Soul Music News

A quick site news style post just to inform all that the long-standing Markt/Sales moderator James Rice aka @James Rice is stepping down from his role tomorrow.  James has chosen to step down as he wants to focus more on his new job which he will be starting soon. Regular users and readers of our Soul Markt section will be well aware of the top job that he has done over the last four years (since March 2018).  Always acting in a most measured calm manner which given some of the heated

A quick shout about a popular long running Soul Source Feature eBay Highlights Feature Our inhouse eBay 24 hour highlights feature has recently had some more improvements/changes put in place. Layout Improvements to the layout have been carried out including zoom in and click to view the items thumbnails and sellers names have been added to the item on some of the lists. Pages The Reggae and Garage 45 pages have been dropped due to lack of use New Line Up

A new site block will be showing on Soul Source, showing all members their current account email and asking if it is still valid   How It Works If answer yes then the block will disappear and you wont see it again for 180 days If answer no you will be led in to the change email routine  Note for this to work that you will need access to your old email and password If you do have any problems with this please contact the site via the below link when logged in ht

A fair bit of background work has been going on over the last few weeks. Part of these improvements have been a revision of the site structure which is now in place. We have revised the structure and the order of our site main features in order to improve the navigation of the site and to a lesser extent reflect the current use, demands and so on of the Soul Source site. The current stucture listed below... Main Features of Soul Source These are the primary features of Soul Source

A recent update of this Soul Source feature leads us to an excuse for a site shout/reminder Using this feature viewers can view both... 1. Members Locations  https://www.soul-source.co.uk/communitymap/ 2. Upcoming Soul Events Locations (from the event guide) https://www.soul-source.co.uk/communitymap/?group=events For future use can find the link under the 'extras' menu on our navbars.   You can quickly drill right down to street level via +/- icons or mou

Highlight and news about our 'share' feature here on Soul Source May be aware, but as we have just added a new service and tweaked things a bit feel a timely update shout may be worthwhile, here are... Share Links Feature Any of our/your Soul Source content be it Forum topics/posts, Event Guide Events/Comments Gallery Images/Albums, Forum Sales/Wants Source Store 45s/Cds Videos, Newsletters, can all be shared to many socail  features including po

It's that time of year again... Back in April 2013, Russ aka @Amsterdam Russ started up a freebasing topic, simply set up for Source members to share their wildlife photos. Straight off it became a most popular topic, so popular it was extended to include all types of photo subjects, with a new year based topic at the start of every year. So here we are 10 years later ... The 2023 topic has just kicked off and can be had here https://www.soul-source.co.uk/forums/topic/43

The first two releases from a series of EPs containing some of the best originally unissued Motown tracks, now available on vinyl / 7" for the first time.    Order now for 20th June: https://soul4real.es/   FROM DETROIT WITH LOVE (S4R38) A1 - KIM WESTON - FANCY MEETING YOU A2 - THE MIRACLES - SHOW ME YOU CAN DANCE B1 - J.J. BARNES - I´M HERE NOW THAT YOU NEED ME B2 - THE TEMPTATIONS - I´D RATHER FORGET      

Happy to announce pre-order for volumes 3 & 4 of "From Detroit With Love", a series of EPs containing some of the best originally unissued Motown tracks, now available on vinyl / 7" for the first time. Order now for 20th July: https://soul4real.es/   FROM DETROIT WITH LOVE III (S4R40) A1 - KIM WESTON - AFTER THE RAIN A2 - FOUR TOPS - JUST A LITTLE LOVE (BEFORE MY LIFE IS GONE) B1 - CAROLYN CRAWFORD - THINK OF THE TIMES B2 - THE VANDELLAS - YOU TAUGHT ME HOW

Soul Direction with word about a new addition to their label family and the first release... The Keved Project (Feat. Delbert Nelson) – “Life Has Been a Thief” / “Spread Love” – SDCO-1001 Official Release date : 28th June 2024 Press Release Soul Direction are pleased to announce a new member of the Family “Contempo Soul” series. This label will showcase more contemporary sounding soul from independent artists. Our first offering in conjunction with Kevin Edwards III, and

With over 100 events this week it can at times be a bit of a scroll fest when finding events in our guide To try and assist you we have added, along side our  'local near me' feature, a new 'Weekly Map View' popup feature.   Now every weekly event page be it, the index page for all events, or alldayers, or soul nights, live events etc and be it this week, or next week, or the week after, last week and so on... ...all now have a built in popup weekly view map, that shows all t

