Mike

The first of a whole summer hatful of album release news... A Lonnie Lester album from Tramp records who are hitting their 10 year anniversary mark with some stylish releases Here's the blurb... Born in dorena, missouri in 1937, lonnie lester started singing in church at the age of six. as a teenager he performed with doo-wop groups in and around gary. after being on the road with junior walker he ended up in san francisco in 1959. while there he opened for r&b stars like sam & dave, the drifters, aretha franklin, little willie john, and many others. the next big step was his move to chicago, illinois, where he cut more than a handful of R&B/soul singles for the nu-tone label. during the early 70's, he formed a five-piece band called lonnie lester & touch. in the 80's he traveled the country with his band in addition to performing in the indianapolis area. he retired from the music business full-time in 1991, but continues to perform in the indianapolis, indiana area. the 8-page cd booklet contains detailed liner notes and scans of particular labels. Here's the lineup... so this is love the meanest man in town jay walk you can't go you choose git down ain't that a shame I know * power structure pt.1 power structure pt.2 can't let you go pt.1 can't let you go pt.1 I have never been blue * I know (b&g version) * so this is love (alternate version) the meanest man in town (alternate version) Here's the link... http://www.tramprecords.com/artists_cd_lp.html Here's the sampler... https://soundcloud.com/tramprecords/album-sampler-tr9023 Out and available now in the following formats lp - cd - download (note the site says that the lp has the same info as the 8 page cd leaflet) Lonnie Lester - The Story of Lonnie Lester - Trip 9023 Here's the end word... wait a minute baby am telling the truth... http://www.tramprecords.com/sound/45/trlp9023_04.mp3

Have just re-opened the Soul Directory feature after a few years rest. The Directory is aimed at being easy to use, with the listings offered up in a easy to navigate manner. Comes complete with all the usual soul source features, such as comments, likes, rates, share, search and so on Its member led as per all the features on here. Basically all soul source members can now add/share/view decent quality soul weblinks in a quick and no fuss manner All the old ones that are still valid have returned, if your site is one and you need ownership permissions then just drop me a pm and I will sort for you Can jump to the feature via the link below or via the link on the top menu of every page https://www.soul-source.co.uk/directory cheers mike soul source team June 2013

Guide to submitting website links to the Soul Source Soul Directory 1. Hit the submit link button 2. Choose suitable category eg events for event based websites 3. Enter the rest of info 4. Links do need to be of the format below https://www.soul-source.co.uk/ 5. Screenshot Image will be auto generated if you do not have a screenshot 6. Only proper websites pleases - no social network pages, groups etc 7. Links do need to be authenticated before published - this should happen within 24 hrs any questions as always please use the support forum thanks mike soul source team June 2013

Just a quick heads up if needed that "Tim Brown Talks" blog has had a May 2013 update As always an interesting read, a brief clip follows... As an example of this factor a few people have ‘discovered’ Little John on Gogate recently, oblivious to the fact that, a) it is an atrocious piece of nonsense from a guy that can’t sing and b) was played out, even bootlegged, 25 years ago. Get to ‘We’re Gonna Be More Than Friends’ on the Spinners CD. You can view further words on price guides, cd releases, r&b, crossover and more via the link below... http://timbrowntalks.blogspot.co.uk/

Soulheaven Revisited Friday 21st June 2013, 6.00pm to 9.00pm Nomad, Custard Factory, Gibb Street, Birmingham, B9 4AA FREE Photographer Mac13Soul (Anthony McFarlane) creates a visual link to an era where people lived for that one long soulful weekend, craving deep rich sounding music where dancing alone was dancing with that tune. From Monday 17 June 2013 to Friday 28 June 2013 the exhibition, Soulheaven Revisted will showcase a series of photographic prints that explores the unique relationship between scooters and soul. Each photograph will have it’s own soundtrack building a nostalgia to a period when the search for rare grooves, record shops, scooter rallies and soul weekenders was all that mattered. You are invited to visit the exhibition from 10.00am - 5.00pm daily where you will also be able to enjoy a feature display of vintage scooters. In honour of the exhibition and BASS Festival, for one night only on Friday 21 June 2013, a northern soul night will capture the soulful coolness of soul nights, past and present with a free entry featuring a DJ and dance from 6pm — 9pm. For guest list entry to the northern soul night please contact Anthony McFarlane on: mac13soul@gmail.com