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Broadcast around 1990, this programme covers Ska, Reggae, Northern Soul, Punk, New Romantics, Hip Hop & Rave and more. This section features Reggae, Northern Soul, Old Skool Hip Hop, Breakdancing and...er....Bros. added by site includes clips from previous BBC programmes - Something Else - Skelmersdale and Omnibus (1978) https://www.soul-source.co.uk/topic/211634-can-you-id-the-source-of-film/ -
BBC Local Tv Clip from 2006 BBC Midlands Today Northern Soul 'And The Beat Goes on' 2006 -
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BBCs Inside Out programme will feature a special on Northern Soul on Monday 1st September 7.30pm BBC1 Yet another slightly embarrassing TV feature about Northern Soul. Presented by the now infamous Ashley Blake. Broadcast in the midlands by the BBC in 2004. Filmed in various locations, including Stoke, Alsager & Stourport. (My home town) two parter - use the second link for full show part 2 -
BBC Breakfast 20th December 2011. Pete Waterman and Elaine Constantine discuss Northern Soul. 2011 Northern Soul on BBC Breakfast -
BBC2 25th sep 2013 In my opinion, this is the best documentary about the Northern Soul scene to date, it's been done with love and affection. Produced and Directed by Maurice O'Brien and Edited by David Arthur. Most documentaries covering the music that I love make me cringe, this one gives me goosebumps. Featured tracks are: Sandi Sheldon - You're Gonna Make Me Love You Earl Jackson - Soul Self Satisfaction The Exciters - Blowing Up My Mind The Precisions - If This Is Love Major Lance - The Beat The Vel-Vets - I Got To Find Me Somebody Edwin Starr - Time Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons - The Night Duke Browner - Crying Over You The Parliaments - I Wanna Testify The Vibrations - Cause You're Mine 7th Avenue Aviators (AKA Frankie Karl & The Chevrons) - You Should O' Held On Turley Richards - I Feel Alright Mel Britt - She'll Come Running Back Dobie Gray - Out On The FLoor The Salvadors - Stick By Me Baby The Carstairs - It Really Hurts Me Girl Jimmy Radcliffe - Long After Tonight Is All Over Holly St James - That's Not Love Gene Chandler - There Was A Time Gloria Jones - Tainted Love The Jades - I'm Where It's At Tobi Legend - Time Will Pass You By -
Hi Paul, The Audio Technica LP1240 can be found for around £375, so it is not what you would call cheap. It is not a 'USB turntable' but a good quality turntable that happens to have a USB facility - I trust that makes sense to you. Yes, it will play straight into your laptop. I use mine as a front end in a Naim Audio system and it sounds fine.
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I'm guilty too, I even went on to buy 'After loving you' on RK by Wigans Ovation. It was only after seeing Nicky Wilson on Casino Classics red vinyl, that I stopped and thought 'Hang on a minute, this isn't Northern Soul is it?' In my opinion, that programme last night was a fairly honest interpretation of how it was - warts and all. It was pretty much how I remembered it.
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Yep, a documentary covering the 80's would be nice.
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I thought it was well paced, well explained and easy to follow - good for those viewers that weren't really sure what Northern Soul was/is. Good to see a few short teasers for the upcoming film. Nice tribute to Fran Franklin at the end too.
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Hi Dave, They are only available second hand, unfortunately. Finding a smart looking pair might prove difficult. Ebay will be your best bet, I sold an unused pair there a couple of months back - sorry! Andrew
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Given that record is vinyl and not Styrene, that must really take some doing!
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If you exclude really cheap/crap turntables, belt drive is the preferred choice of audiophiles due to the fact that the belt isolates the vibration of the motor from the platter and, in turn, the record groove itself. Everything is built to a price and for this reason, audiophile turntables often tend to be missing 'extras' like strobe lights, automatic speed change, brakes, pitch controls etc, that way, more money is spent on parts that affect sound quality - better quality motors and tonearm bearings that provide reliable accurate speed stability and friction free tonearm movement. A cynic might argue that belt drive is simply much cheaper to produce and make a higher profit on of course... Having said all that, I have just replaced my belt drive 'high end' Michell Gyrodec with a direct drive Audio Technica LP1240 DJ turntable because it is far more convenient for playing 45s, built like a tank, has a USB port and a built-in phono stage. My 'HiFi' listening isn't done via vinyl anymore and when playing NS 45s, the difference in sound quality between the two is negligible.
The Culture Show effort wasn't bad in my opinion, so I have high hopes for this one too...
I've pre-ordered both the CD and vinyl editions of the soundtrack. After seeing the film at the cinema, I will also buy the Blu-ray Disc when it is released. Like others here, I already have a lot of the music, either on CD or original vinyl and ultimately all this promo stuff is just more clutter and will eventually find it's way into the attic, just like all the Northern Soul books I've bought over the years. I guess that I'm buying these items as souvenirs and partly to show my support for what I feel has been a very ambitious and expensive project for Elaine and everyone else involved.
Hi Ian, I have pre-ordered the CD edition from Amazon, but I am also interested in the 7" vinyl edition too - Amazon do not appear to have this available, so can you tell me where I will be able to purchase it from please? Will the vinyl edition be limited/numbered by any chance? Finally, a technical question about the film - would you happen to know if it has been filmed in high definition and is the sound Dolby Stereo or (fingers crossed) DTS 5.1? I can hardly wait to see it! Andrew
With the exception of the promo one, I used to have the full set of Kent LPs, but in recent years I have sold some off in order to help finance the purchase of original 45s. Some of them went to Ian Clarks brother, he was collecting them for the artwork that Ian did for the album covers. I kept the Northern/Mod/Deep ones and sold the funkier ones that came later in the series. A few went for over £20, but as previously stated, £15 does appear to be the top price for many of them. 'Stand in for love' must have been quite a big seller I would have thought, because John Peel heaped praise on it and regularly played tracks from it on Radio 1. Yes, Northern Soul compilation LPs do seem to be completely out of fashion, even some of the 1970s ones don't seem to attract the prices they used to.
Not a bad programme really. Some video footage I've not seen before too. Highlight for me so far is the very short but sweet piece on Edwin Starr and Shane Lynch's hairstyle and beard.
Just taken delivery of my set from Amazon. My box is number is 000838. All 14 tracks played through fine, no dished or warped records, but then I noticed that single two has the Stevie Wonder label on both sides . I doubt that I am alone in this, so those of you with 'perfect' sets may want to look again more closely. Not exactly the end of the world, so overall I am very happy with the box I received.
At that price, I couldn't resist either.
Looks like the soundtrack release date has been pushed back to the 18th of August.
Yes, an Audio Technica AT-LP 1240 USB. It is one of the 'super OEM' decks that have come onto the market since the demise of the Technics SL1210. I acquired one last month, it can be found for around £375.
Sold my Freddie Houston boot on eBay about a year ago, I advertised it as a boot and still managed to get £30 for it.
From Universal: “For Volume 2 a few changes to the box packaging have been made. We have adapted the label copy insert into a more substantial four page card leaflet. Vinyl will also be manufactured at Optimal to give the authentic push out centre hole of the time. Sleeves will be paper rather than gloss card. The selection of tracks again represent highly sought after vinyl releases compiled by journalist and DJ Richard Searling. Boxes will be limited edition and numbered.” I made a promise to myself that I would resist buying volume 2, but the track list and changes noted above have made it impossible to resist...
