VA - 100 Northern Soul Classics (4CD, 2017)

In the North of England in the early 1970s, a very strange musical phenomenon evolved. Club-going Mods who loved soul music were either bored with the output of Tamla Motown or simply hungry for more music in a similar vein. So club DJs went out hunting for a new supply of soul music. They found it in the form of singles released by smaller American record labels, like Ric-Tic, Golden World, Okeh, Mirwood, Shout and dozens more. The movement came to be known as Northern Soul and though it persists in a nostalgic form today it had its heyday in the mid to late 1970s. All of that excitement and some of the rarest records can be found on this comprehensive collection.

Track List:

Disc: 1
1. Out On The Floor ~ Dobie Gray
2. My Heart Belongs To You ~ Wilson Pickett
3. A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues ~ Arthur Alexander
4. I'll Kiss Your Teardrops Away ~ The Laddins
5. Well I Told You ~ The Chantels
6. Seven Day Fool ~ Etta James
7. Image Part II ~ Hank Levine
8. Baby Cakes ~ Dee Dee Sharp
9. If You Don't Come (You Better Call) ~ Patience Valentine
10. One Day I'll Show You (I Really Love You) ~ The Radiants
11. Hey Hey Baby ~ Otis Redding
12. Little Young Lover ~ The Impressions
13. Don't You Do This To Me ~ Cicero Blake
14. Today's The Day ~ Maureen Gray
15. (I Know) Your Love Has Gone Away ~ The Drapers
16. I'm Telling You ~ Jerry Butler
17. Earthquake ~ Roy Hamilton
18. I Want To Know ~ Sugarpie DeSanto
19. Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird) ~ Chuck Jackson
20. If Your Mother Only Knew ~ Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
21. I'm The One ~ The Trilons
22. Mojo Hannah ~ Henry Lumpkin
23. The Biggest Fool ~ Emorise Kelley
24. I've Got A Feeling ~ Big Maybelle
25. You Lost Your Good Thing ~ Chyvonne Scott

Disc: 2
1. The 'In' Crowd ~ Dobie Gray
2. Whose Heart (Are You Gonna Break Now) ~ Don McKenzie
3. Set My Soul On Fire ~ Eddie Floyd
4. Chills And Fever ~ Ronnie Love
5. You Threw A Lucky Punch ~ Gene Chandler
6. Delilah ~ Major Lance
7. Mama Didn't Lie ~ Jan Bradley
8. Am I Falling In Love ~ Maxine Brown
9. Don't Play That Song (You Lied) ~ Ben E. King
10. Way Over There ~ The Marvelettes
11. Your Heart Belongs To Me ~ The Supremes
12. Some Of Your Lovin' ~ Johnny Nash
13. Jamie ~ Eddie Holland
14. Wiggle Wobble ~ Les Cooper & The Soul Rockers
15. You'd Better Come Home ~ Russell Byrd
16. Hush Heart ~ Baby Washington
17. I Let Myself Go ~ Geraldine Hunt
18. Something For You Baby ~ Mary B
19. The Work Song ~ Tommy Hunt
20. Miracles ~ The O'Jays
21. Every Day I Have To Cry Some ~ Steve Alaimo
22. Operator ~ Gladys Knight & The Pips
23. Lovin' Time ~ Bertha Tillman
24. The Chaperone ~ LaBrenda Ben And The Beljeans
25. Show And Tell ~ Al Wilson

Disc: 3
1. I Wonder (If Your Love Will Ever Belong To Me) ~ The Pentagons
2. Respectable ~ The Isley Brothers
3. Stubborn Kind Of Fellow ~ Marvin Gaye
4. A Miracle ~ James Ray
5. Sometimes I Wonder ~ The Drifters
6. Someday We'll Be Together ~ Johnny & Jackey
7. Who's Gonna Mention My Name ~ Lonnie Sattin
8. Way Over There ~ Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
9. I Don't Want To Cry ~ Chuck Jackson
10. Any Way You Wanta ~ Harvey Fuqua
11. Misery ~ Barrett Strong
12. It's Mine ~ Tammy Montgomery
13. Trick Bag ~ Earl King
14. Bye Bye Baby ~ Mary Wells
15. Having A Party ~ Sam Cooke
16. A Little Taste Of Soul ~ Nat Hendrix Band & Sugarpie Desanto
17. Where Is The Boy Tonight ~ The Charmaines
18. She'll Be Gone ~ Betty O'Brian
19. Wee Bit More Of Your Lovin' ~ Jewel Akens
20. Unchain My Heart ~ Ray Charles
21. Tower Of Strength ~ Gene McDaniels
22. Put A Ring On My Finger ~ Sue Perrin
23. Keep Your Hands Off My Baby ~ Little Eva
24. Take A Giant Step (Walk On) ~ The Profiles
25. Rough Lover ~ Aretha Franklin

Disc: 4
1. Fortune Teller ~ Benny Spellman
2. The Wrong Girl ~ The Showmen
3. Comin' Home Baby ~ Mel Torme
4. Have Love Will Travel ~ Richard Berry
5. Lover Come Back To Me ~ The Cleftones
6. Hold On ~ Dee Clark
7. She's A Troublemaker ~ The Majors
8. The Day Will Come ~ Freddie Gorman
9. Don't Let Her Take My Baby ~ Mitty Collier
10. Hold Back The Tears ~ The Delacardos
11. What's A Matter Baby (Is It Hurting You) ~ Timi Yuro
12. Don't Accuse Me ~ The Squires
13. Catch That Teardrop ~ The 5 Royales
14. What Good Am I Without You? ~ Jackie Wilson
15. Give Our Love A Chance ~ Ada Ray
16. What A Difference A Day Made ~ Ben E. King
17. It Keeps Rainin' ~ Fats Domino
18. It's Your Voodoo Working ~ Charles Sheffield
19. Fly By Night ~ Varetta
20. Pretty Baby ~ The Primettes
21. Disillusioned ~ The Tams
22. I Done Got Over It ~ Irma Thomas
23. Mind Over Matter (I'm Gonna Make You Mine) ~ Nolan Strong
24. (There Goes) The Forgotten Man ~ Jimmy Radcliffe
25. I Sold My Heart To The Junkman ~ Patti LaBelle & The Bluebelles