tag:pparnold.com,2005:/blogs/now-and-thenNews & Blog2022-04-20T00:13:47+01:00PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soulfalsetag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/69521552022-04-20T00:13:47+01:002023-10-16T15:52:18+01:00My New Adventures continued…<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/30a56d308f5513169c05eb0ba56f2e72cd30da4c/original/278115923-524890579196176-680455027843380730-n.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsImxhcmdlIl1d.jpg" class="size_l justify_left border_none" alt="" />My New Adventures continued, finally!! I’m looking forward to performing again and spreading some love, joy and upliftment in these strange times. Keeping The Faith, Staying Strong, Giving Thanks, Being Grateful</p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/69521532022-04-20T00:05:39+01:002022-04-20T00:05:39+01:00I am playing at Glastonbury Festival!<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/5b60be5f41c5581a8916a8642f7f9710fd0d6ac2/original/i-am-playing.gif/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.png" class="size_m justify_left border_none" alt="" />I am so excited to be playing the legendary @glastofest I’ll be there with Morris Pleasure and a great band, we’ll be grooving on Sunday afternoon June 26th 3:20-4:20pm on the Avalon main stage. It will be my first solo performance @glastofest it’s never too late and I can’t wait.</p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/63419802020-06-04T16:20:33+01:002020-10-21T19:01:50+01:00Exclusive "Live" Lockdown Performance for Birmingham Town Hall and Symphony Hall<p>Watch me perform a short set, exclusively for Birmingham Town Hall and Symphony Hall from my home tomorrow Friday, June 5 at 7:00pm UK GMT time, 8:00 pm CET, 10am PST, 12noon Central, 1pm EST <span style="color:#2980b9;">https://www.facebook.com/townhallsymphonyhall/videos/267485521273376/</span></p>
<p>Tune in to watch live on my PP Arnold Facebook page or the Town Hall and Symphony Hall Facebook page where it is being broadcast from. Here's hoping that you can catch my special performances with Zoot Money, Anders Olinder and Jordan Brown joining me to create some lockdown fun and funk for your enjoyment. Donate to help save these wonderful venues that are suffering as a result of of the pandemic lockdown. 🙏🏾😃😎🎤🎹🎸🎼🎵🎶🎶<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/9ad53524af3ca02f5dd6971e65e799541c44a1f9/original/screen-shot-2020-06-04-at-09-00-17.png/!!/b:W10=.png" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/63175052020-05-15T14:24:51+01:002021-08-11T08:26:42+01:00The Shindig! Magazine Online Revue - Lockdown Music Festival<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/533883df8a1f7f275869970bceef4b95a8e43acb/original/online-revue-1a-smaller-724x1024.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_none border_" /> </p>
<p>On Sunday the 17th May 2020 at 3pm (BST) Shindig! Magazine will broadcast, live on Facebook and YouTube, their first ONLINE REVUE featuring exclusive performances from Peter Daltrey of Kaleidoscope, Bobby Conn, The Sonic Dawn, Maxwell Farrington & Le SuperHomard, Black Market Karma, Beautify Junkyards, Pacific Range, Rob Smoughton of Black Peaches/Hot Chip/Scritti Politti and PP Arnold. Once again Shindig! will be raising money for The Trussell Trust.</p>
<p><strong>PP Arnold</strong> will perform at 11pm BST / 3:30 pm PST</p>
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<p>Being stuck at home is boring, so get a few drinks in, enjoy our event and donate the cost of a pint, so that <strong>The Trussell Trust</strong> can continue their brilliant work, and feed people during this uncertain period. We would ask you to please make a donation, however small, to our Just Giving page and support this vital cause.</p>
<p><a class="button" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/shindig-magazine" target="_blank" title="DOWLOAD">Donate</a></p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/63091932020-05-08T18:47:37+01:002020-05-08T18:47:37+01:00The Fratellis “Strangers in the Street (feat. PP Arnold)” - fundraiser for Covid-19 funds<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/4efd9d8907fbaa8599965d2438b2fe6bd238a253/original/the-fratellis-pp-arnold-sits-new2.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>PP Arnold has been collaborating with Scottish rock band <a contents="The Fratellis" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.thefratellis.com/blog/2020/5/8/new-release-featuring-pp-arnold" target="_blank">The Fratellis</a> during the lockdown and today they release a special version of a track from their forthcoming album. The band will be donating 100% of their income from <a contents="“Strangers in the Street (feat. PP Arnold)”" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://thefratellis.lnk.to/SITS" target="_blank">“Strangers in the Street (feat. PP Arnold)”</a> to the <a contents="Spotify Covid-19 Music Relief" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://covid19musicrelief.byspotify.com/en-us" target="_blank">Spotify Covid-19 Music Relief</a> fund and the <a contents="NHS HEROES" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://uk.gofundme.com/f/help-them-help-us" target="_blank">NHS HEROES</a> appeal. </p>
<p>The Fratellis are a band from Glasgow, formed in 2005. The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Jon Fratelli, bassist and backing vocalist Barry Fratelli, and drummer and backing vocalist Mince Fratelli.</p>
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<p><strong>2019</strong> was an amazing year! The new album "New Adventures" and the UK tour had a great success and I felt a lot of love from my audience! ❤️ </p>
<p>???? promises to be exciting too: my Book, the Documentary and more Concerts, Festivals and Gigs to come!??❤️</p>
<p>????? ??? to All The Press, Media, BBC Radio 6, Radio 2 and all the Regional Coverage. Big Thanks to all the Fans for your constant support and enthusiasm. Thank you to my Amazing team Gaby Green @ Greengab, Amanda Beele, Luke Gray and all @All About Promotion, To my amazing Solicitor, Simon Long who has guided and supported me every inch of the way through my long journey to my New Adventures. To Steve Cradock for believing in me and for creating and Producing such an amazing body of work. To Sally Cradock for all the hard work that she put in helping us to make something great out of very little budget and support system. To Max Vaccaro, Isabelle Albrecht, Nina Koehler and all @earMusic, John Waller, Henry Semmence and all @Absolute Label Services, who believed in the music and like Simon Long have gone above and beyond to help make this project work. To Paul Weller and Charles Reece for their contributions in providing the facilities to mix and create the final product. To all the contributions of all the amazing musicians, who along with Steve Cradock and Paul Weller made this record sound as good as it does, Lynval Golding, Horace Pantor, Tim Smart and Sam Massey, Nickolaj Larson and Pablo Mendelson of The Specials, to the Q Stings and Rogue Orchestra, Tony Coote, Ricci P. Washington, Lorenza Johnson, Andy Flynn, Steve Trigg, Sam Smith, Connie McCall, Keshia Smith, Cass Cradock, Sunny Cradock and the Baby Blue Choir and last but not least the wonderful song contributions of Steve Grizzle, Paul Weller and Kojo Samuel. </p>
<p><br>You all have been responsible for the amazing success of my New Adventures and I Thank you all from the bottom of my heart. I Love you all so much!!! You're all Amazing!!! ❤️❤️❤️ </p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/59487772019-10-25T11:50:00+01:002019-11-04T11:47:50+00:00UK Tour has finished on a high note<p>The New Adventures tour of UK was absolutely fabulous.</p>
<p>BIG Thanks to all of the amazing audiences in every venue we played, you made us feel so appreciated. We thoroughly enjoyed performing for you all. <br>Big Love and BIG Thanks to Steve Cradock for all the hard work that it took to recreate his amazing production and musical direct everything ´live´, it wasn't easy pulling it all together in the short time that we had to do it in, but he did a masterful job ??? and it all came together in the end. Big Love and Thanks to Kojo Samuel for all of his help and support. Big Love and Big Thanks to our amazing band, Tony Coote, Andy Lawrence Flynn, Justin Dodsworth, Steve Trigg, Sam Smith and to my BEAUTIFUL Angels, Connie McCall aka Conners Mackers and Keisha Keke Smith, on BV´s. To Marcus Ferrari our amazing sound engineer who made every note that we played and sang sound so incredible. To Sally Cradock, James ´positive vibes´ Hayward, and Brian Spencer aka Spanner for doing a great job on the merchandise and dealing with my many bags in some very challenging hotels we stayed in thank you for the challenging details that make or break a tour we got through it all despite the many difficulties. We all truly deserve the accolade of ¨SOUL SURVIVORS´. It will take me a few days to sort through the many photos and great reviews received. Onwards and Upwards I go. By the Grace of God the doors have been opened wide for many New Adventures. Feelling Blessed ?? Feeling Loved ??????????❤️❤️❤️???❣️Feeling Happy and Proud of all of us ???☺️????⭐️✨???????????????????????</p>
<p>Here is one of gig <a contents="REVIEWS" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2019/10/13/p-p-arnold-brighton-concert-report/?fbclid=IwAR1GWr5L6yDvgAHHAvi430s60mZJsfXvMgnTI7LQdKhGPlD5e8zQJPRNo8c" target="_blank">REVIEWS</a> of the Tour by Brighton and Hove News</p>
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<p>One of the highlights of the London show at The Islington Assembly Hall was when David Nathan of Soulmusic.com presented me with my ´Soul Music Hall Of Fame´Award. I've never won anything and the fact that I won this award from a public vote is truly an honour I am overjoyed to receive. Thank you for voting for me. Big Love and Virtual Hugs to all of you.</p>
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<br>BBC Radio Wales - PP Arnold is Janice’s special guest , 1 Hour Special </h3>
<p>Join Janice for brilliant songs from the 60's right through to today. Janice also introduces fresh new music and artists from Wales.</p>
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<p>…Kate Silverton and Luke Jones meet singer P.P. Arnold;</p>
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<h3>Blood on the Tracks: PP Arnold, Bob Harris, Jamal Edwards, Mike Bubbins </h3>
<p>…Singing legend PP Arnold, creator and SBTV founder Jamal Edwards, DJ Bob Harris… </p>
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<h3>BBC Radio London - Robert Elms session</h3>
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<p> Clive Anderson and Arthur Smith are joined, amongst others, by Renee Fleming, Armistead Maupin and Rina Fatania for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. With music from PP Arnold</p>
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<h3>The First Time With...: PP Arnold </h3>
<p>…Matt chats to the legendary soul singer who's collaborated with everyone from Mick Jagger, to Barry Gibb to The KLF to Primal Scream, in an astonishing five-decade career. in The First Time...Matt Everitt presents in-depth, exclusive and…</p>
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<h3>Sounds Of The 70s with Johnnie Walker: PP Arnold </h3>
<p>…Soul singer PP Arnold remembers how her time as an Ikette with Ike and Tina…</p>
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<h3>Mark Carter: Special Guest: PP Arnold </h3>
<p>…Laid Back Sunday - Great music, special guests and local features.…</p>
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<h3>Liz Kershaw: PP Arnold</h3>
<p>Legendary soul singer PP Arnold - The First Cut Is The Deepest', 'Angel Of The Morning' - joins Liz in the studio to talk about her first album of new material in 51 years.</p>
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<p><strong>iTunes R&B/Soul UK - #1</strong></p>
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<p><strong>iTunes R&B/Soul GER - #4</strong></p>
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<p>It received multiple reviews upon release. You can read reviews <a contents="HERE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://pparnold.com/news-blog/blog/new-adventures-reviews-in-the-press" target="_blank">HERE</a></p>
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<p>Some lucky people already got to hold this beauty in their hands </p>
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<p> </p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/58501302019-08-09T14:20:00+01:002019-08-14T09:51:02+01:00'New Adventures' reviews in the press<h2>The has been a lot of BUZZ about "The New Adventures of... PP Arnold"</h2>
<h3>Here is the list of latest press. Pick the magazine you like!</h3>
<ul> <li>Check out this beautiful in-depth interview with Christian John Wikane for the <strong>U.S.A. Pop Matters magazine</strong>. Christian this interview is absolutely amAAAAzing, you definitely did your homework ?and so much more. ??????Thank you so much. ????? <a contents="Click HERE to read" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.popmatters.com/pp-arnold-2019-interview-2639691979.html?rebelltitem=5#rebelltitem5" target="_blank">Click HERE to read</a>
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<ul> <li> <p>It was an absolute JOY doing this interview with my dear friend David Nathan for SoulMusic.com. As you can hear I am really pumped up with all the excitement that's been surrounding the release of The New Adventures. David and I have know each other since 1967 so it was big fun for the both of us as you can hear in this very Soulful collaboration. <a contents="Click HERE to Read" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.soulmusic.com/p-p-arnold-2019-soulmusic-com-interview/" target="_blank">Click HERE to Read </a><br> <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/435dba11686e21e420ad309dd61ac3feb9532354/original/screen-shot-2019-08-14-at-11-42-48-am.png/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.png" class="size_m justify_none border_" /></p> </li> <li> <p>Excellent album review by Rock the Best Music. <a contents="Click Here to Read" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://rockthebestmusic.com/2019/08/pp-arnold-the-new-adventures-of-pp-arnold.html" target="_blank">Click Here to Read</a></p> </li> <li> <p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/b629b8252488c054cd5f4be9a445d99adec92345/original/screen-shot-2019-08-14-at-11-47-23-am.png/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.png" class="size_m justify_none border_" /></p> </li> <li> <p>Another superb review – this time from The Scotman, we got lead review!! 'The New Adventures Of PP Arnold' OUT NOW via earMUSIC produced by Steve Cradock</p> </li>
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<ul> <li> <p>Another fab review on the day of the official release by <strong>Soul Jazz and Funk </strong><a contents="Click HERE to Read" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.soulandjazzandfunk.com/reviews/6400-pp-arnold-the-further-adventures-of-pp-arnold-earmusic.html" target="_blank">Click HERE to Read</a><strong> </strong></p> </li> <li>On the way of official release a lovely 4* <strong>Guardian</strong> review, good review from <strong>The Scottish Daily Express</strong> and the feature in <strong>The Mirror</strong>!!! <p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/9175c304cc64cd4637424ba6596bb6d84b0084bc/original/guardian-pp.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_none border_" /> <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/2507469e60c52fdcfac88cd55c7dac9ba4dad566/original/scottish-daily-express.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_none border_" /> <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/6856c8768675e44cd61e7896dbd7d392cbe34965/original/the-mirror-pp.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_none border_" /></p> </li>
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<ul> <li> Brilliant review from The Arts Desk <a contents="CLICK HERE to read" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://theartsdesk.com/new-music/cd-pp-arnold-new-adventures-%E2%80%A6" target="_blank">CLICK HERE to read</a> </li>
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<ul> <li>One more Fabulous <strong>Vive Le Rock</strong> interview by Garth Cartwright. Out now in UK News Agents everywhere.!!! Thanks Garth ??So excited about working with you finalising my Autobiography ´The First Cut Is The Deepest´. ❤️</li>
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<ul> <li>2 Fab reviews in August 4th papers! one 4* in <strong>The Mail</strong> and another brilliant review in <strong>The Sunday Times</strong>. </li>
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<ul> <li>Lovely 2 page feature in <strong>Shindig</strong>, cover mention and Different Drum features on their “What’s Hot on The Turntable” playlist Great interview with Steve Cradock and I with Paul Osbourne. Out Now at newsagents everywhere. ?</li>
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<ul> <li>I really enjoyed doing this <strong>Albumism</strong> interview and I'm really pleased with the way it turned out. Thank you Patrick Corcoran and all at Albumism, you guys ROCK!!! ?❤️❤️❤️ <a contents="READ THE INTERVIEW" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.albumism.com/interviews/adventurous-soul-pp-arnold-returns-to-reignite-her-musical-legacy?fbclid=IwAR2H3HJLYLV-lp5JfPxuNiaPY0EmmC00wnLBopxReL9ed1sM7-5WqYtAz6w" target="_blank">READ THE INTERVIEW</a>
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<ul> <li>Here's my latest interview with the magazine ´<strong>Louder Than War</strong>´, very ´NICE´? Thank you Matt Mead ??♥️?</li>
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<ul> <li>Fantastic!!! <strong>Vive Le Rock </strong>review. ????</li>
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<ul> <li>PP Arnold gets groovy live and new album reviews in the latest issue of <strong>Shindig</strong>. Shindig magazine available in July. </li>
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<strong>MOJO</strong> - PP Arnold - Queen of the Mods Restored! ´Nice´Cover ID. ??? With a Brilliant 4 page feature and a 4* review. Thank you Mojo ?????. To read full interview grab a copy of the new issue of MOJO. ?</li>
