This is Northern Soul

Northern soul is in the news again, as once more this most resilient of dance floor cults is discovered by a new generation. 

For four decades now Ace Records has been a natural home for the music and using that experience we are bringing you our first ever all classics collection of some of the scene's greatest hits. All on one LP.

The recordings featured on this release are tried and tested, often in the hot forge of the scene's earliest day, when new discoveries were coming thick and fast, and only the strong survived. These did.

So we have 14 tracks which filled floors in Wigan, Blackpool, Cleethorpes, London's 100 Club and many other legendary venues. From West Coast Mirwood and Kent/ Modern label classics by Jackie Lee, Bobby Garrett, Mary Love and Danny Monday, to the big City Chicago soul of Darrow Fletcher via the super rare recordings by Rita & The Tiaras and Little Ann, which are now accepted standards of the scene.

This is an album for the beginner, those who want to know what all the fuss is about, or those older hands who just want to relive some exceptional memories.

Tracklist

A1.   Bobby Garrett - My Little Girl.   2:44
A2.   Danny Monday - Baby, Without You.   2:50
A3.   Ty Karim - Lighten Up Baby.   2:40
A4.   Alice Clark - You Hit Me (Right Where It Hurt Me).   2:49
A5.   Jimmy Conwell - Cigarette Ashes.   2:08
A6.   The Magicians - (Just A Little) Faith and Understanding.   2:43
A7.   Felice Taylor - I Can Feel Your Love.   3:01

B1.   Rita & The Tiaras - Gone With The Wind Is My Love.   3:08
B2.   Mary Love - You Turned My Bitter Into Sweet.   2:23
B3.   Jackie Lee - Would You Believe.   3:22
B4.   Toni & The Showmen - Try My Love .   2:51
B5.   The Olympics - The Same Old Thing.   2:13
B6.   Darrow Fletcher - What Good Am I Without You.   2:22
B7.   Little Ann - What Should I Do.   2:14