Press Release: Jesse James Father We’re Having Trouble Down Here/Father We’re Having Trouble Down Here (Album Mix) SJ546
Release Date: Monday February 21ST 2022
Way back in 2008 Soul Junction released a 45 on Duane Williams “Yes My Love Is Real” with Duane being one half of the Detroit husband and wife singing duo Beverley and Duane. The duo under the guidance of their lifelong friend Will Hatcher recorded six songs of which two “ We Got To Stick Together” and “Glad I Got
FINALLY – AFTER FOUR MONTHS PRESSING PLANT DELAY - TWO NEW HR 45 RELEASES
Release date 22 January 2022 - in stock now and ready to mail.
£12 each + £3 postage (good for 1-3 records)
paypal – hitandrunsoul45@gmail.com
HR 1534 DELEGATES OF SOUL – What A Lucky Guy I Am + I’ll Keep Running Back / Don’t Take Your Love From Me + Girl I’m At Your Door
Yes, that’s right – a 4 track 45 for the price of £12. The A side contains the 2 tracks from the 1970 Up-look 45 (re
Out today the latest 45 from Big AC Records featuring Abi Farrell with 'Stepping Out Of Your Shadow' backed up with 'Don't Follow Me '.
Details and release notes follow below
ABI FARRELL - STEPPING OUT OF YOUR SHADOW / DON'T FOLLOW ME 7" SINGLE - BIGAC015
RELEASE DATE: 28 January 2022
Limited to 500 copies
A side - Stepping Out Of Your Shadow
B side - Don't Follow Me
Video - Abi Farrell 'Stepping Out Of Your Shadow'
Label Release Notes
Abi F
Six new Funk/Soul/Jazz 45s from BGP (Beat Goes Public). Release lineup features notable sides from the likes of Hank Jacobs, Reuben Bell, Sylvester and more
Details follow below
Hank Jacobs - The World Needs Changin' / Gettin' On Down - BGP
A straight reissue of this super rare funk single from 1970 on the Call Me label. Original copies of this political soul anthem change hands for a lot of money.
BGPRO_01-1-1.mp3
Reuben Bell With the Casanovas - It'
CBLL037
Charles Buddy Smith
“When You Lose the One You Love” (Previously Unissued Alt. Take)
“You Get What you Deserve”
Penned and produced by Charles Buddy Smith
Exec. Producers Yann Vatiste & Alberto Zanini
7”/45rpm Black Vinyl - Limited Edition as usual
Out late March 2022
Listen:
Preorder a Tp or a Std copy here: https://cannonballsoul.com/cannonballrecords/
(Digital Download Included)
While sailing safe towards the gloriou
News from Daptone on Lee Fields upcoming Uk/Ireland/Europe tour dates and lp/single news
We are proud to announce that the legendary Lee Fields has reunited with the Daptone family and is in the studio working on a new album slated for release in the Fall of 2022. We are celebrating his return with the release of "Ordinary Lives," a single from a previously unreleased Dap-Kings session.
Upcoming Tour Dates:
Mar 02 – Button Factory, Dublin
Mar 04 – Islington Assem
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
As you may be aware our Source Mart feature has its very own in-house 'Feedback' feature, where members can both leave and receive record trading feedback.
We have almost reached the 17,000 ratings which I would say is quite a landmark and as such deserves a site highlight mention post.
The main page of the feature can be viewed via the link below(the ratings also show on the members profile and on Markt trading posts
https://www.soul-source.co.uk/feedback/
A few stats
News on two recent releases from MD Records, both featuring tracks of a previously unreleased on vinyl status, details and audio clips below
Honey and The Bees - Don't Hurt Me ( I Just Wanna Be Loved) / Sam Reed Studio Band - Call On Me (Instrumental) - MD Records 116
Honey and the Bees drop what is a stunning example of girly Philly soul right from the get go. We’ve left the studio count in place where you can hear Leroy count the girls in and you can also hear him
Following on from BMR 1007 we are pleased to announce the release of BMR 1008 Jesse Johnson - Left Out B/W Yvonne & The Violets - Cross My Heart - Big Man Records, under licence from Embassy Music Corporation from Old Town/Barry Masters, comes in a mini custom album sleeve, collectors card in a poly sleeve & includes a 75mm Big Man Records sticker.
To order pm here or email bicknellmark@aol.com will be available in the Soul Source store, directly from Big Man records and various rec
OUT NOW!
