VARIOUS ARTISTS - WIGAN CASINO - 50 GOLDEN YEARS [CD]

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: CHARLY729CD
Barcode: 5060767449936
Release Date: 15 Mar 2024
Genre: Soul

• Wigan Casino 50th Anniversary Special Edition
• 100% Northern Soul as played by original Casino DJs Russ Winstanley, Kev Roberts and Richard Searling
• Endorsed by No.1 collector Tim Brown, owner of the world’s most valuable record ‘Do I Love You’ by Frank Wilson

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the world’s No.1 disco – the high temple of Northern Soul – the legendary WIGAN CASINO, Lancashire. Set against a backdrop of rampant inflation, the 3-day working week and national power cuts, Northern Soul emerged as an escape, a secret society, a haven for like-minded teenagers. Every Saturday night for eight years, the faithful made the pilgrimage to the desolate mill town of Wigan to a broken down, pre-War dancehall on Station Road. It was a sanctuary, a special place of togetherness, elitism, and the catalyst for the music scene’s longest enduring sub-culture… Northern Soul.

Our exclusive playlist highlights key records from the thousands played at the famed all-nighters by its original founding deejays, Russ Winstanley, Kev Roberts and Richard Searling.

Keep The Faith…