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The Exile's Northern Soul Corner

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Red Squirrel
Red Squirrel
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4:44pm, 19 Jan 2021
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Red Squirrel
Biddu Orchestra that is.
Northern Exile
Northern Exile
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8:01pm, 19 Jan 2021
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If you're of a certain age you'll remember a couple of hits he had in the charts. Big WikiPedia entry.

en.wikipedia.org
Derby Tup
Derby Tup
Jan 2021
8:42pm, 19 Jan 2021
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I love the big Tina Charles record
Red Squirrel
Red Squirrel
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4:34pm, 24 Jan 2021
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I'm sure we've had these already, but they bear repeating. On Craig Charles' show this week. The second one is hair on the back of the neck stuff for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1qsrH4_psA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnDMsnta3ck

Record version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqsosa6T2zc
Northern Exile
Northern Exile
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8:20pm, 24 Jan 2021
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He played the 7th Avenue Aviators did he? Outstanding choice, but not exactly mainstream, pretty rare in fact :-) Both excellent records and neither have been played here before, nice one RS medal
Red Squirrel
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I'd put both of them in my top 10 northern tracks. Trying to remember when I first heard them. I think it was Thursday nights at the Thekla about 25 years ago!
Northern Exile
Northern Exile
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10:51pm, 24 Jan 2021
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I had never heard 7th Avenue Aviators as a young lad, it might have been a connoisseur's item back in the day. It came big second time around though, I remember being played a lot at the Prestwich (Manchester) soul nights about 20 years back.
swittle
swittle
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4:53pm, 25 Jan 2021
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPm4DGTysn0
Northern Exile
Northern Exile
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6:35pm, 25 Jan 2021
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Ooh, nice one Mr Swits. That was MASSIVE at Wigan, remember it well. Some records just have that "Wigan sound", that was one of them :-)
swittle
swittle
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6:46pm, 25 Jan 2021
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Some debate amongst YouTube commentators as to whether this *is* The Contours. There's a DJs copy on Soulwax [white label?] but this is the one I found first The rather grainy sepia vid somehow adds to the experience. :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18sQpv0Q5SM

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I thought I might indulge of my "other" passion for your entertainment :-)

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