Northern Soul alive and well in Central Japan...

[vcq]

If you ever find yourself in Nagoya, check out the Tower Records in Sakae [[closest subway stop is Yaba-cho on the Meijo Line; take Exit 4 for Parco and Tower's on the 6th floor).

I just picked up Music City Story [[http://www.acerecords.co.uk/content.php?page_id=59&release=8630) and Atlantic's 100 Soul Classics, and I found it interesting that my local Tower Records stocks almost all the Outta Sight releases [[I saw Dial 3 For Northern Soul, Groovesville USA, The Sound of Sidra, and five or six other titles).

Plenty of Motown, Hip-O Select and Rhino Handmade to boot, including the Japanese edition of Motown 50 [[http://tower.jp/item/2493110/モータウン５０～ザ・ベスト・オブ・モータウン　ジャパン・エディション) and the new Rhino Handmade Percy Sledge box set.

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Header for the Soul / R&B section [[which includes Lady Gaga...go figure)

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Isley Brothers display

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Atlantic Records display

[mark speck]

WOW...that is so impressive!! I gotta say that the folks in Japan do it right! It sucks being into Northern soul here in the States...I don't have enough face-to-face contact with other collectors, nor are there any Northern gigs here in Cleveland [[though they've had 'em in Cincinnati!). But this pic is mindblowing, to say the least.

Best,

Mark

[roger]

Well ..

Found this 2008 "Northern Soul Dancing" competition held in Osaka, Japan on You-Tube ..

Part One ..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjiXWBTMENk&feature=fvwrel

Part Two ..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWN37G3KAvw

Roger

[Nothing But Soul]

Thanks for posting the pictures, VCQ. That Tower Records store in Nagoya reminds me of the good old days in North America. I used to love going to Toronto and Chicago just to spend hours browsing in the big record stores. Nowadays I spend my music browsing hours on the Amazon, CD Universe, Collectors Choice, etc., web sites, and while I still have access to great soul and blues music reissues, somehow it's not as much fun as the brick and mortar stores were.