Thanks go to Andy Rix for making this article available to all. Originally written and published to accompany the fairly recent auction (2009) of the 45 via John Manship and for inclusion in a special catalogue that was distributed to those who subscribed, given the recent sad news regarding the passing on of Frank Wilson yesterday Andy had passed on what could be called the 'definite' story ...
‘Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)’ — The Story
“Music has always been part of my life. In 1960,
THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER RARE NORTHERN
This list contains what I consider the most sought after and rare original release Northern soul 45s at this point in time. It contains some seriously rare 45s and includes many that have been deemed to be ‘the hot collectable to have’. Records that have eluded collectors over the many years of searching for them and the ones that keep you awake at night, brooding if you’ll ever own them. The records are not listed in any particular order, just as they
Is It Meant To Be? // Downloadable Soul Podcast Online
hi y'all, there's a brand new downloadable podcast online...soul across the board!
Posted by mattfox, 16 February 2012
northern, crossover, modern
listen to it:
http://www.mattfox.podomatic.com
PLAYLIST:
01. Bobby Cutchins - Intro
02. Ozz & His Sperlings - Can You Qualify
03. Maurice & The Radiants - Baby You've Got It
04. Volumes - I Just Can't Help Myself
05. Connie Questell -
Brand New Mix Online - Great Soul & Funk Choons!
Posted by mattfox, 22 April 2009 ·
hi guys,
a brand new mix by Kristian Auth and me (Matt Fox) is online and ready to download - 3h filled with great soul & funk choons! this set was selected for Jamie Lidell's after show party in Cologne last year!
tune in and enjoy!
http://rare-rillen.de (podcasts)
cheers, m.
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PLAYLIST: MIX FOR JAMIE - A Wonderful Winter Night In Cologn
Across The Board Soul Mix Online - Make Up Your Mind!
Posted by mattfox, 13 April 2010
Hi y'all,
there's a brand new downloadable soul mix online! Soul across the board. Pls feel free to leave feddback! Enjoy...KTF!
BTW: this Saturday at 8pm (CET) | 7pm in the UK you'll listen to the latest episode of my radio show Rare Rillen on http://soulsender.de
don't miss this one! will be a soulful one...
http://rare-rillen.de (podcasts link)
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Taste Of Hell Fire
Posted by Tony Foster, 08 November 2010
First of all a big thank you to Captain Morgan for inviting us a long to the Taste of Honey at the Hell Fire Club, secondly a big thank you to all the wonderful friends we had the pleasure to share the day with.
It's probably the first time I've walked in to a place and was speechless, it's still makes me smile while I'm writing this, check the photos out you'll know what I mean. If you've not been to the Hellfire Club th
The Post Wigan Years By Karl ‘Chalky’ White
Much has been written about the Northern Soul scene up to the demise of The Wigan Casino, but very little has actually been written about what followed. For many, the scene died when Wigan Casino closed its doors for the final time. These same people would perversely discover that the scene was far from dead and that a hard-core crowd had continued to keep the flame burning and in the process, had taken the scene back underground with an aggress
Prestatyn 2009 Look Back!
Posted by Tony Foster, 19 March 2009
I could go into a blow by blow account of Prestatyn, but to be honest you only really want to what I found good or not so good, so here goes.
Thursday (Opening night) terrific start, this night has become more popular each year with more and more people turning up for a party. This year was no exception, it was a chance to meet up with old friends and have a few beers at the bar. My good friend the rebellious John West
Prestatyn 2008 & Queen Vic
Posted by Tony Foster, 04 March 2008
Just recovering from a busy weekend at Prestatyn. I won't bore you with the accommodation, we all know by now what to expect!!! On the whole it was a very enjoyable weekend, catching up with old friends and listening to some new and wonderful tunes, especially the time I spent in the Queen Vic. Friday night was superb especially the guys who played the hour of Ska/Reggae, I am sure that most of you would agree that by
Soul Superman - Brand New Mix Is Online
Posted by mattfox, 03 November 2008
SOUL SUPERMAN MIX:
PLAYLIST:
1. EDWIN STARR - RUNNING BACK AND FORTH
2. THE EXCITERS - MOVING TOO SLOW
3. MEL & TIM - FOREVER AND A DAY
4. THE FIVE WAGERS - UNTIL I FOUND YOU
5. TOLBERT - I'VE GOT IT (UNRELEASED 12" VERSION)
6. NORFOLK - TOGETHER
7. LOU RAGLAND - SINCE YOU SAID YOU'D BE MINE
8. R.B. HUDMON - THIS COULD BE THE NIGHT
9. INGRAM - WITH YOU
Soul Blog entries posted by Steve G originally via the Soul Blog feature during the period September 2007 - July 2010
Barcelona Beckons Posted by Steve G, 21 July 2010
"Movin On" in Barcelona is a club that's become well established in the last couple of years. And so I was delighted to be offered a booking here. A quick hop over on Easyjet from Stanstead (well who actually wants to travel using R-Air ), and I found myself in Barca on a Friday night, armed with my 100 count record b
Rare Rillen Playlist
Posted by mattfox, 09 November 2008
Hi,
it's time again for some true soul choons ...
