Bob Relf - Blowing My Mind To Pieces

[skitster5117]

brill ktf

[Clapham09]

Thanks Ian

Tell me where abouts did you used to go dancing when you first heard this top sound?

Mike

[hollidayevery]

What's so notorious about Simon Soussan?...I wrote a few songs for him ages ago, but then we stopped working together...i could send you my email if you want to explain there...

[philwww]

The Catacombs classic.

[louisrocca55]

So this is 12 years old.

Is he still with us Ian?

[IanLevine]

@louisrocca55 No he died a few years ago.

[1911zippy]

Brings back so many memories!

[soulboy111]

still got this in my collection, love to dance to it,classic ktf

[ty3165]

the greatest nortern soul track ever

[CarolineDul]

Awesome choon!

[directstep]

Hope I'm not asking a dumb question but my single is under 2 mins long..... what version is this please?

Is it available anywhere?

[IanLevine]

@directstep  It's the version done for The Strange World Of Northern Soul, in 1998.

[MAGICandTOWERS]

great sound ktf

[gigmillbaggie]

I feel priviledged to comment about one of the classics of my era.

Bob appeared to be unshackled by the intrusiveness of camera, it just got better and better.

You only live once and I `ve been fortunate to grow up with this,

Ktf

G,b.

[albion1953]

One of those timeless songs.. I love it

[safiqmaster]

Hi Mark!!!!! good tune, good old day ehhhh

[l13rpm2008]

what a sound

what a track

it does blow my mind to pieces

[ruth1488]

belter of a tune!

[matts1874]

sheer class, keep the faith

[matts1874]

just wants to make start dancing

[rathorpespice]

top sound

[rathorpespice]

Watch clubbed this is the sound to finish the film. Walking up a one street Willie T also in the sound track

[TheSoulTwins]

Another Catacombs monster! Classic....what can you say?

[adamtox]

fucking legend! keep the faith! i can't believe how much he loves us

[sammious]

AWESOME TUNE, MADE U MOVE!!!!!!!!

[twostrokedowse]

Thankyou Mr Levine for making these videos, although its 40 years later its still nice to put faces to the vinyl!..Keep on keepin on

[kiddysoulgirl99]

brill brill brill first heard this in 1978 at wigan ,where has the time gone? still get a buzz from the music.videos are great ian

[tonysouldays]

ian your magic man . x

[allwayssoul]

yeh got to agree with you there!!!

[brinner05]

wow this tune blows my mind 2 pieces takes me back many yearsssssssssssssssssss

[isobella50]

Ian your doing a Fantastic Job Thank you! loving all the old wigan tunes here in Sunny Australia. If Wigan was still open I wouldnt have moved to the other side of the world/

[Blackpool77]

Its sad Ian to hear that Bob passed away . One of the cornerstones and foundations of the Northern Soul Sound . I think without records like this and others like NF Porter , George Blackwell etc , you and Colin Curtis could not have pushed forward with the new material at the Ritz and the Highland room .

[melois1]

stumbled on these videos by accident,and must say they are brilliant.r.i.p. bob relf.

[doddlesock]

great to see,loved the flipside aswell, cheeors ian

[miked361951]

mike/wigan

thanks ian been nothern soul fan all my life

but only just realised he is one half bob & earl

[julieofwigan]

Got a day off work to do housework but have found all these amazing northern soul videos, house work will have to wait!

[IanLevine]

I am glad I could be of service. I have over 300 videos on here and if people appreciate them, then it was worth all the work of making them.

[jzonnnn]

Ian , its brill are you going to twsited wheel , Jonn

[jjjhonny]

Do not belive it i have the 45

[sgwarun]

Ace Song.Thanks

[shrewsoul]

sadden to hear that Bob had recently passed away but his music will live on including the classic 'try a little harder' by The Fidels

[Lionboy2930]

Sad to hear that Bob had passed on, as this was one of my first Northern soul records i bought, and it brings back good memories..

Many thanks Ian for taking time to put together all these artists that i'm sure have special moments for us all along the Northern Soul journey...

[BigGavStearn]

sadly missed

[tv205]

go dey Bob nice one ian

[Discoboy1974]

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[VinylRecords60]

what label was this record on?

[IanLevine]

Transamerican, owned by Bob Relf and Aki Aleong.

[andylour]

I have known Bobby and Aki since I was 21 years old. I am now goiung to be 60, Bobby is my brother-in-law. I was shocked to see this video, as he had been very ill for sometime. Can anyone tell me where it came from?

[IanLevine]

We filmed it in early 1999. We had already earlier filmed it in 1998, but he messed up a lot of the words, so my assistant flew back to Los Angeles and redid it.

[andylour]

Thanks Ian. We were close, but after he went back to Diamond Bar when he became so ill,

we couldn't stay in touch. He was in and oout of the hospital so much. His brother and I have

mourned his passing rather deeply. I can only speak for myself in that I may not get over it too quickly.

He was with us in the summer of 1999 here in Vegas. But he chose to go back home to Diamond Bar.

If you talk to Aki, send him my love.

Sincerely,

Andrea Relf

[rhythmbluessoul]

Is Bobby Relf mother Ida Coffin who was an actress in a movie still alive and well? I have a lobby card from a movie she was in.

[TheSoulTwins]

my copy was on "Transamerican" - hope that helps?

[nicoteen999]

The epitome of northern soul , This is one of the all time classic`s ........... K.T.F

[lesatsilent]

This is without doubt the best Northern Soul record ever produced. Brings back so many memories

[SimonW]

RIP Bob. I've shed a genuine tear today.

[IanLevine]

I was so sad to hear he died. So many artists we filmed for The Strange World Of Northern Soul have now gone - Bob Relf, Erma Franklin, Bobby Sheen, Tommy Ridgley, Ray Pollard, Emanuel Lasky, The Carstairs, The Tempos, Freddie Butler, Edwin Starr, Doris Troy, Otis Leavill, Johnny Moore, James Fountain, Jackie Day, Little Ann, and more - it's frightening.

[Soulanddisco]

They don't come any better than this.