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The Latest Podcast

Great Big Kiss Podcast #41 - 4/9/16

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A round-up of the vinyl I've bought to play at Great Big Kiss over the last few months. Kicking off with a 45 I've been after for a couple of years - "Can't You See (You're Losing Me)" by Mary Wells - we glide from irresistible northern soul - "By Yourself" by Jay D Martin, "Jeanette" by Wade Flemons, and "Your Personality" by Jackie Lee - to girl group brilliance - "Love Is The Only Answer" by The Lollipops and "In Your Spare Time" by Cindy Scott - and storming r&b - "I Can't Stand It" by The Soul Sisters and "Can't Chance A Break Up" by Ike & Tina Turner. We round off with two Yardbirds-related songs - "For Your Love" and Brenda Lee's version of "What'd I Say", featuring Jimmy Page - and then raise a cheer for the opening of the night tube, with "Night Train" by James Brown. All aboard!

The Archive

Great Big Kiss Podcast #1 - 2/9/10

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This is an all-music, no-chat mix of the songs that were played between midnight and quarter to one at the club night held on Jan 29th 2010.

(The Dovells/Shirley Ellis/Otis Redding/Nina Simone/Bobby Marchan & The Tick Tocks/Aretha Franklin/Sam Cooke/The Elgins/Johnny Johnson And The Bandwagon/The Breakaways/Jackie Wilson/Clyde McPhatter/The Outsiders/Sugar Pie De Santo/Chris Farlowe/The Supremes/Frank Beverly & The Butlers/Cookie Jackson)

Great Big Kiss Podcast #2 - 31/10/10

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This is an all-music, no-chat mix of the songs played during a guest DJ spot at Da Doo Ron Ron in Brighton on Sat Oct 23rd. In keeping with DDRR's music policy, all songs are female-fronted girl group and soul, from the late 50s to early 70s, and played from vinyl only.

(Gladys Knight & The Pips/The Flirtations/The Ikettes/Dusty Springfield/The Supremes/Martha Reeves & The Vandellas/Lulu/Dee Dee Sharp/Shirley Ellis/LaVern Baker/Mamie Galore/The Sweet Things/Ike & Tina Turner/Sugar Pie DeSanto/Felice Taylor/Aretha Franklin/Irma Thomas)

Great Big Kiss Podcast #3 - 5/1/11

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This is an all-music, no-chat mix of girl group songs that were included on a CD given away at the How Does It Feel To Be Loved? club night in December 2009.

(Nancy Sinatra/Rita Dacosta/Cindy Scott/The Crystals/Dusty Springfield/Selena Jones/Donna Lynn/The Orlons/Clothilde/Rev-Lons/The Breakaways/The Angels/Aretha Franklin/Chris Clark/The What Four/Dorothy Berry/Adrienne Posta/Little Ann/France Gall/Violet Vector And The Lovely Lovelies/Lavern Baker)

Great Big Kiss Podcast #4 - 6/4/11

Listen here - http://www.mixcloud.com/hdif/great-big-kiss-podcast-4/

Here's an all-music, no-chat mix of some of the songs played at Great Big Kiss over the last six months. Some old favourites, some new friends, all super danceable, plus a fine bit of wisdom at the end from Shirley Ellis.

(Barbara Jean English/Jimmy James & The Vagabonds/Mitty Collier/Stevie Wonder/Maggie Thrett/The Daylighters/Sinner Strong/Garnett Mimms/Mary McCarthy/Howard Tate/Connie Clarke/The Blendells/Lavern Baker/Ray Charles/The Starlets/Lee Charles/Peggy Lee/Darrell Banks/Shirley Ellis)

Great Big Kiss Podcast #5 - 3/6/11

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At the start of this week, I won a job lot of fifty northern and 60s soul records on ebay. Some super famous songs, some northern soul classics, some 70s funk cuts, a handful of northern instrumentals and a bunch of songs that I'd been after for ages. This is a collection of 17 of those singles - mostly A-sides, but a few choice B-sides too.

