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Colin Bee Promotions was born out of a Disco Roadshow DJ Colin Bee(Balchin) from Woking, Surrey. His partner was entrepreneur Les McCutcheon, who continued a successful career with Shakatak, Passion,
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Remember the Lp - Northern Soul Gold - 17 all time hits from the north on BEE records.
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Some fantastic stuff on those lists and as a 16/ 17 year old it was the only way I could get those tunes that I loved. I didn't know about boots in those days. But I didn't have a clue who Colin Bee w
All through the mid to late 1970's, Colin Bee used to run big adverts in music papers like Black Echoes etc, to sell all the latest Northern Soul pressings/reissues.
There was a lot of them at it, but he seemed to have the latest, newest pressings first. He ran his business from Surrey.
Sometimes certain DJ's used to get annoyed, because records that still had a lot of life in them were getting pressed, far to early. This always caused the record to be dropped from major dj's playlists.
I have always wondered if Colin Bee was his real name? Was he a DJ or promoter? Was he just a leach on the scene? Was he providing a needed service?
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