neckender Posted March 4, 2015 Author Share Posted March 4, 2015 Some fabulous story's so far - As well as John being tops with the 60s and Northern, Group and deep soul there were also fantastic stuff waiting to be grabbed on those Soulful Dance and Coast to Coast independant sales sheets too ....used to love checking out the new small label stuff ... . tfk Great contribution!! 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post neckender Posted March 4, 2015 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 4, 2015 JA sent me another US digging story: STEVE G MENTIONED TONY WILSON COLLECTING NEW ORLEANS LABELS.IT BROUGHT BACK A LOT OF MEMORIES FOR ME AS IT WAS A FANTASTIC PLACE TO FIND SOUL RECORDS.I HIT ALL THE MOM AND POP STORES/ONE STOPS ETC.EDDIE THREEWAY WAS MY MAIN MAN–HE WAS A DJ AND ALSO HAD A TV SHOW SO ANY ARTIST WANTING EXPOSURE GAVE HIM RECORDS TO PROMOTE–––FOR INSTANCE WHEN LARRY WILLIAMS AND JOHNNY WATSON CAME THROUGH TOWN THEY ALWAYS DROPPED OFF 200 OF THEIR LATEST RELEASE SO IT WAS A GOLDMINE OF SOUL MUSIC–––IT WAS ALSO THE ONLY STORE WHERE YOU COULD TAKE A LEAK AND THE BATHROOM WAS LINED WITH SHELVES STACKED WITH RECORD BOXES.THAT'S HOW WE GOT THE FIRST 50 COUNT BOX OF RUFUS WOOD-2001–I WAS PEEING AND LOOKING AT RECORDS AT THE SAME TIME!I USED TO SPEND A WEEK AT A TIME THERE AND ON SUNDAY THAT'S WHEN PEOPLE FROM THE COUNTRY CAME TO TOWN––EDDIE WOULD ORDER FRIED CHICKEN PLATTERS FROM THE LOCAL CHURCH GROUP AND SAY TO ME GO GET ME 25 COPIES OF A BLUES RECORD–LOWELL FULSOM/JUNIOR PARKER ETC. AND HE'D SAY WATCH THIS–HE HAD AN OLD BATTERED TURNTABLE AND SPEAKERS IN THE STREET––WITHIN A MINUTE OF PUTTING THE 45 ON THE DECK,WE HAD A LINE OF PEOPLE COMING IN THE STORE –WE WANT THAT TUNE!–A MASTER SALESMAN––THAT'S WHERE WE GOT GEORGE PEPP/TOMMY RIDGLEY ON INTERNATIONAL CITY ETC.IN THE END A HURRICANE CAME THROUGH AND DESTROYED A LOT OF THE REMAINING STOCK.LASTLY SOMETIMES YOU FIND A TITLE BY COMPLETE CHANCE–NOT FAR FROM EDDIE'S WAS AN OLD RECORD STORE THAT WAS CLOSED UP,IT ALWAYS FASCINATED ME EACH TIME I DROVE BY,SO EVENTUALLY WE TRACKED DOWN THE LANDLORD AND GOT THE KEY.THE RACKS STILL LINED THE WALLS,THE COUNTER WAS STILL THERE BUT THE RECORDS WERE GONE APART FROM A 100 RECORD BOX SITTING ON THE COUNTER.IT MADE ALL THE EFFORT WORTHWHILE–IT WAS A 100 COPIES OF TY KARIM LIGHTEN UP BABY ON CARAMEL!!!!!!I STILL WONDER WHAT MUST HAVE BEEN IN THE STORE WHEN IT WAS IN OPERATION. JUST ANOTHER STORY–JOHN And some more Soulbowl lists: 14 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post neckender Posted March 4, 2015 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 4, 2015 JA in his element; playing me a record in the warehouse at SoulBowl HQ. sometime in the early 8ts. 12 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post neckender Posted March 4, 2015 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 4, 2015 Last list for now. A £1.50 Northern Specials page. Some nice tunes on this one; Delreys Inc. Embracables, TNJ's, Monticellos, Tobi Lark, etc. 5 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Kjw Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Amazing - five copies of William Cummings for the price of one copy of Natural Four - The Devil Made Me Do It 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Rudzy Posted March 5, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted March 5, 2015 JOHN ANDERSON AKA SOUL BOWL... The man is a legend and deserves to be KNIGHTED for his services to the Northern Soul fraternity. 1 6 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Richard Free Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 met John Anderson for the first time last year in the usa at a record show .what a pleasant man he even paid for my lunch!!! tons of great stories .i bought from the list back in the 70s there were always a few bargains to be had .no soul snobbery top bloke 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Tfk Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 (edited) 2pm - 5.30pm on Saturday A great session last Saturday afternoon at Prestatyn - all the Djs played cracking sets of some of those fabulous records that John Anderson and his Soul Bowl records discovered for us and blessed our ears with !!! Edited March 13, 2015 by tfk 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Tfk Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 (edited) 45RPM review . Edited March 15, 2015 by tfk Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Steve L Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 A great session last Saturday afternoon at Prestatyn - all the Djs played cracking sets of some of those fabulous records that John Anderson and his Soul Bowl records discovered for us and blessed our ears with !!! Certainly was mate - brilliant!! 