1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:06,440 Between 1964 and 1971, these three venues didn't just play 2 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:11,080 music, they built a culture. They took sounds from Detroit, 3 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:16,040 Chicago, New Orleans and turned them into something uniquely 4 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:42,400 British. Tonight we're going back into 5 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:48,000 those rooms, the Catacombs in Wolverhampton, the 100 Club in 6 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:52,760 London and of course in Manchester, the Twisted Wheel, 7 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:57,320 and into the records that made it all happened. 8 00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:02,080 This is your soundtrack to the Underground. 9 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:08,160 This was the birth of what we now call Northern Soul. 10 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:36,440 Everybody's walking down my little naughty boy. 11 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:43,040 He's got a smile that feels you full of joy. 12 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:56,920 Naughty, naughty boy. Naughty, naughty boy. 13 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:03,760 Come on, Hurley girly Do the fool and the feeling too. 14 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:18,800 He's going to make you dance like you want to do when you see 15 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:20,160 my Mama. You gotta get to your feet. 16 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:23,920 Naughty, naughty boy. Naughty, naughty boy. 17 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:56,600 Everybody wants to romance my little naughty boy. 18 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:03,760 They all want to dance with my little naughty boy. 19 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:36,800 Jackie Day and she was a lesser known soul singer who recorded 20 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:41,280 primarily in the mid 1960s. Though she wasn't a household 21 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:45,920 name, she recorded for Modern Records, which was a key Los 22 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:49,760 Angeles bass label. Naughty Boy was one of her 23 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:54,280 standout tracks, released around about 1966. 24 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:59,960 It's a driving, upbeat Northern Soul number with a punchy brass 25 00:03:59,960 --> 00:04:03,880 line and a playful, confident vocal delivery. 26 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:08,640 The track gained A cult following in the UK Northern 27 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:13,800 Soul scene, especially at places like the Twisted Wheel and the 28 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:17,200 Catacombs. What made it special was the 29 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:21,000 rarity factor. Few people knew it at the time, 30 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:25,240 but once it hit, it became a dance floor staple. 31 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:30,600 Despite her minimum chart success in the US, Jackie Day's 32 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:35,240 records became treasured pieces among soul collectors, and 33 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:41,120 Naughty Boy is a perfect example of that elusive gritty charm. 34 00:04:41,280 --> 00:04:43,320 From the heart and soul of Manchester. 35 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:45,840 It's all about soul and it's got to be Northern. 36 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:18,600 She's so bad you pretend that we be rushed as this beer, but not 37 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:22,600 instead of for this thing together. 38 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:29,280 That's why I love her so much. I want to know my tea. 39 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:40,400 I need to know my tea. Just like that. 40 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:47,880 A red tender knee. Just one kid, a red tender knee. 41 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:06,800 Now she knows. Now she knows I'll do anything. 42 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:14,000 And when I'm close to earth, I'm your best friend. 43 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:19,960 You pretend that we'd be my sister's friend. 44 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:26,640 Come down in circle for this little girl. 45 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:35,000 That's why I love her so much and I want her so much and. 46 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:45,800 Just went down. I've heard your knee. 47 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:52,200 Just one kid. I've heard your knee. 48 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:05,040 I love her so much it hurts me. It's a track by The Majestics, a 49 00:07:05,280 --> 00:07:09,440 Los Angeles vocal group led by a guy called Arthur Robes. 50 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:14,640 It was originally released in 1965 on the Linda record label 51 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:19,280 and later reissued in 69 on Rampart and Warner Brothers. 52 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:23,880 The song became a Northern Soul cult favourite because of its 53 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:28,880 emotional vocal and that mid tempo groove especially popular 54 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:35,040 in the UK's northern scene. The original 1965 pressing is 55 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:38,200 particularly prized by collectors. 56 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:41,080 Tonight it's another episode of Secret Soul. 57 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:44,880 Keep this to yourself. Please don't tell anyone else. 58 00:08:12,440 --> 00:08:15,200 I didn't like the smartest. So she wanted sister party. 