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Amazon Price-Drop alert! I notice that Amazon have just dropped the price on this to a phenomenal £10.99 which is a FANTASTIC price. Just sayin'........ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mike-Maurro-Peak-Hour-Remixes/dp/B00FE9QXBW/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1423671532&sr=1-1&keywords=mike+maurro Finished copies just came in:- And a photo with Tom Moulton:- Ian D -
Finally managed to get finished copies up and yes, this is a package of magnificence! One again, if you like Tom Moulton, then you'll LOVE The Mike Maurro Peak-Hour Remixes! Ian D
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,598 in Music (See Top 100 in Music) #26 in Music > R&B and Soul > Motown #95 in Music > R&B and Soul > Soul #98 in Music > Pop > Pop R&B
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Available from 02/03/15 from all good record stores or via Amazon:- www.amazon.co.uk/Odyssey-Northern-Soul-Time-Capsule/dp/B00JYDGJHM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1423606552&sr=8-1&keywords=the+odyssey+northern+soul Ian D
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The Odyssey: A Northern Soul Time-Capsule - Box Set View full article
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‘The Odyssey: A Northern Soul Time Capsule’ is the single most comprehensive overview yet of a truly unique UK musical culture which has now lasted over 45 years and had spread across the world. The current popularity of the film “Northern Soul” and it’s soundtrack plus the attendant publicity within the mainstream media - a UK Top 10 film smash, a UK Top 10 album smash and No.1 DVD smash have well and truly put Northern Soul at the forefront of people’s interest again. This is a very, very exciting musical culture which now seems to be appealing to a younger generation of new fans in their teens who love the energy that Northern Soul provides and have the energy to burn off. But how did it start? What made young teenagers in the north of England in the late 1960s and 1970s switch from the mainstream musical scenes and plunge underground into the darkest recesses of black American Soul music? What made them travel hundreds of miles every weekend to see particular DJs and acts? What made them pay 4 weeks of hard-earned wages for a 7” vinyl single from 1967 that hardly anyone had ever heard of? Welcome to Northern Soul. One of the most enigmatic musical cultures ever to exist is now available to explore in depth. Curated by well-known professional compiler, head of Harmess Records and 1970s Northern Soul DJ, Ian Dewhirst, ‘The Odyssey: A Northern Soul Time Capsule’ is very much a labour of love. The contributors to the project read like a who’s who of Northern Soul’s golden era. Ian Dewhirst and Anglo American’s Tim Brown co-compiled the music and deliberated at length over the myriad of licensing issues. Mike Ritson, publisher of Manifesto magazine, kindly allowed us to use large swathes of his definitive book about Northern Soul, ‘The In Crowd’ to document the history of the scene. Karl White kindly provided us with a summing-up of the post Wigan Casino years, Simon White, journalist and broadcaster, interviewed, supervised and directed the collection of numerous interviews with most of the scene’s best-known characters. Richard Searling interviews the world’s longest-standing and most enigmatic record dealer, John Anderson, as well as squeezing in an interview with Philadelphia International’s Kenny Gamble, who looks through Richard’s collection of his own releases from the 1960’s and sees many of these UK releases for the first time ever! Northern Soul history! Not one, but 2 DVDs. The 160 page book layout was designed by Glen Gunton and the overall package design by Jaffa — both long-serving Northern Soul stalwarts. The music follows the evolvement of Northern Soul, from its early beginnings at Manchester’s Twisted Wheel club in 1968, through to The Golden Torch, Blackpool Mecca, Wigan Casino