Highlights

'If You Don’t Know Me’ is the untold and ultimately inspiring story of legendary soul singer Teddy Pendergrass, the man who was poised to become the biggest R&B artist of all time until the tragic accident that changed his life.
TEDDY PENDERGRASS IF YOU DON’T KNOW ME
The Rise, Fall And Resurrection Of Soul’s Sexiest Superstar  
UK FILM PREMIERE IN CONJUNCTION WITH SKY ARTS  BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE (BFI) 19th FEBRUARY 2019
includes Q&A session with director Olivia Lichtenstein
tickets on sale 15th January  (8th January to BFI members

Soul Source Weekly Newsletter 
This weekly newsletter offers a quick and easy way for all Soul Source members to keep up with all that is happening on Soul Source.
Can catch up with all the highlights of recent soul content below...

Suggested by Steve aka member @Winsford Soul the latest version battle lines up 3 versions of 'I'm So Glad I Found You' to duke it out...

Linda Jones And The Whatnauts - I'm So Glad I Found You
 
O'Jays - I'm So Glad I Found You
 
The Escorts - I'm So Glad I Found You
 

as always after selecting, posting views, reasons, background, facts, trivia etc etc is all most welcome.
Just hit the comments below...
 

Ace Records - December 2018 Releases   
Decembers offerings from Ace Records

Another interesting music documentary video shows up on BBC IPlayer
Jazzology with Soweto Kinch
Saxophonist Soweto Kinch takes a personal journey into jazz through New Orleans, New York and London, where he meets and plays with fellow musicians. 
Available for 4 weeks, BBC blurb and IPlayer Video link follows below

local news carrying this story
 
Men jailed for ‘fake’ vinyl records scam
Two men have been jailed and two others given suspended sentences for making and selling tens of thousands of niche counterfeit vinyl records.

News from Cordial Recordings all about 2 previously unreleased tracks now out on a new 45  release along with a follow-on lp release for next year

The Edwards Generation were the San Francisco based family group that released a number of singles and an album during the 1970s. Their releases are highly revered of globally by soul and funk connoisseurs. Cordial Recordings are proud to partner them with their return to vinyl with the uptempo funked groover of ‘I Like Your Style’ on one side and the Motownesque ‘The Love I Found In You’ on the flip, which features the highly respected Chuck Edwards on lead vocals.
 

Here it is the fifth release 7” from Soul 4 Real Records, more previously unreleased sides from THE MASQUERADERS. Originally recorded in American Sound Studio and produced by Tommy Cogbill, featuring Bobby Womack on guitar. Limited Edition of 500 copies.
PRE ORDER NOW FOR 10th DECEMBER 2018
LISTEN HERE:

The most current edition of the Philadelphia based  'The Inquirer'/ 'Philly.com' website features an interesting item...
Titled 'How a small Philadelphia record company gave an Oscar contender its sound' this feature article written by Jonathan Takiff, takes a look at how several tracks from the Jamie / Guyden setup are featured as part of the soundtrack of the current Oscar contender 'Green Book'

ANNOUNCING DIGGIN’ DEEP RECORDS NEWEST RELEASE!
PURE SOUTHERN SOUL FROM MUSCLE SHOALS!
PRE ORDER NOW FOR 23rd NOVEMBER 2018

Enjoyed this BBC 4 documentary the other day....
Reggae Fever: David Rodigan

Long Slow Train: The Soul Music of Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings -  Donald Brackett  - Backbeat Books
 
Just published (8 Nov 2018 UK) by Backbeat Books (an imprint of Halle and Leonard Books)  this 272-page book by Candian author Donald Brackett (Back to Black: Amy Winehouse's Only Masterpiece) is billed as offering...
 'a heartfelt appreciation for a bighearted star who beat the odds and did it all her way.'

Bruce W. Talamon - Soul. R&B. Funk. Photographs 1972-1982  - Taschen.
If soul music related photos are your thing then this recently published book (with almost 300 photos from 1972-1982) may just be worth a look over.
Details of this book recently published by Taschen follow...

December 6th, 2003, the start of a journey for Marcelle and Chris Waterman.  This was the date for the very first New Century Soul Club all-nighter.  The Club’s name being taken from the venue, New Century House which was part of the CIS building on Corporation Street in Manchester.

GEORGE McGREGOR - Detroit's busiest drummer.
 
There can't be many people who have seen active military service as a teenager in Korea, played music for some of the most famous doyens and despots in the world, yet enjoyed a long and distinguished career as a musician and record producer in one of the most creative eras of popular music ever. George McGregor has.

It is over three years since Alberto Zanini’s Cannonball Records burst on to the scene with the fantastic Big Lee Dowell and “What I Done Wrong”.  Cannonball themselves have come a long way since then too, the in-house musicians who with the use of original studio equipment give us a real authentic sound.  The label has aspiring musicians and singers to promote

Our regular lookback at the high flying soul records on EBay over the last month. Last months top 100 enders go like this...
 