59 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:21,640 Oh, I hope it turns all right, But please say the people away. 60 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:24,360 Take a young town all day. Yeah. 61 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:35,200 Throw the party for baby. Yeah, yeah, everybody. 62 00:08:35,480 --> 00:08:39,720 I hope she's going to show up. Hope she's going to show her all 63 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:49,720 your friends. I asked a mother and dad with 64 00:08:49,760 --> 00:08:54,640 Linda helping him. They understood, said they do 65 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:57,880 all they could right and so far so good. 66 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:05,120 The party begins with and I can't wait to see your face when 67 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:09,600 she wants me. Everybody come on 68 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:24,360 I can't wait till she want to live down with a red stress on 69 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:31,400 good ass for MO she looking good I wanted her to my baby she 70 00:09:31,560 --> 00:10:08,760 always looks good. The Vibrations, also known as 71 00:10:08,760 --> 00:10:13,440 The Vibrating Vibrations and they were an LA group active 72 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:17,800 since the 1950s. The track Surprise Party for 73 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:23,400 Baby was released in July 1970 on Neptune Records and it's 74 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:28,240 gained A cult following in the UK soul scene, especially at 75 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:32,600 venues like Blackpool Mecca. The record was known for its 76 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:37,880 fast tempo, energetic brass and hockey vocals, making the 77 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:56,360 favourite at all nighters. Easy baby, easy baby. 78 00:10:56,440 --> 00:10:58,560 Your wondery smile is driving me wild. 79 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:02,200 Your soul and the touch of being so mother. 80 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:06,520 No word you speak girl and sweetness and sick and your 81 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:12,440 loving ways you make it so. Take it easy, baby. 82 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:21,040 You know you gotta take it easy, baby. 83 00:11:37,190 --> 00:11:44,230 Take it easy, baby. Take it easy, baby. 84 00:12:00,840 --> 00:12:05,440 Whenever I'm talking, I look in. God will ever see he get a hold 85 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:08,680 of me. And when we're dancing, there's 86 00:12:09,320 --> 00:12:19,320 nothing to play. Take it easy baby. 87 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:33,400 Well, you know you get next to me. 88 00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:39,560 Take a sweet, but take it easy baby. 89 00:12:39,560 --> 00:12:46,560 Take it easy. The adventurous and easy baby. 90 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:52,040 It was released on Compass Records round about 1967 and is 91 00:12:52,040 --> 00:12:57,480 considered a very rare Northern Soul record, especially for 92 00:12:57,480 --> 00:13:00,040 dancing. It's got a strong beat and a 93 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:03,880 driving groove which is perfect for the dance floor. 94 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:09,160 Now, tonight's episode features these three iconic locations. 95 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:13,520 So to give you a little bit more detail, the catacombs in 96 00:13:13,520 --> 00:13:18,160 Wolverhampton opened in the mid 1960s and it quickly became 97 00:13:18,160 --> 00:13:24,000 known for its deep soul sets. A bit darker, more exclusive and 98 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:28,000 driven by deejays who were digging for rare imports. 99 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:32,080 The Twisted Wheel in Manchester really was a catalyst. 100 00:13:32,080 --> 00:13:35,880 It was the first place where all nighters define the culture. 101 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:42,560 That place was electric from the late 50s onwards and the 100 102 00:13:42,560 --> 00:13:45,600 Club in London was a cornerstone. 103 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:50,920 Part mob club, part live music venue, it's right in the heart 104 00:13:50,920 --> 00:13:55,520 of Oxford St Between those three, you had this perfect 105 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:58,840 triangle. Each club brought a unique vibe, 106 00:13:59,080 --> 00:14:03,240 but all feeding the same hunger for rare soul. 107 00:14:37,800 --> 00:14:39,280 My hottest days I knew. This time I found somebody. 108 00:14:39,280 --> 00:14:46,480 This time I found somebody new. It's time I'm having you, boy. 109 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:53,520 It's time I'm having you, boy. You, boy. 110 00:14:54,240 --> 00:15:04,520 What became of all that? Time came over. 111 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:09,440 I need to find out that I've come. 112 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:18,560 But let me be. I don't come no more. 113 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:22,920 My crying days are through. This time I found somebody. 114 00:15:23,160 --> 00:15:34,200 This time I found somebody knew. This time I'm marrying you, boy. 115 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:53,800 I'm hurting you, boy. You boy. 116 00:15:54,000 --> 00:16:03,280 I'm loving you, boy. The time I'm loving you, you 117 00:16:03,280 --> 00:16:05,840 boy. You, boy, it's just my heart, 118 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:12,400 you know, real. And I'm believing that we've 119 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:19,880 never heard. I work more, more my time in the 120 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:24,400 days I threw. This time I found somebody. 121 00:16:24,680 --> 00:16:27,920 This time I found somebody new. This time I've heard. 