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Uncle Stan, the Hip Hit Record Man © Martin Gavin 2006 & 2011 I'm excited: I'm about to meet Stan Lewis. Uncle Stan 'The Hip Hit Record Man' as bluesman Lightin' Hopkins called him on record, is partly responsible for a very large chunk of the back catalogue of soul and blues to come out of America during the 60s, 70s and 80s. He is, quite simply, one of the most significant figures in the history of blues, R&B, and even Northern Soul, but receives little recognition compared to Atlant -
Been wanting to feature whats on overseas for a long while.. Seems a good time now with Dave doing the overseas events guide.. I am gonna feature soul clubs and history from all over Europe and beyond... First up is the Gothenborg Soul Scene.. A brief history and what's on now from Punky who runs the Soulastatic club... Had the pleasure to go there and play in the past and in the future August event too I hope.. These articles can give an insight to whats on and a c -
Hi all, Well, its that time of year again Exactly 12 months since we did the last 'Top Tips' thread... so, as it's now a Soul Source tradition, here we go again! Here's your opportunity to tip the tunes in your box for future greatness, during the forthcoming year... or simply list any number of records that you'd like to recommend to other Soul Sourcers. You might be a DJ with that tasty unplayed, unknown, hardly played or semi-known 45 stuck -
THE MAGNIFICENT 7 - THE "X" FACTOR & NORTHERN SOUL Don't worry this is not somedaytime television style look into the role that Northern Soul has played inthe development of the musical tastes of Simon Cowell, Yul Brynner and Louisthe Leprechaun. Not such a bad idea though, come to think of it. As any real Northern Soul fanwill be well aware, certain records are different to others. They stand outfrom the rest. A great record can send a shiver down the spine and tou
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Rugby's Freestyle Room, A 40 Year Journey Posted by purist, 26 November 2010 · These days with my memory failing a little I'm not exactly sure when it was that I started collecting records, I'm fairly sure it was '67, or '68? Why I was drawn to records of a certain style is a mystery to me, the area I grew up in had it's share of West Indian families, so music best described as 'non pop chart black music' was always around. Why records at all I dunno, perhaps my mom's obsess
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Being very much out of the loop scene wise so from an outsider looking in as it were it would seem to be a common theme that some of shall we say the more upfront rare soul venues are finding it difficult to get decent numbers through the doors, lost count how many times I read the music was brilliant but numbers were down, seems a little odd to me that when you look at the playlists many of the DJ's are playing top end records which command the big ticket prices on auctions etc. yet fail to dra -
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 -
From: Lifeline Bank Holiday Weekend Bonanza Posted by chalky, 16 August 2010 · After our recent foray into Mace Land, Bidds and Stoke that is, we are pleased to be getting back to the Stables. Many thanks to Mace and Chris for the help last time out. Anyway we have a fantastic all-nighter planned (well I think so). Along side the resident rascals of Butch, Andy Dyson, Mick H, Soul Sam, Cliff Steele and myself (Chalky for those who need reminding ) we have Karl Heard, one of the C -
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 -
The Holidays and Debonaires - A Marriage Made in Detroit by Rob Moss Motown's purchase of Golden World Records Inc. in September 1966 created considerable turbulence among the artists, musicians, producers and technicians associated with the sequested company. Speculation persists as to owner Ed Wingate's actual willingness to sell, having refused on several occasions, and the possible involvement of 'outside' organisations in applying pressure on him to bring about the move, as well as pro -
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
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An interview with Pete McKenna author of real world books "Nightshift and "Who the hell's Frank Wilson", including news of a new forthcoming edition of Nightshift (several hundred new words added) and the screenplay for a possible stage/radio adaptation of "Who the hell's Frank Wilson" Pete Mckenna interview by Snowy Pete McKenna was 17 years old in the last few months of 1973 when one Saturday night he travelled by coach to Wigan with four friends. They were ready to check out this ne -
Owls, Snow And Lil' Ole Me..... Posted by The Golden 101, 02 December 2010 Sheffield Wednesday takeover, excellent news, a Saudi Billionaire? Er no....it's Milan Manderic. Oh well, at least he was the best option at the time and, we are fairly debt free. Bye Bye Co-op bank. Got a really busy December with gigs in Stoke at the Queens, Basford on Saturday December 4th, the Christmas Party at the Westgate Suites,Westgate, Long Eaton, then the All Nighter at the Kings Hall