If you are still working out where your weekend is taking you, then here's a quick aide-memoire using a screen grab of our Event Guide Map Please note that the above image is just a screengrab of our feature and so it is a static overview of this weeks Uk events To view the most up to date and the dynamic Source Events weekly map just go to our Event Guide page (link below) and then tap the orange 'Launch Map View (Weekly)' button The latest and dynamic map view will then po

Press Release:   Alice Taylor “Sounds Ridiculous b/w (I’m In Love With A) Rock 'n' Roll Singin’  Superstar / (I’m In Love with A) Rock ‘n’ Roll Singin’ Superstar (Previously Unissued Alternative Mix) SJ556 Release Date:   Friday July 27th 2024 Alice Taylor was a popular session singer who sang background vocals for several local Philly groups including The Delfonics during the height of the Philly Soul boom of the early to mid 1970’s. In 1974 Alice under the auspice of

Press Release:  Shirley Diamond & Jesse James “You Don’t Know Who You Sleeping With” SJ1021 Release Date:  Monday February 26th 2024 Diamond & James are none other than our old friend, the evergreen Jesse James in tandem with Southern soulstress Shirley Diamond.  Jesse has known and worked with Shirley for some time following their introduction by Shirley’s former manager/producer the late Harvey Scales. Shirley a native of Atlanta, Georgia and is not only a performing artist a

Press Release:   Jesse James - Back On Top Again - SJLP 5016 Release Date:  Friday 24th May 2024   In the history of Black American soul music many recording artists have been called “Legends” some deservedly and perhaps some not so deserving of this current over used accolade? I might be a tad biased here, perhaps? but in my book one James Howard McCelland a.k.a Jesse James has surely earned the right to be called a “Legend” this octogenarian performer has weathered many storms a

Soul Junction SJ544 Cam Cameron 'They Say I'm A Lonely Man' Press Release:   Cam Cameron   They Say/I’m A Lonely man   SJ554 Release Date: Monday 29th January 2024 Cam Cameron appears to be another one of those performers from an infinite list of Black American artists that cut a solitary 45 single and then disappear into obscurity never to be seen or heard from again. Couple this with the passing of any of the relevant protagonists from the time along with any of the surviving on

Press Release:   Oliver Cheatham   “Don’t Pop The Question (If You Can’t Take The Answer)/Good Guys Don’t Make Good Lovers”   SJ555 Release Date:   Friday 5th April 2024 In 2012 we at Soul Junction were able to release two previously unissued songs on the Internationally renowned recording artist, Oliver Cheatham. The songs recorded in Detroit circa 1974/75 were cut under the supervision of Olivers cousin William R. Miller. “Don’t Pop The Question (If You Can’t Take The Answer)”

The Twilights To The Delights And Beyond: Press Release:   The Delights   A1 “Listen To Me Girl/B1 Come And Rejoice/B2 Listen To Me (Backing Track)”   SJ561 Released Monday 24th March 2025 The Delights formerly unissued recording “Listen To Me Girl” first made it’s vinyl debut during 2017 when released back to back with Tearra’s modern soul anthem “Just Loving You” (SJ1008).  Having sold out very quickly this release now commands a price of £60.00 a copy. So, with demand still hig

Soul Searchin' is a feature-length documentary that delves into the passionate world of rare soul music record collectors and the crate digging culture. It highlights how these enthusiasts transform obscure tracks into cultural treasures, preserving the legacies of forgotten Black, Chicano & Latino artists celebrated within the West Coast Mexican American (Chicano) community that has proved equally popular in the UK and Japan amongst Rare Soul afficionados. There is a very particular sound s

News of a new album and tour dates from a new Amsterdam band... Soul Survivors - The Road Ahead (digital, CD and vinyl September 13, 2024, distribution Painted Dog Records) Soul Survivors is a new young Amsterdam band with a free spirit and a wild heart. The band has immersed themselves in soul, rhythm & blues by mastering all the old soul songs they love. With a setlist full of soul gems, they quickly built up a reputation in the Amsterdam live circuit. The band then used this mus

Soul Up North Magazine #119 Spring Issue 2024 is now out and about Details below... SOUL UP NORTH - issue 119 OPENING PAGE : CONTENTS – EDITORIAL & INFO GOOD TUNES & GREAT GROOVES Dave Halsall ISSUE CD TRACK LISTING – ‘BIRD BRAIN’ Martyn Bird FUNK IN YO’ FACE – GETTING IT BACK - THE STORY OF CYMANDE Howard Priestly DAVE LEEDHAM – A TRIBUTE Phil Morely COLLECTING BRITISH Lord Snooty SOUL SPOTLIGHT – THE BRY-WEK LEGACY P

