![]() At its zenith, the Casino (capacity: 1,200) had more than 100,000 members and an even greater influence across the UK, and ultimately beyond. This book tells the story of the club and includes contributions from a variety of people who were involved. Russ Winstanley, one of the authors, DJ'd from the first night through to the last. Wigan Casino's Northern Soul nights started in September 1973, and lasted through to 1981. The first was Stuart Cosgrove's Young Soul Rebels: A Personal History of Northern Soul which is an authoritive, informed, opinionated history of the scene since its inception to its 21st century internet-fuelled emergence into a truly global phenomenon.īy way of contrast, Soul Survivors: The Wigan Casino Story focuses exclusively on Wigan Casino, the scene's most famous venue (and, worth repeating, Billboard's Best Disco in the World 1978). ![]() This is the second book on Northern Soul I have completed in as many weeks. It has survived in some shape or form since the early 1960s, with both diehards and new generations embracing its traditions. ![]() Northern Soul is one of the most durable underground musical scenes around, I can't think of one that has proved more durable. How did a provincial northern English ballroom without a bar become so revered? Incredibly, and even ahead of New York's Studio 54, the Wigan Casino was Billboard's Best Disco in the World in 1978.
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