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For your summer viewing a list of the top auction sales from ebay during the months of June and July 2017.
Could you master a floor filling set with these objects of desire ?

Soul Record Auctions - Recent Completed Auctions [sorted by value]
http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/m/mXLyoMlyXSXY49Iw40b-FzQ/140.jpg Crossover Soul - United Sounds - It S All Over Baby -.. $6766.00 ended 02 Jul http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/m/m6y_E6NCwlBLLDT95V2_l3Q/140.jpg 70s Soul Funk - Soulfull Strutters - Let Your Feelings .. $3575.00 ended 02 Jul http://thumbs3.ebaystatic.com/m/mL1863ww4daCKzYjrVTnNTw/140.jpg - Appointments - I Saw You There - De-lite - Mp3 - $2827.00 ended 03 Jul http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/m/mM0c0EpP7gS-Jvk6p8WeCcg/140.jpg The Tri-generians This Is Love Kingdom Of Love Marlo .. $2280.55 ended 23 Jul http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/m/mZXitCuUGBQ3Vv8qe4iU8Cw/140.jpg 70s Soul - Bobby Rich - There S A Girl Somewhere - Samb.. $2255.00 ended 02 Jul http://thumbs2.ebaystatic.com/m/mNhYm8zyAs3Fsbaxolt6SCA/140.jpg Dance Funk Boogie True Image I M Not Over You From Su.. $2200.00 ended 27 Jul http://thumbs2.ebaystatic.com/m/ml2WEMPGA5KmzXxxwq2JCag/140.jpg The Parliaments This Is My Rainy Day Cabell 115 Getting.. $2000.00 ended 13 Jul http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/m/mHaGVtjHP9JQOfdFKm84YAQ/140.jpg Funk Detroit Sex Machines Rap It Together Soul Track Hear $1913.80 ended 30 Jul http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/m/m0rh2uWpPcd15F2UgIGphBg/140.jpg Ike Quebec Soul Samba Kenny Burrell Blue Note Blp-41.. $1802.00 ended 27 Jul http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/m/md24IhoUT38cugu8V9uXAwQ/140.jpg 70s Soul Funk - Jus Us - Just Us Together - Annthonett.. $1777.00 ended 02 Jul http://thumbs3.ebaystatic.com/m/mT2Mm7oBUv-_kIGkQ2P79SQ/140.jpg Unknown Chicano Soul Teddy Bray The Saints Can I Chan.. $1691.00 ended 31 Jul http://thumbs3.ebaystatic.com/m/mIJsJ0xznXsvwjd-BH0vAsQ/140.jpg Paris Sleepless Nights Original Usa 45 $1645.79 ended 06 Jul http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/m/mv1Q_T2Eo40hvJDlRtCdMbA/140.jpg Uk Studio One So 2044-soul Vendors-happy Ogan Invaders .. $1619.88 ended 16 Jul http://thumbs3.ebaystatic.com/m/mWlE-VRcV0lQwNKGxpKXKPA/140.jpg Funk Detroit Sex Machines The Stretch Soul Track Hear $1575.50 ended 30 Jul http://thumbs2.ebaystatic.com/m/mTDkGtJLhbl-pvT7WogWsjw/140.jpg Mega Missouri Mal Adams-since Man Began Hear Both Em.. $1557.00 ended 16 Jul http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/m/m0fLLSgUyW-JPw7anY-jPng/140.jpg Toast It S Just An Illusion Coming To Ya Mod Soul Fun.. $1501.02 ended 10 Jul http://thumbs3.ebaystatic.com/m/m0bWnEJhV7aELlZzKOJ0UpQ/140.jpg - Danny Monday - Baby Without You - Modern - Vg Mp3 $1326.00 ended 03 Jul http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/m/m-1o8MPKdhYcGlKAwWcU-0A/140.jpg Gladiators Live Wire Sweet Soul Music 7 Vg- $1326.00 ended 19 Jul http://thumbs2.ebaystatic.com/m/myG14nk1QjgcEzl8UE6z5Xw/140.jpg Private 1973 Afro Jazz Funk Mor Thiam Presents Dini S.. $1325.00 ended 17 Jul http://thumbs2.ebaystatic.com/m/mEVQi-czL9EOyZjo3wEiHlg/140.jpg Ivorys Please Stay Original Usa 45 $1289.42 ended 06 Jul http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/m/mUdvoC4nPbohdHQWWyuEp0Q/140.jpg Pagadeja Tamale 7 Mega Wild Afro Funk Ghana Clean .. $1283.00 ended 25 Jun http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/m/mx9GqKS8obGIpueZaW9t8rA/140.jpg Moses Dillard The Tex-town Display - Now Lp - Tex To.. $1254.54 ended 16 Jul http://thumbs2.ebaystatic.com/m/mEjQJoWct8OHrFAAT4GU2xQ/140.jpg Le Cop Le Roc Law K Shavonne Og Disco Boogie Funk 12 .. $1250.00 ended 29 Jul http://thumbs3.ebaystatic.com/m/mM6IJl7ED1TUlBTv3K0QCYw/140.jpg Funk Sarah Webster Fabio Jujus Alchemy Of The Blues Lp .. $1236.00 ended 17 Jul http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/m/m6pDNzENl1DFMelr7SZDc-w/140.jpg Harvey Averne Dozen Never Learned To Dance Uptite 007 M- $1125.00 ended 10 Jul http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/m/mqZBMzIDXQi4RpFDgWnIZ6w/140.jpg Sam Ward Sister Lee Original Usa 45 $1088.56 ended 06 Jul http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/m/meGscC_6g5LGrgAWkBgjFuw/140.jpg Ruby Feminine Ingenuity Deceived Gold Token Origina.. $1064.00 ended 15 Jul http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/m/mjT9Pew2N9eKfsYpBiWecXQ/140.jpg Uk Studio One So 2038-soul Vendors-psychadelic Rock I M.. $1032.83 ended 16 Jul http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/m/mlDRF89bFqbpzOsgWqOHL9w/140.jpg Cody Black - Orig I M Slowly Molding King Records .. $1009.99 ended 04 Jul http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/m/m4XJWdaDaGgJqTdsA5Z7TdA/140.jpg Funk Breaks Billy Sugar Billy Garner I Got Some New D.. $1009.99 ended 30 Jul http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/m/mSkskpocBjl-FfAaBa5ERng/140.jpg Modern Soul Tolbert Family Singers Ride The Gospel Trai.. $997.00 ended 23 Jul http://thumbs3.ebaystatic.com/m/mKh1wtA3ub_om_v0OvDx46Q/140.jpg Cajun Hart Got To Find A Way Warner Uk Original 7 196.. $984.88 ended 28 Jun http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/m/mDBRtB86_9sLyO-M9RTZ4eA/140.jpg Masqueraders Do You Love Me Baby Original Usa 45 $975.09 ended 06 Jul http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/m/mi0Td0JUDa-CiQEbUBHqSCw/140.jpg Funk 45-rappers-funky Juice Part 1 2-rap-breaks-nice $975.00 ended 26 Jul http://thumbs3.ebaystatic.com/m/m2oyOPcBgQ_j1IW7sT1SqAw/140.jpg Underground Express - I Never Found A Girl Louisiana $966.00 ended 28 Jul http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/m/msTRAw0FgGVvDSi9np5ZEag/140.jpg Mega-rare Sweet Soul Fondells Love Young Love America.. $960.74 ended 17 Jul http://thumbs2.ebaystatic.com/m/m6pDNzENl1DFMelr7SZDc-w/140.jpg Harvey Averne Dozen Never Learned To Dance Uptite 007 M- $958.89 ended 31 Jul http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/m/mBdA0gsqj98OqfX6MoD6CLw/140.jpg Patterson Twins - Let Me Be Your Lover Lp - Commercial .. $927.00 ended 16 Jul http://thumbs2.ebaystatic.com/m/mt0zLWx_MjF6pKbqNQ4Q0pA/140.jpg Funk Breaks Sweet Soul Gamith Darkness Jsj Hear $920.00 ended 30 Jul http://thumbs3.ebaystatic.com/m/mlhSYwuoNqBcw7SFtzTLaeg/140.jpg Rob Rob Rarest Afro Funk Holy Grail $916.99 ended 19 Jul http://thumbs2.ebaystatic.com/m/myYtHDqAeMODPo3Rctbkneg/140.jpg Rideout - Spend Some Time With Me Hey Senorita - Hot.. $890.00 ended 24 Jul http://thumbs2.ebaystatic.com/m/mh_j-6XRZa10mlVjqJTgFiA/140.jpg Ivorys Please Stay Despenza Hear $880.00 ended 24 Jul http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/m/m4PMOL8SH9_94I3PZLsgjqw/140.jpg Chubby Checker You Just Don T Know Mod Soul Dancer .. $874.73 ended 24 Jul http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/m/mAcmbBxH78XBfXn8d2U6RZg/140.jpg Bobby Valentin - Very Original 1968 Latin Funk On Fania $871.00 ended 02 Jul http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/m/mhP_lebqkWLEHf0mZhIMISQ/140.jpg Sweet Soul Funk - Ash Soul Inc - I Do Love You - Soul.. $865.29 ended 03 Jul http://thumbs3.ebaystatic.com/m/mzZY4NKsFGoKeZ760nq3hcA/140.jpg Hot Chocolate Ohio Funk Monster Original Lp On Co Co Cl.. $860.00 ended 16 Jul http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/m/mRaSCXLlG6nYM3XNIyZw_fg/140.jpg Lozano Ft Bobby Archuleta Ultra Funk Modern Soul Privat.. $846.00 ended 28 Jul http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/m/mAo5WsC6pB7J2RW-8Sfrb1w/140.jpg - Tony Galla - In Love Swan S-4275-i Original L.. $839.99 ended 23 Jul http://thumbs3.ebaystatic.com/m/mmzYMATGRULLZFUOgHW2y4g/140.jpg - Duke Browner - Crying Over You - Impact - Mp3 $812.97 ended 03 Jul http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/m/m1EhgrrItWXkQxlsTPVBKlw/140.jpg Funk Deep Soul Black Exotics Theme Of Blackbyrds United.. $810.00 ended 31 Jul http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/m/mk3d0p-5qU8c7z_r7VCpAOw/140.jpg Beatles Sealed Mono Promo Rubber Soul 1965 Us Capitol Lp $797.98 ended 21 Jul http://thumbs2.ebaystatic.com/m/m0HWpeLJHDjbBq0s2SNN1-A/140.jpg Funk Earl English Apachies Trying To Make Ends Meet S.. $773.41 ended 30 Jul http://thumbs3.ebaystatic.com/m/moyyyRzOvdIyN3yrtlSb5mQ/140.jpg 70s Soul Funk - Angela Davis Mighty Chevelles - My Lo.. $767.99 ended 02 Jul http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/m/m9EYMnSREPGR6Qw2ikxCyfQ/140.jpg Modern Soul Chosen Few Band What It Takes To Live Buffa.. $765.99 ended 23 Jul http://thumbs2.ebaystatic.com/m/m7uZt9uQaZB1uY-JLVQkgdQ/140.jpg - Lost Soul - A Secret Of Mine - Raven - Mp3 $765.00 ended 03 Jul http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/m/myObsoqVTNhhnp4ndoSKKCA/140.jpg Bennie Green Soul Stirrin Blue Note Blp-1599 Rvg P .. $765.00 ended 27 Jul http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/m/melDDOvMobuxw1BKM3Z64bQ/140.jpg Lo-twon - Wicked Leaf 12 Ultra 1995 Chicago G-funk G.. $760.00 ended 22 Jul http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/m/m4f41XrvDEmadDYpPj3FEzg/140.jpg Papo Felix Meets Ray Rodriguez Latin Soul Guaguanco S.. $760.00 ended 24 Jul http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/m/mjtWPOg5N4SiuCwahDIfRng/140.jpg Sweet Soul Funk Brothers Unique Heavy Days Beautiful .. $760.00 ended 30 Jul http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/m/mZkLBAb3cpjO_bKwime5CTg/140.jpg Venturas Heart Of Love Original Usa 45 $746.44 ended 06 Jul http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/m/m-YyBTLApc_oGaYSN-aBs_Q/140.jpg Sugar And Spice - Hamlins Viceroys Mercy Mercy - Soul .. $743.33 ended 23 Jul http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/m/mebDPb7TNBxrEg1-YwWKVrQ/140.jpg Jackie Staudemire Stoudemire Dancing Disco Soul Fun.. $743.00 ended 10 Jul http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/m/m0YXDm2uHtXb-3nR-Xan59w/140.jpg Fell Into A Bag By River City Funk Band Rpm Vinyl R .. $731.00 ended 14 Jul http://thumbs2.ebaystatic.com/m/mjhudsOlPbE2aQqP8NDSffg/140.jpg Sonny Davis Don T Play On My Game Islands Disco Soul .. $730.00 ended 10 Jul http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/m/mybGhB0iwuXZsQ2sCPgTcpw/140.jpg Funk Fabulous Souls Take Me Fabulous Soul Vg Hear $710.00 ended 30 Jul http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/m/m0JaesJ1v2rd-LNAr6nj7AQ/140.jpg Funk Larry Ellis Black Hammer Funky Thing Al King Vg .. $710.00 ended 30 Jul http://thumbs3.ebaystatic.com/m/mm9d8ifI1O-FA4RRdgLZiwg/140.jpg Constellations I Don T Know About You Gemini Hear $709.00 ended 30 Jul http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/m/mXlpMryW-0yl7FBw8c8YUGw/140.jpg Justifiers My Love Has Gone Lonely Boy Kim 101 Texa.. $699.64 ended 14 Jul http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/m/mNRRlQWUfyAZ4is1lPX_7mg/140.jpg The Commands Dynamic Don T Be Afraid To Love Me W Ps N.. $687.77 ended 18 Jul http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/m/mODY8nBe4sRHsq2_22NVGOQ/140.jpg Soul Funk Johnny King Fatback Band Keep On Brother Bc.. $685.55 ended 25 Jun http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/m/m0rF_VYPR3sGl1al7T4ncdA/140.jpg Funk Crossover Soul Dolly Gilmore Sweet Sweet Baby Dove.. $676.88 ended 31 Jul http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/m/m_xIyLgvtaN0OKYUzoKwFlQ/140.jpg - Danny Woods - You Had Me Fooled - Correc-tone - Mp3 $676.00 ended 03 Jul http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/m/mkdoeu5qII1MzDmZCJTrL-g/140.jpg Libanne Time Out Disco Soul Boogie 12 Uptown Mp3 $665.00 ended 10 Jul http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/m/mirDuzTVErAxSz7QJpLUkDQ/140.jpg Bindiga No More Starvation Sought After Deep Cosmic Afr.. $660.91 ended 02 Jul http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/m/mks6eTABr048IkSUgtw5D-Q/140.jpg Two Of Us Looking Glass Louton Spiritual Soul Jazz Weld.. $660.00 ended 23 Jul http://thumbs3.ebaystatic.com/m/mQNalqckZE08ABmvqHDILNQ/140.jpg L G The Incredible Soul Seekers - Big Head - Steppin.. $647.94 ended 20 Jul http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/m/mQGVg7f88Rv_VsrRRiNqI5g/140.jpg Mega Killer Joanie Sommers Don T Pity Me Real Deal He.. $643.00 ended 11 Jul http://thumbs2.ebaystatic.com/m/mMSGqFzMpBVVE0SmyQC1DUQ/140.jpg Los Friends - Confesion A Feeling Yo Soy - Royal S - .. $634.00 ended 18 Jul http://thumbs2.ebaystatic.com/m/mVJac-zz0wLXftJoyTPc5gg/140.jpg Penetra-shun Constant Con-tact Keep Movin Modern Soul.. $625.00 ended 10 Jul http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/m/me6pSPB6wQ68Gto3YmBGFMg/140.jpg Johnny West R B Soul Tears Baby It Ain T Love Soul $620.00 ended 13 Jul http://thumbs2.ebaystatic.com/m/mYwMx-U7zhw4oEeu-eJXySw/140.jpg Jesse Johnson Left Out Original Usa 45 $609.07 ended 06 Jul http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/m/muNFs-9S6YMlMdxFMmgfSzg/140.jpg Spider Turner-i Ve Got To Get Myself Together Hear B.. $611.00 ended 16 Jul http://thumbs3.ebaystatic.com/m/mtsDHLALXkAvqVZGkXfBjRA/140.jpg Kalima Where Is The Sunshine Olive Tree Modern Spiritua.. $610.00 ended 23 Jul http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/m/mkfpvYZkwMGWGX_nN6WH0rQ/140.jpg Mod Don Heart Soul In The Back-yard Mas-ter Hear $610.00 ended 24 Jul http://thumbs2.ebaystatic.com/m/mh3G6TqmkyGiekGMjuRdXsQ/140.jpg Unknown Detroit 70s Soul Perfect Touch-your Love Has Go.. $609.00 ended 16 Jul http://thumbs2.ebaystatic.com/m/mj1pRDd3fCxg2wlqCu-aCVg/140.jpg 45-herb Ward-strange Change-argo-us Original-promo $594.00 ended 26 Jul

