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Carl Dixon is an English guy who had a dream. He's a very talented musician, who started to write tunes in the style that he loved himself. The dream though, was to go over to Detroit, and record the tracks with live musicians and singers. Carl realised that dream earlier this year, and this and the next single are the fruition of that dream.

Not only did Carl manage to get the cream of Detroit musicians to play his music, he also got the legend Spyder Turner to sing the vocal. It's a great performance as well, set just above midtempo I can happily see this dancer getting plays in some of the more adventurous venues around the country.

Get yourself a listen to both the tracks and then buy the singles from Crazy Beat, if only to cover some of Carl's costs in realising his dream

This is the second of Carl Dixon's compositions, and whilst not as catchy and instant as the Spyder Turner release this also deserves your attention, not least because it is quite a bouncy little dancer in it's own right.

Available from Crazy Beat Records

Let's Talk It Over is an awesome dancer that was not released at the time of recording at Goldwax. It eventually surfaced on a Japanese release, and was quickly taken to the heart of the Northern Soul scene. I know it has been put out on vinyl before, twice in fact, but I'm a little hazy over how legitimate the releases were. Anyway, here it is, in all it's glory. Pounding Stomping along with the best of them

Two superb R & B dancers that are making their first appearance on vinyl. Both are taken from the album that Little Willie John recorded for Capitol Records, who then shelved it. Fortunately Kent did the business and released the whole album earler this year. These are the best two dancers from that album, and fully deserve to be showcased in this way.

Karmello Brooks is a top notch dancer that has filled floors, and remained rare for many a year now, so it's great that Kent have decided to release it as a single. The other side is of course one of the greatest finds / releases by Kent. The ever popular Carla Thomas.

Kent - Tobi Lark / Dottie & Millie - Sweep It Out In The Shed / Nothing In This World - Town 34

Two tracks from the Topper label that have both seen heavy dancefloor action for the other sides of the original singles. Of course if you have never flipped those singles over, you have missed two great sides in their own right. Of the two, the wonderful midtempo ‘Nothing In This World’ shades it for me, and was given a fair few spins when I DJ’ed.

Kent Select - Rita & The Tiaras / The Dore Strings - Gone With The Wind Is My Love / Gone With The Wind Is My Love (Inst) - City 09

Long time classic that has been given a new lease of life through Ady Croasdell finding a longer version of the vocal that contains a complete extra verse. Of course it was never available as an instrumental either, but Kent having bought all the rights, and multi track tapes for Dore means that you get this in glorious sound quality as well.

Kent Select - Little Ann / Dave Hamilton Orchestra - Lean Lanky Daddy / Who Do You Think You Are (Inst)- City 010 

Another two previously unreleased tracks, both from Dave Hamilton’s Topper set up. Both are well known to the Northern scene though. ‘Lean Lanky Daddy’ has been around in acetate format since the days of the Casino, and the instrumental of ‘Who Do You Think You Are’ has been around since the release of the ‘Dave Hamilton Detroit Dancers’ CD. Quite a few people have mentioned how good this would be as an actual single, well, here it is !