Great Big Kiss Podcast #6 - 6/7/11

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We start and end this Great Big Kiss podcast with two songs that share the same backing track. Laura Greene's "Music, Moonlight And You" is probably the better known of the two, but my favourite - mostly for the way the melodramatic spoken intro sets up the song - is Frankie And The Classicals' "What Shall I Do?". Elsewhere, we have my favourite ever northern soul single - "Do It" by Pat Powdrill - and "Luci Baines" by The American Four, who were fronted by a youthful, pre-Love, Arthur Lee (in fact, this song was his debut vocal recording). Plus the usual mix of northern soul, girl groups and rock'n'roll.

Great Big Kiss Podcast #7 - 7/9/11

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Another foot-stomping mixture of northern soul and rock'n'roll. Highlights include sublime northern soul from Geno Washington, Joyce Bennett and The Velvet Satins, barn-storming r&b from Etta James, Prentice Moreland and Smiley Lewis, the almost indecently sexy Tame Me Tiger by Violet Vector And The Lovelies, Get Off Of My Cloud in Spanish (!), and the song that closed last month's Great Big Kiss, the glorious Be My Guest by Fats Domino.

Great Big Kiss Podcast #8 - 12/10/11

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This month's podcast brings together most of the vinyl bits and pieces that I've picked up from boot fairs, record shops and ebay over the past few months, plus some vinyl treats that were already in my collection. Some have already been aired at Great Big Kiss, some will be played for the first time this Friday. As always, it's a foot-stomping, hip-shaking collection of girl groups, northern soul and rock'n'roll.

Great Big Kiss Podcast #9 - 10/5/12

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Still buzzing from seeing the magnificent Dexys show at Shepherd's Bush Empire on Tuesday, we've decided to make this Great Big Kiss podcast a partial Dexys tribute, featuring three songs that the band covered in the 80s. Opener, "Breaking Down The Walls Of Heartache", was covered on the b-side of "Geno"; their version of "The Horse" graced the b-side of "There There My Dear"; and "Seven Days Too Long" was covered on "Searching For The Young Soul Rebels". Elsewhere, there's the usual mixture of northern soul, girl groups and r&b, with a raucous party tune from Link Wray thrown in to stir things up.

Great Big Kiss Podcast #10 - 14/9/12

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Another mixture of northern soul, girl groups, Motown and rock'n'roll, this time pulling together the pick of my vinyl purchases over the last three months.

Great Big Kiss Podcast #11 - 9/5/13

Listen here - http://www.mixcloud.com/hdif/great-big-kiss-podcast-11/

As the last Great Big Kiss podcast was a whole seven months ago, this one's a catch-up of the vinyl we've been playing at the club since last October. There's classic northern soul, storming rhythm'n'blues, and some joyous 60s girl group gems.

Great Big Kiss Podcast #12 - 5/8/13

Listen here - http://www.mixcloud.com/hdif/great-big-kiss-podcast-12/

A podcast of some of the vinyl we've picked up over the last few months - a foot-stomping, hand-clapping, hip-shaking mixture of northern soul, Motown, 60s girl groups and 50s R&B.

Great Big Kiss Podcast #13 - 9/2/14

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At every Great Big Kiss, I take a few photos of the records played by the guest DJs, usually as a way of reminding myself of a brilliant song the morning after so I can go hunting for it myself. Here's a compilation of the singles I photographed in 2013. They were played by Debbie Smith, Jon Slade, Lucienne Cole, Bob Stanley, The Actionettes, Gary Day, The Action Men, Kev and Linda, and Declan Allen, although not necessarily in that order. See if you can work out which guest DJ played which song...

Great Big Kiss Podcast #14 - 4/5/14

Listen here - http://www.mixcloud.com/hdif/great-big-kiss-podcast-14/

A round up of the vinyl we've bought to play at Great Big Kiss over the last few months, after visits to record shops in Bristol, London and Herne Bay, boot fairs in Birmingham, Chippenham and Kent, charity shops all over south London, and regular raids on ebay and discogs. There's the usual mix of northern soul, 60s girl groups, French pop, 50s r&b, and rock'n'roll.

