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  Chancellor of Soul (harlem_144) 5-Doyen Username: harlem_144 Post Number: 248 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 63.78.189.114 |
Hey SDer's ! This month of September, Right On ! Magazine celebrates 33 years ! The first edition was an October issue featuring The Jackson 5 on the front cover and stories featuring Stevie Wonder and Aretha Franklin's heartbreaks. Right On ! was the first black publication magazine to catered to Afro-American teenagers. Do any of you here on SD, remember purchasing this landmark magazine back when of it's release ??? If so, what were you're favorite section ???? Love, Peace, and hair grease ! Mike Boone (Chancellor of Soul) chancellorofsoul.com | ||
Linda Di. (linda_di_fsg) 5-Doyen Username: linda_di_fsg Post Number: 209 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 165.170.128.65 |
Hey Mike: In cleaning out my parents home recently, I found a box of Right On magazines, Soul Newspapers and a few other goodies. Other than a musty odor, they're in good shape. I can't wait to read through them all. Maybe even put 'em on eBay! | ||
SDF (handsome) 6-Zenith Username: handsome Post Number: 528 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 170.118.158.14 |
Hey Mike & Linda! I used to buy this magazine religiously! My favorite were the different pin-ups which covered my walls: Diana Ross, The Sylvers, The Emotions, Foster, Angie & Pat Sylvers..of course the Jackson 5, The Supremes (Mary, Jean & Lynda), Aretha...and the list goes on & on! Handsome | ||
Reese (reese) 5-Doyen Username: reese Post Number: 193 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 204.152.13.155 |
I used to buy it every month, from probably around 1974 up until the late 80s. Before I bought it myself, I used to sneak and look at my cousin's. She would clobber me if she caught me doing so. I still have a many of them, including the magazine's second issue. Now when I see Right On! on a newsstand, I start to feel really old. I hardly recognize any of the performers. (Message edited by Reese on September 21, 2004) | ||
Chi Drummer (chidrummer) 5-Doyen Username: chidrummer Post Number: 189 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 67.173.157.200 |
First issue? I'm embarrassed to report that I have the first two years worth of that magazine packed away somewhere (I was an early subscriber). Got my first pics of Pamala Grier from Right On!  One thing though, anyone notice they never changed the masthead in all these years? | ||
Kev-Lo (7273747576) 5-Doyen Username: 7273747576 Post Number: 243 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 4.236.36.179 |
Hi this is Kev-Lo yes I remember those Right On magazines I use to buy them back in the 70's and the early 80's.Although they still have the up to date ones I don't buy the ones they have out now.I just feel there not like the old ones from back in the day.There not soulful any more | ||
Kdubya (paladin) 5-Doyen Username: paladin Post Number: 345 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 206.185.64.23 |
Sure I bought them too, I was a steady reader for a number of years and then I just lost interest in the mag. I sort of drifted fron Right On to the pages of "Soul" newspaper out of Cali and then another Soul (Black ?) out of the UK. You are so right about the masthead. I think I drifted because the mag kept it's focus on teenagers and I was rapidly becoming a man. Funny thing Mike I would get my soul music countdown from Jet and my articles (Motown) from Right On. | ||
Tony Russi (tony_russi) 5-Doyen Username: tony_russi Post Number: 241 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.18.50.4 |
I remember buying "Right On" in the early 70's and the "Soul" newspaper(Ca.)I remember there was a writer named Walter Burell in "Soul". It was informative and well written. | ||
Chancellor of Soul (harlem_144) 5-Doyen Username: harlem_144 Post Number: 249 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 63.78.189.114 |
Hey Linda & SDF ! Linda, if I were you I would keep those issues just for memory sake, lol. I lost mine in a bad fire I was in 10 1/2 years ago, so I wish I knew how to obtain the first few issues, Oct 1971 thur Dec 1976. SDF, the color pin-ups were my favorite as well as ' Ask Diane' and record charts. Take care, Mike Boone (Chancellor of Soul) chancellorofsoul.com | ||
DyvaNaye (westside314) 6-Zenith Username: westside314 Post Number: 941 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 209.212.74.198 |
Linda Di, Think you could bless us with a scan? That would be a treat. | ||
Linda Di. (linda_di_fsg) 5-Doyen Username: linda_di_fsg Post Number: 218 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 66.67.198.38 |
I'm going to read through these magazines soon -- saving them for cold Fall evenings! When I do start reading through, I'll scan some of the more interesting articles and post them here. Chancellor -- you're right. I probably won't sell them. I remember the excitement when it would arrive in the mail! | ||
