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  1. The facts and the friction. There is a Motown related anniversary that is not likely to figure in the anals of the current campaign, led by the Universal Corporation, to 'celebrate' the company's bi-centenar... Tap to view this Soul Source News/Article in full
  2. The facts and the friction. There is a Motown related anniversary that is not likely to figure in the anals of the current campaign, led by the Universal Corporation, to 'celebrate' the company's bi-centenary. In fact, this milestone is only a measly five years in the making. Yet, in many ways, it exposes how corporate ignorance, deference and indifference have been confronted by a small number of people who care passionately about the less commercial and popular aspects of the label's output. In this case, the incredible music produced by the backing musicians, on songs that didn't necessarily sell by the boatload or were ever released at all, at a time when these talented individuals had been all but ignored by history, the public and their record company. 'In the Snakepit' is a cd containing 20 relatively obscure backing tracks, photographs of the main players and a comprehensive and informative essay about the personnel who actually produced the unique 'Motown Sound.' It doesn't have a label, a number, a barcode or any details of songwriters, producers, arrangers or dates of release. It is a bootleg - an illicit, unsanctioned, unlicensed, unauthorised release. But, if you happen to be an admirer of this kind of music and want to hear more than the tiny number of titles that currently exist, its all there is. The tracks come from a variety of sources - quarter inch master tapes, unreleased material long dismissed as not commercially viable, stereo recordings that could be 'split' to isolate the backing only and, in two cases, songs that were electronically manipulated to remove the vocals. The circumstances surrounding its compilation, manufacture and distribution, and the range of reaction to its release provide a tantalising peep into the somewhat grimy world of corporate manoeuvring and executive posturing... note from the soul source team - sorry but all Robs non-current articles are now clipped due to a future book release - watch out for news of that
  3. getting way off topic keep it relevant please!
  4. lenny can you pm us with.. what did you get ? from site? 11 email notifications or pms as well plus were they from different people, same guy or what ever
  5. errr... bump!
  6. thread openened in feedback opened to continue recent discussion please if feel still worthwhile re-post any earlier suggestions ta mike
  7. keith asked that his post be removed as be changing format just so aware if looking for it
  8. Baz here's link to the news/article item which has a few related links as well https://www.soul-source.co.uk/articles/news-soul/mo-do-records-online-article-feature it was in the vinyl section of articles https://www.soul-source.co.uk/vinyl the whole news/articles will be shortly intergrated into the new site wide search a la refosoul
  9. bit of late nite maint
  10. From the album: Single Scans of Soul

    Jacko,Mandy Topping, Jimmy Knowles an Jimmy Pilk at the back Some more of the gang.
  11. a reminder that all members are expected to read the guidelines for each section and by their use of site agree to follow them there has been a problem with over the top sales posts looking at this issue when time allows till then ask all members can they a. follow the guidelines of this section b. use the "report post" feature if do spot any ott posts thanks mike link to sales forum guidelines /forums/topic/94339-sales-forum-guidelines-revised/
  12. whats with the boxing icon ? as it says If do hit any glitches ask post up in feedback forum
  13. Front part and all front features inc refosoul back online Trial run for a day to check all is as it should be All being well should be able to say thats the move/upgrade finished on monday If do hit any glitches ask post up in feedback forum refosoul freaks, ask read post ref uploading before throwing anything up mike
  14. welcome to Soul Source there's a wide range of members on here so sure there be a few more who help ya out refosoul is due to reopen in next few hours may be worth having a dig around in there cheers mike
  15. News/Article/Feature Highlight: Lets try that again May have noticed that the recent server move hit a few problems. However after an extended sorting out phase now at a place where can reopen the site fully. All features should in theory now be robust, however there is a ch... View full article
  16. some good suggestions though sites not really in a place where can action them at current moment some thoughts dave yep it be ideal if each member could choose preferences over what shows in the "new content" but thats not available at current moment however if amount of sales posts showing is a concern then can have a look at dropping such limiting posts to one a day ? dont wanna do this or similar via a "enforced" coding thing as it cuts down flexability and also would effect upgrading ideally every member would read the guidelines for this section and do as they say which seems to be the stumbling block for new members anyway , as said can't really do a lot now so will re-visit this matter in the week will just highlight the "report post" feature if feel someone is taking the p*ss just hit that button and let us know
  17. next time best to avoid taking a current thread down a completly different road start a new topic up
  18. Mike

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    bob carolgees older brother there's a candian 70s version its a melody with same old song pap in a nice sort of you know its gonna be pap way
  19. closing this thread to motowntommy go and read the site house rules post up an intro before posting again /index.php?/forum/44-new-member-shouts/
  20. as currently cant cover every post on here 24/7 ask all members if you do spot any over the top sales posting can you help out by using the report post feature the backend of this feature has been improved and this is now the quickest way of passing on concerns that way mods are aware of concerns and can have a look to see if action is needed thanks mike
  21. just merged a load of single sales posts from various sellers there are guidelines for this section which are designed to try and keep this place worthwhile the vast majority of members manage to follow them if a members posts are felt to be damaging this section then will do the necessary to prevent this /forums/topic/94339-sales-forum-guidelines-revised/
  22. moderating for sales forums are at the moment currently being covered by all mods however do need to be aware if there are any concerns the report post feature is the best way of doing this it has been improved since the upgrade members wont see it but it now flags up on every page to all mods if there are any new "reported posts" after the changes do need to push it out that this is the best method if any concerns which will do soon on this issue, will look at it now, will post once done so thanks for passing on mike
  23. as it says just need to run something
  24. forum, gallery and blog have had an upgrade there's a few things need sorting after this work is ongoing on search will post in feedback forum once all forum based stuff complete ta mike - using test account


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