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Sep 19, 2026
Colin SkehanHOST
Tonight we're heading west all the way to Los Angeles, California, and I've got an incredible, magnificent seven lined up for you.
Colin SkehanHOST
Seven high-energy Northern Soul records, all packed with rhythm, pace, and that unmistakable dance floor sound.
Colin SkehanHOST
From the West Coast of America to the Northern Soul Clubs of Britain, these are the records to make you move.
Colin SkehanHOST
So turn it up and let's get started with the Los Angeles Magnificent Seven.
Big EllaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
You know, dancing is a part of life.
Colin SkehanHOST
The fascinating part is that that beating rhythm was built from a backing track originally recorded for Conwell.
Colin SkehanHOST
The musicians and producers reused that rhythm track and put Richard Temple's identity over it.
Colin SkehanHOST
It was released on Mirwood in the mid-60s and became one of the label's defining Northern Soul records.
Blake "LUXXURY" RobinHOST
I got there.
Blake "LUXXURY" RobinHOST
I'm a Northern Soul fan and a Mark Lanegan fan.
Diallo RiddleHOST
[laughs] Oh, by the way, we've gotta do a Northern Soul episode.
Blake "LUXXURY" RobinHOST
And we gotta do a T. Rex episode.
Diallo RiddleHOST
Oh, my gosh.
Blake "LUXXURY" RobinHOST
It was not a hit at the time.
Blake "LUXXURY" RobinHOST
It was actually a flop.
Blake "LUXXURY" RobinHOST
The reason why Mark Almond knows about this track is because there's this movement in the early '70s in England called Northern Soul-
Joe LepperHOST
But, uh-
Neale RiggGUEST
Northern soul night.
Joe LepperHOST
Yeah, northern soul night with Alan Samba.
Joe LepperHOST
Um-
Neale RiggGUEST
[laughs]
John CassidyHOST
Now, share a playlist with somebody if they're going to be doing a run.
John CassidyHOST
Alan shared with me a couple of things, a Northern Soul one that I still go to.
John CassidyHOST
quite a lot.
John CassidyHOST
And I know, from being in the car park at Glencoe, you said that it wasn't a ghetto blaster, but you had a fair bit of music going on on the West Island.
John CassidyHOST
Brilliant.
John CassidyHOST
Yeah, it's a brilliant tune.
John CassidyHOST
And I'm sure it's one of these, like, well, most Northern Soul tunes are sub-three-minuters, aren't they? Yep.
John CassidyHOST
But it's just that boost, just that lift, just at the right time.
Colin SkehanHOST
Seven records, seven chances to hit the dance floor running, no obvious classics and no safe choices.
Colin SkehanHOST
Just seven Northern Soul dancers built for one thing, keeping those feet moving.
speaker_1SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I do anything for this woman I love.
speaker_1SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Oh yeah.
8 MINS LATER
speaker_1SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I'm gonna stick with you.
speaker_1SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Sugar, so sweet it can Sugar, sugar
Colin SkehanHOST
Now that was a real Northern Soul favourite from the Furies and I'm satisfied with you.
Colin SkehanHOST
This one takes us back to 1967 and the key main label.
Dave SmithHOST
Hi, welcome to another 60 Minutes of Superb Northern Soul and Reggae with me, Dave Smith, on Phoenix FM.
Ansel CollinsSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
If you're untrue Deep in my heart I know Baby, I'll be so good I've been captured by your charms And I want you here in my arms Baby, I need your tender touch
Dave SmithHOST
60 Minutes of Northern Soul, Sky Rocks it in reggae as usual tonight.
Dave SmithHOST
Kicking us off, that's Thelma Houston, Baby Mine.
Dave SmithHOST
This one's Gloria Jones, Finders Keepers.
55 MINS LATER
Dave SmithHOST
We're back again, same time, same place, next week with a Wigan Casino special.
Dave SmithHOST
It's that time of year again.
Dave SmithHOST
60 Minutes of Northern Soul playing at the casino to commemorate the starting of the old days at All Nighters back then in 1973.
StephHOST
so was a lot of the North.
StephHOST
And I really love that they actually had Northern Soul put into it because when people say England, they always think of the South, the Cotswolds, London, that kind of thing.
StephHOST
Everyone forgets about the North.
StephHOST
So I really did love that it was set in Liverpool and had the whole shots of Liverpool in the background because those were real photos as well that were taken of Liverpool.
Weldon Gardner-HunterHOST
They don't play Supremes and... stuff like that.
Weldon Gardner-HunterHOST
But you know what? Fuse Northern soul with, uh, with church and you would have a good time.
Weldon Gardner-HunterHOST
You would be like listening to great songs.
Weldon Gardner-HunterHOST
And then every now and then someone might like, you know, say something for the Bible and then you go back to dancing, et cetera.
speaker_8UNKNOWN
And
DJ ChoppersHOST
that was a legendary Northern Soul drop there, Northern Soul drop night there.
DJ ChoppersHOST
The great Al Wilson
speaker_15UNKNOWN
from the state there and
Janine WarrenGUEST
... mod, moddy.
Janine WarrenGUEST
And I was at, in the upstairs bit, and so I'd be playing kind of, um, what was I playing? Kind of, um, like, lots of soul, Northern Soul records and things like Love and Captain Beefheart were really popular, and still are in Liverpool.
Mark EllenHOST
[laughs]
Janine WarrenGUEST
Yeah.
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