Greg James is the man who brought mixing to the UK. He came over from the US to start a residency at the Embassy Club in London, a conscious copy of New York's disco palaces, which opened in April 1978. Greg later opened Spin Offs, the influential record store in Fulham and installed many sound systems including the Warehouse in Leeds. He's a great raconteur with an ear for scandal. Here's what was left after the lawyers finished with it...

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Ian Levine was resident DJ at Blackpool Mecca, a key club in the development of northern soul. Levine was primarily responsible – along with Colin Curtis for guiding the scene away from its oldies-only policy and towards modern soul and disco. Later, as resident at Heaven and producer of hits for Miquel Brown, Divine and many others, he went on to forge the sound known as hi-NRG. He also produced Take That.

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