Young soul rebels : a personal history of Northern soul by Cosgrove, Stuart, author instant download

Young soul rebels : a personal history of Northern soul by Cosgrove, Stuart, author instant download

279 pages : 24 cm, \"Northern soul is the uktimate underground music scene. Hidden away from the mainstream, it has defied the logic of fashion and outlasted more viable youth culture movements such as punk and rave. ... Here [the author] takes the reader on a rollercoaster journey to the stubborn heart of soul music's secret society and the legendary clubs that became the cathedrals of rare soul: the Twisted Wheel in Manchester, the Golden Torch in Stoke, Wigan Casino, the Top of the World in Stafford, and the evergreen 100 Club. ...[The book] tells a wider social history looking at the all-nighters and the flamboyant characters who shaped the scene, the obsessive collecting of rare vinyl, the amphetamine abuse, police raids on soul clubs, the north-south divide, the Yorkshire Ripper murders, the miners' strike, the collapse of the industrial north, bootlegging and the rise of new technologies, which against all expectations have breathed new life into the scene.\"--Back cover, Includes index