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Just been pondering life, love and the 60s newies crowd. As you do. And whilst doing this, I stumbled accross a theory, that I'd like to run past you. I'm 46. Many Northern Soul fans will have been into 'our' music, almost as long as I have been alive.When I first could the bug, like many, its wasnt a gradual process, it was hook line and sinker from the word go. BAM. And when I first visited local venues, I would have at home maybe 20-30 singles (Pressings) and maybe a Casino Cla -
The Tempos Story by Rob Moss The TEMPOS Story The lineage of vocal groups, male and female, in the 1950s and 60s can be as difficult to establish as any family tree. Line-ups would frequently change as individual members came and went, group names could be dropped and replaced completely or entirely different personnel brought in to replace decampers. On a few occasions in the 1960s several different groups, with the same name, managed to co exist. An entire book, devoted to the variou -
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 -
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 -
Hermon Weems Obituary Native Detroiter Hermon Weems was born on February 21st 1938. He began his musical career as a teenage member of a street corner group known as The Sparrows during the early 50's. The groups other members were Al Hamilton, Charles Harris, Paul Leslie and Phil Townsend. The Sparrows were regular performers on the city wide talent show circuit, with their biggest night coming with their appearance at the city recreation centre on Davison. Where they appeared on the -
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
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First things first, I am the worlds worst at taking a compliment, in fact I don't know what to say or do when somebody gives me one. I usually just mumble a thank you, so to all the people who have said such nice things recently I am humbled by your appreciation, and glad to have played a small part in your nights enjoyment. The reason I'm finally getting around to writing this is due in the main to folk coming up to me in venues and asking me what such and such a tune was, and me h -
Source Revisited - a occasional series of things that were up and then they weren't. Recent reading about the Lost & Found - Real R&B And Soul cd comp release (that was put together by Paul Weller and Keb Darge) led me to making a mental note to have a dig for this the next time was messing around in the backend of soul source. This was originally up on here in the late 90s and would say that my original source was perhaps a grab from the BBCwebsite. At the time found this -
Soul Survivor - Sir Lattimore Brown Back From The Dead! If anyone is entitled to a pain in the heart it is Sir Lattimore. Born to beginnings we cannot comprehend in 1931 and growing up with practically nothing. But from these humble beginnings he was introduced to music, the music of the cotton fields and gospel from the church. Whilst serving in the Army in Korea, Lattimore was listening to acts such as King Cole Trio and Big Joe Turner and listening to these acts taught him a unique -
A report on the recently held public memorial celebration and a look at the career of this recently departed legend. WILLIE MITCHELL 1928 - 2010 by Rob Moss To describe a person as a 'Legend', in any field of endeavour, is the highest accolade our society can bestow. In the case of Willie Mitchell, it is an epithet thoroughly deserved and honestly earned. His contribution to American popular music,generally, and Memphis music,specifically, was immense. From his early days playing trump -
"Get It Baby"The Stanley Mitchell Story Stanley Mitchell 1935 - 2006 by David Welding Stanley Rudolph Mitchell was born February 10th 1935 in Detroit Michigan. He was the only boy and the youngest of the four children raised by Mr and Mrs Louie Mitchell. As with so many of his generation his earliest musical influences came from the church. At the Russell St Baptist Church, the Mitchell family's place of worship, Stanley along with his sisters performed regularly as a gospel quartet. -
White Men Can't Jump - The Turley Richards Story By Martin Gavin (Scotch Martin) "You have to ask yourself, have you felt pain?" says Turley Richards "Ask that about African American's back then and the answer was clear And me, I can tell you that the blues visited my heart and soul every single day of my life and still do because as a blind man I've never seen my children " Turley Richards has certainly known pain, and that comes through his music, but he s also positive, very fu -
A Google book preview of the book A House on Fire: the Rise and Fall of Philadelphia Soul By John A. Jackson A Google book preview of the book A House on Fire: the Rise and Fall of Philadelphia Soul By John A. Jackson Another goggle grab of a book from a few years ago (2004) As before worth a revisit as the Google books preview (embeded below) allows a far better idea of the actual content than any review. A House on Fire: The Rise and Fall of Philadelphia Soul by John -
