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Very sad news,thoughts go out to his family and friends, i met him when he was over here in the 80s,he signed this for me such a nice friendly guy,he will be sadly missed,RIP. Dave f....................

No we're not. That was Flying Music's concert with just six artists filmed in 1989 in London. It was actually released on VHS. Try e-Bay. "The Legends Of MotorCity". You might find a set. The Pontchartrain Concert in Detroit had seventeen artists and was mindblowing. But was never released.

I'm on about the one with the elgins and syretta and carolyn crawford in if my memory serves me right. I had it on a video many years ago. Are we on about the same concert mate Regards Ian

How ?? It's never been released and never seen, so how did you see it ???

Thats a pity I've got all of he other dvd's except for the the motorcity one but I loved that concert. Cheers Ian

His death was a tragic loss to the world of Soul Music. Ralph Tee put out a DVD of the Willie Hutch story and sold less than a hundred copies.

Your wish is my command

It'll never happen. Charly Records owned the rights to that whole concert. My Mum came to the concert and filmed some bits for me with her video camera, and I used those to edit a few videos for myself to use, but only Charly own the concert footage in its entirity. We edited it for them in 2001 to release on DVD and seven years later, they still haven't touched the damn thing. Very frustrating indeed. The "Don't Forget The Motorcity" package, which is 100 all different videos by former Motown artists, is the only option you can get to see, and it is a wonderful and priceless package of many many artists who are no longer with us. It really is worth ordering from Wienerworld, who, when all said and done, have been the only company to release a whole range of Northern Soul DVDs. THE STRANGE WORLD OF NORTHERN SOUL SOULVATION DON'T FORGET THE MOTORCITY THE EDWIN STARR STORY and now NORTHERN SOUL'S TOP 200 FLOORFILLERS.

Out of 131 artists, there were bound to be a few who dissented more than the others. Like with Motorcity, for some reason unknown to me, Bobby Taylor thinks I'm the antichrist, and Rob Moss repeated some comments in Manifesto which were both libellous and malicious falsehoods. But the DVD was licensed to Wienerworld and the sets are very expensive to produce and I was only given an allocation of 30 sets in total, so how could I send one to each artist. Even more relevant, the set is in PAL system, and will not play on any American TV. So they couldn't watch it anyway. Ady Croasdell once told me that Mary Love was upset with me, but I contacted her on MySpace and we're best of friends.

I'd like a copy of the concert in its entirety if it was released on dvd rather than chopped up on the one you must get if you buy the dvd's you get if you follow the link. Any chance of that Mr levine Regards Ian

There was only one Mecca Reunion. November 28th 1998. In the Highland Room. Anything else is inferior to that. That night was wonderful and should never be attempted ever again in history.

Martin, I'm sorry it makes you want to weep, but I have tons of interviews in the can of these artists and each one does talk about exactly what you want to hear. I have about twenty minutes of interview footage with each of over a hundred of the artists. Altogether we shot 400 hours of footage including all the interviews of the pioneers of the early days of Northern Soul. There was far too much to use on SWONS and the box set had to appeal to wider fans of Northern Soul not just the purists. Otherwise instead of the four thousand it sold, it would have only sold forty. As for Adi Denney, he filmed over a hundred artists, made seven trips to America, and filmed in twenty eight different cities all over the continent, slept on floors, and had a list of MY questions for each one, and did a wonderful job while I was working twenty hours a day editing the thing together in time for its July 199 launch at Blackburn in front of 1300 people. One of the highlights of my life. I don't regret a thing, even if it does make you weep.

The artists all have the same contract. Any profits are split 50/50 pro-rata. I have so far recouped fourteen grand after spending eighty. Artists simply cannot be paid if the project is not in profit and that's the bare hard facts. I do not regret doing the project, but I do regret the uninformed bias that it has engendered over the last ten years. So many have died - ALL The Tempos, two of The Carstairs, Freddy Butler, Otis Leavill, Erma Franklin, Tommy Ridgley, Bobby Sheen, Emanuel Lasky, Doris Troy, Willie Hutch, Johnny Moore, Sam Ward, Joe Stubbs, Saundra Edwards, Edwin Starr, Earl Van Dyke, C.P. Spencer, James Fountain, Bob Relf, George lead singer of The Tymes, Ray Pollard, Jackie Day, Little Ann, that looking down the track listing of this new re-edited box set of 200 is a very sad affair indeed. Not only did no-one else ever do it, but no-one else now ever COULD do it. I captured these artists for posterity singing the songs we loved, and a few internet trolls can never take that away from me.

Hello fabulous Pete. It is my belief that most of Soul Source are genuine people who enjoy their music. Their enjoyment is ruined by about twenty trolls. From the number of messages and e-mails I have received, there are many lurkers on here who are excited that I have rejoined. But when it comes to the trolls, there is no way I'm going to be a sacrificial lamb. I hope Mike allows me to speak my mind. If not then I'll get banned, but if someone is spouting rubbish, I cannot zip it, sorry but I can't. And I have suffered abuse on here for years and never defended myself and the times have changed. The problem with the trolls is that of the earlyMarxists in Russia. If anyone on the Northern Soul scene is in business, they're pilloried and lambasted, unless they're Mark Bicknell or Rob Moss. It's one set of rules for me and Kev Roberts and Russ, and quite another for them.

Not to my knowledge. I thought there were only two. Unless more have surfaced that I never heard about.

Welcome back Mr L ......... Malc Burton

No it was both sides. I sold all my Northern biggies in 2003, mainly to Tim Brown and Pat Brady and Shifty. I have tons of vinyl sevens left but it's all cheap stuff. After the Rocket, I had had enough forever. I make records - I don't need to DJ. I enjoy writing songs much more. Making new records with acts like The Flirtations is far better.

Sold it to Chris Jenner in the 1990s.

And another treat for you before I go to bed.

With pleasure Simon. It's all on here. https://www.wienerworld.com/wworld.php?catnumber=WNRD2436

And just to bring the thread back to the 200 Floorfillers five disc box set, here's Bobby Hutton and "Lend A Hand" - BRAND NEW.

Hi Mark. It had to be done. I hope my free speech doesn't get curtailed. I have suffered in silence for too long - time to hit back.

I post this on here because there are a majority of people on Soul Source who aren't closed minded. In the full knowledge that as soon as I post it, Pikey's Dog, Jumping Joan, Tomangoes, Sister Dawn, and Black and White, will all hail me as the antichrist. So what ?? I love it. We welcomed new records at the Mecca and The Torch alongside the rarities, if they had the right sound. You can keep your Arthur Willis and The Soulful Dynamics, give me The Concentrations and "Man On The Spot" any day. "

Hello again Martin, Ian Levine has confirmed that his company has (so far) only recouped around 15% of the £80,000.00 it cost to make SWONS. If and when the project goes into profit, his company is obliged to share the profits with the artists. That's the deal. Best regards, Paul Mooney