Northern Soul Sunday - 6

The Best Northern Soul All - Nighter ... Ever  a compilation by Virgin from 2001 is a bit of a beast. A whopping 60 tracks over two CDs it probably lives up to its name as the tracklist will confirm.

I only have a burn of this one  from a friend and I am seriously tempted to source a copy. Certainly in the unlikely event that I ever see it in a Charity Shop rest assured that it will promptly be swept up.

I originally heard Seven Nights Too Long  from the version  on Searching for the Young Soul Rebels the debut album by Dexys Midnight Runners from 1980. It was many years later until I heard the original by Chuck Woods.

The same can probably be said about Tainted Love. The version by Soft Cell crossed my path long before the original by Gloria Jones

The Poets recorded three 45s for Juggy Murray’s Symbol records in the mid-60s. Led by Ronnie Lewis (who gets co-writing credit with Murray), the Poets also featured Melvin Bradford, Paul Fulton and Johnny James. ‘She Blew a Good Thing’ made it all the way to #2 on the R&B charts (scraping the outer limits of the Pop Top 40) in the spring of 1966.

This was the penultimate offering in this series. The final one, which is a little bit different,  will feature next Sunday.

Chuck Woods - Seven Days Too Long

Gloria Jones - Tainted Love

The Poets - She Blew a Good Thing