Neil Rushton

The limited edition hardback of the book NORTHERN SOUL STORIES moves to its regular price of £34.99 plus £5 postage and packing on Jan 4. All orders received on line before then will go out at the reduced introductory 2009 price of £29.99 plus £5 postage and packing. This is edition with 1 to 500 individually numbered and with souvenir seven inch single "Trust In Me" - Jacke Ross/"Lucky Lucky Me" - Marvin Gaye and with memorabilia pack of artwork and bookmark. You can pay by PayPal to sales@soulvation.biz OR pay by Credit/Debit Card or PayPal via the shopping cart on the web site www.soulvation.biz The thin cased version (originally advertised as de-luxe softback but it ended up better than that!)stays at original price - £19.99 plus £5 postage and packing. All the Best, Neil

All overnight orders gone out Ist class post this am and should be delivered Saturday - so that's the last ship out of 2009 done and dusted. . The hardback limited edition with single and memorabilia stops being discounted at 29.99 Pounds and will move to its regular price of 34.99 from January 4. All orders received by midnight Jan 3 will be sold at 29.99 plus 5 delivery change. The thin cased version is 19.99 plus 5 delivery charge now and after Jan 4 - ie price stays the same. If you are placing order today or tomorrow on line, orders will be sent out Ist class post on Saturday. Go to www.soulvation.biz to place order - you can pay by PayPal or Credit/Debit card. The response to the book has been superb - thanks to everyone who has bought a copy.Until the first one was sold didn't know if anyone would spend their hard earned money on it, so am humbled by the interest shown. Thanks, Neil

Please note if you are placing an order to be sent out tomorrow (Dec 31) please do so by 10am as local post office last collection tomorrow is 11.30am. If order is placed by 10am then it will go out Ist class post tomorrow. All orders placed this afternoon have been despatched. Thanks, Neil

'Eddie Hubbard' date='30 December 2009 - 12:58 PM' timestamp='1262177889' post='1225166'] Ordered mine yesterday ...can't wait !! Best,Eddie Eddie, It's in the post mate. One of the stories that almost made the book but didn't in the end was about the "If That's What You Wanted" Sassy demos at Birmingham Locarno All-Dayer when you were going through the vinyl! All the Best, Neil

All orders that came in over the holiday have been sent out. All orders received today and tomorrow will be despatched same day first class post. Also in stock - The In-Crowd - Mike Ritson/Stuat Russell (beecool) - brand new mint paperbacks at good value price - 25 pounds including delivery, add a fiver for overseas. Please make payment to - sales@soulvation.biz NSS can be ordered via credit card/debit card/PayPal from the web site www.soulvation.biz All the Best, Neil

My daughter bought me the hard copy for Christmas. Don't know how she found out about it or where she ordered it from, it was totally 'out of the blue'. A lovely book Neil. How about a follow-up, charting the post Stafford era to current day, lots have happened, the scene went truly global, the Internet, soul-source, price guides and the upfront movent. Lots of forums to draw from? Would be great Glad you like the book. What you're suggesting is a good idea, Glenn and myself actually discussed it as a potential follow up when working on NSS, but for the moment getting over this one! Must say I do think the Stafford bits in NSS work really well, the quote from Gary Colbourne is fantastic, and the scan of the Eric & Vikings acetate came out really well (courtesy Steve Jeffries). All the Best, Neil

Thanks to everyone who has been in touch I say they have liked the book. The comments are much appreciated. Quite a few orders in over the holiday and they will go out tomorrow and Wednesday. The regular price for the limited editiion numbered 1 to 500 hardback complete with the souvenir single and memorabilia pack - £34.99 plus £5 postage and packing - comes into effect on January 4. In the meantime reduced price is £29.99 plus £5 postage and packing. The other format - thin cased hardback (avertised as de-luxe softback but printers gave us an upgrade at the last moment) is also available, price is £19.99 plus £5 postage and packing. If you are paying via PayPal please pay to - sales@soulvation.biz Or if paying by Credit or Debit card please go to the shopping cart on the web site www.soulvation.biz All the Best, Neil

