(PRE-ORDER 10/17/25) The Twisted Wheel - Land of a Thousand Dances - 60th Anniversary (VINYL) | Mint (M) Mint (M)

The Twisted Wheel - Land of a Thousand Dances - 60th Anniversary (Various Artists)

(Deluxe Edition, 140 Gram Vinyl, Anniversary Edition)

Artist: Various Artists

Format: LP

Release Date: 10/17/2025

Label: Charly

Vendor: Charly Records Limited

Distributor: AMPED

UPC: 5060767442951

Genre: Jazz

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Description

"The dancing is without a doubt the highest and finest I have ever seen outside of the USA - in fact I never thought I'd live to see the day where people could so relate the rhythmic content of soul music to bodily movement to such a skilled degree in these rigid and armoured Isles!" DAVE GODIN

60th ANNIVERSAY SPECIAL EDITION THE HOME OF NORTHERN SOUL When Dave Godin from Soul City Records, London, visited the Twisted Wheel in January 1970 he was blown away, mesmerised, by the music, the dancing and the togetherness of the emerging Northern Soul scene. It was unique, not only to the tiny basement club, but to the North. It was something that the swinging capital didn't have and didn't understand. This was Soul and solidarity - the yet-to-be-coined Northern Soul - and it belonged to the North. This compilation celebrates the 60th Anniversary of the "cellar-full-of-soul" years at the famed Whitworth Street location, September 1965 - February 1971. The groundbreaking years that saw the Wheel's playlist move from Blues and R&B to the upbeat sound of young America, or as Blues & Soul journalist Dave Godin put it "the groove up North". It was these pivotal years and these dance tracks that lit the Northern Soul torch.

Tracks

1 Jackie Lee the Duck

2 The Olympics Baby, Do the Philly Dog

3 Robert Parker Let's Go Baby (Where the Action Is)

4 The Esquires and Get Away

5 The Sharpees Tired of Being Lonely

6 The O'Kaysions Girl Watcher

7 Gene Chandler Nothing Can Stop Me

8 The Mood-Mosaic a Touch of Velvet - a Sting of Brass

9 Bobby Wells Let's Copp a Groove

10 The Kelly Brothers Love Time

11 Chris Farlowe Looking for You

12 The Du-Ettes Every Beat of My Heart

13 Jimmy Robins I Can't Please You

14 Chris Kenner Land of 1,000 Dances

15 Little Hank Mister Bang Bang Man

16 The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band Spreadin' Honey

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Format: Vinyl
• Genre: JAZZ
• Format Type: LP
• Released: 10/17/2025