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<ul> <li>Nice <strong>Record Collector</strong> Q&A with Tim Jones. Thanks Tim ??♥️ Also a really lovely 4* Review and a lead pic by Lois Wilson. Thank you Lois ??♥️</li>
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<strong>Blues and Soul</strong>: Soul legend PP Arnold has returned with her first studio album in over 50 years ? We are hot ?off the press as Editor Lee Tyler has already reviewed it, the album isn’t out til August! ? Check it out on our website....?<a contents="http://www.bluesandsoul.com/" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.bluesandsoul.com/review/2613/pp_arnold_the_new_adventures_of_earmusic/?fbclid=IwAR0UngdJyedBT8PR7WQuCuNtlk4stoLMEh_eXyLmqeI4Yv3cM6boGMJdZoY" target="_blank">http://www.bluesandsoul.com/</a>
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<strong>Uncut Magazine</strong>: Fab cover mention and 3 page feature on PP Arnold in the new issue of Uncut Magazine out May 17! For a readable version grab yourselves a copy.</li>
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<p> </p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/58501332019-08-01T14:55:00+01:002019-08-07T13:53:11+01:00The Soul Music Hall of Fame<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/b2d3dceaa4cc1b5ea02b5007348f7f1c0bb24c77/original/screen-shot-2019-08-07-at-3-28-23-pm.png/!!/b:W10=.png" class="size_l justify_none border_" /></p>
<h3>I am so honoured to be one of the nominees. ???Please vote for me ??❤️</h3>
<p>We're pleased to announce that nominations are now open for inductees into The SoulMusic Hall Of Fame. Nomination process will end on August 31, 2019 and voting for the slate of new inductees will begin September 1, 2019.</p>
<p>Category: LIVING FEMALE ARTIST - defined as an artist who first began making solo recordings in the soul music field between 1960-1990 . </p>
<p>For MORE INFO and to VOTE - <a contents="CLICK HERE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://apps.facebook.com/my-polls/smhof-aug-nominations?fbclid=IwAR2YE9ig7x4Ydr8L5an8sI2z-qGf8t-wm6AaaDv-gGFAAyjLYpjjWh_CKZ4&__tn__=HHH-R" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a></p>
<p> </p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/58500362019-05-19T11:10:00+01:002021-10-08T21:32:52+01:00Showcase Of Upcoming ‘New Adventures’ Album and review<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/6b1df17b0d5e869291af9da53449ff00eb0c2cf3/original/chowcase3.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_" /></p>
<p><span class="font_small">photo buy Michi Nakao</span></p>
<p>Thanking everyone for such a great turn out at the ´The New Adventures of PP Arnold´ media launch! </p>
<p>It was truly a Beautiful Evening. Lovely Q&A chat with BBC 6 Music broadcaster Matt Everett and after a 30 minute set backed by Steve Cradock- Guitar, Andy Bennett-Guitar, Justin Dodsworth-Keys, Me´Sha Bryan and Angie Brown BV´s and The Calm String Quartet.</p>
<p>I was overjoyed with the result that Steve Cradock produced and conducted, it was truly a Beautiful Thing. So many dear special friends and special guests Paul Weller and Lynval Golding who also contributed to the labour of love that Steve Cradock and I created were there.</p>
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<p>Here is a wonderful review of the Show Case by <strong>Paul Sexton from Udiscovermusic.com</strong>:</p>
<p><em>"Beloved soul singer PP Arnold was at London’s 229 Club last night (15 May) for a stirring showcase media performance — with longtime admirer Paul Weller among those in attendance — of her forthcoming album The New Adventures Of PP Arnold, to be released by earMusic on 9 August. .."</em></p>
<p><a class="button" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/pp-arnolds-soulful-showcase-upcoming-new-adventures-album/?fbclid=IwAR2IqGSG2uYX6bvEz83VSKnxFaps8IjejJ4WGpFKtfjqQpSRcyrisnd2S0k" target="_blank" title="CD">Read Full Article</a></p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/57578982019-05-17T12:31:51+01:002020-11-10T04:43:34+00:00New release - single "Baby Blue"<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/6c23442bbcb6ad05874ea769bef69cb57036341b/original/baby-blue.jpg" class="size_orig justify_none border_" /></p>
<p>Single <em>"<strong>Baby Blue"</strong></em> from the new album<em> </em><strong>"New Adventures of ... P.P. Arnold"</strong> is <strong>released today</strong>!</p>
<p><a class="button" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://pparnold.lnk.to/BabyBlue" target="_blank" title="“album”">Get the single "Baby Blue"</a></p>
<p>The album <strong>"New Adventures Of ... P.P. Arnold"</strong> was recorded and produced by life-long P.P. enthusiast, OCS star and Paul Weller band guitarist Steve Cradock at his Kundalini Studio in Devon. The album is out via earMUSIC on <strong>August 9th</strong> (CD, Double LP Vinyl, Digital Download/Stream)</p>
<p><a class="button" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://pparnold.lnk.to/TheNewAdventures" target="_blank" title="“album”">Preorder album</a></p>
<p>Please find hereafter the <a contents="YouTube song stream" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/dk2HF1rvnDM" target="_blank">YouTube song stream</a> for <em><strong>“Baby Blue”</strong></em>: </p>
<p>And here it is on <a contents="Spotify" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2Vzy9dBmgyMKu7YKlTTOQX?si=Ud7pum0ZTI-BcreMQ04YvA&fbclid=IwAR3JHSkHrmRPa4WipyFdiLGyTsoKY7Id8ApzlzkGiJU42dr6OzInQ6CSJSE" target="_blank">Spotify</a> </p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/57344282019-04-27T12:54:11+01:002019-04-27T13:27:59+01:00SOUL LEGEND P.P. ARNOLD RELEASES HER FIRST ALBUM "THE NEW ADVENTURES OF... P.P.ARNOLD" IN 51 YEARS <h3><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/25125bcb11ec291e55d7087d42a5acf9ff184d33/original/new-adventures.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsImxhcmdlIl1d.jpg" class="size_xl justify_none border_" /></h3>
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<a contents="EarMUSIC" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.ear-music.net/news/2019/soul-legend-pp-arnold-releases-her-first-album-new-adventures-pparnold-51-years" target="_blank">earMUSIC</a> announced the release date of PP Arnold's new album ‘The New Adventures Of… P.P. Arnold’:</h4>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>“I’ve been a fan of PP ever since hearing ‘The First Cut’, and then ‘Tin Soldier’. Her voice is still as great as it was when she was 18/19 years old! Steve Cradock has tried to keep something of the early Immediate Records sound on this new record, whilst still sounding fresh, and it is for me one of the finest in her collection”</em> – Paul Weller </p>
<p>Five decades after she became a ’60s icon with the timeless pop hits ‘The First Cut Is The Deepest’ and ‘Angel Of The Morning’ on Rolling Stones manager Andrew Oldham’s ultra-hip Immediate label, soul singer P.P. Arnold is set to release a double-album of stunning new material featuring contributions from, among others, Paul Weller, Ocean Colour Scene’s Steve Cradock, The Specials and P.P’s songwriter son, Kodzo. </p>
<p>Titled ‘The New Adventures Of… P.P. Arnold’ and released via earMUSIC on August 9th , the album crowns an extraordinary career that has seen the singer back Ike & Tina Turner as one of The Ikettes, record with Mick Jagger, the Small Faces, Rod Stewart, Eric Clapton, Barry Gibb and Primal Scream, and provide her distinctive backing vocals for Billy Ocean, Peter Gabriel, the KLF, Paul Weller and, most recently, Roger Waters. </p>
<p>‘The New Adventures Of PP Arnold’ was recorded and produced by life-long P.P. enthusiast, OCS star and Paul Weller band guitarist Steve Cradock at his Kundalini Studio in Devon, and follows on – after a 51-year gap – from the singer’s two legendary solo albums on Immediate Records, ‘The First Lady Of Immediate’ (1967) and ‘Kafunta’ (1968), as well as a more recent compilation of previously unreleased material from the late ’60s and ’70s, ‘The Turning Tide’ (2017). </p>
<p> “I’ve got this huge catalogue of records I’ve sung on, but I have only released two albums - and they’ve stood the test of time,” P.P. explains. “It’s been about quality not quantity! I’ve had to deal with a lot of tragedy. You kind of think people at record companies have forgotten about you, but Steve and [his wife] Sally have really made this happen. Steve’s production is slamming.” </p>
<p>The beginnings of the album - spanning classic orchestral soul (‘Baby Blue’, ‘Finally Found My Way Back Home’), sunshine pop (‘The Magic Hour’), house music (‘Hold On To Your Dreams’), a spine-chilling gospel elegy inspired by her daughter’s death (‘I’ll Always Remember You’), two Paul Weller originals (‘When I Was Part Of Your Picture’, ‘Shoot The Dove’) and an epic, edgy 10-minute reading of Bob Dylan’s poem ‘The Last Thoughts On Woody Guthrie’ – can be traced back 25 years to 1994. </p>
<p>Worldwide tours with Roger Waters put the project on the backburner, but when Cradock rediscovered the tapes during a house move four years ago, both parties were excited about the prospect of finally completing an album. </p>
<p> “It’s great that I’m coming back with this record,” says P.P. “Even now, I’m still finding my way, because the industry changes every decade, and you’re sometimes out of the loop. For me it’s all about faith, meditating, love, praying… try to be ready and don’t give up the fight. That’s the message.” </p>
<h4>‘The New Adventures Of… P.P. Arnold’ is out via <a contents="earMUSIC" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.ear-music.net/news/2019/soul-legend-pp-arnold-releases-her-first-album-new-adventures-pparnold-51-years" target="_blank">earMUSIC</a> on August 9th (CD, Double LP Vinyl, Digital Download/Stream)</h4>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/55655712018-12-22T13:00:01+00:002020-09-23T11:18:26+01:00PP Arnold and Gered Mankowitz - Limited Edition Collection<p><strong>PP Arnold and Gered Mankowitz are getting together to issue Limited Edition Collection of Original Prints </strong></p>
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<p><strong>Gered Mankowitz</strong> is the photographer who made the enduring and defining image of the rock star as we know it today. He dedicated his life to music industry. He has worked with a range of artists including <strong>Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Marianne Faithfull, Led Zeppelin, Eurythmics, Kate Bush, Oasis, PP Arnold</strong> and many others. </p>
<p>Gered started working with the <em>Rolling Stones</em> in 1965; he toured America with them and produced several album covers for the band. Early in 1967 Gered worked with <em>Jimi Hendrix</em> and the Experience producing images of Jimi that would go on to become some of the most iconic and widely known portraits of the great musician. </p>
<p><strong>PP Arnold and Gered </strong>met at 1967 and remain friends for the rest of their lives. Over the years Gered Mankowitz created many iconic photographs for PP. One of the photographs - Kafunta included in his famous book '50 Years of Rock and Roll Photography'. </p>
<p><strong>They are pleased to release the <a contents="Limited Edition Series of Original Prints" data-link-label="Store" data-link-type="page" href="/store" target="_blank">Limited Edition Series of Original Prints</a> signed by both - PP Arnold and Gered Mankowitz! </strong></p>
<p>You can make a <a contents="pre-order " data-link-label="Store" data-link-type="page" href="/store" target="_blank">pre-order </a>now and the prints will be shipped in the end of January 2019.</p>
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<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/efb8c66ece6951ba83a37d6db850d3726bee4be0/original/10330298-10154339841670158-452177187029830932-n.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_none border_" /> <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/bb8bf59b3e736873ab03c2d551f695e02e1e1b8d/original/gered-mankowitz-50-years-of-rnr-1-1.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_none border_" /> </p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/55588692018-12-21T10:10:23+00:002018-12-21T10:14:54+00:00The Competition Results<h3><strong style="font-size: 12px;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/0fa2f439fbd74c25a8dfd161f9c613b5175a4236/original/poster-results-competiotion-nov2018.jpg/!!/undefined" class="size_orig justify_none border_" />The Competition from PP Arnold has finished! Who have won the Amazing Prize?</strong></h3>
<p>The Question was: </p>
<p>What year PP Arnold visited Australia for the first time? * </p>
<p>A - 2018 <br>B - 2008 <br>C - 2002</p>
<p><strong>The correct answer is C - 2002</strong></p>
<p>It was the tricky questions, because her First Solo Tour to Australia was in 2018. However in her <a contents="Biography" data-link-label="Biography" data-link-type="page" href="/biography" target="_blank">Biography</a> and in Australian Solo Tour <a contents="Promo" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://davidroywilliams.com/tours/pp-arnold-2018/" target="_blank">Promo</a> you can read about her previously <strong>touring in Australia as featured vocalist in Roger Waters band in 2002 and 2008</strong>. </p>
<p>The winner was chosen by random selection from 50 participants who answered the question correctly!</p>
<p><strong>The lucky winner is: Glenn Balchin. Congratulation!!!</strong></p>
<p>Here is the video of the Random Selection</p>
<p><iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="c-HvhwPuHAM" data-video-thumb-url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/c-HvhwPuHAM/mqdefault.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/c-HvhwPuHAM?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" height="180" width="320" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></p>
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<p><strong>More about the Prize </strong></p>
<p>It consists of 3 amazing parts: </p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/6fe052cbf1b236bf8cbcb4c2dd90fff1539e8156/original/web-art-prints-pp-psfolio.png/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsInNtYWxsIl1d.png" class="size_s justify_left border_" /></p>
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<p>Limited Edition Signed Set of 4 Folio Skellett Art Prints </p>
<p>Set of 4 High quality 280gsm A4 ready to frame print. Numbered Limited edition from a print run of only 25 Worldwide. Signed By: PP Arnold and Artist Paul Skellett Certificate of Authenticity. </p>
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<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/b8a2df164c3144066773fa851807b7f4e3c07386/original/2017-first-cut-signed.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsInNtYWxsIl1d.jpg" class="size_s justify_left border_" /></p>
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<p>Signed album The Turning Tide - 2017: Vinyl or CD </p>
<p>The Turning Tide is an album of unreleased recordings from the late ‘60s and early ‘70s. It was meant to be PP Arnold third album. </p>
<p>Signed by PP Arnold </p>
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<p>Signed album The First Cut (The Immediate Anthology) - 2001: CD </p>
<p>The First Lady of Immediate is immortalised on this collection of 28 songs containing all her recordings for the record label from 1966 to 1968.</p>
<p>Personally signed by PP. </p>
<p> </p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/55546742018-12-14T21:48:43+00:002018-12-14T21:50:28+00:00Live Review of PP Arnold's show in Adelaide. Australian Tour November - December 2018<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/ebfd9b8a430e7d3f26cc6c869a6039bff399305f/original/img-7561-1.jpg/!!/undefined" class="size_orig justify_none border_" />Tonight and tomorrow are the last two shows of PP Arnold's Australian Tour.</p>
<p>Wondering how it feels to be at PP Arnold show?</p>
<p>"<em>Two more of the impressive ‘lost’ Barry Gibb songs closed the main set, before an encore that delivered, musically, a fiery version of Tin Soldier. Tim Rogers’ mike seemed to switch off as he was trying to emulate Steve Marriott’s vocal intensity just as the first chorus kicked in, but the crowd, now all happily out of their seats, did not seem to notice as they responded to this classic song by singing it word for word</em> <em>themselves</em>. </p>
<p><em>Closing the show with a new song, I Believe, was a brave choice. It will be one of the songs we will get to hear on Arnold’s next album release, and, on the strength of this particular performance, we should all be putting our pre-orders in now. </em></p>
<p><em>By show’s end the audience’s affection for this talented singer was palpable, it was clearly obvious that her humble demeanour had won us all over."</em></p>
<p>To read the Full Review click <a contents="Full Review click here. " data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://theupsidenews.com/2018/12/14/live-review-p-p-arnold-at-the-gov/" target="_blank">here</a>. Live review by Ken Grady, The Upside<em> </em>News<em>. </em></p>
<p><em>Don't forget only 3 days left to enter the <a contents="Competition" data-link-label="Competition" data-link-type="page" href="/competition" target="_blank">Competition</a> to win amazing Prize from PP Arnold! </em></p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/55440172018-12-07T15:25:30+00:002018-12-07T15:29:16+00:00RocKwiz Revue Tour is finished and PP Arnold Solo Australian Tour started tonight! <p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/5204cc76f2a627792ff2f45311814dea44354616/original/44346181-333348103914285-7845299996096913960-n.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>RocKwiz Revue 2018 Tour where PP Arnold was a special guest is finished! As witnesses report it was incredibly funny and inspiring! We will keep you updated once the show will be released. For know you can enjoy some photos from the show below.</p>
<p>The Rockwiz Show is finished, but PP Arnold still rocking Australia! Tonight is the first show of her Solo Tour of Australia with her all-star Australian band featuring Tim Rogers, Andy Kent and Russell Hopkinson of You Am I , Talei & Eliza Wolfgramm and James Black!?? </p>
