Various Artists - Highland Room Blackpool Mecca -The Golden Era - (2013) Soul World (MP3) - Rare Soul

Seems like yesterday when i entered the huge locarno building in Blackpool for the final night at the Blackpool Mecca,s Highland Room. It ran from 1967 to 1979 with the latter jocks taking over at the start of the 70,s...these events were not "all-nighters" and ran from 8 pm until 2 am on Saturday evenings with most of the punters going down the motorway to the Golden Torch/Wigan Casino  all niters in the former/later period. To give you an idea of the size of the place the main ballroom was downstairs and held about 3000 souls.Apart from all dayers it was used to entertain the "pop music" crowd who soul fans referred to as "wallys" or "Divs" not very complimentary i know but thats life..we were all in our own bubble...still are...lol!...,but to get to the Highland Room you had to go up 2 very long escalators and down a long coridoor and there you were. It had the best sound system of any club i have attended..period, it really was that good. Original DJ,s were 2 guys called Tony Jebb & Les Cokell who were superseeded by Ian levine and Colin Curtis who put the place on the map with their incredible discoveries. Later in the 1970s, the Highland Room became synonymous with a more contemporary and less frenetic style of Northern soul music, typified by records such as The carstairs classic,Because of the change in tempo, a slightly different  dance style developed at the venue. This newer sound and dance style caused some controversy and led to the formation of the parallel Modern soul subgenre, which still exists today within and alongside the mainstream Northern soul movement. Here,s an old but excellent very rare boot i have digged out..i know there are many other compilations on the mecca out there but this is something special as it does highlight the great "Sounds" broken at this hallowed venue. Sadly now demolished but never forgotten by yours truly..Every track a Gem!

AMM

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