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Originally Posted by krissi
ok next post lol british attempts at northern.... same as levine... considered as selling out, and really i suppose thats what ruined the casino as well....
uk attempts at the northern sound...
wigan's ovation - skiing in the snow (spark records)
a cover of the invitations 60s tune... wigans ovation also put an album out in '75 called northern soul dancer, and its crap lol
wayne gibson - under my thumb (pye 'disco demand' records)
pye's owner, dave macleer is supposed to like northern soul, yet in the 70s he saw it as a cash opportunity, and started his 'disco demand' label. i havent got a clue who wayne gibson is, other than hes white and has a moustache. the song "under my thumb" is originally by the rolling stones, hence its rejection by hardcore soul fans... it was just thrown onto a 'northern' beat and put out in the uk to try and cash in on the hype of northern soul. there are probably top of the pops performances on youtube, it wouldnt surprise me.
wigan's chosen few - footsee (pye "disco demand")
again, on the sellout label of 'disco demand', this tune is a random one. its fairly convincing at the start that it could be an original northern tune, but i'm fairly sure it isn't. the middle bit of it still confuses me, it stops and has airhorns and claves in the middle over a crowd cheering, and then just carries on as if it never happened... random.
can't think of any more but there are more....
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Footsee and Wigan's ovation are dire records. Footsee is a pretty crappy instrumental (although did have chuck wood's 7 days too long on the flip side) and skiing in the snow done by them is cheesy at best and given that the original is available quite easily there was no excuse for this.
i can't agree regarding Wayne Gibson. The record dates back to 1966 and i love his southern drawl on it. for me it's better than the stones version and i'm a stones fan. It was reissued on disco demand rather that created for it. There is a you tube video of the original 45 on sids60s sounds channel.
I do agree that there was a lot of 1970s stuff on disco demand (tainted love by the jezebelles springs to mind) that was mass produced and best forgotten but you can't take away from them the re-issuing of great records by doris troy, jimmy radcliffe, mitch ryder, frankie and the classicals....should i go on?
I'm not a snob about NS as I do like a fair bit of the crossover stuff but definitely take your point on Ian Levine's later rubbish and the mass produced 'money spinning' rubbish that ended up on top of the pops.
KTF.
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