The Northern Soul Story Vol. 1 The Twisted Wheel

• Lou Johnson – Magic Potion
• Bunker Hill – Hide And Go Seek
• James Carr – That's What I Want To Know
• Lee Dorsey – Ride Your Pony

• 1. Lou Johnson – Magic Potion
• 2. Bunker Hill – Hide And Go Seek
• 3. James Carr – That's What I Want To Know
• 4. Lee Dorsey – Ride Your Pony
• 5. Oscar Toney Jr. – No Sad Songs
• 6. Moses Dillard – My Elusive Dreams
• 7. James & Bobby Purify – Shake A Tail Feather
• 8. Little Richard – A Little Bit Of Something (Beats A Whole Lot Of Nothing)
• 9. Major Lance – It's The Beat
• 10. Larry Williams & Johnny Watson – A Quitter Never Wins
• 11. Al Greene & The Soul Mates – Don't Leave Me
• 12. Clifford Curry – I Can't Get A Hold Of Myself
• 13. Bob Kuban And The In-Men – The Cheater
• 14. Shirley Owens – Look What You've Done To My Heart
• 15. James & Bobby Purify – Let Love Come Between Us
• 16. The Spellbinders – Hep Me (Get Myself Together Again)
• 17. Peaches & Herb – I Need Your Love So Desperately
• 18. Johnny Johnson And The Bandwagon – Breakin' Down The Walls Of Heartache
• 19. Bob Brady & The Con Chords – Everybody's Going To The Love-In
• 20. The Incredibles (2) – There's Nothing Else To Say
• 21. Shirley Ellis – Soul Time
• 22. Major Lance – Ain't No Soul (Left In These Old Shoes)
• 23. Billy Butler – Right Track
• 24. The Vibrations – Cause You're Mine
• 25. Sandi Sheldon – You're Gonna Make Me Love You

Compiled by Ian Dewhirst, this is the first of four overviews of the UK Northern Soul scene, each volume concentrating on a different club from the era, number one being The Twisted Wheel club in Manchester. 

Opening on Brazennose Street in 1963, then moving to Whitworth Street in 1966, the club featured a mixture of live UK R&B bands and soul, jazz and blues artists over from America, plus DJ Roger Eagle, spinning tunes on a similar tip. Slowly, with the emergence of Motown, the crowd began to request more mid and up-tempo soul cuts to be played, and new DJs at the club (Rob Bellars, Stuart Bremner, Brian Walker, Les Cockell and Brian '45' Phillips among them) facilitated this change. By word of mouth alone the club's reputation as somewhere playing fantastic, less well known dancefloor soul music spread across the North and Midlands, creating the first stirrings of the Northern Soul movement.