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
**********REQUEST**********
The Tasters!
30 comments:
Welcome back , There's some awesome tracks on this cd . Thanks AMM .
Thank you AMM, great compilation!!
You Got Such A Way Of Spoiling Us..I Missed This The First Time Around.
Lets Go Down To Soulville!
Bigger Thanks AMM
Thanks AMM - welcome back and thanks for Soulful Soulville revisit
Welcome back AMM and thanks for this nice post!
New to me-Thanks AMM
Big thanks to the Reverend! And: Thanks for review, P.
Thanks for review with bonus AMM
This one's new to me. Very nice.
You got me in the palm of your hand!
Thanks, AMM!
thanks for the review mate
This is a great review, thanks AMM
Thanks AMM. You can never go wrong with Funky hot pants!
Thank you for this compilation which I don't have.
A great discovery.
Yves
Very nice, can't wait to check this one out... many thanks AMM
BigD
Another great looking compilation. Thanks, AMM.
Super Grand ! - Soulsville's where I wanna be |-) thanks for that ;) 🌞☮️
I know that every time you come back from a break, you come loaded with great sounds. Thank you AMM.
glad you back sir with great review
Great stuff, AMM. Thanks for the review.
Can't wait to hear this!
I do not recognise the bonus track, thank you for this review
I missed this too...but not for long{I hope!} p;ease AMM!
Cheers!
Bill
Thanks for this one it looks great cant wait to listen to this Thanks AMM Cheers Pedro
Don't know how i missed this one MM, thanks for a second chance.
cheers,ELtel
another great review, thanks AMM
Brilliant review cheers AMM
Thanks for the review, Great tasters.
a new one for me thanks for the review
Thank you AMM
Post a Comment