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The Exile's Northern Soul Corner

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Red Squirrel Jan 2021 4:44pm, 19 Jan 2021 21,697 posts	0 Red Squirrel Biddu Orchestra that is.
Northern Exile Jan 2021 8:01pm, 19 Jan 2021 7,277 posts	0 Northern Exile 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 Jan 2021 8:42pm, 19 Jan 2021 48,613 posts	0 Derby Tup I love the big Tina Charles record
Red Squirrel Jan 2021 4:34pm, 24 Jan 2021 21,707 posts	0 Red Squirrel 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 Jan 2021 8:20pm, 24 Jan 2021 7,279 posts	0 Northern Exile 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
Red Squirrel Jan 2021 10:15pm, 24 Jan 2021 21,710 posts	0 Red Squirrel 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 Jan 2021 10:51pm, 24 Jan 2021 7,280 posts	0 Northern Exile 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 Jan 2021 4:53pm, 25 Jan 2021 72,491 posts	0 swittle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPm4DGTysn0
Northern Exile Jan 2021 6:35pm, 25 Jan 2021 7,281 posts	0 Northern Exile 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 Jan 2021 6:46pm, 25 Jan 2021 72,497 posts	0 swittle 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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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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