<p>?Expect to hear a SOUL REVUE!? <br>Respect <br>Angel of the morning <br>River Deep mountain high <br>Different Drum <br>(If you think you’re) groovy <br>You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman <br>Tin Soldier <br>To Love Somebody <br>The First Cut Is The Deepest <br>Medicated Goo <br>Chain Of Fools </p>
<p>Don't forget to Enter the <a contents="Competition" data-link-label="Competition" data-link-type="page" href="/competition" target="_blank">Competition</a> before the end of the tour! You may Win an amazing Grand Prize or some small surprises..</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/89d6a56c30e9a9b2f1556bd02792f4fd9e625b28/original/44702315-308269669779942-3436313435569127424-n.jpg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_none border_" /> <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/c51321a8e1b03a83c75ae01c93e6b558295a6d5b/original/45339933-297648440853743-7149243857585045504-n.jpg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_none border_" /> <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/631ce69e414d27746a2bbdb07492612b19f75e3f/original/45698551-880465928790447-4765391546352664576-n.jpg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_none border_" /></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/23833a460f57e9f7e6a99b91258d8f853b25cc37/original/46493221-10155969703638161-6526861156039000064-n.jpg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_none border_" /> <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/51a1097733e0f2d7595459e2a8a90b56d8e4d6fb/original/47280796-10155969703103161-8407201781007777792-n.jpg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_none border_" /> <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/d7084d96ee39a1e654a14c473786b47d7dfd4381/original/47007601-10155969880198161-3118140042078322688-n.jpg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_none border_" /></p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/55196822018-11-30T08:09:35+00:002021-09-20T18:14:14+01:00'I Believe' - a forgotten song from new album - "New Adventures" <p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/7139277617604c41faa0dffb6c36cf13be83fa65/original/unspecified-13.jpeg" class="size_orig justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>PP Arnold is about to release her new album <strong>"New Adventures"</strong>. </p>
<p>On her <strong>Australian tour </strong>she will be including in the set <strong>2 songs from the new album</strong>. Both songs have an interesting story.</p>
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<h4>The Story of 'I Believe': </h4>
<p><span class="font_large"><em><strong>'</strong></em></span><em><strong>I Believe' </strong>is a song that I wrote with my son, Kodzo (Kojo) Samuel, that Kodzo also produced when he was 16 years old. We recorded the original digital version on my 16 track home studio as a dance track along with another song that's also on the 'New Adventures' album called, 'Hold On To Your Dreams'. Both tracks have a very spiritual, faith element about them. Unfortunately, the lyrics were not of importance to the industry at the time. Times have changed and I feel that the hope that we all have for the future is relevant in both of these songs. I loved the production that Kodzo put on the songs and didn't want him to be affected by the struggle that I was going through as a result of the ageism politics that I was experiencing at the time. Kodzo moved on and found his niche in the industry and is the musical director for many young artists of today. Jess Glynne, Rita Ora, Rudimental, Plan B, Jessie J and Tynchy Stryder are just a few of the artists that he works with. </em></p>
<p><em>I played both tracks to Steve Cradock when we were choosing songs for the 'New Adventures' album and Steve liked them both and has produced them with 'live' instruments and breathed new life into the songs that like so much of my work was overlooked in the past, but that I never stopped believing in!</em></p>
<p><strong><em>Listen to a preview of 'I Believe' - <a contents="Click Here&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/1580410/i-believe" target="_blank">Click Here </a></em></strong></p>
<p>Don't forget to enter the <strong>Competition</strong> before the end of PP Arnold's Australian Tour to win great prize from her. <strong><a contents="Click Here to Participate" data-link-label="Competition" data-link-type="page" href="/competition" target="_blank">Click Here to Participate</a> </strong></p>
<p> </p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/55269532018-11-25T18:26:07+00:002021-04-21T18:02:36+01:00Brilliant interview of PP Arnold and her Australian Soulmates - 'You Am I' and James Black<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/3688f56ecb11951e3d08a08f52c9b18671543f9a/original/33131298-434968646929769-7163038463611109376-n.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_" /><span class="font_small">On the photo PP Arnold and Tim Rogers from 'You Am I' May 2018. Photo by Stephen Boxshal. </span></p>
<p>PP Arnold returns to Australia for a second tour this year. <a contents="The Sydney Morning Herald" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/pp-arnold-60s-soul-queen-returns-with-some-help-from-her-local-friends-20181119-h181zo.html" target="_blank">The Sydney Morning Herald</a> and <a contents="The Age" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/pp-arnold-60s-soul-queen-returns-with-some-help-from-her-local-friends-20181119-h181zo.html" target="_blank">The Age</a> published this brilliant interview of PP Arnold and her backing band 'You Am I' and James Black.</p>
<p><em>At 72, Arnold is preparing to tour Australia for the second time this year, following shows in May. Her backing band comprises three-quarters of You Am I, plus RockWiz keyboard guy James Black and the Wolfgram Sisters on backing vocals.</em></p>
<p><em>"The kind of tours we're doing, they'd be punishing for a 20-year old. We're talking about small gigs, flying to Auckland on three hours' sleep, 6am flights back to Sydney ... she's walking around on five-inch heels through these shitty backstage areas full of death traps … she just has this incredibly positive attitude about life that I find really inspiring." </em></p>
<p><em>After decades with Mondo Rock, the Black Sorrows, Men At Work and countless other bands, Black says Arnold's pre-show ritual – in which she invokes the help of God – is a first for him. </em></p>
<p><em>"Well, I'm trying to sound great, to keep my instrument together and be strong," Arnold says. "So I always say a prayer and ask God to let his light shine through and all around me and touch the hearts of everybody. I like to share that with the musicians I work with so that we have that spiritual bond together. </em></p>
<p><em>"As a soul singer, my whole aim is to go out there and capture people's hearts. Uplift people. Make them feel good. That's what we do."</em></p>
<p>Read the full article by Michael Dwyer <a contents="HERE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/pp-arnold-60s-soul-queen-returns-with-some-help-from-her-local-friends-20181119-h181zo.html" target="_blank">HERE</a></p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/55109712018-11-13T12:01:18+00:002018-11-13T12:01:18+00:00Enter the Competition - Great Chance to Win an Amazing Prize!<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/2eaa94a19efe2846bee636c48f29adb7d87c4d85/original/poster-competiotion-nov2018.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_" /></p>
<h3>Enter the Competition before the end of PP Arnold's Australian Tour for a chance to win the Great Package Prize consisting of: </h3>
<ul> <li>Limited Edition Signed Set of 4 Folio Skellett Art Prints </li> <li>Signed Turning Tide album : CD or Vinyl (your choice) </li> <li>Signed The First Cut (The Immediate Anthology) - 2001: CD</li>
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<p><strong>To participate <a contents="CLICK HERE" data-link-label="Competition" data-link-type="page" href="/competition">CLICK HERE</a></strong></p>
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<h3><b>More about the Prize</b></h3>
<p><strong>It consists of 3 amazing parts:</strong></p>
<p><strong><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/6fe052cbf1b236bf8cbcb4c2dd90fff1539e8156/original/web-art-prints-pp-psfolio.png/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsInNtYWxsIl1d.png" class="size_s justify_left border_" /></strong></p>
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<p><strong>Limited Edition Signed Set of 4 Folio Skellett Art Prints</strong> </p>
<p>Set of 4 High quality 280gsm A4 ready to frame print. Numbered Limited edition from a print run of only 25 Worldwide. Signed By: PP Arnold and Artist Paul Skellett Certificate of Authenticity.</p>
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<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/b8a2df164c3144066773fa851807b7f4e3c07386/original/2017-first-cut-signed.jpg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsInNtYWxsIl1d.jpg" class="size_s justify_left border_" /></p>
<p><strong>Signed album The Turning Tide - 2017: Vinyl or CD</strong> </p>
<p>The Turning Tide is an album of unreleased recordings from the late ‘60s and early ‘70s. It was meant to be PP Arnold third album. </p>
<p>Signed by PP Arnold</p>
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<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/a25cc3b7acb969f1701203157e42b6be561ff43c/original/first-cut-signed.jpg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsInNtYWxsIl1d.jpg" class="size_s justify_left border_" /></p>
<p><strong>Signed album The First Cut (The Immediate Anthology) - 2001: CD </strong></p>
<p>The First Lady of Immediate is immortalised on this collection of 28 songs containing all her recordings for the record label from 1966 to 1968. Personally signed by PP.</p>
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<p><strong>To participate <a contents="CLICK HERE" data-link-label="Competition" data-link-type="page" href="/competition">CLICK HERE</a></strong></p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/54998092018-11-05T17:00:00+00:002021-10-10T17:13:15+01:00PP Arnold's Tribute to Aretha Franklin<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/2506de567d44635fd24bd9927d946b6c2dd914ed/original/ojjsegc53szgn6h50xey-2.jpeg" class="size_orig justify_center border_" /></p>
<h3>On her Australian tour PP Arnold will be including in her set a tribute to Aretha Franklin.</h3>
<p><em>"When I was just 9 years old, I heard the voice of an angel on the radio. It was a young voice and she was singing a song called ‘Never Grow Old’. This was the first time that I heard Aretha Franklin sing. Like everyone else who heard that voice, I was mesmerized and she touched me deep in my young soul. She became my Soul inspiration and became the voice that influenced me in my expression every time I sang at Church on Sunday mornings. She had that same fire like Mahalia Jackson, but with a younger, sweeter innocence and I loved her from that day on. </em></p>
<p><em>I too was a young girl born into a strict Baptist household so when I became pregnant at 15, I felt even closer to Aretha who also had the same experience at an even younger age. I loved everything that Aretha sang, Gospel, Jazz, Rhythm and Blues, and Soul. When she first sang Nessun Dorma at the 1998 Grammy’s and again during her illness at the Festival of Families in 2015, She left us in no doubt of her greatness!!! Aretha, was like Ray Charles and Sam Cooke, no matter what they sang, there was always that Gospel root that could not be mistaken. </em></p>
<p><em>Although I never got the opportunity to meet Aretha properly, I once caught a glimpse of her leaving a hotel in dark glasses hiding her pain, Tina was checking in wearing dark glasses hiding her pain. I had experienced their pain as a young woman caught up in an abusive teen marriage that thanks to Tina, I had been able to leave behind me. Still, I felt their pain deeply and it brought me closer to the both of them even though I was no longer living that particular pain I was still traumatized by those events. </em></p>
<p><em>As her fame grew and grew she expressed that pain through the songs that she sang and as she searched for someone to love and Respect her, she touched us all with an even deeper love and my love and respect for her grew more and more as I searched for someone to love and respect me. </em></p>
<p><em>I humbly pay ‘RESPECT’ to the ‘Queen Of Soul’, Aretha Franklin. What a Woman! What a Talent! What a Life and What a Blessing she is to us all!!! Her Faith, Hope, Kindness, Unselfish Generosity, Truth, Honesty, Strength, Endurance, Passion, Sensuality and down to Earth for real Sassy, fun loving personality along with the Great Musical Legacy that she left us, guarantees that she will live on in our hearts and minds forever and ever and she will never grow old. She was truly one of a kind and will never be duplicated!!! May she Rest In Eternal Peace."</em></p>
<p>PP Arnold</p>
<p><iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="zzCq42x82xM" data-video-thumb-url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/zzCq42x82xM/mqdefault.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zzCq42x82xM?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" height="180" width="320" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/54950732018-11-01T09:20:09+00:002018-11-01T09:48:56+00:00PP ARNOLD JOINS THE ROCKWIZ REVUE TOUR!<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/961e63cdab8814be6c7fe778eb5683ca899e7194/original/jb2huwba.jpeg" class="size_orig justify_center border_" /></p>
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<p><strong>RocKwiz</strong> is super excited to announce that London’s first lady of soul in the swinging sixties, <strong>PP Arnold</strong>, will be joining us on our upcoming RocKwiz Revue 2018 tour! </p>
<p>Yes! That’s right, PP Arnold! She’s sung with Ike and Tina Turner, Mick Jagger, The Small Faces, Jimi Hendrix, Rod Stewart and Roger Waters and she’s coming on the road with us! PP had major hits with If You Think You’re Groovy, The First Cut Is The Deepest and Angel Of The Morning and her voice became instantly recognisable thanks to the iconic chorus of The Small Faces hit Tin Soldier. </p>
<p>PP is in Australia for her PP Arnold Returns tour and has graciously agreed to be a special guest on our shows across the country. </p>
<p>There will be plenty more surprises on our RocKwiz Revue 2018 tour, but rest assured that you will be seeing one of rock’s true legends in the fabulous PP Arnold, alongside some very special guests from the past, present, and future of Australia’s music industry. </p>
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<p><strong>Tickets to RocKwiz Revue 2018 are on sale NOW and selling fast!</strong></p>
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<p>For tickets to all shows, go to <a contents="www.rockwizlive.com.au" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.rockwizlive.com.au" target="_blank">www.rockwizlive.com.au</a> </p>
<p>Friday, 16 November - Civic Theatre, Newcastle NSW </p>
<p>Saturday, 17 November - Anita’s Theatre, Thirroul NSW <strong>SOLD OUT </strong></p>
<p> Sunday, 17 November - Anita’s Theatre, Thirroul NSW </p>
<p>Monday, 19 November - Canberra Theatre, Canberra ACT </p>
<p>Tuesday, 20 November - Enmore Theatre, Sydney NSW </p>
<p>Thursday, 22 November - Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide SA </p>
<p>Friday, 23 November - Palais Theatre, Melbourne Vic </p>
<p>Saturday, 24 November - Costa Hall, Geelong Performing Arts Centre, Geelong Vic </p>
<p>Sunday, 25 November - Ulumbarra Theatre, Bendigo Vic <strong>SOLD OUT </strong></p>
<p>Friday, 30 November - Fremantle Prison, Perth WA - In association with Zaccaria Concerts and Touring <strong>SOLD OUT </strong></p>
<p>Saturday, 1 December - Fremantle Prison, Perth WA - In association with Zaccaria Concerts and Touring </p>
<p>Sunday, 2 December - Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre, Bunbury WA</p>
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<p><strong>For full information about 'Return of PP Arnold' tour of Australia and the "RocKwix Revue Tour' check <a contents="Tours and Gigs page" data-link-label="Tours & Gigs" data-link-type="page" href="/tours-gigs">Tours and Gigs page</a></strong></p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/54613992018-10-09T15:57:23+01:002018-10-25T20:05:47+01:00"The Return of PP Arnold" to Australia<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/373a0adeb36947551cc5527b173234555b4982f8/original/pp-arnold-a3-approved-web-1.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>Well, I'm on my way back to Australia!</p>
<p> "I Am with You Am I" once again with James Black & The Wolfgramm Sisters. Talei Wolfgramm's sister Eliza is coming on board, and the Rockwiz Orchestra, that is also musical directed by James Black will be backing me on two of the shows marked with (*).</p>
<p>There are more surprise performances that will be announced in due course. Can't wait to perform for my Australian fans once again.</p>
<p>You can buy tickets <a contents="http://davidroywilliams.com/tours/pp-arnold-2018/" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://davidroywilliams.com/tours/pp-arnold-2018/" target="_blank">here</a></p>
<p>See you soon!</p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/54841782018-10-08T10:05:00+01:002018-11-05T10:05:18+00:00Feel the Vibe of the Summer Festival!<p>This summer was very busy for PP Arnold. If you missed her performances on one of the summer festivals, here is the summary for you. Hope you will enjoy wonderful photography and feel the vibe! </p>
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<h3>BLACK IS BACK IN MADRID</h3>
<p>Wonderful photos by Javier Rosa, Iram Martínez.</p>
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<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/296b744a0ab5866c9b85bc22a11b2d2187b4e784/original/34896454-616493752052489-467358575711223808-n.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_" /></p>
<p> <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/f4c991256066e9e36442fe8ad83e44a65d2e9428/original/35617878-182298959131484-6444735265306050560-n.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_" /> </p>
<p>Black is Back's backstage filled with three generations of hard—kicking women in rock'n'roll history, Ronnie Spector and her new Ronettes, our lady Koko-Jean and PP Arnold! Photo by TheExcitements. </p>
