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Thursday October 07: Guest DJs: Licorice Soul Records.
Hot, Funky & Sweaty
Every Thursday, Salmon & Compass, 58 Penton St, Angel N1 9PZ 8pm – 2am. £2 (cheap!
. More info: 020 7837 3891.
Firstly, we regret to announce that we have had to cancel the Bob Bernard Trio for this week’s HF&S. However, guest DJ support from Licorice Soul Records is going ahead as planned – the show must go on!
As some of you know, Licorice Soul reissued a blistering version of CominÂ’ Home Baby, performed by Bob Bernard and originally issued on a little known UK LP that was sold only from one restaurant. It turned out that 60 year-old Bob was still active as a jazz musician and so the idea for a HF&S date was born...
Unfortunately though, HF&S suffered a quiet September. After all, we’re just a bar with limited capacity that’s open late. The Salmon isn’t perceived as particularly trendy and its location isn’t conducive to passing trade. This has its good points and bad points – at least the people who do show, do so for the right reasons, which makes for a great vibe!
We donÂ’t charge much to get in because we feel it goes against the principle of spreading the good word of quality soul and funk, and the relatively small capacity restricts our budget considerably.
This means that without support from funk & soul fans, running a weekly night with a high turnover of guest DJs and bands to keep things fresh can be very hard sometimes and this is one of those instances.
We recently dropped out from all the listings plus the bar canÂ’t afford to extortionate prices for flyposting, and to top it all off, this week two nights with similar appeal are directly clashing with us.
It all adds up to potentially bad news for Bob, should he have played this Thurs, so we cancelled. Hopefully when things pick up we can get him back.
ItÂ’s not all bad news though! HF&S has a very strong two months ahead, starting with Keb Darge next week and The Boogaloo Investigators live the week after, with Brent Goodshell & Andy Noble from The Neapolitans guest DJing. ThereÂ’s a new PR woman on the case, her good work should be kicking in for KebÂ’s date, plus new A6 flyers are in the works, with dealers like Resolution Records kindly offering to pop them in all their mailers.
So, back to this Thursday: Licorice Soul Records are, of course, the business! Their work over the last year has been as endless as it has been tireless - re-issuing plenty of lost treasures on 45, and loads more coming out before the year is done, including their 1st LP which  I think is now available. So far, every single release of theirs has sold out within weeks. Check out their website for more details and hopefully we’ll see you this Thurs!
http://www.licoricesoul.com
Hot, Funky & Sweaty
Every Thursday, Salmon & Compass, 58 Penton St, Angel N1 9PZ 8pm – 2am. £2 (cheap!
. More info: 020 7837 3891.Firstly, we regret to announce that we have had to cancel the Bob Bernard Trio for this week’s HF&S. However, guest DJ support from Licorice Soul Records is going ahead as planned – the show must go on!
As some of you know, Licorice Soul reissued a blistering version of CominÂ’ Home Baby, performed by Bob Bernard and originally issued on a little known UK LP that was sold only from one restaurant. It turned out that 60 year-old Bob was still active as a jazz musician and so the idea for a HF&S date was born...
Unfortunately though, HF&S suffered a quiet September. After all, we’re just a bar with limited capacity that’s open late. The Salmon isn’t perceived as particularly trendy and its location isn’t conducive to passing trade. This has its good points and bad points – at least the people who do show, do so for the right reasons, which makes for a great vibe!
We donÂ’t charge much to get in because we feel it goes against the principle of spreading the good word of quality soul and funk, and the relatively small capacity restricts our budget considerably.
This means that without support from funk & soul fans, running a weekly night with a high turnover of guest DJs and bands to keep things fresh can be very hard sometimes and this is one of those instances.
We recently dropped out from all the listings plus the bar canÂ’t afford to extortionate prices for flyposting, and to top it all off, this week two nights with similar appeal are directly clashing with us.
It all adds up to potentially bad news for Bob, should he have played this Thurs, so we cancelled. Hopefully when things pick up we can get him back.
ItÂ’s not all bad news though! HF&S has a very strong two months ahead, starting with Keb Darge next week and The Boogaloo Investigators live the week after, with Brent Goodshell & Andy Noble from The Neapolitans guest DJing. ThereÂ’s a new PR woman on the case, her good work should be kicking in for KebÂ’s date, plus new A6 flyers are in the works, with dealers like Resolution Records kindly offering to pop them in all their mailers.
So, back to this Thursday: Licorice Soul Records are, of course, the business! Their work over the last year has been as endless as it has been tireless - re-issuing plenty of lost treasures on 45, and loads more coming out before the year is done, including their 1st LP which  I think is now available. So far, every single release of theirs has sold out within weeks. Check out their website for more details and hopefully we’ll see you this Thurs!
http://www.licoricesoul.com
. Hope the meeting with the clever person went well. I always nod, even when I haven't got a clue, and it seems to fool 'em. Â 
 Loads of Cheap Funk, and plenty of the hard stuff too. These guys should play out more often. Two stops down the Northern line from Mornington Crescent, but sonically about as far from B-Music as you could get. And Ed's been working a nice line in Pringle sweaters recently - Matt and I will have to coordinate warddrobes with him to avoid any embarassing Brillo fashion faux pas...  
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