Soul Music News

Here we go with 2 new releases - just in from the plant and Quality Control completed. No price increase on the vinyl or the postage (despite twice a year Royal Mail increases) £15 each + £3 UK postage (good for 1-3 records)   HR 1560 HERMON HITSON : A - Walking In The Park                                                  B1 - Love Slipped Through My Fingers        B2 - Why Not Me Our A side is an edited version, minus the bluesy guitar, which sharpens it up for the

HR 1558  Barbara Mason - You Better Stop It / Just You And Me Classic Philly soul from 1969 - her ever-popular Northern midpacer, the reissue from 2016 now on Discogs at £100+, plus here we have a never before on vinyl flip, showing 600,000 hit on youtube - a massive track from the Queen of Lowrider Soul.   'Just You And Me’      ‘You Better Stop It’            HR 1559  Tony Owens - I Need, I Need Your Love / Wishing

Delighted to announce two new Jai Alai references, this time consisting in four favourite tracks never released on 7" before. Both Maze songs are simply outstanding so it´s certainly surprising Warner Bros didn´t pick up any of them for single releases ("Love Is" was quite hard to get on vinyl too, as the album only came out as promo). Same could be said about the dancefloor delight (an Isaac Hayes production, no less) "Everyday" and the CD only album track by Gerald Levert, obviously influenced

Kent have just released 5 new 45s, that's 2 x Select 45s and 3 x Repro 45s, details follow... Select 45s Jon Lucien - Search For The Inner Self / We’ve Got Love - Kent Select 99 Search For The Inner Self’, Jon Lucien’s 1971 ethereal, soul masterpiece has gained admirers constantly since its 1971 release.  CITY_099-1-1.mp3   ‘We’ve Got Love’ is more of an “old school” 60s soul dancer, recorded around the same time, that was not heard until a self-released CD in 1999. It

200+ Northern Soul Event Videos from Andy Holdroyd A 2024 highlight post of a substantial Northern Soul event related Youtube video channel resource, which at a guess many of us will already be familiar with, though as time moves on you could say that such resources are still worth a highlight, even if just to acknowledge the efforts taken over the years by the likes of Andy Holdroyd This Youtube channel titled 'kneeselbow' from Andy Holdroyd contains over 200+ live northern soul event

Three new 'Repro' 45s from Kent are released today, featuring Little Ann, Ty Karmin, Melvin Davis, the details and Kent release notes follow below...   Little Ann - Who Are You Trying To Fool - Kent Repro 15 Little Ann’s ‘Who Are You Trying To Fool’ was unknown until the late 90s when Ace acquired Dave Hamilton’s tapes and this glorious soul dancer was discovered. It has since sold out two Kent 45 releases and due to demand we have resurrected it. This time it is on a TCB re

The last weekend of the month, which as usual means it's a Release Day for Ace/Kent Records And it's a busy one this month, with 5 brand new quality soul 45s unleashed, that's two Repro 45s, 2 Select 45s and 1 Pied Piper 45 Details follow below, along with other Kent release news Valerie Simpson - Look Away - It's Just Love - Kent Select 102 Release notes This is a previously unheard, Kent Records exclusive release from the great singer/songwriter Valerie Simpson. 

The just gone Easter Weekend saw 5 new releases from Kent/Ace records, 2 on the Select imprint, 2 on the Repro and one on their Measured Mile one. Details, audio and Kents release notes follow below...   Sylvia & The Blue Jays / The Soul Children -Put Me In The Mood / Standing In The Safety Zone - Kent Select 092 The unknown Sylvia & The Blue Jays cut two tracks for Stax, a southern ballad and this atmospheric, laid-back funky dancer. We first put a version out by Mem

That time of year,... A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year  to all! Best wishes on behalf of all the Soul Source team Have a jolly one!   A Xmas tune to get the festivity going... Disco Christmas - Universal Robot Band [1977] Feel free to share your goto Christmas tunes below...    

