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The Exile's Northern Soul Corner

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Derby Tup
High energy sound. The intro is infectious. Dexy’s did a version on their first album
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Red Squirrel
I heard the Dexy's version first. Then a fair bit later I found out about northern soul. I knew it was a cover but didn't put 2 and 2 together at that point.
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Northern Exile
I don't know if everyone remembers the version of "Footsee" that made it into the British charts, but this is the original version on Roulette:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2UEAFSZrxY


And here's the manufactured version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYM6_NcjUmU


Some very rare footage of the occasion when a bunch of Wigan-going soulsters were invited onto Top of Pops. I never thought I'd see this again:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1zsgUIv5E4
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Northern Exile
OK, first of all thank you for posting "Happy" a few pages back, I haven't heard that for years and it brought a lot of memories flooding back - it was very popular at the Prestwich Soul Nights in Manchester about 20 years back.

I have updated the master list, we now have 430 soulful classics listed! I haven't included stuff like the Chicano tracks and various contemporary records. If you want a copy, please let me know, in the meantime I am going to send to:

RS
DT
Swittle
Macca
Hann

Anyone else?? The "Top 100" project stands at 34 tracks btw
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Derby Tup
List received thanks NE
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macca 53
List received

Can I nominate Tell Me It’s Just A Runour Baby for the Top 100?
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Hanneke
Got it! :)
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Hanneke
Impressive list...
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Northern Exile
List received Can I nominate Tell Me It’s Just A Runour Baby for the Top 100?


Yep, you can do that Macca, it's on the list. So that would be:

#FE Soulful 100 Candidate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKpY3lSehwU


If nobody objects, it's in :-) The idea of it being a candidate is that we come up with a polished list of 100 records that everyone loves. Saying that, I have been a bit guilty of not objecting to one record that's in the Top 100 and that I particularly dislike :-)
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Northern Exile
FE Soulful 100
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1. I Didn't Know How To - The Constellations (NE 27 Oct)
2. What More Do You Want - Gene Toones (NE 28 Oct)
3. Baby Mine - Thelma Houston (RS 28 Oct)
4. I Really Love You - The Tomangoes (NE 29 Oct)
5. This Love Starved Heart of Mine - Marvin Gaye (RS 29 Oct)
6. If This is Love (I'd Rather Be Lonely) - The Precisions (DT 29 Oct)
7. Paris Blues - Tony Middleton (NE 30 Oct)
8. Seven Days Too Long - Chuck Wood (DT 30 Oct)
9. Better Use Your Head - Little Anthony & The Imperials (RS 30 Oct)
10. Suspicion - The Originals (SW 30 Oct)
11. Turning My Heartbeat Up - The MVPs (NE 31 Oct)
12. Just Walk in My Shoes - Gladys Knight (Macca 31 Oct)
13. Open the Door to Your Heart - Darrell Banks (SW 31 Oct)
14. You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies - Dana Valery (NE 1st Nov)
15. You Won't Say Nothing - Tamala Lewis (SW 3 Nov)
16. Nothing But a Heartache - The Flirtations (NE 4 Nov)
17. Baby Don't You Weep - Edward Hamilton & The Arabians (RS 8 Nov)
18. The Drifter - Ray Pollard (NE 8 Nov)
19. Nightowl - Bobby Paris (NE 22 Nov)
20. Out On The Floor - Dobie Gray (DT 23 Nov)
21. Oh No Not My Baby - Maxine Brown (NE 24 Nov)
22. You'll Never Make the Grade - Sunlovers (Hann 24 Nov)
23. How Could You Break My Heart - Bobby Womack (NE 25 Nov)
24. Cashin' In - Voices of East Harlem (DT 25 Nov)
25. Move on Up - Curtis Mayfield (DB 26 Nov)
26. Of Hopes, Dreams and Tombstones - Jimmy Fraser (NE 27 Nov)
27. Slow Fizz - The Sapphires (RS 27 Nov)
28. Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) - Frank Wilson (Hann 02 Dec)
29. Too Late - Johnny Watson & Larry Williams (NE 07 Dec)
30. What Good am I - TSU Toronados (NE 22 Dec)
31. Gone With the Wind is My Love - Rita & The Tiaras (DT 22 Dec)
32. Wear Your Natural Baby - Towana & The Total Destruction (DT 23 Dec)
33. Hung Up on Your Love - The Montclairs (NE 02 Jan)
34. Anything I Can Do - Wil Collins and Willpower (NE 05 Jan)
35. Tell Me It's Just a Rumour Baby - Isley Bros (Macca 21 Mar)

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Maintained by Northern Exile
I thought I might indulge of my "other" passion for your entertainment :-)

Feel free to post, but please do try and keep it soulful. No funk or ska please! I maintain an off-line list of all the tracks posted, if you would like a copy please feel free to fmail me.
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