Doing the next Cheap as Chips night on Friday 25th June and if the last one was anything to go by it'll be a stormer.

Anyway, I've got my Cheap as Chips playbox but I've just added two more delicious tunes to it today and would love to hear your favourite Cheapies. Any with soundclips would be greatly appreciated.

My top three at the moment are:

Alfreda Brockington - Your love has got me chained and bound - Phil-La (been around for ever and just got itself back in my playbox)

Afro Blues Quintet Plus one - La la la la la - Mira (my tip for the next year if you like your latin - got the makings of a monster)

Jeanette Williams - Stuff - Backbeat (every home should have this - would punch a hole through concrete)

Cheers and enjoy.

3 Jimmy Hughes - Neighbour Neighbour - excellent dancer and the other sides good too!

Yes the other side "Its A Good Thing To Know" is an excellent record!

Just three of many. I prefer the term inexpensive to cheap; there's nothing cheap about quality soul, regardless of the price tag.

Having said that "As inexpensive as chips" sounds bollocks when you say it.

You don't need to look too hard to find these at less than a tenner each.

Clydie King Bout Love

The Impalas Whip it on me

The Dells Make Sure

Jimmy Delphs Go for the Carla copy(Of Almost) and you have the brilliant flip side "Ive been fooled before"

One I love at the moment - Dillard & Johnson - here we go loving again
But go for the original ist press mix on Piedmont.

ZZ Hill - No more Doggin - kent

One of my all time favs - Hokis Pokis - Swing -on Sheild (Or the rarer RCA press)

Edited June 24, 201113 yr by Ernie Andrews

JJ Barnes - please let me in - ric tic

darrell banks - open the door to your heart / our love - revilot

young folk - lonely girl - mar v lus

you could get all three for under £30 on a good day - a thousand quid's worth of quality there

3 recent cheap as chips for me...

john roberts-ill forget you...killer slightly funky northern on duke...still waitin for this

kidnapper-julian and the rubies...great vocal group dancer...$3!

tempests-what you gonna do...killer uptempo northern on smash,cant wait to spin this at weston saturday night,first time hearing it loud

got all three for under £30

JJ Barnes - please let me in - ric tic

darrell banks - open the door to your heart / our love - revilot

young folk - lonely girl - mar v lus

you could get all three for under £30 on a good day - a thousand quid's worth of quality there

Totally agree Pete - There are so many good tunes out there that you can use in a set -But some people as ive said before jsut want 15 mins of fame rather than learning a craft and including lesser priced records in a set takes a good ear and crafting the tunes together.

What a brilliant box all these quoted here on this thread would make.

Cant understand why anybody would want to buy boots when there is so much cheap original quality 45's out there.

Here's two i purchased from ebay last week for £1 each.

https://youtu.be/wTiMmWmGL68

https://youtu.be/xxlXpRiBfng

just for this year, there's loads!

Gloria Gaynor- You'll be sorry

Lovemasters- Pushing and pulling

Mark iv unlimited- gone.

3 more from the box....

Bunny Sigler - Sunny Sunday - Cameo Parkway - Awesome and sooooooo under rated!

Syl Johnson - Try Me - Twinight - possibly the best £7 I've ever spent.

Dee Dee Warwick - Monday Monday - Mercury - Proper soaring, uptempo, feel good soul!

just for this year, there's loads!

Gloria Gaynor- You'll be sorry

Lovemasters- Pushing and pulling

Mark iv unlimited- gone.

Mark iv a great shout! Good dancer and real cheap. Think i paid about a fiver for mine, again just goes to show whats out there if you hunt around a bit

Syl Johnson - Try Me - Twinight - possibly the best £7 I've ever spent.

there is absolutely no reason for anyone to not own this record, one of my faves

Syl Johnson - Try Me - Twinight - possibly the best £7 I've ever spent.

there is absolutely no reason for anyone to not own this record, one of my faves

A record that ticks all the boxes, as you say everyone should own this.

Three more from me - all bought in the last month:

The Ovations featuring Louis Williams - I'm in love - MGM - absolutely fantastic record - other sides good too - can still get this for under a tenner

Manhattans - All I need is your love - Carnival - sounds like an expensive nighter tune to me

Brothers of Soul - Candy / Try it babe - Shock - two great sides for the price of a couple of pints

best adam

Brothers of Soul - Candy / Try it babe - Shock - two great sides for the price of a couple of pints

Wouldn't fancy going for a pint in your local.

