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EPISODE GUIDES Soul Deep - The Story of Black Popular Music The Gospel Highway - Ep2/6 BBC Two May 14, 9.00-10.00pm Gospel singer Sam Cooke changed pop music forever and set the standard for every artist that followed him. His first "cross over" single from gospel to pop You Send Me sold a million worldwide and its success inspired a generation of gospel singers, including Aretha Franklin, Solomon Burke and Ben E King. BBC Two's Soul Deep, which charts the evolution of soul music, looks at the world of black music before and after that revolutionary moment in 1957 when Cooke went pop. "You couldn't have the popular music we have today without that crossover from church to pop," explains expert Peter Guralnick. As a member of Chicago's Soul Stirrers, Cooke travelled the gospel highway (a network of black American churches) from 1950 for seven years, along with stars like Candi Staton and Mavis Staples. Candi and Mavis describe the harsh realities of racism and life on the road. But when they hit the road they were treated like superstars. Bobby Womack says: "Sam was electrifying.The places were jam-packed - it was like Elvis Presley was coming." It was in front of these ecstatic crowds that artists like Cooke learned to work an audience. Ben E King, followed Cooke into the pop world but his biggest hit Stand By Me drew its title from a famous gospel hymn. "Stand By Me was a love song that went way beyond a love song. It has a meaning for people that I never thought it would," King explains. Not content with smashing the gospel to pop taboo, Cooke was one of the first artists to establish control over his own music by setting up his own label - SAR.This, in turn, was to bring protegees - such as Bobby Womack and Johnnie Taylor - their first taste of fame. Cooke then went on to break-away from love songs into social relevance. After hearing Bob Dylan's iconic Blowin' In The Wind, he recorded the first political soul song A Change is Gonna Come. Tragically, Cooke was killed in 1964 at the prime of his career but he bequeathed an extraordinary legacy, inspiring a myriad of black artists from Motown's Berry Gordy to Otis Redding and Aretha Franklin. BBC Soul Deep Episodes Online BBC Soul Deep Episode 1 - Story Of Black Popular Music BBC Soul Deep - The Story of Black Popular Music -- The Gospel Highway BBC Soul Deep Episode 2 - Story Of Black Popular Music BBC Soul Deep - The Story of Black Popular Music - The Sound Of Young America BBC Soul Deep Episode 3 - Story Of Black Popular Music BBC Soul Deep - The Story of Black Popular Music - Southern Soul BBC Soul Deep Episode 4 - Story Of Black Popular Music BBC Soul Deep - The Story of Black Popular Music - Ain't It Funky BBC Soul Deep Episode 5 - Story Of Black Popular Music BBC Soul Deep - The Story of Black Popular Music - From Ghetto to Fabulous BBC Soul Deep Episode 6 - Story Of Black Popular Music -
Reaching Out - Chess Records At Fame Studios - Kent Cd View full article
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Continuing the catch up with recent soul album releases, the spotlight this wide awake Monday falls on the recent "Reaching Out - Chess Records at Fame Studios" release. The title does give the game away but if still need a nudge, Tony Rounces releases notes explain things more... An overview of the 1967-69 southern soul sessions undertaken at Fame studios by Chess Records. Includes three previously unissued tracks.Rick Hall’s Fame studio in Muscle Shoals enjoyed a lengthy relationship with Chicago’s Chess Records that, one way or another, spanned most of the 60s. “Reaching Out” concentrates on 1967 to 1969, when Chess was sending down its own artists to record at the studio, rather than the masters Rick Hall placed with the company in previous years.Every artist Chess sent to Fame during those years is featured here. The Juno records player again offers a nice and easy way to preview Track Listing: 1. It's All Wrong But It's Alright - Laura Lee 2. So Much Love - Maurice & Mac 3. Good To Me - Irma Thomas 4. The Same Rope - Etta James 5. Wanted, Lover; No Experience Necessary - Laura Lee 6. Reaching Out - Bobby Moore And The Rhythm Aces 7. The Sidewinder - Charles Chalmers 8. Security - Etta James 9. Run To Me - Maurice & Mac 10. Too Soon To Know - Mitty Collier 11. Good Day Sunshine - Lee Webber 12. Don't