1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:02,920 Welcome. And tonight it's all about love. 2 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:06,680 The kind of love that lives in the grooves of a 45. 3 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:11,440 The kind that crackles through the speakers and straight into 4 00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:36,200 your soul. And tonight we're talking about 5 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:40,080 love that aches, love that lifts you higher, love that makes you 6 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:45,040 move your feet and sometimes just close your eyes and feel. 7 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:47,160 From the heart and soul of Manchester. 8 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:49,720 It's all about soul and it's got to be Northern. 9 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:54,240 And now, a classic Northern Soul groove that's all about love and 10 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:57,680 devotion. And it's from the precisions. 11 00:01:13,320 --> 00:01:18,600 Babe I keep telling you girl this love is true so don't keep 12 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:22,720 refusing for making angry. I know what you love, like to 13 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:26,880 feel with so much confusion and you think that you love. 14 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:33,120 Why girl, can't you hear my feet? 15 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:36,280 Why girl, let your heart get breathe? 16 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:41,920 Why girl do you turn to me? Why girl? 17 00:01:42,440 --> 00:01:47,960 Why girl? Why I cried myself and got one 18 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:51,080 on my man. I've done everything to make you 19 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:52,600 understand. I turned. 20 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:56,680 Deep down inside, you want to let go, survive. 21 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:00,800 You like to let you be in the shade. 22 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:05,200 Why, girl? Can't you hear my bee? 23 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:08,919 Why, girl let your heart decreed? 24 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:13,600 Why, girl do you turn to me? Why girl? 25 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:14,920 Why girl? Why? 26 00:02:17,920 --> 00:02:35,760 Yeah. So hold up your hand. 27 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:38,880 Just leave me that way. I love you. 28 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:43,920 I need you to say what more can I see while I live in the past 29 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:48,360 that you teach you need me while I hide from your heart and 30 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:54,640 reactivate my girl. Can't you hear my feet, white 31 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:57,200 girl? That your heart can't breathe? 32 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:02,640 Wiger, do you turn to me? Wiger. 33 00:03:02,640 --> 00:03:31,160 Wiger, I love you. The Precisions and Why Girl is 34 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:35,480 smooth, melodic and heartfelt. The elite vocals carry a gentle 35 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:39,960 urgency, asking the question we all know it matters in the 36 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:42,280 heart. Why can't love be simple? 37 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:46,920 It's tender, sincere and full of the 60s soul charm that keeps 38 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:49,680 collectors and dancers coming back for more. 39 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:55,160 Perfect for tonight's Love Theme 60 minute journey, reminding us 40 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:59,000 that Love's questions as much as its answers. 41 00:04:18,519 --> 00:04:22,160 When I need your loving, you are away in the world. 42 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:31,160 You got kisses Sweeter than a honey. 43 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:35,200 Sweeter than honey. I know that you love this. 44 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:42,320 That's just that's why I love you, baby. 45 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:50,640 I really love you. That's what I need, your money. 46 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:57,280 I really, really need you. Whenever I'm feeling this land, 47 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:05,840 you'll be insane. You got that kind of kisses that 48 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:12,000 makes me feel bad in your love baby. 49 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:19,320 It's got so much soul that I know you're sweeten yourself 50 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:30,000 hard and never ever ever ever go pick me here ever up now I'm 51 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:35,240 rundown. When I need your love you're 52 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:43,520 always around. That's why I love you baby, I 53 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:48,520 really love you. That's why I need you baby. 54 00:05:48,520 --> 00:06:06,120 I really need you girl. 55 00:06:06,280 --> 00:06:19,840 I really love you. You got kisses and I know that 56 00:06:19,840 --> 00:06:26,360 you love this. That's why I love you baby. 57 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:35,040 I really really love you. That's why I need your honey. 58 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:56,160 From the heart and soul of Manchester. 59 00:06:56,240 --> 00:06:58,640 It's all about soul and it's got to be Northern. 60 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:02,120 And keeping the love flowing. A record that says it all in the 61 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:06,160 title The Professionals, That's Why I Love You. 62 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:09,240 This one. Smooth, heartfelt and an 63 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:12,040 absolute classic. The kind of song that makes you 64 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:15,720 smile, sway and feel the warmth inside. 