Hi all

I thought that I'd open this up to share LP only tracks that you may be aware of.

Obviously because of the nature of LP's they don't tend to get as many spins.

Best Mick

Swiss Movement-Come around here -RCA

SHADES OF BLUE - MILLIONAIRE

" " " A WAY TO LOVE YOU

EDDIE FLOYD - THATS ALL

MARTHA & VANDELLAS - NO MORE TEARSTAINED MAKEUP

NOT ALL PARTICULARLY RARE BUT LP ONLY TRACKS AND ALL GREAT IMO.

Lets try it over - Willie Hutch - RCA

Hi all

I thought that I'd open this up to share LP only tracks that you may be aware of.

Obviously because of the nature of LP's they don't tend to get as many spins.

Best Mick

Just a few from my shelf,album only tracks

Rhythm Machine-Can`t do without you-Lulu Lp

James Conwell-L-O-V-E-Guinness

Mighty Ryeders-Lovely

Rhetta Hughes-Cry myself to sleep-Tetragrammaton

Dave f..........

CARLA THOMAS - I PLAY FOR KEEPS - STAX -

len barrys unissued lp,"its that time of the year",containing the track,ill always need you,an old early doors spin from r.searling and i think the original of the same tune by dean courney,heres the tune it sounded better at the casino pumping out of the speakers at 3 am sunday morning,!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEJv-5vWXK8

didnt he leave this lp and some other lps on top of a car roof and drove off and lost it moons age,???

len barrys unissued lp,"its that time of the year",containing the track,ill always need you,an old early doors spin from r.searling and i think the original of the same tune by dean courney,heres the tune it sounded better at the casino pumping out of the speakers at 3 am sunday morning,!!!

https://www.youtube.c...h?v=iEJv-5vWXK8

didnt he leave this lp and some other lps on top of a car roof and drove off and lost it moons age,???

John Manship sold it on auction a couple of years ago. I think Mick Holdsworth from Wolvo paid about nine hundred for it. A true rarest of the rare as far as 33's go. Tony Ellis from London has a copy, used to play it at Yate.

SMOKE -SO GLAD YOU CAME ALONG

SMOKE RISIN LP ( J BRIDGE)

RIPPLE BLAST T SINGERS-SADIE SADIE

FUNNY GIRL LP (POWER)

Wee..I want to show you...Owl,off there 1977 album You can fly my Areoplane.

Skull Snaps..Didn't I do it to you and I'm fallin' out of love..GSF,from there Self titled album.

Maxine Brown..Don't leave me baby..Epic,from her Out of sight album

all super tracks IMHO...

Paul.

Wee..I want to show you...Owl,off there 1977 album You can fly my Areoplane.

Skull Snaps..Didn't I do it to you and I'm fallin' out of love..GSF,from there Self titled album.

Maxine Brown..Don't leave me baby..Epic,from her Out of sight album

all super tracks IMHO...

Paul.

Paul mate.......skull snaps -did'nt i do it ...on 45 ...so it's not allowed

Wee..I want to show you...Owl,off there 1977 album You can fly my Areoplane.

Paul.

Don`t think this track was on the 1977 orig 9 track album,

only on the recent reissue album with the extra tracks,this and others were unissued up untill now.

Dave f.............

MAXINE BROWN - DON'T LEAVE ME -

as already mentioned,stunning piece of soul music

TOBY KANG / KING LP ANY TRACK

Kieran

The Metros - Sweetest One RCA Victor album holds of course their brilliant version of 'I'll Never Forget You' but the hidden gem of the album is 'I'm With You All The Way' certainly an album only track this punchy Pied Piper production has yet to have it's day on the scene, awesome track that simply has it all.

Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Edited November 21, 200915 yr by Mark Bicknell

John Manship sold it on auction a couple of years ago. I think Mick Holdsworth from Wolvo paid about nine hundred for it. A true rarest of the rare as far as 33's go. Tony Ellis from London has a copy, used to play it at Yate.

Richard Searling talks in the book NORTHERN SOUL STORIES about how he put his copy of the Len Barry LP on top of his car after a gig in Manchester in the seventies and drove away - result one missing Len Barry LP!

I think the one John sold to Mick was a test pressing on white blank label or orig acetate? Pete Lyster has a labelled copy (no sleeve ever done I think) in superb nick and has lent it for a (lovely) label scan for the book to go with Richard's story.

In the book Richard also talks about another occasion when he reversed his car over his record box (!!!!!) and trashed a copy of the very rare single containing the instrumental version of "What About The Music" - Billy Harner. The book also contains the story of how the Billy Harner instrumental seven came to be made by mistake - and how (ouch!) the stock was immediately sent back to the record label to be destroyed with a quote from the guy who packed the records up to send back.

The book has been delayed as I decided at last minute to change and add to it, but will be available in 2 weeks.Info on www.soulvation.biz

Thanks,

Neil

John Manship sold it on auction a couple of years ago. I think Mick Holdsworth from Wolvo paid about nine hundred for it. A true rarest of the rare as far as 33's go. Tony Ellis from London has a copy, used to play it at Yate.

