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Neil Rushton

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  1. Al Abrams Author Of Hype and Soul Motown - On Tv In Detroit View full article
  2. Al Abrams, author of the book - HYPE & SOUL - BEHIND THE SCENES AT MOTOWN has been intervieweed by FOX2 TV in Detroit about the book and his time at Hitsville. The clip of the interview can be seen online at - http://www.soulvation.biz The site now updated to show more photographs from the book. Hype & Soul is the ultimate Christmas present. We still have copies left with bonus single , the 1964 Tamla Motown Appreiction Society 45., cost is £39.99 (UK) including delivery. All The Best, Neil
  3. WORLD EXCLUSIVE !!! EPITOME OF SOUND - YOU DON'T LOVE ME / WHERE WERE YOU - GO AHEAD - PIC SLEEVE VERY LIMITED QUANTITY OF RECORD SIGNED BY EUGENE THOMAS (LEAD SINGER OF EPITOME OF SOUND) AT BLACKPOOL TOWER WEEKENDER THIS IS STRICTLY A FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED BASIS AT £10 EACH POSTAGE & PACKING - ADD £2 FIRST CLASS RECORDED FIRST DISC, £1 EACH EXTRA DISC PLEASE MAKE PAYPAL PAYMENTS TO - sales@soulvation.biz THANKS NEIL
  4. The Detroit FREEP newspaper ran a massive spread/review of the book on Sunday,and that has resulted in a rush of sales in Detroit and Michigcan book stories. The book has also infiltrated to Japan and is creating a stir over there.. In fact we have done a lot more on export that I imagined would be the case, just shows how much Motown is loved all round the world. . Anyway as a result the frst 500 books with the bonus replcia TMAS are going fast. If you want one you can order from www.soulvation.biz or Soulvation shop on Amazon. Amazon themselves are saying it is out of stock (they never had it!) but if you persevere you will see the book available on the Soulvation Amazon shop.. After these sell out, books will be available without the TMAS single. All The Best - Neil
  5. Pleased to announce that "Exus Trek" has been licenced to be included in the trailer for Elaine Contantine's film "Northern Soul".
  6. Pleased to announce that "Exus Trek" has been licenced to be included in the trailer for Elaine Contantine's film "Northern Soul".
  7. Been asked a lot about selling the book on Amazon. Amazon have been offering it for sale but after undercutting us and not even approaching us about taking stock they HAVE NOT HAD STOCK. But it is now on Amazon via our web shop, and WE DO HAVE STOCK. Link is - https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/browse.html?ie=UTF8&marketplaceID=A1F83G8C2ARO7P&me=A333GCMWVYSTRY All The Best - Neil
  8. Books wll be on sale tomorrow night (Saturday) at Soulfusion. If anyone wants to reserve one, please PM me.
  9. No, wanted to stick to the original vocal and inst. It is impossible to improve perfection!
  10. I am very sorry to announce that the Newquay Weekender set for Sep 30/Oct 2 has been cancelled by me., This is due to cancellations of bookings and a number of bookings not being confirmed. The problem seems to be a combination of the bleak economic situation out there and the success of our Newquay Weekender in May which has led to lots of people booking places for the 2012 Early May Holiday Weekender which takes place from May 4 to 6 again at The Cliffdene Hotel (they love our crowd and the event) and deciding to give the Sep/October one a miss. I apologise for the inconvenience caused to those who have booked. I have contacted or am in process of contacting everyone who has booked to arrange a refund, or if people prefer a transfer of their booking to the to the May 2012 Weekender. Anyone who wants to speak to me can get me on 015436 70116. All The Best, Neil
  11. Only the first 500 copies of the book contain the bonus TMAS single. After that it is the book without the single which will available. To get the book with the single you can order online from www.soulvation.biz or Amazon but if you order it for £29.99 you won't get it, as that it Amazon trying it on and we have not supplied to them. The £39,99 listing is from our Amazon shop and if you order it you will get it. All The Best, Neil
  12. All pre-orders have gone out. You would have received a copy of the bonus single as soon as you paid, and the book went out last week. If you haven't got either it means either you have not ordered or we have messed up. Please PM me with your full details and some idea of the date you think you paid and we will check.