Lose Your Good Thing - Etta James 13. Two In The Morning - Charles Chalmers 14. Hang It Up - Laura Lee 15. Lean On Me - Maurice & Mac 16. Let's Do It Over - Irma Thomas 17. I Wanna Be Your Man - Bobby Moore And The Rhythm Aces 18. Sure As Sin - Laura Lee 19. Party Time - Lee Webber 20. Take Me (Just As I Am) - Charles Chalmers 21. You're Living A Lie - Mitty Collier 22. It's How You Make It Good - Laura Lee 23. A Woman Will Do Wrong - Irma Thomas 24. Come Back Baby - Bobby Moore And The Rhythm Aces More information, further release notes and purchase options on this fine reelases available via the Ace Records website http://acerecords.co.uk/reaching-out-chess-records-at-fame-studios -
Reported in the forums by @chalky the sad news that Al Abrams has passed on. The Detroit Free Press has an extensive obituary and a preview and a link follows Martha Reeves says Al Abrams' work "got us through doors that were always shut to us." Al Abrams was Motown before Motown even had its name. Abrams, the first employee of Berry Gordy Jr. and the man who pushed artists like the Supremes and Stevie Wonder into news headlines around the world, died Saturday morning at home in Findlay, Ohio. He was 74. The Detroit-born Abrams was the first press officer for Gordy's Motown Records, grabbing media coverage and airplay for the fledgling label and its stable of young stars — and helping blast through entrenched racial walls in the process. http://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/music/brian-mccollum/2015/10/03/al-abrams-early-motown-publicist-dies-obituary/73283738/ Below is from a Soul Source news article featuring his 2010 Book I still believe I was the luckiest kid in all of Detroit that May of 1959. That's how it felt to me walking into a virtual wonderland of music at Berry Gordy's flat at 1719 Gladstone in Detroit's inner city. When Berry hired me I was an 18-year-old white Jewish kid in an all-black company where people my age were making music and history. He put me in charge of record promotion for the songs published by his Jobete Music Company and I thought I was in heaven. My primary job was to get the records played on the radio, especially by white disk jockeys on mainstream radio stations. I certainly wasn't going to ignore the black DJs, some of whom - like Larry Dean and Bill Williams - quickly became my closest friends. Berry had given me the job because I was able to get Larry Dixon, a DJ on Detroit's WCHB, to play a god-awful record by Mike Powers called Teenage Sweetheart that Berry's Rayber Music Writing Company had produced and recorded for a $100 fee. I still think it is the absolute worst record Berry has ever produced. When I applied for a promotion job with Berry, he had given me the virtually impossible task of getting that record played on the radio before he would consider hiring me. Eager to get rid of me, he was convinced he would never see me again once I left his flat with the Powers disk in hand. But it was my good luck that after four hours of begging and pleading in the hot sun, Dixon gave it a spin on the Memorial Day holiday at the very time that Berry was listening to the station in his car. That was also the only time that record was ever played on the radio. That accomplishment was enough to get me hired the very next day for $15 a week and all the chili I could eat - cooked and served by Miss Lillie Hart. Berry has always had a reputation for being a tough negotiator, but I got the best of him that day. I worked for Jobete, Rayber, the fledgling five-month-old Tamla Record Company, and the then-personal management entity of Berry Gordy Jr. Enterprises. Motown was still more than a year in the future. A full length interview from 2005 can be read here... http://sitemaker.umich.edu/livingmusic/browse_interviews&mode=single&recordID=595398&nextMode=list Al Abrams was born in Detroit and graduated from Central High School at the age of 15. In 1959, he became the first employee of what was to become Berry Gordy, Jr.'s Motown Record Corporation. Working originally as National Promotion Director, he ultimately became the company's Director of Public Relations. Establishing his own firm, Al Abrams Associates in 1967, he worked with Stax-Volt Records, James Brown, Aretha Franklin and many other major artists. Abrams left the music business for book publishing and became editor of the journalism