I was speaking to a pal today and he told he was at a surprise party and the DJ's only played Northern tracks.

He asked me for a few tracks that summed up Northern. As I am new (5yrs or so) to the music I thought I would

struggle to fill a cd.

What 20-30 tracks would you put on the cd to give a good impression of Northern?

Or do I loan him my Ian D Wigan,Wheel series or my Cellarful of Motown cd's .... over to you.

I'll take him to the last Blacktrackin at the Woodside in July.

Edited May 13, 200916 yr by johnm

Frank Beverly & The Butlers - "If That's What You Wanted"

Willie Hutch - "Love Runs Out"

Roy Hamilton - "Crackin' Up Over You"

Just 3 off the top of my head but i'm sure others will suggest more!

Frank Beverly & The Butlers - "If That's What You Wanted"

Willie Hutch - "Love Runs Out"

Roy Hamilton - "Crackin' Up Over You"

Just 3 off the top of my head but i'm sure others will suggest more!

Joy Lovejoy 'In orbit'

The Cooperettes 'Shing-a-ling'

The carstaires 'It really hurts me girl'

James Fountain 'Seven day lover'

I was speaking to a pal today and he told he was at a surprise party and the DJ's only played Northern tracks.

He asked me for a few tracks that summed up Northern. As I am new (5yrs or so) to the music I thought I would

struggle to fill a cd.

What 20-30 tracks would you put on the cd to give a good impression of Northern?

Or do I loan him my Ian D Wigan,Wheel series or my Cellarful of Motown cd's .... over to you.

I'll take him to the last Blacktrackin at the Woodside in July.

He won't go far wrong with the Wheel, Torch, Mecca, Wigan albums for the obvious ones from the early era as they're probably a good place to start - they've done incredibly well - at the last count they were up to 40k apiece - 160k total which is incredible in the current market, so they're pretty popular. However, they only reflect the Sony/BMG back catalogue so I'd add some of the obvious Kent and Goldmine releases plus that 'Soul Satisfaction' CD from Universal is pretty good too......

Ian D

Ian -I think I'll let him have a listen to your comp's as I have them.

keep the selections coming cheers

Little Ann - What Should I Do

Timmie Williams - Competition

Fidels - Try A Little Harder

Furys - I'm Satisfied With You

Invitations - Whats Wrong With Me Baby

Tommy Ridgely - My Love Gets Stronger

Mello Souls - We Can Make It

Bit of everything in there.....

tony galla - in love

van dykes - save my love for a rainy day

valentinos - sweeter than the day before..

I always think when you give someone a cd for the first time... give them classics then the next one give them x/over etc...

otherwise when you try to explain what northern soul is the you give them a cd with 80's soul on it gets complicated.. when they have a couple of cd's then they can tell why you also like newer stuff..

only my opinion....

I gave him Ian D's comp CD's and also the DJ Honky 2CD comp I'll let you know what he thinks...

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