Ian Levine, Motorcity, Centre City, Blackpool Mecca, And Swons

[Paul-s]

Also with respect. It may not be synonymous with the term Northern Soul to you, who are without doubt one of the cognoscenti.

It is however synonymous with Northern Soul to the general public who recognise a certain "sound" as being a Northern Soul sound. Ian has captured that "sound". Like it or not.

Were talking semantics then are we?

In terms of the quality of the videos. The SWONS artist clips were not filmed in studio conditions and the backgrounds were often unsuitable. To deal with that the video effects that you so dislike were added. They are not to everyone's taste, and could have been better in many cases. But they are probasbly better than Jo Armsteads kitchen etc.

YES Jo Armsteads kitchen would have been a lot better. The effects look like a small child has discovered the wonders of the Woolworths home video editing kit and decided to slap it on everything! Absolutely atrocious and very, very cheap.

[Pete S]

IAN LEVINE CURRICULUM VITAE NAME: Ian Geoffrey Levine

BORN: June 22, 1953 in Blackpool

PARENTS: Began in business with a dress shop in the 1950's, then a chain of shops in the1960's, then bought the Lemon Tree casino and nightclub in Blackpool in the 1970's. 'They made an awful lot of money and moved to Miami.' Father died in 1996. Mother runs the finances for Ian's companies.

EDUCATION: Arnold Grammar School for boys, in Blackpool. Seven O' Levels, three A' Levels. Played rugby at school. Then dropped out Manchester University in 1971, 'I had no interest'

CAREER:

IAN LEVINE'S 43 UK HITS PRODUCED TO DATE, WHICH, WHEN YOU ADD IN ALL THE

REMIXES AS WELL, MAKES OVER EIGHTY HITS IN THE U.K.

N.B. "So Many Men So Little Time" sold over two million copies worldwide,

without ever registering as a chart hit in the UK.

1. 1975 - REACHING FOR THE BEST - THE EXCITERS - (20th Century)

2. 1976 - WEAK SPOT - EVELYN THOMAS - (20th Century)

3. 1976 - YOUR MAGIC PUT A SPELL ON ME - L.J. JOHNSON - (Phonogram)

4. 1976 - DOOMSDAY - EVELYN THOMAS - (20th Century)

5. 1983 - HE'S A SAINT, HE'S A SINNER - MIQUEL BROWN - (Record Shack)

6. 1984 - HIGH ENERGY - EVELYN THOMAS - (Record Shack)

7. 1984 - MASQUERADE - EVELYN THOMAS - (Record Shack)

8. 1985 - FAN THE FLAME - BARBARA PENNINGTON - (Record Shack)

9. 1985 - CLOSE TO PERFECTION - MIQUEL BROWN - (Record Shack)

10. 1985 - ON A CROWDED STREET - BARBARA PENNINGTON - (Record Shack)

11. 1991 - FOOTSTEPS FOLLOWING ME - FRANCES NERO - (Motorcity/Debut)

12. 1992 - I'M DOING FINE NOW - THE PASADENAS - (Columbia)

13. 1992 - I FOUND HEAVEN - TAKE THAT - (RCA)

14. 1992 - THEN CAME YOU - JUNIOR - (MCA)

15. 1992 - 24 HOURS A DAY - NOMAD - (RUMOUR)

16. 1992 - A MILLION LOVE SONGS - TAKE THAT - (RCA)

17. 1992 - ALL OVER THE WORLD - JUNIOR - (MCA)

18. 1992 - MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION - THE PASADENAS - (Columbia)

19. 1992 - HOLD BACK THE NIGHT - K.W.S. - (Network)

20. 1992 - COULD IT BE MAGIC - TAKE THAT - (RCA)

21. 1993 - YOU'RE MY EVERYTHING - EASTSIDE BEAT - (London)

22. 1993 - DON'T TALK ABOUT LOVE - BAD BOYS INC. - (A&M)

23. 1993 - WHENEVER YOU NEED SOMEONE - BAD BOYS INC. - (A&M)

24. 1993 - WALKING ON AIR - BAD BOYS INC. - (A&M)

25. 1994 - WATCH THE MIRACLE START - PAULINE HENRY - (Columbia)

26. 1994 - MORE TO THIS WORLD - BAD BOYS INC. - (A&M)

27. 1994 - CAUGHT UP IN MY HEART - OPTIMYSTIC - (WEA)

28. 1994 - TAKE ME AWAY - BAD BOYS INC. - (A&M)

29. 1994 - ZOOM - SCOTT BRADLEY - (Network)

30. 1994 - LOVE HERE I COME - BAD BOYS INC. -(A&M)

31. 1994 - NOTHING BUT LOVE - OPTIMYSTIC - (WEA)

32. 1995 - BEST THING IN THE WORLD - OPTIMYSTIC - (WEA)

33. 1995 - LIFTING ME HIGHER - GEMS FOR GEM - (Box 21)

34. 1995 - EVEN THOUGH YOU BROKE MY HEART - GEMINI - (EMI)

35. 1996 - CHANGE YOUR MIND - UPSIDE DOWN - (World)

36. 1996 - STEAL YOUR LOVE AWAY - GEMINI - (EMI)

37. 1996 - EVERYTIME I FALL IN LOVE - UPSIDE DOWN - (World)

38. 1996 - NEVER FOUND A LOVE LIKE THIS BEFORE - UPSIDE DOWN - (World)

39. 1996 - DO THAT TO ME - THE LISA MARIE EXPERIENCE - (EMI)

40. 1996 - IF YOU LEAVE ME NOW - UPSIDE DOWN - (World)

41. 2002 - ONE LOVE / GET READY - BLUE - (Innocent)

42. 2004 - DO THE CAN CAN - THE SKANDI GIRLS - (Intelligent)

43. 2006 - SET ME FREE - LORENZ - (Superstar Music)

SOME MAJOR WORLDWIDE HITS REMIXED BY IAN LEVINE ON TOP OF HIS OWN PRODUCTIONS

1983 HAZELL DEAN - SEARCHING (The first ever major UK pop remix

to include additional production)

