Episode 124: Northern Soul pioneer Richard Searling on Wigan Casino, Tainted Love, Joy Division & more

Northern Soul DJ & pioneer Richard Searling joins me for episode 124! We spoke about how he got into Motown & Soul music, collecting records, going to America to find records, finding Gloria Jones’ ‘Tainted Love’, his first DJing residency at Va-Va’s, his residency at Wigan Casino, the controversy at the end of Wigan Casino, his role in the start of Joy Division’s career, his events & radio work these days & loads more!

Richard’s Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/spurs1961/

Richard’a radio show on Solar Radio: https://solarradio.com/class/richard-searling-3/

Richard’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/richardsearling?igsh=MXZ4em9pbW01bW1qcw==

Richard’s Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/richard.searling/?locale=en_GB

Richard’s X: https://x.com/richardsearling?lang=en

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