Gloria Jones

Tainted Love

Is there a better known Northern Soul record? we think not as Soft Cell's cover version "Hit" in 17 different countries.

Let's face it, Marc Almond was not the only teenager affected to the core when he heard "Tainted Love" for the very first time, allegedly on a suggestion from his local Northern Soul DJ Ian "Frank" Dewhirst he should record this instead of the insipid drivel of his previous indie recording.

Well he went away and did just that - selling literally millions of copies and kick-starting a long and successful career.

Before you today though is something rather special - this iconic 1964 Northern Soul anthem in it's RAREST label design pressed in vinyl, that is 48 years after it's birth in MINT - condition. Straight from America - bypassing all the rigors of the Northern Soul circuit - ready for those of you seeking the pristine NS classics in the finest possible condition.

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The winning bid was £ 388.00

Ty Karim

You Just Don't Know

Just occasionally, a record collecting moment makes your heart race, your palms perspire, leaving you breathless.

For me it's always when I encounter a Northern Soul trophy in unimaginable condition. Not only is this record in any condition a NS prize most will never own in their lifetime but this copy is MINT!

Astonishing truly flawless copy of Los Angeles undisputed Queen of independent soul RAREST 45!

Northern Soul foraging does not get any better than this!

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The winning bid was £ 2,614.00

Harvey And The Jokers

Soul Sound

Harvey's gonna bring you the "Soul Sound" on a raft of mellow horns characteristic of the Carolinas creations that have enriched the British Northern Soul scene for decades.

The haunting lead vocal weaves it's path through complimentary brass and tricky guitar work, blending Northern Soul mid-tempo perfection.

You are viewing a Northern Soul trophy piece, one of only a handful of copies known, seldom seen for sale; especially in this fine clean condition.

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The winning bid was £ 1,112.00

Thelma Houston

Baby Mine C/w The Woman Behind Her Man

Especially for those discerning collectors who seek PERFECTION whilst acquiring the Northern Soul classics.

If your edging towards that magically milestone 60 years of age. This 45 holds the power to catapult your mind back evoking visions of; The Torch, The Cats, Leeds Central, Saturday afternoons in Select-A-Disc, pilgrimages to Wigan Casino, Va Va's or wherever that NS addiction took hold.

Thelma Houston's "Baby Mine" just screams the NORTHERN SOUL GLORYYEARS 1972 - 1975.

So in 2012 to find an UNPLAYED untouched copy is for me a delight. I'm perhaps the most untidy person in the world - but pristine vinyl & labels - just does it for me.

Deep Soul depressionists listen to the flipside and weep...

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The winning bid was £ 188.00

Thats right Pete, the above post wasn't 'an ad', its just the facts, John does well because of the exposure and the service.

now lets all find something more productive and positive to do with our time

enjoy yourself, its later than you think...

I agree with you, that is very annoying. When stuff goes lower than the average it's a "bargain" but if stuff goes super high, that's the new price. And what makes it worse is that there's a lot of buyers who for some reason only want expensive records, so increasing the price actually increases the demand, which can up the price even more.

Some people do only want expensive records, regardless of what they are. I used to go into a record shop in London quite regularly and one week he had hardly any singles when the previous week he'd had loads. So I asked him what had gone on.

He said a guy came in and bought everything that was priced over £25, didn't look at anything else. So the record store guy says "I only have part of my stock in the shop, I can bring the stuff in from the store tomorrow if you want to look through that?" "great!" says the buyer.

The record store guy then spends most of the night repricing half his cheap stock in the shop to above £25 and the buyer comes in next day and buys it all off him.

The day I was in I bought "no one there" for a fiver - it said "Nice Motown £5" on the sleeve which must have put the buyer off.

if you had rich buyers you would have money. you can do things for free, like reach out to some of the people and ask for leads on their friends, etc.

also you said you have a 1500 person sales list. Aren't there wealthy people on your list? I just started and I have a 100 person list and there's at least a couple wealthy collectors. The problem for me is that if they are actually serious collectors they will already have everything except the ultra-rarities. A different type of wealthy collector is paying a lot of money for common records -- a more casual type of collector.

if I ever get to be super wealthy I would probably be happy to spend over the odds fro those great but not always rare records that floated my boat.

as thats unlikely to happen i'll continue to buy a few bits here and there on ebay.

bob its unlikely people will have everythgin except the ultra rarities as its a bottomless pit of 45s. I'm happy now juts buying cheap things I don't already know. I don;t realy chase rarities anymore unless they are under market value.

Edited June 7, 201212 yr by dylan

Shock horror the price of rare and not so rare records goes up!

Bet those of us with collections are all waiting for the day when our rarities are worthless and the Manship auction items end up at £2.50 with one bidder eh?

this is a rare record as a demo. and in mint condition even rarer as it is a diff version. try even finding a mint....... i mean mint... issue. i went to 300 as it was a required number.