#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 ...
#36 – “Save Me”
March 1967, London Aretha's "I Never Loved A Man" LP is on full blast in my bedroom above the fish & chip shop my Dad ...
#35 – “I Never Loved A Man…”
March 1967, London I’ve left Soul City record shop (at least temporarily) - even though I’m a partner in it with Dave Godin and Robert ...
#31 – “Your Name Is Franklin?”
January 1967, London The week after attending the New Year’s party at which I meet Marion, I’m invited back to the home of Bob (the ...
#29 – “Aretha, phone call from England…”
December 1966, London What a way to end my year, speaking to Aretha Franklin who has signed a new contract with Atlantic Records in November. ...
#28 – “The Christmas Bonus”
Christmas week, December 1966, London Soul City has been open for a few weeks and the word is out among the dedicated lovers of American ...
#27 – “21 Deptford High Street”
December 1966, London The big day is here! Dave Godin has hired a friend Henry Giles to design the colours (mauve and blue) of the ...
#25 – “That’s Not Aretha, That’s Erma!”
September 1966, London Earlier in the year, my thirst for collecting every one of the Columbia albums by Aretha Franklin is quenched! I’m forever hooked ...