17/07/2008

Blues & Soul 76 January 21-Feruary 3, 1972



Cover/rear photo's: Staple Singers/Detroit Emeralds Single & Album
Internal photo's: The Friends Of Distinction, Staple Singers at Stax with Booker T, Duck Dun & Steve Cropper, Mavis Staples, Roberta Flack, Tina Turner & Ikettes, Wilson Pickett on stage in Africa, Charles Whitehead, Al Green.
Features: Peoples Choice, Friends Of Distinction, Staple Singers, Soul To Soul, Brenda & Tabulations, 5th. Dimension Live.
Live dates/new: Stevie Wonder dates, Arthur Conley Dates, Drifters dates, Eddie Floyd dates, Curtis Mayfield dates, Edwin Starr date.
Advertisers: The Shack Disco London Rd, Swiss Cottage, Polydor/Stax Staples LP, Decca 3 in the top 5 add, Polydor/Buddah Curtis Roots LP, A&M Dennis Coffey Scorpio, Metrople cinema, London, Soul To Soul film, Phonogram/Chess/Janus Detoit Emeralds dates/single/lp.
UK Soul Charts
Top 60 singles: 1- Donnie Elbert Where Did Our Love Go, 60- Darling Take Me Back Sissy Houston.
Top 30 albums: 1- Shaft Issac Hayes, 30- King Curtis Live at Filmore West.
US Soul Charts
Top 100 singles: 1- Al Green Let's Stay Together, 100- Hit It And Quit Funkadelic.
Top 50 albums: 1- Black Moses Isaac Hayes, 50- Dynamite Supremes & Four Tops.
New single reviews: Dennis Coffey Scorpio, Lee Dorsey Freedom For The Stallion, ZZ Hill Faithful and True, Stevie Wonder If You Really Love Me, The Fantastics Love Me Love The Life I Lead, Henry Shed Bend Me Shape me, Sandra Richardson I Feel A Song.
New album reviews: Billy Preston I Wrote A Sinple Song, 5th Dimention Live, Fantastics Same, Chuck Berry Back Home, Bo Diddley Another Dimension, Arthur Gunter Blues After Hours, Funkadelic Maggot Brain, Howlin' Wolf Message To The Young, Brook Benton The Gospel Truth.
Readers Letters: Paul Williams (Slough), Adrian & Sandra (Knightley, Yorks), Steve Bryant (Barking, Essex), John Hinman (South Carton, Lics), Ian Malino (Erdington, Birmingham B24), Guy Francis (Bitterne, Southampton), Steve Roberts (Maghull, Liverpool),G Hatherick [upsets editor] (Darlington, Co. Duram)
Dave Godin Column: Top 20 chart for 1971 with explanations 1- Doris Duke 20- Freda Payne Bring The Boys Home. Talks about idiosyncrasies & aesthetics in the music industry.
Misc: none
Cost: £5 or £2.50 Pdf.

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