Sinister:A Northern Soul

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Pete wrote:

> At 07:05 PM 12/1/98 +0000, you wrote:
> >Hello,
> >As we are on the subject......
> >I have been listening to a bit of Northern Soul !! Well,
> to be honest, I
> >know very little about it, so I went out and bought the
> "Wigan Casino
> >Story" Volumes 1 and 2. Both are excellent.
> >
> >Maybe I should buy more. But buy what ? I don`t fancy
> going to seedy
> >holiday camps and paying 100 quid for a single (or
> spinning on my back
> >either to be honest !). Anyone have any great insights
> into the murky
> >world of Northern Soul ?
>
> A murky dredged darkly majestic like world it is.  From
> what I have read
> the band where in the throes of breaking up whlst
> recording A Northern
> Soul.  They ended up splitting for a while........

.........

> .......Emotions I think of are
> oceans, flying, darkness, isolation and in some way sheer
> survival.  Oh god
> this sounds like and undergraduate record review
>
> .......  Anyhow I digress.  A Northern Soul is their best
> album, and a
> great title, for all it's majesty, it is northern soul.
>
> I didn't really say anything much hear I guess, but I do
> recomend you all
> getting it, and then follow that up with a Dirty Three CD,
> and I will take
> to your with warmness.
>
> Pete
>

I'd just like to waste everyone's time by saying this is the
best message we've had on the list for a long time. I kept
waiting and waiting for the punchline but it didn't come,
and is all the better for that. Next time I see that album
at a knockdown price I will snap it up as a tribute. Or get
it taped.

The other Nortern Soul is a bit of a murky world as well. I
don't know how it is defined but it seems to cover just
about anything you want it to. I've got quite a few of the
Kent compilations and I like them a lot, not least because
they represent excellent value for money. They are mostly
uptempo things that go bum bum bum in a Motown or Fine Young
Cannibals style, but there is also a CD entirely devoted to
end of the evening smoochers for lovers in the dark. I
haven't got it because I don't think anyone wants to snog
with me for seventy-odd minutes. Most of the CDs cloudly
proclaim the inclusion of singles that cost a hundred quid
in holiday camps.
There is also something called Southern Soul, so called
because it is from the South. Volume Three of The Heart of
Southern Soul describes itself as "gritty church-based
vocals testifying to the joys and pain of sexual
relationships", which brings us neatly back to Belle and
Sebastian.

More fun'n'frolics to be found at :
http://www.acerecords.co.uk
The good thing about these albums is you can listen to them
loads of times without getting bored. There are also some
fantastic fashions on display. How I long for a lifesize
poster of Bobby Powell. Better still, his outfit. A collar
the size of Concorde, big puffy sleeves, double breasted
waistcoat and big fuck off flares. All in a lovely shade of
orange.

Intersted parties can borrow them from the Virgin Mega
Library, tape them and then take them back. I still find
that hard to believee. Don't you even have to make up some
excuse about it being a present but they already had it? The
times they are a changing. According to Phil Collins.

Peter


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