  13. Glad the overseas copies are getting through to their destinations. Pleased you like it Russell, the book is causing quite a stir. Getting it out has been a marathon, and we hit the wall more than once, but it has come out great. The story about Al, Barrett Strong and the young lady seems to creating the biggest stir. For me it is Al's meeting with Alan Freed to get the dub of "Money" played that makes me smile each time I read it. And how about "The Detroit Sound" memo about the two bit labels.Priceless!
  14. ALL USA LABELS IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANTED - FRANK BEVERLY & THE BUTLERS (GAMBLE) £400 CALL ME TOMORROW - MAJOR HARRIS (OKEH ISSUE) £200 YOU HIT ME (RIGHT WHERE IT HURTS ME) - ALICE CLARK (WARNER BROS ISSUE) £200 HOLD ON TO MY BABY - THE CAVALIERS (RCA ISSUE) £150 BURN UP SOME ROAD - THE ATTRACTIONS (DE-TO) £150 ANGEL BABY - GEORGE CARROW (COLUMBIA W/DJ)£150 I'LL ALWAYS NEED YOU - DEAN COURTNEY (RCA W/DJ) £170 ELIJAH ROCKIN' WITH SOUL - HANK JACOBS (CALL ME W/DJ) £200 LOST AND FOUND - KENNY CARLTON (BLUE ROCK DEMO) £300 AIN'T THAT RIGHT - BRICE COALFIELD (OMEN ISSUE) £300 ANYTHING I CAN DO - WILL COLLINS AND WILLPOWER (BAREBACK DJ) £250 BELOW ARE NON USA LABELS PICKING UP - THE INVITATIONS (UK JAY BOY) £100 HEY GIRL DON'T BOTHER ME - THE TAMS (HMV ISSUE) £200 BOBBY FREEMAN FRENCH VOGUE EP - GREAT DESIGN PIC BAG 4 TRACKS - I'LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN/THE DUCK/FRIENDS/CROSS MY HEART £100 PLEASE PM IF INTERESTED BEST WAY TO GET RESPONSE TODAY IS TO E-MAIL ME - neilrushton2@btinternet.com All The Best, Neil
  15. Another review: "I am honoured that my photograph is on the cover. This book captures what it was like at Motown." - Tommy Good
  16. Hi Russell, Yes all UK and overseas pre-release orders went out at the same time.
  17. HYPE & SOUL - BEHIND THE SCENES AT MOTOWN AL ABRAMS (TEMPLE STREET PUBLISHING) The book is in stock now and getting rave reviews! "The finest music book published in last decade" - Paul Nixon, Producer of Cellarful Of Motown series "Maybe the best book about Motown I have ever viewed" - John Manship "Awesome" - Sean Chapman "A visual delight" - Ray Ellis, Juke Blues "A fabulous book that explores the cultural phenomena that was Motown" - Andy Peebles. "Immense" - Richard Searling The book is available as a First Edition de-luxe full colour hardback and is 288 pages long. Al Abrams was Berry Gordy's first employee for what went on to become Motown. Al ended up as the label's legendary Director Of Publicity and amassed a huge archive of Motown memorabilia, The book is made up of brand new essays by Al about his time at Hitsville and is surrounded by a stunning display of images including press releases, photographs, rare newspaper clippings, record label scans, company documents and so on from his archives. The first 500 copies come with a bonus single - a red vinyl replica of the 1964 Tamla Motown Appreciation Society Single. Price is £34.99 plus postage. To order online go to - www.soulvation.biz Or you can order from Amazon but please note the £29,99 offer is from Amazon AND THEY DON'T AND WON'T HAVE THE BOOK FOR SALE THEY ARE JUST TRYING IT ON. The other listing is from me and we do have the book for in stock! Thanks, Neil Neil
  18. I mistyped myt e-mail address in above article and have had a few people telling me so. My correct e-mail address is - neilrushton2@btinternet.com
  19. Thanks for the nice comments. We are having a launch weekend for the book Manchester this weekend. It will be on sale at Beatin' Rhythm on Saturday & Sunday, and at The Twisted Wheel session on Sunday from 3pm till 8pm. All copies sold at The Wheel will be marked with a stamper confirming they were bought on the day. All the books will have the bonus Tamla Motown Appreciation Society disc included, I know because I have just packed them. If you cannot get to Manchester and want the book then you can order online - www.souvation.biz It is also available on Amazon too - but ignore the £29.99 price "not in stock" listing. That is from Amazon and it is not in stock because we are not supplying them. The other listing is from me and is in stock. All The Best, Neil
