Jimmy Ruffin passed away on Monday 17 Nov 2014 in a Las Vegas hospital. He was 78. His daughter Philicia Ruffin announced details of the sad news yesterday and also said... "My family in its entirety is extremely upset over his death. He will truly be missed. We appreciate all of the love and prayers from our family, friends, his colleagues and his adoring fans. We will treasure the many fond and wonderful memories we all have of him" http://youtu.be/PgHI_kZsxZk Forum Thread Reported i
Another recent release from Kent that pushes the right buttons. Satisfaction Guaranteed - Motown Guys 1961-69 is the result of another dip in the vaults from compilers Keith Hughes and Mick Patrick, this the 13th motown related Ace release is a noteable one, as its said its the first that will consist entirely of tracks never released before on either vinyl or CD Release notes on the Kent website from Tony Rounce include the following words... "The collection features just about all of the l
This weekend sees at long last the UK release of this James Brown bio film. Released in the USA back in Aug 1st, you could question the wisdom of such a delay between USA and non-USA releases. Anyway it's out this weekend and at first look it does seem to have a fairly wide release here in the uk, Trailers and such http://youtu.be/d9ELTgk6p54 imdb page http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2473602/ as always if you go then let us know... just use the comments... below
The 10th of November saw this compilation album titled ' East LA Soul - Rampart Records 1963-1971' released from Outta Sight records The release speil goes like this... In the late fifties, former child actor and restaurateur, Eddie Davis formed the now legendary Rampart Records to record and preserve the emerging musical talents breaking out of the Latino community in East L.A. In so doing he created the Eastside Sound and a string of hits by the likes of The Blendells, The Salas Brothers, El
Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown A look at James Brown from his early years in South Carolina to his efforts during the Civil Rights movement This documentary was released earlier this year and shown at a festival but it seems that its only just recently had its first major public showing via HBO On-Demand Produced my Mick Jagger and billed as featuring 'rare and never-before-seen footage, interviews and photographs'. In addition to the just mentioned historical footage and archiva
A just out release from Kent records Good All Over Rare Soul from the Westbound Records Vaults 1969 -1975 CDSEWD 154 Good All Over: Rare Soul From The Westbound Records Vaults 1969 -1975 The sub title of this album really says what this cd is all about.. as in 'Rare Soul from the Westbound Records Vaults 1969 -1975' The track listing and the 20+ sound clips below via the Ace website gives more indicators and the paragraph from Tony Rounce also tells you whats what The compilation spans the
A highlight post of Marcus Baram's recent biography of Gil Scott Heron.
Baram will chart Scott-Heron's musical odyssey, from Chicago to Tennessee to New York: a drug addict's twisted path to redemption and enduring fame. In Gil Scott-Heron: Pieces of a Man, Marcus Baram puts the complicated icon into full focus.
Published November 11th 2014 by St. Martin's Press (first published February 1st 2014)
"An addict and a recluse; a genius and a poet; a defacto founde
Here's a bring a smile to your face news announcement marking the first showing of our re-jigged 'releases" section... Its the new upcoming 45 from Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, not only a new release but a xmas one at that Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings "Just Another Christmas Song" b/w "Big Bulbs" (featuring Saun & Starr) Can hear a short clip of "Just Another Christmas Song" track here ... http://s3.amazonaws.com/Daptone/Previews/025%20INSTRUMENTALS/DAP-1086%20A-side%20clip.mp3
After a few weeks of running both the poll and the reviews thread think its time to have a quick scoop up of the results/reviews that have been going on here since the films release.
The Soul Source view comes from a online poll of over 300+ members and the result after 3 weeks is a rating of..
