The Carstairs [2022] - It Really Hurts Me Girl [Outta Sight #BMV004]

A seminal and iconic record in the history of Northern Soul is The Carstairs "It Really Hurts Me Girl" which is being reissued once again by Outta Sight with The Tom Moulton Mix on the flip (remix originally released by Neil Rushton's Inferno label in 1979).

I've posted and waxed lyrical about this track previously so you can read the full story HERE, but don't need an excuse to re-post it as this would probably have to be in my all-time top 10 Northern Soul list as I must have worn my Soul Bowl copy out with so many plays! 

Blackpool Mecca DJ Ian Levine discovered the record around 1973/74 and managed to track the group down for an appearance in The Highland Room in Nov 1998 for a Blackpool Mecca Reunion and posted a video with clips from their performance and had this to say in the comments:

"This was the biggest record EVER at Blackpool Mecca. Back in the day, despite many attempts, we could never locate the group, what with there being no internet. In 1998, for the unique one-off Blackpool Mecca reunion, I was just determined to find them, and after four months of searching, I did. Twenty five years after they thought their single had never even been released, they were on stage at Blackpool Mecca, singing it on the Saturday night in front of over a thousand people, in the Highland Room which was only supposed to hold seven hundred. They were moved to tears, especially Cleveland Horne, and founding member Ervin Langley. Tragically, within two years, those two of them had passed away. But at least they got to stand just once in the limelight. It could never ever happen again, it was a one time moment in history, and because of the iconic nature of the record, this footage is priceless beyond belief."

Details

Rating:	9.5
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Northern Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	7"
Label:	Outta Sight
Cat No:	BMV004
Date:	02/2022
Key/BPM:	8B/131
Value:	£11.99