Last week we had an enjoyable chat with David Lubich, former editor and publisher of Soul Underground. He popped into the studio after he found us via our earlier post on the short-lived but influential magazine.
One of his stories stood out for us. It concerned he design of the first three issues. In the early days of the magazine David had a partner, Darren, who worked for London Underground. Apparently, Darren used LU's in-house design facilities to set these early issues, which explains why the Soul Underground started out in LU's own font, Johnston.
However, the powers at LU soon caught on to the moonlighting and asked him to desist. Such was Darren's dedication to the magazine that he continued to use LU's facilities. Despite two written disciplinary warnings, he still didn't stop. Then they sacked him.
David has promised to set up some sort of archive of the magazine's three and a bit years. When he does, we'll be sure to post a link.
wow! I still have some of my issues in storage... I stole a copy of the dec 1987 issue when I was a young kid, just 16 years old doing a dj spot at the local college radio station in San Diego, cali. Crazy it came all the way out here. I didn't find another issue until 1990 when I found out tower records stocked it. I wish I could find the issues I'm missing. Loved the mag. I could go on but maybe I'll come back and do it later.
Posted by: Steve | March 07, 2009 at 05:33