Chancellor of Soul (harlem_144) 5-Doyen Username: harlem_144 Post Number: 250 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 64.12.116.138 |
Hey Linda, That would be exciting if you could scan the articles on SD ! Can't wait ! Take care, Mike Boone (Chancellor of Soul) chancellorofsoul.com | ||
jrlo (jrlo) 5-Doyen Username: jrlo Post Number: 197 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 24.126.212.8 |
I have a stack of old Right On's in my closet. Some are torn and a bit worn from moving from place to place over the years. Of course my favorites were the Jackson Five posters. Remember when they created a friendly fued between the J-5 and the Sylvers? Fans would write in wanting more Sylvers...J-5 fans wanted things to stay the same! Can't believe Right On use to cost 50 cents...I had to BEG my mother for the money...I had to do serious begging when they raised the price to "GASP" 75 cents!!!! I feel so sad looking at the "new" Right On...I wouldn't spend 2 cents on it now! Sorry, I guess my age (or Generation Gap as we called it) is showing! | ||
Kevin Goins - KevGo (kevgo) 5-Doyen Username: kevgo Post Number: 198 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 64.33.205.32 |
Geez...now I'm really feeling my age here... My sister Pamela bought the first few issues of Right On magazine which had the Jackson Five on the cover almost every month. I recall an article they published when Tito Jackson got married - my sister Pam's world was soooo crushed by the news!!! Years later in 1982 my older brother Jesse was interviewed for Right On magazine when he was appearing on TV'S "The Greatest American Hero" and they published his photo in the mag. My mother must've bought at least a hundred copies of that issue! Kevin Goins - KevGo | ||
Eli (phillysoulman) 6-Zenith Username: phillysoulman Post Number: 1622 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.162.125.111 |
Yes, I too was an avid reader of Right On..RIGHT ON!!!!! | ||
jrlo (jrlo) 5-Doyen Username: jrlo Post Number: 199 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 24.126.212.8 |
Remember "Black Star" magazine??? I remember buyiing one of the first issues..it had Sanford adn Son on the cover...and of course a few years later it had a cover story on Tavares!!! I had that issue for years, then I lost it!!! (sad face) | ||
Chi Drummer (chidrummer) 5-Doyen Username: chidrummer Post Number: 198 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 67.173.159.156 |
Just came down from the attic. Hope everyone enjoys these finds. First, issue number one...  | ||
Chi Drummer (chidrummer) 5-Doyen Username: chidrummer Post Number: 199 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 67.173.159.156 |
July '72 Randy replaces Michael? Cindy quits Supremes. Bill Cosby invents rap  | ||
Chi Drummer (chidrummer) 5-Doyen Username: chidrummer Post Number: 200 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 67.173.159.156 |
December '72. Jermaine discovers he's a sex symbol. Who knew?...  | ||
Chi Drummer (chidrummer) 5-Doyen Username: chidrummer Post Number: 201 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 67.173.159.156 |
In Sept '73 the question is first asked here: Is Micheal Jackson changing?...  | ||
Chi Drummer (chidrummer) 5-Doyen Username: chidrummer Post Number: 202 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 67.173.159.156 |
Of course you know the baby in this picture is 30 years old now?...  | ||
Chi Drummer (chidrummer) 5-Doyen Username: chidrummer Post Number: 203 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 67.173.159.156 |
and of course by March of '74 I had to get my Pam Grier on...  | ||
Chi Drummer (chidrummer) 5-Doyen Username: chidrummer Post Number: 204 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 67.173.159.156 |
Finally, a rare copy of a one off mag call TCB and the only copy of Soul I still have. This issue from October of 1971 had a lengthy article about a new group from Chicago called Earth Wind & Fire...  | ||
Chi Drummer (chidrummer) 5-Doyen Username: chidrummer Post Number: 205 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 67.173.159.156 |
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Chi Drummer (chidrummer) 5-Doyen Username: chidrummer Post Number: 206 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 67.173.159.156 |
Oh, I almost forgot... the back cover of the March '74 issue of Right On! My mom wouldn't let me dress like this. THANK GOD for mom!...  | ||
Linda Di. (linda_di_fsg) 5-Doyen Username: linda_di_fsg Post Number: 219 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 66.67.198.38 |
How do I "shrink" the photo so I can post it here? I scanned a cover, but it exceeds the size allowed. Thanks! | ||
Destruction (destruction) 6-Zenith Username: destruction Post Number: 435 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 69.139.236.125 |