If you're still looking for last minute Chrismtas present just a reminder that all orders received today for NORTHERN SOUL STORIES will be sent out today Royal Mail specialdelivery - which means signed for delivery guaranteed within 24 hours. The thin cased book (up till now been describing as de-luxe softback but everyone's teling me it is much better than that!)is 19.99 plus 5.00 contribution to postage & packing. The hardback with dust jacket is numbered 1 to 500 and comes complete with Jackie Ross/Marvin Gaye single and memorabilia and is 29.99 plus 5.00 contribution to postage and packing. If you have Pay Pal account you can pay to sales@soulvation.biz Or use the shopping cart on the Soulvation web site to pay by credit card/debit card/Pay Pal. Thanks, Neil

THE BOOK - NORTHERN SOUL STORIES All orders sent in over the weekend and today have been despatched. All orders that arrive overnight will be sent out tomorrow am, and all orders received tomorrow day time will be sent out by the end of business tomorrow. All pre Chrismtas UK orders are being sent out Royal Mail special delivery which means guaranteed delivery within 24 hour/signed for. So if you're looking for a last minute Christmas present ...orders sent out Dec 22 will arrive Dec 23, and orders sent out Dec 23 will arrive Dec 24. We are charging a fiver for postage and packing. It costs more than that but we are picking up the extra. Limited Edition hardback - numbered 1 to 500, complete with Jackie Ross/Marvin Gaye single and artwork memorabilia. 320 sold.180 left. Special 2009 price is 29.99 plus 5.00 postage contribution. Goes up to regular pice 34.99 plus 5.00 on January 1. Thin cased cover/de-luxe soft back - 19.99 plus 5.00 postage and packing. To order please go to the web site - www.soulvation.biz All the Best, Neil

All orders sent overnight and this morning have been despatched. All orders received over the weekend will be sent out Monday am special delivery signed for post to be delivered on Tuesday. And if you're going to Tadcaster All-Dayer I will have copies for sale there. Details of how to order and pay by Credit/Debit Card are on the web site - www.soulvation.biz All the Best, Neil

NORTHERN SOUL STORIES book now in stock and all orders placed so far went out this morning. If you are still looking for a last minute Christmas present pleae note we are sending out all Uk orders Royal Mail special delivery which means signed for delivery witihin 24 hours. This means we can send out orders as late as December 23 and they will be delivered next day, ie in time for the big day. LIMITED EDITION HARDBACk in dust jacket 1 to 500 indiividually numbered, includes Jackie Ross/Marvin Gaye single and lovely memorabilia artwork. 29.99 Pounds plus 5 contribution to postage and packing -Total 34.99 DE-LUXE SOFTBACK (actually far superior to standard soft back, is thin hardcase without dust jacket) - 19.99 Pounds plus 5 contribution to postge and packing - total 24.99.. Both formats look great. You can pay by PayPal to sales@soulvation.biz Or my Credit/Debt card, PayPal via the shopping cart on the web site - www.soulvation.biz Many thank to everyone who has ordered already. All the Best, Neil

In stock now; - THE IN CROWD MIKE RITSON & STUART RUSELL (beecool) PAPERBACK - 25.00 INCLUDING IST CLASS POSTAGE AND PACKING THESE ARE MINT COPIES FROM THE PUBLISHERS, CURRENTLY GOING FOR 28 QUID PLUS FOR SECOND HAND COPIES ON AMAZON,SO BRAND NEW COPIES FOR 25 QUID A IDA BIT BIT OF A BARGAIN.GAIN. To purchase please pay by PayPal to sales@soulvation.biz If you want to pay by cheque please PM me. Thanks, Neil www.soulvation.biz

In stock now; - THE IN CROWD MIKE RITSON & STUART RUSELL (beecool) PAPERBACK - 25.00 INCLUDING IST CLASS POSTAGE AND PACKING THESE ARE MINT COPIES FROM THE PUBLISHERS, CURRENTLY GOING FOR 28 QUID PLUS FOR SECOND HAND COPIES ON AMAZON,SO BRAND NEW COPIES FOR 25 QUID IDA BIT BIT OF A BARGAIN.GAIN. To purchase please pay by PayPal to sales@soulvation.biz If you want to pay by cheque please PM me. Thanks, Neil www.soulvation.biz

