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Strange World Of Northern Soul Film Now Online

part 1 (4 hours) now online

By Mike in Soul Music News
Published 14 Sep 2015

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First released in 1999  the documentary film  by Ian Levine  "The Strange World Of Northern Soul" has over time generated a lot of discussion here on Soul Source. With over 10 hours of footage and 130 artists it certainly was a one off.

Now 26 years later since the first showing at Blackburn it now seems that Part 1 (Over 4hrs)  has now been officially released for public online viewing as it now shows on the Ian Levine Channel on Youtube 

Its just been added to our in-house Soul Source Video feature, so you can now view, comment etc in ease via the link below

 



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Kegsy

Kegsy's moment in the sun with his original drive by sequences.....

Should get the ladies buying it, don't you think :g: I have to say Ian was a bloody nightmare when we were filming the car sequences, bloody perfectionist !.

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Should get the ladies buying it, don't you think :g: I have to say Ian was a bloody nightmare when we were filming the car sequences, bloody perfectionist !.

Really, who'd a thought it?

As a labour of love it was a mammoth concept to try and do justice to the music and artist on limited budget....

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Slim Jim

First released in 1999 "The Strange World Of Northern Soul" has over time certainly generated a lot of discussion here on Soul Source.


26 years later 

It feels like 26 years watching it in its entirety but its only been out 16 years :) 

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Winsford Soul

My God. 16 year's can't believe it's that long since that very warm night in Blackburn when the film was shown at king George,s hall. And I'd memory serves me right. Bobby Paris live.

Steve

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Mach

 Enjoyable to watch again after all these years, and intresting anedotes too, shame the Casino didnt get as much coverage as the other venues, considering its iconic standing on the scene.imo

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Kegsy

My God. 16 year's can't believe it's that long since that very warm night in Blackburn when the film was shown at king George,s hall. And I'd memory serves me right. Bobby Paris live.

Steve

Indeed Bobby Paris was live, he was also in the same hotel as us, not really a nice guy IMHO.

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Robbk

Great for me to see it.  I watched the first episode -4 hours.  Great to see what all these people look like, who I have dealt with for records, and or had conversations with on fora, or heard stories about.  NONE of them look even remotely as I'd imagined them.  It gave me a little better perspective on Northern Soul, especially the late 1960s pre- NS Soul scene, and Northern Soul in the early '70s (before I came to Lancashire to meet any Soulies.

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Steve L

I was put off buying it when it first came out by all the negative reports. Sat watching a bit of it last night for the first time with a nice bottle and quite enjoyed it. The well documented cheesy effects and rehashed recordings do spoil it but at least the artists involved have been recorded on film for the scene's history which is important i reckon.

Interesting to listen to scene regulars memories as well.

I wonder how many of the artists involved have since died?

 

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