Good to see this thread resurrected,three from me

dolores hall-good lovin man-keymen

blockbusters-muddy pt 2-rockin,storming instro

jackie paine-go go train-jetstream

ok heres my 3 - (All in stock too)

but genuinely luv these - not a sales pitch

RAY GANT - DONT LEAVE ME BABY- JAY WALKING

5TH DIMENSION - TOO POOR TO DIE - SOUL CITY

WILLIE CLAYTON - TELL ME - COMPLEAT

Edited December 19, 201113 yr by keithw

teddy greene cry capitol

platters hear no evil musicor

the rubies spanish boy vj

these 3 shouldnt set you back much

Reuben Wright - You Done Me Wrong - Capitol (Fabulous Northern and has real potential, old Stafford cover up)

Willey Wiley - Just Be Glad - King

Nightingales - You'er Moving Much Too Fast - Stax (Tommy Tate on lead vocal, say no more)

an awesome modernish one is garland green - just loving you - spring. So good and very cheap.

Stage lv - just another guy (Millie) grt version $4

Ray pettis - together forever (Dee-Dee) $5

the lost souls - i'm your love man (Glasco) $17

this a right mess hence price,label stuck back on cleaned up

plays superb........

spot on Dale ,all sounded sooo good when u played them to me

A record that ticks all the boxes, as you say everyone should own this.

The flip of Syl Johnson is pretty good as well.

The flip of Syl Johnson is pretty good as well.

Pitch it up to +8 or 10 and it's a stormer! Played it covered up and people always ask what it is!

The flip of Syl Johnson is pretty good as well.

Same Kinda Thing on Twinight by Syl is very good too.

The flip of Syl Johnson is pretty good as well.

yes indeed matt.. Thousands of cheap tunes and many with great flipsides too,ha ha, just the way i like it.. Not so good for record dealers i guess but good for the collecting of quality soul on a budget, the way many of us like or have to do it..

Thousands cheap and wonderful tunes that would stand up against any records...

Pete said JJ Barnes " Please let me in " then flip it over, oooooh, a soul tune indeed hiding there, if you aint heard it and have the record then see what you think?? " i think i found a love "

Just a point though, one persons cheap as chips means £15 or under, just a thought as some will list what they call a cheapie and to others thats quite a lot to pay... or more than they are used to paying.. We all have different levels i guess, depends on finances..

Many tunes listed here are stocking fillers, fill yer boots....

I will get a few titles up later...

Edited December 19, 201113 yr by little-stevie

Major Lance - Little Young Lover (Curtom) £8

Impressions - Love me (Curtom) £10

Magica Brown - A whole lotta lovin (20th Century) £15

3 underplayed killers!!

Sunny Carrington-girl every guy should know-deep,£8,awesome tune

Ive recently picked these up for buttons relatively speaking

Jackie Ross Dynamite Lovin Chess

J,B. Love No One Else But You Congress

Joe-L, I'm Not Gonna Be Worried, Clissac

Great tunage

Aid.

" I Ain't Gonna Stop" The Masqueraders

" Pretty Baby" The COD's

" Boys and Girls Together" Johnny and The Expressions

Same Kinda Thing on Twinight by Syl is very good too.

I'd actually go as far to say that from the first Federal through to the last Hi 45 you can't actually go too far wrong with Syl, something for everyone, R&B, Soul, Funk, Crossover, Ballads. It's all there & done pretty damn well for the most part.

I am glad to see that the following records already received a mention:

The Decisions "I Can't Forget About You"

The Ethics "Look At Me Now"

Betty Everett "Unlucky Girl"

Juanita Williams "Baby Boy"

Joe Tex "You Better Believe it Baby" (great intro: highly effective floor filler)

I'd like to nominate three more:

Dee Dee Warwick "Don't You Ever Give Up On Me" Mercury

The Intruders "(You'd Better) Check Yourself" Gamble

The Radiants "Ain't No Big Thing" Chess

Hows about Guys & Gals

Tommy Hunt - Loving On The Losing Side -Just played this and it sounds great!

Betty Harris -12 Red Roses

Spinners - With My Eyes

Willey Wiley - Just Be Glad - King

hugely under rated record, play it all the time at home

Hows about Guys & Gals

Tommy Hunt - Loving On The Losing Side -Just played this and it sounds great!