and Cleethorpes Pier in the 1970s, Stafford Top Of The World and The 100 Club in the 1980s and the huge dearth of Soul weekenders and the 100 Club again from the 1990’s to the present day. Featuring a mind-numbing 230 tracks and over 10 hours of legendary music, all licensed from legitimate sources and all of which have been painstakingly re-mastered and documented within the sleeve-notes. The most comprehensive Northern Soul track-listing ever. ‘The Odyssey: A Northern Soul Time-Capsule’ truly does what it says on the tin. This is the most exhaustive history of the Northern Soul scene ever released. Due to be unearthed 02/03/2015. Track Listing CD 1 The Twisted Wheel 1. Open The Door To Your Heart - Darrell Banks 2. Walking Up A One Way Street - Willie Tee 3. I Dig Your Act - The O'Jays 4. I Feel So Bad - Jackie Edwards 5. 60 Minutes Of Your Love - Homer Banks 6. I Spy (for the FBI) - Jamo Thomas And His Party Brothers Orchestra 7. Barefootin' - Robert Parker 8. She Blew A Good Thing - The Poets 9. First I Look At The Purse - The Contours 10. I’m Gonna Run Away From You - Tami Lynn 11. (At The) Discotheque - Chubby Checker 12. I’ll Always Love You - The Spinners 13. Looking For You - Garnet Mimms 14. The Boogaloo Party - The Flamingos 15. I’m Gonna Miss You - The Artistics 16. There’s Nothing Else To Say - The Incredibles 17. Baby Do The Philly Dog - The Olympics 18. That Beatin’ Rhythm - Richard Temple 19. Love Love Love - Bobby Hebb 20. You’ve Been Cheatin' - The Impressions 21. Investigate - Major Lance 22. Just Walk In My Shoes - Gladys Knight & The Pips 23. Ain’t No Soul (In These Old Shoes) - Major Lance 24. A ‘Lil Lovin’ Sometimes - Alexander Patton 25. The Right Track - Billy Butler 26. Baby Reconsider - Leon Haywood 27. Cigarette Ashes - Jimmy Conwell 28. Wear It On Our Face - The Dells 29. Seven Days Too Long - Chuck Wood 30. These Chains Of Love (Are Breaking Me Down) - Chuck Jackson 31. Long After Tonight Is All Over - Jimmy Radcliffe CD 2 The Twisted Wheel To The Golden Torch 1. Here I Go Again - Archie Bell & The Drells 2. You’re Gonna Make Me Love You - Sandi Sheldon 3. The Same Old Thing - The Olympics 4. Hit & Run - Rose Batiste 5. Quick Change Artist - The Soul Twins 6. You Just Don’t Know - Chubby Checker 7. You Get Your Kicks - Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels 8. Sliced Tomatoes - The Just Brothers 9. Keep On Keeping On — N.F. Porter 10. Exus Trek - The Luther Ingram Orchestra 11. Psychedelic Soul Pt 1 - Saxie Russell 12. ‘Cause You’re Mine - The Vibrations 13. Honest To Goodness - Herb Ward 14. My Dear Heart - Shawn Robinson 15. Festival Time - The San Remo Golden Strings 16. Groovin' At The Go-Go - The Four Larks 17. Cracking Up Over You - Roy Hamilton 18. Love On A Mountain Top - Robert Knight 19. I’m Satisfied With You - The Furys 20. I Can't Get Away - Bobby Garrett 21. Head and Shoulders (Above The Rest) - Patti Young 22. Somebody (Somewhere) Needs You - Darrell Banks 23. You Don’t Want Me No More - Major Lance 24. What Would I Do - The Tymes 25. Shing-A-Ling - The Cooperettes 26. This Beautiful Day - Levi Jackson 27. Everything’s Gonna Be Alright - P.P. Arnold 28. Baby Boy - Fred Hughes 29. Purple Haze - Johnny Jones & The King Casuals 30. Thumb A Ride - Earl Wright & His Orchestra CD 3 The Golden Torch To Blackpool Mecca 1. If You Ask Me (Because I Love You) - Jerry Williams 2. Skiing In The Snow - The Invitations 3. The Girl Across The Street - Moses Smith 4. Blowing My Mind To Pieces - Bob Relf 5. Our Love Is In The Pocket - J.J. Barnes 6. I Got To Find Me Somebody - The Vel-Vets 7. I Hurt On The Other Side - Jerry Cook 8. I'm Gonna Love You - Edward Hamilton 9. Let Her Go - Otis Smith 10. She's Puttin' You On - United Four 11. Psychedelic Soul Pt 2 - Saxie Russell 12. Breakaway Pt 2 - The Steve Karmen Big Band 13. Get It Baby - Stanley Mitchell 14. Please Operator - Tony & Tyrone 15. I Really Love You - The Tomangoes 16. Crazy Baby - The Coasters 17. Stick By Me Baby - The Salvadors 18. You Hit Me (Right Where It Hurt