Sleeve notes written by Neil Rushton accompanying the LP Out on the Floor Tonight on Inferno Records David Nowell (2001). Too Darn Soulful: The Story of Northern Soul. Robson Books. ISBN 1-86105-431-9. Other major northern soul venues in the 1970s include the Catacombs in Wolverhampton, Va Va's in Bolton, the Talk of the North all-nighters at the Pier and Winter Gardens in Cleethorpes, Tiffany's in Coalville, Samantha's in Sheffield, Neil Rushton's Heart of England soul club all-dayers at the Ritz in Manchester and the Nottingham Palais. [31] As the 1970s progressed, the northern soul scene expanded even further nationally. There was a notable scene in the east of England: Shades Northampton was one of the leading venues in this area of the country during the early 1970s until it closed in 1975. Later came the all-nighters at the St Ivo Centre in St Ives, the Phoenix Soul club at the Wirrina Stadium in Peterborough and the Howard Mallett in Cambridge. [32] Other towns with notable northern soul venues at this time included Kettering, Coventry, Bournemouth, Southampton and Bristol. [21] 1980s and later [ edit ] The Northern soul subculture has spawned several memoirs, novels and short stories. Maxwell Murray's James Ellis. "Biddu". Metro. Archived from the original on 2 September 2011 . Retrieved 17 April 2011.

Russ Winstanley and David Nowell (1996). Soul Survivors: The Wigan Casino Story. Robson Books. ISBN 1-86105-126-3. a b "Soul Survivors". Musicsaves.org. Archived from the original on 13 October 2009 . Retrieved 5 October 2011. David Nowell The Story of Northern Soul, p. 79 Anova Books, 1999, ISBN 1907554726, accessed 11 May 2014The Marvelettes were one of the most popular girl groups in Northern Soul, with Please Mr Postman their biggest hit. Although they're still very much a soul group, The Marvelettes poppier sound makes them a good gateway to the more obscure stuff.

Moloko "Familiar Feeling" - YouTube". YouTube. 8 April 2006. Archived from the original on 28 October 2007 . Retrieved 29 May 2014. Megan Armstrong (3 November 2017). "Above & Beyond Releases 'Ode to Detroit' With Emotional 'Northern Soul' Featuring Richard Bedford". Billboard . Retrieved 4 May 2019. Hewitt, Paolo (21 August 2010). "SoulBoy might be set in 1974 but Northern soul fans are still out on the floor". The Guardian. London.Playing live became our forte,” Jones says, recalling how A Northern Soul was largely written in six weeks on the road, the group firing on all cylinders, treating audiences to new songs the day they were written. “We’d read about The Stooges going in and recording an album in six days and that was what we wanted to do.” Enrico Bonadio (25 September 2014). "Northern soul trademark win shows music subcultures belong to fans". The Conversation. Despite the name, most Northern Soul music actually came from the States, where DJs dug up obscure singles and limited releases from pretty much unknown artists. In fact, the term Northern Soul was coined by a London record shop owner to describe the obscure requests of Northern football fans. Soul-A-Go-Go Live celebrating 30 years of Vince Peach! &No. 124; PBS 106.7FM". Pbsfm.org.au. 2 August 2014 . Retrieved 3 June 2015.

Former Casino DJ Richard Searling presents a weekly radio show on BBC Radio Manchester, BBC Radio Stoke and SOLAR Radio (Sunday at 10 am UK time) dedicated to northern soul, [81] whilst John Kane's Northern Soul is broadcast across various BBC local radio stations in the North of England. [82]In 1972, white soul group the Four Seasons released the song " The Night" from their May 1972 album Chameleon, a disco song which appealed to the northern soul scene, [23] and as a result, it was successfully re-released in the UK in the spring of 1975. [24] Tommy Hunt appearing at a Wigan Casino reunion event in 2002 Northern soul is a culture based on chance finds, crate-digging and word-of-mouth recommendations. That’s why it would be redundant to fill this list with the titles everyone knows, although it would be churlish not to include some obvious selections, like Out on the Floor, for starters. Fashion and imagery [ edit ] Logo featuring the clenched fist symbol which has been adopted by the northern soul movement Andy Wilson (2007). Northern Soul: Music, Drugs and Subcultural Identity. Willan Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84392-208-7.