  20. Just a quick note to say that the advance copies of the Al Abrams book "Hype & Soul - Behind The Scenes At Motown" turned up last night. They have been approved and we will have the bulk stock delivered early next weeek, and will be mailing out on Tuesday or Wednesday to everyone who has ordered an advance copy. The book looks amazing and we are thrilled with it. If you are into Motown and Soul it's a must read. It's strange how things work out. The approval copies turned up yesterday around the same time as Al sadly,attended the funeral of his former boss and long time friend Esther Edwards. There are some great pieces about Esther in the book and she was looking forward to seeing it. The book is 288 pages long, hardback with dust cover, and is full colour. The combination of searing "I was there" essays written by Al for the book and stunning graphics made up of press releases, newspaper and magazine clippings, rare photographs and Motown documents from Al's extensive West Grand Boulevard archives is stunning.It's a combination of great editorial and chic coffee table book. It's been a real honour, and daunting too, to have had the task of working on the book by Berry Gordy's first employee. Hopefully we have done it justice.I had to pinch myself this morning when I looked at the introductions from Lamont Dozier, Mickey Stevenson and Mary Wilson!. The first 500 copies of the book come with a bonus single, a red vinyl replica of the 1964 Hitsville Tamla Motown Appreciation Society disc. The records have been sent out in adance of the book and have gone down particulary well overseas as I guess not that many copies of the original escaped from the UK. The book/record is £34.99 plus £5 postage & packing, total £39.99. To order online go to - www.soulvation.biz
  21. Inferno releases a classic Luther Ingram 45 View full article
  22. The all time Northern/Detroit classic double-header "If It's All The Same To You Babe"/"Exus Trek" by Luther Ingram/Luther Ingram Orchestra has been re-issued in the UK by arrangement with legendary producer Robert Bateman. The release, via Inferno, is on a lookalike of Robert's H.I.B label and is available now. A regular black vinyl issue with no centre is joined by a limited edition multi-coloured vinyl Audition Copy solid centre release with just 150 pressed, all individually numbered from 1 to 150. "I met Robert in the USA and was really pleased to be able to release the single as it's such a masterpiece. It's one those records you would play to aliens if you had to explain what Northern Soul sounds like.. I cannot think of many records where the A side vocal and the B side instrumental both stand up in their own righs as classics. It's perfect Northern Soul but when I asked Robert who on earth in the 60's he was aiming such an uptempo record at he just said he wanted to out out something that sounded like The Four Tops!", said Inferno's Neil Rushton. Robert remembers the making and selling of the record very well. "We recorded it at Golden World. The musicans were the Funk Brothers moonlighting from Motown. My friend Popcorn Wylie worked on that session with me, and we cut the vocals and the backing tracks there, I then took the tapes by myself to New York and pulled a favour to get use of the Mercury Studio in New York. That is where I added the so called Orchestra. Actually it was just two violinists who I overdubbed until I got the sound I wanted. I had learnt how to overdub from my time at Motown. I then pressed the records up on H.I.B which is my label. I stands for Ingram, B for Bateman and H for my girlfiend at the time. Luther was very popular in St. Louis and we got radio plays there right away.I sold maybe 5,000 copies and the distributor in St. Louis wanted more and I gor wary about the cost. He said don't worry, I will get someone to help. A few days later I picked up the phone and it was Jerry Wexler from Atlantic and he said the distributor had told him all about the record and could we cut a deal so Atlantic could distribute it? I was real happy as I had made money from selling my copies, and Atlantic gave me a nice advance which by itself more than paid for the recording costs". Regular black vinyl copies are £10, and the multi-coloured vinyl limited edition £20. For info on how to order e-mail - neilrushton2@btinterner.com
  23. Hype & Soul - Al Abrams - It's Arrived! View full article

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