Jonathan Smith Dr. Love

UNISSUED, Unique and spectacular Northern Soul dancer.

November 1968 New York session, most likely inspired by Norman Whitfield’s Motown / Temptations sessions of the period. As Temps-styled but uncredited vocal-group support the mysterious Jonathan Smith throughout this fine dancer.

Highly pitched vocals cry out throughout Motownesque recording, timely and potent instrumental breaks bring it all together.

Fantastic Northern Soul and we presume a unique solitary one-of-a-kind killer.

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The winning bid was £ 290.00

 

Betty Harris Soul Perfection

The ridiculously elusive 1969 British press, that offers the collector fully 16 of her very finest 60s New Orleans SANSU recordings.

NOT issued in the USA until 1980. The soundfile is just a taster of what this awesome album holds - it is, as the title suggests SOUL PERFECTION! Listen to a sample of this fiery Soul-Princess, check out her attitude as she discharges Soul on every syllable.

This lady is one of the Greats and this is her most-complete vinyl compilation released on one the Britain’s most collectable labels in the type of dream-condition, I can find no flaw with!

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The winning bid was £ 105.00

 

Jesse Davis Gonna Hang On In There Girl C/w Night Bloomin' Jasmin'

For over tree decades this tune has been considered a most elusive Northern Soul classic But as the withdrawn FIRST PRESS #3187 with the Beat Ballad Heaven flipside, it rarely, if ever comes to market.

Topside features Mirwood’s Queen of Lyrics “Shirlie Matthews” who again gives up powerful & meaningful words, which the ERA production team weave into an equally potent production.

THIS IS NORTHERN SOUL!

But please take time to check out the significant flip side. BEAT BALLAD HEAVEN lurks around the corner, as ERA’s most-talented writer Barry Stuart (provider for Tommy Mosley, Jewel Akens etc.) again writes a winning Big City Beater.

ONLY on Era 3187 the FIRST PRESS do you get this impressive pairing, and on our database suggests it as at least 3 times rarer than the ERA 3189 re-promotion.

Condition could not be better..

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The winning bid was £ 818.00

 

Professor Longhair Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand C/w Looka' No Hair

One seriously tough one to capture!

397 in the series offering a solid R&B mover, first recorded & released on the highly regarded Los Angeles, Ebb in 1957. Guy Stevens and team were never ones to overlooked a good Blues mover, releasing it in Britain in 1965, unfortunately to little or no response.

This Sue 45 seems to appear on most of the increasing SUE want lists we receive, so lets be fair and give every SUE-Man a chance to snare it..

Nice clean vinyl, two perfect labels.

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The winning bid was £ 105.00

Edited May 8, 201312 yr by JOE TORQUAY

Skip Jackson And The Shantons I'm On To You Girl C/w Promise That You Wait

Apparently in the early part of this century this punchy Northern Soul mid-tempo was was in our price guide 3 for £40. Underlining the importance of staying in touch with demand and the trends across all the Northern Soul styles and genre.

The topside has always been a well known NS dance tune, although undeservedly underexposed due to the plethora of DJing choices available throughout the last third of the 20th. century.

So enter the upfront Soulful venues of the new century, who had long been spinning”Michael Lizzmore” 1972 version of Skip Jackson’s original “Promise That You Wait” - Capitol 3480; a decidedly fine soul crossover groove and no easy find.

Then of course the Skip Jackson original version started to receive plays, igniting a spike in awareness, demand and value. Today if we ever list this Double-Delight of Rare Soul, it leaves the website in a moment.

Here’s a fair chance to snag a perfectly clean copy - and own two spectacular tunes on one increasingly elusive disc..

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The winning bid was £ 206.00

 

Celest Hardie You're Gone

Bay Area rare-soul from another pole to the Deloris Ealy listing.

This maybe an indie label, but producer/label owner Paul E. Reynolds always provided slick, precise recordings any USA major would have been proud of.

The silky-sister, jazz inspired vocal melts your heart as you dance. Sorrowful lyrics, lifted by an inspirational horn arrangement, cradling early 70s soulful dance at it’s very best.

What a vocal, and how well those subtle horns work to highlight Ms. Hardie’s probing emotion..

No matter how many times I hear it..it still moves me!

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The winning bid was £ 600.00

 

Duke Browner Crying Over You

During 2013 this former Golden Torch, Catacombs, Mecca favourite has risen again to the heady heights of popularity it enjoyed in 1972.

So how pleasing is it to be able to offer a copy that has NOT changed hands or been spun of the NS DJ circuit since circa 1972 when it was first purchased.

We are proud to list “one-owner” “collection filed” flawless condition NS classics - because by definition they are really RARE!

Check out soundfile perfection - to relive a Northern Soul “Back To The Future” experience..

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The winning bid was £ 692.00

 

Johnny Wyatt This Thing Called Love

Check out the decidedly different label design of this RARE 1966 UK FIRST PRESS with the artist credit text set at the horizontal postion.

A total non-seller upon release and quickly to be deleted. Yes, you’ve guessed it, this is another killer tune raised from the ashes of obscurity by the Soul-vinyl foraging DJ’s of those iconic 60s All-Night clubs.

It was a Twisted Wheel, Mojo, Nite Owl, Beechcomber favourite. So much so Ed Kassner re-issued it in 1968 on President’s revamped label layout with the artist credit in the vertical position.

This is of course the design you now occasionally come across as the 1968 issue was a huge underground success, and like Darrell Banks on Stateside was kept available by President for several years into the very early 70s.

