Different Bags / Closed Mind (Wesgate) EX £50

As seen on Jazzman for £60, this has the better label design. Good price seeing as Haim Koenig had a one-off for sale at $175 less than 6 months ago. They will dry up soon...

Marsius & the Fantastic Soul Invention / Marsius (Music Power, Italy) EX £50

Italian funk, ask for sound files because the B-side has an enormous drum and bass breakdown.

Fabulous Empollos / Stand Up (Empollo) EX £40

Rare funk from California, listed by Mr Leaver in a recent top ten.

Aguabella / I wanna know (Epsilon) EX £80

Slightly different mix of the track from Aguabella's famous LP, a great uptempo latin funk cut that'll get the ladies moving. Flip sweet side is very very good too.

Leotine Dupree / Color me foolish / Standing on his word (Nation Time) M- £30

Lovely soul backed with an outstanding funky soul dancer.

And a mess of other stuff. Maybe you'll recognise something...

Special Affair "Love Quake Parts 1 & 2 (Instrumental)" (Pick-a-hit)

VG+ but I'm afraid the instrumental side is unplayable... Obscure Ohio disco soul from 1977. £10

Danny "The Driver / My Friend" (Mountain) Ex. Obscure funk rock, heavy

drumming, not sure where it's from. £5

Little Joe Cook & The Thrillers "Funky Hump / Crazy Baby" (Soultown)

Ex. Double sider, excellent funk soul sides. Superb label logo. £5

The Sounds of Experience "All In My Mind Parts 1 & 2" (Bicentennial

Records) VG++, a mark on the A side, plays fine. Strange soul record

with moog solo. £7

Johnny Holiday "Magic Of The Mind / Show The Peace Sign" (Bold) VG+, a

few paper scuffs, plays fine. Same guy and label as "Nobody Loves Me

But My Mother", similar sound but, of course, not quite as good. £12

The Beginning Of The End "Monkey Tamarind / Hey Pretty Girl" (Alston)

Ex. Clean copy of this harder-to-find single from this famed band. £7

Cephas System "Brand New Day / Always Room For One More Fool" (Abbott) Ex. £7

Opus VII "With This Ring / I Love You" (Gram-o-phon) VG+, paper

scuffing. Delicate and very good soul sides. £10

A Band Called Sam "Mother Of The Year / Do You Like It?" (Authentic

Blues Cultured Sounds Inc.) VG++. Funky soul produced and written by

Sam Taylor. £7

Celeste Hardie "You Touched The Inner Part Of Me Parts 1 & 2"

(Loadstone) Ex. Excellent soul! £10

Nate Reese "Brown Sugar (Vocal & Instrumental)" (360 Degrees A Message To The People) M-. Ambitious funky soul from Ohio.

Arnie and his Soul Brothers "The Prune / Look Out" (Emmes) M-. Obscure

soul sides. £15

The Real Thing "It Took A Little Church Girl / The International Love

Song" (Whiz) VG+, minor paper scuffs. A little bit of not-at-all-bad

funk on the b-side. £5

Joni Dias "Chalk It Up To Love (Mono & Stereo)" (Meridian) Ex. Clean

copy of late 70s southern soul effort. £5

Detroit Night Riders "Getting Funky / Night Time In The Ghetto" (Mutt) VG+. £12

Billy Guy and the Coasters "Take It Greazy / You Move Me" (Sal/Wa) Ex.

Clean copy of the vocal version of the track comped on the first of

Keb Darge's "Deep Funk" series. £12

Jonathan "No Place Like Home / Trackin'" (Catalyst) Ex. Excellent and

not very well known funk instrumental. £20

Ricky Allen "Talk' En About You Baby / No Better Time Than Now"

(One-way) VG++. Excellent funk side! £12

Roy Roberts "You Move Me Parts 1 & 2" (House Of The Fox) Ex. Moody,

atmospheric funk track. £15

Chico and Buddy "A Thing Called The Jones / Can You Dig It?"

(Tayster). Funk double sider, shows Dave Hamilton involvement. £15

A Different Bag "Let's Put It Together / Track Down" (D. Bag) Ex.

Clean copy, first issue of an excellent funk side. £10

Aged In Harmony "Theme For Someone Special / I Feel Like Dancin'"

(Mor-tones) M-. Same modern soul band has another 45 at big money, this is very good stuff. £15

Counter Points / You Made Me So Very Happy (Ja-Wes) VG plays well. Rare funky jazz stuff. £10

Confidentials / Does He Really Love you (Masterpiece) VG+. £10

TNT Tribble Band / I'm just talking to myself (Dayco) EX. Instrumental plays like a Talking Heads 12" B-side. Modern funk, big heavy drums. £20

Chris Towns / Funky Sunday (Cee Tee) VG+. Funky funky piano cuts. £15

Azitis / From This Place (Elco) EX. Christian psych with massive drums, as heard on DJ Shadow's Diminishing Returns garage rock mix. Has to be a rare one considering the LP goes for $500+. £75

Phase II / Phase II (Juldane) EX. Strange soul instrumentals. £15

Manuel Holcolm / This Generation (Diamond Jim) VG+. First issue, steady soul with a big beat, great vocals by Manuel. £10

The Fleshmen / Go Funky (Oracle) EX. Breaks! Rare! £20

Shelton Kilby & Counterpoint / Fall Back And Regroup (Beegee) EX. Great title, funky social conscious soul in a Curtis way. £7

Brothers Of Soul / A Lifetime (Boo) EX. Classic soul, shiny copy. £20

Christine Perfect / No Road Is The Right Road (Blue Horizon) EX. Ever heard of this? Excellent southern soul (in the best sense of the term) from Fleetwood gal. £15

Bob Smith & The Boo-Kou's / That Thing Is Green (Boo-Kou) EX. £7

Prince Charles & The Royal Guards / Funky Bootie (Attack) VG+. Rare funk, nice drums as you would hope. £20

Tomorrow's Promise / He Don't Love Like I Do (Capitol) EX. Perfect sweet soul. £10

Out Of Sights / I've Got Ta Be Me (Saru) VG+. Produced by Lou Ragland, one uptempo side, one slower side, excellent & rare production. £15