Great Big Kiss Podcast #15 - 5/7/14

Listen here - http://www.mixcloud.com/hdif/great-big-kiss-podcast-15/

This month, we're holding a Beatles and Stones soul covers special at Great Big Kiss at the Buffalo Bar, playing lots of soul versions of Beatles and Stones songs alongside our usual selection of northern soul, Motown and rock'n'roll. This podcast is a preview of what you can expect to hear on the night. There's Beatles covers by The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Mary Wells and more, and Stones covers by Otis Redding, Thelma Houston, Wayne Gibson, Marie Laforet and more. Plus two songs that were covered by the Beatles and the Stones - It's All Over Now and Money (That's What I Want).

Great Big Kiss Podcast #16 - 8/9/14

Listen here - http://www.mixcloud.com/hdif/great-big-kiss-podcast-16/

A round-up of the vinyl gems we've bought to play at Great Big Kiss over the last few months. There's girl groups classics, northern soul foot-stompers, hip-shaking 50s r&b, and four songs from the superb compilation, "Chicas: Spanish Female Singers 1962-1974".

Great Big Kiss Podcast #17 - Declan Allen's guest mix - 7/10/14

Listen here - http://www.mixcloud.com/hdif/great-big-kiss-podcast-17-declan-allens-guest-mix/

This month's Great Big Kiss podcast features a guest mix by Declan Allen, ahead of his guest appearance at our 4th birthday party on Friday October 10th. It features songs he played at his last spot at GBK and songs he has in the box for this Friday.

Great Big Kiss Podcast #18 - Halloween Mix - 21/10/14

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A Halloween mix as a warm up for our Halloween special at the Canterbury Arms in Brixton on Friday October 31st. We've got a host of supernatural delights in this podcast, from spooky northern soul classics and 50s r&b dancers to b-movie rock'n'roll and footstomping garage rock. There's witches, ghosts, werewolves, vampires, mummies, Frankenstein's monster, and all manner of voodoo and witchcraft, as our heroes mix potions and cast spells in a bid to win over the objects of their affections. It's enough to give you chills and fever!

Great Big Kiss Podcast #19 - 11/11/14

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This month, I treated myself to the vinyl box set of singles featured in the Elaine Constantine film, "Northern Soul". There's 14 singles and 28 tracks in all - this podcast is my pick of the bunch, a crisp 42 minute set featuring 16 of the 28 songs. As you might expect, it features classic after classic, from "Right Track" and "Gone With The Wind Is My Love" to "Just Say You're Wanted (And Needed)" and "Lonely For You Baby".

Great Big Kiss Podcast #20 - 2/1/15

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A round-up of the vinyl we've bought to play at the club over the last few months (and a few treats that were given to us by Santa!). There's our usual mixture of northern soul, 60s girl groups and rock'n'roll, with some 60s pop thrown in for good measure. We start and end with both sides of one storming single by Brenda Holloway. To begin, "Just Look What You've Done" (co-written by Frank WIlson and R Dean Taylor - now there's a writing credit!), and to finish up, "Starting The Hurt All Over Again". Not bad for a single 45!

Great Big Kiss Podcast #21 - 10/2/15

If there's one genre that knows all there is to know about love, it's soul music. From the giddy highs of first love to the pain of heartbreak, soul has soundtracked every conceivable affair of the heart and managed to find some joy in them all. So what better way to celebrate Valentine's Day than with the songs that have loved, lost and loved again. From "I'm Ready To Love" to "In Love" to "Love's Gone Bad" to "Someday We're Gonna Love Again", it's all here, an emotion in perfect motion.

Listen here - http://www.mixcloud.com/hdif/great-big-kiss-podcast-21/

Great Big Kiss Podcast #22 - 4/3/15

A round-up of the vinyl we've bought to play at the club over the past few months, and a few old favourites thrown in for good measure. Some of these were played at our Valentine's night at The Phoenix and a few will be aired for the first time at our next night. There's sublime northern soul from The Sapphires and Nolan Porter, mod classics by The Marvelettes and The Animals, girl group gems by Madeline Bell and The Flirtations, and dancefloor belters from Archie Bell And The Drells and Ruby Winters. All soulful life is here, dancing up a storm!

