  Discotheque ( UK)  A massive 49 tracks overview of this legendary hub of Northern Soul. Ian Levine is recognised as the greatest DJ in the halcyon days of Northern Soul -  this album features 60s and 70s cuts that would cost many thousands of pounds to buy as singles.  Includes:
 GIL SCOTT- HERON,  LAMONT DOZIER,  OTIS SMITH,  THE MOMENTS,  CARRIE LUCAS,
 LARRY SAUNDERS,  BESSIE BANKS and many more.  Ian Levine is the former resident DJ at Blackpool Mecca,  a key club in the development of northern soul.  Levine was primarily responsible -  along with Colin Curtis of guiding northern soul from its oldies-
only policy into modern soul and disco.  Ian was also resident DJ at Heaven for many years.  " Way way way more than just a simple Northern Soul compilation -  a key document of the shift in sound in the British soul scene of the 70s!  The 50-
track,  2CD package features tracks broken big by DJ Ian Levine at the landmark Blackpool Mecca nightclub -  an important club in the 70s that helped to shift the sound away from the Motown- based modes of the 60s,  into the smoother,  tighter modern soul grooves of the 70s.
 The feel here is wonderful -  a host of upbeat,  uptempo 70s soul tracks -  some of them familiar classics,  but most of them lost singles that step out with a groove that's completely fresh,  and which documents a whole side of 70s soul that still really needs to be brought back even more strongly today!
 Titles include " Reaching For The Best"  by The Exciters,  " It Really Hurts Me Today"  by The Carstairs,
 " Cashing In"  by Voices Of East Harlem,  " I'm So Glad I Found You"  by Linda Jones &
amp;  The Whatnauts,  " Hung Up In Mid Air"  by David Rhodes,  "
Your Magic Put A Spell On Me"  by LJ Johnson,  " I'm Gonna Pick Up My Toys"  by The Devonnes,  "
Going Back To My Roots"  by Lamont Dozier,  " Don't You Worry Baby"  by Bessie Banks,  "
Never Knew Love Before"  by Felix Cavaliereie,  " What You Gave Up"  by The Continental Four,  "
Bet You If You Ask Around"  by Perception String Orchestra,  " It Takes Love"  by Delilah Moore,  and "
Let Her Go"  by Otis Smith.  -  dustygroove. com 
