Dean Parrish - I'm On My Way

Coming in October 2008, a tremendously exciting project for Northern Soul fans everywhere. We've done a deal with Wienerworld, a major music DVD company, and the same company who originally released our classic documentary "The Strange World Of Northern Soul", and we are now doing the definitive DVD box set. A five disc set of 200 performances called "Northern Soul's Greatest 200 Floorfillers". This uses some songs from "The Strange World Of Northern Soul" which are completely re-edited, so they look fresh and sparkling new. All the previous video effects done in the 1990s are gone forever, consigned to history. Plus loads and loads of never before seen videos, many of which have sat in the can untouched for many many years. Plus some newly recorded tributes to the classics. If you ever went to Blackpool Mecca or Wigan Casino, this is the must-have purchase of the year. Back in July 1999. when we launched "The Strange World Of Northern Soul" to an adoring audience of 1300 in Blackburn, I had tried every trick in the book to find Dean Parrish to film him singing "I'm On My Way" for the intro of our wonderful documentary. I knew his name was Phillip Anastasia, I knew his date of birth, I even knew who his old lawyer was, but I just could not find him in time. Years later, he surfaced, far too late for "The Strange World Of Northern Soul" but that loss is our gain, as here he is exclusively filmed especially for the new super-package on Wienerworld, "Northern Soul's Greatest 200 Floorfillers". This legendary song was the closing record every week at Wigan Casino, "I'm On My Way", which simply said it all. The record has been so beloved for over thirty years by the entire Northern Soul scene, and I am seriously proud to have filmed and re-recorded this wonderful performance of it, and I present it here on YouTube as a taster to encourage everyone to make an effort and buy the amazing 200 performances DVD set. The song was a piece of throaty blue-eyed-soul joyful exhuberance on the Laurie label, from New York, released in 1965, that golden year, and as fine a piece of Northern Soul as you could ever wish to hear. And the very quintessence of the mid Sixties.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Northern-Soul
• Male-Soul
• Sixties
• New-York
• Wigan-Casino
• Blackpool-Mecca
• Stomper
• Blue-Eyed-Soul
• Classic
• Male-Group
• Uptempo

[wellerfella]

Brilliant,

shit hot

[dadswizz]

dean still got it, neck standing up thinking about 7.45am ! , great times. . KTF .

[henrymadman14]

Story of my life!

[DumbAngel78]

Sweet as a nut! It sounds better than ever. What a voice,

[1CARPER]

Dean parrish rocks

[allwayssoul]

still get shivers when i hear this, used to get emotional back in the day as it was the end of yet another brilliant night!!

[sxitezza]

Northern soul rocks, thanx for the add, great memories of a classic time..

[twostrokedowse]

Im DJ'ing at Hemsby winter warmer Scooter rally in 3 weeks time, just so happens Dean Parrish is headlining...everytime i think about it a little bit of wee comes out LOL

[modernist1967]

Thanks Ian! Great to see Dean performing this all time classic. You did a great work! Thanks again...

[k20ges]

thanks ian great to see such an amazing video, loved this song for about 20 years, nice to put a face to it,,