By Mike in News Archives · August 9, 20177 yr

The latest Northern Soul Connections have just arrived on the doormat from @Kenb. We are now at #8 in this firmly established infographic series and this time around the northern soul connection is...
Northern Soul Connections #8 - 'Studio & their sides, stations & their DJs'

By Kenb in Articles · August 3, 20177 yr

Mainstream Modern Soul 2 1969-1976 Kent Records CDKEND 468
Just released a few days ago, this album sees Kent Records having a second go at the Mainstream family of Labels, with a sunshine cover the album looks and sounds like a perfect summer companion, titled Mainstream Modern Soul 2 1969-1976 Kent Records you can read and listen below...
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The Mainstream family of labels was a major source of black music through the early and mid-70s. Owner Bob Shad was primarily a jazz producer but had enough nous and appreciation of soul music to go with current trends. His in-house arrangers included veteran hit-maker Bert DeCoteaux, fellow jazzer Wade Marcus and the up-and-coming Patrick Adams.Adams’ production on Chapter Three’s ‘I’ll Never Be The Same’ is soul with an early disco beat, and Chocolate Syrup’s uptempo ‘You’ve Got A Lot To Give’ is of a similar ilk.
Mainstream had several great harmony vocal groups – Special Delivery, the Steptones and Eleventh Commandment all contribute excellent examples of the genre. ‘Oh My Love’, the rarely seen or heard flip of Almeta Lattimore’s ‘These Memories’, sounds equally haunting and is one of several great Detroit productions co-opted onto Mainstream. Others include McArthur’s very soulful ‘I’ll Never Trust Love Again’, Charles Beverly’s ‘Grass Ain’t Greener’ and the Steptones’ ‘Your Love Is Like The Rising Sun’. Charles Colbert is a mystery artist whose Mainstream tape of ‘Slow Down World’ debuts here, while Sugar Billy Garner recorded for the Fast Track subsidiary four years after his ....