65 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:20,280 Perfect for tonight's theme. Reminded us why we fall in love, 66 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:25,240 we hold on, and why music itself is one of the greatest 67 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:41,280 expressions of love. I can't see that you've been 68 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:48,840 hurting, written all over your face, the way you act and carry 69 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:52,440 yourself. I'm feeling any owing praise, 70 00:07:53,160 --> 00:08:02,240 but all I need is my moon. Just show me some sign that you 71 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:07,800 won't let me yours and you want to be mine. 72 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:13,680 And let. Me love you oh baby, let me love 73 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:21,960 you with my loving. What you got me good turn the 74 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:29,240 word round. You safe and looking hard times 75 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:38,520 all that you ever see but it can be old before you knew if you 76 00:08:38,679 --> 00:08:44,000 just believe in me and if you do you own the love. 77 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:50,920 Let no one. Say ahead and I'll give you 78 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:55,560 different names for everyone you have there. 79 00:08:55,560 --> 00:09:07,880 If you let me love you, oh baby, let me love with my loving what 80 00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:10,800 you got? We could turn the word around. 81 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:15,760 Don't throw in the tongue, baby. Don't give up, gay. 82 00:09:15,960 --> 00:09:29,440 If you love me, love you baby, I will make you. 83 00:09:46,420 --> 00:09:50,980 Out of Chicago and notably the first female artists signed to 84 00:09:50,980 --> 00:09:55,900 Stax Records, Gene Wells had the perfect blend of gospel feeling 85 00:09:55,900 --> 00:10:00,560 and soul sophistication. She recorded tracks like Have I 86 00:10:00,560 --> 00:10:04,760 Little Mercy and work within the rich Southern soul tradition. 87 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:08,680 But like so many artists tonight, her biggest recognition 88 00:10:08,680 --> 00:10:13,480 came later through the Northern Soul scene here in the UK. 89 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:18,760 With My Love is smooth, heartfelt and full of sincerity. 90 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:22,600 The kind of record that quietly builds and stays with you. 91 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:39,240 A real gem. Oh baby, here we are, alone at 92 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:44,720 last, together, just the two of us, with no one else inside. 93 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:51,880 Oh baby, I can feel my heartbeat bad, Feel a sweet desire to kiss 94 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:54,680 your lips and urge to hold your time. 95 00:10:55,160 --> 00:11:02,400 Oh yeah, right now. Come on honey, right now, baby, 96 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:12,400 there's so much I want to say, But when I try to speak, I find 97 00:11:12,400 --> 00:11:14,160 my thoughts. I'll slip away, baby. 98 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:21,880 I don't think my heart can tell more away from you. 99 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:25,120 So come on, take my hand. Full yet. 100 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:32,400 Right now. Come on honey, right now. 101 00:11:57,120 --> 00:12:01,600 Let's take a trip to paradise and a legal world behind. 102 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:05,280 Oh yeah, The time's like right now. 103 00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:15,800 Come on, honey, Right now the time is like Fuller and I'm a 104 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:19,440 titfuler. Need some hugging and occasion. 105 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:25,040 Find out what I've been missing. The time's like all right now. 106 00:12:31,880 --> 00:12:36,320 Very much an underrated artist out of Chicago, one of those 107 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:39,760 voices that never quite broke through in the States but found 108 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:42,560 a home on the Northern Soul dance floors. 109 00:12:42,680 --> 00:12:46,960 And there's a warmth and optimism in this one, a sense of 110 00:12:47,160 --> 00:12:51,440 seizing the moment, holding on to love while it's there. 111 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:02,880 He's trying so hard to. Hide. 112 00:13:04,520 --> 00:13:09,720 When he's supposed to look in my eyes, but the little things he. 113 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:16,760 Does reveal. I can see through his eyes. 114 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:20,520 What am I going to? Do What am I supposed to say? 115 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:24,720 I think he's been lying. I feel something dying. 116 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:29,920 And I can feel him slipping away. 117 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:42,960 Yes, I can feel him. Slipping away, keeping losing, 118 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:48,640 always understanding. I feel like I've been wasting my 119 00:13:48,640 --> 00:13:51,280 time. Liverpool. 120 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:56,920 Thinks he's been demanding. Sure, I know what's on. 121 00:13:56,920 --> 00:14:02,080 Is mine, my tin. The touch seemed to have been 122 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:04,720 turned off. He tries not to show it, but 123 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:10,480 someone I. Know him, my heart can feel him. 124 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:11,840 Slipping over me? Yeah, I can. 125 00:14:13,360 --> 00:14:20,280 Feel him slipping. Over me. 126 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:30,960 When he's supposed to look in my. 127 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:41,480 Eyes. I can see through his eyes his 128 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:43,960 moment in the touch seat has been. 129 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:46,920 Turned off he. Tries not to show it. 130 00:15:12,840 --> 00:15:15,800 And now a real hidden gem straight from the Southern soul 131 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:18,800 heartland. And I really had to dig deep for 132 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:20,960 this one from the Southern states. 