OUT IN JULY! THE NORTHERN SOUL STORY VOLUMES 1-4THE NORTHERN SOUL STORY: VOL 1: THE TWISTED WHEEL1. "Magic Potion" - Lou Johnson
2. "Hide And Go Seek" - Bunker Hill
3. "That's What I Want To Know" - James Carr
4. "Ride Your Pony" - Lee Dorsey
5. "No Sad Songs" - Oscar Toney Jr
6. "My Elusive Dreams" - Moses & Joshua Dillard
7. "Shake A Tail Feather" - James & Bobby Purify
8. "A Little Bit Of Something" - Little Richard
9."The Beat" - Major Lance
10. "A Quitter Never Wins" - Larry Williams & Johnny Watson
11. "Don't Leave Me" - Al Greene & The Soul Mates
12. "I Can't Get A Hold Of Myself" - Clifford Curry
13. "The Cheater" - Bob Kuban & The In-Men
14. "Look What You've Done To My Heart" - Shirley & The Shirrelles
15. "Let Love Come Between Us" - James & Bobby Purify
16. "Help Me (Get Myself Back Together Again)" - The Spellbinders
17. "I Need Your Love So Desperately" - Peaches & Herb
18. "Breakin' Down The Walls Of Heartache" - The Bandwagon
19. "Everybody's Going To The Love-In" - Bob Brady & The Con-Chords
20. "There's Nothing Else To Say" - The Incredibles
21. "Soul Time" - Shirley Ellis
22. "Ain't No Soul (Left In These Old Shoes)" - Major Lance
23. "The Right Track" - Billy Butler
24. "Cause You're Mine" - The Vibrations
25. "You're Gonna Make Me Love You" - Sandi SheldonTHE NORTHERN SOUL STORY: VOL 2: THE GOLDEN TORCH
1. "Unsatisfied" - Lou Johnson
2. "Stay" - The Virginia Wolves
3. "Investigate" - Major Lance
4. "Crackin' Up Over You" - Roy Hamilton
5. "They Say" - The Ovations
6. "Earthquake" - Bobbi Lynn
7. "Free For All (Winner Take All)" - Phillip Mitchell
8. "I Don't Want To Discuss It" - Little Richard
9. "I'm Coming To Your Rescue" - The Triumphs
10. "Blowing Up My Mind" - The Exciters
11. "Love On A Mountain Top" - Robert Knight
12. "He Who Picks A Rose" - The Carstairs
13. "Change Your Ways" - Willie Kendricks
14. "I Worship You Baby" - The Glories
15. "You Don't Want Me No More" - Major Lance
16. "Hold On To My Baby" - The Cavaliers
17. "Honest To Goodness" - Herb Ward
18. "Angel Baby" - George Carrow
19. "Gonna Get Along Without You Now" - The Vibrations
20. "Too Late" - Larry Williams & Johnny Watson
21. "I'm In A World Of Trouble" - The Sweet Things
22. "Walk Like A Man" - Johnny Moore
23. "K-Gee" - The Nite-Lighters
24. "S.T.O.P." - The Lorelei
25. "Scrub Board" - The Trammps
THE NORTHERN SOUL STORY: VOL 3: BLACKPOOL MECCA
1. "Too Darn Soulful" - Morris Chestnut
2. "I Can't Hold On" - Lorraine Chandler
3. "Temptation Is Calling My Name" - Lee David
4. "Ever Again" - Bernie Williams
5. "Paris Blues" - Tony Middleton
6. "Stranger In My Arms" - Lynn Randell
7. "Save My Love For A Rainy Day" - The Van Dykes
8. "Trying To Find My Woman" - Lou Courtney
9. "What's It Gonna Be" - Susan Barrett
10."I Need You" - Shane Martin
11. "Turning My Heartbeat Up" - The M.V.P.'s
12. "Branded" - Robert Knight
13. "Moonlight, Music & You" - Laura Greene
14. "Love Trap" - T. D. Valentine
15. "I Travel Alone" - Lou Ragland
16. "Shy Guy" - The Uptights
17. "Hang Up Your Hang-Ups" - Bobby Lester
18. "Didn't Say A Word" - Patti Austin
19. "Talkin' About Poor Folks" - Lou Edwards & Today's People
20. "Soul Improvisations Pt 2" - Van McCoy
21. "Hold Back The Night" - The Trammps
22. "Are You Ready For This" - The Brothers
23. "I Just Can't Say Goodbye" - The Philly Devotions
24. "Happy Feelin'" - Earth, Wind & Fire
25. "Phoenix" - Aquarian Dream
THE NORTHERN SOUL STORY: VOL 4: WIGAN CASINO
1. "I Can't Help Loving You" - Paul Anka
2. "You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies" - Dana Valery
3. "I'll Always Need You" - Dean Courtney
4. "Man Without A Woman" - Michael & Raymond
5. "Panic" - Reparata & The Delrons
6. "I Don't Want To Talk About It" - Nancy Ames
7. "More Today Than Yesterday" - Spiral Staircase
8. "It Didn't Take Much" - Percy Wiggins
9. "Sweet Music" - Christopher Cerf
10. "Hearts Desire" - Billy Joe Royal
11. "Eternally" - The Charmaines
12. "It's All Over Me" - Otis Blackwell
13. "(Ain't That) A Lot Of Love" - Taj Mahal
14. "I'm Where It's At" - The Jades
15. "Of Hopes & Dreams & Tombstones" - Jimmy Frazier
16. "Born A Loser" - Don Ray
17. "Interplay" - Derek & Ray
18. "You've Got Your Mind On Other Things" - Beverly Ann
19. "Don't Pity Me" - Sue Lynn
20. "The World Again" - Honey Townsend
21. "I Still Love You" - The Seven Souls
22. "Can We Share It" - Rick Sheppard
23. "Hold On" - Judy Freeman
24. "I Go To Pieces" - Gerry Grainger
25. "Time Will Pass You By" - Tobi Legend
Compiled With Love By Ian Dewhirst (aka DJ Frank back in the day).