Previously unissued version of the modern / northern soul classic Girl Don't Leave Me by Ray Williams & the Majortones, Lil Major Williams brother
EPS009 Limited Edition 7" : Re-Mastered by Steve Fuji A: GIRL DON'T LEAVE ME (short version) B: GIRL DON'T LEAVE ME (extended version)
Listen:
Buy it now: https://www.epsilonrecord.com
Shipping today!!!
FROM RAY WILLIAMS:
As a young kid I always wanted to be a musician especially with
Latest news on the next upcoming release from Shotgun Records
The Fantastic Puzzles - 'Come Back' (Part 1) / (Part 2) - Shotgun SHOT 115
The release date has been brough forward and the 45 will now be available from the 14th January 2022
Release notes
THE FANTASTIC PUZZLES - COME BACK (Part 1) / (Part 2)
The instantly catchy and uplifting club soul favourite 'Come Back' by The Fantastic Puzzles is scheduled for release on Shotgun Records. The 7" single will be av
Details are out of the second release from the Last Bastion Label. First time on vinyl for both of these tracks.
Steve Marriott - Lonely No More / Some Kind Of Wonderful - LB02
Release notes follow below
Last Bastion Records 'Making Music Matter'
A new indie label committed to making recordings available for the first time, on limited edition 45s
Hard on the heels of the debut release (LB01 Lou Pride) comes a sensational double A side from the soul of Steve Marriott
Wanda Young Rogers, lead singer of the Marvelettes on their later hits (Don't Mess With Bill, Hunter Gets Captured By The Game, etc.) has passed away at age 78. She took over as primary lead from Gladys Horton, lead on the group's earlier hits (Please Me. Postman - Motown's first no. 1 pop hit - Playboy, etc.).
New 45 from Jai Alai Records
Tommy McGee - We Ought To Be Together/ Make Sure -Jar 03
The world of soul music has always been full of stories of bad luck, if-onlys and might-have-beens, and Tommy McGee has certainly had more than his fair share of all three. Bad timings with record deals, contract arguments, label cash-flow problems, a payola scandal, getting squeezed out by deals for other artists such as The Ohio Players, Johnny Bristol and William DeVaughn, have all added to his fru
Wigan Today running a feature on the unveiling of a new blue plaque dedicated to Mr M's near its former site
Wigan Casino: New plaque dedicated to Mr M's unveiled near former site
A new plaque dedicated to a beloved part of Wigan Casino has been unveiled near its former site.
Former DJ Steve Whittle, who has recently released a book about Mr M’s, said: “It was a successful weekend, even though it was raining, and we did get cold and wet.
More via
https://www.wigan
Northern Soul a Wigan Casino: 'Ffordd o fyw'
BBC Cymru running 'Northern Soul a Wigan Casino: 'Ffordd o fyw'' on their website featuring Vaughan Evans
Video
'Ffordd o fyw'
I Vaughan Evans mae Northern Soul yn "ffordd o fyw" ac yn Wigan Casino wnaeth pob dim ddechrau pan agorwyd hi yn 1973.
"Ro'n i tua ugain oed a es i i mewn i siop Guests yn Llangefni ac roedd 'na magazine Blues and Soul ar y shilff. Nes i jest darllen hwnnw a ffeindio tudalen 'Wigan Casino All Ni
News just in all about the latest release from Soul Direction Records...
Legacy - 'Boy, You've Been Acting Strange' / 'Celebrate (Legacy To The Bone)' - Soul-Direction SD-007
Due for release on 3rd January 2022. Available for pre-order from Friday 17th December
Info
Legacy was formed around 1975 by Eddie Watkins Jr who started the band.
Legacy recorded very few songs under the guidance of Don Davis. The only two songs to be released were: “I Must Confess” and “Bel
A 48 hour Soul Source fast and furious competition to get this Christmas is almost here week going...
Yep the Soul Source competition makes an overdue return. This time around we have up for grabs, thanks to those Anglo-American people, a brand new copy of the just released book '1975 - A Year In The Life Of Northern Soul' by Tim Brown
The book has already picked up reviews from our members such as 'a beautifully illustrated and content rich book'
The official release blur
Tesla Groove, Cannonball Records and Epsilon Record Co. join forces to create a little imprint dedicated to bring a STREAM of the most elusive sounds on Earth to the decks of Black Music fans around the world.
We’ll pick from our collections, we’ll license directly from the Artists or the rights holders and we’ll deliver to your turntables at the best sounding conditions we are allowed to pull. One in every home!
STR001 - Johnny Horton and Nature
“I’ve Got You” b/w “Shake Your Boo
It's that time of year...
and after two previous releases it's looking like that this the 2022 edition may be the third and final Northern Soul Calendar
Following the same format as previous years its now available at £12.99 online.
