Name: Keeping The Faith… Wigan Casino 45 - Station Road, Wigan 1973 - 1981
Brand: Various

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

OSVLP021

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

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Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2018-10-26

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

The Orchard

Tax rate GB

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5013993990758

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Various

Genre GB

Funk / Soul

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Outta Sight

Welcome to the third volume in the Wigan Casino mini-series exploring the diverse playlist of the world’s No.1 Northern Soul venue. The 23rd September 2018 marks the 45th Anniversary of the super club and Outta Sight have selected 18 tracks that capture the unique atmosphere of the huge ballroom and the mesmerizing dance moves that held us spellbound all those years ago. Wigan Casino finally closed its doors in December 1981 after eight long years of weekly All-Nighters, during which time it came to define Northern Soul. The term had, of course, been coined years earlier, but it was the Casino Soul Club that established the style of music and the scene to the wider public. The Casino transformed the Northern Soul scene into a mass youth movement with its own sound track, uniform, cultural icons and a 100,000 strong membership. In reality, the stereotype of moustachioed young men in baggy trousers and vest tops, festooned with sew-on patches, was actually quite short lived. Northern Soul was ever evolving and as the Seventies progressed so did the music and the fashion, embracing soulful-disco and jazz-funk. Today, 45 years on, it is still evolving and attracts followers from all over the globe to its international Weekenders and Festivals. It features the seldom heard floorpacking instrumental <i>Thunder</i> by Lord Thunder, the hypnotic dancer <i>Get It Baby</i> by Stanley Mitchell plus cuts from Clarence Reed, The ivories, The Gentlemen Four, The Platters etc.

Keeping The Faith… Wigan Casino 45 - Station Road, Wigan 1973 - 1981

Music GB