Any promoter or plugger will tell you that a soon as the very word "soul" is mentioned in connection with a new release then the BBC is going to classify it as "specialised". It is shaming to think how hard "soul" records and artists have to struggle in order to get equal air-time from the BBC.
Sadly (or luckily) "soul" music has never become sufficiently trendy or chic to gather much of a middle class following and so it remains unknown amongst the mass public.
No, not me
Dave Godin letters extract, The Guardian 1975.
Oh how he would have gone to task with this lot now!