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Primer First

Welcome To The R&B Primer

This little section houses elements of the R&B Primer site that used to go under the Shades of Blue moniker. The Shades site had bloated beyond recognition and lost its original purpose. Of course, there’s every chance it will start growing again should I find myself at a loose end!

R&B Artists

Twenty(ish and counting) artists to try for anyone interested in getting to know a little bit more about the heyday of rhythm & blues music

R&B Labels

Eight labels that, with a variety of different ways, brought commercial success to a myriad of different R&B artists of the era

R&B Literature

Books for those who might want to learn a little bit more about the music’s history, how it was produced, or how the labels were run

Twenty To Try

This is a starter for ten (or twenty as it turns out). If you get these, along with the other site recommendations elsewhere, you’ll be fine!

R&B Editorials

Reinstated to showcase the recollections of one Steve Bellamy, fellow Sheffield resident and aficionado of 60s music

R&B Reviews

The section for any reviews that might be added in what I call real time (as opposed to posts that are ported over from the old Shades site)

Primer Second

Don't Forget The Trivia....and The Booklet

The Quiz and the Crossword are still very much present and correct; and who could possibly forget the 'absolutely stonking' R&B Booklet!!! (a quote from an understandably very anonymous fan of the old Shades of Blue website)

Just A Bit Of Fun I Tell You!

The R&B Quizzes

Updated quiz. Now featuring one easy quiz, one harder and one picture quiz. They are all limited to ten questions. No longer random, but they may periodically get updated as and when I can overcome ever increasing inertia!

The Shades Crossword

Clues are under the puzzle itself, so you may have to do a bit of scrolling up and down. I optimistically refer to this as your physical exercise for the day!!!! Hint:- Pink is wrong! New crossword now on-line!

Shades Of Blue Booklet

If you are interested in taking ownership of your own copy of the full 120 page version, drop me a line on the contacts page and be prepared to part with the princely sum of £6.00 to cover printing costs and postage.