Steve Karmen - Featuring Jimmy Radcliffe - Breakaway - DEFINES THE WIGAN EXPERIENCE !

[GoneAutos]

The music is actually a backing track to the Wide-Track Pontiac "Breakaway" advertising campaign from 1969. I have a 45 with several of the Breakaway jingles on it, and the instrumental version of this tune is ephemerally called "Big Band Jazz Rock." Talk about repurposing!

[drwhatson]

If you were "dancing to this C.1978", you were 4 years too late, as it was first played in 1974, and had available on UK label since 1975! A perfect example of how the "oldies scene" drained the vitality of the Northern scene I think.

[hoopoe222]

@drwhatson

I agree with that to a degree but there were people new to the scene in 1978 who weren't around in 1974 and to them this was a "new" sound. I think this illustrates the timelessness of the music. :)

[razelma]

hello boo boo

[DrummondBulldog]

stupendous

[samoman92]

this just rocketed straight in to my favourite northern soul tracks, im a youngun' so im still figuring them out lol

[BLITZKRIEG66688]

from 1 minute your on the floor adrenaline rush the whiz pumping through your veins waiting for here it is 1.30 lets have it what a rush god i miss that feeling ktf 

[kramyelir]

FANTASTIC!

[northernsoulgroover]

We used to love flipping out into the acrobatics at 1:30 in this track. Now im more likely to put my back out....Great tune

[mtimp]

Nottm Irish Club circa 1978. Top dancers trowing themslves around under strobe lighting. Shivers down my spine now just thinking about it!! KTF

[MrReillac]

absolutely awesome first time ive heard it ..loving all this stuff i havent heard before.

[mitchismod]

Love this tune man!

KTF!!

[adymanifold]

Classic monster tune! ktf Ady

[djdeitch]

Top drawer classic !!!,.ktf.

[venusclare]

YES!!! definately my favourite breakaway tune!...Thanks...Ve

[jelboysvw]

Having said that .....bloody great tune whichever or wherever you were when you heard it first.......awesome tune....

[orangedave7]

bloody awesome.

[casinosquad]

IOOMPH CLASSIC  NICE ONE

[soulie101]

i,m rushing just listening to this, and with no pharmacuticals...memories

[zantepete]

wow not heard this for soo long,i will hear it again in a minute classic wigan sound.

thanks for posting im glad i stumbled across it after all this time.

pete from hemel ktf

[Thenewnorthernscene]

i feel it my mancunian friend.Thanks 4 sharing

[AcidMod63]

This is Breakaway part 2

incredible tune

keep the faith!

[sarahkleen]

this is great . reminds me of pearl and dean

[DocNoise]

The horn section is just great. I like the tension.

[demodiscs]

Fantastic tune.....and a great video....it brings it all back.........when men were men and sheep were worried :-)

[DDTVSOUL]

nice ktf

[soultime654321]

To me this defines the whole Wigan experience, summed up in one track - BREAKAWAY !

[chylogurti]

Did Levine use to play this as "black ship to hell" by the johnny jackson experience (instr)? I am sure that it was a Mecca sound.

Great track. KTF

[jelboysvw]

Yes mate levine had this covered up as Black ship to hell......and it was broken and massive at the mecca.

Why he called it black ship to hell is anyones guess - when they chant Breakaway through it!!........Ha!

[chylogurti]

Yeah it was a floor filler just like James Fountain. KTF

[AvromShalom]

It was Colin Curtis who played it first at Blackpool Mecca, it was the instrumental version he had covered as Black ship to hell, Dave Godin lent him the record and was reading a book of that title at the time hence the name of the cover up.