Alan Clarke's Road *solved*

[marbir]

Looking for a TV play from the 70's or 80's about two soul boys in a northern town. One scene shows them standing face to face and downing a bottle of wine, then listening, eyes closed to an old soul record (possibly 'Try A Little Tenderness'). Can anyone tell me the title, and, or the writer? Please, this has bugged me for years and no one I know believes me!

[DocRobertPepper]

sounds like Alan Clarke's Road made in 1987

[lordtednfs]

It's Northern Soul for sure, around the Wigan/Manchester Area. I once had the record but I am damned if I can remember who it was by, but it's def Northern Soul, probably worth a mint now.



Try these links: BBC's Northern Soul Show The BBC's Number one Northern Soul Show

Northern Soul Nightshift

Soulfulkindamusic.net

www.northern-soul.com

NorthernSoul.co.uk

Northern-Soul.co.uk

Soul Source - Rare and Northern Soul

Soulgirl

Twisted Wheel

mike bolderson

Soul Or Nothing:A paper given at Manchester University 2006 Identity, Scene, and Material Culture: The Place of African American Rare Soul Music on the British Northern Soul Scene by Kimasi L. Browne, Ph.D. (Azusa Pacific University), USA

For Dancers Only The story of Wigan Casino by Chris Hunt, published in Mojo, Spring 2002



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[DocRobertPepper]

no it Alan Clarke's Road

Two guys take Two Birds to a abandoned house and drink wine and then play Otis Reddings Try A Little Tenderness and do some strange dance in front of them one of the girls (Jane Horricks) is crying but the other girl isnt impressed



you can get it here

http://www.raretv.co.uk/road-1987-dvd-p_838.html

[marbir]

Cheers Doc for putting my mind at rest!