From an idea debuted at ghe Royal Albert hall forf the proms a reimagining of the classic soul sound with production values unlown and unheard of at the time of its inception, hosted by Stuart Maconie.

The first of five regional shows performed in the “heartlands” , starting in Wolverhampton where there had been a “legendary” club called The Catacombs, thereafter taking in London, Manchester, Sheffield and Gateshead .

The the live shows comprise 36 standards over two halves.

“It is music that it is impossible to be immune to,” he added.

Following the phenomenal success of the Northern Soul BBC Prom last summer at the Royal Albert Hall, writer and BBC Radio 6 Music broadcaster Stuart Maconie, alongside the BBC Concert Orchestra and Manchester composer and conductor Joe Duddell have taken the show on the road.

The five live shows will be in Wolverhampton, London, Manchester, Sheffield and Gateshead in April and May, the orchestra augmented by six extremely talented vocalists who took an elated audience on a trek back through time with all the classics, inclufing the soaring singalong chorus of “The Night, and “theres a Ghost in my house” a wonderful instrumental rendition of the Just Brothers’ Sliced Tomatoes (famously sampled on Fatboy Slim’s The Rockafeller Skank) and of course, the famous Wigan 3 before 8, Time Will Pass You By by Tobi Legend, Long After Tonight Is All Over by Jimmy Radcliffe, and I’m on My Way by Dean Parrish. Dobi Grays’s”out on the floor! was imperious.

Of course, a trio of Northern Soul’s biggest gems were kept right until the end – the funky slice of R&B pop that is There’s A Ghost In My House, Gloria Jones’s incredible Tainted Love and Frank Wilson’s euphoric Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) topping things off.

An incredible night of incredible sounds from a scene that  is as alive today as ever.