Neil Rushton

Mick Holdsworth lending me his Media Sound acetate of Tom Moulton remix of "It Really Hurts Me Girl" - The Carstairs to play on the Day. Is full on vocal remix, competely different and much better than the Tom Moulton remix of the track which I released on Inferno way back when, and was done by Tom at the same time as mix that came out on Inferno. .

I am looking forward to this very much, I know Ian has put a lot into it. Best of luck to everyone involved with the project. All The Best, Neil

Tickets at £10 pricey? If you knew the costs you wouldn't say that.

Following a massive refurbishment by HMV, am pleased to confirm the return of the legendary Manchester Ritz All-Dayer. Sunday March 25, 3pm till 11pm, in what is now known as the HMV Ritz Ballroom. This was planned for last July and had to be cancelled when HMV took over the building. They have done a wonderful job and the old place now looks superb. There is now a second room downstairs, wish I had that facility when I promoted the Heart Of England Soul Club All-Dayers at The Ritz from 1975 to 1980. The upstairs ballroom will feature original Ritz All-Dayer DJ's - IAN LEVINE - COLIN CURTIS - NEIL RUSHTON -RICHARD SEARLING - JOHN MANSHIP playing those original Ritz bouncy dancefllor anthems - Northern/Jazz Funk/Disco Soul - from 1975 to 1980 & the new room downstairs will feature New Skool Soul, Soulful Dance & Jazz with DJ's COLIN CURTIS - SOUL KANDI - MIKE STEPHENS - RALPH TEE - TONY COONEY - ROGER WILLIAMS - NEIL RUSHTON Advance Tickets £10, Pay On The Door £15 To purchase Advance Tickets Online go to - www.soulvation.biz

HYPE & SOUL - BEHIND THE SCENES AT MOTOWN AL ABRAMS (TEMPLESTREET PUBLISHING) LIMITED EDITION COMPLETE WITH BONUS SINGLE - TAMLA MOTOWN APPRECIATION SOCIETY 45 At the regular price of £39.99 this is being sent out Royal Mail Special Delivery today, tomorrow and Friday with delivery guaranteed the next day - ie no extra charge for the Special Delivery service. . Please make PayPal payment to - sales@soulvation.biz Thanks, Neil

In stock now, the lovely second edition run of the in-demand CENtral 1179 - The Story Of Manchester's Twisted Wheel Club Keith Rylatt + Phil Scott (Bee Cool Publishing) The reprint is only 1,000 so watch this go out of stock too! £20 each plus £5 delivery (Ist class recorded post). PayPay payments to - sales@soulvation.biz All orders sent in overnight will be sent out Ist thing tomorrow morning. Thanks Neil

The Atco connection came when Robert Batemam found he had a mini hit with "If It's All The Same To You Babe" in St. Louis where Luther Ingram had a big folowing. Robert got concerned about monies he would have to lay out when the local distributor asked for more copies, and the distributor said he would "have a talk with someone". That someone was Jerry Wexler at Atlantic, and he did a deal with Robert to distribute the record nationally in the USA via Atco.

The below are all in stock now All orders sent out Ist class recorded post SEE SPECIAL OFFER BELOW TO BUY THE SET!! CENTRAL 1179 - THE STORY OF MANCHESTER'S TWISTED WHEEL CLUB KEITH RYLATT & PHIL SCOTT (BEE COOL - NEW PRINT) £20 HYPE & SOUL - BEHIND THE SCENES AT MOTOWN AL ABRAMS (TEMPLESTREET PUBLISHING - WITH BONUS TAMLA APPRECIATION SOCIETY SINGLE) £35 NORTHERN SOUL STORIES - NEIL RUSHTON (SOULVATION YELLOW COVER) WITH BONUS US NORTHERN SOUL STORIES LABEL SINGLE - TSU TORONADOS 1,000 WONDERS £20 THE WIGAN CASINO YEARS - TIM BROWN (OUTTASIGHT) £25 THE IN CROWD - MIKE RITSON & STUART RUSSELL (BEE COOL) £20 ADD £5 POSTAGE & PACKING PER BOOK. BECAUSE OF CHRISTMAS RUSH, ALL ORDERS SENT OUT IST CLASS RECORDED POST. SPECIAL OFFER - ALL 5 BOOKS ADD UP TO £120 PLUS DELIVERY. WILL DO THE LOT FOR £90 PLUS £10 CONTRIBUTION TO DELIVERY (SENT OUT SPECIAL DELIVERY!) PLEASE MAKE PAYPAY PAYMENTS TO - sales@soulvation.biz PM me with enquiries. All The Best, Neil