isten here - http://www.mixcloud.com/hdif/great-big-kiss-podcast-22/

Great Big Kiss Podcast #23 - 5/4/15

Listen here - http://www.mixcloud.com/hdif/great-big-kiss-podcast-23/

A round-up of the vinyl gems we've bought to play at Great Big Kiss over the last few weeks, with some old favourites thrown in too. Some of these were played at the last couple of nights at The Phoenix, and some will be getting their first airing at our next night on April 11th. There's northern soul classics like "In Orbit" by Joy Lovejoy and "Hold On" by The Radiants, r&b soul dancers like "You Lie So Well" by Marie Knight and "Hot Dog" by The Four Shells, and the brilliant "I Taught Him" by Gloria Scott, a hand-clapping girl group beauty which was written by a certain Sylvester Stewart, also known as Sly Stone!

Great Big Kiss Podcast #24 - 3/5/15

Listen here - http://www.mixcloud.com/hdif/great-big-kiss-podcast-24/

I recently asked members of the Northern Soul forum on Facebook to recommend their favourite female vocal soul songs. The response was huge - hundreds of songs tipped, some that I know and love, many that were completely new to me. I'm still working my way through the links, but here's a podcast of my favourites so far. There's everything here, from classic northern soul and sublime girl group harmonies to storming r&b and a couple of songs with a funky spring in their step. My shopping list just got a lot longer, although I was pleased to discover that one of these songs - "What I Don't Know (Won't Hurt Me)" by Bettye Lavette - was lurking on the b-side of a single I own already.

Great Big Kiss Podcast #25 - 7/6/15

Listen here - http://www.mixcloud.com/hdif/great-big-kiss-podcast-25/

A round-up of the vinyl gems I've bought over the last couple of months. There's stone cold classics like "A Little Bit Hurt" by Julien Covey and "Big Bird" by Eddie Floyd. There's handclapping girl group joy from Patty And The Emblems and Bettye Swann. There's storming northern soul from Roy Hamilton and The New Wanderers. And irresistible r&b charm from Barbara Dane. Plus loads more. Kick off your shoes and dance!

Great Big Kiss Podcast #26 - 6/7/15

Listen here - http://www.mixcloud.com/hdif/great-big-kiss-podcast-26/

A round-up of the vinyl I've bought over the last few months to play at Great Big Kiss, with a few highlights from recent nights thrown in for good measure. I was very pleased to finally snare a copy of Susan Shifrin's storming version of "25 Miles", and to top up my collection of northern classics with original copies of "You Didn't Say A Word" and "Breakaway". Elsewhere, there's irresistible northern joy from The Four Tempos, one of my favourite lesser known songs by The Chiffons, some foot-stomping fuzz and attitude from Lulu, and two singles snapped up for 50p apiece at a boot fair in Surrey from a guy who was selling the records he used to play when he was a DJ - "You're Ready Now" by Frankie Valli and "Back In The USA" by Chuck Berry. Nice to think that these well-loved 45s will see more active service at Great Big Kiss!

Great Big Kiss Podcast #27 - 5/8/15

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Ahead of their guest DJ spot at this month's Great Big Kiss, I asked Astrid and Janine of London's legendary all-girl go-go dance troupe The Actionettes to put together a podcast of some of their favourite songs. The dynamic duo have come up with a super-danceable mix of northern soul, 60s girl groups, blue-eyed 60s pop, 50s r&b, and some Spanish pop (courtesy of Astrid, who's from Spain). We kick off with the brilliant "Goodbye Boys Goodbye" by Margie Mills, which is currently taking pride of place in The Actionettes' dance set, and keep on hip-shaking, hand-clapping and foot-stomping from then on!

Great Big Kiss Podcast #28 - 4/9/15

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A round up of the vinyl we've bought to play at Great Big Kiss over the last few months. This month is a Kent Records special, drawing on songs that have featured on some of their legendary singles and compilations. We kick off with the incomparable Luther Ingram, whose "Oh Baby Don't You Weep" heads straight for the hips, and keep up the tempo with upbeat dancers from Roy Brown, Benny Gordon and Rosco Robinson, sublime northern soul by The Crampton Sisters and Patti Austin, fuzzed up garage rock courtesy of The Moving Sidewalks, and latin instrumental joy from - who else? - The Young Holt Trio. As usual, all soulful and sixties life is here, dancing up a storm.