122 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:53,560 Great track Venicia Wilson, and really the name is tied to the 123 00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:57,240 track called This Time I'm Loving You and it gained 124 00:16:57,360 --> 00:17:00,520 popularity in the Northern source circles. 125 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:05,240 But this track was released on the Top Top label and was 126 00:17:05,240 --> 00:17:10,640 designed to sound like a 1960s dancer, though later research 127 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:15,040 suggests it was actually a later production, not an original 128 00:17:15,040 --> 00:17:19,160 1960s release. But Despite that, it's a multi 129 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:25,560 vocal and dramatic arrangement made it a big floor filler in 130 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:35,960 the northern scene. One for the money, Show me for 131 00:17:38,560 --> 00:17:42,080 the show. Show me Breda. 132 00:17:42,080 --> 00:17:46,520 Get ready. Show me head for the goal. 133 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:54,160 Stop scratching your head and bend in your knees. 134 00:17:55,760 --> 00:18:03,520 Sweep it out in the shed and baby, please, please, now get a 135 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:08,480 little tired, a little bit the one you love with the one no 136 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:14,920 one. They live a little brighter for 137 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:26,360 the one you love. It's good for the rich. 138 00:18:26,360 --> 00:18:29,360 Yeah, it's good for the. It's good for the newborn. 139 00:18:43,480 --> 00:19:28,360 Next door. None. 140 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:36,120 Every day you'll need we love you to say yeah. 141 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:39,360 Hey baby, please, please come and get a little tighter. 142 00:19:39,360 --> 00:19:51,120 We don't want to love. We don't want to love. 143 00:20:25,090 --> 00:20:29,730 For nearly two decades, the tapes of that one and only album 144 00:20:30,040 --> 00:20:35,880 lay hidden away collecting dust, and it wasn't until 1990 that 2 145 00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:40,040 British soul collectors came upon the album while digging 146 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:45,640 through the Hamilton vaults. And so began the discovery of 147 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:48,040 Little Anne. From the heart and soul of 148 00:20:48,040 --> 00:20:50,720 Manchester. It's all about soul and it's got 149 00:20:50,720 --> 00:21:05,200 to be Northern. Then we buy, all right, that 150 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:11,320 loaded place before we met each other. 151 00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:15,240 I was over alone. Yes, I was. 152 00:21:15,560 --> 00:21:19,400 Until now. I've got Yes, I have someone to 153 00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:26,800 call my own. And I know why I won't be 154 00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:29,240 lonely. Yeah. 155 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:35,240 No, baby here. Now. 156 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:38,040 Love is sweet. All right? 157 00:21:38,440 --> 00:21:41,560 If the girl's got soul. Yes, it is. 158 00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:46,000 Now life's come free with someone. 159 00:21:46,280 --> 00:21:53,440 And so now I have someone that help me make it cold. 160 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:59,480 Yes, I have. I've got soul in the world to 161 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:09,240 change my Wiz Diamond and I know I won't be going ever again. 162 00:22:10,760 --> 00:22:15,280 No baby. All right now. 163 00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:26,840 So now I never that you're the one. 164 00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:34,560 Yes I do now the part is so low now beat as a wall. 165 00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:40,400 And so now we go together on the face our destiny and we know 166 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:48,160 that in love, yes it is as the right as I can be. 167 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:56,520 And I know I won't be lonely ever again. 168 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:11,400 I'm trying to think one of the places I've heard that track and 169 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:14,400 I've heard it many, many times in many clubs. 170 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:18,680 But it's a fantastic track ever again, and it's a rare soul 171 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:23,360 track by Bernie Williams. Originally released on a 7 inch 172 00:23:23,360 --> 00:23:28,440 single on Eric Records in the US, with some copies also 173 00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:32,560 circulating as Auk Import on Bell Records. 174 00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:36,960 It's a mid tempo groove featuring that pleading vocal, 175 00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:40,800 punchy rhythm and of course the crisp production. 176 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:45,720 Though it flew under the radar in the US, it became a prize 177 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:50,760 record on the UK dance floors, particularly in clubs like the 178 00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:55,760 Twisted Wheel, the Catacombs and of course, the 100 Club. 179 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:29,320 Let your heart break, speak your mind before I walk on the door 180 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:35,760 because you can't believe this time I won't be coming back. 181 00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:41,960 No, I won't be coming back. Never. 