more from @ady croasdell via
http://acerecords.co.uk/mainstream-modern-soul-2-1969-1976

Listen to Mainstream Modern Soul 2 1969-1976 Kent Records via Juno Records #1 Preview Player

Track Listing
1. Charles Beverly - "Grass Ain't Greener"
2. Randolph Brown & Company - "You Can Be Cured"
3. Special Delivery - "Come Back With Love" (part 1)
4. Chocolate Syrup - "You've Got A Lot To Give"
5. Chapter Three - "I'll Never Be The Same" (part 1)
6. Almeta Lattimore - "Oh My Love"
7. McArthur - "I'll Never Trust Love Again"
8. Lenny Welch - "When There's No Such Thing As Love (It's Over)"
9. Lee Bates - "Your Love Is Slipping Away"
10. Jeany Reynolds - "Please Don't Set Me Free"
11. Alice Clark - "Never Did I Stop Loving You"
12. Bobby Earl Williams - "Let Her Know"
13. Ellerine Harding - "I Know Something That You Don't Know"
14. Nia Johnson - "You Are The Spice Of My Life"
15. Count Willie With LRL & The Dukes - "I've Got To Tell You"
16. Lenny McDaniel & The Last Nikle - "I've Been Trying To Love You"
17. Sugar Billy - "Love Bug"
18. Calvin Arnold - "You'll Do It"
19. Eleventh Commandment - "Today Or Never"
20. Steptones - "Your Love Is Like The Rising Sun"
21. Terry Huff - "Where There's A Will (There's A Way)"
22. Charles Colbert - "Slow Down World"
23. Linda Perry - "Everyone Has Someone"

Can read the review of Vol 1 from last year here...

By Mike in News Archives · August 1, 20177 yr

It's with a sad heart that I have to pass on that Mr Johnny Stiles, the guy who was one third of The Harthon Trio has passed away. With Luther Randolph in a hospice the end of an era is approaching. I'm so glad that he and Luther saw The Philly Book and enjoyed it so much. As is usual in my world at these times I will not focus on the sad passing of a man whose music touched us and whose appearance at the 3rd Hitsville Weekender left us with a raft of wonderful memories. I'll raise a glass to the legacy of his musical life and play a few 45s that proudly bear his name.
Sleep well Johnny and our most heartfelt congratulations Sir on a job well done! - Dave

By Dave Moore in News Archives · July 29, 20177 yr

For those interested I have just released 'Tell me (crying over you)' by The Delgonives (digital only). There are 10 vocal and instrumental mixes. If you like a tenor sax it's there! If you like a bari middle 8, it's there. If you like an alternate vocal, it's there too. Also check out track 9, the 'rhythm plus' where you can hear just the drums and bass to commence with and builds up to the full orchestration.
The original concept for this song was in West London circa 2004. It's journey continued to Detroit in 2008 for recording by Spyder Turner and then the Bandtraxs release world wide digitally and on vinyl in 2008/9. I decided on a Delgonives cover specifically for the Carolina Beach scenario as I get more airplay in the US. However, there is a strong Detroit groove throughout from Drew Schultz who has doubled the drums up and incidentally, is The Four Tops drummer when on US tours so knows all the fills. I am using the same horn arrangement as Motown's David J. Van De Pitte too apart from the first verse which is mine and in general the same shuffle beat throughout. Compared to Spyders version the break is much shorter and because I have the time and technology, can weave different versions around the same rhythm backing. In fact I am currently negotiating a guest female featured artist with this backing. It is a way to hopefully recoup expenses in creating the track in the first place.

Feel free to download the free mono radio mix here:
Free mono mix 'Tell me (crying over you)' by The Delgonives
and the promo showcasing some of the versions:
'Tell me (crying over you)'/The Delgonives - stereo promo
And as I really need to exploit my songs and get them out there, I am seriously thinking of going out performing them at some stage! This release is now in all leading digital stores and streaming services. Feel free to forward the links to anyone you feel may be interested.

By Guest Carl Dixon in News Archives · July 27, 20177 yr

6TS at the 100 Club dates 2018

All 11pm - 6am including the anniversary

March 10th

April 21st

May 26th

Aug 18th

Sept 29th
39th Anniversary; ticket only-on sale at and from Aug nighter

Nov 3rd

Dec 1st

Xmas party 20th Dec 9pm-2am

Matt will run the May and November dates.

After the disappointing turn-out (though a rather splendid dance) for the July nighter this year and a general drop in attendances in general, we’ve decided to cut down the frequency of the events.

We do have an additional 6TS on tour date at Pete Hollander’s Springfield all nighter in North Wales on 27th January and there will be the usual couple of Crossfire nighters, but the rare Northern Soul scene can’t support a nearly-monthly all nighter any more.

Depending on the crowds we will adjust accordingly next year; you come and we’ll run them – or not.

Many thanks to all those who have attended, it’s appreciated more than ever nowadays.

http://www.6ts.info

By Ady Croasdell in Event News · July 21, 20177 yr

Seems that in the very near future long hot summer days need to be just that bit longer with news of these upcoming Kent Singles coming out at the end of the month...
Details...

Art Gentry - "This Is My Chance"
Shirley Brown - "Even If The Signs Are Wrong"
Kent Dance
CITY 047 Release date: 28 Jul 17

Lorraine Johnson - "A Love Like Yours"
Deep Velvet - "Complain To The Clouds (But You Can't Change The Weather)"
Kent Dance
CITY 048 Release date: 28 Jul 17

The Checkerboard Squares - "Double Cookin'"
The Tandels - "Is It Love Baby"
Kent Town
TOWN 164 Release date: 28 Jul 17

Eddie PARKER - I'm Gone
Eddie PARKER - Love You Baby
Kent Town
Cat: TOWN 165 Release date: 28 Jul 17

Tutti Hill - "When The Going Gets Rough"
Garrett Saunders - "I Keep Comin' Back For More"
Kent Dance
Cat: CITY 049 Release date: 28 Jul 17

Rita & The Tiaras - "Gone Is The Wind Is My Love"
The Dore Strings - "Gone Is The Wind Is My Love" (instrumental)
Kent Town
Cat: TOWN 166 Release date: 28 Jul 17
The Paramount Four - You Must Leave Her Because You Love Her C/W Jeanette Jones -What Have You Got To Gain By Losing Me
DEEP SOUL 05 Rel: 28 Jul 17
Preview  You Must Leave Her Because You Love Her - The Paramount Four
Preview  What Have You Got To Gain By Losing Me - Jeanette Jones
Producer Bob Holmes’ song ‘You Must Leave Her Because You Love Her’ by the Paramount Four is a top-quality group soul ballad. On the flip is another beautiful slowie, this time from San Franciscan chanteuse Jeanette Jones. Co-written by Gerry Goffin, ‘What Have You Got To Gain By Losing Me’ is among his finest songs.
Eddie & Ernie - A Man To Love A Woman C/W You Make My Life A Sunny Day
Preview  A Man To Love A Woman
Preview  You Make My Life A Sunny Day

DEEP SOUL 06 Rel: 28 Jul 17
It is fitting to have Eddie & Ernie on both sides of a Deep Soul single as they were original label-founder Dave Godin’s ultimate deep soul act. Both tracks were recorded in the late 60s but first came out on our Eddie & Ernie CD in 2002. It is a tribute to their excellent quality that we release them on this vinyl series now.
more info, images, listens, descriptions, mp3 alternatives etc via https://t.co/P5bvVKj9mL

By Mike in News Archives · July 19, 20177 yr

While the hard cover has been out for a couple of years the free kindle preview (full version priced at £5.99) gives us here an excuse to feature this book as part of the soul source what to read when waiting for your number summer selection...
Nightclubs and music venues are often the source of a lifetime's music taste, best friends and vivid memories. They can define a town, a city or a generation, and breed scenes and bands that change music history. In Life After Dark Dave Haslam reveals and celebrates a definitive history of significant venues and great nights out. Writing with passion and authority, he takes us from vice-ridden Victorian dance halls to acid house and beyond; through the jazz decades of luxurious ballrooms to mods in basement dives and the venues that nurtured the Beatles, the Stones, Northern Soul and the Sex Pistols; from psychedelic light shows to high street discos; from the Roxy to the Hacienda; from the Krays to the Slits; and from reggae sound systems to rave nights in Stoke

kindle

By Mike in News Archives · July 18, 20177 yr

Press Release: E.R.I.C (Extra Rich In Class) “Nightlife/Backstage” SJ538
Release Date: Monday July 24th 2017

E.R.I.C (Extra Rich In Class) is the performing alter-ego of Mr Eric Oliver Harris a former New York banker, who turned his back on Wall Street and the world of commerce during 2008 to follow his dream of being a full time musician and boy! He hasn’t looked back since. It was E.R.I.C’s 2008 self penned, ”Drama” project which initially brought him to the attention of UK Indie Soul fans followed by his 2011 “Groove” project from which several of his tracks were licensed by the then UK based Soul Unsigned Label for a compilation album. E.R.I.C’s involvement with Soul Junction came about through the licensing of his 2012 outing “Backstage” a track that really tore the airwaves of internet radio up and as such was a must for inclusion on the Soul Junction “Extra Rich In Soul” (SJCD5007) compilation, the album title being a play on “Extra Rich In Class” to E.R.I.C’s delight.

