100 Hits - The Best Northern Soul Album

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Several academic texts have been written on the topic of the northern soul scene, including The Northern Soul Scene (2019, Equinox) by Prof. Tim Wise (Birmingham City University), Dr Nicola Watchman Smith (Liverpool/ Advance HE) and Dr Sarah Raine. [ citation needed] Theatre [ edit ] a b Keith Rylatt and Phil Scott, Central 1179: The Story of Manchester's Twisted Wheel Club, chapter 10 "The Records" Moloko "Familiar Feeling" - YouTube". YouTube. 8 April 2006. Archived from the original on 28 October 2007 . Retrieved 29 May 2014. In America, Holland-Dozier-Holland's successful acts on '70s Invictus Records were Freda Payne and Chairmen of the Board. They also released Parliament's first album, Osmium. [19] The label was distributed by Capitol Records from 1969 to 1972 and then by Columbia Records from 1973 onwards. Hermes, Will (30 October 2008). "Raphael Saadiq: The Way I See It". Rolling Stone. New York. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009.

The northern soul scene also spawned lesser chart hits, including Al Wilson's 1968 cut " The Snake" (UK No. 41 in 1975), Dobie Gray's " Out on the Floor" (UK No. 42, September 1975) and Little Anthony & the Imperials' " Better Use Your Head" (UK No. 42, July 1976).

Andy Wilson (2007). Northern Soul: Music, Drugs and Subcultural Identity. Willan Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84392-208-7. Larkin, Colin (2011). "Verve". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th conciseed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-85712-595-8. Fashion and imagery [ edit ] Logo featuring the clenched fist symbol which has been adopted by the northern soul movement

This double album includes Drift Away and Gray's follow up album Loving Arms, named after his popular cover of the soul standard. Wigan Casino began its weekly soul all-nighters in September 1973. [25] Wigan Casino had a much larger capacity than many competing venues and ran its events from 2 am until 8 am. There was a regular roster of DJs, including Russ Winstanley, Kev Roberts and Richard Searling. By 1976, the club had a membership of 100,000 people, and in 1978, it was voted the world's number-one discotheque by Billboard. [26] This was during the heyday of the Studio 54 nightclub in New York City. By the late 1970s, the club had its own spin-off record label, Casino Classics. [27] Northern soul has influenced several notable musicians. In his 2008 article about Northern soul for The Times, Terry Christian wrote: "There's an instant credibility for any artist or brand associated with a scene that has always been wild, free and grassroots". [ citation needed]

Although Wigan Casino is now the most well-known, the best-attended northern soul all-night venue at the beginning of the decade was actually the Golden Torch, where regular Friday night soul "all-nighters" began during the latter months of 1970. Chris Burton, the owner, stated that by 1972, the club had a membership of 12,500 and had hosted 62,000 separate customer visits. [22]

In at least one case, a previously obscure recording was specially remixed to appeal to northern soul fans: the 1968 recording " Footsee" by Canadian group the Chosen Few was sped up, overdubbed and remixed to emerge as the 1975 UK No. 9 hit "Footsee", now credited to Wigan's Chosen Few. [67] In addition, the northern soul favourite " Skiing in the Snow", originally by the Invitations, was covered by local band Wigan's Ovation, and reached No. 12 in the UK Singles Chart. [68] These versions were not well received by the northern soul community as their success brought wider awareness to the subculture. [69] Northern soul with Tony Deller" is broadcast each week on Cambridge community radio station Cambridge 105. [83]

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Peter Salisbury – drums; percussion on "A New Decade", "This Is Music", "So It Goes", "History" and "Life's an Ocean" Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. Last Night a DJ Saved My Life, Chapter 4, "Northern Soul: The First Rave Culture", p. 85 This section may contain unverified or indiscriminate information in embedded lists. Please help clean up the lists by removing items or incorporating them into the text of the article. ( July 2023) The term "northern soul" emanated from the record shop Soul City in Covent Garden, London, which was run by the soul music collector Dave Godin. [4] It was first publicly used in Godin's weekly column in Blues & Soul magazine in June 1970. [5] In a 2002 interview with Chris Hunt of Mojo magazine, Godin said he had first come up with the term in 1968, to help employees at Soul City differentiate the more modern funkier sounds from the smoother. Godin referred to the latter's requests as "northern soul": The Verve". Musicsaves.org. Archived from the original on 1 October 2011 . Retrieved 5 October 2011.

Although the Northern Soul movement was more focused on singles and songs than particular artists, Martha Reeves and The Vandellas were responsible for more than a few dancehall favourites.But the intensity took its toll on the band. Somehow, they came to the belief that 10pm at night was the only time they could capture the sounds in their collective heads. Recording until four or five in the morning, they’d sleep for 12 hours, get up and do it again. “It was all about waiting for the inspiration… And if it wasn’t there, we’d get really, really depressed,” Ashcroft would recall. “After six weeks of going up and crashing down, everything you’ve been doing takes its toll. You start losing it.” If you're looking for something to dance the night away to, you've come to the right place. Our Northern Soul collection on the musicMagpie Store includes some of the best Northern Soul compilations and artists around. To get you started, here are 10 of our personal favourites.