Chalkys Blog from 2008-10

From: Lifeline Bank Holiday Weekend Bonanza

Posted by chalky, 16 August 2010 ·

After our recent foray into Mace Land, Bidds and Stoke that is, we are pleased to be getting back to the Stables. Many thanks to Mace and Chris for the help last time out.

Anyway we have a fantastic all-nighter planned (well I think so). Along side the resident rascals of Butch, Andy Dyson, Mick H, Soul Sam, Cliff Steele and myself (Chalky for those who need reminding ) we have Karl Heard, one of the Countries most popular DJ's right now. If thats not enough we have Kev Murphy spinning his wares to kick off proceedings, probably playing stuff he rarely gets the chance to play....it will all be good stuff And as usual to send you home hopefully wanting more is Nottingham's Legendary Rob Smith.

So hopefully we will see you all there on a balmy (or should that be barmy?) hot summer night to hear some of the finest in Rare Soul Music.

If you can't wait that long I've started a podcast to highlight the DJ's and the records you are likely to have heard or hear at Lifeline. The first one is courtesy of Lifeline main man Andy Dyson (hopefully his co promoter Mick H next).

The Podcast can be found >>>>HERE<<<<

THE LIFELINE SOUL CLUB

presents

The Real Deal Rare Soul All-Nighter

At

The Brookfields Club (The Stables),

Cannock Road, Shareshill, Wolverhampton, WV10 7LZ.

(Directions: Just off the M6 junction 11, A460 towards Wolverhampton then 400 yards on your left).

August 28th 2010

9pm till 7.00am, a tenner gets you in!

Resident rascals are the Countries TOP Rare Soul DJS

Butch, Andy Dyson, Mick H, Cliff Steele, Soul Sam & Chalky

This month's special guest

KARL HEARD

In addition, this months Collector opening the night will be

KEV MURPHY

and as usual closing proceedings Nottingham's

ROB SMITH

As for the music, the emphasis will be on the 60's but as usual Lifeline will feature the very best in 70's and crossover plus the odd track from across the Soul years. In short the very best DJ's playing the very best in the rare, obscure, forgotten and underplayed soul music from a fiver to £15000!!!

In short all Dj's playing the very best in the rare, obscure, forgotten and underplayed soul music!!

For further information

Andy Dyson @ Dysonsoul@aol.com or telephone 01302 744927

Mick H @ Trentsoul@aol.com or telephone 07968 030464

Chalky @ chalky@mailme.co.uk or telephone 07743 863 523

Lifeline Soul Club Rare Soul All-Nighter October 31St 2009

Posted by chalky, 04 October 2009 ·

THE LIFELINE SOUL CLUB

presents

The Real Deal Rare Soul All-Nighter

At

The Brookfields Club (The Stables),

Cannock Road, Shareshill, Wolverhampton, WV10 7LZ.

(Directions: Just off the M6 junction 11, A460 towards Wolverhampton then 400 yards on your left).

October 31st 2009.

8pm till 7.00am, a tenner gets you in!

Resident rascals are the Countries TOP Rare Soul DJS

Butch, Andy Dyson, Mick H, Cliff Steele, Soul Sam & Chalky

With this month's special guest gracing the Lifeline decks for the first time

The One and Only

Dave Greet

After the success of our early opening with two collectors Lifeline will once again be opening its doors two hours early

Guests TBC

and as usual closing proceedings Nottingham's

ROB SMITH

As for the music, the emphasis will be on the 60's but as usual Lifeline will feature the very best in 70's and crossover.

In short all Dj's playing the very best in the rare, obscure, forgotten and underplayed soul music!!

For further information

Andy Dyson @ Dysonsoul@aol.com or telephone 01302 744927

Mick H @ Trentsoul@aol.com or telephone 07968 030464

Chalky @ chalky@mailme.co.uk or telephone 07743 863 523

Lifeline Rare Soul All-nighter...summer Madness!