3 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Ivor Jones Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 Hello all, As I'm a little bit disorganised at home its taken a while to cobble together some personal faves for this tribute to John and Soul Bowl. Upon reading this thread, I was glad to see that Im not the only sad bastard that keeps old record lists ! In my defence though,Ive only got a few left now,I chucked the really old ones out years ago to make more room in the loft for a whole host of other crap I don't really need…..Doh ! I used to buy from John regularly on the phone,couldn't wait for the new weekly list to pop through the letter box. I only made it up to Kings Lynn twice,travelling up with a good friend of mine who also bought a lot off of John. Obviously,before the days of satellite technology,on the first trip up there we got a bit lost but found it in the end though ! Phew ! Upon our arrival,when we walked into the barn I couldn't believe it,the amount of records there…. All Soul too ! John was a perfect gentleman too and when it got to lunchtime he got us some fish and chips for dinner. Imagine that,going through a pile of tunes while scoffing fish and chips ! Onto some memory jerkers for me: Hello John, have you still got….. 100 packs ! Now for some personal faves which will always remind me of John and Soul Bowl. Not all rare but all great, every one of them….. Thank you John….. More to follow, Ivor Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Ncfc Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Hello all, As I'm a little bit disorganised at home its taken a while to cobble together some personal faves for this tribute to John and Soul Bowl. Upon reading this thread, I was glad to see that Im not the only sad bastard that keeps old record lists ! In my defence though,Ive only got a few left now,I chucked the really old ones out years ago to make more room in the loft for a whole host of other crap I don't really need…..Doh ! I used to buy from John regularly on the phone,couldn't wait for the new weekly list to pop through the letter box. I only made it up to Kings Lynn twice,travelling up with a good friend of mine who also bought a lot off of John. Obviously,before the days of satellite technology,on the first trip up there we got a bit lost but found it in the end though ! Phew ! Upon our arrival,when we walked into the barn I couldn't believe it,the amount of records there…. All Soul too ! John was a perfect gentleman too and when it got to lunchtime he got us some fish and chips for dinner. Imagine that,going through a pile of tunes while scoffing fish and chips ! Onto some memory jerkers for me: Hello John, have you still got….. SCAN0105.JPGSCAN0126.JPG SCAN0106.JPGSCAN0124.JPG 100 packs ! SCAN0107.JPGSCAN0108.JPG SCAN0111.JPGSCAN0112.JPG SCAN0112.JPGSCAN0115.JPG SCAN0116.JPG Now for some personal faves which will always remind me of John and Soul Bowl. Not all rare but all great, every one of them….. SCAN0122.JPGSCAN0123.JPGSCAN0125.JPGSCAN0137.JPGSCAN0127.JPGSCAN0133.JPG SCAN0134.JPGSCAN0132.JPGSCAN0135.JPGSCAN0131.JPGSCAN0129.JPGSCAN0130.JPGSCAN0128.JPG Thank you John….. More to follow, Ivor Nice one Ivor i remember bumping into you up their you were with Simon Dunmore. 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Ivor Jones Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 I certainly was….those were the days ! Great times indeed….. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Ivor Jones Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 More from the Bowl…..laugh a minute prices…..look out for Four Voices, Doc Peabody……. Some more faves……. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Neil Rushton Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Once I got my first job I got a bank account. First cheque I ever wrote out was to Soul Bowl which I sent off but being more than a litlle bit wet behind the ears did not realise you had to sign it!!! Another time, and by now the cheques I sent to Kings Lynn were signed, I remember being desperate for a copy of Joe Hicks Don't It Make You Feel Funky and John said he had a copy with a crack on it stored in a greenhouse in his garden. He sent me the single for nothing and the crack was not that bad at all. . 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Alan Bonthrone1 Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 "In his greenhouse" . Superb.! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Steve Plumb Posted April 17, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted April 17, 2015 My fave tale is when i was searching for this particular record that i had only ever heard Richard Searling play at daytime sessions at weekenders by Flowers.................I rang one day as the list came out to order something, then casually asked 'How you got Flowers - For real' to which John said 'It's on today's list'..........................can't believe I've missed it, so scoured the list whilst still on the phone and there it was, mis-spelt as 'Flares - For Real'.......................Christ it was £60 which was a dead lot of money for me then. Gulp, 'I'll have it' I said. Ate bread and water for a week but it was well worth it :-) Cheers Steve Plumb 1 5 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Liam2005 Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Ah brings me back when i'd be trying to call him early and he would never answer lol. I Bought so many records from Soul Bowl in the 8ts and 9ts. I remember getting the list one morning and walking up the Goldhawk Road, on my way to the tube station. Got to the platform and opened up the list and there it was Otis Lee for £25! right thats it ran up the stairs, f*ck the train and out the door to the phone box. Got through after it been engaged and said Hi its Greg in London and have you still got Otis