Oh my gawd, what a blast from the past this was! I was brought up in Glenrothes and was 19 in 84' and a part of this scene from an early age. A big age difference between me and my brothers but it was my middle brother who constantly played the Soul/Motown/Reggae when I was growing up in our house. My collection is being handed down to my son. Love to all. KTF
Andy was one of the main DJs at the Allanton Ruff Cut Nighters in the late 80s / 90s and what he talks about sums up the no prisoners attitude of the 80s / early 90s underground era - where the "300 hardcore" who didnt stop after Wigan took the scene back to its underground roots.
Episode 5 of the Awesome, Iconic Cupa Soul is about Northern Soul in the 1980s . He talks about Northern Soul Allnigjters in the 80s in Scotland , UK . He talks about Richard Sterling a Northern Soul DJ Legend Levanna , one of the best , he talks about the difference s between the 80s and now on the Northern Soul scene. He talks about what his first Soul Vinyl Records were , he talks also about John Anderson a DJ on the Northern Soul scene in Scotland , This series is my favourite that you have done Levanna to do with the Soul Scene , keep up the good work that U do for the Northern Soul Scene Levanna. Northern Soul Keep the Faith Levanna you are the best .
The Moments record was put out as Fabulous Impacts i think, that was before anyone knew who it actually was. No one realised it actually existed as a single until the guys at Wax Poetics put it out officially.
Aberdeen music hall definitely deserves a mention big niter late 70s early 80s . The central belt of Scotland wasn't the be and end all within the Scottish scene. The ym at Glenrothes had it's bad nites with empty dance floors for hours on end .
It's important to remember that these are personal stories and perspectives, and often off the top of their head as they don't know what I'm going to ask them... I am sure you and other Soul fans in Scotland from different eras would have a totally different story, but that's the point!! It's about documenting these anecdotes and memories from everyone 🎉
@@IfThisIsLev Thanks Lev it wasn't a criticism I remember the passion we had then and I won't lie it did boil over at times. Those days are long gone and I'd like to think we are more rational now
You as always are excellent at interviewing and talking but for the first time I honestly feel that I can't give this one a "like" because of this person's inappropriate and unacceptable swearing. There's no need for that uncouthness. Yes I know that a huge number of Scottish people swear, I currently live in Scotland, but I just think that it's in incredibly bad taste to talk like that in your company. Or any lady really. I'm a bit old fashioned like that and I don't think I'm sexist, just considerate and courteous. (Happy to discuss but hopefully nobody will resort to personal insults). Thanks 👍
We live in a modern age, swearing isn't so frowned upon nowadays and I don't see any harm in the way Andy used the swearwords, it was clearly a form of adding expression and passion to his stories, plus they are bleeped out. I can see how it might not be everyone's cup of tea (pun intended) but like you said, you come across it everyday, what difference does it make in a video...
@IfThisIsLev it's a matter of common courtesy and consideration to the person one is talking to. You rightly point out one comes across it everyday and that's the sad point - that it's so commonplace now it's just accepted. When in my own personal opinion it shouldn't be. Everyday in life our basic moral compass gets just that little bit more corroded until it's not going to be functional or purposeful and we're truly living in a lost society. Thank you for your reply though and point of view.
@Hz-432Hz I wouldn't put swearing down on the moral compass...And there are many things (words or otherwise) on the "moral compass" which were considered moral/ok years ago but not now, and for the better. I guess it's just the evolution of language and society.
@IfThisIsLev That's a bleak evolution if it's considered acceptable and a common social standard to use such offensive, rough language. I'd have hoped for something better than that for people.
@Hz-432Hz As I said, there were plenty of very offensive and disgusting words and slur that were accepted and used in everyday language that are not acceptable now. It's a matter of perspective
Oh my gawd, what a blast from the past this was!
I was brought up in Glenrothes and was 19 in 84' and a part of this scene from an early age. A big age difference between me and my brothers but it was my middle brother who constantly played the Soul/Motown/Reggae when I was growing up in our house. My collection is being handed down to my son.
Love to all. KTF
Brilliant 👏 this is exactly what this project is for.... Thankyou for sharing x
Andy was one of the main DJs at the Allanton Ruff Cut Nighters in the late 80s / 90s and what he talks about sums up the no prisoners attitude of the 80s / early 90s underground era - where the "300 hardcore" who didnt stop after Wigan took the scene back to its underground roots.
