Highlights

A welcome to the 'new' Freebasing lounge which is now the place for the off topic side of members chat on Soul Source   By making use of our integrated Club feature, we should be able to offer a more 'deliberate' style off topic feature, this degree of separation from other Soul Source feature should allow us over time for better quality content whilst avoiding effects on the other Soul Source sections/feature The lounge is made up of a main/intro page and does have its own topic section along with specific gallery, video and event sections all for members off topic content    The freebasing lounge is currently set as 'public status' that means its open to all members to read and post. eg. Everyone can see the club and its posts, and can participate without joining. the plan is that  once the lounge has a firm footing we will move it to an 'open status' eg.  Everyone can see the club and its posts, but only members can participate. Everyone can join.   You are now viewing one of the lounge topics, have a look around and you will see the topics working similar to our forums and posts will show in a similar way in site feeds, activity and profiles etc etc   The info/main Freebasing Loungepage can be viewed here https://www.soul-source.co.uk/clubs/6-freebasing-lounge/ hit the link and you can see it offers the latest lounge/club activity   the main club page can be viewed here https://www.soul-source.co.uk/clubs/ This page lists all our clubs and shows highlights of the clubs that you are a member  

New on a recent release on Acid Jazz's Fingier imprint, a great two sider from Diane Ward and the Kevin Fingier Collective 'Why Don't You Go Home / Cocktail De Medianoche'

Label release notes/blurb follows below

BRAND NEW RELEASE! Aladean Kheroufi - Love!... (Is The Answer) b/w Every Girl - Kimberlite (KIM007)

This is an exciting record from one of the more expressive artists to emerge over the past couple of years, and another double sided hit for the Kimberlite stable.

Scans of 45's from the Stax Vault Stable of Labels.

Details of the latest release from One World Records

Michelle David & True-Tones - It's Gonna Be Alright  (Vocal/Instrumental) - One World Records - OSP 5008 

 

One World Records release blurb follows below...

The powerful and uplifting gospel-soul track 'It's Gonna Be Alright' will be Michelle David's third UK single, due for release on One World Records on 11 February.

It follows the success of her previous One World singles, 'Yes I Am' and 'Good Good Good', both of which were big sellers and received strong radio support in the UK and overseas last year.

As with the previous singles, Michelle wrote the optimistic 'It's Gonna Be Alright' with her producers Onno Smit and Paul Willemsen.

 


 

Availability

Available now online via the usual 45 stockists including our very own Source Store...

Tap here to view this Michelle David 45 in our Source Store

 

Michelle David & True-Tones - It's Gonna Be Alright  (Vocal)

michelle-david-gonna-be-alright-vocal.mp3

Michelle David & True-Tones - It's Gonna Be Alright  (Instrumental)

michelle-david-gonna-be-alright-instrumental.mp3

 

Out today the latest 45 from Big AC Records featuring Abi Farrell with 'Stepping Out Of Your Shadow' backed up with 'Don't Follow Me '.

Details and release notes follow below

Six new Funk/Soul/Jazz 45s from BGP (Beat Goes Public). Release lineup features notable sides from the likes of Hank Jacobs, Reuben Bell, Sylvester and more

Details and audio follow below

A suggestion by Douglas aka @Douglaschip gives us this the latest version battle

This time around it's the great song... 'Your Song' 

For this 'battle' there are three versions of this great song to think about, as before if you wish to take part all you have to do is  have a think/listen and then simply select your choice via the poll 

Laura Lee (1979 First release)

The Dells (July 1980)

The Four Tops (May 1984)

 

 

Your Song - Laura Lee

 

 

Your Song - The Dells

 

Your Song - Four Tops


The poll will end in approx. 5 days

As always feel free to comment below on your choices, stories, your history with the tracks and so on...

News on two recent releases from MD Records, both featuring tracks of a previously unreleased on vinyl status, details and audio clips below

OUT NOW! 

Previously unissued version of the modern / northern soul classic Girl Don't Leave Me by Ray Williams & the Majortones, Lil Major Williams brother

A new year return for this irregular series

Mal aka @Mal C has suggested the following Motown related song Way Over There and these 3 versions for this the first 2022 'version battle'...

Details are out of the second release from the Last Bastion Label. First time on vinyl for both of these tracks.

Steve Marriott - Lonely No More / Some Kind Of Wonderful - LB02

Latest news on the next upcoming release from Shotgun Records 

The Fantastic Puzzles - 'Come Back' (Part 1) / (Part 2) - Shotgun SHOT 115      

The release date has been brough forward and the 45 will now be available from the 14th January 2022

That time of year to wish...

A Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year to all

Season Greetings 

Soul Source Team

As the years past it seems more and more archival material is becoming available online, local papers just being one available source for looking back.

The British Newspaper archive being just one current source, be a bit wary as once you start digging the hours may fly past.

New digital release from Numero Group...

This digital release may take some of us back to round about 2001 when 'I'm Not Satisfied' was going down a storm

 

The Dream Team - There He Is b/w I’m Not Satisfied

Remembered only as Evelyn, Jeanette, Madeline, and Pat, the Dream Team was a short-lived girl group that used Shiptown’s crack songwriting team of Norman “General” Johnson and Joe Webster and their Positive Sounds house band to track just two songs before disappearing into the surf.


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Northern Soul a Wigan Casino: 'Ffordd o fyw'

BBC Cymru running 'Northern Soul a Wigan Casino: 'Ffordd o fyw'' on their website featuring Vaughan Evans 

News just in all about the latest release from Soul Direction Records...

Legacy - 'Boy, You've Been Acting Strange' / 'Celebrate (Legacy To The Bone)' - Soul-Direction SD-007

Due for release on 3rd January 2022. Available for pre-order from Friday 17th December

Tesla Groove, Cannonball Records and Epsilon Record Co. join forces to create a little imprint dedicated to bring a STREAM of the most elusive sounds on Earth to the decks of Black Music fans around the world.

IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING, but... THE ESTIMATIONS ARE BACK WITH A SECOND RECORD!

The A side, Heart Of Stone brings fuzz guitar, 4/4 drums, and a Levi Stubbs lead with haunting backing vocals to set a Norman-Whitfield-psychedelia-inspired soundscape for repressed lovers. 

This Is Lowrider Soul Vol 2 - VA - Kent Records CD

A brief clip from the release notes by Ady Coasdell tells the story.

It’s been almost three years since Sean Hampsey and the Southern (California) Soul Spinners created “This Is Lowrider Soul” for Kent Records, and the ensuing acclaim and enjoyment

Long time readers of Soul Source may sit up to this heading. Back in the1990s here on Soul Source, one member aka @Benji told us how he had got hold of the original test pressing copy of this never released lp. Sourced from the producer/engineer (memory) and of course the lp contained the 'original never released mix' of 'Hold On' a powerful 4+ minutes long version, which went onto be a classic play at the Capitol Soul Club Dome events in London for Irish Greg at the turn of the century.

Autumn arrives and so does... 

The Soul Up North #110 Autumn 2021 issue is now out and about, as always brimming with soul related words and info

Contents of this issue follow

𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗟4𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗟 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗦!

𝗣𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗜 𝗟𝗮𝗕𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗘 & 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗟𝗨𝗘𝗕𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗦

How Can You Throw My Love Away / When Joe Touches Me (S4R17)

Been dropped news about Soul Directions new label imprint 'Origins'

Soul Direction Label 'Origins'

'This label will focus on rare and obscure soul releases and bringing them to a wider audience in the soul community. All releases are licensed through the proper channels and are hopefully giving back to the writers and artists that deserve it.'

Audio and scans of the first 45s lined up for a mid November release follow below