133 00:15:21,440 --> 00:15:24,280 Maybe Lee with I can feel him slipping away. 134 00:15:24,720 --> 00:15:26,880 It was recorded on Minute Records. 135 00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:30,240 And really she brings that gospel influence in motion 136 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:32,880 straight into the soul performance. 137 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:36,400 Now, the current revival of the Northern Soul scene means 138 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:39,880 different things to different people, but one thing never 139 00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:43,360 changes. The unique atmosphere surrounds 140 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:45,760 it. It's something you can't quite 141 00:15:45,760 --> 00:15:47,840 explain unless you've been there. 142 00:15:48,040 --> 00:15:51,760 The feeling when the music starts, the floor fills and 143 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:54,680 suddenly you're part of something bigger. 144 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:58,200 It's why it's so many soulies still turn up. 145 00:15:58,360 --> 00:16:00,440 Week in, week out. You're in. 146 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:03,120 You're out. Because it's not just about the 147 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:05,160 records, it's all about the people. 148 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:09,840 Old friends meet again, stories being told, memories coming back 149 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:12,280 to life. And I'll be honest, when I'm 150 00:16:12,280 --> 00:16:16,560 digging through records for a a show, an episode like this, it 151 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:20,720 all comes flooding back. The faces, the clubs, the nights 152 00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:24,440 that never seem to end. It feels like it was only 153 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:28,480 yesterday and there's one track that we're going to play tonight 154 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:30,640 that's going to take me right back. 155 00:16:30,880 --> 00:16:35,560 Many years ago the BBC brought their cameras to a weekend all 156 00:16:35,560 --> 00:16:39,800 nighter, I think it was Blackburn, King George's Hall. 157 00:16:40,120 --> 00:16:43,160 They filmed the whole thing, captured everything, the 158 00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:45,720 dancers, the atmosphere, the energy. 159 00:16:46,280 --> 00:16:50,120 And I remember thinking at the time, I just hope none of my 160 00:16:50,120 --> 00:16:55,680 dodgy dancing ends up on camera. But that was what it was all 161 00:16:55,680 --> 00:16:59,280 about. Real people, real moments, and a 162 00:16:59,280 --> 00:17:02,200 scene that even now still lives on. 163 00:17:29,560 --> 00:17:36,400 You pretend that we meet rush of this beer, but not instead of 164 00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:43,640 for this city again. That's why I love it so much. 165 00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:58,360 I want to know my tea. I need to know my tea. 166 00:18:00,560 --> 00:18:04,840 Just one kid of a tender name. Hey, 167 00:18:20,840 --> 00:18:23,560 now she knows. Now she knows I'll do anything. 168 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:30,000 And when I'm close Earth. Are you Bastrin? 169 00:18:30,480 --> 00:18:39,560 Every turn that we be right. Does this mean the counting 170 00:18:39,720 --> 00:18:48,040 circle for this city game? That's why I love it so much. 171 00:18:48,080 --> 00:18:51,200 It help me. I want it so much. 172 00:18:51,320 --> 00:18:53,880 It help me. I need it so much. 173 00:18:53,880 --> 00:19:21,470 It's over. One man who had a long standing 174 00:19:21,470 --> 00:19:24,950 love affair with Northern Soul is Edwin Starr. 175 00:19:25,440 --> 00:19:30,360 Having played virtually every major and minor venue in the UK, 176 00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:36,040 from the Twisted Wheel through to the Wigan Casino, Edwin knows 177 00:19:36,040 --> 00:19:40,680 his English fans inside out. His performing career began in 178 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:46,160 1955 as a member of the high school band The Future Tones. 179 00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:50,360 They developed such a following that they were persuaded to go 180 00:19:50,360 --> 00:19:55,520 on ATV talent show called The Uncle Jack Show, and they've won 181 00:19:55,520 --> 00:20:00,240 it six times in a row. A solo career with Detroit based 182 00:20:00,240 --> 00:20:06,040 Rigtic Records produced classics like SOS, Headline News and 183 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:19,240 Backstreet. I've been living on the Main 184 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:22,600 Street where society is the wing. 185 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:29,600 People that live on Main Street, they don't know how to swing, 186 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:36,520 but the people on the back street, they swing one night 187 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:40,040 long. Although I live on the Main 188 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:42,880 Street, the backstreet is where I belong. 189 00:20:42,920 --> 00:20:52,240 So show me the backstream, show me that street, show me the back 190 00:20:52,240 --> 00:21:02,040 states. Show me the back states Without 191 00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:08,520 knowing each other's name and soul Is the only thing you need. 192 00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:15,600 Joy riding and swing. Where people stick together one 193 00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:18,000 more. They're all for war. 194 00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:23,680 Where they don't get how much money you got as long as you're 195 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:27,160 having for. So show me the back street. 