Sounds Of Soul chronicles: Northern Soul the film
It’s fair to say that at the moment things are happening in this town when it comes to Northern Soul. In 2015 the Emerald City is hosting arguably the two most significant events on the Northern Soul calendar in Australia – the 18th Australian National Northern Soul Weekender from 23rd to 25th October and this Saturday’s Australian premier of the award winning movie ‘Northern Soul’. Directed by internationally renowned photographer Elaine Constantine, this film tells the story of two young Soul devotees at the heydays of this underground movement in England’s North in the 1970s. Rejected by countless distributors the UK the release of ‘Northern Soul’ the film was nevertheless a success at the box office and took the movie to the top ten, made possible by a grass roots movement of Soul fans filling local cinemas. The upcoming Sydney premier was not much different, selling out all screenings in a matter of days. There’s solace for the many who couldn’t snatch a ticket in time – there’s still the big after party/Northern Soul night at Spectrum (Oxford Street, Darlinghurst) if you fancy a taste of this unique underground dance culture, including original vinyl spun by Sydney’s top DJs. More of the same, only on a bigger scale, awaits us later in October when the National Weekender kicks off. Great times ahead indeed.
18th Australian National Northern Soul Weekender info and tickets www.sydneysoulweekender.com.au
Northern Soul the film after party/Northern Soul night at Spectrum info
www.facebook.com/events/415710908597451/
And here’s the playlist of last weeks Sounds Of Soul radio show:
Sonny Charles/Put It In A Magazine/7″ Highrise
Bill Brandon/We Fell In Love While Dancing/7″ Prelude
Brenda Holloway/I’m So Happy/7″ Test press
Barbara King/What I Did On The Street/7″ ALWA
Velvet/Bet You If You Ask Around/7″ Perception
O.U.L. (vocals by Larry Hancock)/On Top Of The World/7″ Musicor
Krystal Generation/Wanted Dead Or Alive/7″ Mister Chad
Arthur Adams/You Got The Floor/12″ Inculcation
Sister Sledge/Love Don’t You Go Through No Changes On Me/7″ Atlantic
Betty Wright/Open The Door To Your Heart/7″ RCA Victor
Latimore/We Got To Hit It Off/7″ Glades
Lynn Varnado/Ain’t That Something/7″ Testpress
Jimmy Ruffin/Do You Know Me/7″ Chess
Little Beaver/Party Down Part I/7″ Cat
Benny Johnson/Stop Me/7″ Today
Roy Hemmings/Night Owl/7″ Joe Boy
Lonnie Lester/You Can’t Go/7″ Nu-Tune
Jimmy Robins /I Can’t Please You/7″ Jerhart
Don Gardner/Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy/7″ Mr. G. Records
Eldridge Holmes/Lovely Woman/7″ Desu Records Francaise
Clydene Jackson/I Need Your Love/7″ Joe Boy
Bull & Matadors/I Can’t Forget/7″ Toddlin’ Town
June Taylor/Pick Up The Pieces/7″ Music Now
You can listen back to Sounds Of Soul shows at our program page:
https://eastsidefm.org/specialist/soundsofsoul/
Or listen to selected shows and sets at mixcloud:
www.mixcloud.com/bernhard-schmitz/
DJ Burn Hard