Rare Rillen Web Radio Show - Sunday - 16.11. - 6pm CET / 5pm in the UK...
Guest of the month: Johnny Hitman (Soulkombinat, Berlin) - who got some rare soul goodies in his dj box...trust me...
Matt Fox (that's me plays some fine tragic soul arrangements combined with great uptempo floorfillers...from northern to modern...
1. DUNELM HOUSE, DURHAM.
My first all-dayer was in 75 and I tend to think of them amongst the best days of my life. Most of the records I hear as I go round Northern Soul Nights still, I heard for the first time that first day. People came from all over the country and all the top jocks played. Searling did an afternoon set due to commitments elsewhere on the evening; with Levine and Curtis moving increasingly into disco, Funk and Jazz Funk, he was head and shoulders above the rest p
Ed Wolfrum - Detroit Sound','Ed Wolfrum by Rob Moss
Aticle Photo: Detroit from the river 1966
The emergence of Detroit as a major music centre in the early 1960s has as much to do with technological expertise and sophistication, as it did with artistic creativity, musical talent or social migration. Yet, the coalescence of such a wide variety of highly skilled musicians, technicians, performers, engineers, entrepreneurs, composers and associated artisans all meeting at the same time, i
Soul Blog entries posted by Steve G originally via the Soul Blog feature during the period January 2007 til September 2007
Weekend Warm Up - Thurs/fri
Posted by Steve G, 08 September 2007
Thursday is one of my cycling days, where I quite literally cycle into and back out of London again. I try and do this twice a week when it's not raining / snowy / cold / foggy / windy (delet as applicable). The journey home is uneventful until 7 Sisters, when some goon overtakes me then turns
For those avid collectors of rare soul vinyl, the mail order list of SoulBowl (proprietor, John Anderson) should have a special place in their heart, because for the last 50 years it has been at the forefront of vinyl digging for those rare soul imports that we hold so deep in our hearts.
Soul Bowl is to present a connoisseurs room at this forthcoming Prestatyn weekender and has lined up some of it's previous primary customers, including Colin Curtis, Richard Searling, Soul Sam etc. to play
Back in the day, Sarah Collins’ Dad, Phil, was one of the coolest mods in town. He drove a customised Lambretta, wore the sharpest suits and was seen in all the right places. But most of all he was envied for his massive record collection. It helped that he’d been brought up living in pubs in Leeds so had access to all those 45s with the extra large hole in the middle which had been playing on jukeboxes. Music for him was a passion, and he was most passionate about Soul, Northern Soul &
As often happens was doing a bit of searching, stumbled across some interesting information, it made a nice change to hear a uplifting story for a change, as sometimes when looking up artists information the stories behind the 45s can be a bit down.
Thornton Sisters - The Ditchdiggers Daughters
Was just looking thru ebay completed bids" the other day and noticed the Thornton Sisters 45 "I Keep Forgetting/Ooh-Poo-Pah-Doo" on the Cuppy label up there.
Always been a fan of thei
That's A Nice Hat
Posted by Dave Rimmer, 13 July 2008 ·
It was with a certain amount of trepidation that I went to Bishops Wood Soul night last night. You see it was also the Catacombs Revival at Soulvation the same night, and you know what the Midlands is like for Oldies. So I was a little concerned about how busy it would be.
I was wrong though, it turned out to be one of the best night's I've had this year.
Col and Gaye Kidson, and Larry Mc have been running this venue si
Who are the Great Soul Deejays?
No doubt been done a zillion times before but it's probably worth doing periodically as people come and go and perspectives change.
