Roll of Honour
I must mention the friends and enthusiasts whose obsessions, knowledge and musical recommendations have contributed so much to my enjoyment of the world’s greatest art form and without whom this website could not have existed:-
| Jan Barker Steve Barrow John Broven Greg Burgess Garry Cape Emil Ceska David Cole The late Randy Cozens Tom de Jong Rod Dearlove Bob Fisher John Glassburner Martin Goggin Mike Gray Steve Guanori |
Kevin Kiley John Lias John McGuigan Paul Mooney Yoni Neeman Pete Nickols Brian Pearson Katsuaki Sano Joe Sperry Matt Starr Dickie Tapp Harry van Vliet Yass Yamaguchi Naoya Yamauchi |
Also honourable “tips of the hat” to the key record dealers whose attempts to bankrupt me haven’t gone unnoticed:-
John Anderson
Ralph Barton
Barry Soltz
The discographies here are based on my own record collection, but checking/amendments have been carried out using a variety of online sites (see Links), and other sources including these publications:-
Stack-O-Wax
R & B Indies
Blues Records
Mega Guide
But especially the 3 volumes of the Soul Encyclopaedia so far published by Yutaka Sakurai. This monumental effort is by far the most comprehensive effort yet made to provide a listing of soul vinyl – but due to it’s limited circulation and publishing history Yutaka’s unremitting attention to detail hasn’t received the honour it’s due. According to my Japanese friends due to the author's ill health it now looks very unlikely that that the final volume of this great work will ever be published.
Special thanks to Pete Nickols for efforts above and beyond.