Posted by chalky, 23 June 2009 ·

The next instalment of Lifeline is this coming Saturday, 27th June. Along with the usual crew of Butch, Andy, Mick, Sam, Cliff and Chalky......Kitch will be making a long awaited return to the Lifeline decks to treat our lug 'oles to mighty fine music Hopefuly we will see you all down there nice and early

THE LIFELINE SOUL CLUB

present

The Real Deal Rare Soul All-Nighter

At

The Brookfields Club (The Stables),

Cannock Road, Shareshill, Wolverhampton, WV10 7LZ.

(Directions: Just off the M6 junction 11, A460 towards Wolverhampton then 400 yards on your left).

10.00pm till 6.00am, a tenner gets you in!

Saturday 27th June 2009

Resident rascals are the Countries TOP Rare Soul DJS

Butch, Andy Dyson, Mick H, Cliff Steele, Soul Sam & Chalky

This month's special guest

Kitch!!

As for the music the emphasis will be on the 60's but as usual Lifeline will feature the very best in 70's and crossover.

In short all Dj's playing the very best in the rare, obscure, forgotten and underplayed soul music!!

For further information

Andy Dyson @ Dysonsoul@aol.com or telephone 01302 744927

Mick H @ Trentsoul@aol.com or telephone 07968 030464

Chalky @ chalky@mailme.co.uk or telephone 07743 863 523

Lifeline Rare Soul All-nighter...the Next Installment!

Posted by chalky, 29 March 2009

THE LIFELINE SOUL CLUB

presents

The Real Deal Rare Soul All-Nighter

At

The Brookfields Club (The Stables),

Cannock Road, Shareshill, Wolverhampton, WV10 7LZ.

(Directions: Just off the M6 junction 11, A460 towards Wolverhampton then 400 yards on your left).

April 25th 2009.

10.00pm till 7.00am, a tenner gets you in!

Resident rascals are the Countries TOP Rare Soul DJS

Butch, Andy Dyson, Mick H, Cliff Steele, Soul Sam & Chalky

With this month's special guest digging deep into his collection

The North East's

Steve "Hoss" Watson

As for the music, the emphasis will be on the 60's but as usual Lifeline will feature the very best in 70's and crossover. In short all Dj's playing the very best in the rare, obscure, forgotten and underplayed soul music!!

For further information

Andy Dyson @ Dysonsoul@aol.com or telephone 01302 744927

Mick H @ Trentsoul@aol.com or telephone 07968 030464

Chalky @ chalky@mailme.co.uk or telephone 07743 863 523

Lifeline Soul Club 5th Anniversary.

Posted by chalky, 29 December 2008 ·

After a longer than planned break due to dates being unavailable and just too much on other nights Lifeline is back!! February the 28th 2009 see's the return with the Lifeline team celebrating 5 years of "The Real Deal Rare Soul All-nighter".

To help celebrate 5 soulful years the resident rascals, Butch, Andy Dyson, Mick H, Soul Sam, Cliff Steele and Chalky will be joined by Lifelines very 1st guest 5 years ago "Marco". Joining Marco behind the decks for his first time will be Flanny!!

Along with the residents, Marco and Flanny will be providing the very best 60's soul music, along with the best in 70's and crossover. In short all Dj's playing the very best in the rare, obscure, forgotten and underplayed soul music!!

For any further info contact Andy, Mick or myself. We hope you can join us to celebrate 5 years of what we consider quality soul music!!

THE LIFELINE SOUL CLUB

presents

The Real Deal Rare Soul All-Nighter

5th Anniversary Special

At

The Brookfields Club (The Stables),

Cannock Road, Shareshill, Wolverhampton, WV10 7LZ.

(Directions: Just off the M6 junction 11, A460 towards Wolverhampton then 400 yards on your left).

February 28th 2009.

10.00pm till 7.00am, a tenner gets you in!

Resident rascals are the Countries TOP Rare Soul DJS

Butch, Andy Dyson, Mick H, Cliff Steele, Soul Sam & Chalky

With this month's special guest digging deep into his collection

See's the return of our very first guest

"MARCO"

And making his debut behind the Lifeline decks

"FLANNY"

As for the music, the emphasis will be on the 60's but as usual Lifeline will feature the very best in 70's and crossover. In short all Dj's playing the very best in the rare, obscure, forgotten and underplayed soul music!!