Betty Harris -12 Red Roses

Spinners - With My Eyes

Sure I have the Tommy Hunt down as my "Guilty Pleasure" in another thread!

the chances-it takes more than love £9

jimmy mccraklin-the drag £10

bobby jones-i got a habit £10

dean

Al Williams - Try Them... Tenner

Whispers - Needle In a Haystack... Fiver

Jimmy James - Want You So Much... A quid lol

Al Williams - Try Them... Tenner

I keep meaning to play this out a bit more. Great discovery of recent years.

Just give this a little kick up

3 recents

Benny Spellman- I Feel Good- Atlantic

Bettye Swann-Don't Take My Mind-Money

George McCrae-Please Help me Find my baby-Soul City

Tony

Edited January 5, 201213 yr by tonyp

Off the top of my head:

Herman Griffin - Are You For Me Or Against Me - MAGIC TOUCH

Dennis Landry - Sing My Song - SOUL UNLIMITED

L.A.X. - All My Love - PRELUDE

Just 3, not easy at all, so many quality soul tracks that don't bust the bank... 3 spins of mine at Soul Or Nothing events in the past... All mid tempo and oozing soul in my book..

Maybe not tips for the top but quality soul indeed..

Take away.. The Tams... Still all these years later many folk aint looked on the flipside "Hey Girl Don't bother me" and found thIs wonderful gem..

We all have them b-sides still not flipped in our collections, who aint played this??

Lou Ragland... I can't take it ... Co- Co Cleveland records.... A record that ticks the boxes for me, play it loud...

Darrow Fletcher.. " I think i'm gonna write a song ".. Congress records.... A tune of such beauty from the man that can do no wrong..

Darrow Fletcher.. " I think i'm gonna write a song " . Congress records..... A soul or nothing spin of the last few years that still aint really had its day...

baby help me-percy sledge $6 atlantic...lovin this at the moment

lets do it-carl stewart £18...anyone know anything about this? on copyright records

forget about that mess-the marvels £12

dean

lets do it-carl stewart £18...anyone know anything about this? on copyright records

this is from beaumont, texas. It is carl stewart with the sonics, right? Manship auctioned one of the sonics on copyright maybe a year ago but I don't remember if it's this one or not. Carl Stewart also has a record on mercury if I'm remembering correctly.

There is a nice barbara lynn record on this label.

yeah thats it carl stewart and the sonics....didnt see the auctioned tune and this wasnt in his book but had a soundclip on ebay...nice uptempo slightly funky dancer

just for this year, there's loads!

Gloria Gaynor- You'll be sorry

Lovemasters- Pushing and pulling

Mark iv unlimited- gone.

Mark iv, great shout

GERRY &PAUL----THE CAT WALK----CLASSIC

THE SHORT KUTS---YOUR EYES MAY SHINE---UPTEMPO CHEAP---£8 QUID

LINDA JONES----I CAN'T STOP LOVIN MY BABY----UPTEMPO CHEAP £7 QUID

NANCY WILSON---THE END OF OUR LOVE----ALL TIME CLASSIC

BILL COSBY----LITTLE OLE MAN----CLASSIC

Two cracks at this one...

Willie Mitchell - Up Hard

J. J. Barnes - Don't Bring Me Bad News

Little Ann - Going Down A One Way Street (The Wrong Way)

Undisputed Truth - Lil' Red Riding Hood

Ruby Andrews - You Old Boo Boo You

Etta James - All The Way Down

van mc coy it aint no big thing on rockway . top class vocals. jerry butler one night affair on mercury. aretha franklin integrity on arista. so soulful

I know, there's 6 here,but I did place 'em in 3's.......

Al Green.....Let me help you.........Bell

Al Robinson...Sho bout drive me wild....Pulsar

Bill Johnson........It aint never gonna die....Jocida

&

5th Dimension......Too poor to die....Soul city

Uniques.......I'll do anything.......Paula

Worlds funkiest band.......When youre alone....California gold

I know, there's 6 here,but I did place 'em in 3's.......

Al Green.....Let me help you.........Bell

Al Robinson...Sho bout drive me wild....Pulsar

Bill Johnson........It aint never gonna die....Jocida

&

5th Dimension......Too poor to die....Soul city

Uniques.......I'll do anything.......Paula

Worlds funkiest band.......When youre alone....California gold

ALL QUALITY, mate, check you Fb message Al!

love the al robinson and al green...gotta double of the al robinson if any one wants one!

My top 3 cheap but top 45's

Vontastics-Let me down easy (toddlin town)(if butch played it would go like the Flairs)!

Joe Simon-When (ss7) floor packer at Ghetto rare underplayed nights!

Aristocrats-Ip slippin dippin(w bros)superb 70's and under 20 quid!