Jimmy James & The Vagabonds- Looks Like Love Is Here To Stay

Jimmy James's brand new and utterly amazing version of my early Tyrone Ashley song, "Looks Like Love Is Here To Stay", simply gives me goosebumps, as does this wonderful video. My brand new album, "Yesterday And Tomorrow", is probably the most dear to my heart project that I have ever undertaken. I decided after thirty three years since I made my very first record, "Reaching For The Best" by The Exciters, to take a trip back down memory lane and recut thirty of my classics on artists who I am currently working with, reinterpreting them in 2008 without losing the magic that made them special in the first place. It's a totally self indulgent project, but one which already has my fans salivating with delight. I first got the idea when I recut Evelyn Thomas's wonderful classic "Have A Little Faith In Me" with Ebony Alleyne, last year. So I'm doing thirty in total, twenty four for the CD and six more extra ones for the DVD, picking either my biggest hits, my most beloved tracks, or the songs which people most requested to see a video. As I must clearly explain, these are not the original versions. And that's what makes the project exciting and new.These are brand spanking new interpretaions of the classics, by Centre City's current roster of artists , built up over a thirty three year career of making records.
REACHING FOR THE BEST - WEAK SPOT - YOUR MAGIC PUT A SPELL ON ME - BABY I'M STILL THE SAME MAN - HE'S SO IRREPLACEABLE - MY HEAD'S IN THE STARS - NO WAY OUT - LOOKS LIKE LOVE IS HERE TO STAY - I'M IN WONDERLAND- TWENTY FOUR HOURS A DAY - MY CLAIM TO FAME - TRUE LOVE IS MY DESTINY - NEVER LET GO - NEW YORK'S ON FIRE - SO MANY MEN SO LITTLE TIME - HIGH ENERGY - HE'S A SAINT HE'S A SINNER - ON A CROWDED STREET - CLOSE TO PERFECTION - ALL OVER THE WORLD - MY HEART KEEPS BEATING FASTER - TECHNICOLOUR - FOOTSTEPS FOLLOWING ME - I FOUND HEAVEN - MORE TO THIS WORLD - FAN THE FLAME - I CAN'T ERASE THE THOUGHTS OF YOU - DANCING ON THE EDGE OF A DREAM - RUNNING IN ANOTHER DIRECTION - WALKING ON AIR.
I have known Jimmy James for thirty six years, since I DJ's at The Torch in Stoke on Trent. In 1974 I actually booked him to appear at Blackpool Mecca. During the mid- to late '60s, Jimmy James & the Vagabonds towered among the most popular soul acts on the British club and college circuit. After cutting "Shoo-Be-Doo You're Mine," a 1965 one-off for Columbia, James & the Vagabonds signed to the Pye imprint's Piccadilly subsidiary, in early 1966 issuing their label debut, "I Feel Alright," an exuberant stomper in the mold of their electric live appearances. For the follow-up, the group covered the Dells' "Hi-Diddly Dee Dum Dum." Their third Piccadilly single, "This Heart of Mine," also featured on James & the Vagabonds' first full-length effort, The New Religion. After a fourth Piccadilly 7", "Ain't Love Good, Ain't Love Proud," Pye shuttered the label and the group moved to the parent company in time for 1967's "I Can't Get Back Home to My Baby." With the release of the 1968 LP Open Up Your Soul, James & the Vagabonds finally scored a U.K. chart hit with their cover of Neil Diamond's "Red Red Wine," at the time one of the singer/songwriter's more middling hits -- James' cover spent two months on the British charts, peaking at number 36. In 1972 James teamed with producer Biddu to notch the minor hit, "A Man Like Me," before signing to Trojan for a series of little-heard singles that culminated in the 1971 cult classic "Help Yourself." In 1976 James re-signed with Pye, immediately scoring a pair of disco-inspired pop hits with "Now Is the Time" and "I'll Go Where the Music Takes Me." 1984's "Love Fire", which I mixed, was hotly tipped as a comeback contender but went sadly overlooked in 1984. And then my song "Other Side Of The Street" for my album "Northern Soul 2007" is the first new recording of the last twenty three years. The legend returns. The album, "Yesterday And Tomorrow" will hopefully be released on March 3rd on Centre City Records, exclusively through the new website, http://www.ianlevine.co.uk - and I hope you will all consider supporting it.

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• Northern-Soul
• Motorcity
• Centre-City
• Blackpool-Mecca
• Disco
• Male-Soul-Singers
• Soul-Groups

[joshua1959]

"dancing 'till dawn" "DISCO 4 EVER"

an amazing performance from jimmy james.

fantasic new song.

love it.

[IanLevine]

Thankyou. Did you buy "Yesterday And Tomorrow" yet ??

[joshua1959]

hi ian

no i didnt where can i buy it.

i am from holland.

is it already released in holland?

i cant buy it on internet (i-tunes))

this brand new song is very good orchestrated and arranged...awesome.

sounds like the disco hits he had in 1976.

i want more more more songs like this 1.

this is music right from the "HEART".

brings the good old "DISCO" days back to many fans!!

[IanLevine]

Please just type in the address on the video itself, and it will give you a link to buy it instantly.

[joshua1959]

i dont have a credit card!!

so it will be very dificult to buy..

i just wanna buy it in the store..so..

[IanLevine]

The way the music business is these days, that just ain't gonna happen.

[wpaulvandyk]

a true soul legend. seen him live 3 times and he is our best singer from UK

[Discoboy1974]

Joshua, have you got the album yet? The Centre City shop is open if you go to the address on the link above. If you don't know someone who can pay with a credit card, get in touch with me and send me cash in a letter. We need all the financial support we can get to keep making music for you to enjoy.

[IanLevine]

Last chance to remind everyone - tomorrow night is the launch party for this album. You can still come to "142" in West Ealing if you just send an email to the yesterdayandtomorrowlaunch address at hotmail. It's free for all the fans and over twenty artists are performing their songs live, from the "Yesterday And Tomorrow" album. Don't miss this.

[IanLevine]

This is a message for everyone who loves this music and everyone who wants to get this wonderful new album right away.

Soren has put fifty copies of the album up and available on E-Bay to allow those who want it first to get it really quickly.