1983 AGENTS AREN'T AEROPLANES - THE UPSTROKE

1984 RAMMING SPEED - WHEN YOU WALK IN THE ROOM

1985 HAZELL DEAN - E.S.P.

1985 HAZELL DEAN - WALK IN MY SHOES

1985 CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARD - LOVERBOY

1985 VILLAGE PEOPLE - NEW YORK CITY

1985 BRONSKI BEAT - HIT THAT PERFECT BEAT

1985 PET SHOP BOYS - PANINARO

1986 TIFFANY - I THINK WE'RE ALONE NOW

1986 KIM WILDE - YOU KEEP ME HANGING ON

1986 PET SHOP BOYS - IT'S A SIN

1986 BANANARAMA - VENUS

1986 BUCKS FIZZ - NEW BEGINNING

1986 BANANARAMA - MORE THAN PHYSICAL

1986 BRONSKI BEAT - C'MON C'MON

1986 SISTER SLEDGE - HERE TO STAY

1986 HELENA SPRINGS - PAPER MONEY

1987 KLYMAXX - MAN SIZE LOVE

1987 SPLASH - QU'EST CE QUE C'EST

1987 KIKI DEE - ANOTHER DAY COMES ANOTHER DAY GOES

1987 DOLLAR - HAVEN'T WE SAID GOODBYE BEFORE

1987 DIVINE - YOU THINK YOU'RE A MAN (Medley)

1989 TWIGGY - WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW

1991 THE THREE DEGREES - DIRTY OLD MAN

1993 DINA CARROLL - EXPRESS

1994 INNER CITY - SHARE MY LIFE

1994 E.Y.C. - THE WAY YOU WORK IT

1994 ROZALLA - THIS TIME I FOUND LOVE

1995 SIN WITH SEBASTIAN - SHUT UP AND SLEEP WITH ME

1995 ERASURE - I LOVE SATURDAY

1998 BILLIE - SHE WANTS YOU

1999 MARVIN AND TAMARA - NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST

2000 SUPERSISTER - SHOPPING

2007 RIGHT SAID FRED - I'M TOO SEXY

2007 UNKLEJAM - WHAT AM I FIGHTING FOR

2007 UNKLEJAM - STEREO

1971: Worked for his parents by day and DJ-ed at Blackpool Mecca by night, turning it into the pinnacle of the Northern Soul scene. Before his 18th Birthday he had become the most prominent of all the Northern Soul DJs. After being poached by The Torch in Stoke on Trent in 1972, he returned to the Mecca in 1973 for its glory years as the top Northern Soul venue, and continued there until 1979.

1971: Spent a week in Miami with the Jackson Five, and befriended Michael Jackson, then aged 11.

1973: Radio One's John Peel came to Blackpool to record a one hour special on Northern Soul with Ian Levine, by then the most famous club DJ in the country.

1974: Compiled 'Solid Soul Sensations' LP for Pye Records. 'It got to number 11 in the charts - that was my start in the record business.' Levine received his first silver disc.

1974: Levine gets his own full page every issue in Black Music Magazine, a monthly glossy soul music magazine on sale everywhere.

1975: Levine was the star guest DJ on the opening night of the famous Wigan Casino.

1975: The very first recordings were made in New York in February 1975. Levine's first studio session produced 'Reaching For The Best' by US girl group The Exciters, which climbed to 31 on the UK chart. It was the first record he had both written and produced.

1975: In July, Levine went to Chicago and teamed up with Danny Raye Leake to produce the first three acts which he signed to his own production company, Evelyn Thomas, L.J. Johnson & Barbara Pennington.

1976: In February, two Ian Levine produced acts, Evelyn Thomas and L.J. Johnson appeared on 'Top Of The Pops' in the same week. Ian had also written both songs.

1977-1979: Head of club promotions at United Artists, under Martin Davis who was head of the company.

1977: Produced Barbara Pennington 'Twenty Four Hours A Day' which topped the US Disco charts in Billboard for 5 weeks.

1978: Starred in Granada TV special called 'Granada Reports Disco' filmed in Manchester. His first ever TV appearance.

1978: James Wells 'My Claim To Fame' topped the US Disco charts in Billboard for 6 weeks and became the fourth biggest disco record of the year.

1978: DJ-ed at Angels in Burnley on Sunday nights, the first new big US style disco in the country. He became the first ever UK born DJ to mix records together US style. People queued around the block to get in on a Saturday night, emulating New York's legendary Studio 54.

1979: Levine became the first resident DJ at Heaven, London's top nightclub, opening on 6th December 1979. He ran the music in the club for ten solid years under David Inches.

1980-85: As a side line, Levine became the Dr Who Script Consultant, checking every script for a period of five years for accuracy for the BBC, attending all the studio recording sessions.

1981: Wrote BBC TV theme for 'K9 and Company,' a one-off BBC TV spin-off from Dr Who, broadcast on BBC1 in December 1981.

1983: Levine was the leading expert and auctioneer for Dr Who's anniversary and raised £100,000.00 for the BBC at a charity auction at Longleat to celebrate Dr Who's twentieth birthday. Seventy thousand people

turned up. He got his own Dalek as a reward. He also wrote the entire Radio Times `Special Edition for Dr Who's 20th Anniversary which sold several million copies.

1983-1985: Teamed up with importer Record Shack to launch their own label and release a string of major hi-energy singles, including two million selling 'So Many Men So Little Time' by Miquel Brown and the seven million selling Evelyn Thomas' 'High Energy.' Levine then becomes head of A&R for Record Shack.

1984: With the success of Record Shack, Levine teamed up with his friend J.P. Iliesco who owned Trident Studios, to sign Eartha Kitt and then Break Machine to Record Shack, which, added to Levine's own productions, caused the label to sell twelve million units in two years.

1984: Starred in 'Earsay' in a High Energy Special on Channel 4, narrated by Gary Crowley. Levine also wrote and produced the title song.

1984: Ian Levine, together with his friend Eric Saward, then script editor of Doctor Who, wrote a complete Doctor Who story, 'Attack of the Cybermen', transmitted in 1985. They had to write it under a pseudonym,

Paula Moore, a former girlfriend of Saward, because of internal BBC politics, preventing Levine's name from appearing on the screen credits.

1985: Levine left Record Shack. 'We got in an argument over Seventh Avenue. I got thumped in the face and that was it.'

1985: Became Staff Journalist for Morgan Khan's 'Street Sounds' magazine, which sold hundreds of thousands of copies in every newsagent in the country.

1985: The Face Magazine do a major seven page feature on Levine and the High Energy music he pioneered. This extends to the front cover.

1986: Levine became the top remixer of other peoples records in the UK. Remix clients included Pet Shop Boys, Bronski Beat, Bananarama, Kim Wilde and Bucks Fizz.

1986: Nightmare Records was formed, Levine's first own label after leaving Record Shack. It was distributed by PRT and then Pacific. There were three more subsidiary labels, Saturday, Reflection and Blue Moon.

1987: Levine is flown to Japan as a star DJ with Pete Waterman of Stock-Aitken-Waterman fame. His face appears on the entire front cover of Music Labo, the Japanese version of Billboard.

1988: Finally bought his own recording studio which used to be called 'Paradise,' and is still running today as 'Tropicana Studios,' the home of over thirty major hits.

1989: Motorcity begins. A reunion of 60 Motown stars in Detroit attracted massive media attention and over forty US TV appearances on News shows and Chat shows. Levine was on the front page of every Detroit newspaper and on US national TV, on all four networks. Motorcity Records was launched as a record label, initially distributed by PRT and later Pacific, then Charly and finally Total/BMG.