The recent NORTHERN SOUL STORIES competition proved popular,so doing it again. If you have purchased/are going to purchase a copy of the book from www.soulvation.biz between December 1 and this Thursday Dec 17 your name will automatically go into a prize draw and if you win your money will be refunded and you will be sent a free Hardback book. The books are in production at the printers at the moment and will be posted out on Friday. LIMITED EDITION HARDBACK - 29.99 PLUS POSTAGE AND PACKING 1 - 500 individually numbered, comes complete with free single licenced from Universial Music "Trust In Me" - Jackie Ross/"Lucky Lucky Me" - Marvin Gaye and artwork memorablia pack. DE-LUXE SOFTBACK 19.99 PLUS POSTAGE AND PACKING To order on-line go to www.soulvation.biz - facility to pay via Credit/Debit cards, PayPal. Please note all orders being despatched by Royal Mail specialdelivery guaranteeing signed for delivery within 24 hours of being sent out. THIS MEANS WE CAN TAKE ORDERS AS LATE AS DECEMBER 23 FOR NEXT DAY DELIVERY IF YOU WANT THE BOOK AS A CHRISTMAS PRESENT!. FOR EVERYONE WHO HAS PAID DEPOSITS - BY NOW YOU SHOULD HAVE HAD E-MAIL CONFIRMING WHEN ORDER WILL GO OUT AND ASKING FOR THE BALANCE OF MONIES DUE. IF YOU HAVE PAID DEPOSIT AND NOT RECEIVED AN E-MAIL THEN PLEASE E-MAIL sales@soulvation.biz All the Best, Neil www.soulvation.biz

A few sample pages from NORTHERN SOUL STORIES are up on www.soulvation.biz Includes Paul Clifford saying how his dad "Cliff" Clifford was a Saturday helper at the Soul City shop and came up with the brainwave of scrawling "Northern Soul" on boxes at the shop to describe records that would be liked by the football fans from up-North following their team to London and visiting the shop before the match searching for sounds;Dan Penn recalling how he made sure he got into the Fame studio to watch Otis Redding produce "Sweet Soul Music" - Arthur Conley and how Otis was the best producer Dan ever came across when it came to convincing musicans they could deliver more than they thought they were capable of; the madness of the Torch era highlighted by a story about a copy of "Bok To Bach" being hired out(!)every week as Bill Baker refused to sell it; and Dave Thorley and Gary Colbourne quoted on Stafford Top Of The World, illustrated by a lovely looking acetate played at the time of "Hurtin'" - Eric & The Vikings. The book ships out next week, many thanks to everyone who helped with interviews and supplying memorabilia. All the Best, Neil

In stock...a classic book THE IN-CROWD - MIKE RITSON & STUART RUSSELL (beecool) Mint paperbacks - 25 pounds includng Ist class postage and packing. Second hand copies 28 pounds and more on Amazon! Please make payments to sales@soulvation.biz

Back in stock - AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH - MARVIN,TAMMI...AND DIANA (MASH UP 12") Absolutely massive in Modern & Northern rooms 10 POUNDS INCLUDING POSTAGE AND PACKING Please make payment to - sales@soulvation.biz All the Best, Neil .

The web site now updated and has facility to handle payments for 1 - Balance of deposits due for hardback or softback. 2 - New orders for hardback and softback. Web site address is www.soulvation.biz Thanks, Neil

The book NORTHERN SOUL STORIES contains different pic of Paul with Major Lance album at Heathrow...another one which we didn't use had John Lennon in New York hotel room with big box marked with Epic logo. Norman Jopling says there were loads of Okeh 45's in there as The Beatles has asked about Major Lance. And book also has story about how Ringo Starr was supplied with complete collection of Oriole Records. Oriole said the biggest selling region for their Motown releases was Merseyside. And kind of related ...in the book the son of the owner of Oriole is interviewed and he recalls his Dad bringing Berry Gordy to their flat in Baker Street, London where, after Sunday lunch,Berry fell asleep on a settee with brandy glass in hand. Was hoping to get copy of the Oriole-Motown contract in the book but it could not be located.

