Mecca 45: Blackpool Mecca 45th Anniversary 1971-2016Various

• 1. Lady, Lady, Lady (Are You Crazy For Me?)
• 2. I Don't Know What Foot To Dance On
• 3. Tryin' To find My Woman
• 4. I Wanna Give You Tomorrow
• 5. Nine Times
• 6. Keep On Trying
• 7. Home Is Where The Heart Is
• 8. Something Fishy Going On
• 9. The Chicargo Theme (Love Loop)
• 10. Ain't Nothing Like Your Love
• 11. I Need You
• 12. Funny How We've Changed Places

BLACKPOOL MECCA, throughout the mid-to-late seventies, defined a new movement in rare soul that would become known as “crossover” and that drew thousands of fans from across the country for it’s weekly modern soul gatherings. It was the only venue to rival the enormity of Wigan Casino and, with hindsight, was perhaps the No. 1 venue to hear the latest and the best American imports played by headline DJs Ian Levine and Colin Curtis. Its creative playlists at the Saturday seaside sessions were progressive and unique to its skyline Highland Room: “it was like taking an escalator ride to New York”. The “sound” of the Mecca still resonates today thanks, in no small part, to its forward-thinking DJs and the quality of the ground-breaking music that fused Northern Soul with New York Disco and heralded the Jazz/funk scene in the UK.