182 00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:49,480 No more. It's been a long time since you 183 00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:57,400 told me you can't. And then no need to pretend when 184 00:24:57,400 --> 00:25:05,720 it's just not him. He's got to live on a man hard. 185 00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:14,880 Tell us, what was it? Maybe this man, I won't be 186 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:16,120 coming back. No, I won't be coming back. 187 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:19,640 There were no more. Oh, come on, come on. 188 00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:22,080 Come on. Tell me how you need. 189 00:25:22,120 --> 00:25:38,880 I want to hear your same face. Tell me that you love me so. 190 00:25:49,360 --> 00:25:56,000 'Cause it means it may be this time I I won't be coming back. 191 00:25:57,400 --> 00:26:02,040 No, I won't be coming back ever. No. 192 00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:24,880 Oh, baby, baby, tell me. Now tonight's about the three 193 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:29,320 featured clubs, and each of these venues had its own 194 00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:32,640 distinct vibe. The Twisted Wheel in Manchester 195 00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:36,240 was really the beating heart of the Northern Soul movement. 196 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:40,480 It was an all nighter destination, raw, energetic and 197 00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:45,440 driven by DJs who dug deep into obscure American imports. 198 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:49,600 The Catacombs in Wolverhampton was smaller, it was more 199 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:54,320 exclusive and underground basement where rare records were 200 00:26:54,320 --> 00:26:58,680 spun for a select crowd and it was a little bit more intimate 201 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:01,760 and the focus was on exclusivity. 202 00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:05,880 Those DJ sets were almost like discoveries. 203 00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:09,960 And then the 100 Club in London was different again. 204 00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:15,080 It was a bit more polished and mod stronghold right on Oxford 205 00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:20,800 Street you get the live axe and a more mixed crowd, Mods, soul 206 00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:26,960 fans and later on even punks. So the Wheel was all about raw 207 00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:30,960 northern dance energy. The Catacombs was a secret, 208 00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:36,840 exclusive gem and the 100 Club was that stylish London 209 00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:41,080 crossroads, each at its own pulse, but the old played a 210 00:27:41,120 --> 00:27:43,920 massive part in shaping the sound. 211 00:28:04,040 --> 00:28:14,120 And girl, I try so hard to get you to notice me, to drop a 212 00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:20,160 crowded room when I see you. I'm trying to catch you. 213 00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:35,920 But every time I see you, and I've been watching, I need you 214 00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:40,080 right now. Yeah. 215 00:28:42,200 --> 00:29:02,910 Yeah, I need you right now, girl. 216 00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:16,160 There's something so sweet about you, my heart. 217 00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:18,920 I just can't live without you, my girl. 218 00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:23,960 Don't keep up. I've been watching. 219 00:29:33,600 --> 00:30:05,840 Hey, I need you right now. Yeah, yeah, I need you right 220 00:30:06,160 --> 00:30:10,080 now. If you don't give you the head 221 00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:19,200 of me 'cause I've been watching Janet ride for you, baby. 222 00:30:19,560 --> 00:30:27,240 Janet, I need you right now. Yeah, yeah, I need you right 223 00:30:27,240 --> 00:30:40,880 now. Tonight we've travelled the 224 00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:44,040 length of the country, from the bright lights of London's 100 225 00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:47,800 Club to the dark electric basement of the Twisted Wheel 226 00:30:47,800 --> 00:30:51,520 and into the underground heartbeat of the Catacombs Club. 227 00:30:51,840 --> 00:30:55,680 3 clubs, three different atmospheres, but one shared 228 00:30:55,680 --> 00:30:57,440 obsession. The music. 229 00:30:58,120 --> 00:31:12,160 Until the next time, bye bye. If I had a new house on the same 230 00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:16,400 Old Street wearing new shoes on the same Old Street. 231 00:31:16,960 --> 00:31:19,720 A new car driving round the same Old Town. 232 00:31:20,240 --> 00:31:23,120 Taking a new song with that same Old Town. 233 00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:28,040 This one seemed new to me. Called the time the same old 234 00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:31,280 thing, the same old way. Come on, hold on. 235 00:31:31,280 --> 00:31:33,720 With me in a brand new way it's me. 236 00:31:33,800 --> 00:31:42,480 Get me in a brand new way. You'll me in a new way. 237 00:31:42,480 --> 00:31:47,120 You fight, you fight, you fight pad a new month on the same old 238 00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:50,320 face. You caught that with the same 239 00:31:50,320 --> 00:31:54,120 old taste new shirt, all the same old back it. 240 00:31:54,960 --> 00:32:01,680 Wouldn't. Seem new to me from the tide of 241 00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:04,560 the same old thing, the same old way. 242 00:32:13,640 --> 00:32:30,480 This be in a brand new way. 243 00:32:30,560 --> 00:32:35,120 You find out a new carpet. Oh the same only door, a new 244 00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:40,840 knock on the same only door for a new star beat the same old sky 245 00:32:41,280 --> 00:32:46,080 for a new in the same old style. What the same do to me. 246 00:32:46,120 --> 00:32:48,120 Oh my God of the same old way, the same old way. 247 00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:50,680 Come on and hold on. Be in a brand new God. 248 00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:57,640 Hell me through. Be in a brand new way. 249 00:32:57,680 --> 00:33:05,440 Be in a brand new way. Come on, love me out, be in a 250 00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:08,800 brand new way.