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Soul record guru Dave Godin actually first coined the phrase 'Northern Soul' sometime around 1971 when writing his column in Blues and Soul magazine.
A record shop owner in London named Dave Godin noticed that a lot of the youths coming down from the north of England to attend football matches, or simply visit London were more interested in the 1960's-style soul output, or the 1970's soul that still sounded 'soul' not 'funk', than the newer and more fashionable music. He coined the term Northern Soul as a convenient pigeonhole to define to his colleagues a type of music these young northerners would be looking for.
"Maybe there are some who read this in the Southern part of Britain who find it hard to understand just why I rave so much about the Northern Soul scene, and perhaps this is because they have never been there and seen it first hand for themselves, because believe me, there just is no equivalent in the South, and until you’ve been there I don’t think any mere written word can fully convey to you that special and unique vibration that generates amongst the brothers and sisters there. I only wish it were easier for people to get there so that they could experience it for themselves, but if you do decide to make it to the Blackpool Mecca one weekend then take my word for it that you’ll find a warm welcome there, and a nicer crowd of swingers and friends it would be hard to imagine! Until August 21st 1971 I had always thought of Blackpool as The Tower, but from then on in I shall always and forever remember it as The Mecca — Soul Heaven here on earth, and a pious pilgrimage that I would urge all the faithful to undertake as often as they possibly can.
Keep the faith - right on now! Blackpool and The Mecca await you! My deepest thanks to you all."
Dave Godin 1971
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