Richard Searling talks in the book NORTHERN SOUL STORIES about how he put his copy of the Len Barry LP on top of his car after a gig in Manchester in the seventies and drove away - result one missing Len Barry LP!

I think the one John sold to Mick was a test pressing on white blank label or orig acetate? Pete Lyster has a labelled copy (no sleeve ever done I think) in superb nick and has lent it for a (lovely) label scan for the book to go with Richard's story.

In the book Richard also talks about another occasion when he reversed his car over his record box (!!!!!) and trashed a copy of the very rare single containing the instrumental version of "What About The Music" - Billy Harner. The book also contains the story of how the Billy Harner instrumental seven came to be made by mistake - and how (ouch!) the stock was immediately sent back to the record label to be destroyed with a quote from the guy who packed the records up to send back.

The book has been delayed as I decided at last minute to change and add to it, but will be available in 2 weeks.Info on www.soulvation.biz

Thanks,

Neil

Hi all

I thought that I'd open this up to share LP only tracks that you may be aware of.

Obviously because of the nature of LP's they don't tend to get as many spins.

Best Mick

Hi Mick, great tread! I'm not good with "big" records so I'll deffo gonna follow this tread for good tips. One of my favourite tunes (that I had to have!) on only LP is Eliminators "Loving explosion"

TEMPESTS - SOMEDAY.

TEMPESTS - I DON'T WANT TO LOSE HER.

FRANK DELL - NOBODY LOVES LIKE MY BABY.

PRESIDENTS - GIRL, YOU CHEATED ON ME.

CLYDENE JACKSON - I NEED YOUR LOVE.

RUFUS LUMLEY - STRONGER THAN ME.

BOBBY TAYLOR - DON'T BE AFRAID.

CLYDE MCPHATTER - PLEASE, GIVE ME ONE MORE CHANCE.

SPELLBINDERS - BABY I MSS YOU.

BARBARA LEWIS - STARS

ALL LP TRACKS ONLY.........I THINK

BRI PINCH.

TOP OF THE STAIRS, BLAH BAR, BARNSLEY, SAT 28TH NOVEMBER.

SUNDAY CHILLOUT @ HORSE AND GROOM, 13TH DECEMBER, EAST LAITH GATE, DONCASTER.

sunshine - pulse

Carl Carlton - "I wanna be with you" ABC. Great, and cheap modern/rare groove!

CARL CARLTON - I WANNA BE WITH YOU - ABC -

Edited November 21, 200915 yr by Tommy1

Funk Inc - Where are we going - Prestige

Eon - On & On Scepter

German compilation lp( sorry no title, as lp filed, away) Ben Aiken- satisfied ( female backing singers, not on american 45) label, Warner Bros, lots of other northern, on it as well.

MAXINE BROWN - DON'T LEAVE ME -

as already mentioned,stunning piece of soul music

Awesome

Neil , did Rob Thomas have a copy of this 'cause I have got an old Tape and remember him telling me that it was shit rare

Swifty

Paul mate.......skull snaps -did'nt i do it ...on 45 ...so it's not allowed

OOps didn't know this was out on a 45...

Paul.

Awesome

Maxine Brown -Agree

P

MICKEY MURRAY - EAST OF NOWHERE- SSS INT

ROY LEE JOHNSON I CANT STAND THIS LONELINESS STAX LP -

FOUR TOPS - DONT TURN AWAY (NOT RARE BUT BLOODY ACE!)-MOTOWN

CHRIS BARTLEY - GOTTA TELL SOMEBODY-VANDO

METROS - I'LL NEVER FORGET YOU-RCA VICTOR

DARRELL BANKS - FORGIVE ME, ALSO NEVER ALONE (STAX/VOLT LP-VERSIONS OF JJ BARNES & THE GOLDENWORLD HOLIDAYS RELEASE WHICH DID TECHNICALLY HAVE DB AS A GROUP MEMBER BUT THIS VERSION IS QUITE DIFFERENT!)

RIGHTEOUS BROS - ITS UP TO YOU-VERVE

HARVEY AVERNE DOZEN - WISHIN & HOPING-ATLANTIC

BARBARA ACKLIN - BEEN IN LOVE TOO LONG- BRUNSWICK

Edited November 22, 200915 yr by mark w.

''Lets Do Something Different' Bobby Story (Proud Records) brilliant 1982 Lp hard one from Dallas.

" I Need Love" Dierctions & Directions Band (Brunswick) arguably the hardest Brunswick LP, and what a tune.

The Bennito Sextet Plus One ' Rhythm & Soul ' Peruvian Tico demo LP..................awesome latin soul dancer................ and hundreds of others, that i can't remember.........

Edited November 22, 200915 yr by Brett F

Think the copy that John auctioned belonged to John Vincent who had it three or so years ago.

