Soul/Soul Music Monthly/Soul Music/Shout were all the brainchild of Tony Cummings starting 1965. Charlie got his music journalism start when they serialised his nascent Sound of the City. Over the years I occasionally knocked out the odd review. Clive took over as editor with issue 44, June 1969. CG stopped contributing when the Record Mirror "gig' was offered to him.
Clive Richardson - Really Saying Something, Memoirs of a Soul Survivor - Bankhouse Books ISBN9 781904 408758
Precisely what it says on the cover. The memoirs of someone who has been involved with the enjoyment and promotion of Soul music since the very early days back in the 1960s. Clive Richardson has since a diverse involvement in Soul music that he probably had trouble getting everything into the one volume. But he’s managed it, and his eloquent command of English means this is an easy read as well. Perhaps a little too much focus on what was in (What appears to be) every issue of Shout magazine, but hey, I’ve been there as an Editor, so know exactly how much it means. Overall, this is a very personal view of a lifetime spent in Soul music appreciation, by someone who is from London (and that is a key point here) that I enjoyed reading and will in all likelihood read again.
Here's Clive's YouTube promo!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0Eae2YyvlA