Back then, many people asked us to release “Backstage in a 45 format but for whatever reasons this never materialised. Moving forward E.R.I.C continued to perform unabated with his one man show performing primarily as a Luther Vandross Tribute act but always included his own material as part of the overall stage show.

During the summer of 2016 E.R.I.C returned to the UK airwave’s with yet another vanity project “The Night Life” EP, a five track set that featured the excellent songs “life’s A Mess” and “Playboy To Playboy”. But it was the title track “Nightlife” that ignited the radio jocks interest and for that matter Soul Junction’s too. So a cunning plan was hatched to release for the first time on a vinyl format two of E.R.I.C’s most popular songs. So before you, you now have the soulfully haunting ballad “Backstage” backed with the joyously uplifting feel good dance track “Nightlife” which I defy even the most stoic amongst you not to start tapping your toes along too.
Listen to both sides: SJ538 - E.R.I.C Promo.mp3
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Buy the 45 at http://www.souljunctionrecords.co.uk/SJ538.html and the usual stockists.

For further information please contact Soul Junction at:
Tel: +44 (0) 121 602 8115 or E-mail: sales@souljunction.co.uk

By Chalky in News Archives · July 16, 20177 yr

50 years ago, this month
R&B Voices of the 1967 Race Riots
This is just a short piece to acknowledge the 50th anniversary.
Before the Newark and Detroit riots, the 1July 8th 1967 Billboard reported…“the record industry will be a focal point of a campaign attempting to ease racial tensions during the so- called "long hot summer days". Clyde Otis spearheaded the drive to enlist record company support to supply DJ’s with special ’public service records’ that will get a message of brotherhood and good -will across to the listener. Columbia VP Bill Gallagher and Mercury Records executive Charlie Fach okayed “Take A Look", Aretha Franklin and “This Bitter Earth”, Dina Washington. Neither planned to release these records for commercial sale.

The A&R issues and assignations of the Motown Corporation during the 1967 Detroit riots are well documented - as dealt with by Stuart Cosgrove in his book Detroit 67 The Year That Changed Soul.
But what might be overlooked is one of the other 100+ civil disturbances in 128 American cities that happened in 1967. Newark. July 12th-17th.
The Newark riots/rebellion was 12 days or so before Detroit. And 26 died.
The Band Leader
2On the night of July 12, 1967 Clement and Bonnie Moorman were driving home from a gig at the Governor Morris Hotel in Morristown, New Jersey. “As we came home,” he recollects, “we had to come through Irvington. The National Guard was there on the streets and they had their machine guns and everything. You had to show identification, and you had to reach very carefully because they were trained to shoot”.
Clement Moorman was one of the Piccadilly Pipers. A Newark band.
https://www.discogs.com/artist/891081-The-Piccadilly-Pipers
The Pipers included Moorman on piano, Al Henderson on bass, Ernie Ransome on guitar and Bonnie Davis on vocals (she was the mother of singer Melba Moore). Several tracks were recorded including "Don't Stop Now" which on March 6, 1943, reached no.1 on the "Harlem Hit Parade", which was later renamed the R&B Chart. Eventually they recorded several songs on Melmar. Right after the Melmar recordings, Ernie Ransome left the Pipers and by November of 1954, Ernie was appearing, in Philadelphia, with a group called the Tempos, (assumed perhaps to be those of ‘Why don’t you write me’ Bofuz 1106 or USA Records 810).
The DJ
One of the criticisms of R&B radio stations during the outbreaks of violence and destruction of that long hot summer was their total dis-involvement. 3”Thus, all the stronger spotlight should be played on the role of a Negro deejay -and a woman, at that-during the recent Detroit riots. Although threatened by radical elements, Martha Jean Steinberg of WJLB continued on the air, pleading for peace and pleading for her listeners to keep calm. And this first lady of R&B radio has an enormous radio following. It has been said that, without her efforts, the Detroit disaster might have been much, much worse”.
The Stores
According to local sources, many of the record and high- fidelity shops are out of business. Some, virtually destroyed by fire, looting and general destruction will not reopen.
According to one source, 4”Clinton Music Shop and Red Top, a one -stop, are two stores which have shut their doors permanently”.
1http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard -Aug 26th 1967 Billboard
2http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard -July 29th 1967 Billboard
3Siegal, Kimberly, "Silent No Longer: Voices of the 1967 Newark Race Riots" 10 July 2006.CUREJ: College Undergraduate Research Electronic Journal, University of Pennsylvania, http://repository.upenn.edu/curej/31.
4http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard -July 8th 1967 Billboard

By Kenb in Articles · July 8, 20177 yr

The below was passed on via @ady croasdell
it seems to be all about helping Derek Martin get a new album out kickstarter crowdfunding type project
The project info follows below
Let's help DEREK MARTIN to take out his new album.
I wanted to inform you that we need help for Derek !
The project
TOGETHER, WE CAN PUT DEREK MARTIN BACK IN THE SPOT LIGHT !
We are a group of 6 ISCOM students who fell in love with the voice of « Happy » from C2C. While looking for the singer, we found out it was created by Derek Martin and were deeply moved by his extraordinary personal history.
He started life in 1938 in a ghetto in Detroit, MI (USA) and life brought him all the way to Paris where he lives today.
"And we see the flame in young people eyes,
When we see light in old people ones"
Victor Hugo
STRENGTH ABOVE ALL ELSE
Born in the heart of the segregation era, Derek Martin never let animosity get in his way. As long as he can remember, he has always been inhabited by a deeper force : Music.Even if you prefer rock and roll, jazz, rap, or classical music, you can not help but be moved by his voice, coming from the soul and gospel tradition, he has the ability to touch everyone who hears him and his voice has the ability of delivering a cultural message of fraternity.

If you can support our Crowdfunding !
Initiative to boost good vibes around him...

Thank you in advance ...
https://www.kisskissbankbank.com/en/projects/derek-martin

By Mike in News Archives · July 7, 20177 yr

JIMMY DELPHS 'The flip side' only on Hayley Records.
JIMMY DELPHS 'The flip side' b/w 'BAND TRACK 'Don't tell me maybe' (Backing track to Capitols Don't say maybe baby) - Hayley Records HR 023
Hayley Records is proud to announce the release of yet another previously unreleased slice of Detroit soul in the form of the immaculate Jimmy Delphs 'The flip side' b/w Band track 'Don't tell me maybe'.
The flip side' is the third unreleased track by Jimmy Delphs to be made available by Hayley Records, following the sublime 'Where there is love' and 'Our last goodbye'. All three were recorded at United Sound Systems in Detroit under the supervision of producer Ollie McLaughlin and arranger Andrew 'Mike' Terry and were scheduled to be released on McLaughlin's Karen label.
'The flip side' only came to light on an Atlantic acetate that was discovered in the Lo and Behold record store in Hamtramck, a suburb of Detroit, several years ago.
JIMMY DELPHS 'The flip side'
All three songs featured members the legendary Funk Brothers band, including drummer George McGregor, bassist Bob Babbitt, guitarists Don Davis, Eddie Willis, Dennis Coffey, keyboardist Johnny Griffith and vibes supremo Jack Brokensha along with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
As usual with Hayley Records' releases, the second side is also a blockbuster that will not disappoint. Released under it's original title 'Don't tell me maybe', complete with sound engineer's lead in call, this stomping instrumental is actually the extended backing track of The Capitols' 'Don't say maybe baby' replete with two...count them...two storming tenor sax. solos!
BAND TRACK 'Don't tell me maybe'
The Jimmy Delphs release is only the tip of a Hayley Records avalanche of unreleased gems that will be issued in the coming months and years. Watch out for Bobby Sheppard 'Surely', Tony Hestor 'Keep a hold on me', JJ Barnes' alternate take of 'Deeper in love', Jimmy Gilford 'All over and done', and releases from The Golden World Band, Pat Lewis, Steve Mancha, Andrea Henry, The Perfections, Terri Bryant and many more.
'Ain't that something'
Rob Moss
http://www.hayleyrecords.co.uk

By Rob Moss in News Archives · July 5, 20177 yr

Details about Stuart Cosgrove latest book have been pushed out, titled 'Memphis 68: The Tragedy of Southern Soul' the 256 page hard cover version is lined up for a 12 October 2017 publication date via Birlinn Limited publishing house based in Edinburgh, Scotland. priced at £16.99 appears to be available to pre-order via amazon. Blurb follows below...
In the 1950s and 1960s, Memphis, Tennessee, was the launch pad of musical pioneers such as Aretha Franklin, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Al Green and Isaac Hayes, and by 1968 was a city synonymous with soul music. It was a deeply segregated city, ill at ease with the modern world and yet to adjust to the era of civil rights and racial integration. Stax Records offered an escape from the turmoil of the real world for many soul and blues musicians, with much of the music created there becoming the soundtrack to the civil rights movements.
The book opens with the death of the city's most famous recording artist, Otis Redding, who died in a plane crash in the final days of 1967, and then follows the fortunes of Redding's label, Stax/Volt Records, as its fortunes fall and rise again. But, as the tense year unfolds, the city dominates world headlines for the worst of reasons: the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King.