Lee, yup got that for ya, how many do you want??? i bought 7 copies and sold them on to my mates....of course i stuck an extra fiver on top :-) . Those were the days....Anita Anderson, Gary Dean, Nat Hall, Sept. Jones, Shamettes etc etc. Top Bloke! just don't call before opening times. Greg 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Simon M Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Soul Bowl , more like Vinyl Heaven . My first records from there were James Brown "Night train" and Arthur Prysock "when love is new" 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Louise Posted April 18, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted April 18, 2015 (edited) Once I got my first job I got a bank account. First cheque I ever wrote out was to Soul Bowl which I sent off but being more than a litlle bit wet behind the ears did not realise you had to sign it!!! Another time, and by now the cheques I sent to Kings Lynn were signed, I remember being desperate for a copy of Joe Hicks Don't It Make You Feel Funky and John said he had a copy with a crack on it stored in a greenhouse in his garden. He sent me the single for nothing and the crack was not that bad at all. . A Greenhouse ! Neil I think you may have a got your out buildings mixed up, John hates gardening with a passion!!! It would take at least a 25 count box of Eddie Parker's "I'm Gone" secreted amongst the geranium cuttings to entice John through the door Mind you he did once find 50 plus copies of Benny Harper's "My Prayer" in a Texas potting shed! Dave Edited April 18, 2015 by Louise 1 5 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Neil Rushton Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 A Greenhouse ! Neil I think you may have a got your out buildings mixed up, John hates gardening with a passion!!! It would take at least a 25 count box of Eddie Parker's "I'm Gone" secreted amongst the geranium cuttings to entice John through the door Mind you he did once find 50 plus copies of Benny Harper's "My Prayer" in a Texas potting shed! Dave It was a long time ago. I thoght he said Greenhouse but if I got that wrong it was as you say some kind of out building. I was really happy to get the record! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Tfk Posted April 20, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted April 20, 2015 (edited) A Greenhouse ! Neil I think you may have a got your out buildings mixed up, John hates gardening with a passion!!! It would take at least a 25 count box of Eddie Parker's "I'm Gone" secreted amongst the geranium cuttings to entice John through the door Mind you he did once find 50 plus copies of Benny Harper's "My Prayer" in a Texas potting shed! Dave What with Joe Hicks in a greenhouse , Plumby and his " Flowers " and then Benny Harper in the potting shed in Texas! JA's solid reputation for leaving no stone unturned (or garden unearthed ) when it came to digging for records..... and whilst we're talking of BHarper and "Texas " TX being one of the great American states famous for two types of "Black Gold" ....1) fabulous vinyl finds ...2) but cannot remember what the other stuff is for the life of me ? Doh lol .... (See below ) tfk Edited April 26, 2015 by tfk 4 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Ivor Jones Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 What with Joe Hicks in a greenhouse and Benny Harper in the potting shed in Texas! JA's solid reputation for leaving no stone (or garden ) unturned when it comes to digging for records..... and whilst talking of BHarper n "Texas " that being one of the great American states famous for two types of "Black Gold" ....1) fabulous vinyl finds ...2) cannot remember what the other stuff is ? Doh lol .... (See below ) tfk Nice one ! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Steve G Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Certainly a hot bed of soul Texas…. 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Manfromsoul45s Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 What with Joe Hicks in a greenhouse , Plumby's Flowers and then Benny Harper in the potting shed in Texas! JA's solid reputation for leaving no stone (or garden ) unturned when it comes to digging for records..... and whilst talking of BHarper n "Texas " that being one of the great American states famous for two types of "Black Gold" ....1) fabulous vinyl finds ...2) but cannot remember what the other stuff is for the life of me ? Doh lol .... (See below ) tfk Got to agree with that funky kid. Texas has always been kind to me with great record finds...YEEE HAA!!!!! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Ezzie Brown Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 great thread..............thanks ez Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Soulboyrecords Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 Top top man ... I had three of his soul packs in the 70's at £15 and that included P+P. Wish I'd bought a hundred ! Got a Dickie Wonder Nobody Knows on Sound of soul and an Eddie Billups Shake off that Dream 777 Demo to name 2 ... 15p each. Then loads of top top sounds, Johnny Scott let me be a winner, Mike Jemison I want some satisfaction etc etc etc ... Legend Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
