Bobby GloverBad Bobby Glover

US COLUMBIA LP - £25 

Early eighties soul classic!

  Breakwater

Splashdown

US ARISTA LP - £25 nice clean copy vinyl & sleeve

Original copy of this classic early 80's lp SAY YOU LOVE ME GIRL/TIME/Etc...

  Breakwater

Breakwater

US ARISTA LP - £20 lovely near mint copy

The other great lp from this male vocal group Inc. WORK IT OUT / FEEL YOUR WAY / DO IT TILL THE FLUID GETS HOT

  E.L. James

Sings The Face Of Love

US CAPTOWN LP - £125 Sealed - no cut out

very rare DC area private press soulful & funky Black Culture lp with great title cut with a folky Callier type vibe 

Ike Noble

Fresh Start

US CONNOWIL LP - £300 

very rare private press lp from top soul man Inc. NEVER GET ENOUGH OF YOUR LOVE / LOVE TO BE LOVED / YOUR LOVE / ANOTHER STAR

James Mason

Rhythm Of Life

US CHAIROSCURO LP - £125 small top right seam split

Absolute classic rare groove LP Inc. SWEET POWER/FREE/SLICK CITY/Etc..

  Jean Terrell

I Had To Fall In Love

US A&M LP - £25 

Two nice cover versions of great soul tunes HOW CAN YOU (LIVE WITHOUT LOVE) & RISING COST OF LOVE

  Samuel Jonathan Johnson

My Music

US COLUMBIA LP Promo - £25 Some light ring wear / WOC - back

Inc. the beautiful two step soul classic MY MUSIC!

The 3 Prophets

Live

US 3 P / RITE RECORD PRODUCTIONS LP - £120 

Extremely rare private press live soul funk set from BILLY SCOTT of the GEORGIA PROPHETS recorded in the Carolinas in 1974 with many cover versions with stand outs CHAMELEON / SING A SIMPLE SONG & DANCE TO THE MUSIC both have heavy drums!

  The Lovelites

With Love From

US UNI LP - £150 

Awesome female vocal trio soul LP - loads of great songs.

The Main Ingredient

Ready For Love

US RCA LP - £10 

Featuring CUBA GOODING - Inc. the 2 step soul classic SPOILED!

  The Main Ingredient

I Only Have Eyes For You

US RCA LP - £28 very light sleeve wear

Two classic soul tunes EVENING OF LOVE and the modern ALL BECAUSE OF YOU

The Main Ingredient

Shame On The World

US RCA LP - £18 

Inc. LET ME PROVE MY LOVE TO YOU as used on ALICIA KEYS - YOU DON'T KNOW MY NAME as well as the Chicago club classic OLD GREYHOUND

The Main Ingredient

Euphrates River

US RCA LP Gatefold - £12 WOC - back

Inc. HAPPINESS IS JUST AROUND THE BEND original version - a wharehouse classic!

Tony Fox

The Beginning

US BLASTER LP - £200 

Inc. the wonderful feel good uptempo soul tune LOVE LET LOVE AND BE LOVED - a favourite of KEB DARGE

U.S. Navy Port Authority Soul Band

Together

US PORT AUTHORITY LP - £100 lovely clean copy

The rarer lp which was 'not for sale' just a promotional tool for the recruiting department to show how hip and cool and funky it is to be in the Navy. Inc. covers of SUPER STRUTT & HOLD ON + the funky Instrumental tune D.C. WALK

 8th Day - 8th Day

US INVICTUS LP - £25 Some light cover wear

Classic Soul funk LP produced by HOLLAND-DOZIER-HOLLAND Inc. ENNY-MEENY-MINY-MO/YOU'VE GOT TO CRAWL BEFORE YOU WALK

  

 8th Day - I Gotta Get Home

US INVICTUS LP - £25 VG/VG+

Classic Soul funk LP produced by HOLLAND-DOZIER-HOLLAND Inc. CHEBA / GOOD BOOK / ANYTHANG / GET YOUR MIND STRAIGHT / Etc.. VG to VG++ looks like VG with quite a few visible scratches but like VG++ with just the odd click here & there if you listen hard for it

  

 Anita Baker - The Songstress

US BEVERLY GLEN LP Gatefold - £8 

Classic set from the Songstress

  

 Bernard Edwards - Glad To Be Here

US ATLANTIC LP With Official sleeve Sticker - £10 

Quality lp overall but the stand out for me is the great mid tempo soulful winner YOU DON'T KNOW ME

  

 Bernie Worrell - All The Woo In The World

US ARISTA LP - £25 Sealed - Cut Corner

P Funk sound from 1978

  

 Brighter Side Of Darkness - Love Jones

US 20th CENTURY LP - £20 Sealed

sweet soul LP from 1973

  

 Brighter Side Of Darkness - Love Jones

US 20th CENTURY LP - £15 WOC - back neat

sweet soul LP from 1973

  

 Enchantment - Enchantment

US ROADSHOW LP - £8 

Quality male vocal soul group album from 1976

  

 Enchantment - Once Upon A Dream

US ROADSHOW LP - £6 

Quality seventies soul set

  