By Mike in News Archives · July 3, 20177 yr

Time for #7 in this now well established series of Northern Soul 'connections' infographics from @Kenb
Northern Soul Connections #7 - Two Ladies Two Songs
This time around we are looking at two ladies and two songs with similar melodies, the ladies being La Reine La Mar and Marion Stewart and the songs.....

site note
have added the two tracks being talked about below
La Reine La Mar - That's Not The Way To Love - CLOUD 503-B

Marion Stewart - I Must Be Losing You - R Records R-1516-B

Connections

By Kenb in Articles · June 30, 20177 yr

Cannonball Records have two releases out and both are now available out at the stores...
Grace Love & The Cannonballs - Rain
Grace Love & The Cannonballs - "Rain" (2:18)
Bell Sound Studios Inc - "September In The Rain" (Acetate 8/23/1967) (2:31)
NEW! CBLL 010 release

Big Lee Dowell - Are You Ready
Are You Ready (Are You Straight With Your Fellow Man) (3:40)
Interview (3:39)
NEW! CBLL 011

2 members at least have stock in (feel free to use comment to add others)
@Manfromsoul45s
@s&m
more info via
https://www.cannonballsoul.com/
and
https://missgracelove.com/

By Mike in News Archives · June 23, 20178 yr

Lee Fields & The Expressions - Never Be Another You flipped with Lover Man
Have to say a most pleasurable release
Lee Fields & The Expressions - Never Be Another You

Lee Fields & The Expressions - Lover Man
NEVER BE ANOTHER YOU B/W LOVER MAN
LEE FIELDS & THE EXPRESSIONS
7": $5.99 MP3: $1.98 WAV: $2.50
Purchase
https://bigcrownrecords.com/store/lee-fields-the-expressions-never-be-another-you-45/
Blurb

Big Crown Records is proud to present another killer two sider pulled from Lee Fields & The Expressions instant classic “Special Night”. With Lee touring the world from sold out show to sold out show supporting his album, we give the DJs and collectors another must have 45.
The A side “Lover Man” is equal parts rough and smooth. The production and the band come off with a thunderous backing track that takes it’s time to get to full sail while Lee lays down some tell it like it is lyrics. Fields comes to the microphone with the confidence only a man with his track record could putting down what life is like with him if the woman he is after just let’s it be that way.
The B side “Never Be Another You” finds Lee & The Expressions taking another turn on the formula their success has been built on. An unorthodox track to find on a soul album made to fit perfectly, once again pushing the aesthetics of analog soul further into the present. Lee confesses his love and appreciation for his woman walking the fine line of vulnerability and strength.
Tour Dates
UPCOMING EVENTS
June 22: Lee Fields & The Expressions – Staten Island, NY
July 1: Lee Fields & The Expressions – Glynde Place, UK
July 2: Lee Fields & The Expressions – Cardiff, UK
July 4: Lee Fields & The Expressions – Bristol, UK
July 5: Lee Fields & The Expressions – London, UK
July 7: Lee Fields & The Expressions – Oxfordshire, UK
July 8: Lee Fields & The Expressions – Birmingham, UK
July 10: Lee Fields & The Expressions – Leeds, UK
July 11: Lee Fields & The Expressions – Dublin, Ireland
July 13: Lee Fields & The Expressions – Dour, Belgium
July 14: Lee Fields & The Expressions – Aix-Les-Bains, France
July 16: Lee Fields & The Expressions – Kassel, Germany
July 22: Lee Fields & The Expressions – Lyon, France
July 23: Lee Fields & The Expressions – Perpignan, France
July 27: Lee Fields & The Expressions – La Roche Sur Yon, France
July 28: Lee Fields & The Expressions – Saint-Nazaire, France
July 29: Lee Fields & The Expressions – Mondaka, Spain
August 4-8: Lee Fields & The Expressions – Telluride, CO
August 11-13: Lee Fields & The Expressions – San Francisco, CA
September 8: Lee Fields & The Expressions – Raleigh, NC
October 28: Lee Fields & The Expressions – Lausanne, Switzerland
October 29: Lee Fields & The Expressions – Basel, Switzerland
November 2 : Lee Fields & The Expressions – Munchen, Germany
November 5 : Lee Fields & The Expressions – Koln, Germany
November 6 : Lee Fields & The Expressions – Wiesbaden, Germany
November 7: Lee Fields & The Expressions – Berlin, Germany

Live booking, North America: Steve Goodgold steve@windishagency.com; Amy Davidman amy@windishagency.com
Live booking, Europe: Paul Boswell paulb@freetradeagency.co.uk
Live booking, Australia: Paul Sloan paul@billions.com.au

By Mike in News Archives · June 21, 20178 yr

The Invisible Man: The Story of Rod Temperton, the 'Thriller' Songwriter Hardcover – 1 Jun 2017
by Jed Pitman (Author)
Out this month via both kindle and hardcover editions, can view the Kindle preview below
Blurb
The Invisible Man tells the remarkable story of how Rod Temperton worked his way up from a Grimsby fish factory to become one of the most successful songwriters of all time. Born in Cleethorpes in 1949, Temperton embarked on a career in music with the funk band Heatwave, for whom he wrote the international hits ‘Boogie Nights’ and ‘Always and Forever’, before his songwriting talent caught the attention of Michael Jackson’s legendary producer, Quincy Jones. For Jackson’s Off the Wall album, Temperton penned both the hit ‘Rock with You’ and the album’s title track. Three years later, continuing his relationship with the pair, Temperton started work on what would become the bestselling album of all time – Michael Jackson’s Thriller – writing three songs, including the now legendary title track. And yet despite collaborating with some of music’s biggest stars, including Donna Summer and Michael McDonald, Temperton was famously reclusive and seldom gave interviews, one of the exceptions being for author Jed Pitman’s Sony Award-winning radio documentary on Temperton allowed him unprecedented access to the great man.

About the Author
Jed Pitman is a radio producer and author. He produced the documentary The Invisible Man: The Rod Temperton Story for BBC Radio 2, which won a host of awards, including a Sony Award for best documentary. He co-wrote former England cricketer Chris Lewis' autobiography Crazy (The History Press, 2017).