Me) - Alice Clark 19. Baby Don’t You Weep - Edward Hamilton & The Arabians 20. I Can’t Hold On - Lorraine Chandler 21. Satisfied - Ben Aitken 22. There’s A Ghost In My House - R. Dean Taylor 23. They’ll Never Know Why - Freddie Chavez 24. I Just Can’t Live My Life (Without You Babe) - Linda Jones 25. Can’t Help Loving That Man Of Mine - Ila Vann 26. Seven Day Lover - James Fountain 27. She'll Come Running Back - Mel Britt 28. It Really Hurts Me Girl - The Carstairs 29. California Montage - Young Holt Unlimited CD 4 Blackpool Mecca To Wigan Casino 1. Breakaway Pt 1 - The Steve Karmen Big Band ft Jimmy Radcliffe 2. You Don’t Know Where Your Interest Lies - Dana Valery 3. Night Owl - Bobby Paris 4. Help Me - Al Wilson 5. Afternoon Of The Rhino - The Mike Post Coalition 6. Tainted Love - Gloria Jones 7. I’ll Always Need You - Dean Courtney 8. Serving A Sentence Of Life - Carl Douglas 9. Dance Dance Dance - The Casualeers 10. The Night - Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons 11. You've Got Your Mind On Other Things - Beverly Ann 12. Interplay - Derek & Ray 13. Born A Loser - Don Ray 14. When We Get There - Paul Anka 15. As Long As You Love Me (I’ll Stay) - Ronnie & Robin 16. Bari Track - Doni Burdick 17. (It’s Against) The Laws Of Love - The Volcanoes 18. Heartaches Away My Boy - Christine Cooper 19. Don’t Take It Out On This World - Adam’s Apples 20. All Of My Life - Detroit Soul 21. You Didn’t Say A Word - Yvonne Baker 22. Baby Hit And Run - The Contours 23. Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) - Frank Wilson 24. Double Cookin’ - The Checkerboard Squares 25. Country Girl - Vickie Baines 26. Girl, Don’t Make Me Wait - Bunny Sigler 27. You Don't Love Me Anymore - Johnny Caswell 28. I’m On My Way - Dean Parrish CD 5 More Wigan Casino 1. Turning My Heartbeat Up - The MVP's 2. You Don't Love Me - Epitome Of Sound 3. Burning Sensation - Robby Lawson 4. Baby Without You - Danny Monday 5. I Was Born To Love You - Herbert Hunter 6. I Lost A True Love -Danny Wagner & The Kindred Soul 7. I Wanna Know - John E Paul 8. Tear Stained Face - Don Varner 9. She's Wanted (In Three States) - Larry Clinton 10. Where I'm Not Wanted - Eddie Holman 11. This Gets To Me - Pookie Hudson 12. I Don't Like To Lose - The Group featuring Cecil Washington 13. It's Better To Cry - The Appreciations 14. Please Stay - The Ivorys 15. Happiness Is Here - Tobi Lark 16. Love Slipped Through My Fingers - Sam Williams 17. Cool Off - Detroit Executives 18. Love Factory - Eloise Laws 19. Sad Girl -Carol Anderson 20. Strange Change - Herb Ward 21. I Am Nothing - Al Williams 22. The Jokes On You - Kenny Gamble 23. I Really Love You - Jimmy Burns 24. That's No Way To Treat A Girl - Marie Knight 25. A Changed Man - The Rotations 26. This Won't Change - Lester Tipton 27. Gone With The Wind Is My Love - Rita & The Tiaras CD 6 Wigan Casino To Cleethorpes Pier 1. Elijah Rockin' With Soul - Hank Jacobs 2. I Can’t Change - Lorraine Chandler 3. They're Talking About Me - Johnny Bragg 4. My Heart Cries For You - Porgy & The Monarchs 5. You're Never Too Young (To Fall In Love) - The Modern Redcaps 6. Send Him Back - The Pointer Sisters 7. Do The Pearl Girl Pt 2 - The Matta Baby 8. All The Way Home - Dee Edwards 9. Look At Me Now - Terry Callier 10. So is The Sun - World Column 11. The Gig - Raw Soul 12. Wrong Crowd - Prince George 13. Hung Up On Your Love - The Montclairs 14. Ton Of Dynamite - Frankie ‘Loveman’ Crocker 15. Lady Lady Lady (Are You Crazy For Me) - Boogie Man Orchestra 16. I Don't Know What Foot To Dance On - Kim Tolliver 17. I Wanna Be (Your Everything) - The Pretenders 18. Cuz It's You Girl - James Walsh Gypsy Band 19. You Sexy Sugar Plum (But I Like It) - Rodger Collins 20. Cut Your Motor Off - Black Nasty feat Herbie Thompson 21. I Got The Vibes - Joshie Jo Armstead 22. Have Love Will Travel - Rosey Jones 23. Do What You Feel Pt 1 - The Rimshots 24. Wash And Wear Love - Lynn Varnado 25. Elusive - Babe Ruth 26. Are You Ready For This - The Brothers 27. I've Got The Need - The Moments CD 7 