#51 – “I Didn’t Come Here To Talk About No Martha & The Vandellas!”
October 1967, London Soul music continues to reflect my experiences in life and in particular in matters of the heart! My friends Michael Crichley and ...
#50 – “Piece Of My Heart”
October 1967, London Soul City seems to be thriving after the move to Central London. We’re getting regular shipments of US imports and I’m particularly ...
#49 – “Oh Lord, What Are You Doing To Me”
September 1967, Bayswater, London I’m hanging out with Big Maybelle, my boyfriend William Caper and my dear friend Enid at Maybelle’s hotel during her 1st ...
#48 – “Big Maybelle Sings The Blues”
September 1967, Bayswater, London Blues great Big Maybelle is in London for the first time promoting her new LP, she’s visited Soul City record store ...
#47 – “Soul City And A Blues Queen”….
September 1967, London I’ve agreed to return to the newly-relocated Soul City now in the heart of Central London at 17 Monmouth Street and the ...
#46 – “Aretha Arrives”…
August 1967, London More than ever, the soul music that is my passion is reflecting my life-as-lived. If whatever I experience with boyfriend #1 Franklin ...
#45 – “Take Me In Your Arms & Love Me”
July 1967, London I’m having a great time working at the small record department located in the John Menzies bookstore on Cheapside near St. Paul’s ...
#44 – “Going Down Slow”…
June 1967, London My passion for Aretha's first Atlantic LP, released in Britain in April is expressed in an article I write for the UK ...
#43 – “A Whiter Shade Of Pale”
May 1967, London I’ve written a letter to Dave Godin and Robert Blackmore at Soul City to let them know I’m going back to my ...
#42 – “Some Of Your Lovin'”
April 1967, London I’ve agreed to meet William, my first blind date at the Hammersmith Odeon cinema on a Saturday afternoon and I choose the ...