| Rather than try and publish
the whole of the current issue on-line (I want
you to buy a copy, not read it here), I thought
I'd put a few articles here which I felt were
particularly worth reading. Of course, as time has
gone on, this page has become rather long, so
I've split each article off onto it's own page.
Just click on the link to take you there.
All articles
have been written by me.
Can 7" 45prm American Soul
singles be considered to be of significant
historical value ?
A reasoned argument
that establishes why the records we love can now
be considered to be of significant historical
value, as well as round pieces of plastic that
make a noise when you play them
Northern Soul Is Dead !
This one caused so much
fuss I couldn't believe it. Written slightly
tongue in cheek, as an exaggeration of my own
views, I ended up being called the anti Christ of
Soul music on one mailing list !
"I went to a
great allnighter last night !"
A summing up of the
allnighter scene as I saw it when the article was
written.
Milk and Northern Soul.
What ? ! How on earth can
you compare milk and Northern Soul, well I
managed it.
The Llandudno
Connoisseurs Weekender & The Prestatyn
Midnight Hour Weekender
2002.
Venue reports from both
venues.
The
Dudley Chronicle - February 2004.
An article I wrote for the
local Newspaper. In the end they edited two thirds of the
article out, but syndicated it in the Dudley, Wolverhampton,
Halesowen, and Stourbridge papers. Originally written as
background information, they decided to publish it under my
name with the third person references changed to first person.
How
To Buy Northern Soul
Here's another article I wrote,
this time for Ace Records. Please bear in mind that the
article is aimed at beginners on the Northern scene.
The
Prestatyn Weekender, March 2004
The venue report from this years
weekender at Prestatyn, rather obviously !
The Green
At Darlaston
An article from John Pugh of
Wolverhampton about a venue that is now sadly closed. As John
would say, "Get yourself a cup of tea and a biscuit, and then
start reading".
Cover Ups
If you look in the Winter '04 Edition of
N.Soul Magazine, you will find an article about 'Cover Up's by
Arnold 'Bo-Jangles' Winterbottom III. I can now reveal that I
am Arnold, but at the time the article was published only
three people knew who had written the article.
The Musette Records Story
A wonderful article by Angelo Alexander
giving the history of the Musette label
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