3.7 out of a possible 5
Quite a journey to the end product really, with word first showing on here around 2010 [see below for link] and then the exclusive ahead teaser and interview in 2012
Here's a quick grab of the current top rated soul videos from the Soul Source Video feature Hit the video thumbnail to play the video, the order is the most top rated at the top [To rate all you have to do to rate is simply hit the 1-5 stars rating icons underneath the vid on the videos page] Maxine Brown - Its Torture... Junior Walker - Ram Jam Club The Voices Of East Harlem I... For two and a half minutes... Tony Middleton - To the end... The Interpretations -
Hello All, We've just released the EP for Xiantoni Ari on Angel City Records. This is a clip of the upcoming 45 taken from the EP: http://youtu.be/d1GU6N0Gv7M please visit our website to pick up a copy at: http://www.angelcityentertainment.info/#!merc/c1yqi Hope you all enjoy this release. Thanks for all the support. Truly appreciate it. kinds regards Mark Angel City Records View attachment: xian.jpg
Dear All, My granddaughter Emmie-Rae was born in August this year with 5 serious heart conditions and has spent many weeks at our our local Norfolk & Norwich Neonatal Intensive Care Unit & Gt. Ormond St. Her struggle will continue for many years but we know she is in the very best medical hands this country can offer. As a measure of our gratitude we are raising money for both hospitals in the hope of buying lifesaving equipment for others in the future. Please see the local newspa
The Soul Source Northern Soul Hall Of Fame will fling open its doors on Monday 3rd November. The first 10 Inductees will have their awards posted within the Hall Of Fame Forum and site members will be able to read the stories of their musical lives, listen to examples of their work, post comments and add to each page as they wish. The inaugural Inductees were selected from a shortlist of nominations from the membership of Soul Source and so as such, is a reflection of us, the members and fans of
Details of the first release from a new label... Wilson Williams - I Think It's Gonna Work Out Fine / I Like Being In Love With You - CratesofSoul Records Here's the blurb though no sound clip yet... CratesofSoul Records are a new independent label dedicated to issuing vinyl from the vaults past , present , and new. We are delighted to offer our first limited edition 7 " vinyl record . In 1978 Wilson Williams recorded the album , ' Up The Downstairs ' in Detroit , Michigan . Ten tr
HURTBOX008 Holland-Dozier-Holland: Rare 45s Vinyl Box - Released 08/12/14 Amazon Link:- http://www.amazon.co.uk/Holland-Dozier-Rare-Vinyl-VINYL/dp/B00N86M7M2/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1414591545&sr=1-1&keywords=holland+dozier+holland+rare+45s Following the success of the recent Harmless release, ‘Holland —Dozier-Holland: The Complete 45s Collection’, we’ve been inundated with requests to make some of the previously unreleased acetates, test-pressings and remixes avai
I found a CD with this show I did with the lovely Jim in the early naughties or maybe late 90's. I know the Isaac Hayes track goes on a bit, but it's a great record of Jim's personality and I thought I'd share as so many people thought so much of him. Enjoy Check out "Soulcast Jim Demetrio with Rob Holmes" on Mixcloud http://www.mixcloud.com/SoulBrotherNumber2/soulcast-jim-demetrio-with-rob-holmes/ Thanks to Pete Smith for telling me how do share this. Rob Holmes added by site phot
Monday 27th October see's Soul Junction's latest release hitting the shelves of stockists up and down the country. Two great sides, a nice mid tempo dancer and a southern soul style ballad. The flip 'Be With Me Tonight' was first released in 2006 by Preston and the top side is a track from his latest LP, both now receiving a worthy release on 45. Both have received substantial radio play by several renowned DJ's, don't be disappointed get your copy before like many other Soul Junction releases i
Soul Up North.. Issue 84 available now... contact stevecato64@yahoo.co.uk or little-stevie on soul source... paypal available... £3 plus £1.40 postage... Whats in issue 84.... GOOD TOONS & GREAT GROOVES - Dave Halsall SOUL UP NORTH COLLECTORS CD — TRACK LISTING - Gibby GENE & THE TEAM BEATS - Jack Garrett COLLECTING BRITISH - Lord Snooty & His Gang FUNK IN YO’ FACE — EARTH, WIND & FIRE - Howard Priestley A DAB OF EARLY SOUL & RnB WITH A HINT OF OBSCU
'The History of Okeh Records: 1918 to 1970' is the end result of a project which has taken me over twenty years to complete. It began life as a series of articles which i had planned for a fanzine that i published during the late 80's, 'The Drifter'', but the mag folded before I had the series complete and the rough drafts were put to one side and forgotten about. A number of years later i reactivated them and put together the first draft of the book. At that time it was very much a 'cut and p
Some of you may have heard that the musician and songwriter, Bill Bush, died this week after falling at his home. He was 70. Bill recorded 'Velvet Touch / I'm Waiting' on Ronn in the mid 60s and played with the Fabulous Carousels, a.k.a Little Johnny Clark, prior to forming his own combo. I'd known Bill for exactly a decade this year since I traced him through a contact at the local newspaper. I brought his band over to the Glasgow Jazz Festival in 2005 and two years later I visited him at his