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<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/26bfa5c3f5b207b088bbfd023db33eecc4e66419/original/34713000-254440638442791-838471955135856640-n.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_" /> </p>
<h3>LOVE SUPREME JAZZ FESTIVAL IN UK</h3>
<p> <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/790e2fc402c8af199af6923a8909ed1024567db6/original/35998594-237941077009731-1645920833211727872-n.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_" /></p>
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<p>Here are few videos from Love Supreme Performance:</p>
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<h3>CORNBURY FESTIVAL IN UK</h3>
<p>Matt Thorpe beautifully captured PP's performance on Cornbury Fest.</p>
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<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/92e5f37abc3add42d5bacb31521e621aca843266/original/36861560-2157996207575514-7299033419013423104-n.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_" /> <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/2049d393224c81d9c01dbd20988e13f1b83db9ce/original/37380266-200880143914668-309259214637760512-n.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_" /></p>
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<p>Summer automospher during the performance. Photo by Andy Flynn</p>
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<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/14c80660787db9fd64d43541af6dbc938c341b3f/original/36861231-204388727081066-6405745350329499648-n.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_" /></p>
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<h3>FINALLY PP ARNOLD PERFORMANCE AT LOOE SAVES THE DAY 2018, UK</h3>
<p>Photo by Shirin Hodgson-Watt</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/b269e828dd1a133264544fad65e5284fce78c550/original/42498181-10155601370827341-2999248668650897408-o.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_" /></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/d54b7e39353b073498f1f67a3795804ca543d0df/original/pp-arnold-main-stage-view.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_" /></p>
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<p> </p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/53095252018-06-21T21:31:13+01:002018-06-21T21:31:13+01:00Black Is Back Festival in Madrid, June 23rd 2018<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/93515e2d0fd7bd21e7c2453f2fe40049ef712217/original/dfv1zh2xkaezdw5-1.jpg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_left border_" /> </p>
<p>I Am So Happy To Be Performing in Madrid for the first time this Saturday night at the Black Is Back Festival at Plaza Mata Dero with Ronnie Spector and The Rosettes, Anuit and many others. ??????</p>
<p>I will be performing at 23:30 along with Ronnie Spector and the Ronettes on Saturday the the 23rd, which is St. John the Baptist Day "San Juan bonfire night, which is a very Magic night and so it will be.</p>
<p>Here is a video (in Spanish) about the festival and short PP Arnold interview <a contents="https://pparnoldofficial/videos" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.facebook.com/pparnoldofficial/videos/10160682942395158/?t=0" target="_blank">https://pparnoldofficial/videos</a></p>
<p>Check it out!</p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/52807132018-06-07T09:03:34+01:002018-10-17T18:37:59+01:00Dive into the atmosphere of the concert - Australia, May 2018<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/3a88abff75f3c4f9ec934365317f8dacf6f9b2c2/original/pparnoldbycarbiewarbie011.jpg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsImxhcmdlIl1d.jpg" class="size_xl justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>Dive into the atmosphere of the concert. Feel the energy and the vibe of PP Arnold on her performance! Check out the videos and photos below by Carbie Warbie photography from PP Arnold first performance on <strong>The Tour of Australia and New Zealand in May 2018</strong></p>
<p>PP and her band only rehearsed twice before this concert however the enenrgy between them was amassing. By the end of the tour they became a family.</p>
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<p><strong>Tin Soldier - video: </strong><a contents="https://vimeo.com/carbiewarbie/pparnoldtinsoldier" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://vimeo.com/carbiewarbie/pparnoldtinsoldier" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/carbiewarbie/pparnoldtinsoldier</a></p>
<p><strong>Give A Hand, Take A Hand - video:</strong><strong> </strong><a contents="https://vimeo.com/carbiewarbie/pparnoldhand" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://vimeo.com/carbiewarbie/pparnoldhand" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/carbiewarbie/pparnoldhand</a></p>
<p><strong>Medicated Goo - video: </strong><a contents="https://vimeo.com/carbiewarbie/pparnoldgoo" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://vimeo.com/carbiewarbie/pparnoldgoo" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/carbiewarbie/pparnoldgoo</a></p>
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<p>Here is a<strong> life review</strong> of this show by a popular Australian music magazine: </p>
<p><em>"It was the performance of The Small Faces 'Tin Soldier' with Tim Rogers letting it rip and P.P. Arnold projecting her voice into the stratosphere that was my concert highlight. See above for a video of that performance. There is something about this particular song. Just the opening chords sends a chill down my spine."</em></p>
<p>Read the full article here: <a contents="http://www.gigbill.com/blog/p-p-arnold-at-the-memo-music-hall" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.gigbill.com/blog/p-p-arnold-at-the-memo-music-hall/" target="_blank">http://www.gigbill.com/blog/p-p-arnold-at-the-memo-music-hall/</a></p>
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<p>Thanks to Carbie Warbie Photography for these amazing photographs and videos!</p>
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<p> </p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/52569782018-05-25T16:40:05+01:002018-06-07T09:07:10+01:00PP Arnold review: Melbourne gets a visit from a soul treasure<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/1811f8bd7644dc1513e9dd4238ad40db01ecc4d4/original/thornbury.jpg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_left border_none" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 20px; margin-right: 20px;" />Arnold has seen it all and at the second of four intimate shows in Victoria she delighted in name-dropping, taking her audience on many a shimmy down memory lane. (At one point that included a walk through a park with Mick Jagger, laden with innuendo; and a sharp sting of black humour as she recalled Ike Turner giving her a hard time - “Not that hard!”) </p>
<p>It was as if her good friends the Bee Gees, the Small Faces, Cat Stevens, Eric Clapton and Jagger were all there in the room with us. But she had Australian music royalty backing her up instead, in You Am I (sans Davey Lane), the sumptuous Talei Wolfgramm on vocal harmonies and James Black (RockWiz, Men at Work, The Black Sorrows) on keys. </p>
<p>Arnold commanded the stage in a blazing red sequinned dress to Wolfgramm’s black velvet and diamantes; Rogers sported a fawn paisley suit and a baby blue and gold “Timmybacker” guitar. </p>
<p>We were treated to familiar hits – each of which Arnold had an endearing back story for – and some lesser known tracks from her two 1960s solo records. </p>
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<p>Read full article here: <a contents="www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/p-p-arnold-review-melbourne-gets-a-visit-from-a-soul-treasure" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/p-p-arnold-review-melbourne-gets-a-visit-from-a-soul-treasure-20180520-p4zgel.html" target="_blank">www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/p-p-arnold-review-melbourne-gets-a-visit-from-a-soul-treasure</a></p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/52569702018-05-25T16:31:42+01:002018-05-25T16:49:50+01:00Press Reviews of PP Arnold concert in Auckland, New Zealand<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/b3b7f2df2a39a7790a55cde8b7f5e63d0635f807/original/pparnold-013.jpg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_left border_none" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 20px; margin-right: 20px;" />Great Review by Sarah Kidd from Ambient Light</p>
<p>...The long cold fingers of winter were tapping the backs of people’s shoulders last night as eager fans arrived early to wait, huddled against eachother in front of the doors of the Powerstation. Once inside however and the atmosphere was one of warmth, subtle changes such as small tables and chairs and a soft black cloth cloaking the usual cold steel of the stage barrier lifting the venue into more of a cocktail bar persona for this rather special night. Ms P.P. Arnold, making her first ever visit to New Zealand was somewhere in the building and while she could not be seen her presence could be felt emanating through the very walls themselves.</p>
<p>Forget about the Royal Wedding – Auckland had a queen of their very own in the house tonight.</p>
<p>Supported by Tim Rogers, Rusty Hopkinson and Andy Kent of the Australian band You Am I and featuring the keyboard talents of Mr James Black there was no doubt in anyone’s mind that tonight’s performance by P.P. Arnold would be a life changing experience. Dressed in a very dapper paisley suit Tim Rogers stepped up to the microphone and announced the arrival of the regal Ms P.P. Arnold with the banter of a Las Vegas showman, the fans roaring in delight. As the 71 year old Ms Arnold stepped out from behind the curtain the roar intensified, a few sharp intakes of breath heard from those in the front rows as they gazed upon her magnificence, Arnold sparkling in her electric blue sequinned dress. With a smile that could stop traffic, Ms Arnold stepped forward and thanked the Auckland crowd announcing that she would be kicking the show off with the first song that she ever sang as part of The Ikettes ‘What You Gonna Do’ taking the audience and the very venue itself by the shoulders and shaking them down.</p>
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<p>Read full article here: <a contents="//www.ambientlightblog.com/p-p-arnold-auckland-nz-2018/#more-22559" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.ambientlightblog.com/p-p-arnold-auckland-nz-2018/#more-22559" target="_blank">www.ambientlightblog.com/p-p-arnold-auckland-nz-2018</a></p>
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<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/7a00f60d5e056b88c6d6a041d39e12c5c7580d9e/original/mf-pp-arnold-ps-1555.jpg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_left border_none" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 20px; margin-right: 20px;" />And one more review by 13th Floor contributor, Caitlin Smith </p>
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<p>I’m in love with PP Arnold! It’s literally impossible not to be. </p>
<p>She’s an irrefutable embodiment of the restorative and redemptive power of singing. No, she’s not a household name. But that’s because so many of the unsung heroes of music are those (often invisible) gigging and session musicians who hold it all together behind the scenes or out of the spotlight, so that manufactured and marketed ‘stars’ sound as great as they do. </p>
<p>Particularly when it comes to backing vocalists (aka BVs, the most noble of professions IMHO) you’re often hard-pressed even finding them properly cited on liner notes. There’s very often no credit where credit is well overdue! </p>
<p>How wonderful then, that we can enjoy a whole show of PP Arnold’s voice – front row centre, where it belongs. </p>
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<p>For this whirlwind two-week Tour-ette, she’s accompanied by You Am I’s Tim Rogers (on vocals, gat and stupendously dapper attire), Russell ‘Rusty’ Hopkinson (drums) and Andy Kent (bass). James Black, leader of Melbourne’s RocKwiz Orkestra, from SBS’s popular Live TV musical quiz show, was musically directing on keys. Another of PP’s co-stars for the night was Melbourne-based Talei Wolfgramm (from the Wolfgramm Sisters) on backing vocals. What a treat! </p>
<p>It was an interesting fusion of the rock of You am I and the soul of PP… but strange to say, after only three rehearsals, it worked.</p>
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<p>See full article here: <a contents="www.13thfloor.co.nz/p-p-arnold-powerstation-may-20-2018" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.13thfloor.co.nz/p-p-arnold-powerstation-may-20-2018/" target="_blank">https://www.13thfloor.co.nz/p-p-arnold-powerstation-may-20-2018/</a></p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/52399822018-05-17T16:24:28+01:002021-07-09T19:46:05+01:00Meet The Band - PP Arnold at her First Ever Tour In Australia And New Zealand<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/dcb57efdfefd367e951bc4709dadf64fb1f5a959/original/pparnoldbycarbiewarbie034.png/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsImxhcmdlIl1d.png" class="size_xl justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>PP Arnold was always very fortunate to work with great musicians, the list of names goes on. </p>
<p>This time she is on her First Ever Tour in Australia and New Zealand. She is backed by a super group of super fans!</p>
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<p>Please meet the Band (from left to right) </p>
<p>Russell Hopkinson (drums) from "You Am I"</p>
<p>Tim Rogers (guitar & vocals) from "You Am I"</p>
<p>PP Arnold</p>
<p>Talei Wolfgramm (backing vocals)</p>
<p>Andy Kent (bass) from "You Am I"</p>
<p>James Black (keyboard) </p>
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<p>You can listen to it here <a contents="http://www.abc.net.au/radio/melbourne/programs/theconversationhour/the-conversation-hour/9744942" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.abc.net.au/radio/melbourne/programs/theconversationhour/the-conversation-hour/9744942" target="_blank">http://www.abc.net.au/radio/melbourne/programs/theconversationhour/the-conversation-hour/9744942</a></p>
<p>#ABCConversationHour #PPArnold #AlanahHill #JohnFaine #RebeccaBarnard</p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/52375992018-05-16T17:05:59+01:002018-05-16T17:05:59+01:00From Ike and Tina to the Dark Side of the Moon: PP Arnold returns<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/da9a2585ef1a296140c943ddc88cffe2fdc7d275/original/shindig-brand-new-day-2.jpg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_left border_" />Brilliant article by Jack Barlow from Stuff Magazine New Zealand</p>
<p>"When Arnold arrives in New Zealand later this month she'll come as an emblem of swinging '60s chic, having sung with everyone including the Ikettes, the Small Faces, Primal Scream and Roger Waters.</p>
<p>Short and elegant, her powerful, soulful voice has graced some of pop music's finest albums. But a career in music could so easily have passed her by; it was only that impromptu performance for Ike and Tina - after a friend desperately called her to help out - that rescued her from a life of domestic abuse and obscurity."</p>
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<p>Read full article here <a contents="https://i.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/103765211/from-ike-and-tina-to-the-dark-side-of-the-moon-pp-arnold-returns" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://i.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/103765211/from-ike-and-tina-to-the-dark-side-of-the-moon-pp-arnold-returns" target="_self">https://i.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/103765211/from-ike-and-tina-to-the-dark-side-of-the-moon-pp-arnold-returns</a></p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/52373242018-05-16T14:14:28+01:002018-12-18T22:23:52+00:00All Or Nothing Musical Great Reunion<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/d33146f132d1e598d45f9433aa1ba5fee276afdd/original/allornothingmusical4.jpg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_left border_none" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 20px; margin-right: 20px;" /></p>
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<p>All Or Nothing Musical Great reunion with my 60s bestie Sandy Sargent, the wife of Ian McLagen of the Small Faces and being able to reminisce on our days together watching Carol Harrison’s amazing all or nothing Musical about the Small Faces. </p>
<p>I am so glad that we were able to catch the last week of the west end performances of the Musical, meet up with Carol Harrison who also wrote, directed, produced and played Kay Marriott - the mother of Steve Marriott. Its a pity that the extended west end run has be closed so soon. </p>
<p>As well as singing Angel of the Morning and Tin Soldier another Scene was added to the Musical starring Karis Anderson singing The first cut is the deepest and brilliantly playing young PP Arnold.</p>
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<p>1965. A new phenomenon erupted out of London's East End. It was the essence of all that was cool. It was Mod. </p>
<p>All Or Nothing- The Mod Musical follows the rise and demise of Small Faces, the band who encapsulated all that was mod - a unique blend of taste and testosterone, clothes-obsessed and street-wise - but most of all, a dedication to rhythm 'n' blues. </p>
<p>This stunning new home-grown musical celebrates the unique mod sound including an arsenal of brilliant hits like Whatcha Gonna Do About It, All Or Nothing, Tin Soldier, Lazy Sunday, Here Comes the Nice and Itchycoo Park. </p>
<p>Having played to packed houses and standing ovations across the UK, All Or Nothing - The Mod Musical played a limited season at The Ambassadors Theatre from 28th March until 12th May 2018.</p>
<p>Here is more information about the show <a contents="http://www.allornothingmusical.com" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.allornothingmusical.com" target="_blank">http://www.allornothingmusical.com</a></p>
