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Sad news. Sincere condolences to his family and friends. The 1996 Kent Careful Man compilation is just about my favourite CD, with one great song after another (even Danny Boy at the end). Thank you to John Edwards (and Adrian Croasdell) for bringing this music into my life. A hard choice, but my favourite is his version of "The Look On Your Face".

There was a brief discussion about the Black experience at Northern Soul clubs, including at Wigan Casino, on Start the Week on BBC Radio 4 at just after 09.00 this morning. It was part of a discussion with journalist Lanre Bakare, whose book We Were There: How Black Culture, Resistance and Community Shaped Modern Britain, has just been published. The whole programme is worth a listen, but Lanre's discussion starts at about 31 minutes and 30 seconds. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002c2c1

As well as the Mighty Clouds, Rance Allen, the Winans, Sound of Blackness, Marvin Sapp, Smokie Norful and Donnie McClurkin also merit a mention. Maybe too modern for many on here, but I have always enjoyed this slow-stepper, "Til I Met Thee", from Cody ChestnuTT, which comes with a well made short film, too.

So sad that Randy has died at a comparatively young age; sincere condolences to his close family and friends. Such a great voice with a series of first rate songs and albums, including my all time favourite "I'd Rather Hurt Myself (Than Hurt You)", cited by Shinehead and Jaco above. A close second is appropriately "The Next Best Thing To Being There", here in its full glory.

A couple of steppers from Prince Gideon (aka Carter Cornelius of Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose)

A tragic weekend for soul fans, but mainly for the surviving family and friends of three giants of our music. First heard Jerry Butler's voice when singing For Your Precious Love with the Impressions (Falcon 1013 - 1958) on a Vee Jay album released in 1963. Particular favourites are Giving Up on Love (cited by two others), Hey, Western Union Man and Let's Make Love on Phil Int from 1978.

Thank you. I am glad at least one person read it! Actually there were at least two, as much of the article reappeared in another fanzine a short time after. I had decided to write it because, in spite of supposed close links between B&S and Tyrone Davis, only four major articles appeared on Tyrone in the magazine between 1966 and 1995: issues 36 (June 1970); 299 (February 1980); 584 (April 1991); and 620 (Sept 1992). In the same period Tyrone had no fewer than 43 records on the Billboard R&B charts. I felt he deserved more coverage. For those wanting even more on Tyrone, read Heikki Suosalo's discography and articles on the Soul Express website. https://www.soulexpress.net/tyronedavis_discography.htm and search for the article in In The Basement #64 ((December 2011), which begins with "Remarkably, despite the number of hits under his belt, not a great deal seems to have been written about Tyrone...)"

And here is the chart from the very first issue of Home of the Blues (Blues and Soul's predecessor) from May 1966, presumably typed by John E. Abbey. Some great tunes.

Dan, Thank you for taking the time to reply. Glad the magazine continues to introduce Soul music, in its widest forms, to a new generation. My sole (!) contribution, apart from a few letters, was a double page article on Tyrone Davis in issue 688, back in 1995, (although the editor of the day rather scrambled the ending). Kevin

Is anyone on here still subscribing to Blues and Soul, in any of its formats? I was an avid reader back in the day and founder John E. Abbey was a great influence on my Soul musical journey. My collection runs from May 1966 (then Home of the Blues) to number 1000 in about 2007, although with hindsight I should have given up at about 500! The reason I ask, is out of the blue I received an e-mail alerting me to the issue 1070 with Alison Moyet (sic), Four Tops, DJ Terry Jones, Elijah Baker and Dave Godin (see pic). Perhaps this is some kind of a scam as the B&S website tells me they had already reached issue 1101 and their archive shows that 1070 was something completely different (not sure if these are printed or digital magazines). Or is there a rival publication? I shall be grateful if anyone can tell me what's going on?

Thanks Mike. I have sent you a pm.

I spent a little time transcribing the contents of about 30 tapes that I had, including the mixes, using a combination of Shazam, Blues and Soul and a little bit of my own knowledge (this isn't really my musical era). I tried to attach a PDF here, but that hasn't worked, so if anyone would like an Excel spreadsheet of my transcription, which has 1,382 entries, please pm me. I suspect those on the scene at that time will immediately spot some howlers, but it is a start. No charge, but perhaps a small donation to our local homeless/refugee charity in Chester, would be welcome. https://shareaid.co.uk/ A terrible distraction from the book I wasn't meant to be writing at the time, but many enjoyable musical moments (and also some terrible interviews).

A short interview with Booker T on the One o'clock News on BBC1 today (11 October). He is appearing at Ronnie Scott's as part of the club's 65th birthday celebrations. Alas, I wasn't/can't be there, but I found this set-list. https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/booker-t-jones/2024/ronnie-scotts-jazz-club-london-england-5b50e394.html

I like this version, nice to hear the kalimba being played; brings back memories of when I lived in Tanzania. Here's a Philly/Jazz take by Billy Paul from his Going East album (1971), blending it with a raft of other songs towards the end.

Sad, sad news. Sincere condolences to his family and friends. So many great tracks, such a wonderful voice. "Maze featuring Frankie Beverly: Live in New Orleans" is my favourite live Soul album (many are mediocre). I am sure everyone on here has watched the video many times, but just in case...