I received an email from Danny Cannon's (Lenny's real name) neighbour and helper who I had been corresponding with to tell me that he passed away peacefully in hospital on September 27th. His record 'Across The Street' was one of the foundation stones of the first 6TS nights championed by Randy Cozens who had first heard it in London's mod clubs in the mid 60s. He included it in his Mod Top 100 and it became a soul anthem for the early 80s mods. It still exemplifies the "Cool" of soul in the 6
Various - For The People Part 1 (7” Box Set) Get On Down GET56027-7 664425602777 Releases 28/11/14 (Black Friday) Continuing Get On Down’s People Records deluxe reissues series - which launched on Record Store Day in April 2014 with the release of the JB’s classic 1972 album Food For Thought - this unique box is the celebration of James Brown’s People label and some of the imprint’s most famous singles. Each 45 has been lovingly re-created with visuals taken from the original artwork. And
A news pass on from Will of Secret Stash records... I know there was some interest when the Ringleaders / Sharpees 45s were released, so I wanted to give an update that we are opening up subscriptions to the One-derful! Collection. It's a six volume series (each release is 2xLP or 1xCD and focuses on a separate one-derful sub-label), and the first 500 copies of the each LP include a limited edition bonus 45 (for each of the releases we're doing a one time 45 run of 500). For the Subscripti
I’m very excited to announce the launch of bullcitysoul.org, a project with roots tracing back more than a decade to my last semester as an undergraduate: In the spring of 2003, I began making the short trek from Chapel Hill, NC to Durham, NC to visit with musicians who had played in ‘70s soul bands like the Communicators & Black Experiences, Duracha, Johnny White & the Mighty Crusaders, and the Modulations. Over time, a vibrant image developed of what was once a thriving soul music scen
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
Out doing the rounds is this current new 45 release from Secret Stash Records Usa here's some of the sound... http://secretstashrecords.com/AudioClips/ssr2002/AGrinandBareIt90.mp3 http://secretstashrecords.com/AudioClips/ssr2002/BIveGotToFindMyBaby90.mp3 here's some of the ink... here's some of the blurb... ailing from Saginaw, Michigan the Ringleaders first recorded for George and Ernie Leaner in April of 1966. Their sole release for M-Pac! eventually caught on in the Northern So
Bobs sister Jennifer has just passed on the news about a upcoming show that is being held in Bobs memory Its taking place on Friday 26th Sept at a new club on the south side of Chicago, the event details from the website follow and the website link at the end will take you to further event info Sitting in the Park Forever: Bob Abrahamian Memorial Record Hop w/ Windy City Soul Club and appearances by Reggie Torian (The Impressions), Cliff Curry (The Notations), Doug Shorts (Master Plan, Inc),
Just A Little Misunderstanding: Rare And Unissued Motown 1965-68 The Contours
When Ace/Kent delved into the world of Motown a few years ago they filled a void that Motown itself seemed reluctant to fill. That is some of the acts who weren’t necessarily considered Motown Royalty and especially the material left in the vaults. Even though these acts still had many a jewel in Motown’s crown with some stellar material either released or not. Acts such as Brenda Holloway, The Elgins, The
Had the below passed on ‘THE NORTHERN SOUL ALL-WEEKER’ Sunday 7th September — Sunday 14th September 19 events across the UK to celebrate the release of ‘Northern Soul: The Film Soundtrack’ To coincide with the release of the soundtrack to youth culture film of the year ‘Northern Soul’, 19 venues (and counting!) across the UK will take part in a nationwide ‘Northern Soul All-Weeker’ to celebrate the launch of the soundtrack and forthcoming film directed by award-winning photographer, Elai
The Soul Junction people have just passed on word of an interview that is available via the UK Vibe website. Michael Edwards at UK Vibe interviews Elliot Macauley who as you may be aware has just been involved in the latest Soul Junction 45 release. Elliot Macauley - All My Life (Ft Joe Leavy)/ Mamas Baby Boy (Ft Cleveland Jones) It's a fully featured article complete with video and such. Up here... http://ukvibe.org/interviews/elliott-macauley-2014/ Elliott Macauley 2014 “Everything
Sawdust Caesars: Original Mod Voices by Tony Beesley published by Days Like Tomorrow Books, price £19.99 plus P&P Sawdust Caesars: Original Mod Voices, which has just been published is a new book about Mods. This time it utilises the words of people who were Mods back in the day, at the start of this youth movement, and following it through to the present day. It sets the scene for the start of Mod back at the tail end of the 1950s with teenagers who were into Modern Jazz and were thus c
At Last (apologies to Etta), the Wigan Casino plaque is to be unveiled by Paul Mason on the site of The Casino on 6th September at 11:00 a.m.