1989: Levine organises a huge concert tour with 'Flying Music' of the original Tamla Motown artists. The final concert was filmed and shown several times on ITV.

1990: The Sunday Times do a colour supplement special on Ian Levine's Motown reunion. This included sending a photographer over specially to Detroit.

1990: 'The Rhythm Divine,' a major one hour TV special starring Ian Levine and all about the history of dance music, aired on TV. It was to be repeated a further three times.

1990: Licensing deal for the 'Motorcity' catalogue signed with Charly, which almost resulted in a huge court case. 'The worst deal of my career.' Twelve years later, Levine made it up with the rather colourful Jean-Luc Young, and even edited his concert video footage which had sat in the can for 12 years.

1990: Channel 4 make a one hour TV programme, 'The Second Time Around' exclusively about Ian Levine and his Motorcity reunion project, and featuring The Supremes, Mary Wells, Syreeta and Edwin Starr. This programme went on to be shown three times.

1991: Motorcity split from Charly to go through Total/BMG. 800 songs by 108 acts recorded to date, all legendary acts of the Tamla-Motown era.

1991: The Joan Rivers show in the US did a Motown Special organised by Levine.

1991: Music Week Magazine run a major two page feature on Levine's career to date, which formed the initial base of this very C.V.

1991: Ray Gordy Singleton, former wife of Motown founder Berry Gordy, wrote a US best selling book called 'Berry, Me and Motown,' the real gossip about Motown Records and its history. The entire last chapter of the book was about Ian Levine and his Motorcity reunion.

1992: Levine is handed a group called 'Take That' by Korda Marshall at RCA, who was about to drop them. Levine produces five songs, three of which become major hits and break the group. Levine favours Robbie Williams as the lead singer and Robbie goes on to become the most successful solo male singer of the next ten years, once he'd left 'Take That'. Robbie Williams tells the press that he owes it all to Ian Levine for singing lead.

1992: Levine has 9 major hits in 1 year, including the Pasadenas and Take That, more than any other UK producer that year. The 'Take That And Party' album by Take That sells two million copies in the UK.

1992: Levine did all the research for the BBC for a Doctor Who documentary called 'Resistance Is Useless', and was fully credited at the end of the programme which aired in January.

1993: Won the Brits' Single Of The Year for Take That's 'Could It Be Magic.' After a very public split with Take That, Levine formed Bad Boys Inc. a group which he originated and conceptualised, who went on to have 6 major UK hits.

1993: Levine starred in a BBC TV special about Dr Who and about locating all the missing episodes that had turned up over the years.

1993: Levine becomes managed by Oliver Smallman and Dennis Ingoldsby, the most successful managers in the country , known as 'First Avenue.'

1993: Levine did all the research for the BBC for another Dr Who documentary to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary called 'Thirty Years In The Tardis' and was again fully credited at the end of the programme which aired in November.

1994: Sky TV do a one hour special on Levine with Terry Christian. Levine appears with all four of his Samoyed dogs.

1994: Paramount Pictures commission Ian Levine to produce a special promotional remix of the STAR TREK themes, both original and the Next Generation, to tie in with the release of the movie 'STAR TREK GENERATIONS'. Ian Levine's version is played at the film premiere to introduce the movie.

1994: Levine produces a complete hit album on blue-eyed soul legend Paul Young, comprising entirely of classic soul songs. Lamont Dozier and Billy Griffin (both of Motown fame) collaborate on this, and sing on the backing vocals, and a sell out concert at Hammersmith Odeon is built around the whole project.

1995: Levine co-produced a TV spin off of Dr Who called 'Downtime' and wrote and recorded all the incidental music for it.

1996: Major hit BBC documentary seen by 16 million viewers 'A Band Is Born', about the creation of a boy band, 'Upside Down,' and with Levine in a major role. Upside Down have 4 top 30 hits (including a number 11) during the year. The show was the forerunner of the later much more successful Pop Idol phenomenon.

1996: Levine traced over 660 members of his own family on his Mother's side, and then organised the enormous Cooklin reunion, on July 21st in London, the biggest family reunion of all time, which led to a news piece of one and a half minutes on the BBC TV Evening News, and a huge article in the Jewish Chronicle which included a picture of Levine on the front cover and a further one and a half pages inside.

1996: Take That Greatest Hits containing 3 tracks produced by Ian Levine sells over four million copies.

1996: Ian Levine lands a one and a half year contract with a huge French Magazine company, Atlas, to produce 600 cover versions of the major hits of the 1960's and 1970's, all in his own recording studio. These are launched with a million and a half units in France.

1997: Ian Levine discovers an amazing singer called Steve Brookstein who, seven years later, goes on to win Simon Cowell's phenomenally successful TV reality show called "The X-Factor"

1998: Ian Levine completed a two year project , a documentary film about his own family, the Cooklin family, lasting four hours.

1998: Ian Levine mixes a track 'She Wants You' for newcomer Billie, which enters the charts at number 3.

1998: Bill Brewster writes a book called 'Last Night A DJ Saved My Life' about the history of dance music. There is a whole chapter about Ian Levine. Brewster also writes a major article for Virgin Airlines' in-flight

magazine, listing Levine in the top ten most influential DJs of all time.

1999: Ian Levine produced and directed the documentary film, 'The Strange World of Northern Soul', an anthology of the underground music cult, taking him back to his roots. This is a video box set, containing over 12 hours of footage with booklet and CD, and incorporating a staggering 131 performances by the legendary American soul acts who have, in most cases, never been filmed before. The whole event is premiered in Blackburn at the King George's Hall in front of 1300 people.

2000: Levine is the star DJ at the 'Togetherness' weekenders in Fleetwood, echoing the glory days of the 1970s, and DJing to two thousand people and a packed dancefloor, like the old days.

2000: Levine brokers the deal between his cousin, Daniel Glatman, and Hugh Goldsmith at Innocent, for the group Blue to be created. Levine persuades Goldsmith to fund the project. Daniel Glatman casts and names the group, and then, over the next two years, two number one albums and four number one singles are the result.

2000: Levine organises the reunion of his entire school class from the 1960s, at Arnold School in Blackpool. All 30 members of class 3A are found and brought together to experience lessons, P.T. in the gym, a rugby match, and an assembly with their original teachers, all in original style school uniform. This is all filmed and shown by the BBC.

2000: Ian Levine and Clive Scott produce the title song for the ITV show 'Gypsy Girl', starring Gemma Gregory, who also sings the song, also entitled 'Gypsy Girl'.

2001: Twenty seven years after writing for Black Music Magazine, Levine gets his own column again in best selling glossy soul magazine 'Togetherness' every issue, called 'Rarest Of The Rare'. What goes around comes around!!!!

2001: Chris Nathaniel brings the artist Ebony Alleyne to Levine, and Levine and Clive Scott spend a whole year creating her debut album, with a huge fifty piece orchestra and totally all live musicians. Levine describes it as 'The finest moment of my career'. Sadly Sony dropped the project before a record ever came out.

