Atlantic - by Pete Smith First on Soul Source in 1997
ATLANTIC
The legend that is Atlantic Records was founded in New York in 1947, and immediately went out on a limb by specialising in discs aimed at the black R & B market as opposed to the white pop market. It hit the R & B charts in a big way in the early 50's with the likes of The Chords, Laverne Baker, Ray Charles, Ruth Brown and The Drifters. Despite many of these artists recordings having their thund
Cameo-Parkway by Pete Smith First on Soul Source in 1997
CAMEO PARKWAY
Releasing material from the Philadelphia-based Cameo/Parkway group of labels (which also included the popular collector's label Fairmount), C/P (as it shall be referred to from hereon) hit the big time in the early 60's with million sellers from Chubby Checker, Bobby Rydell and Dee Dee Sharp. Originally appearing in the UK via the London label, CP soon found a home at Columbia before getting it's own logo in 1962 vi
UK Northern Soul reissues Re-release Labels by Pete smith First on Soul Source in 1997
UK Northern Soul reissues 45 RE-RELEASES Black Magic, Casino Classics, Charley, Contempo, Contempo-raries, Cream, Destiny, Grapevine, Inferno, Kent, Spark
Vinyl UK 45s re-released list, originally this was going to be a full (work in progress ) list of EVERY UK 45 with a northern connection released ,
Capitol by Pete Smith First on Soul Source in 1997
CAPITOL
The first Capitol 45's issued in the UK appeared in 1954 and were on a green label with triangle centre. This quickly changed to a purple label with silver lettering which continued up until 1965 when it changed to a black label with silver lettering. All of these labels utilised the Capitol ' dome' lo
Originally posted up on Soul Source in the 90s. More from the Smith factory, worst 50 Uk, well vast majority are pretty dire, but there are a few I wouldn't have put in
1.. NORTHERN NIGHTMARES! THE WORST 50 BRITISH RELEASED RECORDS PLAYED ON THE NORTHERN SOUL SCENE
BO DONALDSON & THE HEYWOODS - GIRL DON'T MAKE ME WAIT (ABC 1975)
R.B FREEMAN - I'M SHAFT (AVCO 1975)
FAMILY AFFAIR - LOVE HUSTLE (PYE 1976)
EYDIE GORME - EVERYBODY GO HOME (CBS 1964)
VIC FLICK SOUND -
Budweiser Label Listing For a change here's some info on one of the 80s collectable labels. Budweiser Showdown label came into being due to the beer people holding a competition, each area would have a contest with the winning group having their song pressed onto record and entering the national competition. It ran for about 7 years in the 80s and as you can imagine had a varied mix. Listed below are 25 of the best modern type soul ones. This label is also very popular in Japan with some command
The info below is taken from the sleeve notes of the Atco LP "Love Makes The world Go round" which is well worth digging round for. Over the past few years Detroit has emerged as one of the major sources of record talent in the United States. From the motor city and the surrounding area have come such important record artists as The Supremes, Barbara Lewis, Mary Wells, Martha and The Vandellas, and many others who rate high on today's record scene. The latest artist from the Detroit area to ga
London by Pete Smith First on Soul Source in 1997
LONDON-AMERICAN
This giant label is perhaps the most important collector's label of all time, spanning 3 decades and churning out rarity after rarity, with some of the most valuable items from the rock and roll era going way into four figures. London deserves a book to itself (an excellent complete discography was published by record Information Services in the 80's and should still be available) so here is just a b
A list of releases of a soulful nature on the good old 60s $tateside label. As you can see one hell of a lot of gems where released in UK on here from early motown, classic oldies, exclusive rarities and loads more. Supplied by Pete Smith
Stateside uk listing
STATESIDE 102 B CHUCKJACKSON Any day now/The prophet
STATESIDE 112 A ISLEY BROTHERS Twist and shout/Spanish twist
STATESIDE 1 19 A SHIRELLES Welcome home baby/Here comes the bride
STATESI
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
First out in 1997 Want to know the score on Soul Scene in Dublin, read on..........Thanks to Karl for this good info.
The scene over here has been booming for the last 6 months. Myself and a mate DJ on a Monday night in the Chocolate Bar (trendy Dublin Pub), playing rare soul from 60s to 90s mostly mid-tempo. We also do a radio show on Jazz 89.8 FM every Saturday afternoon 12 till 3. Its a pirate station, no relation to Jazz FM in the UK.
We get plenty of listeners and its brought a lo
.Stumbled on some old pages from the early days, posted as may be of interest to some long time members and also just in case lose them again...
The Record Corner Page from the first year of Soul Source (opened in Aug 1997)
Originally published in Sep/Oct 1997
THE RECORD CORNER 1997
This is the place for all things to do with Vinyl and CDs, news reviews etc
Looking to end up with a large database of "Northern soul on CD" i.e. details of all tracks on all compilations, wi
