Northern Soul: An Oral History

Frank Wilson - Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)
"Between the blossoming of the hippy movement in the late ’60s and the decimation of British industrial heartlands in the ’70s, the underground club culture of London’s Mod scene snaked its way 'Up North' to a generation who were too tough for flower power, but still craved respite from the daily grind. In defiance of the chart music and the popular press of the day, a radical (and often elitist) youth subculture called Northern Soul saw white working class kids travel hundreds of miles across the United Kingdom to squeeze into specialist club nights, clapping, stomping and high-kicking to a sound that’s since become embedded in the British cultural consciousness and praised as the older brother of the early rave scene. Although nearly everything about Northern Soul was niche, it was also transformative. Bodies writhed inside amphetamine-fuelled takeovers of the dancehalls and basements of their parents’ Saturday night 'turns.' ..." 
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2012 October: Northern Soul, 2012 December: The obsession that is Northern Soul, 2013 November: Poor-Man's Speed: Coming of Age in Wigan's Anarchic Northern Soul Scene, 2014 May: Northern Soul: Keeping The Faith - The Culture Show, 2014 September: Sam Dees - Lonely for You Baby, 2016 May: Moses Smith - Girl Across The Street (1968)