Thanks to all those who contributed.
All Northern Soul fans are welcome.
https://www.justgiving.com/yimby/wigancasino#/
First Lady of Southern Soul, Candi Staton, who cut sixteen deep fried Billboard R&B chart hits in the early 1970s, will finally release her 27th album “Life Happens” in the UK on October 27th. Teams Up With Jason Isbell, John Paul White and Fame Records Producer Rick Hall It’s Candi’s third Americana/Roots oriented project since garnering unexpected attention in the genre with her 2006 acclaimed CD “His Hands”. The new collection pairs Staton with FAME Records producer Rick Hall (who pro
Nolan Porter and Stone Foundation BBC 6 Music Session Now available to listen on the BBC Iplayer. It is taken from the Craig Charles funk and soul show on BBC6 Music from the weekend, it was also played afterwards on his BBC radio 2 show. Soul legend Nolan Porter and British soul boys Stone Foundation live in session on BBC 6 Music, playing some of Nolan's classic cuts "If I Could Only Be Sure", "Keep On Keepin' On" and "Fe Fi Fo Fum". Plus the Stone Foundation underground hit "Tracing P
After a few years away from the recording scene, the group have returned with a great new LP. Produced by hometown boy Crayge Lindesay, this is a nice return to the harmony laiden style of yester year, but with a contemporary twist, thanks to Crayge. Formed in 1962, in Kansas City, Missouri, the group was a high school doo-wop group called The Sinceres. In 1967-68 they were backed by and toured with a large Kansas City horn band known as the Smokin' Emeralds and performed their version of a Mo
Bobby Womack My Story [1944-2014] published 07 Aug 2014 and now available as both Kindle and Paperback Editions
Out this week, the re-released edition of Bobby Womack's autobiography - Bobby Womack: My Autobiography - Midnight Mover.
Available in Kindle version and for the first time a paperback edition
The publisher's words:
Honest, insightful, and unflinching - this is the voice of a music legend who was taken from us too soon.
With 30 million records sales to his name
Out today from BBE Records a re-issue of this 1978 album Artist: Nana Love Title: Disco Documentary - Full Of Funk Cd Cat Number BBE250ACD Label BBE Records Release Date 11 Aug '14 LP version also available The story behind this ear treating release is below BBE went on another crate-digging journey and found the original producer Reindorf Nana Oppong and the original master tapes were dusted off, transferred to digital. In the process of this, even un-released material was discovered on the
I Lived It All - Jimmy 100% Sterling - Cds Records - 1 Oct 2013 Album Details "I Lived It All” is Sterling’s debut album. The album features 13 tracks ten of which are new tracks produced by Sir Jonathan Burton including the show stopping ballad “I’m The One That Should’ve Been”, the retro mid-tempo R & B of “Never Gonna Give You Up”, and also the up- tempo title track, “I Lived It All”. Jimmy 100% Sterling is one hundred percent Southern Soul meets Motown! Background Jimmy 100% Sterling
The Summer Competition Series Continues
On offer to all you members is a recent release from Kent Records
Titled the Hall Of Fame Volume 3 - this cd was released earlier this year as part of a prolific still running series of Fame Record related releases.