 Soul Record Auctions - Recent Completed Soul Auctions [sorted by value]

A story that appeared in my Facebook feed this morning. It's a very fitting tribute to a man who was so devoted to this wonderful music.
 
Story here: https://blogs.colum.edu/cbmr/2018/10/30/sweet-soul/

November is almost here and so a timely announcement from Ace Records...
 
New releases from Ace records for the month of 2018
 

 
 

The website Cleveland.com features an interesting interview with Wesley Bright, whose recent output with 'The Honeytones' has been raising some ears...
 
Akron's sweet, honeymaking King of Soul: Wesley Bright talks about new music and his new band the Honeytones: Cleveland Sessions By Anne Nickoloff, cleveland.com 
 
First, he led Wesley Bright & the Hi-Lites to prominence with his dance-filled, energetic concerts that first kicked off in 2012. Now, he fronts Wesley Bright & the Honeytones, focused on creating looser-sounding music.
Last Friday, Oct. 19, the Honeytones released their debut single on Colemine Records, an Ohio-based label that's keeping soul and funk music vibrantly alive. The single includes two songs, "Happiness" and "You Don't Want Me," and it's just the start of what Bright says will be a fruitful partnership with...
 
Can read the full interview via
https://www.cleveland.com/expo/life-and-culture/erry-2018/10/24e693b8d35634/akrons-sweet-honeymaking-king.html
 
 

Chicago, the Windy City. Another city with its own sound. Back in the Sixties you could spot which city records were made in by the sound. The writing, production, and arrangements, and of course the musicians, all contributed to that sound. Of course it was partly because the same people in each city tended to play on records for lots of labels, and the same guys in each city owned lots of little independent labels as well. So this book is about that distinctive Chicago sound. For many years the dominate group of labels in Chicago were those owned by the Chess Brothers. From early Blues through R & B, to the heyday of the labels in the Sixties. But as with all the other cities, whilst Chess / Cadet / Argo were the main players, there were lots of other, equally as good, labels, and Okeh ran them a close second, producing some wonderful Soul music.
Orders taken now: £17.00 for each book, with free postage in the UK
PM me to get Payment details. @Dave Rimmer
The book is also available on Amazon UK, Amazon US, and all the other European sites. It's still cheaper for UK buyers to buy from me because Amazon will charge you £2.99 postage, and I'm selling at a pound less than Amazon, but for my European, and American friends it will be cheaper to buy from Amazon.
And of course at Venues all over the UK.

This 2013 book recently showed up in the comments on a recent article, titled 'Girl Groups: Fabulous Females Who Rocked the World' a follow-on visit found that the kindle version is currently available at £3.83, which could be of interest to those who regularly enjoy going beyond the vinyl
With over 600 pages and a fair few photos, at first glance it seems this book maybe a useful/cheap add to your back pocket library
Can check out the preview below to see what's on offer...
 

My My My Baby - Thee Baby Cuffs - Stylart
 
Here's the latest single from Timmion Records and yep it's a good one.
Listen and read below
 
 My My My Baby by Thee Baby Cuffs
 
https://play.google.com/music/m/Bs4vhscub5bgyr7p2kl6jhlbda4?t=My_My_My_Baby_-_Thee_Baby_Cuffs__Cold_Diamond__Mink
 
Company Score
 
The next instalment in Cold Diamond & Mink's soul investigations introduces a three-part harmony group from California. "My My My Baby" is a smoking hot group harmony groover that should drop a few jaws at your next dj set. 

Thee Baby Cuffs was born out of love for soul music and Chicano culture. Their first 45 "Where Did Our Pride Go", came out in 2017 on the Raza del Soul label, covering an unsung early 70's Larry Saunders production. "My My My Baby" continues on the same lane of midtempo soul over funky drums and soulful horn lines. The lyric is your middle of the road love song material, but the group harmony lifts it right off the ground like it's meant to happen in this kind of music. 

Get a few copies and rock the instrumental on the B-side before dropping the vocal, if you feel like it. Soul music that's this potent is better enjoyed in excess. 

Produced by Cold Diamond & Mink released October 12, 2018
 
https://timmionrecords.bandcamp.com/album/my-my-my-baby
Distributed by Daptone Records in North America, and Kudos Records in the rest of the Globe!
Timmion Records, located in Helsinki, Finland, is an independent music enterprise, which is fueled with an uniquely understated passion for raw soul and funk music. 
 
 

Press Release: The Internationals   “Beautiful Philosophy/Too Sweet To Be Lonely” SJ1013
Release Date: Monday 15th October 2018
Listen whilst you read: 

A recent release from Kent Records - Volume 2 of a look at Jack Ashfords Just Productions setup, available in cd and download formats.
Listen and read below....
 
Jack Ashford Just Productions Volume 2