Customer Reviews

Northern Soul: 20 Original Classics

5 star:		(15)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(3)
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1 star:		(1)

 

 

This was a gift for my boyfriend who considers himself a Northern Soul guru. He thought the tracks were many of the best, listened to it on his drive home and so he's happy and at such a reasonable price-that's a bargain!

This is a good compilation for those who are curious, due to the KLC use of Frank Wilson's Do I love You. Personally it would be pointless buying it myself, as I have all the tracks on other compilations, some on vinyl. the Marlena Shaw vocal of the Ramsey Lewis classic instrumental, lets Wade In the Water is a different recording to the single issued on Chess, as it is much clearer and a slower tempo. All in all though a reasonable intro to the genre

I saw this on Amazon's recomendations based on my purchase history, along with many other Northern Soul compilations. I could of bought the lot, but I went for this one to add to my collection based on the value it gave for my hard earned dosh! WHAT A RESULT! Apart from the obvious classics such as Tainted Love, The Night, Do I Love You and Landslide, the real gem in this compilation is the spectacular sounding Nothing But A Heartache by The Flirtations, this is worth buying just for this track alone. This gets a five from me as it is fantastic value for money. It's not only cheap, but there are load of great tracks.

always liked northern soul. thought I would try a compilation - all tracks sound better than I thought they would, buying more is enivitable

A very reasonably priced compilation of good solid performances. Nice variation in the tracks and a particularly good flow from track to track. Some standards and a few lesser well known songs.

I bought this for my partner after seeing a northern soul singer at my local pub & she loves it!!

Many thanks.

We were all dancing to it all night long.

We had a great night.

With kind regards,

Trish

I'm into the scene anyway so it was just another addition to my collection
Was easier to buy and download than transfer to my new kindle fire.
Fantastic tunes

Excellent compilation which includes inset literature giving a brief overview of each track and it's place in the Great Northern Soul canon. I particularly wanted the Frankie Valli track, but for any newcomer to Northern Soul this would be an easy introduction to TheFaith

Lots of music, fair though uneven sound quality.
Interesting if you want to get a glimpse of this genre, perhaps suffers from typical compilation-type weaknesses...