New on Inferno. In stock now REAL LOVE -DRIZABONE - THE ORIGINAL VERSION (INFERNO SEVEN-INCH) Am really pleased with this release, highly reccomended. By arrangment with Vince Garcia of Drizabone, this is a re-release of the very first version of "Real Love" which was released as a 500 only white label 12" in 1991. This was the debut version, featuring Sophie Jones, which got the support of KIss FM who created such a demand that Island/4th & Broadway signed the act. Sophie had other commitments and could not sign to 4th & Broadway so "Real Love" was re-recorded twice for the label, once with Dee Heron and then with Kimberley Peer.We have done a 3.31 edit of the Sophie version,taken out the rap, and released the track for the first time on a seven inch single. Although this was recorded as a demo at Rondor, to many it is has always been the best version. "Real Love" has always been one of those Modern Soul gems with a Northern Soul following, now it is even better. Label artwork is a replica of the original rubber stamp design on the original 12". Price - £10 plus £2 for Ist class recorded postage & packing. PayPal - sales@soulvation.biz Enquiries - please PM me. All The Best, Neil

I released this on HIB replica seven-inch by arrangement with Robert Bateman this year. Stock copies are black vinyl and dinked @ £10 There's also a limited edition run of 150 multi coloured vinyl and solid centre @ £20 Remastered and sound amazing! If anyone wants a copy please PM me. All The Best, Neil

Nothing you can play. It's plate engraved with patterned Made In Detroit logos.

Am down to last 10 copies. £15 plus £3 postage & packing (Ist class recorded post) Please make PayPal payments to - sales@soulvation.biz TEASIN' YOU - WILLIE TEE (NIGHT TRAIN/TUFF CITY) MINT/SEALED COPIES 2001 COMPILATION, LONG DELETED SIDE 1 YOUR LOVE AND MY LOVE TOGETHER TEASIN' YOU WALKING UP A ONE WAY STREET THANK YOU JOHN I WANT SOMEBODY (TO SHOW ME THE WAY BACK HOME) YOU BETTER SAY YES PLEASE DON'T GO MY HEART REMEMBERS SIDE 2 TEASING YOU AGAIN YOU GONNA PAY SOME DUES FOOLISH GIRL I PEEPED YOUR HOLE CARD AIN'T THAT TRUE BABY I'M HAVING SO MUCH FUN SWIVEL YOUR HIPS Not a bad album! All The Best, Neil

Out on Monday. Inferno label revived with new "Made In Detroit" series. Collectors special - One sided disc, flip is engraved with "Made In Detroit" logo. They look and sound incredible. Issues - 500 copies only. If repressed will be with different label colour. All dinked. Audition Copies - 50 only, numbered 1 to 50. Solid centre. 30 of the 50 already ordered by dealers, so I have just 20 left for retail sales, well 15 really as I am keeping the first 5 of each. Issues £10 each - or all 3 for £25 Audition Copies - £20 each Add £2 postage and packing for Ist disc, £1 for each extra. All orders sent out Ist class recorded post MID 1 - YOU BETTER GO GO - MATT LUCAS MID 2 - JUST LIKE YOU DID ME - YVONNE VERNEE (Rights obtained from Robert Bateman - the Bert in Son Bert. Sounds incredible!) MID 3 - IF THIS IS LOVE - THE PRECISIONS PayPal payments to - sales@soulvation.biz PM me with any queries

My memory might be wrong, but didn't Soussan discover The Servicemen and press it up right away as The Magicans, ie before we knew about The Servicemen? Why he would do so, but keep the label the same seems more than odd. I was sent the first copies of The Magicans by Simon and seem to remember none of us had heard "Sweet Magic" before. I might be wrong but that's the way I remember it. IThe Magicans boots are quite rare in their own right aren't they?

