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Love Train: The Sound of Philadelphia
A brand new concert film premiered in town Thursday, November 13th for an invited audience.The concert featured most of the bands that were put together by the legendary producers and songwriting team of Gamble and Huff.
Anybody who lived through the seventies knows the songs that are in the film. It's a feel good concert that puts the pride of being from Philadelphia front and center.
There is no scheduled release of the film to theatres at this time. However, it can be seen on WHYY-TV twice:
- Saturday, November 29th at 8 pm
- Wednesday, December 3rd at 8 PM.
The concert took place at the Borgata in Atlantic City on June 7, 2008
Songs and performing artists include:
Wake up Everybody - Harold Melvin's Blue Notes
Expressway to your heart - Soul Survivors
I'm stone in love with you - Russell Thompkins Jr and the New Sylistics
I love music - the O'Jays
Me & Mrs Jones - Bunny Sigler
Ain't no Stopping us Now - The Three Degrees
La La Means I love you - The Delfonics
It's great that these artists and songs are captured forever now - in high definition - for posterity.
The legendary visionaries - Leon Huff and Kenny Gamble before the premiere on November 13th at the Ritz East, Philadelphia.
Larry Magid of Electric Factory Concerts produced the concert that became the film. Here he is with his wife Micky and Jerry Blavatt, host of the concert, right before the screening on November 13 at the Ritz East in Center City Philadelphia.
photos by Cyndy Drue ©2008