As I had so many people ask for these due to the Bradford Queens Hall and Lenny Henry Film topics, I've dug them out again, because of my cock up they are 5 discs for £10 + £1 post if anyone's interested. It's 3 northern soul tv clips / documentarys discs, one of just dance footage and the film. The original offer was for the 3 discs plus a free copy of the film.
I've made a cock up with these, I thought there were only 2 x tv clips / documentaries dvd's and that the third one was the dance footage from various nighters, but in fact there were 3 dvd's of documentaries and one disc of dancers, so along with the Coast To Coast film this means there will be 5 discs for £10 not the 3 plus one free as I stated before. I found an old listing of the content. Bear in mind I did these years and years ago If you don't actually want the bonus Coast To Coast disc, please do let me know as it'll save me doing them for no reason and cut the postage down.
1) Northern Soul On Dvd! Volume One 3 Hours Chasing rainbows nice footage from stafford at it's peak including a great clip of eddie holman doing "she's wanted in 3 states" Midlands motown only shown in the local bbc area, this is a look at the resurgence of northern and modern soul in the east midlands. Includes footage from various local clubs plus an on set report from the upcoming movie "function at the junction" Liquid news bbc choice gets in on the act with this 5 minute news report on the first allnighter at the rocket in london Johnny vaughan show the "hilarious" northern soul patrol arrive at a chinese supermarket, roll out their carpet and dance to northern in front of bemused customers Old grey whistle test a visit to the blackburn allnighter in 1988 Clocking off middle aged couple pay a visit to the ritz and dance to "the champion" with real soulies in this bbc drama So it goes good report on the morecombe allnighters circa 1984 from gary crowley. Features richard searling with hair. This is a new copy and is ten times better than the one currently in circulation Soul survivors a good 30 minute documentary from 2000 which was only shown in the bbc yorkshire area. Features footage from brighouse, cleethorpes plus lots of old clips Pioneers a late night channel 4 item from 2002 attempting to explain the wigan casino legend. Lots of good footage and interesting interviews. The word tongue in cheek report on northern soul from 1993 Arts file early 90's overview from the bbc, actually a fairly intelligent look at the scene Jameson's people 15 minute look at a couple's life on the scene, in this case well known dj and collector phil dick. Some terrific dancing footage in this clip. 25 years of wigan casino a 30 minute granada tv documentary from september 1998, excellent stuff with edwin starr doing a superb acapella version of "i have faith in you" 2) Northern Soul On Dvd Volume 2 This compilation rounds up the remaining tv clips that were not on the first volume. With this and volume 1, you literally have everything concerning northern soul that's been broadcast on tv. Short stories starring in cleethorpes Channel 4 1996. Features the cleethorpes weekender and doris troy's appearance there The beat of the night Itv night network circa 1989. 5 minute fashion feature featuring dancing to sweet darlin. Granada reports soul survivor Granada 1998. A lookback at wigan casino, interview with russ, tim brown in the studio Blue juice Movie 1994. The northern clips from the film. Paul ross show Tvs 1997. Similar to the above but no tim brown J Video diary Tvs 1998. Following a young man on his northern soul evening out Nwa Granada 1996. Excellent report by mark radcliffe on the northern scene..lots of good footage and interviews Classic café Bbc 2001. This is a feature about nogsy, juxtaposing his job with his devotion to ns. I think. Very interesting 10 minutes with some footage from (i think) bedford soul night and an excellent dancing lesson Channel 4 1995. Basically a documentary about scooter runs but features a 100% northern soundtrack. Interesting. Total running time is 3 hours. 3) Northern Soul On DVD Volume 3 2003's northern soul clips are all here: the trevor nelson soul nation report on northern, a superb show from granada called in the club which has a brilliant look back at wigan casino, and mark lamarr's soul underground with a general overview of the scene from a southern point of view. The actual dvd is 3 hours long so look out for some surprises including the extremely rare bbc tv play "out on the floor" from 1982 impossible to find in this quality and never repeated on tv! It looks as if it was filmed at wigan casino people say it wasn't, but if not they've built an exact replica and features a great soundtrack culled from grapevine 45's. There's other extra clips on the dvd to make the running time 3 hours including the dance competition from wigan 25th anniversary at stoke 18) THE ORIGINAL NORTHERN SOUL DANCERS DVD Basically this is 2+ hours of footage of dancers recorded at Bradford, Leicester, 100 Club and various other venues, circa late 80's/early 90's, brilliant dancing including dance competitions etc. Relive your youth!