Came across these in a record store the other day and thought they were really cool. As a young soulie I have never seen these before so loved this physical zine someone had made who is as obsessed as me about record and the music. 
 

If anyone could shed some more light or some more info on either of these would be great! I came across 5 so can send pics of the others if someone is interested, or other pages!, more than happy.

Thanks again, Oli. 

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Record Collector - DJ - and dealer Pete Smith was responsible for Beatin Rhythm - in the 90s - am not sure how many copies there were of that - The Owls Effort was record dealer Richard Domars from the 80’s - think it only ran for about 7 copies - a time capsule !!!!

22 minutes ago, Olivernyikos said:

Came across these in a record store the other day and thought they were really cool. As a young soulie I have never seen these before so loved this physical zine someone had made who is as obsessed as me about record and the music. 
 

If anyone could shed some more light or some more info on either of these would be great! I came across 5 so can send pics of the others if someone is interested, or other pages!, more than happy.

Thanks again, Oli. 

 

where to start?

a search for fanzine on here throws up a few starting points

https://www.soul-source.co.uk/search/?q=fanzine&quick=1

a fair few have been uploaded in pdf over the years 

here's one 

 

Big bundle up for sale posted a few hours ago at a quid each if you want some more reading.

 

The Internet is great but hearing the letter box bang and seeing the latest issue of your mag subscription on the floor is a great feeling, it felt like Christmas day when I saw it was the much missed Voices on the floor.

39 minutes ago, Woodbutcher said:

Big bundle up for sale posted a few hours ago at a quid each if you want some more reading.

 

Thanks for linking on here 👍

 

19 hours ago, The Tempest said:

Record Collector - DJ - and dealer Pete Smith was responsible for Beatin Rhythm - in the 90s - am not sure how many copies there were of that - The Owls Effort was record dealer Richard Domars from the 80’s - think it only ran for about 7 copies - a time capsule !!!!

Owl's Effort is really great to read through, In this specific one he is talking about his trip to America and digging for records in New York, Even though the record market is the way it is now, I like to look at the price difference from then to Current, Most Notably he states you can get a copy of "Delegates of Soul-I'll come running back" easily for a tenner!

You should check out Iain McCartney's excellent 'Soul In Print' book with info on most fanzines from the 60's onwards, available from Amazon.

So many good mags out there , voices from the shadows great read

AND a couple of soul fanzines were very professionally printed, so they looked similar to mainstream publications such as BLUES & SOUL , BLACK MUSIC, etc.

I'm thinking of long dormant items such as IN THE BASEMENT and MANIFESTO.

Down the years I've written for many, starting back in the 80's with BLACKBEAT. I still turn my hand for SOUL UP NORTH and post the odd article up on here too.  

Fascinating stuff, thanks for sharing! I just got my hands on my first Blues and Soul Magazine, but will now be looking out for these!

Great loads of Ebay, brilliant read

I have so many of these things Oliver, ask Charles. I have doubles so I'll sort some out for you.

Gilly

So many different ones, some I have are in £ s p

On 25/04/2025 at 21:30, Divot said:

You should check out Iain McCartney's excellent 'Soul In Print' book with info on most fanzines from the 60's onwards, available from Amazon.

My review of this informative book: Deep Soul July 2021 | Soul Express

2 hours ago, Heikki said:

My review of this informative book: Deep Soul July 2021 | Soul Express

I have most of what you show and so nany more. The home of the Blues sadly Ieant out, never to be returned. The Soul Collector I have several, 1 and 2 shared the same cover. Don't know how many in total, think I have 4/5 issues.