iam sad to anounce the death of clark vincent joseph aka clarkie his fruneral will be held at oldham crem 1pm 28th may 2010 thanks to everyone whp supported me especailly mr ste proudlove peace god blees you Finding Clarkie At Last Posted by lukin4clarkie, 01 November 2009 thanks mr proudlove i would like to say thanks to ste proudlove clakie is defo my dad i went to see him at the weekend iam we are do-uble of -each other iam glad you took the time t
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The Manchester Wheelers: A Northern Quadrophenia - Review THE MANCHESTER WHEELERS -A Northern Quadrophenia by Dave SOULPUBLICATIONS 2008 300pp, £15 ISBN: 1-4392-2163-4 13:9781439221631 A Review by Mark "Oggie" Orridge. I am too young to have visited Manchester and its All Night R&B and Soul sessions in the 1960's.However, Dave, in the novel The Manchester Wheelers made me feel like I was actually there in 1964 at the Brazennose Street T -
Rio Reunion - Back Together Again Posted by Shaun Gallagher, 20 October 2009 · Rio, Rio Reunion, Soul, Funk Start Time: Saturday, November 28, 2009 at 5:00pm End Time: Sunday, November 29, 2009 at 2:00am Location: Marlborough Club Street: The Broadway Town: Didcot, United Kingdom Phone: 07778 217 406 Email:gallagher.j6@sky.com 9 hours of non stop Jazz funk & Soul music with DJs Chris Bangs, Chris D Smith, Shaun Gallagher, Ji
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Lou And Teds Excellent Adventure! Posted by mrs soul, 18 October 2009 well Ted how was it for you, cos it was great for us,what no-body realizes the logistics of getting us all to-gether in one place, because at first me and woody just could not afford to go, as with everybody monies an issue, but after alot of hoo har and endless texts and phone calls it all went to-gether with military precision!from the onset after being picked up by Ted, with John Pugh, Kenny onions and Ma
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After A Spell Of 'cold Turkey', I Got My Soul Fix.. ! Posted by FickleFingers, 14 September 2009 The week leading up to the recent back holiday I came down with a 'flu' bug, although it didn't prevent my attending - or enjoying, to the full - both the Lifeline 'Niter at The Stables and the following day's Lifeline 'Dayer, in Nottingham. When I woke on the Monday, though, I thought that proverbial Steam Roller had run over me during my sleep. Obviously the over indulgence over the -
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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THE JOLSON FACTOR - The Cultural relevance of UK/US POP Covers of 1960s SOUL ORIGINALS. If one chooses, the release of a product, albeit a record or any other commodity can always be viewed merely as a mechanical stab at a given commercial market. Were the social and political circumstances surrounding the life experiences of 1950s and 60s Black Americans on a par with white Americans, then it would be fair to apply the same framework to the question regarding the relevance of White Cover v
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Gangland Shocker: Francis T Posted by lloydee, 15 June 2009 · I could'nt believe it: there I was round at me Mum & Dads for Sunday tea, sat there with abeer reading the local rag; The Stourport News and Kidderminster Times. Thereon page 14 was the big story of the week that even The Express & Starseemed to have missed. Below is an extract from last week's paper: Reports are coming in that a local Gangland or Mafia style'hit' was carried out on a local business man la
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All Danced Out Posted by Ganche, 16 June 2009 I knew by the glorious sunshine on the way to Cleethorpes that the weekend was gonna be a blinder. I wasnt wrong. Kylee and I had a pretty easy journey to Lincolnshire and in fact, chatted so much we were there before we knew it. After the usual shinnanigans of who was sleeping where we got to the venue about halfway through Sue Brick's and Amanda's set. That started us off in great style, fantastic set girls Friday night is great for "sett
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Of The Way We Were Posted by coops, 21 May 2009 · This is the nighter, where we danced in our teens To records by Foster, Parker and Sheen, tunes from the 60s, the 70s and more, We'd thumb it to Wigan, hundred miles from our door Passing through Knutsford, taking our gear: Our heads soon a-buzzing, singing tunes we shall hear. Past sleepy towns, pubs closing for the night Their punters are pissed and ready to fight We smile at these mortals,