 Enchantment - Soft Lights Sweet Music

US RCA LP - £10 

1980 lp from this class male vocal group Inc. I BELIEVE IN YOU / I CAN'T BE THE ONE / YOU AND ME 

  

 Enchantment - Enchanted Lady

US COLUMBIA LP - £20 EX small writing on back of sleeve / light ringwear

Their most sought after lp from 1982 loads of strong cuts

  

 Enchantment - Utopia

US COLUMBIA LP - £20 

One of their more sought after titles from their best early eighties period with lots of quality cuts 

  

Goodie - Call Me Goodie

US TOTAL EXPERIENCE LP - £10 

Classic soul from 1982 Inc. YOU AND I

  

 James Ray - James Ray

US CAPRICE LP - £50 

Near Mint apart from writing on back cover

  

 Jimmy Scott - Falling In love Is Wonderful

US TANGERINE LP - £60 5" top right seam split - vinyl strong VG++

Original white label mono issue. vinyl strong VG++ - no feeler scratches

  

 Minnie Riperton - Adventures In Paradise

US EPIC LP - £20 

Inc. the sexy sultry soul of INSIDE MY LOVE! ORIGINAL ISSUE!

  

 Minnie Riperton - Love Lives Forever

US CAPITOL LP - £8 

Not her best lp but definitly worth it for HERE WE GO with ROBERTA FLACK & PEOBO BRYSON as used on LORD FINESSE "HIP TO THE GAME"

  

 Minnie Riperton - Stay In Love

US EPIC LP Gatefold - £10 small neat WOC

Inc. WOULDN'T MATTER WHERE YOU ARE / YOUNG WILLING & ABLE / Etc..

  

 Minnie Riperton - Minnie

US CAPITOL LP - £8 

LOVE HURTS / NEVER EXISTED BEFORE / RELIGHT MY FIRE / I'M A WOMAN / Etc...

  

 Minnie Riperton - Come To My Garden

US JANUS LP Promo - £35 VG++ light ringwear

Classic debut LP produced by CHARLES STEPNEY with RAMSEY LEWIS!

  

 Minnie Riperton - Come To My Garden

US GRT LP Gatefold - £35 STOC VG++

Amazing debut LP with huge orchestral production from CHARLES STEPNEY - LES FLEUR/Etc…

  

 Minnie Riperton - Perfect Angel

US CAPITOL LP - £10 WOC / WOL

Inc. LOVIN' YOU

  

 New Horizons - Something New

US COLUMBIA LP - £20 ex- Some ring wear

Classic 1983 soul sound produced by ROGER TROUTMAN 

  

 The Main Ingredient - Afrodisiac

US RCA LP Gatefold - £15 STOC & centre ringwear - back cover

inc. awesome version of WORK TO DO

  

 The Soul Society - Satisfaction From The Soul Society

US DOT LP - £25 

Instrumental covers lp with great versions of PATA PATA / AFRO-DESIA / RESPECT / COLD SWEAT / I SECOND THAT EMOTION SIDEWINDER / Etc...

  

 The Unifics - Sittin' in The Court Of Love

US KAPP LP - £15 Sealed

Classic soul especially the title tune

  

 The Unifics - Sittin' in The Court Of Love

US KAPP LP - £12 STOC - front

Classic soul especially the title tune

  

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Bobby Rush

Chicken Heads / Mary Jane

US GALAXY 7 inch - £30 

Funk double header

Freddie Waters

Kung Fu and You Too / Groovin' On My Baby's Love

US STAX 7 inch - £30 STOL

Groovin' is a great mellow soul tune with a funky feel in a 'LOVE AND HAPPINESS' groove & Kung Fu nice mid seventies funk sound 

Jazzie Cazzie And The Eight Sounds

Soul City / Young Girl

US KNAP TOWN 7 inch - £150 

Very rare funk tune - Mint / unplayed copy!

Joey Gilmore

Do It To Me One More Time / Somebody Done Took My Baby and Gone

US PHIL-LA OF SOUL 7 inch Promo - £25 

raw bluesy funk sound 

Jones Brothers

Music Freak Part 1 & 2

US ST. SIMONS 7 inch - £90 

Mid seventies funk sound on tiny local label out of Nashville 

King Hannibal

Instant Replay / Rerun Part 2

US MIRACLE 7 inch - £30 

The instrumental is a tough guitar led funk tune

Latin Breed

Maranatha

US GCP 7 inch - £70 

killer latin funk tune

Mickey & The Soul Generation

Iron Leg / Chocolate

US MAXWELL 7 inch Company Sleeve - £30 EX - tiny Q burn at intro listen to clip

Classic organ grinding funk!

Reggie Saddler Revue

Raggedy Bag

US AQUARIUS 7 inch - £100 

Raw funk sound

Sunburst

Good For You Good For Me / Might Be Wonderful

US BIG APPLE BOOGIE 7 inch - £30 

'Wonderful' has a funky Sly Stone feel to it & 'Good For You' is a mid tempo quality funky vocal tune

The Gaturs

Wasted / Gator Bait

US GATUR 7 inch - £90 warped but plays fine

2 classic funk sides

The Honey Drippers

Streakin' / I Can't Stop You From Doing

US ALAGA 7 inch - £40 

Less known the Impeach The President but Streakin' is a heavy funk Instrumental with breakbeat intro & the flip is a funky soul side!

