Apologies if this has been posted before, but came accross this whilst looking for some info I need on Shrine Records. It's an article from The Washington Post dated 2003 with some nice quotes from some the artists involved and some info I've not seen before:

That's great! thanks for that uroffal, i've printed it out...8 pages long!!!

Superb!

  Soul-Slider said:

That's great! thanks for that uroffal, i've printed it out...8 pages long!!!

Superb!

great stuff uroffal hope to see you tonite at lowton

steve T

Wow - a really tear-jerking account of the label! How awful also, to learn that there is only one surviving member of the Cautions.

wow, really great read.

Brilliant Peice!

Thanks For Sharing!

I'll Have To send It Round To Andy Rix, He's A Huge Shrine Collector.

  steve th said:

great stuff uroffal hope to see you tonite at lowton

steve T

Think you might have mixed me up with someone else - I don;t even know where Lowton is

No probs though - glad you liked the article

  Gene-R said:

Wow - a really tear-jerking account of the label! How awful also, to learn that there is only one surviving member of the Cautions.

It is very well written and very moving in places (brought a tear to my eye anyway). Also sad that Shirley Edwards refuses to discuss her time there, particularly as she made - what I consider to be - one of the finest records of all time.

Edited March 9, 200718 yr by uroffal

I really enjoyed reading that, just shows the passion Andy Rix had for finding and sharing all this info for some of my favourite tunes ever, this is the type of thing that just makes me want Northern Soul even more and reminds me of what the scene is really all about, discovering rare soul by great artists.

Superb

brilliant article

dunno if old hat but if havent stumbled across them before on here

there's couple of shrine related articles in articles bit

inc one by andy rix - the original draft of the cd notes, and also a alternative view

search takes you there

  uroffal said:

Apologies if this has been posted before, but came accross this whilst looking for some info I need on Shrine Records. It's an article from The Washington Post dated 2003 with some nice quotes from some the artists involved and some info I've not seen before:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?p...p;notFound=true

Fantastic article. The juxtapostion of black American soul artists who think their careers have been for nowt and a load of fantatical white British people who seek and revere (and dance) to , as Ady Croadsell says, the b side to their biggest flops, is a facinating one. It's like we've all been having a 30 year odd party to their creations but nobody has told them! Would make a great film!

NNNICE.

JUST A PITY ITS THE STORY OF MOST LABELS THEN.

SHAME ABOUT THAT FIRE,WE COULD OF ALL OWND COPYS.

And note that our very own Dan Collins provides some of the quotes in the article via a phone interview !

Rich

Fantastic reading, very emotional. Thank you.

What a wonderful read fascinating stuff!, seems like Mr Gordy was not a very nice person in real life

Lenny

  mike- said:

dunno if old hat but if havent stumbled across them before on here

there's couple of shrine related articles in articles bit

inc one by andy rix - the original draft of the cd notes, and also a alternative view

search takes you there

Yep remember reading that and didn't Dan post the same Washington Post article on here?

Remember reading that just after we'd got back from DC a few weeks ago..........stayed at the Washington Plaza hotel...address?

10 Thomas Circle NW.........................Shrine records studio address? ....3 Thomas Circle NW !!!!!!!

Did I walk past that hallowed ground without knowing? Maybe... could also be that the Plaza hotel now stands on the Shrine site.

Did I sleep above those memories?

Agree with all the previous postings BTW........ great article.

Cheers Paul Woosnam