Excellent Soul Book You May Be Interested In

[Pete S]

PETE SMITH

PLANET RECORDS

28 JENKS ROAD

WOMBOURNE

WOLVERHAMPTON

WV5 0BL

01902 893569

pete.smith@freeuk.com

This isn't Planet Records book club but you may well be interested in this little beauty!

Now the title doesn't sound up to much - "The Old Barrio Guide To Low Rider Music 1950-1975" - but wait until you see what's in it.

Basically Low Rider music was the soundtrack for young Mexican/Latino teenagers to cruise around in their cars to. The music is mainly ballads and soul classics such as "Hello Stranger", that kind of thing, in other words - the B sides of the records we are interested in, and therefore many, many Northern Soul tracks and artists are mentioned. There's also a stack of fascinating information about label owners, studios and record producers.

Anyway, this book contains an A to Z of the artists and records favoured by this Low Rider scene and it's an absolute treasure trove for anyone interested in obscure Northern Soul artists. For instance - there's features on:

Admirations

Carltons

Citations

Linda Carr

Johnny Bartel

Commands

Jimmy Conwell

Tony Clarke

Chuck Corby

Cynthia & The Imaginations

Autographs

Attractions

Ruby Andrews

Bleu Lights...

That's just from opening random pages in the A, B and C sections.

Hundreds of photographs of the artists including

Brothers Of Soul

Royal Jesters

Gene Chandler

Elgins (male group)

Informers

Frankie Karl

Royal Chessmen

Little Ray

Vanguards

Ronnie Walker

Younghearts

Etc

And to top it off, there are 8 full colour pages of record scans.

All in all, a cracking read and very reasonably priced too.

I bought this book just as a hunch it might have some useful information on those obscure artists and was blown away by it and thought it might pay me to see if I can sell a few copies, so here we are.

THE BOOK COSTS £15

THE POSTAGE (SENT VIA AIRMAIL FROM THE USA) IS £5

SO THE TOTAL IS £20

I'M MAKING £1.50 PER COPY BEFORE ANYONE ASKS!

Anyone wanting a copy of the book, please pay directly into my paypal account (pete.smith@freeuk.com) or ring or email me me to pay via credit card (01902 893569)

Please allow 14 days for delivery

[TheBigO]

I have this! Great book, informative, etc etc. Worth buying.