department at Gale Research Company. He wrote the first three of his eleven published books at Gale. Moving to Canada, he was an award-winning investigative reporter for the Windsor Star and later a gossip columnist and book editor at a major Ohio daily newspaper. Abrams has been a free-lance reporter and publicist since 1994. His work has appeared in Forbes, the Jerusalem Post, Detroit Free Press, and the Chicago Tribune, among other publications. His best-known book is "Special Treatment: The Untold Story of Hitler's Third Race," the pioneering study of the survival of the Mischlinge during the Holocaust. For a complete treatment of Motown publicity and marketing, please visit my website on Motown, Selling the Motor City Its Sound at http://www.umich.edu/~aamuhist/dmorrisz/motown/index.html -
Al Abrams - Sad News RIP View full article
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link updated as part of the almost never ending sorting out its a 1998 article but its still available via the Dallas Observer website
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link updated as part of the almost never ending sorting out its a 1998 article but its still available via the Dallas Observer website
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Kindle: Dreams to Remember - Otis Redding Stax by Mark Ribowsky View full article
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Another in the occasional series where we make the most out of the amazon "look inside" to provide some heads up reading on kindle releases. This time around its a kindle preview visit to a book that saw publication in June just gone ( thats 2015 for any Dave channel viewers) . Had mixed reviews on amazon but the kindle preview does allow a certain amount of making your own mind up... -
Sex, Drugs & Northern Soul: Welcome to the Strange World of Northern Soul; here's a visual and musical encyclopaedia that explains and joyously celebrates the most fascinating and enduring underground dance scene. Sex, Drugs & Northern Soul: In this third part we look at the fashions, the record dealers, the promoters, and the seedier side of the scene, the sex and the drugs. Then we look at the recent past and the future and we close with a moving and touching tribute by so many people whose lives were touched by this phenomenon. Featured Songs/Performances: Maxine Brown - One in a Million Sheila Ferguson - Heartbroken Memories The Gems - I’ll Be There The Sapphires - Gonna Be a Big Thing Herb Ward - Strange Change Jimmy Burns - I Really Love You Barbara Mercer - Hey The Sequins - A Case of Love Sandra Phillips - World Without Sunshine Theresa Lindsay - I’ll Bet You Kenny Bernard - Pity My Feet Marvin Smith - Have More Time Lou Ragland - I Travel Alone Herbert Hunter - I Was Born To Love You Ken Williams - Come Back The Shirelles - Last Minute Miracle Lorraine Chandler - I Can’t Hold On Frank Wilson - Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) Barbara Lewis - The Stars Richard ‘Popcorn’ Wyle - Rosemary What Happened The Just Brothers - Sliced Tomatoes Robert Knight - Love on a Mountain Top Yvonne Vernee - Just Like You Did Me LJ Johnson - Your Magic Put a Spell on Me Evelyn Thomas - Weak Spot Tommy Hunt - Cracking Up Over You Jerry Williams - If You Ask me Major Harris - Call Me Tomorrow The Volcanos - It’s Against The Laws of Love Ray Pollard - The Drifter Jackie Ross - Keep Your Chin Up Garland Green - Ain’t That Could Enough Carolyn Crawford - Timeless Ronnie McNeir - Lucky Number Frances Nero - Footsteps Following Me Emmanuel Laksy - Lucky to Be Loved By You Bobby Hutton - Come See What’s Left of Me Bettye Lavette - Let Me Down Easy Chuck Jackson - All Over The World Kim Weston - You Hit Me Where It Hurt Me Little Ann - Who Are You Trying to Fool Brenda Holloway - Reconsider The Flirtations - Stronger Than Her Love Dean Courtney - I’ll Always Need You Tobi Legend - Time Will Pass You By -