When I did my defence of Colin Curtis, I had him among the top 5 Northern Soul C NS ) DJs of all times. I thought I should elaborate and then go beyond just NS. I originally intended to say he was in the top 3 but thought I should acknowledge Soul Sam, who has always had a devoted following and a massive impact albeit, in my
Background information on the passing of a well-known and much loved personality from the West Midlands' Soul Scene followed by funeral and wake dance details (PLEASE LOOK AT FUNERAL INFORMATION, AS THERE HAS BEEN A CHANGE TO THE EVENING SOUL DANCE ARRANGEMENTS). My beloved wife and soulmate of 40 years, Helen who died recently of cancer, aged only 58, after a rollercoaster struggle with the scourge for 18 months. Helen Pereira - "Queen Of The Go-Go" Being born in Dudley and living in th
The Twisted Wheel- Blues and Soul - by Dave Godin
A trip back to the far off past, back to that legendary club "The Twisted Wheel"
The Twisted Wheel- Blues and Soul - 50
Written by Dave Godin and published in Blues and Soul issue number 50, this is an account of his visit on the "last night" read on for yet another piece of history. Thanks go out to chris for supplying original scan of this, cheers
site note - orig up in Dec 99
LAND OF A THOUSAND DANCES
BY so
Cleethorpes Antics And The Soul Mastermind 2010 Quiz
Posted by Dave Rimmer, 19 June 2010 ·
It really is a privilege to be able to write this Blog entry, because it's about the 18th Cleethorpes Weekender, and it was the 18th Cleethorpes Weekender that I've attended, and it was one of the best !
As usual, Johnny Weston was my travelling companion for the journey up the Motorway, and as usual, he was an hour late picking me up, but knowing John's timekeeping, I'd all
I Have An Alien In My Chest Trying To Get Out
Posted by Dave Rimmer, 13 June 2007 ·
At least that's what my post Cleethorpes cough feels like !!!!
Oh yeah, my knees still hurt like hell as well. Mind you, I suppose that's what you get for crawling up a dancefloor playing British Bulldog when you're 48 years old.
Apart from those two minor problems Cleethorpes was great.
We arrived around 1pm on the Friday afternoon and as Ady hadn't arrived made our way straight to the b
Venues, Birthdays, Weddings, Betrayal Most Horrid.
Posted by sandi, 08 October 2010 ·
Along this road of life no matter what background we all as individuals have, no matter what our gender, race,views,loves and dislikes, We will encounter many trials, tribulations,and experiences that make us the people we are, most of us learn from our experiences and our mistakes, we don't always get it right in the beginnig, but because of who and what we are and our beliefs we strive to g
Conversations That Bring A Smile To Your Face.
Posted by sandi, 05 October 2009 ·
There is only 1 Smokey
I think that many of us on the soul scene know the name Smokey from Wolverhampton, he never fails to disappoint, he's larger than life, and a real character, up and down the country Smokey has entertained and enlightened many of us, he's had us rolling around in stitches, he has been known to hold court with many a captive audience. His tales/stories are that far fetched that
You may have read a recent news article on here about the availability of "Soul Or Nothing" a eBook by Kimasi L. Browne via Amazon
Thanks to Stevie Cato, Kimasi (read post here) kindly gave permission for Soul Source to publish the paper he gave recently at Manchester Metro Universty which was based on the "Soul Or Nothing" eBook (531 pages) available via Amazon
Please include the following disclaimer with the paper.:
This paper is still a work-in-progress and will most likely be
The Epitome of Sound
In the 1960's, the Megatons were a Motown/Soul style group from New Jersey, USA who were made up of 4 musicians (all White Men), and 1 lead singer (a Black Man).
The instrumentation included; bass, drums, guitar, and organ. The group performed in various nite-clubs throughout Jersey and had a large following of fans. In 1967, three of the group members (Bob Ligatino, bass, Eddie Dill, aka Eddie Charles, guitar, and Eugene Thomas, lead singer, decided to make some p
Prestatyn Starts Here, Well It Does For Me And Harpo Anyway
Posted by sandi, 11 March 2009 ·
Endless mountains of ironing now eventually come to an end,and all this in preparation for Prestatyn weekender.
We are really looking forward to the weekend and having a great time with our many ,many friends, and hope to make many more.
Paul started to get all excited on tuesday,god knows why !!!!,we still have 2 days to go yet before we set out on friday morning, so all being well
Last month Soul Source had a look at the mainstream media coverage of the upcoming film titled "Northern Soul".
