As someone who has always enjoyed reading about soul music nearly as much as listening i,ve subscribed to all the following mags Blues And Soul , Black Music , Black Echoes , Shades Of Soul, SKM , and the great Voices From The Shadows and InThe Basement am i the only one that since getting on the internet my reading of mags has totally gone, i know most of the above are now defunct but even if they were not i could not see me still subscribing to any other than Shadows i just find that all the knowledge i need can be found on the net. Am i alone in this has the net killed the Soul mag. I have even culled all my old copies of everything except my old copies of Voices.

Still have quite a few Blues & Soul mags from circa 1973/74 and other odds and sods. Still buy Soul Up North

Don

I stopped buying practically all kinds of magazines because my eyes got really bad (and still are). Saved me a fortune though.

since getting on the internet my reading of mags has totally gone, i know most of the above are now defunct

And guess why most of the above mags are defunct ? Because people stopped buying them when they got the internet !

And guess why most of the above mags are defunct ? Because people stopped buying them when they got the internet !

Good answer Dave but yours is still going though , what are your sales like are they pretty much as always or have they suffered in recent years.

always buy soul up norht, the net's ne nearly as entertaining as a mag for me, yeah you can find out what you want, but there's so much crap to wade through first.

still think ther's a market for mags tho, bring back , grand slam or big daddy, George!!!!!

Soul Up North still going after 15 years...

I don't seem to get the same ammount of sales of soul source, the internet for sure as had an affect on all mags....

I do though still sell the same ammount of copies, more to punters out and about at soul events here in the uk and overseas...

Soul Up North.. The rare soul fanzine.. copies of issue 73 here for any folk and content below in link..

big daddy a great mag for sure !

still think ther's a market for mags tho, bring back , grand slam or big daddy, George!!!!!

Jez told me you spend a small fortune every month on Jazz Mags Geese.........

i don't buy too many and prob don't buy enough of these two - Wax Poetics and In the basement - which would be my recommendations

or this https://www.totaleclipsemag.com/subscription.html

Edited November 23, 201113 yr by lifeandsoul

Good answer Dave but yours is still going though , what are your sales like are they pretty much as always or have they suffered in recent years.

I stopped producing a paper mag over two years ago. Simply because sales of each issue had dropped to a quarter of what they were pre-internet.

I managed 72 issues, and 10 'Special' issues, all averaging over 40 A4 pages, so I guess I didn't do too badly.

Edited November 23, 201113 yr by Dave Rimmer

I stopped producing a paper mag over two years ago. Simply because sales of each issue had dropped to a quarter of what they were pre-internet.

I managed 72 issues, and 10 'Special' issues, all averaging over 40 A4 pages, so I guess I didn't do too badly.

Sorry to hear that Dave i thought you were still producing skm a great mag the first one i bought i think had Mary Wells on the cover nice tapes to go with i remember.

Recent news reaches us that Blues and Soul is to be launched very soon as a publication again, with a couple of members on here adding to it glossery/make up. Still kept hold of the old Okeh Northern Soul, Voices From The Shadows and Blackbeat fanzines.

And Soul Brother records still output a cracking little monthly A5 sized colour list/booklet of brand new soul and jazz release's including back stock item's. But no northern, but a great addition for the more upfront amoung us. Detailed very informative reviews also.

This month (list 215) see's brand new release's from familier artist still recording, such as L J Reynolds, Betty Wright and Alicia Myers.

Thanks.

Anyone else remember when Blues and Soul went weekly ? it did not last long before it went back to bi weekly though.

still pick up manifesto mag-always a good read, but no longer available on the high st following demise of borders. Also subscribe to the excellent soul up north

Recent news reaches us that Blues and Soul is to be launched very soon as a publication again, with a couple of members on here adding to it glossery/make up. Still kept hold of the old Okeh Northern Soul, Voices From The Shadows and Blackbeat fanzines.

And Soul Brother records still output a cracking little monthly A5 sized colour list/booklet of brand new soul and jazz release's including back stock item's. But no northern, but a great addition for the more upfront amoung us. Detailed very informative reviews also.

This month (list 215) see's brand new release's from familier artist still recording, such as L J Reynolds, Betty Wright and Alicia Myers.

Thanks.

g8 news about relaunch of blues & soul mag

still pick up manifesto mag-always a good read, but no longer available on the high st following demise of borders. Also subscribe to the excellent soul up north

is borders no longer trading, damn it, ive still got a ten quid gift voucher in my drawer

May be off topic but I thought about John Abbey the editor of B&S I heard he left the mag and started Ichiban records over in the states What's he up to now, (Did he marry Tamiko Jones?)

May be off topic but I thought about John Abbey the editor of B&S I heard he left the mag and started Ichiban records over in the states What's he up to now, (Did he marry Tamiko Jones?)