The Amazing Nina Simone documentary film is set to open later this month with a showing in New York. Followed by other select showings in the USA and showings in Madrid and Ontario and a winter DVD release to follow. This believe it or not is the second of three Nina Simone related films scheduled for release this year, "What Happened Miss Simone ?" being the earlier one and a third bio-flick movie titled "NIna" set to follow later in the year. Film maker filmmaker Jeff Lieberman has said that his works will be an even more detailed and accurate portrait of the legend. More info from the films website below Much beloved and often misunderstood, the story of America's most overlooked musical genius is finally brought to light in "The Amazing Nina Simone". Director Jeff L. Lieberman brings audiences on Nina's journey from the segregated South, through the worlds of classical music, jazz joints & international concert halls. Navigating through the twists & turns of the 1960's fight for racial equality, the film delves deep into Nina's artistry and intentions, answering long-held questions behind Nina's most beloved songs, bold style, controversial statements, and the reason she left America. The Amazing Nina Simone is the only documentary film to tell Nina’s story through over 50 exclusive and intimate interviews with the people who knew Nina best: her friends, family, musicians and fellow activists Official Website link http://amazingnina.com/ -
The Amazing Nina Simone Documentary Film Opens This Month View full article
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From 1977 a tv advert feat brief clips of Moment of Truth, Eddie Holman, Double Exposure, Salsoul Orchestra, Carol Williams Loleatta Holloway, Silvetti -
EPISODE GUIDES Soul Deep - The Story Of Black Popular Music The Birth Of Soul - Ep1/6 BBC Two 7 May, 9.00-10.00pm Soul music has conquered the world in the last 50 years - growing from the raw, electric rhythms of the black underclass, it is now a billion dollar industry with R&B and hip-hop dominating the world's charts. It's been the soundtrack to some of the most extraordinary social, political and cultural shifts. And, together with the civil rights movement, it has challenged the white hegemony, helped breakdown segregation and encouraged the fight for racial equality. This new six part series, made by the BBC team who produced the critically-acclaimed Lost Highway,Walk On By and Dancing In The Street series, charts the evolution of soul music -with a fascinating combination of rare archive and contemporary interviews. From rhythm and blues to today's R&B, via gospel, southern soul, Motown, funk and hip-hop soul, Soul Deep tells the story of the rise of black popular music - in the words of its greatest performers, producers, musicians and commentators. Starting with a previously unseen BBC interview with Ray Charles, he reveals how his innovations first brought soul to a wider audience. "Ray was the genius. He turned the world onto soul music," comments Bobby Womack. The term rhythm and blues was coined by Billboard Magazine journalist Jerry Wexler after he was asked by his editor to find an alternative for the label 'race music'. After many years touring on what was known as the 'chitlin' circuit' (a network of black clubs and bars) with artists like Ruth Brown, Ray finally created his own style - by unifying the sexually-charged music of the dance floor with the spiritually-charged sounds of the church hall. Life was hard and sometimes dangerous for black musicians in a segregated society. Ruth Brown explains: "When the dance was over sometimes it was so scary we wanted to get out of town as soon as we could.There were still crosses burning in the middle of the night.There was a price paid for this music." The creation of the Atlantic record label took the music to a wider, more mainstream audience. Ahmet Ertegun who, with his brother Nesuhi, started the label, says: "We had a good feel for where the music was going. Our target audience in the beginning was the black audience - which understands the music they like.Their tastes change and, once they change, don't go back." As the black sounds crossed the racial divide, rhythm and blues gave birth to rock 'n' roll - a far more sanitised version of the black sound which was seen to be "too uninhibited, too loose, and too sweaty." Ray Charles says: "Rock 'n' roll is the white version of rhythm and blues.There was a big difference, if you really listened to the music, between the two styles. One is more pure, one is more dirty. R&B has got more toe jam in it." Black artists were squeezed out of the mainstream charts by white covers of their songs and Charles looked back to his roots for his inspiration and the creation of his own distinctive sound. He quotes his mother's influence in his music and his fusion