As you may remember, in amongst the words we gave you a look forward to an exclusive interview with the award winning director Elaine Constantine.
Well come October and ! am happy to pass on to you that not only do we have the interview below, but we also have an exclusive first look at a video teaser of this film, that should give you a idea of just what the film is all abou
This Summer, the last weekend in August sees the True Soul Weekender taking place in Scotland. Part of the events is a 5 hour session set up as a tribute to one of Scotlands top Rare Soul clubs "The Allanton/Shotts Allnighters" aka "The Ruff Cut Soul Club" with an amazing line up of some of THE original trend setting DJs from this Iconic club ...... Saturday afternoon 12 noon until 5pm: “Hello is that Ruff Cutt? Is Scotland On?” Once upon a time in the Wild Wild West (Scotland not the US o
Here is a very old review of Wigan Casino I did. We'd stopped going in 1978, and having heard one of Sam's spot's at Bedford, I decided to venture north once more recording the visit in Blackbeat. Usual health warning - please remember I was very young when I wrote this, but I wonder how many cover up's can be uncovered from this article.
From Blackbeat Issue 4
Wigan Casino May 1980 Review
My first visit to Wigan for over a year (it costs over 25 on the train for us). First
Some may ask "Who is Bobby Brooks Wilson"
Well there is a clue in his surname and photos of Bobby give further hints to who he is!
His story is a true rags to riches tale. Bobby Brooks Hamilton was born in New York (1961?) but as an infant he found himself in the foster care system in South Carolina where he grew up in Columbia. His childhood was a sorry one where he suffered numerous ailments and childhood diseases from rickets to bronchitis and spent some years in a body cast
While following Paul Masons (BBC Newsnight) twitter feed, I noticed amongst all the "current affairs" type tweets one or two comments/connections that could be taken as northern soul related, which at the time made me look twice, but didnt really give it that much thought. After seeing last week that he had tweeted a youtube link of the Carstairs, this again stirred my interest and led to me replying to his tweet asking if he was up for passing on a quick word or two on his northern background (
By any reckoning, CC is one of the 5 most important Northern Soul djs ever and, taking Black Music more broadly, is on his own among them. He requires no defence from me but I'll attempt to do so anyway.
In fact this is deja vu for me. In the early days of the weekenders, as word got round I was responsible for the dj schedules, some of the more junior djs would ask me how come he got all the best spots when he always played the same records. Not so, I would protest, sometimes he opens with
Twisted Wheel - loads of articles here, format is a bit haphazard after transfering it from old site, but still interesting reading.......
THE TWISTED WHEEL BY DAVE PHILLIPS
The Left Wing Club in Brazenose Street in Manchester changed to become the Twisted Wheel.
Twisted Wheel membership card circa 1965
Slowly moving from it's roots in, folk and jazz, to blues and RnB, it was to become the originator of Northern Soul. Mainly due to the two brothers who ma
Jimmy Ricks was born in Adrian, Georgia before his family relocated to Florida. During World War 2, he moved to New York where he worked as a waiter at the 400 Tavern in Harlem (148th Street & St. Nicholas Ave). Whilst there, he met Warren 'Birdland' Suttles who originally hailed from Alabama. In early 1946, they decided to form a vocal group and recruited Leonard "Zeke" Puzey (who had just won a talent contest at the Apollo Theater) and 'Ollie' Jones. They found a manager, Ben Bart, and a
The Tempests By E. Mark Windle The Tempests were a very popular band from around Charlotte NC, which ran from 1963 to the mid seventies, with frequent personnel changes (up to twenty five members in its history). They were an all white line up except for their lead vocalists. The earliest version named The Tempest Band recorded “Love Have Mercy”on Atlantic, with Mike Williams on vocals. At this time they were under the management of female DJ and entrepreneur Hattie Leeper before Williams we
IVY JO HUNTER
Motown’s phenomenal success in the 1960s was due, in large part, to the abundance of talented songwriters the company nourished and nurtured from within. From his own experience in the 1950s with Jackie Wilson, Berry Gordy Jnr. knew that good songs were the lifeblood of commercial musical success for a record company. It didn’t matter how talented the performers, musicians or producers might be — without great songs, it would all be for nought. In the early days, the bulk of c
Basically it's the history of Northern Soul in the 70's. This is what really happened. Grab a cuppa and hopefully enjoy this...
