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Big In Wigan - 20 Northern Mammoths From The Wheel To Keele (A Collection Of Northern Soul Oldies From 1968-19 (Import) (CD)

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DISC 1 for Big In Wigan - 20 Northern Mammoths From The Wheel To Keele (A Collection Of Northern Soul Oldies From 1968-19 (Import) (CD) Album By Various Artists
1   It's A Woman's World (You'd Better Believe It) - Gypsies  
2   Baby Reconsider - Haywood, Leon  
3   That's Lovin' You - Wiggins, Percy  
4   Sweet Sherry - Barnes, J.J.  
5   I Wanna Be (Your Everything) - Pretenders  
6   Happy - Bell, William  
7   My Man A Sweet Man - Jackson, Millie  
8   Little Miss Soul - Lovettes  
9   I'll Never Fall In Love Again - Freeman, Bobby  
10   Hey Sah Lo Ney - Lane, Mickey Lee  
11   Till You Give - Patterson, Bobby  
12   With My Love and What You've Got (We Could Turn The World Ar - Wells, Jean  
13   Mother Of Shame - Holloway, Loleatta  
14   Running Away From Love - Mahoney, Skip & The Casuals  
15   You've Come A Long Way Baby - Flower Shoppe  
16   Ain't That Good Enough - Edwards, John  
17   You Turned My Bitter Into Sweet - Love, Mary  
18   Baby I Need You - Lorraine & The Delights  
19   Can It Be Me - Williams, Mel  
20   Our Love Will Grow - Showmen  
 

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Q (12/96, p.163) - 3 Stars (out of 5) - "...Anyone wishing to develop their love of dance music circa Stax, Volt, Atlantic or early Motown...should get this comprehensive collection..."

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Full title: Big In Wigan: 20 Northern Mammoths - From The Wheel To Keele.
Contains 20 tracks.

Album Description

The raison d'etre of this disc needs some explanation to North American audiences. Subtitled "collection of shameless oldies played in the golden era of Northern soul," it's an anthology of 20 obscure soul tracks from the mid-'60s to the mid-'70s that have found favor with the cult of obsessive soul listeners in Northern England. There's no real thread connecting the tracks, other than that each one has been selected to represent one of the DJs that spins rare 45s for the dancers who still go to British clubs to hear this music. It's easy to see why these numbers are dancefloor favorites -- most have a solidly thumping pop-soul groove conducive for dancing, especially if you're one of those old-fashioned fogies who doesn't want to get blasted into the English Channel with synth-driven rave and techno. It's also, to be harsh, easy to see why they made a beeline for the collector bins rather than the AM airwaves -- the material wasn't arresting enough to capture the ears of the masses. Judged solely as a stone-cold home listening experience, it's definitely not an A-list choice for the soul compilation library, even if you're a soul fan. If you're a specialist collector, you may well find it to your liking, populated as it is by obscure names such as Flower Shoppe and the Lovettes, obscure singles by minor soul notables like Bobby Freeman, Millie Jackson, and Leon Haywood, and the primo mod soul of Mickey Lee Lane's "Hey Sah-Lo-Ney," probably the rawest and most compelling track here. ~ Richie Unterberger

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