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b_275_275_16777215_00_images_stories_articles_sountrack_northern_soul.jpg‘Northern Soul: The Film Soundtrack’ 2 CD + DVD Box Set / Digital download
14 x 7” Vinyl Box Set + 60 page hardbound photographic book edited by Film director Elaine Constantine
“This is a story of a youth culture that changed a generation and influenced songwriters, producers, DJs and designers for decades to come. This is the story of Northern Soul.”

Harmless Records is pleased to announce its involvement with the soundtrack to youth culture film of the year, the forthcoming film, ‘Northern Soul”’ directed by Elaine Constantine. Considered the most accurate portrayal yet of this legendary musical movement, ‘Northern Soul’ is an authentic and uplifting tale of two friends whose horizons are opened up by the discovery of black American soul music.

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S.A-junior is a singer/songwriter/music producer and Audio Engineer based in the Netherlands. After paying dues for more than 2 decades, he feels now it is the right time for the world to listen to r&b music from his own perspective. Coming from a musical family he helps to develop his love for rich music S.A-junior has been described by critics as one of the finest singers of our time with an incredible 3 octaves voice range and a unique songwriting/production skills. S.A-Junior is a lover of soul.jazz.funk.pop.reggea and all other genres of music.

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b_275_275_16777215_00_images_advertisers_rsd-banner.jpg Record Store Day 2014 I hope that you can join us at Soul Brother Records on Saturday for Record Store Day, to celebrate the culture of independent record shops. This has now become the highlight day of the year for Record Collectors and this year there are more Soul , Jazz and Reggae releases than ever before. Check the full list here there are many many great releases. Our recommended highlights are the very limited Donny Hathaway Live album, Donna McGhee on a special deluxe double LP, Paul Johnson 12? feat one of Frankie Knuckles last mixes, James Fountain classic Northern soul 45 and the two 45?s on our own label from G C Cameron and Barbara Mason. We have reasonable stocks of most items but some of the very limited ones may go quickly. We are opening early on the day at 9am, hope to see you. Click here to see the Soul/Jazz/Funk/Reggae titles we have in Click here to see the Rock and Pop titles we are carrying We are giving away a FREE CD Opener to every spending customer on the day. We are closed on Easter Sunday but open on Easter Monday morning from 10 -1.30. Thanks to Bluey and Jim Mullen and everyone who came to the Citrus Sun in store last Saturday you can see the pics here. Don’t forget their gig tonight at under the bridge. See this link for more details Easter Opening Hours Good Friday - 10 -5.30 Saturday 19th RSD 9- 7 Easter Sunday 20th – closed Monday 21st – 10 -1.30 Have a great Soulful Easter - hope to see you over the weekend. Click her to see the special record store day products

Soulandfunkmusic.com wishes you a happy new year 2015

holland-dozier-holland-45s-box-set2014 marks the 45th anniversary of Detroit based soul labels Invictus, Hot Wax and Music Merchant – the three record labels established by legendary songwriting team Edward Holland, Jr. Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier a.k.a Holland-Dozier-Holland, following their acrimonious split from Berry Gordy’s Motown empire in 1967.

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Be thankful for what you got was first recorded by William DeVaughn in 1974. I came across more than 14 other remakes of this song from 1974 till 2007. Remakes are done by various artists like Arthur Lee & Love, Craig Peyton and Portrait . Which version is/are your favorites?

Be Thankful For What You've Got

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Now on soulandfunkmusic.com an Unidentified Tunes section. I will add your Unidentified tunes in this list to help your search. You can send me your unknown tunes by email (see contact details for address).
HUGE EASTER SALE ($4.00 TITLES)

OVER 140 TITLES ALL AT $4.00 EACH.

THATS OVER 60% OFF (7 DAYS ONLY)

KEITH BARROW, BRASS CONSTRUCTION, STANLEY CLARKE, NORMAN CONNORS, RAY PARKER JR x 2, MELBA MOORE, GQ, SYREETA, TONI BRAXTON x 2, THE TYMES, EDDIE KENDRICKS, DELFONICS, KENNY G, ANDRE CYMONE, BETTY WRIGHT x 2, CHOICE FOUR, DJ ROGERS,


THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE ARTISTS ALL AT $4.00

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