kindle

By Mike in News Archives · June 15, 20178 yr

As part of the release promotion of Mark IV - Hang Ups / Give Me Just A Little - Cordial Recordings
Cordial Recordings have pushed out an interview with Otis Brown Jr regarding his time with Mark IV
Interview
Are you from New Jersey originally?
No I’m actually from Summerville, South Carolina originally. Summerville is this little town near the east coast. I attended South Carolina State University in Orangeburg, South Carolina. .
Was your introduction to music was playing the drums?
Yes I started playing in a rhythm band in third grade. Actually they were out of instruments and I was just clicking some sticks together with the band just to be in it. Then when I moved up to sixth grade I started taking band with the music teachers and when in seventh grade I actually started taking drums lessons. That was always my fascination, the drums. I’ve played drums ever since. I went to college on a scholarship to be in a band – marching band, jazz band, and concert band. I actually majored in music.
Which were the first r’n’b or soul group that you played with or were you playing jazz when you went of school?
In high school our band director, Aaron Brown, organised a rhythm and blues band. When I was a junior in high school. Organised a band of high school musicians which he called The Shades Of Brown. I was the drummer. He put this band together and we ended up playing at school proms and doing local events in the town of Summerville. We were making money in high school doing what we loved to do. We used to put on our own shows. We did a show at the National Guard Amory in Summerville and everybody in the town came to see us play. They were very proud of us being young boys in high school putting together a band, selling tickets and putting on a big show. It was such a wonderful event. I remember at the time Archie Bell and The Drells had just put out ‘Tighten Up.’ We had learned to play it but we didn’t feel very comfortable playing it for the fans. All our friends said “come on guys play it, we know that you guys aren’t Archie Bell and The Drells, but just play it.” We ended up playing that song at the show and Roual, I tell you it was a big hit. From that point on I said that this is what I wanted to do, to play music. This was in 1968.
What did you do when you left school?
I did some local hustles with construction companies and things like that, but from that point I started playing with some adult brothers. The guy’s name was Guitar Wash. His name was Washington but he called himself Guitar Wash for short. He played guitar and his brother played bass. They latched onto me somehow or I latched on to them so I ended up playing with them out in the country at the Country Clubs, homes and ranches. They paid me a pretty nice little penny so I was making money with them as well. That was a nice little side hustle for me, making a few dollars here and there.
So what happened afterwards up until you got involved with Mark IV, which I believe would have been 1975?
I went to South Carolina State in the fall of ’69. I organised a group with a friend of mine, which were called….no actually I started playing with a group called The Charades. You know once you get into a town and you can play half decent you’ll find yourself a band to play with. I ended up playing with a group called The Charades as a freshman in college. This was a local group in Orangeburg, South Carolina, but they had a nice reputation and a nice following. In that year with that group I ended up playing with Candi Staton when she had her first hit and later on we backed up Betty Wright when she did ‘Clean Up Woman.’ I can’t remember what Candi Statons hit was at the time, but we backed her up. We played a lot of clubs, proms and things of that nature. Then as a sophomore a friend and I organised a group called A Different Bag because we wanted to be a little different from all the other local groups. We played at many functions. We actually played at a College in Alabama. We went to Talladega State for some prom or something that they had there. I remember it so well because when we came back our van broke down on the road in the middle of nowhere, but we found a way to get back home. When I became a junior there was a group there called the Soul Agents, which was one of the premier groups there in Orangeburg. There were two of them. The Exotics was one of them and The Soul Agents was the other. The drummer with The Soul Agents was also in the college marching band with me. He graduated and the group asked me to be their drummer, so I played with The Soul Agents in my junior and senior years in college.
As a senior in college, the most outstanding senior musician gets to orchestrate a piece for the Wind Ensemble to play . I did an arrangement of ‘Ellies Love Theme’ from the movie Shaft. One of the notable musicians that had graduated from South Carolina State was invited back to do some music that he had done on Broadway. He brought Bernard Purdie and Dave Spinozza with him. We rehearsed his music in preparation for the spring concert. Then after we rehearsed their music Prof told me to go ahead and rehearse my arrangement of ‘Ellies Love Theme’ with The Wind Ensemble. Those guys heard it and said “Prof that’s pretty good. Can we play along with that?” Prof said “Hey ask Otis.” They said “Otis can we play with you.” I said “You New York cats want to play with my stuff, I said ABSOLUTELY!.” They said “Do you have the lead sheets?” I gave them the lead sheets and I go these guys from New York to play my arrangement with the Wind Ensemble at the college. It was really a big hit. So Bernard Purdie asked me “What are you going to do when you leave college?” I said “I’m going to pursue a career as a professional career.” He gave me his card and said “Next week you’re on spring break, give me a call.” So I called him and he asked my wife and me, I was married at the time, to come up to New York to arrange two songs for a movie that he was doing. I did it. The rest is history. I ended up in New York working for Bernard Purdie. I worked for him for quite a few years. I actually helped him write his first drum book. I just hit the New York music scene from there. I went on and actually played with an artist being produced by Roberta Flack. I also did a little stint with the Main Ingredient. One thing I forgot to mention was that when I was a Junior college, The Soul Agents actually played with James Brown for about a year. We were on the road with James Brown and Bobby Byrd in my Junior year at College. You know I actually did a few nice things as I was coming along.
What was James like to work with?
James was a hard task master. He fined his musicians whenever they made a mistake. He was really a perfectionist with what he did. He was just a professional all around. He worked his musicians hard, but nobody worked any harder than he worked. But that’s how I ended up in New York, at the request of Bernard “Pretty” Purdie.
So you’re in New York, what year would have that been?
We got into New York in late ’73 and I was working with Bernard Purdie doing some arrangements for local artists. Playing local gigs. I ended up playing with a group called Evolution II, led by my friend and guitarist, David Baron, who is now deceased. We played all over New York. I was doing some musicals, weddings, some poolside parties. You name it and we did it. That was what we did in ’73 to ‘’74. Then in ’75 that was when I actually played with the Main Ingredient for a short stint. I got that gig through Bernard Purdie.
Would that have been the year that you met Mark IV?
I met the Mark IV I would have to say in 74 or 75. I can’t remember the exact year that we did ‘Signs Of A Dying Love.’ I think that it was ’75. You know these years all seem to come together on me, Roual.

Mark IV (without Otis Brown Jr)
Can you remember how you met Mark IV?
Well what actually happened was I ended up teaching music in a local middle school in the city of New Jersey and I met a producer there called Donald Shaw. I met him and he found out that I was a musician and teaching music. We made a connection and somehow someone told him about the group the Mark IV that was available. They’d just come off the road with Roy C Hammond. They said that they were looking for a producer, a manager and someone to record them. I think Melba Moore’s husband at the time was going to finance the music and my partner Donald and I were going to produce it. So I ended up writing music day and night for about two weeks getting all these string parts, horn parts and everything written. Then just before we were going to go into the studio to do the recording he backed out, so when he backed out I was sitting there with all this music and didn’t have the money to go in and record it. My partner called and said “T, he called me T for short, let’s just take this group. We’ll sign them to a contract. You’ll do the music, we’ll produce them and we’ll see if we can get them a deal. So that’s what we did. I got a band together. I rehearsed the band, that way with rehearsing the band you’re sure to get what you want when you went to the studio. We rehearsed a couple of times a week in a friend’s apartment in New York. I mean we rehearsed really hard, so the band was really tight when we laid down the tracks for the one’s I’d written the horn and string parts for. What we actually did Roual was we laid down everything on the same day which was the norm back then. We laid down the rhythm section, then after I had in time the horns would come in after the rhythm section. Then after the horns came I had it in time so that the strings would come in. We had a full day in the studio putting down the tracks with the rhythm, horns and strings. Then of course we went back later to do the vocals.
Would this have been the session with ‘Signs Of A Dying Love,’ ‘Hang Ups’ and ‘I Knew It Wouldn’t Last?’
You’re really challenging my memory. That session included ‘Give Me Just A Little Love’ and ‘Hang Ups.’ Let me just go back ‘Signs Of A Dying Love’ was originally done a little differently and the musicians on that were not the same musicians that’s on ‘Hang Ups’ and ‘I Knew It Wouldn’t Last’ because I was just going to go into the studio and record ‘Signs Of A Dying Love’ in New York and I recall that the piano player that was supposed to do that session couldn’t make it. I had to get a substitute at the last minute and we did a quick rehearsal in some studio in New York. I’d have to ask Donald Shaw on where that song was actually recorded because all of this stuff is running together in my head.
There’s two different versions of ‘Signs Of A Dying Love!’
There is two versions of it because we did one of them when we did ‘Hang Ups’ and ‘Give Me Just A Little Love.’ The guitar player that played that solo on ‘Signs Of A Dying Love’ and all the other recordings with us is at the House Of Music in West Orange New Jersey. So you’re right there’s two versions of it. I really should have Donald Shaw with me because sometimes his memory seems to be a bit better than mine.

