Sounds

New northern soul collections: Move On Up and Northern Soul Underground

New northern soul collections: Move On Up and Northern Soul Underground
New northern soul collections: Move On Up and Northern Soul Underground
Note that I independently write and research everything in this article. But it may contain affiliate links.

A few years back you couldn’t move for mod compilations, but these days northern soul is more in vogue and as such, there are plenty of new collections out there. The latest two are Move On Up and Northern Soul Underground.

Move On Up is pretty much your northern ‘starter pack’. It’s on the UMTV label, which is likely to mean some TV advertising too, so look out for it on the box soon.

It claims to be the best of northern soul with a ‘few choice rarities’. Not sure there are any (if any) of the latter, bit the 75 tracks here certainly do the job as an introduction to northern. Likely to be a little too ‘obvious’ for long-timers though.

£9 for 75 tracks is good value though.

Tracklisting and details for Move on Up at Amazon

New northern soul collections: Move On Up and Northern Soul Underground
New northern soul collections: Move On Up and Northern Soul Underground

In contrast,  Northern Soul Underground has more lesser-known tracks onboard. Not to say it’s a rarities set, which it isn’t. But if you are new to northern, there are a good few here you will not know and some decent early tracks too. Many of the tunes will be on YouTube if you want to hear a few un advance to get an idea.

Good value again though, 50 tracks for £4.99.

Tracklisting and details for Northern Soul Underground at Amazon

Love Modculture? If you enjoy what you read or have benefitted from it and want to help with the ever-increasing costs of the site and newsletter, you can always buy me a coffee at Ko-Fi. Every penny is helpful and appreciated.

Leave a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

*