2002: Pete Waterman, the UK's most successful record producer ever, credits Ian Levine very generously in his best selling book, naming Levine as the main influence for the whole PWL boom of the 1980s.

2002: Levine opens and stars at the Rocket, the first major regular Northern Soul massive style all nighter since Wigan Casino closed twenty one years earlier. 1500 people flock to the opening night on January 29th 2002, including Steve Brookstein who had secretly recorded a song as The Four Vandals, which became the biggest Northern Soul record of the last twenty years . After a rather public disagreement with the promoters, Levine returns to run it himself along with his lifelong friend Kev Roberts.

2002: After three years of negotiation, Levine finally lands a deal with Wienerworld for his labour of love, 'The Strange World Of Northern Soul' to come out on DVD as a six disc box set, running at over twenty four hours long. The project is full of extras, including the whole Motorcity story, the 'Togetherness' weekenders, and an in-depth behind the scenes look at 'The Making Of The Strange World Of Northern Soul'. After six long years, the DVD set finally hits the stores at the end of May 2003.

2002: Levine's production of Blue on the old Temptations classic "Get Ready", is performed at the Queens Golden Jubilee, and is seen worldwide by two hundred million viewers.

2003: ITV make a new eight part series about Soul Music, and the fourth episode is all about Northern Soul and heavily features Levine and the opening night of the Rocket.

2003: Levine prepares his new DVD project, "The High Energy Story", featuring fifty classic high energy performances mainly of the eighties hits.

2003: Levine produces new pop band D-Side, signed to Warner Brothers, and goes into the studio again to cut some more tracks with multi-million selling 'Blue'.

2003: Another video production, specially commissioned by Kev Roberts' company, KRL, "Northern Soul's Greatest Hits", goes straight to DVD and sells out immediately.

2004: Prestigious New York style magazine, Tokion, do a huge feature on Levine's career, which is on sale at every newsstand in the USA.

2004: Levine, together with Clive Scott, writes the theme music for a major ITV extravaganza called "Discomania", and also produce three backing tracks for Donna Summer to sing live on the same show.

2004: The "Discomania" album, from the TV show, charts at number seven in the album pop charts.

2004: Record Collector magazine do a huge four page feature on Levine's career and there is a picture of Levine on the front cover.

2004: Levine compiles a double CD for the Ministry Of Sound, called "The Ultimate Northern Soul Album". This is the highest charting Northern Soul compilation album of all-time, debuting at number seven in the pop album charts, and staying in the top ten for four weeks. All 51 tracks were chosen by Levine, including eighteen of his own productions, and he also wrote the sleevenotes.

2004: Levine appears on the Channel 4 TV show about Take That, called "The True Story Of Take That". He also films a BBC documentary about the history of boy bands.

2004: Levine appears on the outrageous BBC TV program "Simon Cowell's Millions", telling some very amusing anecdotes.

2004: After the success of "Discomania", Levine and Scott are commissioned to write and produce the theme music to a major "Celebrity Awards Show" on ITV for September 2004.

2004: A thirty year project nears completion. Levine had collected DC comics since he was a kid (Superman, Batman, Justice League Of America etc etc), and now in 2004, he reaches the amazing goal of having every issue ever published over the complete seventy year period, all except for one elusive last comic, which continues to elude him.

2004: The TV work keeps on coming. Levine and Scott are now commissioned by ITV to do the themes to both Christmanmania and Abbamania. That makes four major ITV themes in the space of five months.

2004: Levine's cousin Daniel Glatman, manager of Blue, starts his own record label, and Levine and Scott create the first release for this, which charts top 40 at Christmas - the outrageous 'Do The Can Can' by the Skandi Girls.

2004: Steve Brookstein wins the X-Factor TV show talent contest with eight and a half million votes cast. Levine already has fourteen tracks previously recorded with him.

2005: Levine goes back in the studio with Steve Brookstein during the week he's at number one in the charts. He also records Rowetta, who came fourth in the same TV contest.

2005: The Steve Brookstein album, containing an Ian Levine track, debuts at number one in the album charts for the week ending Sunday 15th May 2005.

2005: While busy completing and mixing the entire Rowetta album for Gut records, one of the songs "Crying My Heart Out", is added to the soundtrack album for the upcoming Brad Pitt movie, "Mr and Mrs Smith".

2005: Italian artist Lorenz is produced by Ian Levine and is launched with a thirty foot billboard on the M4 overpass by the North Circular Road.

2005: Rowetta's album, after taking nine months to complete, is launched in a wave of publicity by Gut Records, released to tie in with the launch of the new series of The X-Factor.

2005: In July, after over thirty years, Levine completes his DC collection.

2005: After the success of 2004's "Discomania", Levine and Scott do the theme tune once again for Discomania II, plus record all the music for legendary Gloria Gaynor.

2005: Levine is commissioned by the BBC to make a behind the scenes documentary for the DVD box set "Doctor Who - The Beginning", containing the first three Doctor Who stories from 1963/1964. Straight on the heels of this, he is then given an even higher profile one to do for "Genesis Of The Daleks".

2005: Out of the blue, the Take That tracks are all reissued, and become an enormous hit all over again, including three Ian Levine tracks, and spend the five weeks up to Christmas in the top 5 of the Album Charts.

2006: Levine teams up with major record promoter Nick Fleming to launch a new Take That style boy group all aged between 16 and 17, including Nick's own son.

2006 : Lorenz lands a major new soft drink advert, which he stars in, launched around June, using one of Levine's songs and productions, "Right Back"

2006 : Channel 4/E4 major TV show, "Boys Will Be Girls" is an outrageous fly on the wall documentary about a boy band who have to pass themselves off as girls. Levine is one of the judges, and sees through the scam immediately, being very damning on camera.

2006 : New bestselling book comes out about Take That, written by Martin Roach, with a whole chapter about Ian Levine.

2006 : Lorenz wins a top 40 hit with "Set Me Free", combined with a nationwide Asda campaign, organised by his manager Laurel Goodman, giving Ian Levine his official 43rd UK chart hit produced by him.

2006 : Levine films a major interview for the new BBC series about Soul Music called "Soul Britannia"

2006 : Levine, together with Tim Byrne and Sony/BMG's Jo Headland, create a new soul supergroup for Sony, based on the concept of a soul version of Il Divo, and the whole project is tied in with GMTV.

2006 : Steve Brookstein releases his new album including a song called "Don't Change" which he co-wrote with Ian Levine

2006 : Levine records twenty one tracks on Israeli superstar Sharona Pick, in classic Levine Hi-NRG style, funded by accountant Albert Fox. Sharona's father, Tzvika Pick, is also a huge star in Israel, and wrote and produced the Eurovison Song Contest winner, Dana International.

