This is Northern Soul

Tracklist

A1.   Brenton Wood - Gimme Little Sign
A2.   The Incredibles - Another Dirty Deal
A3.   Othello Robertson - So In Luv
A4.   Barbara Dane - I´m On My Way
A5.   Bruce Cloud - A Little Spark Of Fire
A6.   Cindy Lynn and The In-Sounds - Meet Me At Midnight

B1.   Billy Watkins - The Ice Man
B2.   Jesse Davis - Gonna Hang On In There Girl
B3.   Jimmy Lewis - One Love
B4.   Mel & Tim - Backfield In Motion
B5.   Jewel Akens - I´ve Arrived
B6.   Dobie Gray - The ´In´ Crowd

The UK’s love affair with American soul music blossomed in the mid 1960s, with the launch of the Tamla-Motown record label in Britain. But by the end of the decade this passion took on a distinctly homegrown twist with a new movement that grew out of the North of England and Midlands’ underground soul and R&B scene. It was here at dancehalls and clubs such as Manchester’s Twisted Wheel and the Wigan Casino that devotees danced the night away to up-tempo, joyous US soul records that always came with a heavy beat. Pretty soon the movement had a name: Northern Soul. This collection is the next best thing and it is all on vinyl, exactly how the movement’s fans originally heard them.