Mike

Now fairly well established it seems, this Saturday as you may be aware sees the celebration of the annual Record Store Day. (in the usa its the seventh one and in the uk its now the fourth one) Set up all those years ago as per the below.. "This is the one day that all of the independently owned record stores come together with artists to celebrate the art of music. Special vinyl and CD releases and various promotional products are made exclusively for the day and hundreds of artists across the globe make special appearances and performances" Quite a lot going on on via the more mainstream side of record shops, the various Record Store Day websites linked below have details of all the occurances. Much going on via soul and such related outlets? Well if you do know or are involved in any related record store day activities then do feel more than welcome to let the rest of us members know by wacking up a quick word via the comments below. Or in fact if you are doing anything that could be said on a windy day to be jaw dropping then you could take advantage of the revamped news feature and send us the word via the contact us feature and if drops the jaw enough it may be featured as a news item. The links to both the uk and usa web sites are below (which should lead to members other countries websites) Main Record Store Day Website http://www.recordstoreday.com Uk Record Store Day Website http://www.recordstoreday.co.uk/ If you are involved in anyway either as say via a store or a punter then hope the day goes well for you!

Word of two related projects, a new series echoing the 1970's novels written by Richard Allen and a rewrite of "Who the hells Frank Wilson" as part of this. Release details below... Penned by Soul and Mod-culture writers Snowy and Pete McKenna, IN THE BLOOD is the collective title for a new series of highly original pulp fiction novels inspired by and echoing the classic New English Library 1970's novels written by Richard Allen. Featuring a bizarre often disturbing cast of characters in equally bizarre disturbing situations beginning in the 60's and ending in the 80's, the stories centre around the main character East End sharp Mod gangster Ronnie Hardman and his single minded obsession to get his hands on the world's rarest stateside Soul record Do I Love You by Frank Wilson. Written with passion and unswerving attention to detail throughout, the stories combine a hedonistic often stomach churning recipe of style, mindless violence, sex, drugs and music. Ingredients when blended together make an emotional pizza you'll never be able to stop eating so kick back and enjoy! Destined to become future cult classics in their own right, buy now while stocks last. Keep The Faith and the torch burning. Snowy and Pete McKenna. There is a new IN THE BLOOD fb page. For all updates on the five book forthcoming series that includes the brilliant WHO THE HELLS FRANK WILSON join the page. IN THE BLOOD on the shelves in June. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The brilliant novel by PETE MCKENNA WHO THE HELLS FRANK WILSON is being re-written to merge with the current series of novels that kicks off with IN THE BLOOD (Mckenna/Snowy) and will be on the shop shelves in June. IN THE BLOOD includes some of the characters from 'Frank' in the years leading up to 'Frank'. Its a new era in Soul/Mod fiction. Join the FB page IN THE BLOOD official for updates and news. So far there are four novels written in the series and the fifth TALCUM LOVE is a third of the way through. The folow on from IN THE BLOOD should be out Spring 2013 and the new 'who the hells Frank Wilson' in the late Summer.

Soul Junctions latest 45 finally hits the streets this week, a new fresh recording from Audio ft Vince Broomfield which has seem a lot of pre-release interest. This is at the shops now Release notes below, hit the Soul Junction site for more info on this and all past releases Audio (ft Vince Broomfield) - Won't Somebody Side A - Won't Somebody Side B - The Answer's No Catalogue # SJ515 Release Date: Monday April 16th 2012 Audio returns! And riding high, on the back of the success of his 2011, "New Beginnings" album. Although the above mentioned album was compiled from entirely unissued material from the 1980's, this time around Vince Broomfield following on from his involvement with the respected Cool Millions project. Has presented us at Soul Junction with a brand new 2012 recording entitled "Won't Somebody". http://www.souljunctionrecords.co.uk/musica/Audio-Somebody.swf Available from all the finest UK dealers, First Experience/Simply Soul, CrazyBeat, Beating Rhythm, Northernsoul Direct, Soul Brothers, Uptight Records, Ian Clark Music, Steve's Soulsounds etc,etc Overseas buyers please checkout the links on our website. Or if you wish buy directly from us at: sales@souljunctionrecords.co.uk Checkout the website for this and our other releases: www.souljunctionrecords.co.uk