Step back to 1967 ,when the sound of American soul was travelling across the the Atlantic and finding a new home in the basements and backstreet clubs of Britain In this episode we dive into a world of raw ,rare ,and underplayed Northern soul records -the kind of 45s that once spun on turntables in the ledgendary Twisted Wheel .Fast records ,Ferocious records ,that sounds as powerful today as it did nearly sixty years ago

Step back to 1967 ,when the sound of American soul was travelling across the the Atlantic and finding a new home in the basements and backstreet clubs of Britain In this episode we dive into a world of raw ,rare ,and underplayed Northern soul records -the kind of 45s that once spun on turntables in the ledgendary Twisted Wheel . Fast records ,Ferocious records ,that sounds as powerful today as it did nearly sixty years ago

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Secret Soul comes from the City of Manchester, UK — widely regarded as the birthplace of Northern Soul.
Presented by Colin Skehan, a lifelong music enthusiast who worked as a Manchester club DJ throughout the 1970s and early 1980s. Colin was a resident DJ at the Soul Cellar Bar at the Birch Hotel in Ashton-under-Lyne, spinning records during the formative years of the Northern Soul movement. Between 1973 -1983 he worked behind the decks, and from 1974 to 1977 he also ran his own independent record shop, placing him at the heart of the scene both on the dancefloor ,and behind the counter.

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Secret Soul comes from the City of Manchester, UK — widely regarded as the birthplace of Northern Soul. Presented by Colin Skehan, a lifelong music enthusiast who worked as a Manchester club DJ throughout the 1970s and early 1980s. Colin was a resident DJ at the Soul Cellar Bar at the Birch Hotel in Ashton-under-Lyne, spinning records during the formative years of the Northern Soul movement. Between 1973 -1983 he worked behind the decks, and from 1974 to 1977 he also ran his own independent record shop, placing him at the heart of the scene both on the dancefloor ,and behind the counter.

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