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Hewitt, Paolo (21 August 2010). "SoulBoy might be set in 1974 but Northern soul fans are still out on the floor". The Guardian. London. Dave Haslam (2002) [2001]. Adventures on the Wheels of Steel: the rise of the superstar DJs. London: 4th Estate. ISBN 1-84115-433-4. Northern soul reached the peak of its popularity in the mid- to late-1970s. [20] At this time, there were soul clubs in virtually every major town in the Midlands and the North of England. [21] Some nightclubs regarded as the most important in this decade were the Golden Torch, and Wigan Casino (1973 to 1981). [3]

Other major northern soul venues in the 1970s include the Catacombs in Wolverhampton, Va Va's in Bolton, the Talk of the North all-nighters at the Pier and Winter Gardens in Cleethorpes, Tiffany's in Coalville, Samantha's in Sheffield, Neil Rushton's Heart of England soul club all-dayers at the Ritz in Manchester and the Nottingham Palais. [31] As the 1970s progressed, the northern soul scene expanded even further nationally. There was a notable scene in the east of England: Shades Northampton was one of the leading venues in this area of the country during the early 1970s until it closed in 1975. Later came the all-nighters at the St Ivo Centre in St Ives, the Phoenix Soul club at the Wirrina Stadium in Peterborough and the Howard Mallett in Cambridge. [32] Other towns with notable northern soul venues at this time included Kettering, Coventry, Bournemouth, Southampton and Bristol. [21] 1980s and later [ edit ] By 1968 the reputation of the Twisted Wheel and the type of music being played there had grown nationwide, and soul fans were travelling from all over the United Kingdom to attend the Saturday all-nighters. Until his departure in 1968, resident 'All Niter' DJ Bob Dee compiled and supervised [12] the playlist, utilising the newly developed slip-cueing technique to spin the vinyl. Rarer, more up-tempo imported records were added to the playlist in 1969 by the new younger DJs like Brian "45" Phillips up until the club's eventual closure in 1971. [13] [14] After attending one of the venue's all-nighters in November 1970, Godin wrote: "it is without doubt the highest and finest I have seen outside of the USA ... never thought I'd live to see the day where people could so relate the rhythmic content of Soul music to bodily movement to such a skilled degree!" [15] The venue's owners had successfully filled the vacancy left by Eagle with a growing roster of specialist soul DJs including Brian Rae, Paul Davies and Alan 'Ollie' Ollerton. The Verve". Musicsaves.org. Archived from the original on 1 October 2011 . Retrieved 5 October 2011. 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]Keith Rylatt and Phil Scott. Central 1179: The Story of Manchester's Twisted Wheel Club. BeeCool Publishing. 2001 Sleeve notes written by Neil Rushton accompanying the LP Out on the Floor Tonight on Inferno Records a b Stephen Catterall; Keith Gildart (January 2019). "Did Wigan Have a Northern Soul?: Volume 2". ResearchGate. Nightshift / All Souled Out". Archived from the original on 26 February 2014 . Retrieved 15 August 2019.

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Australian DJ and PBS FM radio presenter Vince Peach [84] absorbed the northern soul culture at the Twisted Wheel, where he also DJed, [85] and took it to Australia in 1982. He started a dedicated Northern soul radio programme called Soul Time in 1984, [86] which continues and is believed to be the longest-running Soul program in the World. [87] In 2014, the clenched fist logo was subject to a trademark dispute in the UK after a bag retailer in Manchester tried to register the logo. The IPO refused the trademark, considering it generic. The ruling was unusual as it considered not just the usage from other manufacturers, but also its wide usage by members of the public to be relevant. [74] Drugs [ edit ] Schildt, Axel; Detlef, Siegfried (2006). Between Marx and Coca-Cola: Youth Cultures in Changing European Societies, 1960–1980. New York: Berghahn Books. p.318. ISBN 9780857456854. OCLC 875099006. Craig Charles represents Northern soul in The Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show on BBC's Radio 6 Music. 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.

David Godin's Deep Soul Treasures' series, is great, but is not stuff that fits into that "northern" characteristic. Most of it is slow, bluesy gospel-flavoured stuff. - more "When A Man Loves A Woman" than "Heat Wave"...Dave Godin did coin the term "Northern Soul"...he run a shop in London selling imported soul stuff, and noticed a certain sound that northern english buyers tended to favour.Saving the hapless male". The Daily Telegraph. 20 September 2008. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022 . Retrieved 29 May 2014. Keith Rylatt and Phil Scott (2001). CENtral 1179: The Story of Manchester's Twisted Wheel Club. Bee Cool. ISBN 0-9536626-3-2. Some northern soul records were so rare that only a handful of copies were known to exist, so specific DJs and clubs became associated with particular records that were almost exclusively in their own playlists. Keith Rylatt and Phil Scott wrote: The Sapphires, especially their songs "Slow Fizz", "Gotta Have Your Love" (which reached number 33 on the R&B charts), "Evil One", and "Gonna Be a Big Thing", became popular in the northern soul scene, [16] including during the early days at the Twisted Wheel Club. [17] Every Soul Boy & Girl has their favourite sounds, I’m sure that as you read the Top 500 that you were surprised not to see a record that is particularly close to your own heart, I have my own personal favourites many of which didn’t make it either, however you may well find it in this list of 100 spins that nearly made the chart…”

Simon Jones – bass; percussion on "A New Decade"; keyboards on "A Northern Soul"; 12-string acoustic guitar on "History" a b "The Twisted Wheel - Blues and Soul - by Dave Godin". Soul-source.co.uk . Retrieved 15 August 2019. Today there are regular northern soul events in various parts of the United Kingdom, such as the Nightshift Club all-nighters at the Bisley Pavilion in Surrey and the Prestatyn Weekender in North Wales. [36] In an August 2008 article in The Times, broadcaster Terry Christian argued that northern soul was undergoing a distinct revival in the late 2000s. [37] Christian cited the popularity of regular revivals of Twisted Wheel soul all-nighters at the original venue (in Whitworth Street, Manchester) plus the Beat Boutique northern soul all-nighters at the Ruby Lounge and MMUnion in Manchester. Many who ceased their involvement in the late 1970s have now returned to the scene and regularly participate in such events. [38] [39] In 2009, Paul O'Grady included a Northern Soul Triple in his weekly BBC Radio 2 show. He played three Northern soul hits, often at the request of his listeners. [40]a b Keith Rylatt and Phil Scott, Central 1179: The Story of Manchester's Twisted Wheel Club, chapter 10 "The Records" The northern soul scene has notably influenced DJ culture and certain musicians and has been portrayed in literature, theatre and cinema. It felt like I’d been through an emotional storm,” Ashcroft would later tell the NME. “But I got something out of it. Out of all the torment, I had a diamond. And that’s what great groups survive on.” As it happened, the band, in this incarnation, would barely survive the year. A Northern Soul, however, would go on to become of the defining albums of the mid-90s: soul music, palpably real, torn from the core of something intangible.