I was a bit surprised to get a request for this as most soulies have the entire series like myself of 200 odd either by CD of most downloading them. This collection is effectively a "Greatest Hits" package of Ian Levine "Northern Soul" orientated productions from the mid '70s to the early '90s, his "taylor made,s" and contains many of his most commercially successful efforts including Evelyn Thomas's "Weak Spot" and L.J. Johnson's "Your Magic Put A Spell On Me", both of which made the UK Top 30 in early 1976, and Frances Nero's "Footsteps", which made the UK Top 20 in 1991. Curiously "Reaching For the Best" by The Exciters isn't the version that made the UK Top 40 in 1975 but a re-recording from the 1990s that Mr Levine felt more accurately reflected his original concept of the song....Hmm ?...great jock back in the day but a controversial guy.
AMM
The Tasters!
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Great Review Thank you AMM
Unfortunately, we don't have these memories here in Austria ... but it's great to share them. Thanks for review, P.
Great review and keep that Northern winds coming. thanks AMM.
Thanks AMM for the good memories.
Don`t know about Austria..we didn`t get much Northern Soul in Kent either,early R&B,Motown and Soul but then it got funky and we missed the golden era!
A wee bit of a curiosity for me, AMM, so let's give it a go. Cheers.
Some nice tracks here, thanks for the review.
thanks for this AMM; hope some Nightmare or Motorcity stuffs coming in the future
Thanks for the review AMM looking forward to THE LJ Johnson tracks
Thanks AMM for this fine collection of tunes
Reb
Purchase a few of these tracks at the time sadly Mecca is no more
Cheers Pedro
Mecca Was Great. Ian Was A Cool Guy, But As His Fame Grew He Became Unreachable
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