Burndens Bogs Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Just had a whizz through the show, enjoyed it - maybe a tad too much Motown for a Northern Soul stint imo.Loved the Epitome of sound around 1min 44 ( originally covered up as Moses Smith by the Casino DJ's iirc) closely followed by a Frank Butler classic.The 3 before 8 was a nice touch to finish the show. KTF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnworth white Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 (edited) Half time yesterday http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=T_ZBqpEUbik Also at half time yesterday http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwvpeYiQwss and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz-UvQYAmbg Edited March 3, 2014 by farnworth white Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter superjohnmcginlay Posted March 3, 2014 Site Supporter Share Posted March 3, 2014 Just had a whizz through the show, enjoyed it - maybe a tad too much Motown for a Northern Soul stint imo.Loved the Epitome of sound around 1min 44 ( originally covered up as Moses Smith by the Casino DJ's iirc) closely followed by a Frank Butler classic.The 3 before 8 was a nice touch to finish the show. KTF Cheers, im very new to it all so just finding my feet with it all. Thanks for having a listen much appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burndens Bogs Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Good show SJM,good luck with it. Basically anything on the motown record label would be classed as Tamla Motown and has that commercial sound that TM were trying (and succeeding) to achieve, although one or 2 did crossover onto the Northern soul scene. All the rest would be classed as Northern soul - the better ones would be generally more obscure and not usually as "Poppy" as Tamla Motown. Having said that, some of the stuff being plugged by DJ's as Northern Soul at the time (Mid 70's) was shite. Apparently around 14,000 songs classed as Northern Soul have been made - but only around 500 - 1000 are any good imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boby Brno Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Good show SJM,good luck with it. Basically anything on the motown record label would be classed as Tamla Motown and has that commercial sound that TM were trying (and succeeding) to achieve, although one or 2 did crossover onto the Northern soul scene. All the rest would be classed as Northern soul - the better ones would be generally more obscure and not usually as "Poppy" as Tamla Motown. Having said that, some of the stuff being plugged by DJ's as Northern Soul at the time (Mid 70's) was shite. Apparently around 14,000 songs classed as Northern Soul have been made - but only around 500 - 1000 are any good imo. Pretty much sums it up. Some obscure Motown tracks were played at the various clubs in the 60's and early seventies. Frank Wilson's 'Do I love you' was a Motown track but was never released commercially. The thing about the various iconic clubs of the time, The Twisted Wheel, Golden Torch, The Highland Room, Wigan Casino and others was that they spanned a few years and tended to play tracks that the others didn't. There was always a core play list though that became classics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anewman Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 How's this for northern soul, proper scooter boy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bolty58 Posted March 13, 2014 Members Share Posted March 13, 2014 How's this for northern soul, proper scooter boy Is it one of the Village People? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter superjohnmcginlay Posted June 20, 2014 Site Supporter Share Posted June 20, 2014 Nice story here about rarest northern soul record in Britain http://www.soul-source.co.uk/soulforum/topic/314938-darrell-banks-open-the-door-to-your-heartour-love/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zurichwhite Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 Great story and nice track too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zurichwhite Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 (edited) Anyone watch "Living for the Weekend" on BBC4. I noticed it on iplayer, good watch, lot of snobbery around the scene particularly Ian Levine Edited July 26, 2014 by zurichwhite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolton va va Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Anyone watch "Living for the Weekend" on BBC4. I noticed it on iplayer, good watch, lot of snobbery around the scene particularly Ian Levine I watched it & thought Levine & Winstanley came over as the kind of people who can give Northern Soul a bad name with their own self-importance meaning more to them than the actual music. Bolton's Richard Searling spoke much more sensibly. IMO, last year's Culture Show - Keeping the Faith , was a lot better programme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members burnden Posted July 26, 2014 Members Share Posted July 26, 2014 Plenty soul to go at on here http://www.thesoulgirl.com/music$/andromeda1.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burndens Bogs Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Richard Searling is a decent Bowtoner in spite of being a Spurs fan. Russ Winstanley and Ian Levine, although obviously both lovers of the music, were even more in love with self promotion/personal gain imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh white Posted July 26, 2014 Author Share Posted July 26, 2014 (edited) Richard Searling is a decent Bowtoner in spite of being a Spurs fan. Russ Winstanley and Ian Levine, although obviously both lovers of the music, were even more in love with self promotion/personal gain imo. Just so good that it caught the folk like me at the time and hearing good tunes at the Highland Room in the Mecca, then i strayed to Bowie in 72. Edited July 26, 2014 by leigh white Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bolty58 Posted July 27, 2014 Members Share Posted July 27, 2014 Anyone watch "Living for the Weekend" on BBC4. I noticed it on iplayer, good watch, lot of snobbery around the scene particularly Ian Levine Just watched it. Snobbery or elitism? The latter was always a part of it ("our thing" which outsiders knew fuck all about). Enjoyed the documentary. Like the football terraces of the late 60's to the mid 70's, I'm just grateful I was able to enjoy it all that in my prime. Unmatchable and unmissable times IMO. Pity for those who missed them but at least they can have a tantalising taste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andydee Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Confirmed release in October for Northern Soul The Movie Long time coming, hope it lives up to the billing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burndens Bogs Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 I've never seen any of these northern soul movies - "Soul boy" and "Souled out" are they any good? I watched the play "Once upon a time in Wigan" and it was top notch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andydee Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Watched Soul Boy but didn't think much of it. Saw Once Upon a Time in Wigan at the Contact Theatre back in 2003 and that gave me goose bumps. Missed out on the last night tickets which included an after show party dj'd by Russ Winstanley. There was a disagreement at one time and it was said it would never be performed again. Presumably that was resolved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 I have Tony Palmer's Wigan Casino on DVD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh white Posted July 27, 2014 Author Share Posted July 27, 2014 Just amazing how it took off really, and just had a northern feel about it, they were playing records you had never heard of in Tyldesley Rugby Club in 69, shame about the southerers who never latched on until about seven years later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevieb Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 I know this will go against the elitist vinyl scouring purists but are there any decent compilation albums to break myself into it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter superjohnmcginlay Posted July 27, 2014 Site Supporter Share Posted July 27, 2014 I know this will go against the elitist vinyl scouring purists but are there any decent compilation albums to break myself into it? If you PM you're email addy I will send you some stuff tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolton va va Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 I know this will go against the elitist vinyl scouring purists but are there any decent compilation albums to break myself into it? There are loads of compilation cd's, but i'd avoid the Goldmine stuff which imo have a lot of less good fillers on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh white Posted July 27, 2014 Author Share Posted July 27, 2014 You never knew at the time but was dancing away to some classics, was always a Mecca man in the Highland Room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevieb Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 If you PM you're email addy I will send you some stuff tomorrow Cheers pal. Done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.