Soulboy69

2018-03-14T06:22:00.000-07:00

Check out my cover story in the new March 2018 issue of Shindig! magazine. Out now!

More info @ https://www.shindig-magazine.com/

#stax #staxrecords #staxmuseum #otisredding #memphis #memphissound #memphissoul #soul #funk

2018-03-14T06:14:00.001-07:00

New live funk & soul mix featuring Esther Marrow 'Walk Tall' and the Isleys, Rufus Thomas, Marlena Shaw, The Toys, Etta James, Jimmy Soul Clark, Joy Lovejoy, PP Arnold and loads more at mixcloud

Listen and feedback!

#funk #soul #northernsoul #sisterfunk #sistersoul #vinyl #deejay #mixcloud

2015-09-04T00:46:00.001-07:00

Nothing Can Stop Us by Paul Ritchie Strictly Vinyl on Mixcloud

ESP / Expression She Pulled Fanzine - can you help?

2013-11-16T10:03:00.000-08:00

From 1990-1998 I wrote and produced a Leeds based fanzine, first called The Expression She Pulled, before shortened to simply, ESP Fanzine. It ran for 24 issues and was sold in record shops around the West Yorkshire area as well as Manchester, Glasgow and London. It was also available on mail order via NME classifieds and received positive reviews in Record Collector.

Here are some front covers.

I am trying to locate 5 missing issues. Issues 2, 5, 11, 17 and 18. If you can help please contact me or like my page @ www.facebook.com/espfanzine

cheaps CDs on amazon marketplace

2013-09-14T08:44:00.001-07:00

Cheap CDs for Sale

If you want to get your hands on some cheap CDs check out my store on Amazon Marketplace. I only sell CDs in excellent condition and my prices are usually the cheapest on the site.

www.amazon.co.uk/shops/readysteadygomusic

Soul * Funk * Indie * Britpop * and lot's more!

Lots of DJ friendly vinyl available to for sale. Contact me for my latest set sale list. These will not be sold on Amazon!

New funk & soul 45s mix

2012-07-14T13:55:00.000-07:00

Kissing The Cotton Clouds by Paul Ritchie on Mixcloud

Charity Night in Birstall Saturday 23rd July 2011

2011-07-09T13:40:00.000-07:00

DJ Hire

2011-06-19T13:30:00.000-07:00

DJ Set - Sixties Garage Beat Special

2011-06-19T13:28:00.000-07:00

Soulboy69's sixties garage & freakbeat mix by Paul Ritchie on Mixcloud

Shakernaker DJ set

2011-06-19T13:24:00.000-07:00

Shakermaker mix april 2010 DJs Paul Ritchie & Phil Cunnigham by Paul Ritchie on Mixcloud

Melting Pot first saturday of every month

2011-03-31T13:58:00.000-07:00

Melting Pot launches Saturday 5th February 2011

2010-11-30T13:50:00.000-08:00

First Saturday of every month
launch night Saturday 5th February 2011!
DJs Paul Ritchie & Phil Cunningham
Strictly Vinyl!

DJing at the Glory Bar, Leeds on 6th November

2010-10-27T05:06:00.000-07:00

The Strictly Vinyl duo will be playing back in Leeds after a long hiatus on Saturday 6th November at the spanking new and trendy Glory Bar. We'll be spinning 100% vinyl classics from the sixties to the present day so if you are in town, come on down!

Shakermaker

2010-04-19T12:43:00.000-07:00

(pic left to right: DJ Phil, Wayno, Soulboy69)

Check out more pics from the last shakermaker @ http://www.shakermaker.info/

Hot Wax Allnighter 2nd May 2010

2010-04-19T12:30:00.000-07:00

The New Untouchables hold their first ever Northern Soul/Mod allnighter at the excellent Wardrobe venue in Leeds city centre on May 2nd 2010..

NUTS hold many events including the hugely successful Le Beat Bespoke festival in London which has included live acts Arthur Lee and Love, The Sonics, The Chocolate Watchband, The Undertones, The Horrors, Little Barrie, The Remains, The Buzzcocks, The Fuzztones, The Action, The Pretty Things and The Yardbirds to name just a few.

Allnighter over two floors with Modernist sounds ground floor and Northern Soul in the basement, kicks off 22.00 On Sunday 2 May (Bank Holiday weekend).

DJ Dr Robert (compiler of the renowned compilation album series also titled Le Beat Bespoke) and his New Untouchables team have assembled a killer line-up of DJ's from all over the north of the UK for your dancing delight. Deejays include Lancs legend Ginger Taylor, Keith Money (Scotland), Paul Welsby (Manchester) Pid (Birmingham) and Yorkshire lads Gav Needham (Brighton Beach), Jools Metcalf, Ian Gee, Nige Grice, Nige Brown & Lee Miller.

