VA - Move on Up: The Very Best of Northern Soul (2015)

Northern soul is a music and dance movement that emerged independently in Northern England, the English Midlands, Scotland and Wales in the late 1960s from the British mod scene. Northern soul mainly consists of a particular style of black American soul music based on the heavy beat and fast tempo of the mid-1960s Tamla Motown sound.

Northern soul is associated with particular dance styles and fashions that grew out of the underground rhythm & soul scene of the late 1960s at venues such as the Twisted Wheel in Manchester. This scene and the associated dances and fashions quickly spread to other UK dancehalls and nightclubs like the Chateau Impney (Droitwich), Catacombs Wolverhampton), the Highland Rooms at Blackpool Mecca, Golden Torch (Stoke-on-Trent) and Wigan Casino.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, popular northern soul records generally dated from the mid-1960s. This meant that the movement was sustained (and "new" recordings added to playlists) by prominent DJs discovering rare and previously overlooked records. Later on, certain clubs and DJs began to move away from the 1960s Motown sound and began to play newer releases with a more contemporary sound.

TRACKLIST


CD1:

01. Frank Wilson - Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)
02. Gloria Jones - Tainted Love
03. Laura Greene - Moonlight Music and You
04. Marvin Gaye - This Love Starved Heart of Mine (It's Killing Me)
05. Archie Bell and The Drells - Here I Go Again
06. Chuck Wood - Seven Days Too Long
07. The Originals - Suspicion
08. Tony Galla - In Love
09. Leon Haywood - Baby Reconsider
10. Bobby Angelle - It's Just Gotta Be That Way
11. Luther Ingram - Oh Baby Don't You Weep
12. Bobby Bland - Shoes
13. George Kirby - What Can I Do
14. Eddie Holman - I Surrender
15. Chuck Jackson - Hand It Over
16. Bunny Sigler - Girl Don't Make Me Wait
17. Curtis Lee - Is She in Your Town
18. The Casualeers - Dance Dance Dance
19. Jackie Day - Before It's Too Late
20. Eloise Laws - Love Factory
21. Millie Jackson - My Man, a Sweet Man
22. Mary Love - You Turned my Bitter Into Sweet
23. Rita and The Tiaras - Gone With the Wind Is my Love
24. Timi Yuro - It'll Never Be Over for Me
25. Curtis Myfield - Move on Up (live)

CD 2:

01. Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons - The Night
02. Edwin Starr - Back Street
03. Jackie wilson - Soul Galore
04. Dobie Gray - Out on the Floor
05. The Vel-Vets - Gotta Find Me Somebody
06. The Precisions - If This Is Love (I'd Rather Be Lonely)
07. Mel & Tim - Backfield in Motion
08. Barbara Randolph - I Got a Feeling
09. Darrell Banks - Opn the Door to Your Heart
10. Bob Relf - Blowing my Mind to Pieces
11. Yvonne Baker - You Didn't Say a Word
12. Linda Jones - I Just Can Live my Life (Without You Babe)
13. Sammy Davis Jr - You Can Count on Me
14. Len Barry - 1-2-3
15. Marlena shaw - Let's Wade in the Water
16. The Impressions - Can't Satisfy
17. Tony Clarke - Landslide
18. San Remo Golden Strings - Festival Time
19. Willie Hutch - Love Runs Out
20. The Isley Brothers - Tell Me It's Just a Rumor Baby
21. Bobby Hebb - Love, Love, Love
22. The Dells - It's All Up to You
23. Don Covay - It's Better to Have (and Don't Need)
24. Mike Post Coalition - Afternoon of the Rhino
25. P.P. Arnold - Everything Is Gonna Be Alright

CD 3:

01. The M.V.P.'S - Turnin' my Heartbeat Up
02. R. Dean Taylor - There's a Ghost in my House
03. Shirley Ellis - Soul Time
04. The Contours - Just a Little Misunderstanding
05. Al Wilson - The Snake
06. Tammi Terrell - Ain't no Mountain High Enough 7
07. Four Tops - I'll Turn to Stone
08. Luther Ingram - If It's All the Same to You Babe
09. Billy Butler - Right Track
10. Gene Chandler - There Was I Time
11. Gloria Lynne - You Don't Have to Be a Tower of Strength
12. Little Anthony & The Imperials - Better Use Your Head
13. Stevie Wonder - Uptight (Everything's Alright)
14. The Elgins - Heaven Must Have Sent You
15. Bobby Womack - What Is This
16. Just Brothers - Sliced Tomatoes
17. Young Holt Unlimited - Ain't There Something Money Can't Buy
18. J.J. Barnes - Every Time I See You, I Go Wild
19. Tammi Terrell - Two Can Have a Party
20. Ramsey Lewis Trio - Wade in the Water
21. The Capitols - Cool Jerk
22. Jason Knight - Our Love Is Getting Stronger
23. The Temptations - Get Ready
24. Jimmy Radcliffe - Long After Tonight Is All Over
25. Dean Parrish - I'm on my Way