So here is the FIRST PRESS that the dedicated British Soul collector covets so highly. Very Rarely seen for sale, as it sold nowt of release - but now nearly 40 years on, it is still considered a sure-fire, floor-destroying-classic; As few recordings match this Barry White concept crafting the real-deal-proper-Northern Soul Stomper at full throttle.

3rd. & 4th. scans are the 1968 re-issue, we are showing these two, so you can see the 1968 2nd. design, that is a 100 or more commoner than the first 1966 issue on offer.

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The winning bid was £ 61.00

Deloris Ealy Deloris Is Back With Jerome C/w Don't Be Afriad

One of only a handful known!

Seriously rare Bay Area FUNK! from Delores Ealy (note label typo “Delois”) this lady can do no wrong, everything she has ever put to vinyl shakes with power & attitude, whether it be Deep Funk or Deep Soul this lady spews it out with opinionated precision.

Listen to a street level screamer that will instantly have you swaying to the rhythm. Delores is backed up by uncredited vocals of equal attitude, Jerome’s Band subtle keyboard work, blended by Oakland’s Victor Green; and it all works so very well.

Flip it over to be swept away by a simplistic Deep Soul ballad underlining the budget this recording was made on.

So very rare, maybe as little as 6 known copies worldwide, all of which have some degree of water staining to the label. This copy is the very least marked of all I have seen - vinyl is PERFECT!

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The winning bid was £ 139.00

 

Gloria Scott (a Case Of) Too Much Love Makin' C/w What Am I Gonna Do

An eye-popping 45…

The one and ONLY way to own the 70s masterpiece as a 7”, is sitting there before you.

A modern-soul anthem played from the highly-sought-after 1974 Casablanca - What Am I Gonna Do - album, which has since been reissued to meet that huge demand created by Richard Searling and co. through the years.

Hey but who cares, this is an utterly different level of collecting. This is the legendary and hideously rare Australian only 7” press; Noting that all Oz 45s of the 60s & 70s were manufactured in high-fidelity robust vinyl and pressed in such tiny quantities, every release seems to be a rarity born.

The stand-out most-highly-valued Australian Northern Soul 45 offering not one but TWO sides of Barry White genius that crafted two pre-disco masterpieces for this under-recorded Diva.

Irresistible!

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The winning bid was £ 540.00

 

Contours Shake Sherry C/w You Better Get In Line

British Tamla Motown serial upgraders - you will never need to look for another copy of this 1963 UK non-hit.

Condition is pristine! Both labels, vinyl and birth-sleeve are as perfect as you could ever dream of filing.

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The winning bid was £ 68.00

Danny Monday Baby, Without You

Vintage Northern Soul original collectors - here’s one from the top-drawer.

One of the classic Northern Soul Wigan Casino / Cleethhorpes Pier anthems you just never see for sale. Danny’s only credited recording and it is, as you already know, an absolute belting slab a vintage style Northern Soul.

Condition other than a light sticker residue stain is utterly blinding!

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The winning bid was £ 689.00

 

Infinity Put Everythng In Place

Dance Your Ass Off! From the first note to the last this is DANCE record pulling from all the influences of the 80s dance-scene into one big feel-good experience.

Lead vocal is decidedly strong, with slick vocal-group chorus is smooth, but the relentless dance rhythm is as infectious as it could possibly be, it just cannot be ignored.

Play this record in any club in any city in the world it would be received with continued frivolity, because it is a complete dance-tune incorporating energy and charm that have made it an essential DJ record to own all over Europe.

Listen & sit still if you can..

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The winning bid was £ 215.00

 

Daryl Pediford Summer Comes Along

A Soul Essence exclusive spin for years, at last debuts these pages…

Sexy sax opens proceedings, a discreet hammond weaves in depth before the absorbing vocal of Daryl Pediford takes you by surprise as he immerses himself in his lyrics, demanding your full attention.

The blend of a mushrooming emotional vocal and explicit soulful saxophone, fills the air. An experience you don’t forget, a Soul Essence, Great Yarmouth tune you take home in your head, driving west back towards civilization.

Too darn soulful, too rare, too exclusive to be heard outside these special venues, but isn’t that just how we like our vinyl!

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The winning bid was £ 111.00

Celeste hardy and danny monday,jesus h christ who paid that.

I see Duke Browners gone through the roof.what price for a mint White Demo? Chris.

Reasonable Skip Jackson though. 

D. Ealy was very cheap! If anyone has one at that price please drop me a mail!

£105 for Professor Longhair on Sue? Is that the going rate now?

Celeste hardy and danny monday,jesus h christ who paid that.

Somebody call me a doctor

Celeste hardy and danny monday,jesus h christ who paid that.

 

 

What is a fair price on Danny Monday?

I see Duke Browners gone through the roof.what price for a mint White Demo? Chris.

 

Even here in the US the song is getting attention (by a dedicated few, not a mass audience, yet) for being in the Northern Soul movie preview. I'm hoping the movie is released here in the US and has some success, will either make me a big shot for playing it or allow me to ca$h in my copy.....

What is a fair price on Danny Monday?

I thought Danny Monday was "cheap" you hardly ever see it listed. Tefftellers Ebay listing sold for $1600+  and there another listing that sailed past the $2000 mark. Manship's last copy many years ago was water damaged and went for more, personally I think a £1000 it not too much for this classic, that I've never seen a release copy of. I thought Duke Browner was about right considering the huge demand and condition.

I got £650 for a mint wdj of Duke Browner and thought I had done well!!! 

Edited May 9, 201312 yr by mrtag