Alfie Davison - Love Is A Serious Business

Yet another monster classic piece of Northern Soul that we filmed for our documentary "The Strange World Of Northern Soul". Alfie was the protege of classic record producer Reid Whitelaw, and first had a classic early 1970s disco song on RCA called "Who Is Gonna Love Me", which we used to play at Blackpool Mecca. In the mid 1970s. Alfie then released a wonderful piece of retro magic, which, although recorded in the 1970s, was more like the Sixties in style, called "Love Is A Serious Business" on Mercury Records, which is astonishingly rare and hard to find, especially considering that it is on a major label. I have known Reid Whitelaw for many many years, and asked him to find Alfie for me, which he did, and we filmed this in a cold February on the streets of Brooklyn. Alfie had never actually performed this song before, and this is the only time you can ever see him do this classic.

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• Northern-Soul
• Seventies-Soul
• Rare-Soul
• Male-Soul-Singers
• Classic
• Soul
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[ChrisTheCarp]

Ian - this is a fantastic posting - along with Carl Carlton, Bob Relf etc. Can you tell me if the 'disco' versions are available on vinyl or as downloads anywhere? I have the originals of all of these (NOT for sale!!!) but would love these too. I'm not even gonna ask where you got the videos! Absolute Class. Thanks.

[IanLevine]

We legitimately filmed all these artists and re-recorded all these songs.

[phillydisco]

So this is what Alfie Davison looks like. I always imagined him as some blue-eyed soul singer, like Gordon Grody or Ray Dahrouge. This is a great song.

[IanLevine]

No, Alfie Davison is most definitely a black man.

[waynefranks]

OMG when i was so young and burnning the floor,when i met my good wife and her fav song.thanks alfie you made me the man i am today

[MrWogo]

ian.after my wife i love you the most.class fella...

[yorksgalx]

all time great love it x

[ukgroovejunkies]

alfie old son,what a star .....one of the best records ever....

[footumch2]

Alfie , you can be proud of such a top class tune.

[jelboysvw]

wonderful tune!

[SuperGrant33]

absolutely love it - thanks poster

[mollythemod28]

what a fantastic song xx

[geespotmusic]

this must have been one cold day & judging by the wardrobe alfie has not made a lot from this tune even though it was on a major label....good re recording,hope you bought alfie a new top...gee