Just one last post before I’m off to France. To get into the retro uptempo dance music mood. It’s going to be quiet on this blog the next few days because I’l be visiting a Soul Jazz festival some 1000km South from here and Disco Dalglish will be in Berlin.

The tune in the vid above this post is a re-edit, done by French master of this trade Pilooski, of an old Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons track. This veteran of dance music with a career beginning in the 50’s and still going strong (he was in the Soprano’s) has sold millions of vinyls all around the world. He is a firm favourite in the northern soul scene but as also added his 2 cents to the “Grease” soundtrack. “Beggin” is one of his lesser known gems although it was a bit of a hit in the northern soul scene. Parisian Pilooski re-edited it in a subtle kind of way and released it as a bootleg. With great success. It has become an underground hit and the 679 label has picked it up and given it an official release with video and everything. Ideal for the summer festivals. Check it out, it got the words “BIG TUNE” written all over it.