Thanks to everyone who has paid a deposit for the forthcoming book NORTHERN SOUL STORIES. Due to me changing my mind some of the contents got changed at the last minute, and as a result it went to the printers later than planned. Everyone who has pre-ordered a copy for Christmas - copies will be sent out ROYAL MAIL SPECIAL DELIVERY on Friday December 18. When they send out special delivery on a Friday the Post Office do not guarantee Saturday delivery but most of the time they do arrive on the Sat...if not will be delivered on Monday December 21. All parcels will have their own tracking number, so will not go missing in tranist. Will be sending out e-mail early next week to those who have reserved their copies confirming this,and the soulvation web site (www.soulvation.biz) will be changed at same time to accept the balance due from credit card/debit card payments. If you are paying PayPal to PayPal then you can if you wish make the payment of the balance without going via the web site, simply make payment to sales@soulvation.biz The hardbacks are 29.99 plus 5.00 contribution to postage and packing, so if you have paid 10 deposit, balance due is 24.99 per book. The (very posh) de-luxe softbacks are 19.99 plus 5.00 contribution to postage and packing, so if you have paid 10 deposit,balance due is 14.99 per book. If you haven't ordered yet and wish to do so there is no problem getting you the books in time for Christmas presents,as all orders will be sent Royal Mail special delivery and the Post Office is guaranteeing orders can go out as late as December 23 and will be there the next day. The books are full colour, 256 pages, and Glenn Gunton at Joe Boy has done a fantastic job with the graphics to go with the interviews. The first 500 hardbacks are numbered and come with exclusive seven inch single - "Trust In Me" - Jackie Ross/ "Lucky Lucky Me" - Marvin Gaye. They are in stock now and look and sound great, and am well pleased to have a single with a Chess reording on one side and Motown on the other, courtesy of Expansion and Universal.The hardbacks will also have a memorabilia pack with cards replicating some of the best artwork from the book, aimed at those who like to frame Soul artwork and put it on their walls.Hardback edition will only be on sale from me..it is definitely a nice collectors item.. The stories in the title start off with a quote from Chris Hill about Ray Chrles in 1960 and finish with the Chuck Jackson show at Prestatyn in October 2009. in between lots of surreal and detailed stuff (when was FA Cup hat trick hero Stan Mortensen last part of a Rare Soul book?!) Many many thanks to everyone who so generously gave their time to be interviewed. Anyone who has not ordered a copy yet will be able to do so from the soulvation web site (www.soulvation.biz) from early next week to pay via PayPal/credit card/debit card. Or, if you want to pay via PayPal you do not need to go on to the web site, just make payment to sales@soulvation.biz To add to this dizzy foray into the world of Northern Soul books, also available/in stock now(mint paperback copies, not the second ones being flogged on Amazon) is THE IN-CROWD - Mike Ritson & Stuart Russell (beecool) Price is 29.99 including Royal Mail special delivery. or 24.99 if you have ordered/are going to order a copy of either format of NORTHERN SOUL STORIES. Apologies for the delay but I think the changes will be worth it. Thanks, Neil Any queries - please e-mail me on neilrushton2@btinternet.com

Terrible news. RIP. Neil

Thanks to everyone for the interest shown in the forthcoming book NORTHERN SOUL STORIES. I have been indundated with godwill messages and want to say thank you to everyone who has already reserved a limited edition numbered hardback complete with bonus Jackie Ross/Marvin Gaye single. Here's trailers of 2 of the NORTHERN SOUL STORIES in the book....both taken from the 60's "Switch It on" chapter. 1 -All about Donnie Elbert nicking "So Soon" from Van McCoy, a legendary 60's rock manager being sectioned,guns, a police raid and a court appearance. The Book - So Soon - Donnie Elbert.pdf 2 - The Scene Club - drugs, a police raid, JFK, Radio Caroline,going to prison. . Northern Soul Stories - The Scene Club.pdf For blurb on the book and on-line ordering click the link below. https://www.soulvation.biz/nss.html Thanks, Neil www.soulvation.biz