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<p>Here is the link to the show: <a contents="www.abc.net.au/tv/programs/news-breakfast-early" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.abc.net.au/tv/programs/news-breakfast-early/" target="_blank">www.abc.net.au/tv/programs/news-breakfast-early</a> </p>
<p>Tune in and enjoy!</p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/51740732018-04-10T18:01:20+01:002021-09-12T19:57:10+01:00BLACK IS BACK <h3>
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<p><span class="font_large">A mi Spanish Amigos, Estoy muy feliz a anunciar que se presentaran este Festival en Madrid en la misma factura como Ronnie Spector y las Ronettes. Va a ser una cosa bella ❤️ </span></p>
<p><span class="font_large">To My Spanish friends, I am very happy to announce that this festival will be presented in madrid on the same bill as Ronnie Spector and the ronettes. It's gonna be a beautiful thing ❤️</span></p>
<p><span class="font_regular">MORE INFORMATION TO COME REGARDING THIS GIG </span></p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/51721202018-04-09T19:21:55+01:002018-04-09T19:24:50+01:00MUSIC MUSO INTERVIEW WITH STEVE MUSCUTT<h2><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/2f8a78605829bc915dd5ea22f5886175ad812462/original/music-muso-interview.jpeg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></h2>
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<p>PP Arnold can only be described as a legend, she started her career way back in 1964 when she joined the Ike & Tina Turner Revue, she left in 1966 and went on to work with some of the most famous names in the music industry including The Small Faces, Barry Gibb, Rod Stewart, David Bowie and Roger Waters to name just a few. </p>
<p>During the late 1980’s, she worked with some ground breaking dance acts including The Beatmasters, The KLF and even provided vocals for Altern-8. </p>
<p>She’s remained active on the music circuit and is due to release her latest album in the Autumn (more on that later). </p>
<p>We heard that she's going to be performing at this year’s Cornbury Festival so we arranged some time to have a chat, she was in her villa in Spain, I was in a gloomy office in London, we chatted for far too long about all sorts of things, read on to find out what....</p>
<p>I was looking over your career to date trying to find a real 'stand out moment' and ask you some questions about it but as I delved deeper, there are just so many, so I’d like to ask you, what has been the stand out moment of your career to date and why? </p>
<p>They’ve all been amazing for so many different reasons, I guess if I had to choose one, it would be the early days, I was so young and it was all so new, I knew NOTHING about the business and it was as if destiny had opened up the door for me to be involved in the music industry, I never even thought about singing professionally! It was a time of very fast success, it was also a huge learning curve for me, as well as the ups, there were also lots of downs but when you’re young, you’re learning, it was a tough time for me but amazing at the same time! </p>
<p>If you could go back to the mid 60’s knowing what you know now, what would you tell yourself? </p>
<p>To be a lot stronger and more confident in myself, I didn’t have a lot of confidence at the time as my life had already been quite turbulent and I was quite introverted, I think I could have had more confidence about who I was as a young black woman, integrating for the first time in a multi cultured society. I’m still not a very good hustler, but back then, I knew nothing about networking or playing people, I had that real innocence that you have when you’re young and you learn as you go through your teenage years but as I said, my teenage years were quite turbulent and I had 2 children at the time and the responsibility that goes with that, I wasn’t as free flowing as I guess I might have been without the children, but I did have to go with the flow. </p>
<p>I guess you could say the same these days but look at what women are going through in the industry right now, I think it’s really important that you be who you are rather than someone that the industry wants you to be, it’s a man’s world and that hasn’t changed in god knows how many years! </p>
<p>My career would never have happened in America, growing up in London as a young American black woman was a much easier ride from my point of view than growing up in America, I loved it as people just thought you were really cool because you’re from America! I spent a lot of time pretending I WAS cool without falling off that wave where, in fact, I was really shy and doing my best to appear as a cool character! </p>
<p>I really don’t know what people saw in me as I had so little confidence at the time, all the other 'Ikettes' were so much prettier and taller than me and I was just a shy, introverted young lady! Deep down, I am my true self, as soon as I knew who my inner self was, I then worked out how to portray myself to the world! </p>
<p>I can be myself far better than I can be someone else! What you see is what you get, it’s all about love! </p>
<p>You have worked with some amazing names in the music business, who made the biggest impact on you? </p>
<p>Destiny had me and Jimi Hendrix in the same place at the same time and he was a great influence, he knew exactly what he was doing and where he was going and he used to tell me to "go with the experience", wise words indeed! </p>
<p>You’ve performed with a whole host of acts covering many genres including rock, pop, blues, reggae and even acid house/hardcore later ion in the 90’s with the likes of The Beatmasters, KLF and Altern-8, do you see yourself as a musical chameleon that can change its colours to suit the act that you’re working with? </p>
<p>To me it’s all about the voice, my voice is an instrument, I like doing lots of different things, things I’ve never done before. People like my sound, that's what attracts the people to me, to be able to use that sound is incredible. At the time, I never really understood the power of the voice as I do now, it’s just using my voice as an instrument to suit whichever genre. It’s all about the melody, it’s all about the rhythm, the timing and I just love all that. There are thousands of songs that I’ve never sung before, be it jazz, gospel, blues, I love it all! </p>
<p>You’re clearly not the kind of person who likes to be 'pigeon-holed' then? </p>
<p>It’s an experimental thing, I’m only one aspect of the finished piece, it’s the journey that I like, working with great producers, great writers and great musicians who inspire me to find things inside me that I didn’t know I had! The idea of working with different genres and fitting my sound into what they do creates something new and different. </p>
<p>It's incredible how you sound the same but with different styles of music behind you, it transforms what you do.... </p>
<p>Wait until you hear the new album that Steve Cradock has produced! He’s still doing his Ocean Colour Scene thing and he’s another person who works with a really varied bunch of people including Paul Weller, The Specials and me, I guess he’s also a real musical chameleon! The new album is called “The New Adventures of PP Arnold” and it has so many different flavours, we’ve got some beautiful MOD styled Northern Soul sound going on, we used a few indie writers and they bought a great sound to the table, Jake Fletcher from the Steve Cradock band has written an incredible song called "Daltrey Street", when I was first heard it I told Steve I couldn’t sing it as I’m just an old lady who knew nothing about Daltrey Street which was a street in the North of England, he told me I’d be fine and as soon as I listened to it, I realised that Daltrey Street could be a street anywhere and as soon as I could relate to that, I could relate to the lyrics and then I’m in! </p>
<p>We re-recorded “Different Drum” and that sounds amazing, there’s another indie ballad called “Baby Blue” written by a friend of Steve’s, there’s also a couple of songs on the record that I did with my son, some really fine afro-beat tracks that are going to blow your mind! </p>
<p>Paul Weller gave me two songs for the album, Steve has also written some great material “Still Trying” and “Magic Hour”, I also re-recorded a song called “Though It Hurts Me Badly” which is the first song that I ever wrote which was to do with my first inter-racial relationship which is pretty deep! The new record will be out this Autumn, we’re going to be announcing everything really soon! </p>
<p>It sounds like you’ve been having a great time working with some incredible writers and performers? </p>
<p>It’s amazing how Paul Weller has gotten behind the project and supported it as much as he has, we recorded most of the material in Devon at Steve’s home studio in Devon which is amazing, the scenery was incredible, the organic food was off the scale and the views from his home were incredible, it was such a beautiful place to work! </p>
<p>You’re set to play Cornbury Festival this year in Oxfordshire, what can the fans expect from your show? </p>
<p>I’ll be doing my classic hits, I’ll be doing a tribute to Tina Turner including “River Deep Mountain High”, the classic “First Cut is the Deepest” will definitely be in the set and then I’ll be doing some material from “The Turning Tide” album, “Medicated Goo” & “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”, there’s also a really good rock track that I wrote with Barry Gibb called “Born”. I have to be careful as my stage time is limited, I guess as long as I get the classics out there, everyone will be happy! </p>
<p>I think with UK festivals, you really need to curate a crowd pleasing set as you can’t really rely on the weather and the last thing people want to be doing is sat in a muddy field, listening to music that they’re NOT familiar with whilst the rain comes down! </p>
<p>Oh don’t you worry about that, the people of Cornbury Festival will have a great time during my set! This will be the first Summer of me doing UK festivals in my own right, I did a few in the past with Doctor Robert and I was on tour with Roger Waters and that covered a few festivals including Glastonbury which was incredible, such an experience. This year, I’m doing Cornbury and the Cheltenham Jazz Festival, Love Supreme and also Looe Festival in Cornwall. I’m really looking forward to all of them, especially Cornbury because Mavis Staples is also performing! </p>
<p>And Jimmy Cliff! </p>
<p>Oh my word, I haven’t seen Jimmy Cliff for years, he’s definitely going on my list to see! I did an album with Jimmy, it must have been between 68’ and 72’, it was me, Jimmy and Doris Troy and we were crammed into this little hot ass studio in the Round House in London and it was so hot! I can just see us in there sweating and singing up a storm! , Jimmy is a lovely man! </p>
<p>All my life I’ve loved Mavis Staples, since I was a little girl, I bowed down to her, I once channelled her when I recorded “Respect Yourself” with The Kane Gang which was a cover of The Staples Singers classic! I really hope I get to meet her, I hope that we’re both performing on the same day! (I checked, PP and Mavis are on the Saturday!) We’re also both playing the Love Supreme Festival so if I don’t get to meet her at Cornbury, I’ll do my best to meet her there! Her, Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner and Dionne Warwick, they’re the queens of the music scene! </p>
<p>So apart form the new album and preparing for the festival season, what else have you been doing? </p>
<p>I've been busy working on my new website, you MUST check it out.... </p>
<p>I’ll be sure to do that, what’s the address? </p>
<p>It’s www.pparnold.com, nice and easy, It has everything under one roof, the site, the store, bios, news, press pieces, discography, videos, it’s well worth a look! </p>
<p>I'll be sure to do just that and get everyone reading this interview to do the same! </p>
<p>Pat, it's been a pleasure talking to you and learning about your very colourful past, I’m going to be at Cornbury on the Saturday so I’ll arrange to pop by and take you for a coffee… </p>
<p>That would be amazing, let’s do it! </p>
<p>All we need is some good weather, bring us some of that Spanish sunshine! </p>
<p>I’ll certainly pack it in my suitcase! </p>
<p>All the best for the new project and the Summer of festivals! </p>
<p>Thank you so much, it’s certainly going to be a Summer to remember! </p>
<h3><span class="font_regular">PPArnold will be appearing at Cornbury Festival on Saturday 14th July, tickets are available HERE http://www.cornburyfestival.com/tickets/</span></h3>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/51715972018-04-09T12:16:54+01:002018-04-09T12:31:34+01:00THE STRANGE BREW INTERVIEW PODCAST<h2>
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<p>P.P. Arnold – If This Were My World (The Turning Tide, Absolute Marketing, 2017) <br>P.P. Arnold – First Cut Is The Deepest (Single A-side, Immediate 1967) <br>Small Faces – Tin Soldier (Single A-side, Immediate, 1967) <br>P.P. Arnold – Would You Believe (The First Lady Of Immediate, Immediate, 1968) <br>P.P. Arnold – If You Think You’re Groovy (Single A-side, Immediate 1968) <br>P.P. Arnold – Angel Of The Morning (Single A-side, Immediate 1968) <br>P.P. Arnold – Bury Me Down By The River (Single A-side, Polydor, 1969) <br>P.P. Arnold – You Can’t Always Get What You Want (The Turning Tide, Absolute Marketing, 2017) <br>Nick Drake – Poor Boy (Bryter Layter, Island, 1971) <br>Andy Gibb and P.P. Arnold – Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow (Andy Gibb’s Greatest Hits, RSO, 1980) <br>P.P Arnold – Electric Dreams (Single A-side, 10 Records, 1984) <br>Ocean Colour Scene and P.P Arnold – It’s A Beautiful Thing (Single A-side, MCA, 1998) <br>Roger Waters – Perfect Sense (Parts 1 and 2) (In the Flesh – Live, Columbia, 2000) </p>
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<p>BY ANYBODY’S STANDARDS PP ARNOLD HAS LED AN EXTRAORDINARY LIFE. A ‘GOOD GIRL’ PLUCKED FROM AN ABUSIVE TEEN MARRIAGE BY IKE AND TINA TURNER, AND DEPOSITED RIGHT IN THE HEART OF MID-1960s SOUL MUSIC, PP FLOURISHED AND WENT ON TO WORK WITH MANY OF THE GREATS. <br>In this new interview with The Mouth Magazine, the woman born Patricia Ann Cole in Los Angeles during 1946 looks back at a few choice moments from her career, and discusses the tools she’s used to cope with her extraordinary personal life…</p>
<p>IT’S A THRILL TO TALK WITH YOU, PP – NOT LEAST BECAUSE YOUR 1967 RECORDING OF THE FIRST CUT IS THE DEEPEST IS A REAL FAVOURITE OF MINE. IT’S A GREAT SONG ANYWAY, BUT YOUR VERSION OF IT IS DEFINITIVE… LEGEND HAS IT THAT YOU BOUGHT THE SONG FROM CAT STEVENS FOR THIRTY QUID… THAT’S MONEY PRETTY WELL SPENT! <br>Well, Cat Stevens was a writer at that time. He was one of the artists who used to hang out at Immediate, the record label. Immediate really was a useful hub for all the young writers, singers and musicians who were trying to make it in the industry at that time. So everybody knew everybody else and it could be a sort of melting pot. But I don’t know too much about that particular rumour, ha ha…</p>
<p>DO YOU REMEMBER MUCH AROUND RECORDING THE SONG? <br>Yeah, I do, I do… Mike Hurst brought the song to the table. He brought it to the attention of myself and Andrew Loog-Oldham. I loved it, so we booked Olympic Studios in Barnes for one evening and Mike Hurst produced it. A big orchestra… In those days you recorded everything, all the live strings and so on, all together. I remember standing in the booth and singing along with this beautiful orchestra playing. I used to always sing along when the track was being recorded – to be a part of the creation of the moment, really. It was a really beautiful evening, a beautiful night, and we got a beautiful track cut by the end of it.</p>
<p>WHAT IN PARTICULAR DID YOU LIKE ABOUT THE SONG? <br>I liked it straight away ‘cos I could really relate to it – I always like to be able to relate to a lyric. I understood it straight away because I had been a victim of… I hate to say ‘victim’, really… but I guess I was, ‘cos I was very young… I had been a victim of a very abusive teen marriage… and so I could relate to that ‘first cut’. That first time you get hurt. That first pain when you’re young. </p>
<p>I DON’T DOUBT THAT THE FIRST CUT IS THE DEEPEST IS THE SONG WHICH HAS FOLLOWED YOU AROUND THE MOST FOR THE LAST FIFTY YEARS… AND SO I WONDERED WHAT YOUR RELATIONSHIP IS WITH IT? <br>Yeah, it has followed me around. I love that song. Every time I sing that song I love it even more. I never ever ever get bored with singing that song. I never sing it exactly the same way, every time I sing it. It’s all about the moment, the emotion of the moment. That’s what we soul singers do, right? THE FIRST CUT IS THE DEEPEST is such a beautiful song – such a beautiful melody and such a beautiful lyric. Even when I go inside the song and I have to relive it, it’s kind of like a pain that’s now turned to joy. I managed to free myself from that pain, and that’s when destiny opened up her door and I was suddenly in the music industry… That song turned my life around. I was able to take a really negative experience in my life and make something very beautiful and positive out of it. I survived, y’know? </p>
<p>YOU MENTION BEING A TEENAGER, AND I’VE ALWAYS THOUGHT ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT SOUL MUSIC FROM THE MID-’60s IS THAT THERE’S THIS REAL TEENAGE ‘INNOCENCE’ ABOUT IT… SOMETIMES IT JUST ABOUT VERGES ON AWARENESS, BUT THERE’S A REAL EARNESTNESS AND TEENAGE ENERGY TO IT… DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? <br>Yeah, it does… It does make sense. I was a teenager during the creation of Motown. All those groups. At school, high school (and even at junior high school at the beginning of Motown) we used to have these dances – dances on Wednesday afternoon after lunch, called Teen Canteen… Everybody would go to the auditorium and dance to Motown and have a really cool time. We were cool, we were all cool. Actually, when I came to England and there was the Mod thing, the way the Mods dressed, that was the way we dressed. We were Mod, I guess, but we called it Ivy League. </p>