THE GREATEST RECORD OF ALL TIME PERFORMED LIVE FOR THE ONLY TIME IN HISTORY! MANY THANKS TO IAN LEVINE
The Carstairs - It Really Hurts Me Girl
Add to My Profile |Ian Levine Says:-"The biggest record EVER at Blackpool Mecca. Back in the day,when there was no internet, we could never locate the group, despite many attempts. In 1998, for the unique one-off Blackpool Mecca reunion, I was just determined to find them, and after four months of searching, I did. Twenty five years after they thought their single had never even been released, they were on stage at Blackpool Mecca, singing it on the Saturday night in front of over a thousand people, in the Highland Room which was only supposed to hold seven hundred. They were moved to tears, especially Cleveland Horne, and founder member Ervin Langley. Tragically, within two years, those two of them had passed away. But at least they got to stand just once in the limelight. It could never ever happen again, it was a one time moment in history, and because of the iconic nature of the record, this footage is priceless beyond belief"FRIDAY 13TH JULYTALK OF THE NORTH CLEETHORPES PIER REUNIONDON'T MISS! FIRST TIME AT THE PIER FOR OVER 30 YEARS!And if you can't hit the gigs, then don't forget to tune into the Original Mastercuts Show every Sunday 2.00-4.00pm on www.Starpointradio.com or pick up all the archived shows for free by going to www.sixmillionsteps.com.Peace!About MeI am the greatest record of all time.I was discovered in a record shop in Miami in 1973 by a rather large English DJ called Ian Levine. He bought me for 25 cents and transported me over to England and then began to play me six times in a single night at a club called Blackpool Mecca in the North of the UK.I remember everybody trying to grab me to 'have a look at the label'. Within a single evening I became the most-wanted record on the U.K.'s Northern Soul scene. D.J.'s were anxious to get their hands on me, at any price.
Within the grooves on my top side is a song called "It Really Hurts Me Girl" written by Cleveland Horne and Raymond A. Evans. Their lyrics deal with the heartache suffered by a guy who found out something rather disturbing about his girl in a little black book. The track was also produced by Cleveland and Ray with another guy called Gene Redd Jnr who acted as executive producer. The song was sung brilliantly by Cleveland Horne who surely has to be one of the greatest vocalists in Soul Music history.Here is a little info about Cleveland Horne:
Detroit native Cleveland Horne was a songwriter and vocalist with The Carstairs from the mid 1960's to early 70's. The Carstairs recorded the track, "He Who Picks A Rose" for the Okeh label in the 60's before making a promotional-only record for the De-Lite records subsidiary Red Coach. The record in question was the now legendary classic "It Really Hurts Me Girl."In the early to mid 1970's Cleveland joined The Fantastic Four, recording four albums with the group. The group had been around since the early 1960's when they originally recorded for the Ric-Tic label in Detroit. They enjoyed renewed success during the disco era with singles on Westbound that were moderately successful, among them "Alvin Stone (The Birth & Death of a Gangster)" and the now classic "I Got to Have Your Love." Dennis Coffey produced "B.Y.O.F. (Bring Your Own Funk)" in 1979, but the group couldn't sustain their previous success.During the disco era Horne also lent his voice to King Errisson's "L.A. Bound" album and both Mike Theodore Orchestra releases, "Cosmic Wind" and "High On Mad Mountain." His tenure with The Fantastic Four continued with "Working On A Building Of Love" in 1990 for Ian Levine's Motorcity label.
Horne left Detroit for New York in 1980 and the opportunity to write for groups such as Kool and the Gang and sing backup for such stars as Aretha Franklin, Bette Midler and Twinkie Clark of the Clark Sisters.In New York he managed an apartment building between gigs and the occasional sale of his songs. In addition, Mr. Horne was a pastry chef of some repute and occasionally worked within that field as well. He also was skilled in repairs and renovated several homes damaged by fire, including his own.Cleveland passed away on the 12th April 2000. Another of the disco era's great voices stilled too soon..........I was the rarest and most sought-after record in the world for a period in the mid 1970's. I also had the distinction of being the key record in a new movement called 'Modern Soul' which, for a small period of time, divided the Northern Soul scene into two different factions, namely, those who like 60's uptempo stompers and those who were willing to stretch the boundaries and move into the 1970's.After about 18 months another copy of me turned up in England at the Heavy Steam Machine all-dayer in Hanley, Stoke-On-Trent in 1974 where another DJ called 'DJ Frank' (aka Ian Dewhirst) bought me for £15 of a guy called Dave Rivers who worked at Harlequin Records in Soho, London.There were now two copies of me in the U.K. and pretty much from that point things really took off and I became the most popular record on the Northern Soul scene and the Modern Soul scene simultaneously. My legendary status was thus assured.I've been re-issued on some normal Red Coach 7" pressings and several compilation albums over the years. Mix veteran Tom Moulton even did two special 12" mixes of me which were released on a U.K. label called Inferno in the late 1970's.It has been over the course of the last 33 years that I have finally established myself as the greatest record of all time with thousands of fans across the world.I hope many more people will discover me and get the same enjoyment that I given other people ever since I was first pressed on vinyl.See if I'm your favourite record of all time by listening to me playing right now.You will surely never hear another record as good as me in your entire life!