jam66 Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 Still working his magic too, been reading through all the old lists you've posted and listening to the different versions of some known tunes that I hadn't heard of before. Found two I like. Only remember being successful once from Soul Bowl in the late 70's but can't for the life of me remember what it was, however the excitement of the lists and waiting for the record is a memory, as others have commented, that never leaves you. 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Eddie Hubbard Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Black Music Advert July 1974 .... 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 A few more old Soul Bowl lists, with what seems amazing prices these days! They were about the going rates at the time, but that was the 1970's. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Soulwolf Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 Wish I had a time machine to go back and buy these. I remember buying The Sapphires Slow Fizz, and The Fascinations, from Soulbowl but can't remember what I paid. I had forgotten about the LP listings. The Larry Santos LP I remember being in demand together with Bobby Hutton and the Skullsnaps at the time (1975/76). Happy Days? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Eddie Hubbard Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 part 3 of the interview in Big Daddy magazine ....a great read 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Eddie Hubbard Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Soul Bowl catalogue from the 90's ... 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Frankie Crocker Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Such a fantastic read. I too remember the list arriving, dashing to the pay-phone, reserving the latest big tunes at Wigan such as Lou Johnson- Unsatisfied, Detroit Executives- Cool Off and others. Wish I could turn the hands back now and buy a few more obscurities off the lists. 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Eddie Hubbard Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 From Blues and Soul April 1991 ..... Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Mark R Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 On 27/06/2017 at 20:55, Eddie Hubbard said: From Blues and Soul April 1991 ..... I remember that exact advert Eddie! Cheers, Mark R 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Greety Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 I can remember saying to John, at Cleethorpes, some years ago that he should write a book. Well I guess this will be the next best thing. Are'nt we all going dewy eyed looking at those prices? But the guy is still at it. At Prestatyn this year, he had a box of 70's/Modern, all mintish and full of stuff to make a collector dribble. I think it's fair to say, this guys contribution to the Rare Soul scene has been as important as any artist/dj etc. 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Roburt Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 (edited) Think I'm right in saying that Soul Bowl's origins were back in Glasgow in (or around) 1963 ... .... also believe the concern started out by using the name RECORD BAZAAR ..... if that's the case then these are examples of John's early magazine ads ... the top one (when 45's were being sold for 2s. -- or 10p) dates from the late 60's ... the next one down from his earliest days (early summer 63) when 45's were sold for 1/- each (5p) ... Edited May 18, 2018 by Roburt Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
AlanB Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 1 hour ago, Roburt said: Think I'm right in saying that Soul Bowl's origins were back in Glasgow in (or around) 1963 ... .... also believe the concern started out by using the name RECORD BAZAAR ..... if that's the case then these are examples of John's early magazine ads ... the top one (when 45's were being sold for 2s. -- or 10p) dates from the late 60's ... the next one down from his earliest days (early summer 63) when 45's were sold for 1/- each (5p) ... 1142/6 Argyle Street, Glasgow was a second hand shop called Silverdales. They had one room for records, and the bigger part was general second-hand stuff. I think the name "Record Bazaar" was just used for their mail order. I don't think Silverdales had any connection with John Anderson. 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Mike Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 just a comment to connect/link this article and comments with the recent sad news of John Anderson passing on RIP 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Eddie Hubbard Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 John Anderson King Of The Record Dealers Part 2 ,From Big Daddy magazine .Interview conducted by Snowboy with Garry Cape adding information. 3 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
David Meikle Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 (edited) Interesting extract confirms his views on much of what he sold. Edited October 21, 2019 by David Meikle 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Get involved with Soul Source
Add your comments now
Join Soul Source
A free & easy soul music affair!
Join Soul Source now!Log in to Soul Source
Jump right back in!
Log in now!