Blurb and pictures follow below
NORTHERN SOUL CALENDAR 2022
...make a date with Northern Soul
PERFECT FOR A WALL NEAR YOU!
FEATURING MANY NEW HISTORIC DATES
CURATED BY RICHARD SEARLING
This unique full-size (600mm x 300
Bit of a delay with this pass on of a review of a current release, Tendavillage EP A Tenda Universe....
I had a recent conversation with Kate Melvina, lead singer/writer/producer of Calgary's Tendavillage about her new EP to be released on Nov 26, A Tenda Universe.
Below is the EP review resulting from our conversation.
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Review of Tenda Village EP A Tenda Universe
Mike Lauchlan
Kate Melvina curls up in the corner of a thick couch
TAXIE EPS008: ROCK DON'T STOP/ I THINK I'M FALLING IN LOVE Epsilon Records Co
T.A.X.I.E In 1978 ,three friends.
Woody Whittaker, Ronnie Arch, and Wayne Chatman
Came together with their musical ideas and talents to form the music production company, “Cabfare Productions”. Under that parent company, the performing group
T.A.X.I.E.
Talented Artist Xclusively In Entertainment
Archwoods Productions and Archwoods Publishing was born. Eventually adding musicians/song write
This is John Warren an (Australian soul music lover) 2nd book titled '' Our Soul Music Journeys '' which will be released in December 2021.
Being dyslexic made it very difficult writing a book so Soul music lovers I have met on my music journey have contributed with their own personal stories .
The main object of our Soul music books is to gain awareness that a lot of soul music artists, especially in the USA find it difficult to survive.
Hopefully all music lovers will understand
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
This Is Lowrider Soul Vol 2 - VA - Kent Records CD
A brief clip from the release notes by Ady Coasdell tells the story.
It’s been almost three years since Sean Hampsey and the Southern (California) Soul Spinners created “This Is Lowrider Soul” for Kent Records, and the ensuing acclaim and enjoyment have made this second volume essential.
The full release notes can be read via the Ace website - tap here
Booklet Preview
A glossy 24-page booklet featuring images and
Long time readers of Soul Source may sit up to this heading. Back in the 1990s here on Soul Source, one member aka @Benji told us how he had got hold of the original test pressing copy of this never released lp. Sourced from the producer/engineer (memory) and of course the lp contained the 'original never released mix' of 'Hold On' a powerful 4+ minutes long version, which went onto be a classic play at the Capitol Soul Club Dome events in London for Irish Greg at the turn of the century.
W
1975... the year that broke the mould! 12 months that saw the musical direction of the scene broker two different styles, acceptable to many, hard to swallow for some.
208 pages determining exactly where allegiances would lie...fully documented, many photographic items never in print before, along with media coverage of those heady times and the advertising to go with it.. the banality, the fun and the vociferous voices..
a year in the life of the devotee to the ever changing, constant
Autumn arrives and so does...
The Soul Up North #110 Autumn 2021 issue is now out and about, as always brimming with soul related words and info
Contents of this issue follow
Soul Up North #110 Autumn 2021
Issue Details
OPENING PAGE : CONTENTS – EDITORIAL & INFO
GOOD TOONS & GREAT GROOVES
Dave Halsall
TRACK LISTING FOR COLLECTORS CD – ‘ACROSS THE BOARD & BACK’ (PART 2)
Steve ‘Waggy’ Wagstaff
FUNK IN YO’ FACE – “NOT SUCH A NASTY GAL – AN AP
𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗟4𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗟 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗦!
𝗣𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗜 𝗟𝗮𝗕𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗘 & 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗟𝗨𝗘𝗕𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗦
How Can You Throw My Love Away / When Joe Touches Me (S4R17)
Listen here:
The Patti LaBelle and The Bluebelles period in Atlantic wasn't a success story. According to Jerry Wexler, neither the material nor the promotion was right for Patti, Nona and Sarah, pigeon-holed into some sort of Supremes role which did them no good, especially after Cindy Birdsong, the fourth Blueb
A letter from Lorraine Silver was featured in an early days article on here via Pete Smith (link at bottom), fast forward 24 years and here's what shes up to today in 2021
Had the below press release sent in to us...
Lorraine Silver - Fever Raging Out Of Control - The Brand New Single Impacting 3rd December 2021
Northern Soul legend Lorraine Silver recorded Lost Summer Love when she was just 13 years old in August 1965. Whilst not a chart hit on its release, the track did becom
LRK Records have their first-ever full length LP (LRKLP-01) by Laura Rain and The Caesars up for pre-order.
