Northern Soul: Keep The Faith, 35 Years On
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| 22:35 UK time, Saturday, 20 September 2008
Since everybody else is doing it, I will publish my top 5 Northern Soul tracks of all time, to coincide with the 35th Anniversary of the opening of Wigan Casino. Apparently some of my former mates are right now trying to have an impromptu allnighter in a car park in Wigan!
UPDATE: Unitl 4am the webcam is live here!
Its not as completely sad as being a retired Elvis lookalike, because while Elvis invented rock-n-roll we invented dancing all night using nothing stronger than Coca Cola, and that's still going!
Here are my top five tracks: I paid £7 for the record at the top of the list in 1976. But they are all on Youtube now, together with hundreds more.
1. Little Anthony & the Imperials: Better Use Your Head
2. Timi Yuro It'll Never Be Over For Me
3. Mel Britt She'll Come Running Back
4. The Four Seasons I'm Gonna Change
5. Del Capris Hey Little Way Out Girl
You can hear from track 3 that funk actually was rearing its head by this time. I am actually in one of these YouTube videos! A prize to anybody who can spot me: I need URL and timecode. It's gonna be harder than Spot The Ball. Closes 30 Sept 2008. Hit the comments button to try it.
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i think you're in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlmBdG3mW2s (the four seasons I'm Gonna Change) and though there's few other candidates in there (the guy in the red Fred perry at 1:08 or the guy in the dark top at 1:11 or even the lad in the white top at 2:26) my guess is you're the guy briefly visible dancing behind a lass doing spins at 2 minutes 39 - 40 seconds. ktf
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlmBdG3mW2s 1.15mins.
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Both wrong. And to my colleagues who have suggested this... no I do not have my shirt off!
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Paul, you are in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlmBdG3mW2s Four Seasons 'I'm gonna Change' and you are at 1:20-1:21
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Thanks for the link to my article on the history of the Wigan Casino - very nice to appear on the Newsnight blog!
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Since no-one's talking to you at the treasury (latest entry) you can let us know where you are on the vids above and what the amazing prize on offer is? Share options with HBOS perhaps?
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Paul
Did you used to live in Leigh Nr Butts Bridge?
If so I cant recognise you on any of the vids, I see Vernon, Julie Bebb, Sandi Holt, so which one is you?
Steve
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Are you from wigan paul??I detect those vowel sounds. Great to hear them on the BBC!
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