A thorny old subject but there's a couple i particularly like:

Venicia Wilson - This time i'm loving you

Evelyn Thomas - Weakspot

Anybody else out there wish to share their faves or do you think they're all sh*te!?

Simon

Edited October 29, 200618 yr by Simon

Doomsday - Everlyn Thomas.

I am also a fan of Swallow Your Pride by the Exciters i know a lot prob hate it but it's my fav track by Exciters

  Simon said:

A thorny old subject but there's a couple i particularly like:

Venicia Wilson - This time i'm loving you

just had a listen to this one and I really like it..........

  Alan Pollard said:

favourite taylor made would be :-

Barbara Pennington - "24 hours a day"

Regards

Alan

Just searching the net for something and this topic came up ! I love google.

Anyway, just wanted to chip something in here...'24 Hours A Day' wasn't made for the Northern scene...it was aimed fairly and squarely at the then current mainstream Discos and as such was a HUGE club hit at the time especially in the US. Of course the Northern Scene was playing an amount of current stuff as well and because of the obvious Levine connection it got attention 'Up North' too. Wasn't it played at Wigan?

As for 'Baby I'm Still The Same Man'... I suspect it was club aimed rather than Northern aimed but it has more of a Northern beat...whereas James other great track. 'My Claim To Fame' is a very 1977 (?) club sound.

There's a new CD of new and recent Levine productions out soon (now?) and it has some great stuff on it which will delight some and give the moaners something to get all heated about over Christmas.It has at least five future classics including Sidney Barnes. I understand there are a couple of 45's due too.

Edited December 6, 200618 yr by Simon White

  Simon White said:

There's a new CD of new and recent Levine productions out soon (now?) and it has some great stuff on it which will delight some and give the moaners something to get all heated about over Christmas.

It has at least five future classics including Sidney Barnes. I understand there are a couple of 45's due too.

It sounds awful Simon. If I get a copy for Christmas I shall insist that it is played during dinner, whilst I'm wearing the orange and green home knit from my mum and some checked carpet slippers. I shall also dance to it whilst the Queen's speech is on. If I'm still awake.

  Stuart T said:

It sounds awful Simon. If I get a copy for Christmas I shall insist that it is played during dinner, whilst I'm wearing the orange and green home knit from my mum and some checked carpet slippers. I shall also dance to it whilst the Queen's speech is on. If I'm still awake.

Good ideas those, Stu.

But why during the Queens speech? Are you expecting her to mention the CD?

I'd be careful dancing in the slippers too, it can dangerous as they're not really designed for dancing.

  Simon White said:

Good ideas those, Stu.

But why during the Queens speech? Are you expecting her to mention the CD?

I'd be careful dancing in the slippers too, it can dangerous as they're not really designed for dancing.

Dancing in another room seems to be a good way to avoid listening to Frau Vindsor squeaking away about what she got up to this year ("Ay hev to minschion ay CeyDey produced by ay Mr Leveeyen who lives in Ecton, to which mey husband and ay hev been cutting sem rug in the paless, ets better than the 4 Vendels"). I shall take great care in the slippers, especially if they are mules. I'm wondering whether I'll need talc on the hallway floor, its nice varnished wood, best put a small tub of Johnson's on the list for Santa just in case, and some Mr Sheen on the soles of my slippers. There is even a nice shelf for me to rest my pint on, it could be the bestest Christmas ever

  Simon White said:

This thread has reminded me of a question I've had stored in my head for years...whats the story behind Ron Grainer's 'When Love Grows Cold' on Casino Classics?

Is the CC 45 the original release. Was it actually played out anywhere?

Just bringing this question back up in the hope of an answer...is there another 45 release of it?

  Dave Abbott said:

back on track... four vandals for me. northern soul? Yes!

I agree with Dave, Mine's also four vandals and i love all yellow thingy labels and we went lots of them on the decks at Talk of the south !!!!!!!!!

  Baz said:

Cant see how James Wells is a taylor made?? sounds more like a 80's soul/funk/dance track atempt thing

If James Wells "sounds like an 80's soul/funk record", then Levine must have been truly ahead of his time, since it was recorded in 1976!

(P.S. to all: The expression is "tailor" made)

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  quinvy said:

I would rather have the Frank Pop - Hip Teens thing than any of these hideous creations. I.M.H.O. of course

I like the Frank Pop stuff too........Hip Teens got an airing on "Grandstand" today, of all places!

James Wells "Baby I'm Still..." WAS specially recorded by Levine in 1976, but was aimed at the contemporary Mecca "modern" playlist rather than the traditional Northern Soul market - along with Barbara Pennington's "Twenty-Four Hours..." (unlike the initial Exciters recordings "Love You Baby" et.al.) The Exciters' "Reaching For The Best" and some other titles utilised a more contemporary feel, but appealed to the Wigan crowd also. In retrospect, Levine was simply drawing on his own musical inflences, which is what we would all probably do were we to start producing records!

Incidently, the James Wells 12" was never released commercially. I remember Levine giving several copies out to a favoured few in the Highland room. It was one of (if not THE) first 12"s on a UK label. This is highlighted by the fact that Polydor used an conventional LP label and number, rather than a specially printed one.

Diane Jenkins WAS NOT "tailor made" for the Northern scene in any way, being a obscure contemporary soul release picked up on by Levine for spins.

Oops! I just remembered Carol Woods' - "I'm In Wonderland" which I also have on 12" (demo only), coming out on regular 7" issue early in 1977.

While we're on the subject of The Mecca, about ten years ago I found a copy of The MOMENTS - "Nine Times"/cw. RIMSHOTS - "Do What You Feel" (extended versions) on ALL PLATINUM UK 12", but I don't recall seeing it at the time, and commercial UK 12" releases didn't generally come about until 1977 (Emotions "Flowers" etc.). Is this demo only?

Edited December 17, 200618 yr by mel brat

I have 'Wonderland' on an RCA 12" ...never even noticed it was demo !