The 100 Club And Top Of The World, Stafford Eras 1. Please Don't Go - Willie Tee 2. Since I Found My Baby -The Metros 3. I Need My Baby - Jackey Beavers 4. I Still Love You - The Seven Souls 5. Suspicion - The Originals 6. Let’s Talk It Over — Spencer Wiggins 7. I'll Never Stop Loving You - Carla Thomas 8. Talkin' Woman - Lowell Fulson 9. You Just Cheat And Lie - Z Z Hill 10. Oh How I Love You - Little Johnny Hamilton & The Creators 11. Too Much For You - Bobby Angelle 12. Naughty Boy - Jackie Day 13. Losing Control - Mary Saxton 14. You Really Made It Good To Me - Ty Karim 15. Girl I Love You - The Temptones 16. Wrapped Tied & Tangled - Lavern Baker 17. Try Me For Your New Love - Junior McCants 18. The Magic Touch - Melba Moore 19. Dearly Beloved - Jack Montgomery 20. Packing Up - Damon Fox 21. Because Of My Heart - Frankie Beverly 22. You Shook Me Up - Roy Hamilton 23. My Love Gets Stronger - Tommy Ridgley 24. I'm Steppin' Out Of The Picture - Johnny Maestro & The Crests 25. Rat Race - Gino Washington 26. I Don't Do This (To Every Girl I Meet) - Sidney Joe Qualls 27. I'm Having So Much Fun - Willie Tee 28. Deep Dark Secret - Dee Dee Sharp 29. What Should I Do - Little Ann 30. Such Misery - The Precisions CD 8 The Weekenders Era 1. If I Could Only Be Sure - Nolan Porter 2. Home Is Where The Heart Is - Bobby Womack 3. Something New To Do - Bobby Sheen 4. Too Late - Mandrill 5. The Game Is Over (What's The Matter With You) - Brown Sugar 6. Because Of You - Jackie Wilson 7. Pour Your Little Heart Out - The Drifters 8. Think It Over (And Be Sure) - Liz Verdi 9. What's That On Your Finger - Kenny Carter 10. Baby-A-Go-Go - Barbara McNair 11. I Can't Break The News To Myself - Ben E King 12. The Stars - Barbara Lewis 13. Something's Wrong - Chris Clark 14. Don't Pity Me - Joanie Sommers 15. Here Are The Pieces Of My Broken Heart - Gladys Knight & The Pips 16. In Love - Tony Galla 17. Tune Up - Jnr Walker & The All-Stars 18. Beggin' - Timebox 19. Stolen Hours - Patrice Holloway 20. Call On Me - The Dynells 21. How - The Masqueraders 22. Talkin' 'Bout My Baby - Dottie & Millie 23. (Just A Little) Faith And Understanding - The Magicians 24. Dynamite Exploded - Honey & The Bees 25. I’m Slowly Moulding - Cody Black 26. What's With This Loneliness - Chuck Jackson 27. If This Is Love (I’d Rather Be Lonely) - The Precisions 28. It'll Never Be Over For Me - Timi Yuro Compiled by Ian Dewhirst with assistance from Tim Brown and Ady Croasdel -
David Guetta's spots seem to be filled with his own awful productions so I guess the answer is yes! Ian D
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Hey, I'm not saying my preferences would work for anyone else, I'm just pointing out what works for me. I like a big choice. 1000s rather than a couple of hundred. In the 70s and 80s I had 40K records and my biggest chore was filing and re-filing stuff that I'd pulled out for different gigs. A time-consuming pain-in-the-ass after 20+ years. I also like to play instinctively rather than restricted on the basis that dropping a totally unexpected record at the right time can ignite a dance-floor and boost the atmosphere even more. Who knows what moods you can create if the vibe heads on a different course? Or you might get a sudden inspiration that a certain track will fit like a dream after the one that's playing but....blast....you only have the 200 count box of favorites with you. I understand the OVO thing and, in fact, go along with it with Northern gigs because, hey, who wants to be lynched? But when you're looking at maintaining a 50K record box full of rare originals, then that's more a game of who has the disposable income and who doesn't. Basically a rich man's game at the top end these days I would have thought. It seemed to be much more affordable 45 years ago when I was young with no commitments and plenty of disposable income. I'll tell you something else too: I wouldn't DREAM of playing £5-10K records on some of the equipment I see these days. A recipe for disaster IMO. I went through 3 Tobi Legend's and 2 Morris Chestnuts in 4 years by the mid 70s but that was tempered by the fact that they were relatively easy to replace back then. Still a pisser though. Trashed records are no good to anyone but even less so when they still cost a few grand! Ian D