2006 : Levine does a deal with old coleague Michael Infanti of OneMusicCorp for exclusive rights to his entire catalogues for digital download rights.

2006 : A true labour of love. Goldsoul release the brand new "Solid Ground" album of 23 tracks including twelve new songs on X-Factor finalists Steve Brookstein (as The Four Vandals), Brenda Edwards, and Hildia Campbell (of Voices With Soul), plus Noel McKoy, with a voice like a cross between Bobby Womack and David Ruffin. Plus brand new productions of some old vocals done originally for Motorcity, including Billy Preston, Freda Payne, and Edwin Starr. The title track, "Standing On Solid Ground" by Sidney Barnes, becomes THE biggest track on the entire Northern Soul scene.

2007 : The Ian Levine Myspace page is created to bring Levine's music to a growing internet audience.

2007 : Soul Britannia airs to huge critical acclaim, and Levine is featured in part one, and heavily featured in part two. The program examines the influence of soul music on Britain's culture and on such major artists as

Elton John, Tom Jones, Eric Burdon, Van Morrison, and Mick Hucknall.

2007 : Levine sets up a brand new record label, Centre City Records, in conjunction with Passion Music to release a series of Northern Soul, and Motown type albums of new material.

2007 : Levine sets up a team of talent to both colourise the Doctor Who episodes which were made in colour but only exist in black and white, and to develop animation for the soundtracks of the missing episodes. Levine's Doctor Who internet forum tops over two thousand members.

2007 : Levine and Clive Scott get to remix Right Said Fred's "I'm Too Sexy" for Gut Records, to tie in with a major TV ad campaign, using the song.

2007 : Levine prepares his major new project for Centre City Records. "Northern Soul 2007" - a brand new compilation of 24 brand new tracks, but a CD with a difference. It will contain a giveaway DVD of all the same 24 songs being performed by the artists, so people can either listen to it or watch it - a new concept for Northern Soul. Levine said he was tired of old Northern Soul fans going out to clubs in their zimmer frames, and wanted to attract a new young fresh audience and make the music accessible for them.

2007 : Levine and Scott remix Daniel Glatman's new group Unklejam, "What Am I Fighting For", for Virgin, through Lincoln Elias, the man for whom Levine produced The Pasadenas. There's a sticker on the CD single saying "Mixed by Ian Levine and Clive Scott". It charts first week at number 16.

2007 : Levine and Scott remix the follow up single by Unklejam, called "Stereo".

2007 : One of the tracks from the Northern Soul 2007, by X-Factor finalists, Voices With Soul, gets raved about on YouTube with the video posted up there, at first getting several thousand views, then getting picked up by PopJustice, and then by the American gossip site Perez Hilton, resulting in, almost overnight, the video getting almost fifty thousand hits.

2007 : Wienerworld release The Edwin Starr Story, a music documentary produced by Levine, with sixteen performances and lots of interview footage.

2007 : Centre City Records move to Vital Distribution. The second release is "Disco 2008", released on December 3rd 2007, with tracks by Steve Brookstein, Sheila Ferguson, Hazell Dean, Tina Charles, The Flirtations, and loads of others.

2007 : Centre City Records move to Vital Distribution. The second release is "Disco 2008", released on December 3rd 2007, with tracks by Steve Brookstein, Sheila Ferguson, Hazell Dean, Tina Charles, The Flirtations, and loads of others.

2007 : Manifesto Magazine cover Levine's entire career with an eleven page article spread over two issues.

2007 : Wienerworld release a three disc DVD set "Don't Forget The Motorcity", containing 100 videos all produced by Levine.

2007 : Levine's YouTube page approaches one million video views.

2007 : "Disco 2008" is launched in style at the Ion Bar in West London, with

four hundred people filling the club to capacity, and sixteen artists

performing their tracks from it.

2008 : On New Years Day, Ian Levine's YouTube Channel of his video

productions reaches a certified one million hits. By early March that number

rises to 1.5 Million.

2008 : Centre City Records launches its website, www.ianlevine.co.uk which is set up to sell the new albums directly to the fans and the public, and to act as a focal point for Ian Levine's productions. The website is run by Ian's long-term number one fan, Soren Jensen, from Denmark.

2008 : "Yesterday And Tomorrow" is finished and released. The press biog reads as follows... YESTERDAY AND TOMORROW - THE IAN LEVINE SONG BOOK - 1975-2008. This fabulous new album and DVD contains thirty of the classics written in the 1970s and 1980s by Soul and Disco producer Ian Levine. But

these are not the original versions. These are brand spanking new interpretaions of the classics, by Ian Levine's current roster of artists on Centre City Records.

2008 : "Yesterday And Tomorrow" is launched in style at the "142 Lounge" in West Ealing, with nearly five hundred people filling the club to capacity, and eighteen artists performing their tracks from it to rapturous applause.

2008: Centre City artist Tahira Jumah performs "Reaching For The Best" on

the satellite channel, Black Entertainment Network. She and Ian formulate a

plan for a weekly television show which can be used to, showcase the

hundreds of soul video masters owned by Ian Levine.

2008 : "Yesterday And Tomorrow" is launched in style at the "142 Lounge" in West Ealing, with nearly five hundred people filling the club to capacity, and eighteen artists performing their tracks from it to rapturous applause.

2008: Centre City artist Tahira Jumah performs "Reaching For The Best" on

the satellite channel, Black Entertainment Network. She and Ian formulate a

plan for a weekly television show which can be used to, showcase the

hundreds of soul video masters owned by Ian Levine.

2008 : "Yesterday And Tomorrow" is launched in style at the "142 Lounge" in West Ealing, with nearly five hundred people filling the club to capacity, and eighteen artists performing their tracks from it to rapturous applause.

2008: Centre City artist Tahira Jumah performs "Reaching For The Best" on

the satellite channel, Black Entertainment Network. She and Ian formulate a

plan for a weekly television show which can be used to, showcase the

hundreds of soul video masters owned by Ian Levine

2008 : Take That - The Musical, called "Never Forget", opens at the Savoy

Theatre for a long West End run, containing Levine's song "I Found Heaven",

plus arrangements of two other Levine productions, of "A Million Love

Songs", and "Could It Be Magic".

2008 : On May 14th, Ian Levine's YouTube videos reach the milestone total of

two million hits. At this point there are 339 videos up on there, all of

which are Ian Levine productions, every single one of them, and the combined

total of views goes over the two million mark for the first time.

2008 : "Northern Soul 2008" launched on June 30th. This is the fourth album

and DVD release on Centre City, with 24 brand new tracks plus four extra

bonus tracks. A special showcase night is also planned on Monday 30th June

in London.

August 2008 Ian Levine returns to soul source the Uk's leading soul website and uses it as a promotional tool.