There appears to be three different recording sessions by Mark IV. There’s certainly three different master tapes!
Yes and as I told you the ‘Signs Of A Dying Love’ 2 inch master was destroyed by a fire in a garage that I owned so I’m fortunate to still have the other tapes. I had one 45 that I cannot put my hands on because I don’t know where it is. The reason is that I was with a friend who was showing me how to put it on YouTube or somewhere that I could at least get royalties from the plays that the song was getting. It was getting plays all over the place and we weren’t getting any money from it. So we put it on to see if we could get some pennies. Of course I haven’t seen any yet.
So we did that song ‘Signs Of A Dying Love’ which was in our opinion the strongest that we had and the most ready. That’s why we put that out on the OTB label. I actually got a signatory from the local musicians union in Passaic, New Jersey. I had to go before their board and they asked me what my intentions were. Was I going to contribute money to the musicians fund, blah, blah, blah and I said yes, yes, yes. They gave me this signatory so we started the label. We were actually trying to get a major label deal with the Mark IV because we had all the stuff ready. We had a consultant who had worked with Epic Records and her name was Diane Hyatt. She worked with us every step of the way. We submitted our stuff to all the major labels trying to get a deal and she took it to Epic because she was pretty certain at the time that Epic were going to sign the group and the word was out in the industry that Epic were going to sign Mark IV. Then Epic had a shake up with their executives and the new President who came in said that they’re not taking any new artists because we’re not doing justice with the artists that we have. So that deal fell through and because of it all the other companies had backed off beforehand because they all knew that Epic were interested. When the Epic deal fell through we had no deal with any record company and no one wanted to touch it after that so we decided to put ‘Signs Of A Dying Love’ out on our own label. Which is how OTB came into existence because we had to have a vehicle to put our record out, so we put it out on OTB.
Did you have any distribution for OTB?
No, we did it all ourselves Roual. We got the record to the one stops and fought for some airplay here and there. We never really got any real air play on the record. I don’t know how the record got out there to be recognised. We got some local play in the south because we took the group on tour down south and a lot of promoters could at least put a song on the advertisement on the radio with a little snippet of the record. The Mark IV had a little following in the south. Once a record is put out on a label it gets a little more credibility than just throwing it out there on its own. I don’t know how it got any notoriety because I know that it’s being sold on the internet for hundreds of dollars per copy. We went to some sites where they were selling it for a four hundred dollars per copy. I know that they’re bootlegging it and we figured that we needed to do something and that’s why I’m glad that you reached out to me.
Do you have memories of each individual member?
I remember Jimmy because as the lead singer he was definitely the most talented and he didn’t have any difficulty singing from deep within his soul, whilst putting all his emotions and expressions into everything that he sang. You never caught him at a moment where he was laid back. He just gave his all. He was a dynamic singer and he was always in good voice. He was willing to try anything that you asked him to try. He never pushed back on anything that I asked him to do. As the musical director, I found him to be a top notch performer and he gave everything that he had. There was also Walter who had more, for the want of better words, a more popish kind of voice. He sang songs like the Gibb brothers and Leo Sayer. He actually sang one of Leo Sayer’s songs when we put them on the road. He had that little crispier sharper edge to his voice. So I remember Jimmy Ponder and Walter Moreland. Then there was Buck. I’m trying to remember Buck….Buck had a voice that had a lot of range to it. He could sing the high tenor parts. He could sing baritone. For the road show, we gave each one of them lead to one degree or the other. We made sure that they all sang lead on something. They didn’t just do a repertoire of Mark IV songs because the repertoire was very diverse. Then there was the other guy Preston, who was basically a harmony guy. He never really sang any lead. He just rounded up the harmonies of the group. You gave him his part with his notes and he just sang them. That was just his role. Buck, I can’t remember his real name. If I had to guess it would be Lawrence Jones. So the group as I recall was Preston, there was Buck, Walter Moreland and Jimmy Ponder.
Was Preston in the original line up or did he join after Mercury?
When I got the group they were the four that were there. If there was any changes before that or after our time I wouldn’t know. Those were the four that we had.
So you released ‘Signs Of A Dying Love’ and you took the group on tour. When did your relationship with Mark IV end?
We took the Mark IV on tour with a really nice tight band. If I had to tell you who the band members were I couldn’t, but I can describe them. I had a trumpet player and I think his name was Jonathan Pratt. I had a bass player and his name I think was Peter Brown. I don’t know if he went on to be the great Peter Brown. There was a keyboard player and I don’t remember his name but he was really the musical director at the time for the band that was on the road. I can’t even picture the guitar player. We got the band together, the repertoire together and the group went on the road with a Southern tour. We hit Alabama, North Carolina, Georgia and the group got really tight whilst we were out there performing. Of course that’s going to happen when you’re playing 3 or 4 nights per week. We got really really tight and when we got back to New Jersey the word got out that the Mark IV were available for bookings so we performed at a local club in Orange, New Jersey called the Orange Peel. We got a bunch of agents come out to hear the group and the show was so tight and the agents started bidding for the group. They were like “I can get these guys gigging all the way down the east coast every night every week.” Somehow something happened after that night at the Orange Peel the group started discussing who funded the group whilst they were on the road and whilst they were down and out. They saw money coming in and two guys went up against the other two guys in an argument and then a fight ensued. Then the next thing that you know Donald and I are standing in between the two sides to try to keep them from fighting. The club owner called the cops. The cops came and broke things up. Then we all went our separate ways. My partner Donald Shaw met with them separately. He met with Jimmy Ponder and another before meeting with the other two. He asked both sides whether they could reconcile their differences and they said “no they couldn’t.” When they couldn’t do that there was nothing else that we could do. If they couldn’t work together as a group we didn’t have a group. Believe it or not for the next six weeks after that the agents kept calling to see whether the group had gotten back together so that they could really put them to work. It didn’t happen. That was the end of that relationship. Tragic and sad, but that’s the way that it ended between the Mark IV and us. After that happened I didn’t follow up with the group. I ended up holding some speakers and equipment for them before Jimmy Ponder tracked me down I around 1980 or ’81 because he was going on the road or something and I had his speakers. I’d stored them at the Arts High school in Newark, New Jersey. I was the bandmaster at the time. He came by to collect everything and we exchanged pleasantries. That was the end of it. As a matter of fact when he came round I was putting out ‘Strut On.’ After the dispute at the Orange Peel, Donald Shaw and I sat down in his living room and we wrote ‘Strut On.’ We wrote that together, produced it and put it out. That was it.
Just one more thing with regards Mark IV is that the two writers of ‘Sign Of A Dying Love’ were the Lewis brothers. How did you meet up with them because they appear to be interesting characters?
They were very interesting characters. When you’re out there looking for songwriters and doing those kind of things somehow Donald Shaw introduced me to the Lewis brothers. They had a night club over in the Bronx and they had a friend called Farmer and they would just get together and write songs.. They used a reel to reel tape player and they would write these songs with Farmer playing a little keyboard. They’d put the music together and I would go over to their night club. I listened to what they had and I’d give them my input to do this and do that. They would do it and that’s how I met them. I met them in the Bronx. I don’t know the street that they were on if my life depended on it, but somehow I got there. We got ‘Signs Of A Dying Love’ from them those guys. I think they also did ‘I Knew It Wouldn’t Last.’ I can’t remember how many songs we got from them. From what I understand they left New York and went back to North Carolina, which was their home. I don’t know where Farmer is either, but I know that I’ve promised you that I would do some research, and see if I can track them down.
What happened after Mark IV and ‘Strut On?’ What did you do next?
After I did ‘Strut On’ Don and I produced quite a few artists. We did some hip hop. Some pretty good hot hip Donald owns the rights to that music. We were offered some advance money, but for some reason or the other it did not work out. For a while we just didn’t do anything. I’ve just finished working with Donald on a record with a young lady who is great and very talented. I don’t know what happening with that project. I’ve worked with Donald down through the years with various artists. The stuff was good but was never released. I did this last project with him that just finished up two or three months ago. I did it reluctantly because I don’t want to do music in the studio and it goes nowhere. I have records in my basement right now that if I don’t get somebody to take them I’m just going to have to chuck them. We put records out and didn’t do the necessary promotional work or the money to do it the way that it should have been done. One thing I’ve found, and I’m sure that you know it is that you have to have some money to really work it, to promote it, get some shows, do the mastering and the pressing. There’s a lot involved when you’re trying to do it yourself. If you don’t have the dollars to back you up it’s not going to work. That’s what I told Don that if we’re not working on a major label deal or that we don’t have the resources that we need to do as a label I just don’t want to be involved with it. He twisted my arm on this last one.
One of your major accomplishment along with your wife is your son!
That’s right Otis Brown III. He’s quite an accomplishment in his own right. He’s quite a musician I should say. He’s quite an accomplished musician for the level of people that he plays with and doing his own CD and in matter of fact he’s working on his new CD right now. He’s writing his music and getting it lined up and working on that. You know to play with the people of the caliber of Esperanza Spalding, Joe Lavano, Herbie Hancock and the list goes on and on. We, my wife Norma and I are very proud of him.
Do you have any final words on Mark IV?
The guys really worked hard back in the day. It was really great working with them. I had a lot of fun with the guys, whilst working on the songs and putting the vocal harmonies together. Giving them the business, whilst they gave me their business. We just had a lot of fun. They were a very talented group. They destroyed themselves because they had reached a point that they were going to achieve the success that they were after, but they couldn’t let their differences be in the past. They couldn’t reconcile with each other.
Interview Otis Brown Jr by Roual Galloway
2017
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Release Details
Cordial Recordings are proud to launch the label with two unissued cuts from Mark IV that were originally recorded in the mid 70s with the uptempo 'Hang Ups' and the mellow groover 'Give Me Just A Little.'
The full release date is 26th June 2017.

By Mike in Articles · June 14, 20178 yr

News about a sponsored walk taking place to raise money for Bolton Hospice In memory of: John Treharne Lewis (Louis)
John Lewis aka long time Soul Source member @Louis who sadly passed on recently

"TEAM LOUIS EXUS TREK"
Event: Midnight Memories Walk 2017, 17 Jun 2017
The last few weeks of Johns' life were spent in Bolton Hospice where he received amazing care and support from all the staff. This kindness and support also helped his family and friends at a difficult time. His family are taking part in a sponsored midnight walk raising money for the hospice so they can continue to offer the same care and dignity to others in need.
Any donations will be gratefully received.
Thank you,
The Lewis
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Jo-Lewis10

Luther Ingram Orchestra - Exus Trek

By Triode in News Archives · June 7, 20178 yr

BBC geezer has what may be an interesting show setup, all a bit mainstream tracks wise but guess that was always going to be so, info and link follow below
Steve Lamacq's Northern Soul World Cup
From 5 to 9 June, we will be crowning another champion in the latest edition of our, always popular, occasionally divisive, musical World Cup.
Back in March, 6 Music’s very own Jarvis Cocker, lifted the Alternative 90s Trophy, on behalf of Common People, when Pulp beat Primal Scream in a tense final.
Now it’s time to shine your shoes, and dust the talcum powder of your wide-legged trousers, as we search for the best Northern Soul track.
The winner will be revealed on the show on Friday 9 June. You can vote in the first knock out round until 5pm, Tuesday 6 June, on our Twitter. Read the full terms and conditions here.
There are some tough ties in the first round, not least two titans of the nominations: Frankie Valli vs The Snake.
The full shortlist is below:
1. Al Wilson - The Snake
2. Billy Butler – The Right Track
3. Chuck Wood - Seven Days Too Long
4. Dobie Gray - Out On The Floor
5. Edwin Starr - Time
6. Frank Wilson - Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)
7. FFrankie Valli - The Night
8. Gloria Jones - Tainted Love
9. Jimmy Radcliffe - Long After Tonight Is All Over
10. Judy Street - What
11.Luther Ingram - Exus Trek
12.Marvin Gaye - This Love Starved Heart Of Mine (It’s Killing Me)
13.R Dean Taylor - There’s A Ghost In My House
14.Rita & The Tiaras - Gone With The Wind Is My Love
15.Tobi Legend - Time Will Pass You By
16.Tony Clarke - Landslide
Get involved in the vote below...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3GFBk4KGmzbScBjZTm91MKq/steve-lamacqs-northern-soul-world-cup