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I've long argued that it's not about the format but rather the choice. I always got frustrated years ago when I couldn't physically carry all the stuff that I MIGHT have wanted to play or which may have fitted the particular mood of the night. Exactly the same problem but multiplied when I want to bring 12"s and albums into the equation. For me personally, I like a wide choice of stuff to play but these days I mostly play different types of gigs which allow me to do that luckily. When I do Northern gigs these days I deliberate over what I can fit in a 200 count box but always end up thinking 'if only I'd have brought that....'. Plus, naturally, anyone that has to have 50K's worth of originals in order to comply with OVO policy, is a richer guy than myself..... Ian D
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Yep, I would have replaced it when a white one came along. I take it that was the week when they hit the UK then? Ian D
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Was it the white demo Rudzy? If so, unfortunately no. Ian Levine prized it from me on the basis that he discovered it so I should let him have it. I didn't mind because the UK Contempo copy is actually mastered much much better than the Paula copy anyway. Ian D
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I kept up with contemporary dance music pretty much from 1967 to circa 1990. The Rave scene was great fun but not for me musically. In fact, I couldn't stand the stuff. Same as D&B, Jungle and EDM. Anyone who went along that path was welcome to it. Every so often I bump into some of the names on that list (usually at airports) and they usually give me the impression that they don't like a lot of the stuff either but it pays the bills etc. Several reminisce about the 'old days' but once you get to their level you don't refuse the amount of money that's on offer. They have expensive lifestyles to maintain these days. The thought of going to gigs and having to sit through some of that stuff for 8 hours isn't worth any amount of money to me. I don't think I could do it for a living but I don't decry their direction. Good luck to 'em. Tongy told me he still had all his records since the mid 70s the last time I saw him @ Stanstead airport lol.... Ian D
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You make a good point. These particular guys didn't get to the top in their field by being crap and the people who know the score rate 'em very highly. Carl Cox and John Digweed in particular are two of the best DJs I've seen. When they play it's an event. Coincidentally Carl Cox did a televised Soul/Funk spot in Ibiza a few years back once Paul Schofield and I had made it fashionable over there again via our all-dayers at Sands @ Playa Den Bossa! He loved 'em so much he bought the place..... Ian D
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Coming up this Friday 13/02/15. And you can watch the ceremony LIVE! Details in the article below. Well done fellas! And give my regards to Berry! https://www.examiner.com/article/motown-composers-holland-dozier-holland-getting-a-star-on-hollywood-walk-of-fame Ian D