Great Big Kiss Podcast #29 - 6/10/15

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A podcast of the vinyl we've bought to play at Great Big Kiss over the last month, plus a couple of old favourites thrown in for good measure. There's solid gold northern soul courtesy of Joe Simon, Maurice Williams and Sandy Wynns. Super danceable r&b from the irrepressible Jimmy Holiday and Dusty Wilson. Slightly funkier fare from Bobbi Lynn and Willie Mitchell. A storming version of "Lies" (made famous by The Knickerbockers) by Lulu. A glorious finger clicking rockabilly ode to the humble 45 rpm single by The Mark IV. And the untouchable genius of Aretha Franklin and Martha Reeves And The Vandellas.

Great Big Kiss Podcast #30 - 15/10/15

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A Halloween mix as a warm up for our Halloween special at the Windmill in Brixton on Sat October 31st, 2015. We've got all sorts of supernatural goings-on in this year's Halloween mix, from monstrous Motown and ghoulish girl groups to voodoo-driven garage rock and the darker side of northern soul. You'll find sinners, tombstones, deep dark secrets, odes to the night time, sunglasses after dark, teenage tigers looking for a feast, a cobra snake for a necktie, and a girl group song which ends gleefully with the words: "Shot him in the head boom boom!"

Great Big Kiss Podcast #31 - 5/11/15

Listen here - https://www.mixcloud.com/hdif/great-big-kiss-podcast-31-northern-soul-top-500-1-20/

The first in a new series of Great Big Kiss podcasts, in which we make our way through the official Northern Soul Top 500. We kick off with the Top 20 and an hour of solid gold classics by everyone from Frank Wilson and Dobie Gray to Yvonne Baker and Tobi Legend. The huge songs that have filled dancehalls throughout the land since the 1970s are all present and correct. Whether you're a card-carrying soulie looking to relive some precious memories or a bright-eyed newcomer eager to find out more about northern soul, join us. We believe that you're on the right track.

Great Big Kiss Podcast #32 - 3/12/15

Listen here - https://www.mixcloud.com/hdif/great-big-kiss-podcast-32-northern-soul-top-500-21-40/

The second in a new series of Great Big Kiss podcasts, in which we make our way through the official Northern Soul Top 500. This time around, we dance our way through numbers 21-40, and once again it's wall-to-wall classics. From solid gold big hitters like Tainted Love and What to beloved gems such as You've Been Away and Unsatisfied to the very best of crossover with Come On Train and Turning My Heartbeat Up, it's 48 minutes of perfection.

Great Big Kiss Podcast #33 - 4/1/16

Listen here - https://www.mixcloud.com/hdif/great-big-kiss-podcast-33/

A round-up of the vinyl we've bought to play at Great Big Kiss over the last few months. A few of these songs have been on my wish list for years - the fuzzed-up girl group stomp of "You Don't Love Me" by The Starlets and the hand-clapping soul of "Soupy" by Maggie Thrett - so I'm overjoyed to finally have them in my clutches. Elsewhere, you'll find classic northern soul by The Velvet Satins, Jo Armstead, the Ivories and the Fi-Dels, mod dancers courtesy of Georgie Fame and The Harvey Averne Dozen, 50s r&b brilliance by Baby Jean, and all manner of soul goodness to tempt you out onto the dancefloor.

Great Big Kiss Podcast #34 - Valentine's Special - 6/2/16

Listen here - https://www.mixcloud.com/hdif/great-big-kiss-podcast-34-valentines-special/

If it's Valentine's Day, then it's time for another Valentine's special - and yet more proof that soul is the musical genre that knows all there is to know about love. From infatuation to heartbreak, from true love to tainted love, from the first kiss to the last, soul has soundtracked every conceivable affair of the heart and managed to find some joy in them all. So what better way to celebrate Valentine's Day than with more songs that have loved, lost and loved again.

