L.J. Johnson - Your Magic Put A Spell On Me
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- After my first hit with "Reaching For The Best", I wanted to find my own new artists, so in July 1975 I went to Chicago and stayed with Danny Leake and discovered three - Evelyn Thomas, Barbara Pennington, and L.J. Johnson. Recording brand new songs with a Northern Soul flavour, my first two attempts both entered the top 30 simultaneously, and Evelyn Thomas, with "Weak Spot", and L.J. Johnson, with this song, "Your Magic Put A Spell On Me", both appeared on Top Of The Pops in the same week, in February 1976. Imagine a twenty two year old DJ, a newcomer to record production, who tried to make some new records and had two artists on Top Of The Pops in the same week. It still amazes me.
This is great love his voice so smooth. He looks immaculate the image of cool soul.
What a bloody FANTASTIC STORY.
love L,J JOHNSON ONE OF THE FIRST N,S, RECORDS i BOUGHT + EVELYN THOMAS ,WEAK SPOT
What an amazing sound and equally dancing sound and equally great voice : )
this got me into the northern scene great to see it again
Brill 7" !
Flying feet and sweaty brow dancing 100mph to this at The Sale Hotel Sale Manchester. Great times!
I agree he does sound like eddie kendricks so i looked it up and found this can't wait to tell my mum
Brill to hear this song again, and the story behind it. Should have charted higher than no. 27 - I still remember the frustration on finding out that the song was a "non-mover".
The first releases by Eastbound Expressway were originally to be called "Ian Levine nd The Sounds Of Summer".
We used live above Sinfonia in Cookson st Blackpool and Sad Sandy would not stock this and other Ian Levine material so we bought it and put it on our decks and turned our speakers upside down on the floor and turned up the volume!!!!!!!!!!!! Sandy was not amused especialloy after the 20th playing!! Oh happy days!!!
Love the idea of putting the speakers face down that will keep me smiling all week!
You certainly know your stuff. Have you looked at the new Northern Soul 2008 album yet ??
From the comments you've posted, it's right up your street.
wen he played at the casino he signed my membership card.. wished id still got it now
Great clip Ian. Loved this track from minute one. I wonder if you can help a fellow DJ. Many moons ago I bought a 12 vinyl that had an extended mix of this track.I was wondering if you could shed any light on it as I don't have the copy any more (One house move too many). I seem to remember that it was a light blue label and it may have been on the b-side although I could be entirely wrong. I rack my brains about it because I play this at many functions and it still fills the floors of Aberdeen.
got his autograph at wigan casino way back
blackpool mecca dancefloor monster,
he signed my membership card at the casino way back
No. I had the only copy of these two but the sound was horrible - the TOTP Orchestra with zero soul. The BBC wiped the tapes thirty years ago. I returned a copy and did a deal with them to use the footage but with my own original sound.