For full info go http://www.newuntouchables.com/

Bye bye Ready Steady Go web site...

2010-04-07T13:28:00.000-07:00

As you may have noticed we are in the process of removing our ready-steady-go.org.uk website.

From now on all our activities, events, news and goss will be appearing on our brand new blog soulboy69.blogspot.com.

Since we launched RSG! back in 1997 from the ashes of popular Leeds fanzine, ESP, the world and the internet has changed dramatically.

The blog seems the best place to be at this present time and we are keen to keep an internet profile for all our news and views. So keep coming back here for all our latest gig news, top tips and recommendations.
If you are in the West Yorkshire area on Saturday April 17th come on down to Shakermaker @ Bar Deco in Batley for a special night of indie anthems, motown, northern soul, mod, ska, 60's beat played on 100% vinyl.

We got some special treats in store for all our guests including free mix cds and sixties visuals! Don't miss it!

This blog has moved

2010-04-07T04:20:00.001-07:00

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Shakermaker April 2010

2010-03-16T05:39:00.000-07:00

Our next Shakermaker date is scheduled for Saturday April 17th at Bar Deco, Batley, West Yorkshire. For more details and pics from our previous dates check out www.shakermaker.info/

Ladyboys & Evil Regent plus RSG! DJs

2009-11-26T13:19:00.000-08:00

Friday 27th November 2009

Brudenell Social Club Leeds
The Ladyboys
Evil Regent
with DJs
Paul Ritchie (Ready Steady Go)
Phil Cunnigham (Strictly Vinyl)

Leeds' finest back in action, get down early, these gigs are always rammed!

www.myspace.com/lsladyboys

Shakermaker Playlist

2009-10-03T01:54:00.000-07:00

Listen to the Shakermaker advert for October 17

Gene Chandler - Nothing Can Stop Me
Melba Moore - The Magic Touch
Chris Clark - Do I Love You
Syl Johnson - Come On Sock It To Me
Julian Covay - A Little Bit Hurt
Shocking Blue - Send Me A Postcard
Les Fleur De Lys - Circles
Spirit - I Got A Line On You
The Action - Hey Sha Lo Ney
Jacques Dutronc - On Nous Cache Tout
Castaways - Liar Liar
Lulu - Love Loves To Love Love
James Brown - Think
Toots & The Maytals - 54 46 That's My Number
Madness - The Prince
Prince Buster - Madness
The Velvelettes - Needle In A Haystack
Judy Street - What
Dobie Gray - Out On The Floor
100% Vinyl!

Bar Deco, Batley
October 17th 2009

Shakermaker Saturday October 17th 2009

2009-09-30T05:00:00.000-07:00

The next Shakermaker 'do' takes place on Saturday October 17th 2009 at Bar Deco, Batley, West Yorkshire featuring DJs Jackie Robson (Step On), Paul Ritchie (Ready Steady Go) and Phil Cunningham (Strictly Vinyl).

Tickets are just £3 advance or £4 on the door and the fun kicks off at 9.30pm. For ticket info call or text Jay on 0775 1983217.

More info and pics from previous nights can be found at www.facebook.com/shakermaker.info

Playlist includes the greatest and the rarest of Mod, Northern Soul, Indie, Britpop, Ska, Motown and 60s Beat. Ya dig?

New Shakermaker date...Sat 22nd August

2009-08-20T13:52:00.000-07:00

If you are in the West Yorkshire area on Saturday 22d August why not check out 'Shakermaker' at Bar Deco, Bradford Road, Batley?

Ready Steady Go DJs Phil and Paul along with Paul Auty will be spinning a melting pot of mod, ska, indie, northern, motown, britpop and sixties beat classics from 9.30pm until 2.30am.

For further info contact Jay Tel: 0775 198 3217.

Check out the pictures from the Shakermaker launch night back in June at : http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/album.php?aid=2009285&id=1517822090

SHAKERMAKER LAUNCH PARTY @ CASALOCO, LEEDS 5th JUNE 2009

2009-06-01T01:10:00.000-07:00

RSG! are proud to be associated with a brand new club night in Leeds kicking off Friday 5th June. Featuring a fantastic line-up of 6 DJ's covering the greatest and rarest anthems in Indie - Mod - 60's beat - Northern soul - Britpop - Ska - 2 tone, 2 Live Bands & very competitive drinks prices, all spread over 3 floors of one of Leeds' finest nightspots, Casa Loco (previously Atrium), Grand Arcade, Leeds, LS1 6PG.

