The Golden Torch
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The Golden Torch
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Prior to becoming a 'Mod' Club, the Golden Torch had been a cinema and a roller skating rink, though the building had actually begun its life as a Church. In 1965 Chris Burton bought the premises and converted it to a night club. At first it offered a diet of live British Bands but in 1967 it switched its emphasis to start playing American Soul Music. The artists who performed there read like a 'who's who' of Soul Music including The Drifters, Fontella Bass, Oscar Toney Jnr, James and Bobby Purify, Ben E. King, Junior Walker, Edwin Starr, J.J. Barnes, Jimmy Thomas, Roy 'C' and the Stylistics. The club became so influential that on December 9th. 1972 Contempo records cut a live Album there 'Major Lance Live At The Torch'. This album, which is now also available on CD is regarded as the best live NS record ever. You only have to listen to the fervour of the crowds to imagine what it must have been like to be there. Apart from the fabulous discoveries which were made by the DJ's the main reason which guaranteed the Torch its legendary status is its pioneering work in making so many live American Acts accessible to the British Public. |
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