Roburt

Ordered the Mary Wells book last week & am expecting the postie to call with it any day now. Have wanted Bettye's book since it came out but never got around to actually ordering a copy. Just picked one up from Amazon (Used -- Like New) for £1. ......... can't be bad !!!!

A Jobete Music ad placed in late 69 ...........

At 11 mins 16 secs into the 1st clip shown above there are shots of the frontage of the Fox Theatre. At the time the venue was staging the 'Swingin Time Revue'. This starred Choker Campbell's Band who opened the revue and then backed the other acts; Martha & the Vandellas the Parliaments, Deon Jackson, J J Barnes & the Soul Twins. Did anyone here ever chat with JJ (or Martha) about what went on around the Fox during the time they were at (or going to or from) the venue during the riots (which lasted from Sunday 23rd July thru to Thursday 27th July). It doesn't appear as though the Fox itself was attacked but armed police stood guard outside the front of the theatre.

Some interesting shots & info on the Detroit riots that broke out in late July 1967 .......... this section begins around 31 mins 30 secs into the feature. There are other youtube bits that show the riots & their consequences ... these ones contains some interesting footage BUT the 2nd one has no soundtrack at all .... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnrJR9KSJYk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbABGhefGQE

I suppose I should have known that there would be values for many of these albums posted up here .......... .... BUT ........ are these values a 'bit over the top' or the 'going rate' ?? https://www.raresoulman.co.uk/search/Label/soul%2Bsupply/all/1

This has been posted up on Soulful Detroit and I thought a few on here might also be interested in seeing it ..... ..... not all soul related by any means but still worth watching ...... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z0GSwQ6NsM

These pages give some info on the Soul Supply releases ....... ... BUT .... it doesn't seem to fully cover their 80's releases .... https://rateyourmusic.com/label/goldmine_soul_supply/va/ ..................... AND .... https://rateyourmusic.com/list/smithy57/goldmine_soul_supply__the_premier_northern_soul_reissue_label/

I think this uns a bit different. Pat Boone & the likes were rushing their cover versions out as soon as possible after the original version had started to sell to blacks, This 45 features cover versions of tracks that were almost 20 years old. I hardly think that they are trying to 'steal sales' from the original versions when this was released.

Not chart related but in B&S mag back in the day .......... ... the Contempo Soul Source Section, where you could purchase the records on offer each edition. In B&S #82 (April 72) they put on offer a self selection soul pack -- 10 US 45's for £1 (what a rip off even though P&P was included !!). The selection on offer at that time included :- Markeys "Knock On Wood"; Staple Singers "The Ghetto"; Judy Clay "It Ain't Long Enough"; Margie Joseph "One More Chance"; Darrell Banks "I'm The One Who Loves You"; Jimmy Hughes "Chains Of Love"; Johnny Taylor & Carla Thjomas "Just Keep On Lovin Me"; Billy Harner "She's Almost You"; Dells "Always Together"; Blinky "I Wouldn't Change The Man He Is" PLUS other 45's from Chuck Jackson, Shorty Long, Inez Foxx, Howard Tate, 4 Tops, Impressions, David Ruffin, Ramsey Lewis and more. You'd have been hard pushed to have picked a good quid's worth out of those ?!?!?! Still, if you couldn't find 10 you wanted, you could order them individually at 20p each.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khVHkorwDI0

I know quite a few boot 45's fetch decent money these days (sometimes coz the buyer is confused about what he's actually getting but other times coz of true demand), but do any of the old 80's boot LP's fetch above £5 or so ?? I still have quite a few 1980's Soul Supply albums that if I recall correctly I bought direct from the shop in Mansfield (40 White Hart St) in the mid 80's. I believe they cost me £5 for 6 LP's as the shop seemed to have 100's of copies of each one just sitting in the racks. Mainly contained 1960's indie label things that had been big Wigan tracks but a couple featured some or all 1970's recordings that had also been big on the scene. I don't think any of the LP's have been out of their sleeves in over 20 years but guess they don't fetch enough to make it worthwhile moving em on.

Yes Ady, I also got the scam 'Urgent Help.........Howard Earnshaw' e-mail.

This track was included on the 'Ashes to Ashes' Soulscape CD featuring many of Charles' tracks. Other good outings from Charles can be found on Charly's 'Sound Stage 7 Story' 2ferCD & the cheap 'Southern Soul - Warm & Tender Love' CD. Also just noticed (DOOH !!) that I have "Glad To Be Home" which along with "Ashes To Ashes" (& 6 other solo Charles Smith cuts) was included on the Charly V.A. LP 'Sound Stage 7 -- Testiyin' back in 1987. Don't recall ever reading much at all about 'Quad City Sound studios' in Muscle Shoals. Which other soul tracks were cut there ?

I don't know about the 45 being obscure & odd ......... BUT ...... you certainly are !! So the record has found an appropriate home

There was some Epic soul stuff put out at the end of the 60's .....

Info on a show staged at the famous Manhattan Casino in St Petersbugh (Florida) on July 26th 1957. This venue was refurbished & reopened a couple of years ago ................

A big show at the Howard Theatre in DC in 1958 ................

Four newspaper clippings on Noble Watts that span 41 years ...... ...... they date from 1948, 1964, 1979 & 1989 .... ...3 are from Florida, 1 (the 79 one) is from NY

Two more of Noble's tracks .......... His early hit ............ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQg1xGMu8hY ............ AND ........ one he made with June Bateman ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiMvLNqdfog

I put a similar RCA 45 ad up as post #58.

Noble Watts on a big R&B tour ...............

I like these efforts from June & Noble as well ............. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Go-Away-Mr-Blues/dp/B00951OVXM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1378633204&s=dmusic&sr=1-1 https://www.amazon.co.uk/What-Ya-Gonna-Do/dp/B00AN5JB70/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1378633096&s=dmusic&sr=1-2

Jumping back in time a bit with this post ...BUT .... thought some might be interested to see an actual Nigerian EMI 45 .....

Don't think Dave Godin had owt to do with this ad ................

His 1968 Brunswick cuts ..... .......I really like "F.L.A", guess it's him 'singing' ..... ... he wrote the tune (though at times it seems to drift into "Downtown" ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szawqj63AFs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ7TkkyDlO4