The Northern Soul Scene

edited by Sarah Raine, Tim Wall and Nicola Watchman Smith

Book cover: The Northern Soul Scene

Extent: 320 pages

Publisher: Equinox Publishing

Subjects: Cultural Studies, Music & Performing Arts

Series: Studies in Popular Music

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(February 2019)

ISBN: 9781781795583

6.1 x 9.17 inches

Price: $32.00

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Hardback (Published)

(February 2019)

ISBN: 9781781795576

6.1 x 9.17 inches

Price: $100.00

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The northern soul scene is a dance-based music culture that originated in the English North and Midlands in the early 1970s. It still thrives today with a mix of sixty-year-olds and several generations of new converts, and its celebration of 1960s soul has an international following. This co-produced book brings together newly commissioned essays together with pivotal earlier articles that have defined the field so far. These chapters are interspersed with key journalistic articles, evocative photographs, and interviews with the directors of northern soul-themed films. This anthology is the first to provide a wide variety of perspectives on the history and contemporary nature of the scene, and creates a forum for vibrant dialogue and debate amongst academic researchers, students and those immersed in the scene. Representations of the scene from different media, and different historical locations, are juxtaposed to construct a rich and diverse statement about the music, people, places and practices that constitute the northern soul scene in the UK and beyond.

Introduction Nicola Watchman Smith, Tim Wall, Sarah Elizabeth Raine Musical Bookmark 1 Chapter One: Groove Me: Dancing to the Discs of Northern Soul David Sanjek Chapter Two: Long After Tonight is All Over Stuart Cosgrove Musical Bookmark 2 Chapter Three: Welcome to Dreamsville: A History and Geography of Northern Soul Katie Milestone, Joanne Hollows Chapter Four: ReMarking Old Records, Making New Meaning Nicola Watchman Smith Chapter Five: Dave Godin and the Politics of the British Soul Community Joe Street Musical Bookmark 3 Chapter Six: Acquiring Rights and Righting Wrongs? Ady Croasdell Dossier of photographs 1 Richard Oughton Chapter Seven: Women and Pioneering English Soul Clubs: 1965-1975 Katie Milestone Musical Bookmark 4 Chapter Eight: Out on the Floor: The Politics of Dancing on the Northern Soul Scene Tim Wall Chapter Nine: I'm Still Looking for Unknowns all the Time: The Forward (E)motion of Northern Soul Dancing Paul Sadot Musical Bookmark 5 Chapter Ten: Beyond the Master Narrative of Youth Nicola Watchman Smith Chapter Eleven: Nostalgia, Symbolic Knowledge and Generational Conflict Lucy Gibson Musical Bookmark 6 Chapter Twelve: Myths on/of the Northern Soul Scene Sarah Elizabeth Raine, Tim Wall Dossier of photographs 2 Bethany Kane Chapter Thirteen: Three Interviews Tim Wall Musical Bookmark 7 Chapter Fourteen: Las Vida con Soul es major, much Mejor (Life with Soul is Better, much Better) Dani Herranz Chapter Fifteen: The Voice of Northen Soul Scene Participants Mark Duffett, Sarah Elizabeth Raine, Tim Wall Chapter Sixteen: From Pillheads to Shredded Wheat: What Happened to Northern Soul? Andrew Wilson Musical Bookmark 8 Critical Reflection Nicola Watchman Smith, Sarah Elizabeth Raine, Tim Wall End Matter Index Nicola Watchman Smith, Sarah Elizabeth Raine, Tim Wall

  • Edited by Sarah Raine
  • Edited by Tim Wall
  • Edited by Nicola Watchman Smith

"Collecting a mass of data from contributors, interviews with several generations of dancers, and diverse perspectives and conclusions on the Northern Soul scene, a rich and highly informative book developed. It shows the many differing opinions on DJs, stories, the movement's history, legendary performers and aspects of relationships, gender and fashion. . . . The book's data is mostly new and so are the texts and essays; however, there are some older texts on the theme included, that provide a good introduction (then and now) to northern soul research. . . . This title is some kind of a revelation, as it easily combines academic research with interviews and fans' stories on a large scale, leading to massive amounts of data. . . . Recommended reading through and through." --Dr. A. Ebert, popcultureshelf.com, 2019.
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