<p>SO ARE THOSE SCHOOL DANCES WHERE THE MUSIC REALLY STARTED FOR YOU? <br>Well, actually I was born into a family of gospel singers. I had one sister and four brothers, so there were six of us, and we all sang. We’d go to church on Sunday and during the break, between Sunday school and 11 o’clock service, we’d be at the hamburger stand playing Motown on the jukebox and all singing… So I grew up singing with my sister and brothers – so when I came to England the Small Faces reminded me of my brothers, y’know? We were all about the same age… and the same height, ha ha… We were like the babies on the scene, really. The young kids on the block. The Rolling Stones and all the other groups, they were about four or five years older. </p>
<p>SO, BACK BEFORE THE MUSIC HAPPENED, YOU WERE LIVING IN LOS ANGELES, MARRIED WITH CHILDREN… <br>Yeah, I was. I became pregnant at the age of 15 and I missed out on having a normal teenage experience. I had two kids by the time I was seventeen years old. My son Kevin and my daughter Debbie… Kevin coaches soccer now, but sadly I lost Debbie. She died in a traffic accident… Losing Debbie was really devastating. My babies. Me and my babies. I was working two jobs and looking after two children and dealing with my husband… I actually said a prayer, asking God to show me a way out the hell that I was in – but I’d never in my wildest dreams thought about singing professionally or anything… and suddenly he stepped in and gave me this career as a singer. I was able to change my life and make a better life for my kids. </p>
<p>AGAIN THE LEGEND SUGGEST THIS, BUT YOUR CAREER BEGAN ALMOST BY ACCIDENT… SOME OF YOUR FRIENDS WERE AUDITIONING TO BE IKETTES – BACK-UP SINGERS IN THE IKE AND TINA TURNER REVUE… ONE OF THEM BACKED OUT AND ASKED YOU TO GO ALONG TO MAKE UP THE NUMBERS… <br>Well that’s true, y’know? I can see that morning, even now. I can see myself in the laundromat room of my apartment building, washing clothes and cleaning and getting ready for the week ahead. Saying my prayer and then coming inside and doing all my chores and the ‘phone ringing. My friends Maxine Smith and Gloria Scott begging me. They called me out of desperation, really. The other girl hadn’t shown up. Maxine was, like, an ex-girlfriend of my brother Ronnie. Actually, the other girl, the one who didn’t show up, was also an ex-girlfriend of my brother Ronnie, ha ha ha… </p>
<p>… HA HA… HE WAS A POPULAR GUY! <br>Yeah, he was! He really was! He’s no longer with us either, sadly. But, yeah, he was popular. He was a real cutie-pie… But, yeah, Maxine and Gloria said “You gotta come” and I was, like, “No, I can’t go. My husband’s not gonna let me go”… They said “Tell him anything – we’re coming” and they hung up the ‘phone… A half hour later they were knockin’ on my door! So I told my husband a lie, ha ha, and next thing I know I’m in Ike and Tina Turner’s living room singing DANCING IN THE STREET, ha ha ha… </p>
<p>YOU PARTICULARLY HIT IT OFF WITH TINA… <br>Straight away. We sang DANCING IN THE STREET and another song, which I can never remember. I didn’t know the other song, so I just had to follow the harmony. That was okay – I grew up singing so my ear is how I do it. So, anyway, we finish singing, and right afterwards Tina goes “Girls, you got the gig”… I go “Oh no, not me..! I gotta go home. I’ve lied to my husband and I’m gonna be in big trouble”. Tina just planted a seed and said “Well, if you’re gonna get in trouble for nothing you might as well go with us up to Fresno and see the show”… </p>
<p>… AND YOU DID… <br>… And I did! I joined, but I only had less than a week to learn their whole show! But that audition day was just ‘one of those days’, y’know? Sometimes you have days that just take on a life of their own. This day did that. I mean, I was really a good girl, y’know? Well, okay, I had let myself get talked into ditching one class – my music appreciation class, at that, ha ha! As a young teenage girl with hormones jumping all over the place I ditched my class and thought that I could handle a sort of ‘heavy petting’ session but I got jumped on. A cute guy and we just go crazy. He was older than me, as well, so in a way when I look back on it it’s kinda like I was sort of ‘groomed’… I kept saying “No, no, no, no” for a long long long time but… y’know… Anyway… Anyway… That was so long ago. When you ask me these questions I’m right back there and can remember it. It’s clear. </p>
<p>IKE AND TINA TURNER CAME OVER TO THE UK IN 1966 AND SUPPORTED THE ROLLING STONES. THAT WAS A MASSIVE TURNING POINT IN YOUR LIFE… <br>Big time! Big time! </p>
<p>YOU LEFT THE IKE AND TINA ROADSHOW AND STAYED IN THE UK. SORT OF RATTLING THROUGH YOUR CAREER HERE AT GREAT SPEED, YOU WORKED WITH THE SMALL FACES, AND YOU WENT ON TO WORK WITH MANY OTHERS OVER THE YEARS – INCLUDING NICK DRAKE, PAUL WELLER, ERIC CLAPTON, PRIMAL SCREAM, OCEAN COLOUR SCENE, THE BEATMASTERS… I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT A COUPLE OF ARTISTS I’M NOT SURE I’VE HEARD YOU SPEAK TOO MUCH ABOUT… YOU SANG BACK-UP ON PETER GABRIEL’S 1986 SINGLE SLEDGEHAMMER… <br>Yeaaaaah! I’ve been blessed to be asked by so many great artists to work with them, and SLEDGEHAMMER was a great record. And another great time. I’d left the UK after losing Debbie, a few years before, then but I’d just come back and I’d done some things including the show STARLIGHT EXPRESS. After that show I was getting ready to record an album and I met a guy who hooked me up with Peter Gabriel. He had these anti-gravity boots at his house, and I was always really into all of that sort of thing – so Peter and I really hit it off. I was in an accident in the mid-‘80s, I was crushed between two cars. So I got into alternative healing and also fitness, sports. Because I’d had my kids when I was really really young, I’d never developed my own sporting abilities. My brother introduced me to Shotokan (karate) to help me with my grieving. I didn’t really do it for that long, but when I started doing my training I realised I had quite an ability for long distance running. I was running for my life, basically. From there I got into a lot of sports things. I moved to Miami for a while and while I was there I found out about anti-gravity boots, so I bought a pair. The boots have, like, a sort of clip on them so you can attach them to something. I had this tree in my garden and what I’d do is I’d just hang upside down from it in the boots, doing sit-ups and everything upside down. The anti-gravity thing, being upside down, it helps the blood to flow. From your feet to your head… all of that, ha ha. </p>
<p>PETER HAS LONG BEEN INTO THAT SORT OF STUFF… <br>Yeah. At his house in Bath, he had some anti-gravity boots too. So we had this weird exercise thing in common and it helped us connect. It was a really lovely evening of… hanging upside down in the boots and then going into Peter’s studio to sing and then having a really lovely dinner together, ha ha. Yeah, that was cool. </p>
<p>YOU WEREN’T UPSIDE DOWN WHEN YOU WERE SINGING THOUGH, WERE YOU!? <br>Ha ha, no I wasn’t upside down when I was singing. That was a long-winded story though, wasn’t it? That’s the thing; when I remember and go into these spaces in my life there’s always some story! </p>
<p>PETER HAS ALWAYS BEEN A MASSIVE OTIS REDDING FAN, AS I UNDERSTAND IT – AND YOU CAN REALLY HEAR THAT IN SLEDGEHAMMER I THINK.. <br>Yeah. He really loved soul music. Y’know, I didn’t know anything about Genesis? I’d been out of the UK – I’d gone to Los Angeles to do a record and I lost my daughter and so I didn’t go back to England. I was away from 1975 until 1983, so I think I missed that whole Genesis period and everything. I only really knew about Peter when I went to do the SO album. He was just a great guy, to be honest. </p>
<p>YOU ALSO WORKED WITH THE KLF… AND AS GREAT AS THOSE RECORDS ARE, THE BUSINESS SIDE TURNED OUT NOT TO BE A HAPPY EXPERIENCE… <br>The business, yeah. Ha ha… The bus-iness… Everywhere I go people say “Woah, you’re the voice of 3AM ETERNAL” – but Bill and Jimmy have been trying to say that the hook of the song, which I sang, wasn’t even the hook. It’s ridiculous, really, ‘cos everybody knows that’s the hook. It’s a really great record – and everywhere I go everybody wants to talk about it. So I realise that the record was a massive major hit all over the world – and the percentage I asked them for was only small. Plus, I am the MuMu choir… I am the MuMu choir… Katie Kissoon (who I also worked with for Roger Waters), I took her down to the KLF’s studio in Dagenham in their police car, and we tracked those “MuMu” bits over and over again. They used those vocals on so much of their music. My deal with them was “Hey man, if you use a solo bit just look after me”. </p>
<p>I THINK YOUR SHARE PROBABLY WENT UP IN FLAMES… <br>I was really annoyed about that. I guess it did go up in flames. But did it really? Did it really go up in flames? I showed up at Jimmy’s place shortly after it ‘went up in flames’ and surprised him. Like, really surprised him, ha ha. I showed up with my son, to try and get some justice. And now I understand that the KLF are having something of a resurgence – and it’d be really lovely if they’d pop up one day and do the right thing… But, anyway… We wanna stay on the positive, don’t we? </p>
<p>WE DO… ONE OF THE THINGS THAT’S ALWAYS STRUCK ME ABOUT YOU, BUT PARTICULARLY AS WE’VE BEEN TALKING, IS JUST HOW MUCH CONTENT THERE HAS BEEN IN YOUR LIFE – SO MUCH EXPERIENCE… THE MUSIC AND EVERYTHING ASSOCIATED, OF COURSE… BUT THE DIFFICULT TEEN MARRIAGE… THREE CHILDREN, ONE LOST… YOU WERE INVOLVED IN QUITE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT YOURSELF… USING THESE WORDS IN A COMPLETELY CELEBRATORY SENSE, YOU’RE A TRUE SURVIVOR… <br>Thank you. I like to live in the now, I like to stay focused in the now. I got so many exciting things happening right now. But when I think about all the things I’ve survived through my life I do give thanks… Really, I do. God had blessed me so much. Life can throw difficult things at you all the time – and there have been times that I didn’t know how to deal with those kind of things. I suffered a lot, y’know? It made me suffer. But now, most of all, I look at my Grandson and I think he’s the true soul survivor… His name is even Soul… He was born with his heart backwards – and so he has a lot of special needs as a result of that. Soul came in here fighting and he’s still fighting. He is just gorgeous, he’s so fabulous. </p>
<p>WHAT’S THE SECRET, PP? WHAT QUALITY IS IT THAT’S MADE YOU SURVIVE? BECAUSE, TALKING TO YOU NOW, YOU’RE NOT AT ALL CYNICAL OR HARD OR CLOSED OFF… <br>I personally believe that we’re all spiritual beings in physical bodies, and when we can no longer live in these physical bodies the spirit moves on. I believe there’s only life – and I try to stay connected with that. I stay connected with all the family I’ve lost and all the friends I’ve lost. Everyone who didn’t make it. My meditation this morning was all about how we’re connected with our true selves. We have our ego selves and our true selves. The ego self is how most people function in the physical world we live in. But the true self is always perfect, so that’s one of my positive things that I come back to throughout each day. Stay positive and stay connected to your true self, your inner self. Work from that. Work from the inside out – instead of letting the outside beat you down…</p>
<p>PP Arnold plays Cornbury Festival on Saturday 14th July. Tickets here: <a contents="http://www.cornburyfestival.com/tickets/&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.cornburyfestival.com/tickets/" target="_blank">http://www.cornburyfestival.com/tickets/&nbsp;</a><br>PP Arnold portrait by Sandra Vijandi Photography</p>
<p><a class="button" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://themouthmagazine.com/2018/04/04/pp-arnold/" target="_blank">Read full article</a></p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/51705982018-04-08T17:31:26+01:002018-04-08T18:17:57+01:00Long Live Vinyl<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/4b8a68d81d1d9fe0f09de05b7bed927a6e462b72/original/cropp-llv.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_" /><strong>"She was a Soul Queen of the mod scene, a fixture of Swinging London, a revered solo artist and backing singer extraordinaire. Garth Cartwright speaks to PP Arnold about her tragedy-tinged yet glittering career in music, and her new album..."</strong></p>
<p>Nice 2 double page feature in Issue 14 of 'Long Live Vinyl' by Garth Cartwright </p>
<p><br>FYI There's not many Red Vinyl pressings left of 'The Turning Tide' but signed copies are available at www.pparnold.com </p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/51115302018-03-23T11:08:45+00:002018-03-23T11:08:45+00:00Join PP Arnold in her first ever tour of Australia and New Zealand<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/aafa6e4405c9d73b355b79ce1e321d7b732baee9/medium/new-zealand-poster.jpg" class="size_m justify_left border_none" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 20px; margin-right: 20px;" />Join PP Arnold in her first ever tour of Australia and New Zealnad. </p>
<p>PP’s tour down under follows the release last year of “The Turning Tide”, an album of unreleased recordings from the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, produced by both Barry Gibb and Eric Clapton. It cracked the UK Top 30 upon release, recently made the NZ iTunes Top 20, and has been the subject of many accolades and much airplay since its release. </p>
<p>Although this will be PP’s be first concert tour of these parts, she has previously performed here as a featured singer with Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters in 2002 and 2008. In recent times she has also recorded with Primal Scream, Oasis, Ocean Colour Scene and Paul Weller. She has a voice that other artists love to work with; her first duet was with Rod Stewart on a single produced by Mick Jagger, way back in ’67. </p>
<p>Her timeless work has earned PP an ardent following amongst fans of ‘60s British rock and pop in addition to lovers of classic soul, and some of her early dance numbers are considered Northern Soul classics. Her status as an icon of her era when she starred alongside old friend Marianne Faithful in the final episode of the original series of “Absolutely Fabulous” in 1996 (for which she and Marianne especially recorded a new version of the program’s theme song “This Wheel’s On Fire”). </p>
<p>With her memoir soon due for publication and a new album in the can, co-written and produced by the Ocean Colour Scene’s Steve Craddock and including a couple of duets with long-time supporter and fan Paul Weller, 2018 promises to be a big year for PP Arnold. Join PP and her dream Australian band for what will undoubtedly be amongst the most talked about tours of the year. </p>
<p>Tickets and info here ➤ http://bit.ly/PPArnold</p>
<p> Dates are :- </p>
<p>★NEW SHOWS ADDED - PP Arnold ★ </p>
<p><br>Due to popular demand, soul legend PP Arnold has added two more shows! </p>
<p><br>New shows on sale NOW ➤ http://bit.ly/PPArnold</p>
<p> <br>Sunday 20th May - Auckland, Powerstation <br>Friday 25th May - Melbourne, The Night Cat </p>
<p><br>Already announce dates: </p>
<p>Thursday 17th May 2018 – Melbourne, Memo Music Hall <br>Friday 18th May – Melbourne, The Thornbury Theatre <br>Saturday 19th May – Meeniyan, Meeniyan Town Hall <br>Wednesday 23rd May – Sydney, The Factory Theatre <br>Saturday 26th May – Fremantle, Fly By Night Musicians Club <br>Sunday 27th May – Perth, Rosemount Hotel</p>
<p>Tickets and info here ➤ http://bit.ly/PPArnold</p>
<p><a class="button" contents="Read the article" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://a2noise.com/pp-arnold-tour/" target="_blank">Read the article</a></p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/51437612018-03-23T11:08:02+00:002018-03-23T11:08:02+00:00The story of The Turning Tide - an album of unreleased recordings from the late ‘60s and early ‘70s <p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/79d5ad2997d60fd1c44442e73cc46b0c8f775130/medium/pp-arnold-the-turning-tide-vinyl.jpg" class="size_m justify_left border_" /></p>
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<p>Making music is a very spiritual thing. So much creativity, thought and work goes into just preparing to go into the studio and attempt to make that hit record that everyone will love. </p>
<p>I was at a crossroads back in 1968-1971. Immediate Records had folded and I searched for a new label that would give me the opportunity to continue make music that would take me to the next stage of my musical journey. </p>
<p>When I was introduced to Barry Gibb by Jim Morris (RIP) and he agreed to produce me and help me get a record deal. I was so happy and so excited about working with him as I was a big Bee Gees fan and had recorded “To Love Somebody” on my second album ‘Kafunta’. </p>
<p>Barry kept his word and helped me get a record deal with his manager Robert Stigwood’s ‘RSO’ record label. Robert also became my manager. A lot of time went into rehearsing and learning the songs and I was so happy when we were finally able to go into I.B.C. Studios and start recording. </p>
<p>The recording sessions were all very uplifting, exciting and enjoyable. The songs and all of the Bill Shepherd arrangements were so beautiful and I put my young Heart and Soul into every vocal and all the beautiful background vocal arrangements. Working with Barry, to do justice to all his beautiful songs stretched me vocally in a way I never imagined and I was so happy with the work that we were doing. We recorded around ten tracks and six of these Gibb compositions ‘Born To Be Free’, ‘Bury Me Down By The River’, ‘Give A Hand, Take A Hand’, ‘Happiness’, ‘The Turning Tide’, ‘High and Windy Mountain’ and two covers ‘Spinning Wheel’ and the beautiful ‘You Made Me So Very Happy’ will finally be released on this Heritage offering of mine, which I am calling, ‘The Turning Tide’ </p>
<p>Eric Clapton was another RSO artist and after supporting Eric as the opening act on the ‘Eric Clapton Delaney, Bonnie and Friends tour’, Robert arranged for me to go in the Studio with Eric producing and the Delaney and Bonnie Band who later became Derek and The Dominos along with Rita Coolidge and help from my friend Doris Troy and we recorded three covers, which are also included on this album. ‘Medicated Goo’, ‘Brand New Day’ and ‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want’. </p>
