Aged 13, the first brand new 7" (45rpm) he bought was Michael Jackson's cover version of Bill Withers' "Ain't No Sunshine", released in the UK in May 1972.

Playing his collection at home on a Dansette record player, Gordon was fascinated by the song's themes and lyrics of love, ability to paint virtual pictures, and how they resultantly engaged with the listener.

Nine years of weekly Gordon "Sound Spot" columns writing about artists from all genres of music to fully cater for the very diverse Kent readership.

Eddie opened and closed his participation in this unique meeting by predicting that digital delivery would be 'the future' of the world's music business.

[8] Gordon moderated a panel at the first Billboard Magazine Summit in Las Vegas on 20 September 2006 titled 'Across the Pond'.

Sep 2006 In June 2003, Gordon launched the world's first online digital promotion system for DJs with DJinTheMix which had an exclusive link to the then newly formed iTunes from Apple Inc.

The following year, DJinTheMix was nominated as a finalist in the Orange New Business Ventures in London and IMEA at Popkomm in Berlin, Germany.

The promotional work of DJITM to KINGS of Spins has helped to bring awareness and attention to over 5,000 new releases for artists plus record labels from around the world.

[8] From 2010 to 2017, Gordon was invited to be a member of the Electronica/Dance Grammys Screening committee in Los Angeles by the chairman of the panel to assist the selection process for the year's best dance releases.

Gordon joined BBC Radio 1 as a freelance producer in the early 1990s, and introduced a host of new programming ideas and DJ talent including Pete Tong, Danny Rampling, Judge Jules, Seb Fontaine, Fergie and Carl Cox.

For two years from 1995 to 1997, Gordon co-produced Danny Rampling's Saturday evening BBC Radio 1 show The Love Groove Dance Party on alternate weekends with Jeff Young.

[11] From early 1992, Gordon had been receiving weekly two-hour long mixes on cassette from DJs Tony Humphries on New York's Hot 96 and Frankie Knuckles at KISS 100.

[18] From 1998-2000 Gordon was responsible for innovating and delivering his vision of the BBC Radio 1 One World Millennium year 2000 celebration show.

Starting with Carl Cox from Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, followed by: Danny Rampling in Cape Town, South Africa; Dave Pearce from Glasgow, Scotland; Pete Tong from Liverpool; Junior Vasquez from New York City.

[22] In 2000 Gordon saw the potential of dual-broadcasting shows via both the radio and the internet, with live audio and video camera images being beamed around the planet on the World Wide Web.

In late 1992, Gordon was invited into the world-famous recording studios known as The Hit Factory by Pete Waterman and together they produced the UK Single No.

1 positions in the UK Club Charts for artists including Whigfield, D-Mob, Lulu, Jon Secada, Dina Carroll, CeCe Peniston, Judy Cheeks, Eternal, Donna Summer, Yazz and KWS.

Eddie's 1995 signing of the Café del Mar – Ibiza Chill Out CD series for the world made Manifesto Records one of the UK's most successful dance labels of all time with the sales of the Café del Mar albums going over 15 million and they are still selling every summer 15 years later.

Eddie left Manifesto Records in 1997 suffering from exhaustion and feeling that Universal were not totally supportive of the artists or projects signed to the label.

Five years later in 2002, Lucian Grainge the chairman and chief executive of Universal Music Group International congratulated Eddie personally for saving Mercury Records UK with the success of the signings to Manifesto Records in-particular the Café del Mar – Ibiza Chill Out CD series which Lucian compared to signing a smaller version of U2, the rock band, due to the income it generated for the company with its multi-million worldwide sales.

As West End (not to be confused with the Austrian Eurovision Song Contest entry of 1983),[29] he also enjoyed success with Dina Carroll's "Here", "Ain't No Man" and "Express", Donna Summer's "Melody of Love" and Toni Braxton's "Breathe Again".

In 2014, Gordon was made a founding member of the Chicago-based American DJ Hall of Fame for his Excellence in the Advancement, Expansion and Acceptance of Dance Music around the World.

West End also enjoyed Club Chart Number 1 success with Dina Carroll "Here", "Ain't No Man" and "Express", Donna Summer "Melody of Love" and Toni Braxton "Breathe Again".