"The Rosetta Stone of Rock'n'Roll"? A Review of Mind Over Matter: The Myths and Mysteries of Detroit's Fortune Records by Billy Miller and Michael Hurtt from Joel E Turner Intro It’s been two Xmas’s since I was gifted this tome which has rarely left the office reading table. Mind Over Matter: The Myths and Mysteries of Detroit’s Fortune Records by Billy Miller and Michael Hurtt is a sprawling 500+ page, hardbound, well-illustrated history of legendary Fortune Records. I’

A quick heads up on upcoming releases from Ace records all scheduled for a 30th August release date. This Is Goldwax 1964-1968 - Various Artists Cd and Vinyl Releases 1. THE DARK END OF THE STREET - James Carr 2. UPTIGHT GOOD WOMAN - Spencer Wiggins 3. TO ME IT'S STORMING - George & Greer 4. CALL ON ME - Percy Milem 5. I'M LIVING GOOD - The Ovations featuring Louis Williams 6. I DON'T WANT TO TAKE A CHANCE - 'Wee' Willie Walker 7. TODDLIN' - Gene 'Bowlegs' Miller 8.

A four part series from BBC and PBS  starts on the 21st January 2023 Details below The BBC has announced that it will air a brand new four-part music documentary boxset featuring and executive produced by Hip Hop legend, Chuck D, called Fight The Power: How Hip Hop Changed The World. Developed by Chuck D and his producing partner, Lorrie Boula, the series will air on BBC Two and drop as a box-set on BBC iPlayer on January 21st. It has been co-produced by BBC Studios and PBS. Fight

A msm view of the 'mod' revival back in 1979 from the BBC Archive     James Hogg reports on the mod revival currently taking place in London. He interviews Ian Page - the vocalist with the new mod group Secret Affair - and John Entwistle of mod's elder statesmen The Who. Is the mod rebirth just a flash-in-the-pan, motivated by money, or is there more to it than that? The whole affair is regarded with some amusement in Yorkshire, where the mod scene never really went away

Paid in Full: The Battle for Black Music News about a new three-part documentary series titled 'Paid in Full: The Battle for Black Music' which premieres 21 September 2024 on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer 'Paid In Full: The Battle for Black Music explores the systemic racism faced by Black artists in the music industry from its inception to the digital streaming age.' Press notes below.... From executive producers Idris and Sabrina Elba, alongside Greg Sanderson of Supercollider an

WE ARE THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE OUR NEXT BIG MAN RELEASE BMR 1019 - ANTHONY AND THE AQUA LADS - I REMEMBER B/W THE TWILIGHTS - YOU'RE THE ONE, BLUE EYED CAROLINA SOUL OF THE HIGHEST ORDER, UNDER LICENCE FROM ANTHONY MANER OF THE AQUA LADS AND WITH THE BLESSING OF GARY LOWDER (WRITER AND LEAD SINGER OF THE TWILIGHTS) BOTH RECORDS ON THEIR ORIGINAL LABELS GOLD BEE AND AQUA HAVE BEEN FINE COLLECTABLES FOR MANY YEARS SO A PERFECT PAIRING FOR THIS BIG MAN RELEASE FOLLOWING ON FROM BMR 1017 AND BMR 1018 E

Thanks to member Mark aka @Thinksmart for flagging this release up in our forums A quick shout about the latest releases from Expansion Records featuring Bobby Hutton Release Notes This is the first reissue of the “Piece Of The Action” LP since 1973, and the CD has bonus tracks with everything Bobby Hutton recorded between 1969 and 1974. Everything taken from the original master stapes and restored. Bobby Hutton is from Detroit, Michigan and began his career after win

Just out, details follow... Acid House As It Happened by Dave Swindells. Blurb 'A brilliant title for what is already the definitive unofficial visual history of 1988. Swindells photographed the first Acid nights at Future and Shoom in March ‘88, then Spectrum, Trip, Mutoid Waste Company, events organised (or otherwise) in car parks and bus depots, all throughout that year of seismic change, ending in November with the appropriately named Adrenalin. Dave documented and wrote about

Recently had word passed on regarding a book that may be of interest to members of a certain age or outlook... Coronation Baby, Council House Kid, The 1970s: A Soulcial History  'a social/urban history for those who were there', The 1950s hailed a rapid change and a bright future for many, an exciting new Elizabethan age with over a million new council homes built for returning soldiers and those in need, for their new and growing families. Prime Minister Harold Macmillan proclai

