Northern soul records can be some of the most expensive records in the world, but do those little black plastic discs actually retain any of their value?

"Northern Soul is inherently up-tempo, Black American music that never really made it in America," says Lewis Henderson, one-half of the Deptford Northern Soul Club in the U.K.

When Northern Soul first flourished in the 1960s, the scene was largely underground, with local D.J.s playing rare records produced by U.S. labels like Motown, Ric-Tic Records and Okeh Records.

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Obscure Northern Soul records have become prized collectors’ items, sometimes fetching thousands of dollars in the U.K. “Detroit soul music is very collectible,” O’Hara says.

Examining the similarities between the enigmatic northern soul scene of the 1970s, and the acid house rave culture which blossomed during the late 1980s.

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Richard added: "We went to a Northern Soul and Motown weekend at Butlin's in October and I gobsmacked by how many youngsters were there, 18 to 25 year olds." The duo have collected posters from ...