Soul Up North - 124 The Summer Issue 2025

Out now just in time for the beach...

Soul Up North #124 - Summer 2025

The Summer Issue contents go like this..

OPENING PAGE : CONTENTS – EDITORIAL & INFO

GOOD TUNES & GREAT GROOVES

Dave Halsall

FUNK IN YO’ FACE – THERE’S A RIOT GOING ON – SLY STONE

Howard Priestly

THE ADMIATIONS

Karl ‘Chalky’ White

SOULFUL SEVENTIES SPINS aka ‘PLUMB’S PEACHES’

Steve Plumb

SOUL SPOTLIGHT – BENNY GORDON

Steve Guarnori

THE LADIES CHOICE – COLLECTING RARE SOUL

Julie Molloy

TED MASSEY – A TRIBUTE

Various

HOT OFF THE VINYL PRESS

Howard E

COLLECTING BRITISH

Lord Snooty

FLASHBACK FEATURES – JAKE ‘JOCK’ MITCHELL

Soulman Jan

SOUL IN A DIGITAL AGE

John Farrar

‘EXIT’ – THE TALE OF THE TEXAS MONSTER!

Dave Welding

SOUL IN PRINT – MAGAZINES & FANZINES (Part 27)

Iain McCartney

COLLECTOR’S CD – TRACK LISTING

Wayne Hudson

BROWNIE’S SIGNIFICANT SIDES

Tim Brown

VINYL PRESS EXTRA – THE REBIRTH OF SOUL CITY

David Nathen

THE EAST WIND BAND

John Smith

LITTLE SILVER DISCS

Howard E

CHICAGO SOUL

Shane Cox

LP SPOTLIGHT – ‘THIS IS NORTHERN SOUL’ & ‘THIS IS FUNKY JAZZ’

BGP

VIEW FROM THE APE HOUSE

Tim Brown

AND FINALLY – DEEP SOUL CORNER

Kevin Moore

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Friday at 16:302 days (edited)

SOUL SPOTLIGHT – BENNY GORDON by Steve Guarnori ....

A detailed piece documenting Benny's career & how Trude Heller assisted him with lots of live bookings at her clubs.

Trude was a person of influence in New York in the 60's and ran 2 night clubs there. The 1st of these she named after herself (it was located @ 9th & 6th Ave in Manhattan). The 2nd was her TRIK club. This was near Times Square @ 49th & Broadway. This corner had a long entertainment history (having earlier been home to the famous Club Zanzibar & then the Turf Restaurant & Bar). Trude Heller took it on in the mid 60's and renamed it the TRIK. It was a few steps from the Brill Building & not much further from 1650 Broadway (the Hit Factory building). So the TRIK was right at the centre of New York's music hub.

Trude booked all sorts of black acts, regular performers there being Benny Gordon & the Soul Brothers (see ad).

Like many NY Jews, Trude relocated to Florida as she got older. She moved to Palm Beach (now home to Trump) and opened yet another club (she again named this Trude Hellers but added Patio on the end). Of course, Benny Gordon was a regular attraction at this club too.