Has anyone got any info. on these mags which seem to set up as a rival to Blues and Soul in the 1970s when the scene was in its hey day ie first issue, when did it finish, did anyone buy it at the time, most of mine came off a mate who packed the scene in way back in the early 80s thanks Chris

hi rob n karen, less of the YOU. i remember getting a paper about soul music when i was at colledge 2nd year so it was around `73.at the same time i was buying SOUL SOUNDS label from the local open market. ( collectable so i hear) .About that article in blues and soul? well i was only 19 and said it like it was. would i change a thing? no.

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im after blues and soul from 78 - 81..if any has them?

spending time on a coach with Junior Walker and all he wanted to do was talk about how much he loved Buses,

All the Best,

Neil

This is shocking Neil!

When I interviewed Jr Walker for Blackbeat when he was at Peterborough in the early 80s all he could talk to me about was nice Mr Gordy and how good Mr Gordy had been to him. Being from the gutter press of black music, all I wanted to talk about was David Ruffin and the allegations re Tammi Terrell but he was having none of it!!

Steve

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ive got B&S from 72 - 78 nearly all there..great reads

got mainly for the casino paraphanilea..and playlists

brill reading

im after 78 - 81 issues so will be watching them on johns site

1st issue came out in December 1973, the last I have is August 1980, by which time it was called "Black Music and Jazz Review". It aimed to cover the whole spectrum of black music at the time, so included reggae, jazz, blues and African music. Dave Godin was a contributor in the earlier issues, and Ian Levine also did a column. It did a number of articles about the Northern scene which caused a fair bit of controversy at the time, seen as outsiders slagging a scene they didn't understand, but they still make interesting reading and provide a great snapshot of the times.

Nick

Above all true. In addition Black Music seemed to list most of the new US releases at the back (a practice which B&S had by then somewhat abandoned), and these included several items that went on to become of interest to the Northern/Modern scenes, such as Mandrill's "Never Die", James Fountain (and the other Peachtree releases) etc. Very useful reading to this day!

Tony Cummings often went out of his way to slag off the Northern scene for no good reason, even to the extent of dismissing Linda Jones' "I Just Can't Live My Life" when it finally got a UK release - one thing I personally never forgave him for! In fact it often appeared that he was "playing to the gallery" of readers elsewhere in the country who had no experience of the Northern scene, other than what they had read. However, he was probably no worse than many of the other Soul writers at the time, and some of his criticisms of the scene appear more valid with the benefit of hindsight. Despite all of this, Black Music's other factual articles and artist interviews were usually of a very high calibre.

Incidently, Godin's long-time feud with Mr. Cummings wasn't put on hold for long(!), and erupted again after Dave returned to B&S in 1976.

The third major Soul mag/paper 'Black Echoes' - didn't hit the shops until 1976.

Edited February 11, 200817 yr by mel brat

...doing Northern Soul shows for Radio Luxembourg with Stuart ?as the presenter and wincing when he dropped my London demo of Darrell Banks on the floor of the studio...

All the Best,

Neil

Hi Neil. I still have a tape of that very show somewhere! (with Stuart Henry wasn't it?) You played "Hang Up Your Hangups" and ended with "Atmosphere Strut" if I recall!

Hi Neil. I still have a tape of that very show somewhere! (with Stuart Henry wasn't it?) You played "Hang Up Your Hangups" and ended with "Atmosphere Strut" if I recall!

Yes it was Stuart Henry.I winced when he dropped the Darrell Banks demo and wondered if he was pissed...it turned out he had multiple sclerosis. Sad, he was a nice guy. I recorded I think maybe 4 or 5 shows, and they were all done in the same Friday afternoon in London but then got broadcast with a week's gap between them on a Friday night, with the station pretending they were going out live from the "the grand duchy". The first one was broadcast same night as Wigan Casino Oldies night and I had people coming up to me saying they had heard it in the queue and what was Luxembourg like as a place to go to! I should have been so lucky.

The tape you have got sounds like all 70's, I would have been plugging The Ritz (!) and I think I played different genres each show.If you can find that tape and copy it for me I would be very grateful. And if anyone else has got any of the other shows the same applies.

Thanks,

Neil

Yes it was Stuart Henry.I winced when he dropped the Darrell Banks demo and wondered if he was pissed...it turned out he had multiple sclerosis. Sad, he was a nice guy. I recorded I think maybe 4 or 5 shows, and they were all done in the same Friday afternoon in London but then got broadcast with a week's gap between them on a Friday night, with the station pretending they were going out live from the "the grand duchy". The first one was broadcast same night as Wigan Casino Oldies night and I had people coming up to me saying they had heard it in the queue and what was Luxembourg like as a place to go to! I should have been so lucky.

The tape you have got sounds like all 70's, I would have been plugging The Ritz (!) and I think I played different genres each show.If you can find that tape and copy it for me I would be very grateful. And if anyone else has got any of the other shows the same applies.

Thanks,

Neil

Neil, that's such a great story. Stuart Henry is one of my radio heros and I always hoped he was as nice off air as he was on air...and you've confirmed it. I've got the Radio Luxembourg DJ Annual somewhere. I'll scan that....he had a great Transatlantic/ Scottish burr which sound very glamorous....didn't he used to say 'My, my - my friends'. I worked with Dave Cash - another radio legend - when both of us were at Invicta. He was the man who coined the phrase 'Groovy Baby' and that became his 'catch phrase'....one of the original pirate djs. It was a real priviledge to work with him - a professional and full of amazing stories.....but I digress from the thread. I will be scanning some reviews and ads from early B&S this weekend.

Edited February 12, 200817 yr by vinylvixen

...Dave Cash - another radio legend...He was the man who coined the phrase 'Groovy Baby' and that became his 'catch phrase'....

Yes, UK CBS released a compilation album (on Direction) titled after that catchphrase which included Bettye Swann's "Make Me Yours", Sly & Family Stone "Dance To The Music", Glories "Give Me My Freedom" amongst others - a sort of early "Northern" compilation in fact!

Re. 'Blues & Soul' - I also happen to remember when B&S held a competition to compile the ideal Motown compilation album (C.1971), and a young Neil Rushton had his selection published... as did a young 'Pep' !

Edited February 13, 200817 yr by mel brat

Neil, that's such a great story. Stuart Henry is one of my radio heros and I always hoped he was as nice off air as he was on air...and you've confirmed it. I've got the Radio Luxembourg DJ Annual somewhere. I'll scan that....he had a great Transatlantic/ Scottish burr which sound very glamorous....didn't he used to say 'My, my - my friends'. I worked with Dave Cash - another radio legend - when both of us were at Invicta. He was the man who coined the phrase 'Groovy Baby' and that became his 'catch phrase'....one of the original pirate djs. It was a real priviledge to work with him - a professional and full of amazing stories.....but I digress from the thread. I will be scanning some reviews and ads from early B&S this weekend.

Isn't it Dave Cash who is introduced at the beginning of the legendary "Hand Clappin Footstompin Funky Butt Live" LP of Geno Washington and the Ram Jam Band ???

Isn't it Dave Cash who is introduced at the beginning of the legendary "Hand Clappin Footstompin Funky Butt Live" LP of Geno Washington and the Ram Jam Band ???

Probably - he was the dj equivelant of Austen Powers....much more so than smoothie Simon Dee. I also met him when he worked at Radio Medway (later Radio Kent) and he wasn't half as groovy as Mr Cash Jo