Spring is here in the Uk, and that means the latest issue of Soul Up North is out, details below SOUL UP NORTH - Spring 2025 - Issue 123 This issue contains... OPENING PAGE : CONTENTS – EDITORIAL & INFO GOOD TUNES & GREAT GROOVES Dave Halsall FUNK IN YO’ FACE – ROY AYERS – POSITIVE VIBES Howard Priestly COLLECTOR’S CD – TRACK LISTING Craig Butler CHICAGO SOUL Shane Cox SOUL SPOTLIGHT – PHILADELPHIA CREATIONS Steve Guarnori THE LADIES CHOICE – CO

Four originally unreleased tracks finally available on vinyl/7" PRE-ORDER NOW FOR 20th SEPTEMBER  https://soul4real.es/ CARLA THOMAS (S4R36) LONELINESS / IF IT´S NOT ASKING TOO MUCH Though she was Stax Records' Queen of Soul (and Otis Redding was her king), there was much more to Carla Thomas. In 1967, even while being promoted by the name of her most recent album, The Queen Alone, she was expanding her sound, developing a cabaret act that showcased a mix of genres and styles

Happy to announce pre-order for volumes 5 & 6 of "From Detroit With Love", a series of EPs containing some of the best originally unissued Motown tracks, now available on vinyl / 7" for the first time. PRE ORDER NOW FOR 15th NOVEMBER https://soul4real.es/     FROM DETROIT WITH LOVE V DAVID RUFFIN ANYTHING THAT YOU ASK FOR Produced by Clay McMurray & Martin Coleman Recorded in 1969 BRENDA HOLLOWAY DON´T STAY AWAY Produced by Marc Gordon &a

NEW COMPILATION! HERE COME THE TEARS (S4RLP05) 14 tracks from the vaults of Atlantic and Atco, including 4 originally unreleased tracks, first time on vinyl Pre-order now for 10th May: www.soul4real.es Soul4Real continues to provide invaluable service to lovers of quality soul music from the 1960s and 1970s, with another carefully curated long-playing selection of incredible music from the enormous vaults of the Ertegun brothers and Jerry Wexler’s Atlantic group of label

New Comp Lp from Soul4Real Pre-order now for 15th December 2024 NEW COMPILATION! 𝗔𝗦𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗧𝗛 (𝗕𝗨𝗧 𝗣𝗥𝗔𝗬𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗔 𝗟𝗜𝗘) (S4RLP06) Pre-order now for 16th December: www.soul4real.es Tracks 𝗗𝗢𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗬 𝗠𝗢𝗢𝗥𝗘 - GIRL OVERBOARD 𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗙𝗟𝗢𝗬𝗗 - I´M FOR REAL 𝗥𝗔𝗬 𝗖𝗥𝗨𝗠𝗟𝗘𝗬 - GOOD GUYS DON´T ALWAYS WIN 𝗚𝗘𝗢𝗥𝗚𝗘 𝗝𝗔𝗖𝗞𝗦𝗢𝗡 - PLAY SOMETHING PRETTY 𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲𝗱, 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼𝘀 𝗕𝗢𝗕𝗕𝗬 𝗕𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗗 - MY HEART´S BEEN BROKEN AGAIN 𝗝𝗜𝗠𝗠𝗬

Two new exciting releases. Thanks so much to Friendly Womack for his help in licensing the Valentinos tracks 𝗣𝗥𝗘-𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗘𝗥 𝗡𝗢𝗪 for 25th OCTOBER: https://soul4real.es/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2 of Candi Staton´s best tracks finally available on 7" CANDI STATON (S4R35) I CAN´T STOP BEING YOUR FOOL / YOU BET YOUR SWEET, SWEET LOVE Born in Hanceville (Alabama), Canzetta Maria “Candi” Staton possesses one of the mo

After a break of 3 months with no Soul4Real releases I´m excited to announce two new 7"s by Tommy Tate and The Staples. Liner notes by Finland's finest Heikki Suosalo and our very own Iu Adell. As usually, great remastering courtesy of Jorge Muñoz-Cobo (Circo Perrotti) and fantastic job by Jordi Duró on design/artwork duties. Order now for 1st March: https://soul4real.es   𝗧𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗬 𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗘 (S4R33) I Can´t Do Enough For You Baby / Hold On (To What We´ve Got) Tommy was born in 1