8th April 2022 release date.
All Formats available (LP/CD/DIGITAL) and a 45 of the hit and the first mix of "I Am" and a brand new mix of "In My Life"
Pre-order here: https://lrkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/rise-again
Laura Rain and The Caesars have returned with their fifth full album:
Rain is able to convey an inspiring vocal as the song evolves, with her soprano l
Been dropped news about Soul Directions new label imprint 'Origins'
Soul Direction Label 'Origins'
'This label will focus on rare and obscure soul releases and bringing them to a wider audience in the soul community. All releases are licensed through the proper channels and are hopefully giving back to the writers and artists that deserve it.'
Audio and scans of the first 45s lined up for a mid November release follow below
The Combinations - Too Long (I've Been Waiting/ Plea
This evening brings the sad news of the passing of Dr Edward J Wolfrum. Ed was the man behind the screen, the engineer for Motown, Golden World, and United Sound Systems studio, and from the very late 60s running his business from home under the name of Audio Graphics until recently. It's a sad day for music, in the UK we know and take for granted songs such as The Tomangoe's. I Really Love You. Washpan. Norma Jenkins. The Airplane Song. Maltese. The Utopias. Girls Are Against Me. La Salle. Ma
Over last year or so you long time member @Andybellwood has been working on a new label, looking like it's all coming together as we have just had details of the first release for 2022!
A limited release of a previous unreleased version of 'I’m Com’un Home In The Morn’un' recorded all the way back in 2004
Here's the blurb, flyer and can check out the video below...
Sleeve Notes Clip
How this release came about, was that musically, on fire and inspired by words and advice from
People Get Ready: The Curtis Mayfield Songbook - VA (Songwriter Series) is Kent Records latest addition to its long running 'Songwriter Series'.
Billed as 'An extensive overview of the words and music of Chicago’s Gentle Genius Of Soul', this cd focuses on Curtis Mayfield. Offering a select selection from his vast catalogue of songs.
A brief clip from the release notes by Tony Rounce says it all.
The “Gentle Genius” from Chicago’s Cabrini-Green projects wrote for the romantic, and
Special Delivery - This Kind Of Love (Long Version) - SHOT 114
Details of Shotgun Records latest 45 release, available now.
SPECIAL DELIVERY: THIS KIND OF LOVE (Long Version)/ l'VE GOT TO BE FREE THE LONG VERSION of club soul favourite 'This Kind Of Love' by Special Delivery is scheduled for release on Shotgun Records. The 7" single will be available from 29 October.
The group evolved from Act 1 who recorded for Spring Records from 1973 under the direction of group leader Raefor
What’s It All About: The Counts
Press Release: The Counts “What’s It All About/Watch The Clock” SJ1017
Release Date: Monday 15th November 2021
The Fabulous Counts were originally a Detroit High School group of five musicians who hung out together performing at local sock hops. Through a later chance meeting in a Wurlitzer Music Store with a slightly older guy, accompanied by his mother buying him a new guitar the group eventually became six. The Fabulous Counts, Mose Dav
WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT BMR 1007 FREDDIE HOUSTON B/W THE FIESTAS WILL BE READY AND AVAILABLE AT THE END OF NOVEMBER MUCH QUICKER THAN WE WERE ORIGINALLY TOLD, TO PRE ORDER PM HERE OR EMAIL bicknellmark@aol.com
BMR 1008 HAS ALSO BEEN ALLOCATED FOR THE END OF JANUARY 2022 AGAIN MUCH QUICKER THAN WE THOUGHT.
UNDER LICENCE FROM THE EMBASSY MUSIC CORPORATION (BMI) TO BIG MAN RECORDS, FROM OLD TOWN MASTERS, BOTH OF THESE RELEASES WILL NOW COME IN A CUSTOM SLEEVE WITH REGULAR COLLECT
𝗝𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝗟𝗔𝗜, 𝗔 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗 𝗟𝗔𝗕𝗘𝗟
PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE LAUNCH OF 𝗝𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝗟𝗔𝗜, A NEW LABEL SUBSIDIARY OF SOUL 4 REAL RECORDS AND ITS FIRST TWO REFERENCES BY THE RANCE ALLEN GROUP AND URSULA RICKS
𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗡 𝗚𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗣 (𝗝𝗔𝗥01)
𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗲 / 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀
LISTEN HERE:
After hearing them win a local Detroit gospel talent competition it was no surprise veteran promotions man Dave Clark took brothers Rance, Steve and Tom to Stax Records and they were si
Details of 'Piece Of Me'. a new album from Lady Wray, available from today (19th Oct 2021) for pre-order from Big Crown Records. Due out January 28th.