The Showmen Inc

The Tramp part 1 & 2

US NOW 7 inch Promo - £50 

Classic break beat funk tune!

Vernon Garrett / LTD

Don't Do What I Do / Do What

US WATTS USA 7 inch - £60 

Heavy funk tune with soulful vocal & Instrumental version on the flip

Afrique - Hot Mud / Soul Makossa

UK PYE 7 inch - £6 

fat funky wah wah break 

  

 Brenda Jones with Groove Holmes - This Is The Me Me / Morning Children

UK RCA 7 inch Promo - £10 

  

 Brooklyn People - Peace And Love / Wreck

USA CHERI 7 inch - £25 

Classic funk double sider

  

 Brown Brothers of Soul - Cholo / Poquito Soul

US SPECIALTY 7 inch - £25 

Latino funk bomb

  

 C. Smalls & Co - The Buzzard

US A&M 7 inch Promo - £15 STOL

Mint / unplayed copy

  

 Chocolate Milk - Action Speaks Louder Than Words

USA RCA 7 inch Promo - £7 

Classic funk / rare groove tune

  

 Chuck Rainey Coalition - Got It Together / Eloise (First Love)

US SKYE 7 inch - £15 

great funky guitar led double sider from much sought session musician

  

 Curtis Walker - Thats The Way The World Works

US BET 7 inch - £15 

mid seventies disco funk sound + instrumental

  

 Don Pierce - This Funky Thing / Spook-A-Delic

US MAJESTY 7 inch - £30 

Side 1 is classic male vocal funk whilst on the flip is a great funky - psyche instrumental

  

 Gene Faith - Love of a Woman - Soul of a Man / Comin' Home

US VIRTUE 7 inch Promo - £25 

Big boss funky soul double sider - Mint Copy - looks unplayed!

  

 Hot Line - Juice It Up Part 1 & 2

US RED COACH 7 inch - £15 WOL

Strong mid tempo male vocal funk sound 1974 out of NYC

  

 Jesse Johnson - Funky Soul Stroll / Holes In My Soul

US OAK 7 inch - £20 

  

 Jimmy Jones - Do What Comes Natural / I'm So Glad I Got You

US DEKE 7 inch - £12 

  

 Jimmy Reed - Big Legged Woman / Funky Funky Soul

US RRG 7 inch Promo - £8 

  

 Joe Quarterman - Get Down Baby Part 1& 2

US MERCURY 7 inch - £12 

Quality laidback funk sound from 1974

  

 Joe Simon - Drowning In The Sea Of Love / Let Me Be The One

US MOJO 7 inch Company Sleeve - £5 

  

 Kool & The Gang - N.T. Part 1 & 2

US DE-LITE 7 inch - £6 

As sampled by almost every hip hop artist!

  

 Metropolis - Smokin' Part 1

US EBONY SOUNDS 7 inch Promo - £5 

Funky sound with breaks

  

 Miz Davis - Sing A Happy Funky Song

US NOW 7 inch - £10 

Great party tune from that great period when funk was evolving into the disco sound!

  

 Nu-Sound Express - Ain't It Good Enough

US SILVER DOLLAR 7 inch - £15 

Mid tempo funky groove with nice horns and beats

  

 Specks Williams - We Gave The Drummer Some

US JAX 7 inch - £30 

Does exactly what it says in the title - break intro on this jazz Instrumental

  

 The African Echoes - Big Time / Zulu Lunchbag

US PHIL-LA OF SOUL 7 inch Promo - £20 STOL

Big Time is an uptempo slab of guitar lead funk with heavy brass & the flip has a South African Masakela swing to it - nice unplayed demo copy!

  

 The Mohawks - The Champ / Sound Of The Witch Doctors

UK PAMA 7 inch - £12 VG++

Classic!

  

 The Radars - Finger Licking Chicken / Soul Serenade

US YEW 7 inch - £20 

Boss funk sound

  

 The Rhythm Makers - Soul On Your Side

US VIGOR 7 inch Promo - £7 Mark on label

Classic disco funk sound

  

 The Sisters And Brothers - Yeah You Right / Dear Ike

US UNI 7 inch Promo in Company Sleeve - £12 

Boss sister funk sound - unplayed demo!

  

 Titus Turner - Do You Dig It His Funeral My Trial

US JOSIE 7 inch Promo - £12 

Decent party funk tune on an unplayed demo

  

 Truth - Excedrin Headache #24 / Come Back Home

US SOUNDS OF CLEVELAND 7 inch - £15 

  

 Untouchable Machine - Machine Shop Part 1 & 2

US WAVELENGTH 7 inch - £25 

Raw uncut funk groove!

  

 Willie Hutch - Use What You Got Part 1 & 2

US MAVERICK 7 inch Promo - £12 STOL

Quality soulful vocal comes through on this funky tune

  

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