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?
Phil