Published today a 'straight-talking no-holds-barred autobiography' from one of the more enjoyable twitter accounts to follow Karl Phillips aka Bootlegger or The Captain, details follows..,, Karl Phillips is just one of the lads – roofer by day, pilsner drinker by night. But as Bootlegger, he’s scored hundreds of thousands of hits on YouTube with his hilarious matchday vlogs and keeps a huge number of followers on social media hooked with his humorous musings on life, work, the Flamethrow

Out today the 32nd Album from Candi Staton 'Back to My Roots' is now out on digital music platforms today (February 14, 2025). Candi posted on her socials  'It's Americana, Blues and Retro Soul with an inspirational message. I perform songs with my sister Maggie Staton Peebles, bluesman Larry McCray and the legendary STAX Records artist "William Bell (You Don't Miss Your water, Born Under A Bad Sign, I Forgot to Be Your Lover). We had a lot of fun.' Available right now on most d

Cannonball Records CBLL045 - The L.A. Propinquity "U Need Me" Previously unreleased 70s Soul out soon. Alberto has been pretty ill lately but thankfully he is bouncing back and his label hit the streets again with a previously unreleased 70s dancer by group The L.A. Propinquity entitled "U Need Me". Alberto says...... “U need me” by the LA Propinquity surfaces as part of a body of productions initially meant to be put out all together on an album. As often seen, for many reas

Liverpool Soul Weekender & Tuff Love Soul Club proudly present Carlton Jumel Smith & The Wax Preachers Live Performing on Saturday the 22nd of June 2025. There will be chance to meet Carlton, shake the man's hand, have a chin-wag and get your records signed, if you're that way inclined. In fact, Carlton will be around hanging-out for the whole weekender. It'll also be the official launch of CJSmith's new recording with The Wax Preachers (Teaser video attached below) 10d906cf-d132-4eac-ac

A New Cd Release from Charly Records   CHARLY'S RHYTHM & BLUES LEGACY Various Artists Format 2CD Regular price £15.99 Shipping from 23th August Release Notes  Charly's Rhythm & Blues Legacy - VARIOUS ARTISTS The 2CD set featuring 50 R&B Top 50 chart hits celebrating Charly’s 50 years in the music business CHARLY RECORDS launched in the UK in 1974 and for half a century has been at the forefront of Britain’s independent record labels.

News of 4 new 45s due out from Daptone and available as a bundle from £21 (£25 for the colour bundle), or as individual 45s, release notes below   Daptone 45 Drop Out March 29th    Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings "Don't Wanna Lose You" b/w "Don't Give a Friend a Number" We are proud to present two unreleased sides from the late Queen of modern soul, and her Dap-Kings. Recorded during the sessions for Soul of a Woman and penned by sax stalwart and Daptone co-founder Neal S

News from Daptone Two New 45s - Thee Sacred Souls & Junior Scaife and a new digital releases from Jalen Ngonda, details below...   Thee Sacred Souls "My Heart is Drowning" b/w "Stuck in the Mud" The second 45 from Got a Story to Tell offers up two staff favorites. The moody, mid-tempo mover "My Heart is Drowning" opens with a foreboding, echo-drenched drip that lurks behind singer Josh Lane's tale of a forlorn lover who's past mistakes have left him drowning in despair.

News on Dean Chalkley's new short film 'Good For The Soul' which is now available to watch online via Nowness Information GOOD FOR THE SOUL sets a blistering pace! The film is a joyous celebration of dancing to Northern Soul. This modern, vibrant and fast paced short taps right into the emotional and cathartic nature of the music, a high powered firecracker of a film that’ll turn your heartbeat up.  Originally created and exclusively screened in the ’50 Years On The Soul Stays Str

Word sent in of a new digital album release from Japan Tokyo, Japan – Dadmandog, a project bringing back the sounds of early 80s Boogie and Post-Disco, is set to release its debut full-length album, 2 Hours Behind, on 21 September, 2024. 2 Hours Behind delves into the transitional period from analog to digital in the disco scene, perfectly recreating the sound of studio sessions from that era. Laid-back yet tight rhythms, groovy basslines, and shimmering vocoder create an authentic ear