Some words from Tony Rounce via the Ace website offer a good idea on what this cd is all about
'The previous two volumes of the series presented a cross-section of exceptional, and mostly unissued
From the news report on Miami New Times... RIP Henry Stone, King of Independent Records, Dead at 93 Henry Stone, king of the record business, passed away peacefully early August 8, 2014, in Miami. Throughout almost 80 years of wildly prolific musical activity, the 93-year-old had a hand in every aspect of the music business and was a true pioneer of independent manufacturing, promotion, and distribution. In the 1970s he ran the biggest independent record company in the world, TK Production
Had the below passed on from Paul Donnelly (profile) A letter of thanks after a donation of funds raised via the just gone Wirrina Reunion 2014 Hats off to all involved in making this donation happen. Dear Mr Donnelly, Thank you so much for the kind donation of £800 which you made over the phone to my colleague Matt earlier today. Your gift will help us in our work with deafblind people throughout the UK. Sense works with deafblind people and their families, right from the moment they find out
After the recent highlight of the 'Motown Northern Soul' album release the focus has moved on a few years recordings wise and is now settled onto the late 70s and 1980s... John Morales Presents: Club Motown Mr Morales latest project involves a double cd release (which apparently has took 7 years to realise) that offers two cds worth of tracks, made up of a mixture of late 70s and 80s Motown club classics. With 15 of the tracks being original mixes (original as in mixes that were knocking abo
Pat Lewis Live September 2014 UK ------------------------------------------- Pleased to Announce the Return of a Detroit Legend Icon Pat Lewis Who will be back performing live in September 2014 at Selected Northern soul Venues . 12th September = Derby 13th September = Bury 19th September = Telford 20th September = Whitby weekender 26th Sept = TBC 27th Sept = TBC 28th Sept = Doncaster All shows will be with Live PA ...Backing tracks ... Tracks include .. No One to love .. Can't shake it
A upcoming interview airs this Saturday on Signal 2 - Jimmy Mack Harrison aka Lenny Curtis Info: Jimmy Mack Harrison was born in South Carolina and the brother of late 50's Hitmaker Wilbert Harrison. As a young musician he played on Wil's big hit Kansas City among others before recording himself on the New York based Clock label. During the 1964/65 period he recorded with brother Bob as the Harrison Brothers signing to Emit, Everlast, ABC, Bobalou.....with the excellent Run For Your Life
It says Motown Northern Soul and this release gives you just that... Motown Northern Soul Motown Northern Soul Various artists Cat: SPEC 2192 Released: 15 Jul 14 The latest release from Spectrum and the blurb says... "Single disc collection of vintage Motown northern soul classics that follows on from Spectrum’s 40,000 selling ‘Motown Floorshakers’. The 1CD features a great mix of undisputed classics and rarer club tracks from big name artists such as Smokey Robinson & Miracles, Four T
Long time members may recall that since the early days of Soul Source (thats back in the late 1990s) soul video has played a major part in the make up of Soul Source. Though as the last couple of years has seen a bit of a dip on the video side of things here on Soul Source, am now pleased to announce the return of the Soul Source Video feature. It's a feature where members can both quickly view and easily share soul related videos sourced from a wide variety of third party sources. Can sha
A morning stroll on fleamarketfunk.com led to this recent release... The blurb from the menu... With their premier Cherries release, Biología brings two four-on-the-floor jams, created within the musical minds of this brother & sister led band. The A-side ‘Nite Lite’, is a bassline driven night groove, with the gospel style harmonies of Mama Kat, sung over the magical guitar licks of Jomeo. ‘Too Bad”, the uptempo B-side, has you struttin’ away from that no-good lover, with swelling synth
A new feature on Soul Source... the start-up of the Soul Source Northern Soul Hall Of Fame
Brought to life after a suggestion by Lorraine Chandler, today sees day 1 of this new feature
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The Soul Source Northern Soul Hall Of Fame (SS-NSHOF) is established in order to create an acknowledgment of people who have contributed to that recognized special sound of Northern Soul that enhanced the lives of the Northern Soul audience and still today provides an enrichment in their liv
For those that can't make the 6th annual MonuMENTAL Soul weekend in Clacton - The Essex Sunshine Coast, you will be able to listen to the whole weekend LIVE on www.starpointradio.co.uk Please note that the usual .com platform will still have the regular radio DJ schedule The weekend will start at 4pm on Friday 1st August through to 6pm on Sunday 3rd August, with 3am finish on Friday and Saturday nights. The regular Mental DJ's spinning funky floor-fillers, modern soul anthems, forgotten gems
George Grant dropped by the other day and passed on news of his recent album release to Soul Source 'My old school Soul CD "Got To Get My Mind Right" debuted for sale on July 1 2014. .. My music has been described as Motown meets Stax with a dash of 70's AM pop. I'll take that !' The blurb below tells you all the publicity stuff which does seem to tick all the boxes, but as with most stuff its better to get your ears on and a easy way to do this is via amazon uk site, where can preview all t