Great Big Kiss Podcast #35 - Northern Soul Top 500 (41-60) - 8/3/16

Listen here - https://www.mixcloud.com/hdif/great-big-kiss-podcast-35-northern-soul-top-500-41-60/

The third in the new series of Great Big Kiss podcasts, in which we make our way through the official Northern Soul Top 500. This time around we glide from 41-60, and this podcast sees the chart start to broaden out stylistically, adding the smoother sounds of modern/crossover northern to the footstomping charms of the classic floorfillers. My picks of the chart are "My Sugar Baby" by Connie Clark, "A Little Bit Hurt" by Julien Covey, "Crackin' Up Over You" by Roy Hamilton, and the brilliant, atmospheric instrumental "Bari Track", which turns even the most humble dancehall into a grand ballroom.

Great Big Kiss Podcast #36 - Northern Soul Top 500 (61-80) - 20/3/16

Listen here - https://www.mixcloud.com/hdif/great-big-kiss-podcast-36-northern-soul-top-500-61-80/

I'm on my way!

For the 4th part in our series running through the official northern soul top 500, we hit solid gold. Kicking off with the incredible "I'm On My Way" by Dean Parrish, this segment of the 500 is classic after classic after classic. From "Open The Door To Your Heart" and "Love Love Love" to "In Orbit" and "Nothing Can Compare To You", it's glorious floorfillers all the way. Push back the furniture, kick off your shoes, turn up the stereo...it's looking like a soulful Easter!

Great Big Kiss Podcast #37 - 9/4/16

Listen here - https://www.mixcloud.com/hdif/great-big-kiss-podcast-37/

A round-up of the vinyl we've bought to play at Great Big Kiss over the last few months. There's hand-clapping girl group gems from The Orchids, Jeanie King and Beverly Ann, foot-stomping northern soul brilliance from James Carr, Del Larks and The Majestics, hip-shaking r&b cool from Willie Jones, Tom & Jerrio and Dorothy Williams, and a couple of bolt-from-the-blue stormers from Sylvie Vartan and Don Fardon. Oh, and Sam And Dave whipping up a storm, as only they know how! A perfect snapshot of the Great Big Kiss dancefloor!

Great Big Kiss Podcast #38 - Northern Soul Top 500 (81-100) - 20/5/16

Listen here - https://www.mixcloud.com/hdif/great-big-kiss-podcast-38-northern-soul-top-500-81-100/

The latest instalment of our journey through the official northern soul top 500 finds us drifting blissfully into an hour of quiet classics. There are no huge, foot-stomping anthems here, but a run of incredible songs that harness a slowburning power to create those soulful dancefloor moments where the real world just seems to melt away. From The Impressions' "You've Been Cheatin'", propelled by the dreamlike falsetto of Curtis Mayfield, to "Run For Cover" by The Dells and "If I Could Only Be Sure" by Nolan Porter, this is northern soul at its purest - sensitive, serious and straight from the heart.

Great Big Kiss Podcast #39 - Pitchfork Radio Northern Soul Mix - 4/7/16

Listen here - https://www.mixcloud.com/hdif/great-big-kiss-podcast-38-pitchfork-radio-northern-soul-mix/

On Friday June 10th, Pitchfork Radio landed in London for a two day pop-up broadcast that featured shows by Brian Wilson, The National, Mogwai, The Wedding Present, Raincoats, The Zombies, and many more. I was asked to contribute an hour of classic northern soul, to be broadcast under the title This Is Northern Soul, and this is what I came up with - a foot-stomping run through the greatest hits of Great Big Kiss. The show originally went out on Friday July 10th, from 10am-11am.

Great Big Kiss Podcast #40 - Northern Soul Top 500 (101-120) - 3/8/16

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The latest episode in our journey through the official northern soul top 500 takes us into the 100s, and what a hit-packed selection this is. Any set that can run The Spellbinders-Gloria Jones-7th Avenue Aviators-Marie Knight-Edwin Starr-The Valentinos definitely has the wind in its sails, and the classics just keep on coming, from The Poppies and Beverley Ann to Richard Temple and Willie Mitchell. Cancel your plans, crank up the volume, and dance your way into heaven!

Great Big Kiss Podcast #41 - 4/9/16

Listen here - https://www.mixcloud.com/hdif/great-big-kiss-podcast-41/