I'm a kid, when it comes to the rare soul scene; 35 years old and only been listening to northern since about '94/5.

but I can still remember the tunes that first sent me into orbit and I haven't come down yet.....

A guy who I worked with did me a northern tape (which I've still got) - his own 45s and they were real quality (he was a 'stafford' fan). It had taken me several months to get him to agree to do the tape and I was cycling home from work when I first put the tape in my walkman. "I hurt on the otherside" came out first - killer. Next up, "Don't take it out on this world" - ace. Can't recall the third tune as I write, but I will never forget the 4th tune....it completely sent me into orbit and before I knew it I'd crashed into the kerb and had gone over the handle bars in a complete musical daze.

That tune - the tune that got me hooked on northern - was The Hesitations - She Won't Come Back (KAPP)***.

I've never been the same since!

Can you recall THE tune that first did it for you??

***when I bought it, I was pleased to find out that the flip ain't bad either!

first tune..... Love on a mountain top

first nighter....... clifton hall, Rotherham

first dayer........... tiffanies, Derby

First soul record that got me hooked was Sock it to em JB . Not Northern but back in 1966 it was just soul music . Hearing it in a small club in Reading it was the tune that got me hooked .