GODDAM CHI, What are you doing to a brother? As I was scolling down, from cover to cover.... my neck started moving, first a little, then a little stronger....Back and Forth. Then to the Left 2.3.4.5.6.7.8. and Right 2.3.4.... I swear for 10 seconds I could feel my bush back on top, swaying with the beat. ...now can a bro get a closeup and maybe an inside peek at March 74...lol Linda Di, Somewhere in your scanning software is a "photo" or "picture" editing tool. Most of these tools will allow you to reduce the actual size of a picture and not just the "view" of it. Pls email me tomorrow if you still need assistance. I'd love to help. | ||
Chi Drummer (chidrummer) 5-Doyen Username: chidrummer Post Number: 207 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 67.173.159.156 |
drop the number of pixels below 400. After that, make sure the picture file is less that 50 KB. If it's your average magazine try a size of 252 x 350 or 235 x 325 pixels. That should get you under 50KB. Also, be sure to save your scan as a jpeg. That should do it! | ||
Chi Drummer (chidrummer) 5-Doyen Username: chidrummer Post Number: 208 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 67.173.159.156 |
LOL Alright D, Just for you, an inside peak at the March '74 issue. I wish I could have provided the cover photo for ya but it left my wall 30 years ago  | ||
Juicefree20 (juicefree20) 6-Zenith Username: juicefree20 Post Number: 2521 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 24.46.184.162 |
Chi D!!!!! Great scans!!! I lost my Right On, Black Star, TCB & Soul magazines years ago  . I used to cut out the photos & put them into scrapbooks. As the late 70s came around, the posters & photos made it onto my walls, next to the black velvet Zodiac posters, above my Thom McCann exersoles & my mood ring I'd especially like to read that Soul magazine. I notice that it introduced us to The Dramatics, The Undisputed Truth & a pre-success Earth, Wind & Fire! That must have been interesting reading! Then, there's the Right On magazine with Carol Speed inside! Well, an article & picture anyway! Man, articles & pictures of New Birth, Barbara Mason.....Man, I wish I had those! If Ms Horner & Co. were smart, they'd start re-issuing those early magazines. They could make so much money & we'd be a bit happier if we could buy them! I know that I would be. Man, you just took me back to those Saturdays mornings, watching The Globetrotters & The J5, while eating AlphaBits. Where did the time go??? | ||
Kdubya (paladin) 5-Doyen Username: paladin Post Number: 356 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 152.132.8.197 |
Chidrummer we got to talk!!!!!...great scans.....Juice you and those Alpha bits.......man I could never spell my name....Man I have'nt seen a Soul Paper in thirty years....Carol Speed o my god.......!!! Are the Temptations in trouble.......if we only knew... | ||
Destruction (destruction) 6-Zenith Username: destruction Post Number: 441 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 199.173.224.21 |
Thx Chi....made my breakfast today. BTW, did u ever notice the way she keeps looking at me? It's like she's trying to ask me something. | ||
Juicefree20 (juicefree20) 6-Zenith Username: juicefree20 Post Number: 2538 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 24.46.184.162 |
Kdub, you sure ain't lying. If we only knew indeed!!! It's funny that you should mention that Des. Right now it looks like she's saying: "Oh Juice, talk to me baby. I'm all for you....all for you." Yeah, she wants me bad!!! Am I awake yet??? | ||
Destruction (destruction) 6-Zenith Username: destruction Post Number: 443 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 69.139.236.125 |
Hey Back Off nyuk nyuk nyuk!!! | ||
Chi Drummer (chidrummer) 5-Doyen Username: chidrummer Post Number: 224 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 67.173.159.156 |
You two have been smokin' that wildwood weed again LOL | ||
Soul Sister (soul_sister) 6-Zenith Username: soul_sister Post Number: 1804 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 65.43.145.122 |
Destruction!! nyuk nyuk nyuk......I haven't heard that in years, LMAO!!!!!!! S.S. | ||
Chancellor of Soul (harlem_144) 5-Doyen Username: harlem_144 Post Number: 253 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 63.78.189.114 |
OMG ! Just seeing those issues brings back tons of memories ! Right On ! then was 50 cents and I couldn't wait for the next issue to come out each month ! Thanks for the memories, Chi. Mike Boone (Chancellor of Soul) chancellorofsoul.com | ||
Juicefree20 (juicefree20) 6-Zenith Username: juicefree20 Post Number: 2561 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 24.46.184.162 |
Hey don't hate!!! A brother can dream, can't he??? | ||
Lady Mystique (ladymystique) 6-Zenith Username: ladymystique Post Number: 725 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 216.37.254.198 |
I am a little late to this thread...I remember my cousins collecting EVERY issue from the beginning. I never saw so many J-5 and Sylver's posters on the walls! LOL And then I got into the groove with my Taimak and New Edition posters! (Message edited by ladymystique on September 29, 2004) |
