Ronnie Walker - So Far Beyond My Dreaming

Philadelphia Northern Soul legend, Ronnie Walker, sings "So Far Beyond My Dreaming", another song bursting with hope for the future. Clive Scott and I actually wrote this with Ronnie, sending the music between Ascot and Philadelphia, just weeks before his accident. We cut the music in England, sent it over to Philadelphia, Ronnie recorded himself over it and sent us his vocals back to England for Clive to mix. Ronnie also managed to get himself filmed for us to edit this video. It is such a privilege to be able to cut a brand new song on one of my heroes. Ronnie was the early songwriting partner of Philadelphia legend Vince Montana, and my dear old friend Val Shiveley, one of Philadelphia's oldest record dealers, traced Ronnie for me, back in 1998. Prior to that moment no-one had ever tracked him down. He had an earlier Northern Soul smash called "You're The One", on Phillips Records, but it was "You Got To Try Harder", with its perfectly pitched, clear as a bell falsetto, that really epitomised those mid Sixties nights in the Highland Room at Blackpool Mecca. Originally, back in Late 1998, that particular song was yet another legendary Northern Soul smash that we filmed for "The Strange World Of Northern Soul". This fantastic song, however, was recorded for my album "Northern Soul 2009". Enjoy the video!