VA – Springsteen’s Country (Songwriter Series) – Ace UK CD

Northern soul is in the news again, as once more this most resilient of dance floor cults is discovered by a new generation. For four decades now Ace Records has been a natural home for the music and using that experience we are bringing you our first ever all classics collection of some of the scene’s greatest hits. All on one LP.

The recordings featured on this release are tried and tested, often in the hot forge of the scene’s earliest day, when new discoveries were coming thick and fast, and only the strong survived. These did.

So we have 14 tracks which filled floors in Wigan, Blackpool, Cleethorpes, London’s 100 Club and many other legendary venues. From West Coast Mirwood and Kent/ Modern label classics by Jackie Lee, Bobby Garrett, Mary Love and Danny Monday, to the big City Chicago soul of Darrow Fletcher via the super rare recordings by Rita & The Tiaras and Little Ann, which are now accepted standards of the scene.

tracklist:
A01 My Little Girl – Bobby Garrett
A02 Baby, Without You – Danny Monday
A03 Lighten Up Baby – Ty Karim
A04 You Hit Me (Right Where It Hurt Me) – Alice Clark
A05 Cigarette Ashes – Jimmy Conwell
A06 (Just A Little) Faith And Understanding – The Magicians
A07 I Can Feel Your Love – Felice Taylor

B01 Gone With The Wind Is My Love – Rita & The Tiaras
B02 You Turned My Bitter Into Sweet – Mary Love
B03 Would You Believe – Jackie Lee
B04 Try My Love – Toni & The Showmen
B05 The Same Old Thing – The Olympics
B06 What Good Am I Without You – Darrow Fletcher
B07 What Should I Do – Little Ann