NORTHERN SOUL IN THE MEDIA - "BLACK MUSIC" by Pete Smith
Black Music magazine first hit the streets in December 1973, heralding itself as "the first complete black music magazine", probably in an attempt to distance itself from Blues & Soul which was ostensibly a soul/disco magazine.
BM's intention was to cover the whole spectrum from blues to jazz, g
Shrine - info by ANDY RIX
First Published on Soul Source
Heres a rare one for you, still talking bout original versions here, but this time not about vinyl, but the published word, the original draft full length sleeve notes for kents shrines cd, mmmmmm ... you might be mmmming, so whats so special about that, well hang on, the final published sleeve notes were derived from this original draft , but approx 1300 words were edited out of this "first" cut, and thus some of the info, plu
First up on the web as a downloadable pdf, it was part of a feature on Phoenix music - a fascinating couple of interviews concerned with Ernie Johnson ( one half of Eddie and Ernie )
Ernie Johnson interview 7-22-04
JB - Did you sing any more last night?
EJ - I did a thing by James Ingram that went over really good. The people just went wild. They've been loving this song ever since I changed the style of it. I ad lib around what he's doing and it fit in perfect. JB - What's the
The Pain Gets A Little Deeper - LONDON HLU 10024 (1965)
I can remember writing that title and information down on a scrap of paper after one of the DJs played it at the Twisted Wheel in Manchester in the late ‘60s. I never found a UK issue copy at the time, or one of those beautiful, much cherished, London American yellow demos, a very hard release to find even in those days.The mass importation of USA releases hadn’t happened yet, so my collection of soul 45s comprised
The MVP’s 1971 release for the Buddah label, “Turning My Heart Beat Up” has become one of the most iconic records to have ever been spun on The Northern Soul Scene, due to its inclusion as part of the soundtrack of Granada Televisions 1977 documentary, ‘This England”. On the much maligned night their camera’s entered the underground nocturnal world of Wigan Casino.
There have been several different schools of thought throughout the ensuing decades as to whom the group really were? From clai
From 1971 before Northern was even called northern this account of his trip to the sea side is a fascinating look back to those far off days, cover ups, pillheads etc all feature and to me a tribute to a place which nowadays doesn't get the recognition it deserves.Thanks to Katie and Chris for sending the scanned original in. Read on for a piece of living history and one of the best written articles on site............
site note - article reformated
From Blues and Soul - 1971 - Dave G
Over the years whilst looking over Soul Source you may have noticed long time member boba regularly posting up the latest details of his weekly radio shows titled "Sitting In The Park". As the list of interviews with soul artists seems to be ever increasing we thought it may be a interesting thing if we ask Bob A for some background on both himself and the shows. Chalky got pm-ing Bob and they put together the below...
The story of Bob Abrahamian and his radio show Sitting In The Park.
Marie Knight came into the world way back in 1925 and though she enjoyed a recording career that stretched over 61 years, she savoured little actual commercial record success. Born in Sanford, Florida in June 1925, she moved with her family while still young to Newark, New Jersey. She soon got into singing in church and was impressing members of the congregation with her singing from the age of 5.
After starting out in the choir, she soon progressed to the role of soloist and we
PAUL RISER - MBA (Motown’s Brilliant Arranger)
The importance of the arranger in the musical process, whatever the genre, cannot be overstated …or underestimated. The arranger translates the basic structure of a song, or piece of music, into a format that musicians can play, while improvising and embellishing the original concept into a completed creation. The American Federation of Musicians defines musical arrangement as “ …the art of preparing and adapting an already written composition
DEBBIE TAYLOR
LOST AND FOUND
DEBBIE TAYLOR is a highly acclaimed but relatively obscure soul singer who released nine singles and an album during an eight-year period from 1967 to 1975, during the ‘golden days’ of soul music. Three of her 45s reached the R&B charts but, despite her obvious talent, she failed to make a significant impact in commercial terms and her name was soon forgotten by most.
THE MARKET WAS CROWDED in the golden days and dozens of new r
Thanks to Paul Rice for the words below charting the story of what till now may not have been a well known story.
Also many thanks to Nick Risi for the use of the photos from his own personal archives
PAT POWDRILL AND NICK RISI By Paul Rice
Pat Powdrill's mother and Nick Risi's father worked for the same company in Los Angeles. They started talking about Pat and Nick's interest in music and came to the conclusion that it would be beneficial for them to meet each other. At that tim
