The Northern Soul Podcast

Detroit to the Northern Quarter


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Tonight episode is a journey into the Detroit Soul of Manchester .

Were heading to the streets of the NORTHERN QUARTER ,a part of the city that today is full of record shops,bars and restaurants-but in the 1970s was a gritty warehouse district at the heart of a growing music culture .

From there we step into the legendary clubs that defined the era where rare American records from places like Detroit found a new life on British dance floors .

1974 Manchester had its own New commercial radio station piccadilly 261

and there's a personal moment too -a visit to the basement warehouse of Global Records where I was gifted with the first pressing of James fountain seven day lover

So tonight its Manchester now, and the 1970s -the clubs, the records ,the people and the soul of the city

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The Northern Soul PodcastBy Col Ske