RSD 2024 saw a limited edition comp Lp released, blurb and video trailer follows below... Harlem Shuffle Records presents ANDY SMITH’S NORTHERN SOUL ESSENTIALS L.P. 14 Fast Spinning Soul Stomper by DJ Andy Smith - for dancers mostly! With stunning Northern Soul photographs by Richard Oughton GREEN VINYL ALBUM COMPILATION OF 14 TRACKS 750 COPIES LIMITED EDITION L.P. Exclusive to RECORD STORE DAY - on sale April 20th 2024 in stores participating in Record Store Day. A

Dust & Grooves Vol. 2: Further Adventures in Record Collecting Release notes Renowned photographer and publisher Eilon Paz returns with Dust & Grooves: Further Adventures In Record Collecting, a sequel to his 2014 best-selling Dust & Grooves, highlighting over one hundred twenty of the world's most fascinating and accomplished vinyl collectors, bridging stunning images with extensive interviews, and revealing the motives and backstories behind the global record-collecting c

Details of an upcoming Eccentric Capsoul 7" Bundle Marion Black Go On Fool b/w Who Knows Johnson, Hawkins, Tatum & Durr You Can't Blame Me b/w You're All I Need To Make It Ron Harrington It Happened To Me Again b/w Because You're Mine Blurb follows below For our 100th Eccentric Soul 45, Numero returns to our Ohio roots with three replica 45s from the Capsoul universe. Marion Black's timeless two-sider "Who Knows" b/w "Go On Fool" made a few blips upon its 1970 releas

Word all about a new double lp from Numero group, Eccentric Soul THE CUCA LABEL (2XLP)   Release Notes Late night '60s R&B caught on tape at Jim Kirchstein's jack-of-all genres Cuca studio. Released on minuscule pressings into the Wisconsin wilderness, these 26 sasquatch-rare tracks uncover the soulful paths between the Chicago, Milwaukee and Rockford scenes. Featuring Harvey Scales, Step By Step, Betty Moorer, Seven Sounds, Twilighters, Birdlegs & Pauline, Esqui

EPSILON RECORD CO. PROUDLY PRESENTS ITS FIRST 12" VINYL RELEASE EPSL001 "KEYS & FRIENDS” Eight incredible previously unreleased soul songs from the mid-70s of the highest quality, straight from a matertape sourced from Eddie Caldwell Vault, CEO and Founder of Music Of The Sea Inc. Keys & Friends is a group put together by William A Keyes, a very talented songwriter from Southside Chicago who has written songs for Sly Johnson, Little Johnny Taylor, Joyce Faison to name

Eugene Williams & The WB's  - I'M GLAD I MET YOU GIRL / I CAN FEEL YOUR LOVE INSIDE OF ME Two previously unissued soulful delights.  These two songs come from a very damaged demo studio mastertape recorded in 1977 in New York. We know the sound quality is not perfect but good enough to be released and heard for the first time by soul music fan! PRE-ORDER IT NOW! (Release date 15 Oct 2024) Welcome EPS032 https://www.epsilonrecord.com/ EUGENE WILLIAMS & T

A quick heads up on a couple of recent improvements to our Soul Event Guide - Local Soul Events feature Firstly we do now have a local text based search - just  enter town/city/district for a 'ranged' (50 mile default) list of events which carries onto other weeks Members can now also choose to use their profile location when logged in Once a location is chosen it should then be your 'default' location  in the 'local events' section for 14 days Get over to see it all in actio

Our popular 'Featured Events' feature has undergone some work, improvements and updates 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 other members Event Guide Entry in minutes Prices have been upgraded The trial 'opening' offer is now over,

Our 'Local Soul - Events Near me' feature has just had a minor improvement. Now our 'local map' shows on all the weekly views when browsing our 'local' Event Guide Section Giving a visual view of events in your chosen area for every week instead of just the current week... To see it in action just tap the below https://www.soul-source.co.uk/events/14-local-soul/ Make sure you have entered a town/city and range as shown and have tapped the search button You should th

Just a quick highlight/reminder post for all those who like to be organised! We do have a dynamic look forward planning list of the next 100 top soul related Allnighter events taken direct and in real time from our active Source Event Guide. ( Note our Allnighter section does cover both full Allnighters and also mini-niters. ) Basically on offer is a simple dynamic list of the next 100 Allnighters posted by you in our Event Guide,  all on one page The link to the page is belo

