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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

WIGANS CHOSEN FEW - FOOTSIE (RARE CLIP 1975). BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN WIPED/LOST BUT THANKS TO MY FRIEND GQ AND FELLOW COLLECTOR HERE IT IS. (TOP OF THE POPS 30TH JANUARY 1975. PS. I PERSONALLY CAN'T STAND THE TUNE HOWEVER UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY/NOSTALGIA IT HAS FOR SOME OF THE SOULIES.

Another scan added to our reference feature. This one features a fairly lengthy look at the Northern Soul Scene from the Melody Maker music paper, the 25th January 1975 Issue, with the main focus on Blackpool Mecca and Wigan Casino. "Keep The Scene Alive" Inside the ballrooms that are the citadel of the NORTHERN SOUL scene. Great music. Athletic dancing. Later, breakfast and a swim. "The scene is here as long as the punters want it" says one DJ. "Its essence is rarity and it's up to us to keep t

Here's a scan of a Record Mirror ( a long gone mainstream uk music paper) feature taken from the issue  dated 15th Feb 1975. After their appearance on the BBC's Top Of The Pops as part of the 'Wigans Chosen Few' spot Record Mirror featured an article from Jan Iles having a chat with some of the dancers involved, Anne, Kip and Gethro....   The Casino Loyals WIGAN'S RAVERS SPOUT FORTH "Stop me goin' at the all nighters and I stop yer breath" GERROFF YA bikes, all you shufflers bold, leave yer bala

Here is a very old review of Wigan Casino I did. We'd stopped going in 1978, and having heard one of Sam's spot's at Bedford, I decided to venture north once more recording the visit in Blackbeat. Usual health warning - please remember I was very young when I wrote this, but I wonder how many cover up's can be uncovered from this article. From Blackbeat Issue 4 Wigan Casino May 1980 Review   My first visit to Wigan for over a year (it costs over 25 on the train for us). First

The Post Wigan Years   By Karl ‘Chalky’ White Much has been written about the Northern Soul scene up to the demise of The Wigan Casino, but very little has actually been written about what followed. For many, the scene died when Wigan Casino closed its doors for the final time. These same people would perversely discover that the scene was far from dead and that a hard-core crowd had continued to keep the flame burning and in the process, had taken the scene back underground with an aggressive u