For further information

Andy Dyson @ Dysonsoul@aol.com or telephone 01302 744927

Mick H @ Trentsoul@aol.com or telephone 07968 030464

Chalky @ chalky@mailme.co.uk or telephone 07743 863 523

Ralph "soul" Jackson

Posted by chalky, 02 November 2008

A couple of years ago, a good friend of mine Andy Dyson, through his friendship with John Ciba agreed to bring Ralph over to perform, John Ciba is Ralph's manager. A few last minute hitches kept Ralph away. Hopefully Ralph may yet make it to these shores in the future. Anyway John sent over a bit of a biography about Ralph and I can't remember if we ever used it so here it is......

Ralph Soul Jackson

A biography & discography by John Ciba.

Legends from the golden age of soul music haven't always achieved their status through gold records, flamboyant lifestyles, or appearances on cable television. Many cut one or two 45s for small, independent record labels with little to no distribution and only regional radio play. But they still became popular to an international audience when England's Northern soul DJs sought out obscure American soul records to keep their dance floors full. These tracks, relatively unknown in the United States, gained traction in foreign markets, where buyers considered demand for esoteric soul proof of their music savvy. Ralph Soul Jackson, with six rare Southern soul 45s ranging in price from $50.00 to $1500.00, is no exception to this anomaly.

Forty years ago, Jackson got a call from Rick Hall at FAME Studios who wanted to record Ralph's Don't Tear Yourself Down with Hank William's Jambalaya and leased the single to AMY/BELL Records. It was this soul-drenched first session in Muscle Shoals that led Hall to give Ralph the moniker he uses to this day. Hall chose to use the Hank Williams song as the A-side and tried to market the single to an unreceptive Black audience. During these sessions Jackson befriended A-list songwriter and session man Spooner Oldham who wanted to record Ralph singing Creams Sunshine of Your Love backed with a Penn/Oldham number Cause I Love You. Atlantic Records released the single in 1967 but it quickly faded while competing with Otis and Aretha for promotional support. In the early 70s local DJ Eddie Dr. Jive Mendell brought Ralph to Birmingham, Alabama, to play his songs for producer Neal Hemphill. They paired Ralph with Oldham again in Muscle Shoals and cut a driving version of Carl Perkins Matchbox and Let Your Sweet Love Surround Me for Hemphill's legendary Sound of Birmingham label. Once again, poor radio and distribution drove the single into obscurity. After two poor experiences with the industry, Jackson walked away from music. In 1975 Ralph came to Neal's new Hemphill Studios and wrote, played all instruments, and sang the soon-to-be Northern soul classic Set Me Free backed with Take Me Back for Hemphill's Black Kat Records. The record, along with others from the label, suffered from a poorly structured, crooked distribution deal. While Jackson was performing on a circuit of U.S. Air Force bases he stopped off in Nashville in 1980 to record three modern soul rarities over two 45s for his own RAJAC label. These highly sought after records had no distribution or radio play and all sales were made during the military base shows.

Ralph Soul Jackson is a native of Southern Alabama where he still lives and has never stopped writing, performing and recording music, whether its in his home studio, as the music minister in his church, or at his cousin Jo Jo Bensons club. Soul fans can look forward to the reissue of the classic tracks mentioned above; some newly discovered unreleased gems, as well as the first full length album of new material by Jackson, recorded between anticipated live dates.

Jambalaya b/w Don't Tear Yourself Down - Amy/Bell Records1965

Sunshine of Your Love b/w Cause I Love You - Atlantic Records1967

Matchbox b/w Let Your Sweet Love Surround Me - SOB1971

Set Me Free b/w Take Me Back - Black Kat Records 1975

Ill Be a Real True Man b/w This Is My Prayer - Rajac/Black Stallion1981

I Can't Leave You Alone b/w Instrumental - Rajac Records 1981

More about Ralph can be read at his Myspace page....

http://www.myspace.c...lphsouljackson