<p>A further two tracks from my collaboration with the amazing, talented guitarist Caleb Quay were written and produced by Caleb and myself. Two of these songs, ‘If This Were My World’ and Children Of The Last War are also included on this album; ‘The Turning Tide’ that I am so pleased has finally seen the light of day.</p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/51055612018-02-14T19:51:34+00:002022-03-16T16:44:38+00:00Cornbury Music Festival – July 14th 2018<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/fb83dc50c5407283ad846efd1b1f6eab63976757/medium/cornbury-festival.jpg" class="size_m justify_left border_none" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 20px; margin-right: 20px;" /></p>
<h3>PP Arnold is appearing at Cornbury Jazz Festival on July 14th 2018</h3>
<p>Cornbury Festival returns in 2018! </p>
<p>The 15th Cornbury Festival will be taking place at the Great Tew Park, over the weekend of 13th – 15th July. </p>
<p>Earlybird tickets are on sale now, for a limited period only. As usual we’re only releasing Weekend and Weekend with Camping tickets at this stage. Day tickets will be available once the full line-up has been announced. </p>
<p>Alanis Morissette will headline the festival’s Saturday line up on July 14th. Joining her on Saturday are a host of great femalemusic stars from the legendary Mavis Staples, Scottish rocker Amy MacDonald, fellow Scots singer songwriter Nina Nesbitt, singer & actress Pixie Lott, Sixties soul star PP Arnold, Itunes chart topping new country star Megan McKenna breaking blues guitarist Grainne Duffy, new US soulsters Southern Avenue, sonic thrill duo Kolars and harmonic trio The Adelaides.</p>
<p><a class="button" contents="http://www.eventim.co.uk/cornburyfestival2018" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.eventim.co.uk/cornburyfestival2018" target="_blank">Buy tickets here</a></p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/51055622018-02-14T19:40:55+00:002018-03-02T12:25:52+00:00Cheltenham Jazz Festival – Sunday 6th May 2018<h3>
<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/f525050e2d69b7bd46fd32951f3544278586878b/medium/jazzprogtwittercardartists.jpg" class="size_m justify_left border_" />PP Arnold is appearing at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival on 6th May 2018.</h3>
<p>One of the iconic faces of London’s swinging 60’s, US-born PP Arnold is still a household name in soul today. Having worked with musical greats such as The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton to name just a few, she is best known for her all-time favourite songs The First Cut Is The Deepest and Angel Of The Morning.</p>
<p><a class="button" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/jazz/whats-on/grid?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIw72S8pOm2QIV65XtCh378QOSEAAYASAAEgJ79vD_BwE" target="_blank">Buy tickets here</a></p>
<p> </p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/51055632018-02-10T20:22:10+00:002018-03-02T11:36:10+00:00Love Supreme Jazz Festival – 30th June 2018<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/a643ac0237957b65fb628860f3cc60489c087671/medium/love-supreme-jazz-festival.jpg" class="size_m justify_left border_none" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 20px; margin-right: 20px;" /></p>
<h3>PP Arnold will be appearing on Saturday, 30th June 2018 on the Main Stage at The Love Supreme Jazz Festival, Glynde Palace, East Sussex.</h3>
<p>PP Arnold is a legend! </p>
<p>Arriving in England as an Ikette with the Ike & Tina Revue, PP was spotted by Mick Jagger who immediately convinced Andrew Loog Oldham to sign her to his "Immediate" record label. Several huge hits followed, the best-known being 'The First Cut Is The Deepest', Angel Of The Morning and ‘(If You Think You're Groovy)’. PP was one of the iconic faces of London's Swinging 60's. </p>
<p>Pat has collaborated, recorded, worked and toured alongside such </p>
<p>Luminaries as The Rolling Stones, The Small Faces, with her own band 'The Nice' led by Keith Emerson, Jimi Hendrix, Rod Stewart, Barry Gibb, Eric Clapton, Humble Pie, Nick Drake, Roger Waters, Ocean Color Scene, The Primal Scream, The Manfred’s and the list goes on and on. Her session credits read like a Who's Who list that stretches across more than Four decades of Rock & Roll and Pop history. </p>
<p><a class="button" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://lovesupremefestival.com/tickets#DCFUOHtGquceoyFk.97" target="_blank">Buy tickets here</a></p>
<p>Photo Michi Nailao</p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/51055642017-12-09T19:32:08+00:002018-03-01T17:56:01+00:00Shindig – Best Compilation (Single Artist) Of 2017<p>The Turning Tide has been selected as Best Compilation (Single Artist) Of The Year</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/30e18f3fbfdc17f3a32e68086fa74b225a0dd9ea/original/shindig20best20compilation20pp.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_" /></p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/51055652017-12-09T19:28:48+00:002018-03-01T18:19:58+00:00Classic Rock – Ultimate Playlist 2017<p>“Born” from The Turning Tide makes Classic Rock’s Ultimate Playlist 2017</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/a7df9a7e84265076424ec316520114ac21f0c5c9/original/clssic-rock-ultimate-playlist-2017.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_" /></p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/51055662017-12-09T19:22:13+00:002018-03-01T18:30:45+00:00Shindig Review – 229 The Venue, London Live Gig<p>Live gig review by Shindig’s Ben Adlam</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/8c115bc2544eb78e6a2896241fa892f5dcf5cc54/original/shindiglondon-229-live-gig-review.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_" /></p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/51055672017-12-09T19:10:49+00:002021-05-17T11:58:30+01:00Pride Magazine – “My Little Black Book” Feature<p>Pride Magazine’s PP Arnold – “My Little Black Book” feature</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/06710f6af8ed01e985e4f8bd3a07696c872ddcc0/original/pp20pride20magazine.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_" /></p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/51055682017-12-06T20:17:19+00:002021-06-27T16:11:45+01:00Record Collector Review – London 229 Club Live Gig 11/10/17<p>Record Collector review of live gig at London 229 Club by Andy Rawl.</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/bb42ac47dba079f8c3e917fcb7c20d0f5babc217/original/rc20live20pp2022920club.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Photo by Kristian Williams</p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/51055692017-11-20T11:30:52+00:002018-03-02T11:39:08+00:00R2 Magazine – Lost & Found Feature & The Turning Tide Review<p>R2 Magazine - article by Garth Cartwright and The Turning Tide review by David Innes</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/dd8a17a768f48e2555fa33c7f2552a8f1c0150a4/original/pp-r2-feature.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_" /></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/daaf65936b0ac2ec053899218dda3dbce9588be9/original/pp-r2.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_" /></p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/51055702017-11-17T13:26:15+00:002018-03-02T11:40:21+00:00The Bury Mercury – The Turning Tide Review<p>Great review by Paul Nixon for The Bury Mercury</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/82af4765f0bc932747e9a6e2f2e6f3a2895b454c/original/bury-mercury-pp.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_" /></p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/51055712017-11-09T20:33:51+00:002018-03-01T19:14:45+00:00Record Collector – The Tide Comes in At Last<p>In depth interview plus competition to win a copy of The Turning Tide</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/6b9d380234a96ed8b1622c58f89aceb3acc2d596/original/record20collector20index20pp.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/8bdfb41f6b6704b9655be9b1be841b0e5835cb62/original/rc20pg201.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/6d61bbc8fc99be75846e1f7e1eefff248edfa8c0/original/rc20pg202.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/09a96f1e446b6c72c4f23c3360e243a6fc8ba5df/original/rc20pg203.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_none" alt="" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/7384779f38c8ecf27690faff1b822feecb07b84b/original/rc20pg204.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_none" alt="" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/350730e60205539e12b39e4d3a4e413e971d6966/original/rc20comp.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_none" alt="" /></p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/51055722017-11-06T19:47:12+00:002018-03-02T11:42:21+00:00The Guardian – PP Arnold “I Put Myself In God’s Hands”<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/e61cbf999ea380f2a8f38fcb456172a296639722/medium/pp-arnold-by-sandra-vijandi.jpg" class="size_m justify_left border_none" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 20px; margin-right: 20px;" /></p>
<h3>PP Arnold talks to Alexis Petridis</h3>
<p><em>She fled an abusive husband to tour with Ike & Tina, was brought to swinging London by Mick Jagger, and ended up singing for the KLF. Now the soul great has dusted off a lost album produced by Eric Clapton and Barry Gibb</em></p>
<p>I meet PP Arnold in the top-floor restaurant of a hotel in London’s West End. The windows offer a panoramic view of central London, which turns out to be perfect for illustrating her conversation. You can see Regent’s Park, where Mick Jaggertook her for a walk after lunch in 1967 and convinced her to leave her job as a backing vocalist for Ike and Tina Turner and become a solo singer; she signed to Immediate, the record label founded by the Stones’ Svengali-like manager Andrew Loog Oldham...</p>
<p><a class="button" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/nov/02/the-unlikely-return-of-pp-arnold-i-put-myself-in-gods-hands" target="_blank">Read full article</a></p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/51055732017-10-23T13:09:53+01:002018-03-02T09:52:29+00:00The Scotsman – Return Of The Modmother<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/b63e8d1507d016d510de64e9d746c5911081ffc2/original/scotsman-pp-1.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_none" alt="" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/5d01e400ca36f3552effb8357718ab97b2de49f3/original/scotsman-pp-2.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_none" alt="" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/8c5c93e0aafa61fed4aa32aace15c79299eac1e0/original/scotsman-pp-3.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_none" alt="" /></p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/51055742017-10-17T19:34:19+01:002018-03-02T11:44:35+00:00PP Arnold On Her Experiences With Jimi Hendrix In London<h3>
<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/2593bb9880cdc748d8e1c99bbd1e464bd81070db/medium/pp-arnold-on-her-experiences-with-jimi-hendrix-in-london.jpg" class="size_m justify_left border_none" alt="" style="margin-right: 20px;" />Interview: PP Arnold on her experiences with Jimi Hendrix in London</h3>
<p>Much like Jimi Hendrix, it was London where American soul singer PP Arnold came to make her name. Having left the Ike & Tina Turner Revue whilst on tour in the UK, Arnold went on to have a number of hits in the UK such as The First Cut is the Deepest and Angel of the Morning, as well as collaborating with the likes of Eric Clapton, Mick Jagger and the Small Faces. When her record label folded in 1969, her third album The Turning Tide was thrown into jeopardy. Despite being independently produced by first Barry Gibb then Eric Clapton, the album was shelved. After a long campaign, Arnold has managed to reclaim the recordings and the album has finally been released this October...</p>
<p><a class="button" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://handelhendrix.org/interview-pp-arnold-experiences-jimi-hendrix-london/" target="_blank">Read the full article</a></p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/51055752017-10-17T15:13:06+01:002018-03-02T09:53:51+00:00Classic Rock – The Turning Tide Review<p>9/10 review in Classic Rock</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/3507ad6fa729cdda228c4c8dc2eea4596a6bf93d/original/classic-rock.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_none" alt="" /></p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/51055762017-10-16T16:06:09+01:002018-03-02T11:45:42+00:00PP Arnold’s Lost Album Finally Released – BBC London News<h3>BBC London News interview</h3>
<p>The American soul singer PP Arnold is probably best known for songs like 'The First Cut Is The Deepest' and before that she was one of the backing singers for Ike and Tina Turner. But perhaps she would have been an even bigger star had it not been for a 'lost' album that she recorded here in London 45 years ago. Well now, it's finally being released. Alice Bhandhukravi has the story.</p>
<p><iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="dDmnRyI3_Ik" data-video-thumb-url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/dDmnRyI3_Ik/mqdefault.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dDmnRyI3_Ik?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" height="180" width="320" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/51055772017-10-13T20:21:21+01:002018-03-02T10:06:39+00:00Scottish Daily Mail – The Turning Tide Review<p>Great review of The Turning Tide by Dave Esson of The Scottish Daily Mail</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/4d98304d4f20e92219359dd23123d385b7e47e03/original/scottish-daily-mail-the-turning-tide-review.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_none" alt="" /></p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/51055782017-10-12T20:10:57+01:002018-03-22T14:44:36+00:00PP Arnold Interview – Yorkshire Evening Post<div>
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<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/d9bc0ae5d0e4ffc7d38599460f6f56f9ee699c02/medium/pp-arnold-interview-yorkshire-evening-post.jpg" class="size_m justify_left border_none" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 20px; margin-right: 20px;" />Music interview – PP Arnold on the release of a lost classic</h3>
<p>SHE is one of the iconic singers of the 60s, whose voice resonated through the decades as a reminder of how great the decade was – and she is still belting them out. </p>
<p>PP Arnold came to the UK in the mid-60s as an Ikette (a member of the Ike and Tine Turner Revue), then went solo.</p>
<p>As a soloist, she recorded two of the most memorable songs with a female pop voice: The First Cut Is The Deepest (on which The Nice provided musical backing) and Angel Of the Morning. Not long after that her record label – Immediate – folded and since then she has been totally independent. </p>
<p>About to start a short tour to promote her latest CD – more about which later – Arnold tells me how she came to the UK in the first place. </p>
<p>“It was quite by chance, really. I was at my home and I said a prayer to God to save me from an abusive teen marriage I was in. Within an hour I had a phone call from one of my friends. </p>
<p>“It transpired that the girls with Ike and Tina Turner’s Revue show were leaving and Maxine (my friend) and Gloria were going to be Ikettes but a third girl had let them down at the last minute.</p>
<p><a class="button" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/whats-on/music/music-interview-pp-arnold-on-the-release-of-a-lost-classic-1-8799217/amp" target="_blank">Read full article</a></p>
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</div>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/51055792017-10-12T19:45:43+01:002019-09-10T03:37:20+01:00Record Collector Review- The Turning Tide<p>Brilliant 4* review for PP Arnold album The Turning Tide in this month’s Record Collector. With a nice feature to follow in the next issue courtesy of Lois Rosemary Wilson.</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/19f5b54ebbc5ef6d820610ca1a23deb8eb058d3d/original/record-collector-review-the-turning-tide.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_none" alt="" /></p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/51055802017-10-04T22:20:26+01:002018-03-02T10:16:36+00:00Jersey Evening Post – Soul Survivor From The Swinging Sixties<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/680bcd54a6f2068f77064a6cf4e9c112a2182cd4/original/jersey-evening-post-soul-survivor-from-the-swinging-sixties-1.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_none" alt="" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/31448a234947aa78098c0ecef072083942202c85/original/jersey-evening-post-soul-survivor-from-the-swinging-sixties-2.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_none" alt="" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/29478a85fa41c08c8fcf8a6661e67dde1e981167/original/jersey-evening-post-soul-survivor-from-the-swinging-sixties-3.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_none" alt="" /></p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/51055812017-10-04T21:57:16+01:002018-03-02T10:26:08+00:00Loose Ends – featuring PP Arnold Interview<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/b4884aaa3291be0e839d8f14d88eab7d2cac3498/original/loose-ends-featuring-pp-arnold-interview.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_none" alt="" /></p>38:02PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/51055832017-10-04T21:19:51+01:002018-03-02T10:29:34+00:00Mojo – What Goes On!<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/7b0adefd312eb15386f937bd8bc3095beca72351/original/mojo-what-goes-on-1.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_none" alt="" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/e345c666fbe043bf7d5bb571050c3b14f6eea2b2/original/mojo-what-goes-on-2.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_none" alt="" /></p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/51055842017-10-04T21:15:14+01:002018-03-02T10:36:02+00:00Shindig – Brand New Day<div><p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/cd43f3934548474686a9844952318615c7d71934/original/shindig-brand-new-day-1.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_none" alt="" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/da9a2585ef1a296140c943ddc88cffe2fdc7d275/original/shindig-brand-new-day-2.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/81b71e1c646a36221aff22227b59b7087f7b6e76/original/shindig-brand-new-day-3.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/cdd3eaf1375f4db1371ccebd91bb4f9dcedb7c7b/original/shindig-brand-new-day-4.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/87d6b08e5a1d6b67ad98454f544d588d7c4bd003/original/shindig-brand-new-day-5.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/16ef3b15a69d2924df859d83d65fd059e1c948c1/original/shindig-brand-new-day-6.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/87615fb7375b19703db1bb8a6367245b06567563/original/shindig-brand-new-day-7.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_" /></p></div>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/51055852017-10-04T20:52:44+01:002021-04-03T13:38:01+01:00Classic Rock<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/2ab276338dd2bcc5d225d5907bacdc2e3654dcec/original/classic-rock.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_" /></p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/51055862017-09-18T12:11:07+01:002018-03-22T14:44:36+00:00New album and Scottish tour by PP Arnold<div>