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Soul For Heroes A Soul Sisters Thank You Posted by sister dawn, 09 May 2009 · Well seeing as it's nearly a week ago now since that the inaugural event happened its time to hit the keyboard and offer my personal take on the events leading up to, during and after the first dayer. Soul for Heroes was the brainchild of ex forces personnel Pete Watkins who in December last year decided to help those in the forces whom many felt had been let down by the government, highlighted and repor
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The latest issue of the fine magagine "In The Basement " was a fairly solid hefty affair. One of the many artitcles in this latest issue was a lengthy feature on Philadelphias Ronnie Walker, who am sure many on here will remember him from not only his past soul outings but also from his two recent visits to the UK under the New Century banner. Ronnie Walker - In The Basement Feature The latest issue of the fine magagine "In The Basement " was a fairly solid hefty affair. One of t -
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. ----------------------------- PLAYLIST: MIX FOR JAMIE - A Wonderful Winter Night In Cologn
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Crossfire 12.04.09 Posted by rugbysoulgirl, 14 April 2009 Wow, this place was hot! We queued for 20 minutes to get in, and when we finally made it down the stairs we could see that the place was absolutely rammed! Found some friends & set up camp near the stage on the right. Managed to get onto the dancefloor once or twice but the air con wasn't switched on & it was just too darn hot! Had a wander round, the r'n'b room was buzzing (& cool!) & the pysch room wa
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The End Of This Era: Promoting A Soul Event Posted by Sharon Cooper, 27 March 2009 People used to ask us "how's it going?" There were many answers to that question. Sometimes at the core of the question was either "is it a success," or "do you think it will be a success?" In some ways I feel it was very successful and then there are times when I doubt if it will ever be enough of a success to keep going. So what is success? How do you define it? Is success measured financial
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From Chalky an informative write up of Kell Osborne soul output including scans and clips The Kell Osborne Story Kell Osborne (Born in 1939 on the 12th March) was raised by his deeply religious stepfather since the age of two and he wanted Kell to become a minister of the church, something Kell had set his sights on until he came across secular music. Kell had to make a decision to either go into the church or sing, luckily for us he chose the latter but it was something he had to keep -
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 -
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
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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
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What I thought was great in 2008 by Mark Randle Gang, I was asked prior to Christmas 2008 to submit a written piece for a propsed publication to be released around Christmas 2008. This I did, but for various reasons the publication never got released. I put quite a bit of effort into this at a time of year when spare time is at a premium, and am therefore reluctant to let it got to waste. I'm posting it here in the hope that it may be an interesting read for some of you, so here goes:
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A collection of great 45 reviews written by the late Frank Jackson site note In the early days of the internet, one day I stumbled on a no fuss webpage, that simply featured clips of 45s and one persons brief words on each 45. Over time the writing and the selection of 45s made this site a regular revisit. Sadly as many will be aware Frank Jackson is no longer with us, however thanks to Frank Jr and Carms can revisit just some of his past reviews I was so touched when Frank Jnr c
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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 -
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Groovesville Soul Club Opening Night Jan 2009 Lookback I have copied a couple of reviews from the opening night of Groovesville Soul club The next night will be Sat 18th April same time same place, book your tickets early as we will be opening the R&B room for the first time Andy Kempster & Toby GROOVESVILLE SOUL CLUB Johnny Fingers Despite the 'Small' setback of my 'Clamping' encounter - resulting in me actually being out of pocket on a night that should've
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I Love Detroit - Sonny Munro - Falcons Interview Conversations with Americans can run the full gamut of human intelligence, understanding and thought. On a recent trip to Detroit I encountered a white bar tender in his late 20s, working at a renowned restaurant in the city, who seemed fascinated by the sight of a sterling five pound note I was showing a fellow patron. As he inspected it a couple of questions sprung forth. “Who is this woman?” he inquired. I politely responded that it was t