Ian your a business man through and through, nothing more and nothing less. Now this is the Levine CV, its all there in black and white so no need to keep asking questions, and bumping this ruddy thread up every five minutes. Soul Music is nothing more than a business venture by yourself to make money as it was in the past and no doubt shall be in the future.

But apart from that, he's not done much....

[Guest Mrs Simsy]

But apart from that, he's not done much....

I can't believe there's a 39 page thread on one guy!

[Billy Freemantle]

But apart from that, he's not done much....

Well, said. I'd like to see the cv of some of the detractors. Well not really.

[Phild]

Also with respect. It may not be synonymous with the term Northern Soul to you, who are without doubt one of the cognoscenti.

It is however synonymous with Northern Soul to the general public who recognise a certain "sound" as being a Northern Soul sound. Ian has captured that "sound". Like it or not.

Were talking semantics then are we?

With the term Northern Soul we couldn't very well be doing otherwise could we ?

In terms of the quality of the videos. The SWONS artist clips were not filmed in studio conditions and the backgrounds were often unsuitable. To deal with that the video effects that you so dislike were added. They are not to everyone's taste, and could have been better in many cases. But they are probasbly better than Jo Armsteads kitchen etc.

YES Jo Armsteads kitchen would have been a lot better. The effects look like a small child has discovered the wonders of the Woolworths home video editing kit and decided to slap it on everything! Absolutely atrocious and very, very cheap.

Perhaps if you ask Ian nicely he'll give you some of the original footage and you could have a go yourself and see what you come up with? In fact that's a great idea. Ian why not post up a clip of unedited footage and let people do their own edit? Prize to be decided.

[Guest TONY ROUNCE]

Last record of the evening was "California Montage" Young - Holt Unlimited

Andy.

Only once Colin came into the picture, I think.

From memory there was no specific 'ender' in the Cokell/Levine/Jebb era. I can recall Tony liked to to finish up with something fairly fast like "Hey Sah Lo Ney" or "I Don't Want to Discuss It", but once he got his EMIdisc of Robert Banks, that became the sign off tune for a number of weeks.

I think Colin eventually started playing Chuck Stephens' "Let's Get Nasty" - at least for a while - to close the night as the 'modern' era of the Mecca came to be. I don't remember him going back to "California Montage" after that but I might be wrong about that...

Edited September 1, 2008 by TONY ROUNCE

[Wiganer1]

Only once Colin came into the picture, I think.

From memory there was no specific 'ender' in the Cokell/Levine/Jebb era. I can recall Tony liked to to finish up with something fairly fast like "Hey Sah Lo Ney" or "I Don't Want to Discuss It", but once he got his EMIdisc of Robert Banks, that became the sign off tune for a number of weeks.

I think Colin eventually started playing Chuck Stephens' "Let's Get Nasty" - at least for a while -to close the night as the 'modern' era of the Mecca came to be. I don't remember him going back to "California Montage" after that big I might be worng about that...

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robert banks - another boring oldie....

[Guest TONY ROUNCE]

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robert banks - another boring oldie....

...It wasn't boring in 1971 - or that old!

[Guest]

sick of repeating myself

if have got any concerns, issues or anything to do with site then POST in feedback forum not this or any thread

have asked a couple of times for members to stop the wind ups, games, personal abuse etc

but am still wasting time dealing with such posts

this thread is the same as any other thread and deliberate attempts etc to damage it will be treated the same as per any other thread

have tried asking

if want to carry on then will try something else

temp closing this for 15mins

I think you're right, and I am learning to respect you for the way you deal with them.

[Guest]

Many thanks for the reply.

You are most welcome.

"California Montage" lives on.

[Pete S]

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robert banks - another boring oldie....

Me and you don't usually agree on records - except now!

[Guest]

I presume that you are busy with your camera (or crew) making a much better collection of video's and recordings of artistes yourself are you?

The number of posts that you've made baiting Ian on this thread is truly amazing.

You seem to wish to psychoanalyse him. Why? Maybe you should ask yourself that question.

Phil

I love you, Phil. You're the best.

[Guest]

https://ianlevine.jetshop.se/default.aspx

Er whose pages are these I wonder???. So you denying you wrote that then?

That website is run by Soren Jensen from Sweden, and I don't interfere with it in any way. I had no idea my CV was on it to be truthful.

[Guest]

So to call them "Northern Soul 2008" is a joke, surely, as they would never ever be played in a northern soul club, or any club for that matter?

Just as I would rather have cockroaches crawl out of my eyelids than frequent a club where you were DJing, so there are hundreds of Northern Soul clubs all over the country who play Sidney Barnes, Chuck Jackson, Archie Bell, Angelo Starr etc etc.

Just because you, in your purist and elite closet, don't go to them, doesn't make them any less Northern Soul. The world is full of DJs with open minds, not like the bigoted and self-important elite that you represent.

Out of respect for Mike Hughes, I tell you now that I will not be goaded into answering one more of your inane comments. It stops NOW. Truthfully, if you were on fire, I wouldn't piss on you.

Edited September 1, 2008 by Ian Levine

[Mark B]

It was Ian!

It's the same record Brett is talking about - the one Mark B has now!

Solid centre South African Atlantic i think?

Sure Mark B will confirm too

You offered it me for £1K when i came to see you a few years ago if you remember?

I thought it was good.........but not £1K good

Cheers

Steve

yes a south african atlantic (white label) they were arhodesian band so there wont be to many copies knocking sabout now.

mark

[Guest]

The Bali Hai was a seperate bar room off the main ballroom downstairs.

The Highland Room was having some work done on it around 77 I think & they put a temporary dancefloor in there & that was where the Highland Room regulars went - 2 or 3 times this happened if my memory is correct.

Oooooh Epic, I forgot all about that. Yes you're right.

[Guest]

But James. this forum is about Northern Soul, and Northern Soul is an extremely "broad church" and one man's Northern Soul is another mans R&B, and one man's white pop trash is another mans Northern Soul etc etc ad nauseam. Ian's tracks and video's clearly deserve to fall under the descriptive heading of "Northern Soul". They don't fall under the heading of rare, elitist northern soul I agree. But then again a large number of the tracks that are most synonymous with Northern Soul to the general public aren't either - Out On the Floor, You're Ready Now, Ghost In My House etc.

I personally (as I've said many times) absolutely love many of Ian's tracks. Equally I dislike some of them. But that's just a question of personal taste.

Your criticism of the videos, is nothing more than a continuation of your ongoing onslaught against Ian. I think by just responding to the video part of my question you're avoiding the real nub of my question which is Why? I'm interested to know. perhaps we should know more about your formative years?

Very well written, Phil.

Your analysis is demonstrated by the fact that on YouTube, seventy thousand people have watched Frank Wilson, forty thousand have watched Dobie Gray, Robert Knight, P.P. Arnold, Tobi Legend, Doris Troy, yet only about 700 have watched someone like Emanuel Lasky.