I am sure Soul Source members wiould have lots of questions for Al, after all he was Berry Gordy's first employee! Should I ask him to join and answer queries? Maybe set up a day when he would make himself available to go on Soul Source and be able to respond right away? Please let me know, Neil

Hype & Soul - Behind The Scenes At Motown AL ABRAMS (TempleStreet) First 500 only come with bonus single., the 1964 Tamla Motown Appreciation Society 45, and we still have stocks of these but they are going fast. The ultimate Motown book, written by Berry Gordy's first employee, full of searing "back in the day it was like this" essays and surrounded by dazzling graphics. Rated by John Manship as the best Motown book he has ever seen! Al has just been interviewed on Fox 2 TV in Detroit and the clip can be seen online at - www.soulvation.biz The site has been updated and contains lots more photos from the book, along with lots more info. The book is full colour, with dust jacket, 288 pages long. Limited edition (with the 45) is £34.99 plus £5 postage & Packing (UK Price) Book can be ordered on line from www.soulvation.biz or from the Soulvation shop on Amazon. All The Best, Neil

Al Abrams, author of the book - HYPE & SOUL - BEHIND THE SCENES AT MOTOWN has been intervieweed by FOX2 TV in Detroit about the book and his time at Hitsville. The clip of the interview can be seen online at - http://www.soulvation.biz... Tap to view this Soul Source News/Article in full

WORLD EXCLUSIVE !!! EPITOME OF SOUND - YOU DON'T LOVE ME / WHERE WERE YOU - GO AHEAD - PIC SLEEVE VERY LIMITED QUANTITY OF RECORD SIGNED BY EUGENE THOMAS (LEAD SINGER OF EPITOME OF SOUND) AT BLACKPOOL TOWER WEEKENDER THIS IS STRICTLY A FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED BASIS AT £10 EACH POSTAGE & PACKING - ADD £2 FIRST CLASS RECORDED FIRST DISC, £1 EACH EXTRA DISC PLEASE MAKE PAYPAL PAYMENTS TO - sales@soulvation.biz THANKS NEIL

The Detroit FREEP newspaper ran a massive spread/review of the book on Sunday,and that has resulted in a rush of sales in Detroit and Michigcan book stories. The book has also infiltrated to Japan and is creating a stir over there.. In fact we have done a lot more on export that I imagined would be the case, just shows how much Motown is loved all round the world. . Anyway as a result the frst 500 books with the bonus replcia TMAS are going fast. If you want one you can order from www.soulvation.biz or Soulvation shop on Amazon. Amazon themselves are saying it is out of stock (they never had it!) but if you persevere you will see the book available on the Soulvation Amazon shop.. After these sell out, books will be available without the TMAS single. All The Best - Neil

Not dubbed from a copy!

Pleased to announce that "Exus Trek" has been licenced to be included in the trailer for Elaine Contantine's film "Northern Soul".

Pleased to announce that "Exus Trek" has been licenced to be included in the trailer for Elaine Contantine's film "Northern Soul".

Been asked a lot about selling the book on Amazon. Amazon have been offering it for sale but after undercutting us and not even approaching us about taking stock they HAVE NOT HAD STOCK. But it is now on Amazon via our web shop, and WE DO HAVE STOCK. Link is - https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/browse.html?ie=UTF8&marketplaceID=A1F83G8C2ARO7P&me=A333GCMWVYSTRY All The Best - Neil