The soundtrack of Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius) is now available 'To tie in with the release of the new documentary, “Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius)”,  the soundtrack to the film has been released on digital platforms including Amazon, Apple, YouTube and Spotify.' Apple Youtube https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lqqNKO0fdm-k4O5jlZCtdDwIABck0qv1g&si=cRnEkocrQIy9avEM   1. Sing a Simple Song (Alternate Mix) (5:55)

A quick highlight news post of a recently added feature to our active and vibrant Source Event Guide.. Source Event Guide Featured Events Intro The 'Featured Events' feature now allows promoters/organisers/members  to 'upgrade' any Event's exposure/awareness via the event listings in our Soul Source Event Guide.  For a small cost members can now 'upgrade' their own or indeed others Event Guide Entry in minutes How To take advantage of this feature, it's just a simpl

The Source Store Summer Sale 2023 has just started We have over 50 recently released soul 45s up for grabs, all our copies are mint condition and are sourced directly from the labels/suppliers. You can check them all out via our new  'summer sale section' here https://www.soul-source.co.uk/store/category/15-summer-sale-45s/ Full audio, scans and purchase options are available. Priced to sell, with up to 50% reductions on offer May need to step lively as there will b

Staples Jr. Singers Announce First New Album In Nearly 50 Years, Searching, Out June 14th via Luaka Bop  Info This is a record that the Staples Jr. Singers started to make in the 1980s but never finished, and then lost the tapes. And while we didn’t try to make a record with them like it would have been made in the eighties, we did try to make a record with them that referenced another time—the way their music does. In the end, all it took was recording everybody in the same room,

Stax Records website showing news about the upcoming 4 part HBO documentary,  uk details hopefully to follow? Los Angeles, CA (May 2, 2024) — THE MEMPHIS SOUL SOUND THAT ELECTRIFIED THE WORLD TO BE CELEBRATED IN NEW STAX: SOULSVILLE U.S.A. DOCUSERIES The HBO Original four-part documentary series STAX: SOULSVILLE U.S.A., an official selection of the 2024 SXSW Film & TV Festival and winner of the TV Premiere Audience Award, is produced and directed by filmmaker Jamila Wignot. Th

Stuart Cosgrove: Apologies alone are not enough to atone for racism An interesting article from Stuart Cosgrove shows up on The National newspaper website. Known to many on here as the author of such books as Detroit67, Memphis68, Young Soul Rebels and more, the author passes on his take on the current mainstream media's reaction to the killing of George Floyd. It was inevitable that George Floyd’s killing would reverberate arounds the media and lead to an outpouring of self-recriminat

Event News Just a heads up as seen that The Piercebridge Weekender has moved from 'cancelled' status to a 'back on' status...  

TAMLA MOTOWN WORLDWIDE II (An Anthology of Original Singles & EP Releases 1959- 1971) Details of a new book. titled Tamla Motown Worldwide II An Anthology of Original Singles & EP Releases 1959- 1971, this appears to be a follow on to the previous 2020 book Tamla Motown Worldwide which concerned itself with lps. Scheduled for a 01 September 2024 release, the release notes follow below Release Notes MAUS OF MUSIC proudly presents the book TAMLA MOTOWN WORLDWIDE II (An

Press Release:  Tearra   “Just Loving You/Teeah-Louise   You Happened To Me “   SJ558 Release Date: Monday 25th November 2024 Tearra’s “Just Loving You” on it’s original U.S Midtown label due to its quality and desirability continues to regularly achieve four figure sale prices on the rare occasion that a copy comes on to the open market. Soul Junction through a licensing deal with Emandolynn Music first reissued this modern soul anthem back in 2017 as part of a dual 45 package that in

Peter Triska has asked me to post this letter from the MND Association in response to the donations from Susan Triska's Memorial Night at Culcheth, thanking everyone who donated an AMAZING £1500

News regarding a new album and 45 release from The Altons via Penrose/Daptone, due out next month 45 Info The Altons - 'Waiting / Teach Me (exclusive, non-album track)' - Penrose 1026 A side: "Waiting" B side: "Teach Me"   Album Details   The Altons - Heartache in Room 14 - Daptone DAP 079 After several wildly popular singles out on Penrose Records, The Altons gear up to release their debut album on Daptone Records. With lead vocals share