Many Northern Soul fans have still never heard of Emanuel Lasky and still love "Out On The Floor" and "Unsatisfied".

IT'S STILL NORTHERN SOUL, no matter what the purists may think.

[Guest]

I got that copy when I bought some of your records . It's called "restless".

Oh it was you who bought it ??

BLOODY RARE. And good.

[Steve G]

Oh it was you who bought it ??

BLOODY RARE. And good.

Yes - other side not bad either. It's still to have it's day as I haven't played it out much yet.

[Guest]

With respect it is nothing more than commercial soul, soul for the party people out there to buy off the shelves of tescos whilst doing the weekly shop,it is not in anyway discriptive with the term northern, nor does it sound like anything that is produced in the past or present day posted elsewhere on this forum, it alone is the sound that is that of a Levine production only.

If everyone who was interested in Northern Soul thought like you, we'd have all cleared off forever, and there'd be just six of you dancing in a coal cellar, only coming out to picket and harrass the set of a film who dared to call the music "Northern Soul".

You're coming across as a Marxist with fascist tendencies. Quite scary.

[Soul Shrews]

Hi Paul,

Patti Jo was living in Nashville last I heard. She has several tracks on a multi-artist CD that came out around the turn of this century, and there was a small pic of her on its booklet front. Was definitely the same Patti Jo, she talked about working with Curtis Mayfield in the short bio in the booklet....

Best as always,

TONY

Tony you are a star sir

Once again many thanks for the info, I will do my best and try and find that CD

I posted the "Make Me Believe In You" Dutch sleeve in a picture sleeve thread a while ago if any kind sourcer could find it and post it on here I'd be grateful.

Once again thanks Tony you da best

I have an article somewhere on her - shopping inChicago, in the studio, having her hair done etc. It was in Black Film & music Stars or something. I will try and find it.

Would love to see that Mr G

But apart from that, he's not done much....

Oh Gawd I just got repetative strain syndrome going thru all that again, thanks Pete

I can't believe there's a 39 page thread on one guy!

Fasten your seat balt "rugbysoulgirl" theres a lot more to come I'm sure

Cheers Paul

PS Oh and thanks Ian these revelations 'bout back in the day are priceless

PPS JamesTrouble, your "input" on this thread is really not worth it.

[Mark B]

I've forgotten wrongly?

Priceless Ian, priceless

Who did you end up selling it to?

btw Knowing Mark B I'll bet he bagged it for buttons on evilbay cos if there's a man that can eek out bargains on the bay, it's that man!

I remember it being a fairly nice record and undoubtedly a very rare record BUT thought I could live without it at £1K (or £500 if I've forgotten wrongly )!

That was a good day by the way and I certainly came away with some great records

Cheers

Steve

it wasnt buttons of ebay mr Plumb it was £90 of back door kenny. i do sometimes pay markey value for rocords you know

mark

[Mark B]

Well I actually sold thought I sold it to you.

But I know it was for the £500 I paid for it, whoever I sold it to.

The record's title has come back to me. It was called "Restless" by The Soul And Blues Union.

the good side is called What's the fuss.

mark

[Guest]

But apart from that, he's not done much....

I didn't think anyone could make me laugh, not after all that reprehensible crap, Pete, but you did.

[Guest]

Only once Colin came into the picture, I think.

From memory there was no specific 'ender' in the Cokell/Levine/Jebb era.

Yes there was. We ended with California Montage in the Jebb era. It was a tradition.

[Soul Shrews]

it wasnt buttons of ebay mr Plumb it was £90 of back door kenny. i do sometimes pay markey value for rocords you know

mark

Our Ken would never accept "buttons" for a tune, but if yer offering "malteasers" well....................................................

Cheers Paul

[Pete S]

Oh Gawd I just got repetative strain syndrome going thru all that again, thanks Pete

You're meant to press the page down button to get to the reply

[Guest]

yes a south african atlantic (white label) they were a rhodesian band so there wont be too many copies knocking about now.

mark

GREAT record though. And so rare.

"Restless" and another great song on the other side too.

[Dave]

Just as I would rather have cockroaches crawl out of my eyelids than frequent a club where you were DJing, so there are hundreds of Northern Soul clubs all over the country who play Sidney Barnes, Chuck Jackson, Archie Bell, Angelo Starr etc etc.

Surely this is how a record is defined as "northern soul"?

Whether or not it has been played, and to some degree accepted, at a northern soul venue.

The ones listed above have been played and so there can be no argument that they are northern soul. Some of the tracks posted on this thread however may well not have been played out, and until they are they can not be labelled as northern soul IMHO, regardless of what it says in the sleeve notes or what anyone writes on a message board!

Edited September 1, 2008 by Dave

[Pete S]

I didn't think anyone could make me laugh, not after all that reprehensible crap, Pete, but you did.

Well it's got to the point where I'm thinking - to cram all that into one life time and still be subjected to the crap you've been subjected to on this thread from a handful of what I can only assume are jealous people is just beyond me - I'd love to see what the detractors have done to compare to this. I know Paul wrote an excellent screenplay and was in a superb low budget film - don't remember him making a top 10 hit record though.

[Guest]

it wasnt buttons of ebay mr Plumb it was £90 of back door kenny. i do sometimes pay market value for rocords you know

mark

Yeah but I paid £500 and I knew it was mega mega rare.

I think I bought it off Paul Capon.

[Guest]

James was absolutely right to comment on the quality of the videos produced, as like a few others in the past I parted with my 50 quid for a copy of swons on vhs, to be left disappointed and saddened at what I was actually watching.

Just for you, my sweet, lovely, kind-hearted, warm, fuzzy, vivacious, unselfish, open-minded, forward-thinking, liberal, caring, sharing, scintillating, little treasure.

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[Ian Seaman]

I can't believe there's a 39 page thread on one guy!

Don't really think it,s about just one guy, do you !!!

A great read and i would have Ian on the decks at my place in a flash !!!

great to see him back amongst his friends !

Ian.

[Guest]

Surely this is how a record is defined as "northern soul"?

Whether or not it has been played, and to some degree accepted, at a northern soul venue.

The ones listed above have been played and so there can be no argument that they are northern soul. Some of the tracks posted on this thread however may well not have been played out, and until they are they can not be labelled as northern soul IMHO, regardless of what it says in the sleeve notes or what anyone writes on a message board!

We have put on several Northern Soul gigs and showcases with Simon White DJing, and they have ALL been played at these gigs. Are you saying a gig with Northern Soul TYPE music played, frequented by people on this board such as Ian Dewhirst, Phil Dick, Pete French, Ady Pierce, Sean Chapman, Steve Handbury, Mike Ritson, Mark Sargeant, and other people who were banned from this board, and yet others like Kev and Sam Roberts, are you saying that can't be classed as a Northern Soul gig ?? Or are you saying that it doesn't qualify if the records aren't all forty years old.