196 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:33,680 Show me the back street. Show me the back street. 197 00:21:34,360 --> 00:21:39,600 Come on, Show me the backstreet. Yeah, he had ended. 198 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:07,920 Being a stranger in any town is a very lonesome thing, but if I 199 00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:12,520 find the backstreet's a big town, I I'll find the street. 200 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:21,000 So show me the backstreet, show me the backstreet, show me the 201 00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:24,520 backstreet Fail. Show me the backstreet, show me 202 00:22:24,520 --> 00:22:35,480 the backstreet. Show me, Show me, Show me. 203 00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:49,800 When Edwin first came over to England to play live at the 204 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:54,160 Twisted Wheel, he was immediately struck by the fans 205 00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:56,560 knowledge of his music. He said then. 206 00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:59,560 The people in the north of England are the most 207 00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:03,120 knowledgeable music people that you'll find anywhere. 208 00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:07,040 He still remembers vividly the first time he was asked to play 209 00:23:07,040 --> 00:23:09,880 live at the Wigan Casino All nighter. 210 00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:14,400 When he was told he would be on stage at 4:00 AM, his first 211 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:19,080 reaction was who in the world would want to turn up at 4:00 in 212 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:23,760 the morning to see a show? But he and his band was taken 213 00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:28,400 into the Station Rd venue by a side entrance and he was quickly 214 00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:31,840 won over by the famous casino atmosphere. 215 00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:35,520 He said what struck me immediately was the heat in the 216 00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:38,880 building. Then all of a sudden I looked up 217 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:41,520 and it looked like it was raining inside the building. 218 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:46,840 It was pure condensation and sweat from people dancing. 219 00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:51,120 I said, boy, this is my kind of place. 220 00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:14,600 My love is getting stronger, everybody like a tree that keeps 221 00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:20,480 growing, like a wind that keeps flowing, like a fire that keeps 222 00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:23,120 burning. And then my heart, I'll keep 223 00:24:23,120 --> 00:24:25,360 turning. And then my love and get me 224 00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:41,240 smaller. Everybody and everybody and 225 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:51,280 everything girl you like get a little sweetener. 226 00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:57,240 And everything I love gets a little deeper and I love this 227 00:24:57,480 --> 00:25:15,040 get a little stronger. Rivers may run dry, mountains 228 00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:38,680 they may fall, but. It's getting stronger happening 229 00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:45,920 like this. Like a dream that keeps growing. 230 00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:52,120 Like a wind that keeps growing, like a fire that keeps burning. 231 00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:55,960 And if a little horn I'll be dirty. 232 00:25:57,120 --> 00:26:00,240 And my soul is getting stronger happening like this. 233 00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:23,960 This baby from the happy body. 234 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:29,360 This baby from the happy body. Yeah, that my love. 235 00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:41,680 And what a journey it's been from heartfelt ballasted dance 236 00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:45,520 floor gems from gospel roots to Northern Soul classics. 237 00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:49,480 And like we said at the start, it's all about love. 238 00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:53,160 The love in the music, the love on the dance floor, and the love 239 00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:56,000 that kept the scene alive all these years. 240 00:26:56,480 --> 00:26:59,800 These records may have started like thousands of miles away on 241 00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:04,560 small labels in local studios across America, but here they 242 00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:08,600 found a home, a second life, and a place in our hearts. 243 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:12,360 So whether you've been listening, remembering, or maybe 244 00:27:12,360 --> 00:27:16,720 even having a little dance on your own, until the next time. 245 00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:36,520 I'm just a baby and loving you brings me pain. 246 00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:42,840 Heartbreaking sadness girl, because misery is your little 247 00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:49,080 name. Oh boy, me baby, I love you, I 248 00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:55,120 love you. Snapping, I jump to your side, 249 00:27:56,160 --> 00:28:02,160 you weeping I cry, trying to control it. 250 00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:05,560 Honey, I love. I can't hide no call. 251 00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:10,760 How can I doubt you When my poor heart can leave. 252 00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:15,200 We love you. Dee baby, I love you. 253 00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:29,120 Dee baby, I love you. Dee baby I love you. 254 00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:32,720 Dee baby, I love you.