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more on wally c In its early years, Golden State, and Kulka’s engineering skills, appealed mostly to a niche of respected soul and blues artists, including Rene Hall and Wally Cox. Both of these artists already had a few decades of experience under their belts when they recorded with Kulka at Golden State. Kulka also signed some of these acts himself, either leasing sides to outside labels such as MTA and Acta or issuing singles through his Golden Soul imprint. Much of this material remained unreleased until decades later, when the public discovered his recordings from San Francisco TKOs, The Savonics, The Spyders, Jeanette Jones, and The Generation (featuring Lydia Pense, later of Cold Blood). from another interesting page Golden State Recorders, 665 Harrison Street, San Francisco, CA https://museumofmagneticsoundrecording.org/GoldenStateRecorders.html

ÕÕÕÕTERRIBLE TOMÕÕÕÕ “Terrible Tom” Bowden comes from a very popular musical family. Tom started his music career in Oakland, CA in 1948 at the Lincoln Theatre on 7th Street as a singer in a talent show. He performed Mule Train by Frankie Lane. By the early 50’s, Tom was harmonizing with vocal groups singing doo wop. By the 60’s he was singing in some of the top clubs in California. He broke in at the difficult North Beach music circuit with The Queen of Broadway, Carol Doda He also worked at Big Al’s, and The Condor Club working with Mr. Swim, Bobby Freeman and Wally Cox. Tom soon moved to the Los Angeles music scene and was an instant hit. Tom was the first black to perform on La Cienega Blvd. at the Apartment Club with his band, LTD with Jeffrey Osborne on drums. The Whiskey A Go Go loved Otis Redding and after his death, asked Terrible Tom to perform. Tom is the only person alive who can sing like the late great Otis Redding. Tom has the energy, the look, the style and the soulful voice. Tom has shared the stage with Ray Charles, Count Bassie, the Four Tops, Etta James, Aretha Franklin, B.B. King, Bobby Blue Bland, Richard Pryor, Redd Fox, the Whispers, The Temptations, Marvin Gaye, Wilson Pickett, Jackie Wilson and Sam & Dave. Terrible Tom sat in for Dave so it was Sam & Tom at the Sportsman Club where they sang When Something Is Wrong With My Baby. At one point Tom’s back up band was a group of singers who became known as Bloodstone. Tom was Stevie Wonder’s driver and body guard and worked with Shorty Long who made the hit Function at the Junction. cox and t tom get a name check https://www.bayareabluessociety.net/Caravan_Bio.pdf

nice pass on heres the link https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/vinyl-singles-chart/

have removed posts this is a announcement thread of a news article it runs in parallel with the news item comments show both in the forum (here) and in the news artcile no need to edit the first post

have removed posts this is a announcement thread of a news article it runs in parallel with the news item comments show both in the forum (here) and in the news artcile no need to edit the first post

just upped the limit to 32

can increase the site wide upload limit currently 22mb but need to be aware of what size etc we are talking about ?

Vice website has a interesting bit about far off record hunting Ethiopia being the focus this time https://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/digging-for-ethio-jazz-in-addis-ababa-399

a kick up

had this emailed in many thanks Racqsolid Hi, SoulSource! I'm writing to answer your question about the lyrics in Willie Tee's "Teasin You". He says, "They call you the OLLIE man." There was a term back in the day called "Free Ollie" which meant that everything was FREE. In the song, he's saying they call you "The Ollie Man" meaning that the lady is just USING the guy to buy her drinks. Her drinks are FREE because the "OLLIE MAN" is paying for them. By the way, I'm a reliable source because I'm Willie Tee's daughter! : ) -racqsolid

just a kick up to raise awareness

there's now a 'live' section in the site event guide /calendar/ rather than post up in the forums may be better to get any future ones up in there that way hopefully get more exposure and such cheers mike