Another quick highlight/reminder post for all those who like to be organised! We do have a dynamic look forward planning list of the next 100 top soul related Weekender events taken direct and in real time from our very active Source Event Guide. Basically what you get is a simple dynamic list of the next 100 Weekenders posted by you (the members) in our Event Guide,  all on one page The link to the page is below and can also now be found on our Weekender Index page https://w

Our irregular Friday weekend Soul Event shout This weekends top Uk soul Events Please note that the above image is just a screengrab of our feature and so it is a static overview of this weeks Uk and Irish 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 popup ready for you to drill down to all the ev

Events - The Next 100 Soul Allnighters as at March 2024 A heads up Event Guide shout Direct from our Source Event Guide a dynamic grab of the next upcoming 100 Soul Allnighter Events   Links Event Guide Main Page (tap) Event Guide Allnighter Section (tap)

Events - The Next 100 Soul Weekenders March 2024 A start of the month Event Guide shout Direct 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 new documentary from Questlove'  is picking up a lot of attention, titled  'Sly Lives!, (aka The Burden of Black Genius) '  which charts the ' rise, reign and subsequent fadeout ' of Sly Stone Release notes below... 'Questlove' Thompson, the Oscar-Winning Director of Summer of Soul, SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) examines the life and legacy of Sly & The Family Stone, the groundbreaking band led by the charismatic and enigmatic Sly Stone. This film captures the

Details of an upcoming film that may be of interest... Luther: Never Too Much Release Notes: Luther Vandross’ story is being told. “Luther: Never Too Much,” the documentary film from award-winning director Dawn Porter, chronicles the story of a vocal virtuoso. Using a wealth of rarely seen archives, Luther tells his own story with assistance from his closest friends and musical collaborators including Mariah Carey, Dionne Warwick, Valerie Simpson and Roberta Flack. The film r

Charly Records continue their GSF Records reissue programme with this new release ,originally issued in 1972 .”Free The Black Man’s Chains “ was an ambitious project to release a Black Opera ,no doubt encouraged by the rock operas “ Tommy “ and “ Jesus Christ Superstar “ which were in vogue at the time . The main vocalists are L.C.Grier ,who with The Grier Brothers had a fine release on the Philadelphia Melody label with “ Weeping Baby All The Time “ and Novella Edmonds a new name to me .

Geoff Waddington Feat Tameka Jackson - All That You've Got - New Single Release Latest news from Geoff Waddington, info and sample of his upcoming release... 'My new track will be released next Monday,18th Nov 2024 and then be available at online stores' Listen below   'ALL THAT YOU'VE GOT'  featuring  TAMEKA JACKSON. 'ALL THAT YOU'VE GOT-FT-TAMEKA JACKSON.mp3    

Geoff Waddington Feat Tameka Jackson - I Don't Want To Fall In Love Geoff Waddington has been in touch with details of his upcoming release... This is my latest offerings to the world of soul.  I DON'T WANT TO FALL IN LOVE - FT- TAMEKA JACKSON, will be released on the 12th of August 2024 (Also, for a touch of nostalgia, 'MARSHA', will be released on the same day.)   Listen  below...

News about the latest release from Geoff Waddington featuring Tameka Jackson 'Got you in my sights' - ft - Tameka Jackson will be available at online music sites from the 3rd of March Can listen below  

German article & video interviewing some of the people who go to non OvO clubs like Deptford Northern Soul Club, Bristol and so on... See below:  https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten-sendungen/heute-journal/northern-soul-revival-100.html

Grayson Perry’s The Full English Channel 4  Thursday 9th February  9-10pm Quirky artist and TV presenter Grayson Perry concludes his three part examination of what it means to be English’ these days . This sees him  journey North where he supposedly chats to a pair of Northern Soul enthusiasts in Wigan before visiting an All Niter in Blackpool. (There is also an interview with Paul Heaton :Ex  Beautiful South ) He’s not everyones taste but he doesn’t take himself too serious

Groove Machine - The Earl Young Drum Sessions Various Artists CDTOP 1629 A new Cd release from Kent Records honouring the musical achievements of Earl Young... Clips of Release Notes  Earl turned 83 in June 2023 (and a very active 83 at that!). To honour his lifetime of musical achievement, Kent presents “Groove Machine – The Earl Young Drum Sessions” a representative but also all-encompassing selection of Earl’s studio work as a drummer and singer from the mid-60s to the late 70s