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<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/0f73ead7dfa587d9667a2271c09cdc059d3ffcfb/medium/new-album-and-scottish-tour-by-pp-arnold.jpg" class="size_m justify_left border_none" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 20px; margin-right: 20px;" />New album and Scottish tour by PP Arnold</h3>
<p>WHEN Immediate Records imploded spectacularly in 1970, PP Arnold was without a label and entered what she calls her “lost years”. It shouldn’t have been the case. She was after all The First Lady of Immediate, as the album title appointed her. </p>
<p>There had been several huge hits from that and the Kafunta album, and at 24 she was an intrinsic part of the British music scene. </p>
<p>The next step would be the one to elevate her even further. Barry Gibb was on something of a battling brother-fuelled hiatus from the Bee Gees and, in a forerunner to what he would do later in his career with the likes of Dionne Warwick and Barbra Streisand, he went about writing and producing an album of songs for the 24-year old PP Arnold...</p>
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</div>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/51055872017-08-23T15:50:02+01:002021-07-06T14:35:17+01:00Mojo – First Cuts Are The Deepest<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/c679620ab668e2847976858923b165cb9856c3bc/medium/cover-mojo-pp-arnold.jpg" class="size_m justify_left border_" /></p>
<h3>MOJO 287 / October 2017</h3>
<p>IN 2017, DAVE GROHL is a world-straddling rock titan with his band the Foo Fighters, touting a brand new album of his best songs yet; but 25 years ago, as he prepared to take the Reading Festival stage with an embattled Nirvana, his future was on a knife edge. ONLY in this month’s MOJO magazine, he relives the moments and celebrates the influences that made the songwriter and star of today, while a 15-track FREE CD showcases the American alternative rock revolution of 1989-92, with fierce tracks from Afghan Whigs, Pavement, Mudhoney and more. Also in the issue: David Gilmour goes back to Pompeii; Cat Stevens reclaims his past; while Sparks wave their freak flag high. Plus: Ian Dury & The Blockheads; Elvis – The Last Mystery; unseen Lou Reed by Mick Rock; LCD Soundsystem return… And: how Jimmy Webb struck MOR gold on PCP!</p>
<p><a class="button" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.mojo4music.com/25650/mojo-287-dave-grohl-foo-fighters-nirvana/" target="_blank">Read the article</a></p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/51055882017-08-23T12:41:00+01:002018-03-02T12:51:16+00:00Echoes – The Turning Tide Spread<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/e343d1f91392bcd6322d301e6626326908052a4a/original/echoes-the-turning-tide.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_none" alt="" /></p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/51055892017-08-23T12:32:01+01:002018-03-22T14:44:36+00:00Classic Rock – Is PP Arnold the most overlooked soul singer of all time?<h3>
<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/2a841e8614cdb4975fd6f6786d8ee93da27602f5/medium/classic-rock-is-pp-arnold-the-most-overlooked-soul-singer-of-all-time.jpg" class="size_m justify_left border_none" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 20px; margin-right: 20px;" />Is PP Arnold the most overlooked soul singer of all time?</h3>
<p><em>For a shining example of record industry idiocy, look no further than the curious case of PP Arnold. The soul singer looks back at a career that took her to the edge of madness </em></p>
<p>Now 70 years of age, PP Arnold has spent most of her life chasing her past. For more than four decades, the US soul singer reminds me, she has been knocking on doors, calling in favours and rifling industry vaults, always hunting for tapes of the aborted sessions that she recorded with Barry Gibb and Eric Clapton back in the early 70s. </p>
<p>“It was so frustrating,” she sighs. “That music has been sitting on shelves, in England, Germany, LA. You keep starting from scratch. You keep paying solicitors. I started thinking, ‘I’ll be an old lady soon. I want my music!’”</p>
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<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/d14a02df3e2ba95bb538b0a32ee3da193f7d0127/medium/soul-singer-p-p-arnold-s-lost-album-with-barry-gibb-eric-clapton-cleared-for-release.jpg" class="size_m justify_left border_none" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 20px; margin-right: 20px;" />REVIEW FROM billboard</h4>
<p>American soul singer P.P. Arnold’s “lost” album <em>The Turning Tide,</em> with songs produced in the late 1960s and early ’70s by Barry Gibb and Eric Clapton, will be released for the first time by independent Kundalini Music on Oct. 6. The unheard album showcases the authentic R&B credentials of the vastly experienced Los Angeles-born vocalist, who went on to work with everyone from Nick Drake to Peter Gabriel…</p>
<p><a class="button" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7882318/pp-arnold-lost-album-barry-gibb-eric-clapton" target="_blank">Read full article</a></p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/51055912017-07-17T11:06:04+01:002021-10-22T07:49:56+01:00PP Arnold – The Turing Tide<p>Arriving in England as an Ikette with the Ike & Tina review in the mid-60’s, PP was spotted by Mick Jagger who immediately convinced Andrew Loog Oldham to sign her to his label Immediate Records. Several huge hits followed, ‘First Cut is The Deepest’, ‘Angel Of The Morning’, ‘If You Think You’re Groovy’ and so on… PP became one of the iconic faces of the 60’s.</p>
<p>This year celebrates her 50-year anniversary as an incredible performing artist in the music industry and boy is she still going strong!!! To coincide with this wonderful heritage album, ‘The Turning Tide’, St James Publishing House is releasing her autobiography ‘The First Cut Is The Deepest’ around the October tour and a brand new solo album is on the horizon for next year, produced by Steve Cradock.</p>
<p>It was around 1968 when Immediate Records folded and PP found herself at a crossroad, looking for a new label that would give her the opportunity to continue to put out music and take her to the next phase of her musical journey.</p>
<p>The late Jim Morris and personal assistant to Robert Stigwood, can be credited as the catalyst which encouraged Barry Gibb to work with PP. After introducing PP to Gibb, who was already a fan of her music, it didn’t take much encouragement for Barry to jump at the chance to produce a record with her. “ I was so excited about working with him as I was a big Bee Gees fan and had already recorded ‘To Love Somebody’ on my second album ‘Kafunta’” explains PP.</p>
<p>It was Barry who got PP a record deal with his manager Robert Stigwood (RSO Records) and consequently he also became her manager.</p>
<p>“A lot of time was spent rehearsing and learning the songs and I was so happy when we entered I.B.C. Studios to begin the recording process”, remarks PP.</p>
<p>The recording sessions bring back happy memories for PP, with Bill Shepherd (Bee Gees, Gene Vincent) creating the beautiful arrangements we hear on the record today. “We recorded around ten tracks, eight of which made it onto ‘The Turning Tide’ ”</p>
<p>The eight which feature on the album are, ‘Born’, ‘Bury Me Down By The River’, ‘Give A Hand, Take A Hand’, ‘Happiness’, ‘The Turning Tide’, ‘High And Windy Mountain’, a brilliant cover of ‘Spinning Wheel’ and the beautiful, ‘You’ve Made Me So Very Happy’.</p>
<p>Sadly due to Bee Gee’s commitments only half the record was able to be completed, and PP was heartbroken, as she had put her heart and soul into the recordings. At a lot loss on how to go forward it was the idea of her manager Robert to pair PP up with Eric Clapton.</p>
<p>“Robert arranged for me to be the opening act on the ‘Eric Clapton, Delaney, Bonnie and Friends tour, and I put together a fantastic rhythm section, which included Steve Howe (Yes) on guitar, Ashton, Garner and Dyke with Leslie Duncan and Kaye Garner (Elton John, Tony Bennett, Burt Bacharach) and off we set” , explains PP.</p>
<p>Clapton was so impressed with PP’s live performance he didn’t need asking twice when Robert approached him to go into the studio with PP to finish off the record. Eric called in his Delaney and Bonnie band who later became Derek and The Dominos, along with Rita Coolidge and PP’s dear friend soul singer Doris Troy. The end result was phenomenal, they recorded songs written by Steve Winwood, Van Morrison and Jagger, Richards.</p>
<p>“We recorded three covers, which are on this album ‘Medicated Goo’, ‘Brand New Day’ and ‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want’ ”</p>
<p>A further two tracks, ‘If This Were My World’ and ‘Children Of The Last War’, were added to this collection with the talented guitarist Caleb Quaye (Mick Jagger, Hall & Oates, Pete Townsend, Elton John).</p>
<p>These recordings were left sitting on shelves for many years due to industry politics, and still after all these years, PP could never fathom the thought that nobody would be able to hear them. It became her mission to let these recordings see the light of day, and not let this incredible piece of music history stay buried.</p>
<p>With the help of PP’s current manager, Sally Cradock and music industry veteran Bill Levenson, whose past history includes putting together compilations for Bob Marley, Donna Summer and Jerry Lee Lewis, they began to recover these lost gems and fight for the right to release them, from various publishers who were not keen to part with them.</p>
<p>Steve Cradock (Ocean Colour Scene) began mixing the tracks, calling upon his old friend Paul Weller, who gladly allowed them to use his Black Barn Studio, and also his long time engineer, Charles Rees. The results were remarkable; after all these years, pieces of history were brought back to life again.</p>
<p>“These recordings document my growth and development after the ‘Immediate’ years and my struggle to survive being a relevant solo artist during a lot of lost years in my career. It’s an amazing trip down memory lane that I am so thrilled can be experienced in the here and now”.</p>
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<h4>‘The Turning Tide’ will be released on October 6 on Kundalini Music.</h4>
<p>For more info please contact gaby@greengabpr.co.uk or visit www.pparnold.com</p>
<p>THE TURNING TIDE TRACKLISTING</p>
<p>1. Medicated Goo – Written by Steve Winwood/Jimmy Miller and Produced by Eric Clapton.<br>2. Born– Written and Produced by Barry Gibb<br>3. If This Were My World – Written and Produced by Caleb Quaye and PP Arnold<br>4. High And Windy mountain – Written and Produced by Barry Gibb<br>5. Spinning wheel – Written by David Clayton Thomas and Produced By Barry Gibb<br>6. Bury Me Down By The River- Written by Barry and Maurice Gibb and Produced by Barry Gibb<br>7. Children Of The Last War Written and Produced by Caleb Quaye and PP Arnold<br>8. Brand New Day – Written by Van Morrison/ Produced by Eric Clapton<br>9. The Turning Tide – Written and Produced By Barry Gibb<br>10. You’ve Made Me So Very Happy – written by Brenda Holloway, Patrice Holloway Frank Wilson & Barry Gordy/ Produced by Barry Gibb<br>11. Give A Hand Take A Hand – Written and Produced by Barry Gibb<br>12. Happiness- Written and Produced by Barry Gibb<br>13. You Can’t Always Get What You Want – Written by Mick Jagger/Keith Richards and Produced by Eric Clapton</p>
<h4>TOUR DATES</h4>
<p>September 23rd -Northern Soul Weekender – Butlins Skegness<br>October 6TH – Opera House – Jersey<br>October 11th – 229 – London<br>October 14th – The Plough Arts Centre- Torrington<br>October 18th – Old Fire Station – Carlisle<br>October 19th – King Tuts – Glasgow<br>October 20 – Pleasant’s Theatre – Edinburgh<br>October 21st – Assembly Room – Aberdeen<br>October 23rd- The Riverside- Newcastle On Tyne<br>October 30th – New Vic Theatre – Newcastle Under Lyme</p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/51055922017-06-30T17:22:09+01:002022-05-11T09:52:05+01:00Under The Spotlight – Mojo<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/70a53d731e5871fe98a94a93a0173277d7af46ec/original/under-the-spotlight-mojo.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_" /></p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/51055932017-06-30T16:06:09+01:002018-03-02T11:13:42+00:00All or Nothing<p class="font_8"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/ca4c125538499bf9747a16aac8f07eff667e8fb3/original/all-or-nothing-0.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_" /></p>
<p class="font_8">ALL OR NOTHING – The ‘Mod’ Musical is a trans-generational musical experience celebrating the unique sound of the iconic Mod band, THE SMALL FACES. Including an arsenal of brilliant hits like ‘Whatcha Gonna Do About It’, ‘All Or Nothing’, ‘Tin Soldier’, ‘Lazy Sunday’, ‘Here Comes The Nice’ and ‘Itchycoo Park’. An amazing musical touring the country featuring a character based on PP Arnold.</p>
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<h3 class="font_6">“GREAT GAGS, THE MUSIC IS MARVELLOUS”</h3>
<h3 class="font_6">Daily Mail</h3>
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<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/a2730e5e39e5227e706d9a6ca8d1cc472cdf33e7/original/all-or-nothing-2.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_" /></p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/51055942017-06-30T13:53:46+01:002018-03-02T11:17:23+00:00A Cut Above The Rest<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/9ba70176a4c292d75595ccd8c8d3aac9a43d2526/original/a-cut-above-the-rest-1.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/cc4479483eb0052e9097f9140739af6861bcf047/original/a-cut-above-the-rest-2.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/289143/8d4e1dcc0e3680c1e229cf9de7e8b702fed5984e/original/a-cut-above-the-rest-3.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_" /></p>PP Arnold - London’s First Lady of Soultag:pparnold.com,2005:Post/51055952017-06-30T12:52:25+01:002018-03-02T11:18:47+00:0050 Years In the Making…<div>
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<p>Arriving in England as an Ikette with the Ike & Tina Revue, PP was spotted by Mick Jagger who immediately convinced Andrew Loog Oldham to sign her to his “Immediate” record label. Several huge hits followed, the best-known being ‘The First Cut Is The Deepest’, Angel Of The Morning and ‘(If You Think You’re Groovy)’. PP was one of the iconic faces of London’s Swinging 60’s.</p>
<p>Pat has collaborated, recorded, worked and toured alongside such luminaries as The Rolling Stones, The Small Faces, with her own band ‘The Nice’ led by Keith Emerson, Jimi Hendrix, Rod Stewart, Barry Gibb, Eric Clapton, Humble Pie, Nick Drake, Roger Waters, Ocean Color Scene, Primal Scream, KLF, Dr Robert, Paul Weller, The Manfred’s and the list goes on and on. Her session credits read like a Who’s Who list that stretches across more than four decades of Rock & Roll and Pop history.</p>
<p>As well as touring with Roger Waters in recent years on ‘In The Flesh’ ‘Dark Side Of The Moon’ where she wowed audiences around the world, in 2009 she toured the UK with Geno Washington and Jimmy James on the Flying Music ’This Is Soul Tour’.</p>
<p>In 2012 she toured the UK with Maddy Prior, Jerry Donahue, Dave Swarbrick, Thea Gilmore and a host of other brilliant Folk artist on ‘The Lady: Homage To Sandy Denny’ tour where she paid tribute along with the others performing three soulful renditions of Sandy’s beautiful songs. ‘Old Fashioned Waltz’, I’m A Dreamer and the beautiful ‘Take Me Away’, which she has also recorded.</p>
<p>Her West End credits include ‘Catch My Soul” a Rock Othello, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘Starlight Express’, as well as the Olivier Award Winning “Once On this Island”. Her Film Soundtracks include; “Electric Dreams”, “Super Grass” most recently, ”Seven Psychopaths”. Her T.V.Credits include, ‘Ready Steady Go’, Top Of The Pops, Pop Quiz, Rock, Family Trees, Absolutely Fabulous, Jools Holland, and T.F.I. Friday and Many others.</p>
<p>As well, she delighted audiences as a part of the “ Solid Silver 60’s “ 30th Anniversary tour where she performed alongside, Billy J. Kramer, Mike Pender (The Searchers) Chris Farlowe, and The Merseybeats, all backed by the New Amen Corner.</p>
<p>2017 she will also be celebrating 50 years in the music industry with a tour of classic songs from her historical back catalogue with a couple of new songs thrown in from an album she is working on with Steve Cradock of ‘Ocean Color Scene, Paul Weller Band, The Specials etc. ‘The Steve Cradock Band’ will back her on the tour.</p>
<p>Her long awaited autobiography is due for released this August and If that’s not enough, a compilation of unreleased Heritage recordings from the late 60’s and early 70’s of Songs written and produced by various artists like Barry Gibb/Eric Clapton/ Mick Jagger/ Van Morrison Caleb Quaye and more. This will be released to co inside with her September /October tour.</p>
<p>Although Pat has been touring none stop during her career this is the first Solo tour she has done for a while. So this will be something special!!</p>
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