Itchiban yes Tamiko Jones yes .

You don't know where you are.

You don't know where you've been,

You've been living a life of sin.......

MANIFESTO!

You don't know where you are.

You don't know where you've been,

You've been living a life of sin.......

MANIFESTO!

Having subscribed to this mag since the early days, through not receiving copies and getting no response from emails, I eventually gave up the ghost in June this year. Great read but questionable service.

Started with Blues & Soul in 1970 ending well into the 80's,also collecting Black Music,Black Echoes, Togetherness and Soul Underground. Also bought copies of Soul Up North and In The Basement occasionally. With the exception of Black Echoes I still have the others bought.

Subscribed to NME for many years as well.

Steve

picked up the new yearly free publication 'whats going on' at blackpool weekender . start of a good freebie with excellent article from Sean Hampsey

Anyone else remember when Blues and Soul went weekly ? it did not last long before it went back to bi weekly though.

Yes, I had taken out a years subscription at the time and when it went weekly the magazine honoured my subscription price, even though they had to send me twice as many issues!

The magazine slowly got thinner and thinner though and eventually went back fortnightly stating that there simply wasnt enough news on the soul scene to produce a weekly issue.

Probally 1976.

I purchase/read In The Basement, Soul Up North, There's That Beat from time to time, Manifesto too, but that's probably my least favorite of them.

Yes, I had taken out a years subscription at the time and when it went weekly the magazine honoured my subscription price, even though they had to send me twice as many issues!

The magazine slowly got thinner and thinner though and eventually went back fortnightly stating that there simply wasnt enough news on the soul scene to produce a weekly issue.

Probally 1976.

I got my Blues And Soul delivered to my local newsagent so when it went weekly did not get the bonus you did but as you said it got thinner and thinner.

Jez told me you spend a small fortune every month on Jazz Mags Geese.........

yeah but I didnt like those you borrowed me, i've never been a fan of grannytrannyfan*y myself.

yeah but I didnt like those you borrowed me, i've never been a fan of grannytrannyfan*y myself.

More of a Chix-wiv-Dix kinda guy eh?

More of a Chix-wiv-Dix kinda guy eh?

more of a dixie chicken kinda felow really Ill try that spelling variation next time I'm searching tho.

Ok enough jokes about sex mags please. One or two I've no problem with but when they go on and on it begins to spoil the topic for others.

Religiously, and then Intermittently, subscribed to Manifesto over the years, kept meaning to renew my last subscription (expired earlier in the year), but life got in the way, however, what a nice surprise to receive a FREE copy of Manifesto this week in the post, nice touch, and it had the desired effect, prompted me to subscribe again.

I love surfing the net, but I do enjoy holding something physical in my hand, plus I get satisfaction from looking at my piles

Edited November 25, 201113 yr by Alison H

Huge feeling of nostalgia attached to Shades of Soul for me, I came into the scene in the early 80's well before internet soul and think I remember Pete McKernan et al as the main 'sellers ons' for these at all Scottish dos. This mag truly ended up being part of my reference material for many future record buys for at least the next ten years. Was embryonic anorak stuff in the making!

Still have em!

Edited November 26, 201113 yr by mark w.

Shades Of Soul was also the best for me. Bought most of the mags around the scene since the mid 80's but unfortunately the internet hs seen them off. Still buy Soul up North and In The Basement (which sadly will be no more soon).

Anyone got any Midnight (Midnite) Express spare?

Anyone got any Midnight (Midnite) Express spare?

No sorry Chalks..............still own a few and I think the last copies of Rod Dearlove,s excellent editored fanzine's were purchased in early Feb/March 1982 and it just disappeared. But like so many of these fanzine's, it blamed it's demise on increasing costs and overheads.(You should have bought less vinyl back then Mr Dearlove).

Many of course like it's editors and contributors did it for the love and never for any financial rewards..............well never - surely not .

And I read that even the new relaunched Blues and Soul is only issued once every 2 months. .

picked up the new yearly free publication 'whats going on' at blackpool weekender . start of a good freebie with excellent article from Sean Hampsey

Thanks Andy.

Its certainly a good read for free

Did you get a Rory McD yet?

Sean

Thanks Andy.

Its certainly a good read for free

Did you get a Rory McD yet?

Sean

Hi Sean , i've managed to get a few copies of 'whats going on' so will make them available at Waterfront Blues N Soul Club (York) events and wherever we go soul wise the length n breadth of the uk . As for Rory, its proving very hard to locate one - can't really believe its that rare and only you and one other are known to have it ? I 'll keep searching and in meantime i'll have to make do with Willis Wooton

If I ever find another copy, Andy, its yours!

Sean