DJ's
Paul Ritchie & Phil Cunningham (ready-steady-go.org.uk / strictly vinyl)
Mark 'Liquidator' Young (beatauthority.co.uk)
Tidsey (beatauthority.co.uk)
Jackie Robson (Step On)
Paul Auty (Shakermaker)

Bands
The Finnlys (www.thefinnlys.co.uk)
The Persuasion (www.myspace.com/thepersuasionsonicsoul)

Be a face and dress to impress the in crowd, for what promises to be the start of one of Leeds' greatest club nights...

Tickets £5 O.T.D or advance via website (www.shakermaker.info)

2009-03-20T12:25:00.000-07:00

Forget about the real thing - it ain't gonna happen!

Instead, for a nostalgic night of classic Roses tunes, check out Leeds' very own Stone Roses tribute band The Stoned Roses making their much anticipated live debut at the Brudenell Social Club, Leeds on Thursday April 9th.

Ready Steady Go DJs Phil and Paul will be spinning the best baggy tunes all on 100% luscious vinyl including happy mondays, charlatans, paris angels, northside, flowered up, bridewell taxis, james, inspiral carpets, primal scream and many more...

Double, double good!

more info @ www.myspace.com/thestonedrosesuk

Is it really 20 years?

RSG! classic albums #3 - Would You Believe

2009-03-02T07:54:00.000-08:00

BILLY NICHOLLS
Would You Believe (Immediate)

Hazy, lazy, dreamy psych pop from swinging London via California or the UK's answer to Pet Sounds?

How long would you half expect the British answer to the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds album could be criminally left in the can to gather dust? A few years perhaps, due to a bad business deal, or a recent death of the original artist?

How about thirty years? Back in the late sixties the relatively unknown Billy Nicholls recorded an album for Andrew Loog Oldham's Immediate record label only for it to be shelved for some unknown reason. A few copies managed to sneak out into the public domain and over the years the album has earned mythical status amongst pop/psych fans that passed the recording into legendary status billing it as "The British answer to Pet Sounds".

In 1999 a vinyl edition of the album was finally given an official release by Tenth Planet but in typical fashion the album was limited to 1000 copies thus ensuring that the vinyl version is destined to retain it's mythical status for a good few years to come yet. It has since been re-issued on CD by Sanctuary.

So what makes this album so important especially when the artist behind the album cannot remember anything at all about it as he told Dawn Eden in the May 1997 issue of Mojo?
Well there are a number of reasons. Firstly there are the many Small Faces/Who connections associated with Billy Nicholls that will prompt many people to investigate this album with eager anticipation. Secondly, the fact that such a rare item could be ranked alongside the Beach Boys 'Pet Sounds' and remain undiscovered for so long. After hearing this album all you could possibly ask is, why?

Billy Nicholls couldn't have entered the music business much more brash and brazen than as a sixteen year old kid in 1966 who approached George Harrison, of all people, to help him record his songs. Harrison arranged for him to record a demo, but the Beatles publisher Dick James lost the tapes. By way of an apology James arranged some free studio time for Nicholls to record another demo.

Enter Andrew Loog Oldham, the Rolling Stones manager, who had just set up his 'Immediate' record label and was keen to build up his roster of acts. He heard Nicholls demo and was suitably impressed enough to hire Nicholls as a staff songwriter.

It was at 'Immediate' that the young Nicholls become friendly with the Small Faces. Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane contributed to the majestic 'Would You Believe' track. You can hear Marriott's vocal on this track despite Loog Oldham's attempts to drown them out with heavy orchestration.

'Would You Believe' was released as a single in January 1968 but failed to chart despite favourable reviews. Oldham though was keen to pursue his ambitions of matching the music coming out of America most notably the Beach Boys and he proceeded to produce an album with Nicholls that would match the 'teenage symphonies to God' vibe that Brian Wilson was creating.

The big budget production and heavy use of orchestration points to the influence of Brian Wilson but many of the songs on the album have more in common with the pop psych of the swinging London scene. The Small Faces psych opus 'Ogden's Nut Gone Flake', the Kinks quintessential 'Village Green Preservation Society' and the Beatles ambiguous 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds'. All three are closely linked with the sounds that emanate from this album.

Pencilled in for an April 1968 release the album never reached the shops. A cash flow crisis for the fledgling 'Immediate' label is the most obvious reason for Andrew Loog Oldham getting cold feet but why the album has remained untouched for so many years you begin to wonder if other forces were at work also.

Nicholls went on to provide uncredited backing vocals to the Small Faces 'Ogdens' album before hooking up with Pete Townshend to work on various solo and band projects. He has also released a further three solo albums and has enjoyed many years working as musical director for the Who. He has also written hit singles for Leo Sayer and Roger Daltrey, but don't let that put you off!

Billy Nicholls is still very much active in the music business. For more info on Billy Nicholls check out his website http://www.billynicholls.com/. To purchase the album click here.