of gospel and sheer dance hall sex. "I started taking my music and saying it the way that I felt it - the gospel sound that was part of my growing up. I knew all I was doing was being myself." With backing singers the Raylettes, Charles further honed his own sound, much to the chagrin of the church community. Charles' biographer Michael Lydon describes: "He went for a completely uninhibited gospel sound but made it sexual.The Raylettes became the choir behind the preacher." Another young gospel singer was hot on the heels of Ray Charles - James Brown's hit Please, Please, Please in 1956 was the embodiment of the black American experience. It spoke of the hurt as well as the hopes and aspirations of an underclass. "If you really enjoy it, the spirit comes out," Brown tells Soul Deep BBC Soul Deep Episodes Online BBC Soul Deep Episode 1 - Story Of Black Popular Music BBC Soul Deep - The Story of Black Popular Music -- The Gospel Highway BBC Soul Deep Episode 2 - Story Of Black Popular Music BBC Soul Deep - The Story of Black Popular Music - The Sound Of Young America BBC Soul Deep Episode 3 - Story Of Black Popular Music BBC Soul Deep - The Story of Black Popular Music - Southern Soul BBC Soul Deep Episode 4 - Story Of Black Popular Music BBC Soul Deep - The Story of Black Popular Music - Ain't It Funky BBC Soul Deep Episode 5 - Story Of Black Popular Music BBC Soul Deep - The Story of Black Popular Music - From Ghetto to Fabulous BBC Soul Deep Episode 6 - Story Of Black Popular Music -
Brenton Wood performs Two Time Loser" live on Thee Mr. Duran Show. KCAT TV, Ch. 3 - Hacienda Heights CA. This is a time framed clip (eg it starts mid-video) so if wish you can hit play to hear the first track "I Like The Way You Love Me" -
Ace Records - October Cheat Sheet View full article
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A new month's creeping up on us, here's a cheat sheet for the months Ace records releases New releases for October 2015 from Ace Records Toujours Chic! More French Girl Singers Of The 1960s Girls Various Artists (Ace International) CD £11.50Experience the hip sounds of 1960s France on this hand-picked collection of groovy Gallic girl-pop. Toujours Chic! More French Girl Singers Of The 1960s Girls Various Artists (Ace International) LP £17.80 A 12-track 180g lavender vinyl release with fully illustrated inner bag. Rhythm & Bluesin' By The Bayou - Vocal Groups Rhythm & Blues Various Artists (By the Bayou) CD £11.50 Our ongoing series featuring rarities from the Louisiana swamps continues with this collection of harmony vocals. The Birth Of Surf Volume 3 Surf Various Artists (Birth of Surf) CD £11.50 Seminal and collectable instrument nuggets from the early surf music boom. Many titles new to CD. Gears Funk Johnny Hammond CD £11.50 A 40th anniversary edition of this mid-70s Funk masterpiece, featuring new transfers and six previously unreleased tracks. Gears Funk Johnny Hammond LP £21.00 Our 40th anniversary edition, as a 180g clear vinyl double album. Full Circle Vocal Jazz Leon Thomas CD £7.43 The final studio album from Thomas’ classic period, a glorious combination of soul, funk and jazz. Off The Rails And Live In '78 Punk Rock Little Bob Story CD £11.50 French powerhouse RnB singer Bob Piazza’s first UK album release with 5 bonus live tracks from a ’78 show at Dingwalls Dancehall. Raucous. The Very Best Of Bettye Swann 60s Soul Bettye Swann CD £11.50 The finest tracks from right across an illustrious soul career. -
the richmix site says the oct 25 event has been cancelled is there any other dates?
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the richmix site says the oct 25 event has been cancelled is there any other dates?
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its all a bit like the old 'even the tattoos are spelt wrong' line northern soul 2015 - new lows daily
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nice one, just giving it a go here's the link https://www.cdbaby.com/cd/ishola2
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nope no real interest in such a thing or cards close to chest time or maybe 100s doing it already and its me out of touch? seemed to me to be a ideal sort of thing for some, be it buyers of 'new' vinyl or the people who sell or release such the secret stash guys have such a scheme yep ?
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