Name: Club Soul - The Golden Torch
Brand: Various

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CHARLYL189

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Black

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Limited edition

Release date

2019-10-11

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0803415818914

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

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Various

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Funk / Soul

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Charly

Charly Records, also known as Charly, is a British label specializing in reissuing old music from iconic catalogs such as Sun Record Company and Chess. Founded by Jean-Luc Young in France in 1974 and later moved to England in 1975, Charly Records has become a renowned name in the industry.

Throughout its history, Charly Records established various associated companies for licensing and rights, including Charly Records International APS based in Denmark and Charly Holdings Inc. registered in the USA. In the 1990s, they collaborated with Movieplay Portuguesa for CD releases, resulting in the presence of SPA rights society on those releases.

Despite being dissolved in 2001, Charly Records underwent new management and became part of the Snapper Music group. Today, it continues to distribute its reissued music through their extensive network.

The original sound of Northern Soul, popcorn and R&amp;B. Celebrating 50 years of northern soul at the famous Golden Torch night club in Stoke-on- Trent featuring legendary golden torch classics by The Valentines, The Inspirations, Roscoe Shelton, Jerry Fuller, Linda Jones and many more At the height of its fame it the Golden Torch boasted a 5,000-strong membership and attracted international soul acts including The Drifters, James and Bobby Purify, Ben E. King, J.J. Barnes, Fontella Bass, The Stylistics and Ma- jor Lance. Over half a million passed through its doors before its untimely closure in March ‘73 when the local council refused to renew its all-night licence. Soul royalty Edwin Starr accompanied club owner Chris Burton to the licence hearing, but to no avail. Within six months of its closure, Wigan Casino relit the soul mantle, but it was the Golden Torch that fuelled its flame and truly defined Northern Soul. This new album was compiled by the late Francis T, Basil, Tim Everett and Joe Boy in celebration of 50 years of Northern Soul at Stoke’s The Golden Torch night club. It joins a growing catalogue of premium music on Club Soul- including the 16-track crossover and modern soul LP Shades of Soul, feel-good Soul Shack release Time and Place and the rest of the newly compiled records that celebrate the clubs of the original Northern Soul Scene - The Scene Club, The Twisted Wheel, Wigan Casino Soul Club and Catacombs.

Club Soul - The Golden Torch

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