𝘼 𝙇𝙔𝙉𝙉 - 𝙐𝙉𝙇𝙊𝙑𝙀𝘿, 𝙐𝙉𝙒𝘼𝙉𝙏𝙀𝘿 𝙈𝙀 / 𝙎𝙊𝙐𝙇 𝘿𝙀𝙀𝙋 (𝙎4𝙍23)
Spooner Oldham produced six recordings by Barbara Lynn for Atlantic in mid-1968, but session information had previously been scant. Spooner recently confirmed that these tracks were "recorded at American in Memphis" and when the late Red Kelly
New single from Henderson & Jones.
Back to the studio after 40 years!
Listen to both side: here
Buy it here:
https://www.epsilonrecord.com
Henderson & Jones (new release)
A side: Picture of Love
B side: Can You Feel My Vibes EPS011
EPS011
Epsilon Record Co. 2022
Background:
I met Kenneth Henderson and Alfonso Jones almost two years ago after searching for these guys for many years.
I proudly re-releas
A new addition to the Ace Record's Songwriter Series of albums...
Wrap It Up - The Isaac Hayes And David Porter Songbook - Ace Cd - CDTOP 1622
Release notes clip from Tony Rounce follows
Ace are delighted to welcome them into our ever-popular Songwriter Series this month with “Wrap It Up”, a fantastic collection featuring almost half of the total number of songs they wrote together in versions you would expect, and versions you wouldn’t!
Hayes and Porter wrote for almost ever
The latest album from Acid Jazz is now out and about.
Gloria Scott - So Wonderful, is available now via lp/cd/stream versions, can read the release notes and listen to tracks below
Label Release Notes
In June 2022, Acid Jazz announced the signing of Gloria Scott, with an amazing response to the 7” single ‘Promised Land’ - an elegant, soulful cover of Joe Smooth’s Gospel-House classic. We are delighted to present her upcoming album ‘So Wonderful’leading with the new single ‘
The next batch of releases from Ace Records, label scans and titles below, more to follow once released
All due for release 28th Oct 2022
Eddie Hill / Detroit Emeralds - I Am So Thankful / Long Live The King
Loleatta Holloway - I Can't Help Myself / Mr So & So's Daughter
Joe Buckner & Major IV / Hal Frazier - I Wish I Knew / I Stand Blue
Hollis Dixon & The Keynotes - Go Away With Me / Time Will Tell
Can be both interesting and entertaining sometimes to have a look back at times gone by..
Most Viewed Topics List
The topics listing system does usually follow a sorted by date thing, but using the 'sort' options it is possible to view the listings via various 'sorts'
So here's a midweek browse, the 'most viewed' topics list from our Soul Music forums since 2002
https://www.soul-source.co.uk/forums/forum/11-soul-music/?sortby=views&sortdirection=desc
The latest release from Soul Direction is now out and about
Thomas Cain – Hold Up / Try My Love – Soul Direction SD-011
Label Release notes
Thomas Glenn Cain was born on November 8th, 1946 in (Athens Limestone County) Alabama.
He initially began playing the trumpet at a very early age and went onto learn keyboards by playing his grandmother’s pump organ. Cain’s father was a church deacon and song leader of congregational hymns, so music was never far from Thomas’s
The latest Streams are entering the pressing facilities as we speak, so we are proud to present something a little more exotic than usual. Both the following new instalments are sprinkled with that latin flavour you all have a thing for, but bear a completely different story.
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Bermudas’ finest
CBLL038 - Leon Cook
“Steppin in” b/w “The Last One to Know”
Limited edition 250 copies - out Late November 2022
20 Test Pressings available as usual.
Immediate digi
WE ARE PLEASED TO CONFIRM THAT BMR 1009 TOPICS/METRICS WILL BE AVAILABLE THE FIRST WEEK IN OCTOBER FOLLOWED BY BMR 1010 THE GAMBRELLS THE FIRST WEEK IN NOVEMBER.
BOTH RELEASES COME IN A CUSTOM PICTURE SLEEVE, A6 COLLECTORS CARD, POLY OUTER SLEEVE, TO ORDER PM HERE VIA SOULSOURCE EMAIL bicknellmark@aol.com OR bigmanrecords1@gmail.com
THE TOPICS - HEY GIRL (WHERE ARE YOU GOING?) B/W THE METRICS - WISHES BMR 1009 UNDER LICENCE FROM ACE RECORDS LIMITED.
THE GAMBRELLS - YOU BETTER MOV
Out today at last, the looked forward to album from Colemine Records
THE HARLEM GOSPEL TRAVELERS
Look Up!
CATALOG: CLMN-12050
RELEASE DATE: 9/16/22
Things are looking up for The Harlem Gospel Travelers, who return here with a new album, a new lineup, and a new lease on life. Produced by Eli Paperboy Reed, Look Up! marks the group’s first full-length release as a trio, as well as their first collection of totally original material, and it couldn’t have come at a more vital mom
Word is out about an upcoming viny lp release from Kent Records that has a somewhat familiar sounding vibe.
For Dancers Forty - Kent Records 1982-2022
Celebrating 40 years since the game-changing “For Dancers Forty” Kent LP 001, “For Dancers Forty” revisits the Los Angeles labels that have given us so much.
Like Kent 001 the collection represents the broad church of the Biharis recordings and features soul stompers, Rhythm & Blues busters, girly grooves and heavenly harmony.
A 'northern soul' themed autumn campaign from Flannels brings an interesting interview with Paul Sadot
An original face on the scene, Sadot was there throughout northern soul’s heyday. A regular at Wigan Casino – and the clubs that followed – he was hitchhiking and skipping school to get his music fix each weekend, travelling the country to hit the next opening. It was a defining time in his life, leading him to a career in dance.
Here, he talks walking into Wigan Casino for the first
Rare Soul | Volume 3 by Emandolynn Music - Digital Album release
Emandolynn Music presents Rare Soul Volume 3 featuring unreleased, and rare soul music from the catalog of Philadelphia based songwriter/producer Manny Campbell and his production company Emandolynn Music. Volume 3 features rare/unreleased music from Carolynn Porter, Sharisma and The Delights
Carolynn Porter. Philly’s own Carolynn Porter, a popular session singer and performer. She recorded several singles and demos for M
Cementing her position as one of the UK’s brightest new Soul stars, Mica Millar has received two nominations at this year’s Jazz FM awards for 'Breakthrough Act of the Year' and 'Soul Act of the Year'.
Mica Millar said: “This year really has felt like a year of breaking through, it’s been incredible and I’m so grateful to everyone for all of the support I’ve received since releasing ‘Heaven Knows’ and particularly to Jazz FM who have been amazing at really getting behind me and the album. T
The British Library is holding an interesting event, available live or online
I'll Be There: An Evening with Duke Fakir of The Four Tops
Mon 3 Oct 2022, 19:00 - 20:30
The event ties in with the recent book I'll Be There: My Life with the Four Tops Hardcover by Duke Fakir (Author), Kathleen McGhee Anderson (Author)
Event details follow below
I'll Be There: An Evening with Duke Fakir of The Four Tops
This event will take place at the British Library. It will be simul
*** "Hey America!" book launch party with Stuart Cosgrove ***
BOOK READING / Q&A / SIGNING SESSION / SOUL CLUB DISCO
"Hey America!" (The epic story of Black Music and the White House) is the highly anticipated new book from award-winning author, journalist and broadcaster Stuart Cosgrove (Detroit 67 / Memphis 68 / Harlem 69, Young Soul Rebels etc.) focusing on the relationship between Black Music and the White House.
PART ONE (Spoken Word) Doors 7.30pm
The early part of t