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By Mike in News Archives · June 6, 20178 yr

Details and preview of a new release from Kent Records
Nothing But A House Party: The Birth Of The Philly Sound 1967-71 CDKEND 466
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Classic 60s/70s soul from the City of Brotherly Love, recorded before the Philadelphia Sound went International.
For the whole of the 1970s, the Philly Sound was a leading and immediately identifiable component of black American music. A crack team of producers, songwriters and musicians raised worldwide awareness of Philadelphia soul to the level the Motown Sound had enjoyed during the previous decade. Anyone with half an ear for music could spot a Philly soul record by...
Full release notes at https://acerecords.co.uk/nothing-but-a-house-party-the-birth-of-the-philly-sound-1967-71
Track Listing
1. The Show Stoppers - "Ain't Nothing But A House Party"
2. The Delfonics - "You've Been Untrue"
3. George Tindley - "It's All Over But The Shouting"
4. Jerry Butler - "Never Give You Up"
5. Honey & The Bees - "Help Me (Get Over My Used To Be Lover)"
6. Executive Suite - "Christine"
7. Cliff Nobles - "Love Is All Right"
8. The Ambassadors - "Ain't Got The Love Of One Girl (On My Mind)"
9. Lou Jackson - "Peace To You Brother"
10. Archie Bell & The Drells - "My Balloon's Going Up"
11. Brenda & The Tabulations - "That's The Price You Have To Pay"
12. The Moods - "Rainmaker"
13. Moses Smith - "Keep On Striving"
14. Sonny Ross - "Piper Must Be Paid"
15. Barbara Mason - "You Better Stop It"
16. Sunshine - "Goin' Home To An Empty House"
17. The Intruders - "Every Day Is A Holiday"
18. Freddie Scott - "(You) Got What I Need"
19. Len Barry - "Girl You're Too Young"
20. Oscar Weathers - "Your Fool Still Loves You"
21. The Continental 4 - "What You Gave Up"
22. Peaches & Herb - "Let's Make A Promise"
23. Winfield Parker - "I'm On My Way"
24. The Ethics - "Standing In The Darkness"

By Mike in News Archives · June 6, 20178 yr

Word from member Pat Biggerstaff @s7oul on a new release on the 'Izipho Soul' Label due out this July 2017
MELVIN BROWN & JAMES MATTHEWS - CRYING FOR YOUR LOVE (Previously unreleased) / LOVE STORMY WEATHER (IZIPHO SOUL 45)
Blurb and preview follows....

I am delighted to announce the latest record release on my label IZIPHO SOUL
Melvin Brown - 'Crying For Your Love' is an incredible piece of previously unreleased Soul Music! Recorded in the same 1976 session as the legendary 'Love Stormy Weather', which will be on the other side. (clip attached, please excuse movie sound quality and be assured the actual record will be clear and crisp)
I am taking reservations at £15 a copy (not pre orders, no payment required until the record is out in July) please message me if you would like to secure a copy.
It's an absolute pleasure working on this project with the man himself Movin' Melvin Brown.
Melvin Brown is still active in the entertainment industry. Truly a renaissance man. He is a wonderful singer, dancer, writer, philosopher and man of peace. His energy and his spirit light up any room. He has devoted his life to sharing his joy with the world.
Many thanks
Pat
@s7oul
(link to profile - click above to message Pat)
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By Mike in News Archives · June 5, 20178 yr

Press Release: Robert Montgomery Time Of The Day/Take Me High SJ537
Release Date: Monday June 19th 2017
Robert Montgomery returns with his follow up release to his immensely popular SJ1007 45, “I Need You Girl”.

Following on from the release of Robert’s solitary US 45 “I Need You Girl”, on the Crescent label during 1976. Robert spent a period of some 12 months touring with a group called Villaruz, that over, he decided to relocate to Atlanta G.A sometime during 1978. Following an invitation to join a band he’d over heard rehearsing as their keyboard and organ player, Robert began a short tenure with the Michigan funk group “Ripple” who themselves had previously moved to Atlanta upon signing with GRC Records. Ripple recorded several hit singles for GRC including “I Don’t Know What It Is, But It Sure Is Funky”. Followed by the seminal album “Sons Of The Gods” for Salsoul Records in 1977, which featured their perennial disco/hustle classic “The Beat Goes On And On”. During a later period of reconstruction by Ripple’s band leader and percussionist Brian Sherrer, Robert using the musicians from Ripple embarked on a vanity project of his own to record four songs that he had composed. Although these songs remained unissued, two of them are now to be released on a Soul Junction 45. The modern soul dancer ‘Time Of The Day” backed with “Take Me High” a more modern ‘boogie’ soul orientated song (Catalogue number SJ537).

While a third track, the excellent ballad ‘Love Song About You’ will also be making it’s long awaited debut as part of the forthcoming “We Got A Sweet Thing Going On” Volume 3 compilation. These tracks were to be Robert’s last attempt at a performing career, by then being a married 28 year old, he decided to put more emphasis on his family life. In doing so he turned his back on a full time musical career and entered a new career in the insurance business where he worked as an insurance agent for the next 30 years.
Robert for many years remained oblivious to the interest in his melodic piano driven Crescent 45 outing “I Need You Girl” within the European modern soul fraternity. Now with Soul Junctions intervention Robert now has three highly collectable 45 releases to his name.
SJ537-Promo.mp3
For further information please contact Soul Junction at:
Tel: +44 (0) 121 602 8115 or E-mail: sales@souljunction.co.uk
Link to purchase and more info via
http://www.souljunctionrecords.co.uk/SJ537.html

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By Chalky in News Archives · June 3, 20178 yr

here's word on this years Scottish Rare Soul Weekender - True Soul this September from Colin Law aka @Hop Scotch Jump

By Mike in News Archives · June 2, 20178 yr

A new month starts, which means it's time for a look back at ebay high soul auction flyers for the month of May...

Soul Record Auctions - Recent Completed Auctions [sorted by value]
Sir Joe Nobody Beats My Love Ru-jac Super Baltimore .. $3949.00 ended 15 May Thomas Bailey - I Need You Flintstone Shuffle Soul F.. $2915.00 ended 20 May Court Davis Try To Think What Your Doing Original Usa 45 $2452.81 ended 27 May Mega Modern By Ice No Carolina Private Press Hea.. $2414.00 ended 02 May Paris Sleepless Nights Wishing Well Extremely $2247.00 ended 21 May The De-lites Cuppy Lover Tell Me Why Original Extr.. $2247.00 ended 21 May Uncle Funkenstein - Together Again - Minty 2 X Lp - R .. $2063.00 ended 08 May Shar Habeel - Zolm Al Mondo Sudanese Killer Afro Fun.. $1900.45 ended 09 May 7th Avenue Aviators You Should O Held On Vinyl Hea.. $1835.00 ended 22 May Rappers Funky Juice Ultra Funk Rap Mp3 $1725.00 ended 29 May Kalima Where Is The Sunshine Modern Soul Jazz Olive.. $1712.00 ended 29 May Crossover Soul Gospel - Wayne Barnes - Peacemakers - Sa.. $1691.00 ended 08 May Robby Lawson - Burning Sensation - Orig Kyser Records.. $1684.88 ended 29 May Ducky And The Glowlighters Over Over Mega Original.. $1625.00 ended 21 May Leon Gardner Arthur Monday Farm Song Igloo Funk.. $1622.00 ended 06 May Morris Jazzy Miller Fantastic Flight What People Say .. $1546.00 ended 20 May Shar Habeel - El Bambi - Impos Ly Sudanese Killer Funk .. $1468.23 ended 09 May The Peoples Choice 1967 Orig $1402.77 ended 31 May Betty Lloyd I M Catching On Alt Version Test Detr.. $1335.36 ended 03 May Ann Bogus - Don T Ask Me To Love Again You Got It Wro.. $1330.00 ended 20 May Unknown Acetate The Avalons I Need Time 66 East Coas.. $1326.00 ended 22 May The Hyperions Why You Wanna Treat Me Like You Do Cha.. $1247.00 ended 30 May Harvey Averne Dozen Never Learned To Dance Uptite Mp3 $1111.00 ended 29 May Trial And Error Thruway 70s Soul Funk Ramrod Mp3 $1026.51 ended 29 May Frankie The Damons Man From Soul Jcp Mp3 $1009.00 ended 29 May The El Corols Chick Chick Funk - Mint Monster Rarity $1009.52 ended 28 May Little Tommy I M Still Hurt Baby Can T You See Orig.. $986.00 ended 07 May Hareton Salvanini - S P 73 Jazz Funk Breaks Psych 197.. $979.00 ended 16 May Aselefetch Ashine Getenesh Kebret Amazing Orig Ethio.. $965.55 ended 09 May Blue Note 4031 - Hank Mobley - Soul Station - 1st W63 .. $959.00 ended 28 May Four Perfections I M Not Strong Enough Party Time 100.. $911.00 ended 08 May

By Mike in News Archives · June 1, 20178 yr

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