Guess this familiar cover may just bring back a few memories for some of you out there. Well 36 years after the original 1979 release its had a bit of a re-working and now this fresh lp has been launched as Volume 2, and is now available... on vinyl of course.
Heres the blurb
In November 1979 Neil Rushton's Inferno label released a Northern Soul compilation album "Out On The Floor Tonight" from tracks it had issued on 45s. The LP came out with no fuss, and in the mad at the time frenzy at the time frenzy of all things Northern Soul at the time was issued, sold OK, and was soon forgotten as other new releases came along. In the 1980's, UK released Rare Soul compilations became the flavour of the month and "Out On The Floor Tonight" quietly built up a following, before being hailed as a classic of the genre towards the end of the decade by a new Mod scene and the UK "On The Run" Scooterist juggernaut.
In more recent times, the Soul Soul renaissance has seen the album hailed as iconic, and several leading movers and shakers on the movement have praised the LP as being their perfect introduction to the strange but wonderful world of Northern Soul. The zittgiest is happening, with announcement of the release, with many people acknowledging Out On The Floor Tonight", the first model, as their all time favorite Northern Soul album. In the spirit of that, Part 2 features 3 tracks also featured in Part 1 - the other 13 hand picked tracks (no fillers here) are all time classics too. This really is "16 Classic Northern Soul Floor Fillers", so all the signs are that this much delayed "follow up" will earn the same credibility as the first release.
Preview via the trusty Juno records player
Side 1
1. Luther Ingram Orchestra - "Exus Trek" (2:34)
2. The Four Perfections - "I'm Not Strong Enough" (2:32)
3. Robby Lawson - "Burning Sensation" (2:02)
4. Major Lance - "You Don't Want Me No More" (2:12)
5. Sandi Sheldon - "You're Gonna Make Me Love You" (2:55)
6. The Jellybeans - "You Don't Mean Me No Good" (2:11)
7. Marjorie Black - "One More Hurt" (2:48)
8. The Crow - "Your Autumn Of Tomorrow" (2:27)
Side 2
1. The Vibrations - "'Cause You're Mine" (2:11)
2. Billy Butler - "The Right Track" (2:26)
3. Yvonne Vernee - "Just Like You Did Me" (2:15)
4. Matt Lucas - "You Better Go Go" (2:37)
5. Jimmy Burns - "I Really Love You" (2:27)
6. The Superlatives - "I Still Love You" (2:38)
7. Lou Courtney - "(Me & You) Doin' The Boogaloo" (2:47)
8. Billy Woods - "I Found Satisfaction" (2:44)
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Mike Hughes is the proud owner and admin of Soul Source which he started up back in 1997. His soul journey started in the mid 1970s and has continued to the present day, along the way enjoying all eras and aspects of soul, events, dj-ing, promoting, writing and looking after Soul Source. Nowadays though his main thrust is simply enjoying life with his wife and family. And his long time personal motto has recently been updated to.. 'No one ever said it was going to be easy..., but it can be'
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