Eddie Foster Dreams of Wigan Casino - Black Music 1970s
The music is black american and obscure
Eddie Foster Dreams of Wigan - Black Music 1970s
'The music is black american and obscure - ghetto sounds which never made it, the followers are mostly white and fanatical - working class kids in the industrial heart of Britain who dance like there's no tomorrow to records most of us will never hear. The Northern Soul Scene is a strange mixture of good and bad, of burning dedication and grubby exploitation. Despised by some, misunderstood by most, it is the ultimate Underground scene. Tony Cummings investigates...'
Three scans of a well remembered and often mentioned article that featured in Black Music Magazine
Originally posted in 99, but went missing, did say recently on the forum that if do find will repost, so here you go
Part 1 of 3
Part 2 of 3
'...the drum socks home a crisp backbeat a vocalist sings about falling in love being a gas. The minutes move on. The sound isn't as good as il could be. It's loud alright, volume enough to make your nose bleed. But there's distortion and some of the effect of the Large orchestrations common on all the records being blasted is lost in a morasse of noise. But still. the beat, the beat always THE BEAT smashes it's hypnotic way into mass consciousness...'
Part 3 of 3
There are plenty of kids getting high just on the music But a pretty good dance item "Shy Guy" by Johnny Baker on Fog City gets less dancing action than "Condition Red" a rotten pop sounding instrumental by…
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