Shades of Soul - Issue 32 summer 2006

At long last - que fanfare of trumpets - Shades Of Soul issue 32 will be out for the weekend.

There’s 20 contributors highlighting The Topics, The Hytones, The Fabulous Dinos, Joe Perkins discography and the Chicago based Crash label. Steve Plumb’s 4 pager on ‘rare 70s soul 45s not released in the US or UK’, Mal Collin's indepth story on the St Louis based Yodi label with interviews & listing plus Chris Waterman’s Young Guns. Reviews of the Oslo Soul Experience, Piercebridge and Manchester’s ‘Soul Or Nothing’.Alex M Franquet's 7 page interviews with Frank Garcia, Barbara Mercer, Joey Kingfish and members of the Debonaires, Falcons & Magic Tones.

Words from Dean Johnson. Steve Guarnori reviews the 70s/80s Venture label. Birmingham DJ John Weston gets interviewed so does the singer Vee Allen who recorded for Lion Records.

Plus record reviews by Eddie Hubbard (deep), Jumpin Joan (northern), Glyn Thornhill (tent), Des Parker (northern), Brian Goucher (allsorts), Brett Franklin (northern), Andy McIntyre (crossover), Andy Dyson (northern), Barrie Waddington (northern), Matthew Simpson (northern) and Mark Baildon (Greatstone plays).

Dozens and dozens of playlists and label scans. 54 pages of solid reading for those that just can’t get enough. To all the contributors I say thank you – it’s all been very worthwhile. And there's a Brunswick photo of Channel 3 on the front cover!

Will post up price, payment details blah blah blah tomorrow.

Onwards, derek

will start mailing subscription copies out Monday 3rd July onwards...