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Yeah but this is one of those format arguments which we love on here. Plus it's easy to take a pop at these guys but most of 'em were long-term pros who all had vinyl in their blood anyway. Carl Cox, Paul Oakenfold, Pete Tong, Judge Jules and John Digweed were all soulboys at one time 'cos I used to mail 'em records in the early 80s. They simply decided to adapt to changing musical trends, where some of us preferred to stay in the same comfort zone. Nothing wrong with either approach in my view. I was always a bigger soulboy than them anyway. I saw Carl Cox and John Digweed in Ibiza a few years back and their sets were just magnificent and blew Space apart. Probably one of the best atmospheres and crowd-buzz that I have seen in 45 years of clubbing. Those guys are DJs in every sense of the word irregardless of format. Ultimately the music is more important than the format it's played on. Contrary to popular belief, having a box of vinyl does not a DJ make. If I go and see someone play I'm pretty much going for their musical taste, their selections, their sequences and their skill in building a DJ set. The format is irrelevant. That is, APART from the Northern Soul scene where old attitudes die hard! Ian D
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Yeah, that's kind of ironic isn't it? None of them will be paying for music and none of 'em will be using vinyl. A top international DJ only needs a couple of memory sticks and a good agent. Mind you, the expenses are huge when you factor in champagne, cocaine, mdma, limos and russian hookers. It's not all roses.... Ian D
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Nout probably. Neither were bothered about money that much to my knowledge Ian D
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Inconsiderate b*stards making us buy all 5 pressings! Ian D
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Blimey, I know 5 of the top 10. No wonder I never see 'em these days....... Ian D
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Thanks Des. That explains a few things. Ian D
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Wow! Tremendous record. Would have thought this was a dead cert to be played at some time. Ian D
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A revolutionary record. Recorded on an organ for only $10 so legend has it. I was working at John Laing Men's clothes in Bradford when I heard this on the Dave Symonds Soul show late on a Saturday afternoon in 1972. "Why Can't We Live Together" was a major influence and is quite simply one of the coolest records ever pressed to plastic. It's incredible when a piece of music can take you right back to the exact time you heard it first isn't it? Ian D
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In order to affirm some of the above comments, the "Northern Soul" soundtrack release has also been nominated for the Music Week Catalogue Campaign Of The Year too. It's been a huge success for the music business generally with incredible sales and an increased awareness in the potential of this music some 50 years later! It's incredible that in a time of massively declining CD sales, "Northern Soul" is Harmless's biggest-ever seller and one of the main sales highlights from 2014. This release brought a LOT of people back into the shops and has stimulated a younger audience that is keen to learn more. Fingers crossed! I'd LOVE it to win! Ian D
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Yep. Ian D
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Well, yes technically. Mike Wiand RIP (owner of the Warehouse club in Leeds) on one of his trips to New York became friendly with Chris Barbosa - producer and co-writer of "Let The Music Play". When he came back from New York he had an acetate of "Let The Music Play" which we thwacked on over the club system and both decided it sounded like a club hit at least. He told me he'd got an option to release it in the UK but the option was only good for another 2 weeks, so we were deliberating whether to do it independently. I then went to London and bumped into Jeff Young in Groove Records, Soho. Jeff was running A&R for Mercury UK at the time and I happened to mention that we had the rights for the Shannon record. Jeff said he wanted to sign it so we did a deal which included having our own Warehouse Records label identity on the Mercury/Club label. The rest as they say is history with "Let The Music Play" becoming a Top 20 UK hit in January 1994 plus the two follow-ups which both hit the Top 30 too. Ian D