Legend Andy see you next month in the deen
These conversations are absolutely fascinating!
Brilliant Levanna! From punk to Northern soul! Roll on next week 🤗
Andy absolute gentleman a true SOUL BROTHER , I started going to Allanton all-nighters (shotts) late 80s they were great nighters 🏴✊
Great interview Lev, SHOUT OUT @7:00 !🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Hehe! Thankyou!! :)
Straight talking scot🏴👏👏👏👏👏
@grahamrankine8017 absolutely... love listening to him talk
Another great interview
Thankyou Eddie! :)
Episode 5 of the Awesome, Iconic Cupa Soul is about Northern Soul in the 1980s . He talks about Northern Soul Allnigjters in the 80s in Scotland , UK . He talks about Richard Sterling a Northern Soul DJ Legend Levanna , one of the best , he talks about the difference s between the 80s and now on the Northern Soul scene. He talks about what his first Soul Vinyl Records were , he talks also about John Anderson a DJ on the Northern Soul scene in Scotland , This series is my favourite that you have done Levanna to do with the Soul Scene , keep up the good work that U do for the Northern Soul Scene Levanna. Northern Soul Keep the Faith Levanna you are the best .
Importantly talks about Butch. IMO the best NS DJ in our history.
That was fun! Nice Guy. Thanks for the subtitles, my English is OK (I think) but the Scottish accent is at a level I can't master.
ahaha! I love to Scottish accent but can sometimes be difficult to follow... especially if English is not your first language x
This was great!!!!❤
Great as always❤
Thank you so much 😀
The Moments record was put out as Fabulous Impacts i think, that was before anyone knew who it actually was. No one realised it actually existed as a single until the guys at Wax Poetics put it out officially.
Thanks for the update!!! Great stuff ❤
Aberdeen music hall definitely deserves a mention big niter late 70s early 80s .
The central belt of Scotland wasn't the be and end all within the Scottish scene.
The ym at Glenrothes had it's bad nites with empty dance floors for hours on end .
It's important to remember that these are personal stories and perspectives, and often off the top of their head as they don't know what I'm going to ask them... I am sure you and other Soul fans in Scotland from different eras would have a totally different story, but that's the point!! It's about documenting these anecdotes and memories from everyone 🎉
Thanks Lev,I'm not saying Andy was wrong in anyway I liked his honesty from his perspective ❤
@capitol7950 oh nice! Just wanted to make it clear as sometimes people can misunderstand 🙏
@@IfThisIsLev Thanks Lev it wasn't a criticism I remember the passion we had then and I won't lie it did boil over at times.
Those days are long gone and I'd like to think we are more rational now
@@capitol7950 Thanks! Appreciate that 🙏
You as always are excellent at interviewing and talking but for the first time I honestly feel that I can't give this one a "like" because of this person's inappropriate and unacceptable swearing. There's no need for that uncouthness. Yes I know that a huge number of Scottish people swear, I currently live in Scotland, but I just think that it's in incredibly bad taste to talk like that in your company. Or any lady really.
I'm a bit old fashioned like that and I don't think I'm sexist, just considerate and courteous.
(Happy to discuss but hopefully nobody will resort to personal insults). Thanks 👍
We live in a modern age, swearing isn't so frowned upon nowadays and I don't see any harm in the way Andy used the swearwords, it was clearly a form of adding expression and passion to his stories, plus they are bleeped out. I can see how it might not be everyone's cup of tea (pun intended) but like you said, you come across it everyday, what difference does it make in a video...
@IfThisIsLev it's a matter of common courtesy and consideration to the person one is talking to. You rightly point out one comes across it everyday and that's the sad point - that it's so commonplace now it's just accepted.
When in my own personal opinion it shouldn't be. Everyday in life our basic moral compass gets just that little bit more corroded until it's not going to be functional or purposeful and we're truly living in a lost society. Thank you for your reply though and point of view.
@Hz-432Hz I wouldn't put swearing down on the moral compass...And there are many things (words or otherwise) on the "moral compass" which were considered moral/ok years ago but not now, and for the better. I guess it's just the evolution of language and society.
@IfThisIsLev That's a bleak evolution if it's considered acceptable and a common social standard to use such offensive, rough language. I'd have hoped for something better than that for people.
@Hz-432Hz As I said, there were plenty of very offensive and disgusting words and slur that were accepted and used in everyday language that are not acceptable now. It's a matter of perspective