Big Crown Records is proud to present Piece of Me, the sophomore full length offering from Lady Wray. This is something of a homecoming for Nicole. Where her 2016 solo debut Queen Alone leaned more towards Soul and R&B with tinges of hip-hop, this record changes the mixture. It’s still R&B with the textures of analog Soul, but there i
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Out Now! Realside - When I See Your Smile - Epsilon Records Co EPS004
Yann V Yesterday at 08:26
The McClintons - 4 Track Disco 12 - Super Disco Edits
Source Frid
Out Now!
Epsilon Record Co.
Proudly presents its latest release: EPS004
Realside
A: WHEN I SEE YOUR SMILE
B: WHEN I SEE YOUR SMILE (EXTENDED VERSION)
“When I See Your Smile” is a truly beautiful and elegant soulful song, which was recently recorded in Jackson Mississippi in March 2021 for Epsilon Record Co.
Listen:
Buy it:
https://www.epsilonrecord.com/
REALSIDE
Born in 1942 in Jackson Mississippi, Walter John
The McClintons Love Doctor' - 4 Track Disco 12 - 7th Galaxy
Super Disco Edits have a new 12 lined up for late October release, here's the labels blurb...
Welcome to our last instalment from Eryk and Antoinette McClinton. Brother and sister duo who recorded these demo tracks with Detroit legends Mike Theodore and Dennis Coffey. Recorded around 1979 these cuts were a spotlight on the duo's talents, hoping land them a record deal. Both had been active in the past with various recordings.
Hi Guys
Some great new Modern soul on my label Liquid Soul, all now available exclusively on www.sonicwaxrecords.com
JEFFRIES & EARLY - ILL GO
WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER , CLICK THE SOUND FILE... YOU'LL SEE THIS REWORKING OF THE FABULOUS RASHAN PATTERSON 'I'LL GO' IS GOING TO FLY , ITS GOT IT ALL MAN . PERFECT MODERN ROOM STEPPING BEAT , BRILLIANT INSTRUMENTATION GENTLY BUILDING IN THE BACKGROUND & WILL'S SEAMLESS VOCAL IS THE ICING ON THIS SLAB OF SOUL CAKE .
Daptone celebrates 20 years of soulful music with the release of The Daptone Super Soul Revue "LIVE at the Apollo".
Full digital album and 3xLP available now!
'Performed and recorded over three nights in front of a sold-out crowd at The World Famous Theater in Harlem, NY (December 4th - 6th, 2014), this album brings the electrifying performances that helped put Daptone on the map directly to your living room!
Featuring live sets from Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Charles Bradle
Out Now!
Epsilon Record Co.
Proudly presents its latest release: EPS007
Ira Raibon
Shake it off (Live) / You’re my dream (Live)
2 Sophisticated Modern Soul winners live performances that have never been released on a 45.
(limited to 300 copies only)
Listen:
Buy it now:
https://www.epsilonrecord.com/
Ira Raibon..." Is the musical genius behind the "Indiana Funk" sound that was heard throughout the world.
He shar
WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE OUR NEXT BIG MAN RECORDS RELEASE BMR 1008 JESSE JOHNSON - LEFT OUT B/W YVONNE AND THE VIOLETS - CROSS MY HEART BOTH RECORDED BACK IN 1966 FOR OLD TOWN & BARRY RECORDS, UNDER LICENCE FROM EMBASSY MUSIC CORPORATION (BMI) TO BIG MAN RECORDS, THIS RELEASE WILL COME IN A CUSTOM SLEEVE, COLLECTORS CARD IN A POLY SLEEVE. TAKEN FROM OLD TOWN/BARRY MASTER FILES.
LEAD TIMES ACROSS THE INDUSTRY ARE STILL A LITTLE CRAZY BUT THIS RELEASE IS NOW IN PRODUCTION AND WILL BE
Another new soul cd release from Kent Records out this week.
Soul Superman / With A Dab Of Soul - VA (Pied Piper) CDKEND 505
The cd is actually two classic Detroit soul Pied Piper connected lps served up via the one cd.
The release notes from Ady Croasdell tell the story...
The rare soul scene is overwhelmingly a 7” record-collecting world but there are a few notable exceptions. 1967 saw two Detroit-recorded LPs issued from one of the most admired production teams in the cit