Don't know if these are all album only tracks, where I have pulled them from,

but just give a listen to these bad boys if you get the chance, not all up tempo

Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Memory Chest

Righteous Brothers - It's Up To You - Awesome

- Love Keeps Calling My Name

Clyde McPhatter - The Shelter Of You Arms

- Please Give Me One More Chance

- Anyone CAn Tell (Were In Love)

Isley Brothers - Whispers Getting Louder

- Little Miss Sweetness

- Good Things

- Sad Souvenirs

Billy Stewart - Exodus

- Temptation

- It's Alright With Me

Originals - Why When Love Is Gone

Temptations - I Gotta Find A Way

Jerry Butlet - Ordinary Joe

Stevie Wonder - Love A Go Go

Four Tops - Teahouse In China Town

Well Mick, I don't like to state the blindingly obvious, but their are tens of thousands of them.

No one would start a thread to name 7" tracks you are aware of would they?

Why is it that so many soul fans seem to think that great LP tracks are in any way unusual? I know many of you come from a 45 based scene, but really, I suppose we are going to have the "Any good CD tracks thread" next.

bobby taylor,"taylor made soul"lp contains ,dont be afraid,

the marvellettes,"sophisticated soul"lp contains,only your love can save me,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18Zd9A_CHc4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmGz_NxabEk

Edited November 22, 200915 yr by de-to

If possible, please ad a sound clip to your sugestions

Tony Fox - Let Love And Be Loved , Tony Aitken - Good Things , Beres Hammond - Do This World A Favour , Leon Debouse - Every Fella's Girl -

Chuck Jackson - Aint no sun since you`ve been gone (awesome tune, the best version by a country mile!!)

Marvelettes - Your love can save me (massive early Wigan spin just waiting to be reactivated))

Velvelettes - These things will keep me loving you (alternate vocal mix, put on early run of Chartbusters Vol 6)

Donald Austin - You want it you got it (Instrumental of Detroit Emeralds)

Edited November 22, 200915 yr by Guest

Hi everyone

Some great suggestions there.

I guess I meant LP only rather than rare.

I agree with Tommy do try to include a sound clip, if possible.

The Leon Cook is a great crossover tune, which I've never heard of - is this a Carabean tune?

Also Album title and label if possible.

Thanks for contributing & keep it up.

Mick

Attachement is ;

Bruce Cloud, Walk in my shoes, California Soul, Capitol US LP

Tony Fox - Let Love And Be Loved

This might be so rare that some don't think it exists, but there is a 45 of this.

Tony Fox - Let Love And Be Loved , Tony Aitken - Good Things ,

This might be so rare that some don't think it exists, but there is a 45 of this.

I think the 45 is a slightly different version to the album,so Mr Franklin leads me to beleive...

I think the 45 is a slightly different version to the album,so Mr Franklin leads me to beleive...

Ah yes, thats right

Hi all

I thought that I'd open this up to share LP only tracks that you may be aware of.

Obviously because of the nature of LP's they don't tend to get as many spins.

Best Mick

hope the link works:

https://www.soul-source.co.uk/more/soul-library/martha-reeves-second-change-us-arista-lp-track

killer 7t's!

I have a feeling the clip sounds a bit slower than the actual LP track, though

best

Stefan

imo they don't come much better than this LP gem from Brenda Lee Eager and Jerry Butler:

https://www.soul-source.co.uk/more/soul-library/jerry-butler-brenda-lee-eager-ever-since-i-can-remember-mercury-lp

I NEVER get tired of hearing this!

Isley Brothers - Whispers Getting Louder

Billy Stewart - Temptation

originals - Why When Love Is Gone

Temptations - I Gotta Find A Way

Jerry Butlet - Ordinary Joe

Stevie Wonder - Love A Go Go

Four Tops - Teahouse In China Town

Edited November 22, 200915 yr by codfromderby

imo they don't come much better than this LP gem from Brenda Lee Eager and Jerry Butler:

https://www.soul-sour...mber-mercury-lp

I NEVER get tired of hearing this!

Totally Agree with you on that Stefan..........

This has all the makings of being a big record.....

Played this at Just Soul on friday and had about 4 people come up to the decks looking at what it was...

Totally Agree with you on that Stefan..........

This has all the makings of being a big record.....

Played this at Just Soul on friday and had about 4 people come up to the decks looking at what it was...

Don't know what happened there, was typing away and Voom...gone?

But Rare this album ain't......but do not let that detract from the Quality

Bully

My personal choice for one of the greatest ever LP only soul dancers:

Jerry Butler "Stop Stepping On My Dreams".

Did actually appear on a US promotional only Mercury 6 track 7" promo EP but sadly in much abbreviated form !!!

''Lets Do Something Different' Bobby Story (Proud Records) brilliant 1982 Lp hard one from Dallas.

" I Need Love" Dierctions & Directions Band (Brunswick) arguably the hardest Brunswick LP, and what a tune.

The Bennito Sextet Plus One ' Rhythm & Soul ' Peruvian Tico demo LP..................awesome latin soul dancer................ and hundreds of others, that i can't remember.........

I have the Bennito Sextet on a US Tico 45 !!! Very hard piece !