Hi all

 

Just to save me for a lot of research: I do have the UK Blues & soul and Black music, but was there any American magazines covering soul music in the late 60s and 70s?

Hi all

 

Just to save me for a lot of research: I do have the UK Blues & soul and Black music, but was there any American magazines covering soul music in the late 60s and 70s?

Good question

 

To be honest, the Americans seemed more intent on getting rid of masses of Soul records back in those days, so I'd guess you'd be hard pressed to find too many mags, if any, covering Soul music specifically. I think it might have been a case of not knowing what they had before they lost it?

Edited June 29, 201410 yr by denbo

Black Music did have journalists in US and it was also sold there, so in a way it's also a US magazine.

Blues and soul used to have a stars and stripes heading, I seem to remember!

From what i remember there might have been a few- I think one was called Right On!

You can also try Jet for articles and of course Billboard, Record World, Cashbox if you can find them .

Edited June 29, 201410 yr by the yank

Hi all

 

Just to save me for a lot of research: I do have the UK Blues & soul and Black music, but was there any American magazines covering soul music in the late 60s and 70s?

 

Yes there were several different ones mostly short lived, they do crop up on ebay, I've bid on a few

Thanks all! So is it fair to say that UK was better to cover the soul music scene? UK has always been very interested in soul music since the start of it, and I've read through all numbers of Blues & Soul from 1970 to 1973, and all Black Music from 1973 to 1975 and they really do their job!

Thanks all! So is it fair to say that UK was better to cover the soul music scene? UK has always been very interested in soul music since the start of it, and I've read through all numbers of Blues & Soul from 1970 to 1973, and all Black Music from 1973 to 1975 and they really do their job!

Yes, I would say so.

Soul Ilustrated was around 68-73 It  covered music, film and social issues. There is another one just called Soul.

Edited June 30, 201410 yr by missgoldie

Soul Ilustrated was around 68-73 It  covered music, film and social issues. There is another one just called Soul.

 

The one called 'Soul' was a newspaper type, like 'Echoes' and was really quite good. Obviously it covered things from an American perspective, but I have copies with articles on people like Sam Fletcher, so it didn't just do the 'Marvin, Michael, & Diana' route.

Soul Ilustrated was around 68-73 It  covered music, film and social issues. There is another one just called Soul.

Wow, thanks, would love to see this! 

Is there anyone on here who has any copies of Soul Illustrated? 

Is there anyone on here who has any copies of Soul Illustrated? 

Tommy I can scan you the covers, I have all but two of them. I only have 1 of Soul and it's missing it's cover, it's a magazine format so perhaps a different mag to the one Dave mentioned.

Edited June 30, 201410 yr by missgoldie