from fridays email - apologies for the delay ( it was sent to a soul source related email address) Hello everyone, this is Becky, Joe’s wife. I just wanted to take some time to respond to all your lovely messages. Thank you to Mike for posting this for me as my own Soul Source ID is long gone. It is now almost 5 days since I lost Joe and through this time I have been total overwhelmed by the heartfelt condolences I have received via Soul Source and Facebook. Thank you everyone for the personal texts, phone calls and cards of support you have sent. I cannot express how much this means to me at this time. Over the years you have all become part of Joe’s and my extended family. From the time Joe and I went on our first date, in 1989 at Take Two in Sheffield, we have always been made to feel an enormous part of the scene. If it hadn't been for the fact that you had welcomed two wide eyed (and frankly a bit terrified) 16 year olds with such open arms I don’t think we would have had the opportunity to make so many wonderful friends over the years and share so many amazing experiences with you all. Joe was given so many chances, even when a youngster, to start sharing his love of the music, this spurred him on to start collecting in a concerted way. From Ray and Tony giving him his first chance to DJ at Canklow in the 1990s he developed a love of being behind the decks. These chances that he was given to DJ in the early years at the Travellers, the Florence and other small dos helped him develop a DJ style that was geared around making sure that everyone was having fun and remembering the price of the record is not the most important thing about it. I think his most memorable DJ set was at Prestatyn in the R&B room with Roger Banks and Hoss where he uttered the immortal words, “I know everyone has their own favourite Canadian transvestite but here’s mine…Jackie Shane!” So many people have remarked to me that this was their first experience of R&B first hand - coming into the R&B tent while wandering through between the oldies and the modern room, and these nights were what made them realise that his (and Roger and Hoss’s) main aim was just to make everyone feel that they were at the best party ever; that if nothing else we all knew how to have a lot of fun. This was the standard he always tried to aim for at his other events and I’m sure many of you will have fond memories of Sheridans and Middleton (or if it was a particularly good night then probably no memory at all!). So many people have spoken about Joe’s musical knowledge and this was absorbed from every person he met on the scene. Joe was so willing to share his knowledge as he remembered what it was like to be young and new to a scene he had only scratched the surface of; thirsty to learn about these wonderful sounds and develop a taste of his own. I used to laugh about the fact Joe would stand huddled in small groups with some of you (and you know I mean you, Bri and Dave P) discussing matrix and label numbers as easily as discussing titles and artists. To me it was like listening to the Clangers as I didn't understand a bloody word you were talking about. Joe’s encyclopaedic knowledge meant that he could take any persons little book of wants and scan through it quickly just frankly stating for each record; “rare, a grand, never get one, crap, got one in my sales box for a tenner…”. For this talent he earned the nickname ‘The Dream Crusher’. Joe was a larger than life character and found so many people who shared our attitude on life on the scene. This aspect of our friendship with you all was what made our relationships with you so special. We had the freedom to go out for the weekend and basically act like children if we wanted to and not be judged for it - in fact having a good time, all the time, was positively encouraged and how could anyone not want to have a life and friends like that? Joe had stepped back from DJing over the last few years for reasons that some of you will be aware of, but he still loved him monthly stints at the King Bee and the occasional invitation to DJ elsewhere. I don’t think he could have ever given it up entirely as he truly loved having an audience for his shenanigans! I do want everyone to remember that it is not only me that is grieving for Joe. I was lucky enough to have had him for the last 26 years but his family and close friends are truly devastated about his departure at the age of only 43. His uncle Gary (muckyherbert) and his dad Kevin, who I know some of you remember from the days of Wigan and Samanthas, are also feeling his loss very deeply. He was a truly wonderful man, not only the love of my life but also a much loved son, brother and nephew. Shane H and Paul H have also been a wonderful support to me despite the fact that they too are still struggling to come to terms with his passing. Together we will get through it but I am eternally grateful for everyone’s messages of support. If he was here now he would only have three pieces of advice for us all: drink more beer, have more fun and love one another…oh, and he’d probably say eat more pork pie. Bex

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I have had a pm from Joe's uncle regarding this sad unexpected news. Joe passed away on Sunday night whilst on holiday in the USA He said he will post up on here when more information is released after a post mortem has been carried out Joe was a long time valued member on here and a current member of the sites mod team, he will be missed Such sad unexpected news is hard to take in, a sad day. My thoughts and deepest condolences go out to Becky his wife and all his family and friends mike

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by all means discuss peoples public words but lets avoid going down the road of the more personal type comments thanks

can catch tonights and fridays details (Oxford tonite i think) of his shows and more via the recently enhanced live/misc section in event guide /calendar/

offtopic posts removed nothing wrong with the odd one liner or ''joke' now and again but when get 4 or 5 offtopic posts in a row it drags the topic down so ask/remind all to try and keep things both enjoyable and worthwhile thanks mike

there's a thread already going will merge your above post into it once found

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can you drop this sort of post calling others not needed or wanted thanks