Mind you, "Reaching For The Best, "Weak Spot", and "Your Magic Put A Spell On Me", are all thirty three years old. Do THEY qualify ????

I repeat YET AGAIN, if it smells like a duck, waddles like a duck, quacks like a duck, flies like a duck, and farts like a duck, then it's a fucking DUCK.

[Guest]

Don't really think it,s about just one guy, do you !!!

A great read and i would have Ian on the decks at my place in a flash !!!

great to see him back amongst his friends !

Ian.

Thankyou.

Unfortunately they are not ALL my friends.

[Ian Seaman]

We have put on several Northern Soul gigs and showcases with Simon White DJing, and they have ALL been played at these gigs. Are you saying a gig with Northern Soul TYPE music played, frequented by people on this board such as Ian Dewhirst, Phil Dick, Pete French, Ady Pierce, Sean Chapman, Steve Handbury, Mike Ritson, Mark Sargeant, and other people who were banned from this board, and yet others like Kev and Sam Roberts, are you saying that can't be classed as a Northern Soul gig ?? Or are you saying that it doesn't qualify if the records aren't all forty years old.

Mind you, "Reaching For The Best, "Weak Spot", and "Your Magic Put A Spell On Me", are all thirty three years old. Do THEY qualify ????

I repeat YET AGAIN, if it smells like a duck, waddles like a duck, quacks like a duck, flies like a duck, and farts like a duck, then it's a fucking DUCK.

Jesus, just banged my head on the keyboard draw as i was ducking

Ian.

[Guest]

I'd love to see what the detractors have done to compare to this. I know Paul wrote an excellent screenplay and was in a superb low budget film - don't remember him making a top 10 hit record though.

No !!!!!!!!!!

You're not telling me he's the one who wrote "Once Upon A Time In Wigan" ??

The one Russ is involved with getting the film made ??

NO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If he's done something creative, he should know better. I'm doubly disgusted now. Deeply so.

[Pete S]

No !!!!!!!!!!

You're not telling me he's the one who wrote "Once Upon A Time In Wigan" ??

The one Russ is involved with getting the film made ??

NO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If he's done something creative, he should know better. I'm doubly disgusted now. Deeply so.

Don't really know anything about a film and I know Paul was very angry that his original work was rewritten recently and he couldn't do anything about it, so because I don't actually know the facts I shouldn't comment, apart from the fact that I still regret missing out on seeing Once Upon A Time.

[Mark B]

Yeah but I paid £500 and I knew it was mega mega rare.

I think I bought it off Paul Capon.

hi ian

it is rare but it was in the charts in rhodesia it made #12 and paul is quite expensive and dont forget you paid £500 for the other blendells record.

think they also made an album.

think £90 was a good price as steve will tell you i dont like to pay over the odds if i can find a copy cheaply i will, i would'nt sell it as it goes down very well when i play it just ask brett.

mark

[Guest TONY ROUNCE]

Yes there was. We ended with California Montage in the Jebb era. It was a tradition.

Must've started when I was on my 'gap year'!

Tony had gone and Colin was installed by the time I started going again, after a short break that spanned a few months in '72 and '73 - I took it that CM was his innovation...

...I stand corrected , and happily so.

[Mike]

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[Epic]

Let's Get Nasty was certainly played in the last hour - as was Stanley Clarke - Last Poets etc. - California Montage had been dropped by Colin & there ceased to be any particular ending record.

Celest Hardie was the last record Colin played at The Mecca on his very last Saturday night there.

[Dave]

We have put on several Northern Soul gigs and showcases with Simon White DJing, and they have ALL been played at these gigs. Are you saying a gig with Northern Soul TYPE music played, frequented by people on this board such as Ian Dewhirst, Phil Dick, Pete French, Ady Pierce, Sean Chapman, Steve Handbury, Mike Ritson, Mark Sargeant, and other people who were banned from this board, and yet others like Kev and Sam Roberts, are you saying that can't be classed as a Northern Soul gig ?? Or are you saying that it doesn't qualify if the records aren't all forty years old.

Mind you, "Reaching For The Best, "Weak Spot", and "Your Magic Put A Spell On Me", are all thirty three years old. Do THEY qualify ????

I repeat YET AGAIN, if it smells like a duck, waddles like a duck, quacks like a duck, flies like a duck, and farts like a duck, then it's a fucking DUCK.

I'm saying that if a record has been played and gained some acceptance at a northern soul event like those that occur every weekend, attended by paying punters, (and name dropping has nothing to do with it), then nobody can really argue that record is not n.s. The year the record was made has nothing to do with it IMO, hence the acceptance of Sharon Jones and Nicole Willis.

The three you mention obviously "qualify" as they were established plays, and incidentally I happen to have all three on vinyl.

Your duck analogy is unsound, no matter how many times you repeat it. It is too subjective. The passing bird may well look like a duck to you whereas others may judge it to be a goose.

[Mark B]

I'm saying that if a record has been played and gained some acceptance at a northern soul event like those that occur every weekend, attended by paying punters, (and name dropping has nothing to do with it), then nobody can really argue that record is not n.s. The year the record was made has nothing to do with it IMO, hence the acceptance of Sharon Jones and Nicole Willis.

The three you mention obviously "qualify" as they were established plays, and incidentally I happen to have all three on vinyl.

Your duck analogy is unsound, no matter how many times you repeat it. It is too subjective. The passing bird may well look like a duck to you whereas others may judge it to be a goose.

the passin bird theory is quite a good one we have a friend who's classification of birds is Robin or non Robin

mark

[Guest nffc]

But apart from that, he's not done much....

[Wiganer1]

Me and you don't usually agree on records - except now!

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1st time for everything!!!

[Guest]

We reserve the right to moderate posts which

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That'll be almost a third of them, then.

Mike, I try to keep my cool and be civil, I honestly do, but some vitriol is just so unfair that I can't let it lie without saying something.

All I can do is assure you that I am controlling my temper and being more reasonable than I have ever been before in my entire life, and certain posters like James Trouble and Sister Dawn would have really felt the sharp edge of my tongue if it were anywhere else than Soul Source, as they have pushed me past the limits of civility.

I know in the past we have had our problems, and I have been less than kind about your members, but it is members like these two who have caused this response, and having been on here posting myself, I am happy to report how nice and well-meaning most of your posters have been. These two just stand out as the worst of the bunch and I wish they would steer clear of a thread that involves a subject matter that they clearly don't care for.

I shall now go back to being nice and civil again.

[Guest]

Let's Get Nasty was certainly played in the last hour - as was Stanley Clarke - Last Poets etc. - California Montage had been dropped by Colin & there ceased to be any particular ending record.

Celest Hardie was the last record Colin played at The Mecca on his very last Saturday night there.

I certainly ended on California Montage when I left in July 1979, my dear Epic. Colin left four months before me.

[Val (Chunky)]

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