The Duke Of Chicago:   The Duke Turner Story. Willie Roy Turner was born on the 21st of February 1939 in Louisville, Mississippi, the fourth of eight children born to parents Florence and Herman Turner. It was Herman who gave his son Willie Roy the pet/nickname of ‘Duke’, which Willie used as his stage and professional name in later life. Duke is a rarity in himself, being one of only 0.2% of African-Americans to be born with blue eyes. The Turner family migrated north to Chicago

This is a story of perseverance. This is a story of how a bandleader and aspiring singer from Philadelphia discovered a young group from Camden NJ, wrote and produced their first single, and then  watched the group’s career take off in someone else's stable. There were many lessons learned the hard way; the most poignant was finding out the record business in Philly during the 1960’s and 70's was a hard nut to crack, especially when you're an unknown in the R&B world. Post Barbara Mason

Soul music lovers, The Embers: The Bobby Tomlinson Story is now officially available as an eBook and paperback through online retailers worldwide including Amazon. This comprehensive biography traces the rise of The Embers, led by original drummer Bobby Tomlinson, who steered the band through six decades of Beach Music history. But for Northern Soul enthusiasts, this book offers something especially compelling. Inside are numerous nods to the fervent UK Northern Soul crowd, who championed The Em

The Intrigues: Lost Philly Soul Recording Discovered.  Press Release: The Intrigues   “If The Shoe Fits”   SJLP 5013 & SJCD 5013  Release Date: Monday September 18th 2017 This product is available in both CD and Vinyl formats.     In 1969 a local Philly group, The Intrigues, hit pay dirt with their self penned song “In A Moment”, initially released on their own Bullet label. This Thom Bell and Bobby Martin song was later picked up by the NYC Yew

Events - The Next 100 Soul Weekenders as at May 2024 Another heads up on upcoming weekenders directly from our Source Event Guide a dynamic grab of the next upcoming 100 Soul Weekender Events...   Links Event Guide Main Page (tap) Event Guide Weekender Section (tap)    

A re-issue of a earlier 2019 Decca comp, this time around it's available via coloured vinyl and cd. The R&B Scene  Release date: 9 August, 2024 Release notes and links below 'The R&B Scene brings together 24 remarkable tracks, virtually all of them much sought after on original Decca/Deram 45. This re-issue is pressed on colour vinyl for the first time and contains a 4-sided information sheet, replicating original album CD package notes. The British 1960s Rh

Latest add... The Secret History of Chicago Music Soul singer Bobby McClure tried to evolve with the times He sang in the Soul Stirrers with Sam Cooke, duetted with Fontella Bass, and collaborated with Swamp Dogg, but he always fell short of stardom. by Steve Krakow March 19, 2025 Get over to  https://chicagoreader.com/music/the-secret-history-of-chicago-music/bobby-mcclure-soul-checker-fontella-cooke-dogg/ for the full article

The Chicago Readers great feature 'The Secret History of Chicago Music; has had a few articles added by Steve Krakow since our last visit... Dee Clark bridged doo-wop, rock ’n’ roll, R&B, and soul This underappreciated Chicago singer had his biggest hit with “Raindrops” in 1961, but everything he recorded deserves to be heard. Soulful singer Paulette McWilliams belongs at center stage In her six-decade career, she’s made countless stars sound better—but too few people kno

Audio-Technia releases a limited-edition version of the Sound Burger, with the inclusion of modern day tech such as bluetooth, usb charging etc, guess such sort of makes sense, anyone's interests stirred...?   To celebrate the 60th Anniversary of Audio-Technica, the fan-favorite Sound Burger, makes a welcome return after 40 years! The limited-edition AT-SB2022 portable turntable is the return of the Sound Burger, with modern updates including Bluetooth® connectivity and a USB-C chargin

A few more details on the upcoming book... The Story Of The Prestatyn Weekender  The much-anticipated Prestatyn Soul Weekenders book is now available to order! Focusing on the Northern Soul side of the event, it details each of the innovative Midnight Hour Weekenders in turn, recalling all of the incredible live artists who appeared over the twenty events. Richly illustrated in full colour with photos of those who made it so special, including the artists, DJs and dancers, it

A new vinyl releases from Kent Records, an overdue repressing of the Undisputed Truth's self-titled debut 1972 album, available now for pre-order with a 28th February 2025 release date. Undisputed Truth - The Undisputed Truth - Kent LP - HIQLP 153 Label Release Notes Motown producer and songwriter Norman Whitfield assembled The Undisputed Truth to further explore the psychedelic soul he had been developing with the Temptations on songs like ‘Cloud Nine’ and ‘Psychedelic Shack’.