Various Artists - Thee Reverend Bobby Fulton Presents The Soulville Jaywalking Story - Soulful Sounds From Soulville - (2000) + Bonus Track - Get Hip Archives Series (MP3 211MB) Rare Soul

REPOST/REQUEST from the old blog...Nice to be back from a little break and to a ton of requests!.........In our modern world of mega media companies, where corporate giants such as AOL Time Warner, Viacom and Walt Disney dominate both the music labels and the media outlets, the idea of a local musician starting his own recording label seems very unlikely if not downright impossible. But Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in the 1960's was a hotbed of soul music talent, and local musician Bobby Fulton saw both an opportunity and a need to record artists who were performing in the area.  No other recording options were then available in the mid state for soul or gospel artists, so in September 1967, Fulton, who was performing with the bands "The Emperors" and "The Soul Exotics," got together with friends Toby Young, Jimmy Walker and Hulie Diggs to create Soulville Productions. Located on North Sixth Street in Harrisburg, the fledgling company's first release was the 45 "Nobody To Blame/Nothing Matters" from the nine-member "Soulville All-Stars." For some crazy reason not included on this CD so i,ve included it as a bonus track as its one of the best northern tracks you,ll ever hear!..Fulton himself was a member of the R&B "All-Stars," which featured vocal harmonies and horn arrangements in the style popularized by the "Temptations."  Other artists and groups were soon released on the Soulville label and the company soon built up a catalog of R&B, funk and gospel titles which included artists from across the country who flocked to harrisburg once word got out. Jay-Walking 45 "The Way I Love You" by The Continental 4 Despite distributing numerous copies of their new titles to area radio stations, the Soulville promotions team had difficulty getting satisfactory airplay, and found that many stations would not promote an entire line from a particular label.  Enter Jay-Walking Records an offshoot of Soulville, created as a means to get more airplay for Soulville talent. In 1972, Fulton took an opportunity to work in Pittsburgh as Director of Operations for Black Circle Records.  He subsequently became an ordained Baptist minister and founded Gospel Music Ministries International, a Christian Interdenominational Church Fellowship. The Soulville label continued to release titles for a few years, and according to Rev. Fulton, is still a viable label today. A lovely printed label littlered with great northern dancers! If you have`nt heard this great album before your in for a real treat!

AMM

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