#70 – Aretha’s ‘Prayer’
August 1968, London As noted in post #63, Aretha Franklin has performed in Britain for the first time in May to rapturous reviews and glorious ...
#69 – Soul City & Sly Stone!
July 1968, London As referenced in post #62 of 'The Diary Of A British Soul Man,' the Soul City team gets a visit from a ...
#68 -“Go Now – Bessie Banks, The Moody Blues”
Summer 1968, London Soul City, the record shop I co-own with Dave Godin and Robert Blackmore, is continuing to make inroads as is our record ...
#67 -“It’s All Over Now – The Valentinos, Bobby Womack, Mick Jagger & The Rolling Stones”
May/June 1968, London Fresh from the soulful 'state' visit from Nina Simone (and the hoped-for-but-not-realized possible royal visit from Aretha Franklin!) to Soul City, our ...
#66 – “Nina Simone, Soul City & Reggie Dwight (aka Elton John)…”
May 1968, London Nina Simone's May 1968 whirlwind of promotion centered around a number of television appearances ahead of a European tour in June that ...
#62 – “May I Speak To Dave Godin?”
May 1968, London The team at Soul City - myself, Dave Godin and Robert Blackmore - are now joined by sister Sylvia, four years younger ...
#61 – “Nothing Can Stop Me”
April 5 1968, London After our first Soul City Records' release (and sad to say, sales failure!), we bounce back with the UK reissue of ...
#60 – “Don’t You Worry”
March 1968, London The plans to launch the Soul City Records' label as an adjunct to the record shop of the same name that Dave ...
#58 – “You Better Make Up Your Mind”
January 1968, London The plans to launch our own Soul City Records’ label are in full swing, despite my reservations about the finances of our ...
#57 – “Gimme Little Sign”
January 1968, London Soul City, the record shop I co-own with Dave Godin and Robert Blackmore is doing a little better after the move to ...
