Northern Soul All-Weeker Sun 07 -14 Sept 2014

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‘THE NORTHERN SOUL ALL-WEEKER’

Sunday 7th September — Sunday 14th September

19 events across the UK to celebrate the release of ‘Northern Soul: The Film Soundtrack’

To coincide with the release of the soundtrack to youth culture film of the year ‘Northern Soul’, 19 venues (and counting!) across the UK will take part in a nationwide ‘Northern Soul All-Weeker’ to celebrate the launch of the soundtrack and forthcoming film directed by award-winning photographer, Elaine Constantine.

This unique series of filmed events kicks off on the 7^th September at Wayne Hemmingway’s hugely successful ‘Vintage By The Sea’ Festival, Morecambe. Set in The Soul Casino, the most evocative of venues, the sounds and style of the classic 70s soul club are revisited and will feature iconic film footage and filmed dancing. Curated by legendary Northern Soul DJ Richard Searling, special guests include Blackpool Mecca icon, DJ Colin Curtis and Wigan’s Young Soul DJs Jordan Wilson and Ben Hindley.

A packed dance floor is expected as Northern Soul fans across the UK come together to celebrate the scene, the music and the film across 19 venues over 7 days. Interviews with promoters and fans, including some filmed dancing, will be included in the films’ specially-edited social media release on the day of the launch. The ‘Northern Soul All-Weeker’ will be a fascinating snapshot of today’s scene via some key venues and should make an interesting viral film from the week commencing 15/09/2104.

‘Northern Soul’, the film (released 17^th October on Universal Pictures UK), tells the tale of the DJ-led movement that developed in the North of England in the mid-seventies, sparked by the discovery of black American soul music. Featuring performances from Steve Coogan (Philomena, The Trip), John Thomson (The Fast Show, Waterloo Road), Ricky Tomlinson (Mike Bassett: England Manager, Clocking Off) and Lisa Stansfield (The Edge of Love), this is a story of a youth culture that changed a generation and influenced songwriters, producers, DJs and designers for decades to come.

Released 15^th September on Harmless Records, ‘Northern Soul: The Film Soundtrack’ is a 2CD + DVD package which celebrates all the key Northern Soul tracks from the film on CD1 and further musical inspiration from Elaine Constantine on CD 2 - some 54 iconic tracks from across the different eras of the Northern Soul scene. The DVD includes a special interview with Elaine Constantine by actor James Lance and a bonus interview with Richard Searling which includes a slide-show of his personal memorabilia from the golden age of Northern Soul.

With 7” vinyl at the epicentre of the Northern Soul scene and original records still establishing world-record prices in collecting circles, Harmless Records has also issued a collector’s 7” vinyl edition of the soundtrack which is bound to cause a stir amongst the Northern Soul fraternity. All tracks from the film soundtrack have been exclusively licensed including one bonus track for 14 x 7” discs in full pic-sleeves featuring key scenes from the film, together with a specially commissioned 60 page hardback book of film stills edited by Elaine herself. Housed in a solid collector’s box, these 14 discs present 28 of the greatest Northern Soul classics of all-time, many of which are making their legal UK release for the very first time including Lou Pride, Gwen Owens, Freddy Chavez, The Luther Ingram Orchestra, Eddie Parker, The Salvadors and Sam Dees.

Date TOWN Venue

Sun 7th MORECAMBE Vintage By The Sea Festival / Richard Searling’s Northern Soul Room

Sun 7th PEEBLES Peebles Scottish True Soul Weekender (nr Edinburgh)

Wed 10th LEEDS Central

Fri 12th RHYL Wigan Casino Anniversary Weekender

Fri 12th WORKSOP Soul At The Swan

Fri 12th REDDITCH Soul And Motown Night

Fri 12th HUDDERSFIELD Soul At The Pie Hall

Fri 12th HOLBEACH Hot Wax Soul Club Lincs

Sat 13th WOLVERHAMTPTON Goodyears Soul

Sat 13th RUGBY All-nighter

Sat 13th BLACKPOOL Blackpool Tower Wigan Reunion All-nighter

Sat 13th PORTSMOUTH Blue Lagoon

Sat 13th KINGSTON Kingston Soul Club Mini-Dayer

Sat 13th CHESTERFIELD Northwings Northern Soul night

Sat 13th WORCESTER Archdales

Sat 13th MANCHESTER Manchester Irish Centre Soul Nite

Sat 13th LONDON Euston Hole In The Wall Club

Sat 13th BRIGHTON Brighton Northern Soul event

Sun 14th MANCHESTER Twisted Wheel Club at Alter Ego

check out the sites below for the press releases/blurb

http://www.northernsoulthefilm.com/

https://www.facebook.com/northernsoulthefilm

https://twitter.com/nsoulthefilm

For more information please contact Ian Sparkes / ian@9pr.co.uk / 0207 375 2725