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Buddy Ace Screaming Please

This highly regarded label’s most-wanted Northern Soul spin of the moment.

A click of the soundfile will reveal exactly why the DJ and collectors are clamouring to own a copy, besides in looking gorgeous.

Yet again the industrious pen of Deadric Malone (Don Robey) provides the world’s most-famous underground dance scene with another irresistible invitation to get up off your seat.

Buddy Ace gives you plenty time to do so, as the slow precise horn intro opens up into a mid-tempo trombone guided floater that blossoms into one classy-mover, as we melt in the presence of Mr. Ace’s gargling with sand vocal gets to work… the now inspired brass gets up and to it.

It’s magic! it’s just an utterly glorious session of distilled purely tantalizing Texas soul!

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The winning bid was £ 616.00

 

Nabay Nabay

Legendary Northern Soul from Detroit.

A vocal & instrumental classic that sits at the top of Northern Soul aficionados bucket-lists, in the hope one may just come their way. For those who dream of owning the most prestigious NS “impossibles”, here it is in the flesh, the rarest record on a label that gave so much to Northern Soul.

This is an acquisition that the serious about this “Way Of Life” will remember for ever..

This copy has a few light surface marks as you can hear it plays loud and clean BOTH sides, label has minor paper rub wear but all text bright and clear.

it’s an eye-popping-piece - just the fact a copy is available for ownership speaks volumes..as i can’t even remember the last copy we had…

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The winning bid was £ 2,509.00

 

Shane Martin I Need You C/w You're So Young

A listing for the many off you who yearn to own the least seen forms of the real-deal Northern Soul Classics. Enough of the “Blacks” how about those seldom seen “Yellows”

This Epic STOCK copy is in sublime flawless condition, hanging to it’s originall birth-sleeve..

Personally I just bloody adore these “white guys” with soul - especially if Artie “I Can’t Help Loving You” Schroeck is arranging them…

Real Deal Northern in it’s least encountered form..

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The winning bid was £ 210.00

 

Ray Pollard It's A Sad Thing C/w All The Things You Are

Nothing quite catches the eye quite like the British Red & White DEMO! ..and certainly nothing catches the ear like the booming-pipes of Ray Pollard in full voice..

Present the two together, a top-drawer head-turner reveals itself…Condition is immaculate throughout … what’s not to love?

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The winning bid was £ 361.00

 

Blues & Soul Blues & Soul November 1969 #23

Blues and Soul leave the 60s with a bang!

As you can see from the sample pages this monthly mag that religiously informed the British Soul collector of the time, with new realeses in the form of reviews and those iconic record label adverts. This edition carries ads from Action, Stax, Soul City, Atlantic, Apple, MCA, Liberty/United Artists, Blue Horizon & Chess.

Artist pics and bio’s inc: Erma Franklin, Isaac Hayes, William Bell & Darrell Banks are covered in the article STAX SOUL EXPLOSION, The Drifters part 5 includes 4 artist shots.

Plus the legendary Dave Godin column.

This rare example is in glorious like new condition.

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The winning bid was £ 50.00

 

Apple & The 3 Oranges Love Brings Out The Best Of You C/w My Baby

For those of you who like to dig deep for those urban-private presses of staggering quality, here is a Rare beauty from the streets of Los Angeles.

Immerse yourself in a vocal group Northern Soul Crossover groove, rippling with the specific intention of delivering smooth-soul. Edward Nelson the driving force behind the gathering has more than one great rarity to his name. On this super-scarce 45 he again hits us with something from his heart.

Jazzy arrangement incorporates flutes, guitar caresses and “Apples” lead vocal dripping with desire drags the lyrics from deep inside, then the “3 Oranges” girl-group purr out the chorus…

It is records like this that makes record collecting so rewarding…

Record plays perfect but te only only two copies I’ve witness of this 45 has a masterplate flaw that gives a fine ridge on the surface and another in the deadwax, neither blips affect play whatsoever - but it’s maybe the reason it’s is so darn rare - the visual glitch perhaps prevented it hitting the streets.

Whatever…it’s a gorgeous slab of Crossover that only a very lucky few own.

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The winning bid was £ 380.00

 

Apple & The 3 Oranges Love Brings Out The Best Of You C/w My Baby

For those of you who like to dig deep for those urban-private presses of staggering quality, here is a Rare beauty from the streets of Los Angeles.

Immerse yourself in a vocal group Northern Soul Crossover groove, rippling with the specific intention of delivering smooth-soul. Edward Nelson the driving force behind the gathering has more than one great rarity to his name. On this super-scarce 45 he again hits us with something from his heart.

Jazzy arrangement incorporates flutes, guitar caresses and “Apples” lead vocal dripping with desire drags the lyrics from deep inside, then the “3 Oranges” girl-group purr out the chorus…

It is records like this that makes record collecting so rewarding…

Record plays perfect but te only only two copies I’ve witness of this 45 has a masterplate flaw that gives a fine ridge on the surface and another in the deadwax, neither blips affect play whatsoever - but it’s maybe the reason it’s is so darn rare - the visual glitch perhaps prevented it hitting the streets.

Whatever…it’s a gorgeous slab of Crossover that only a very lucky few own.

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The winning bid was £ 380.00

 

Pam Bowie He's All I Need C/w Everlasting Love

Collecting Northern Soul Crossover cannot get any more challenging than this silky Fred Bridges - Bobby Eaton - Richard Knight creation. It could be easier jogging up the Northface of the Eiger than finding this inexplicably elusive 45.

Let’s get the rarity into perspective since I was weaned on Soul Vinyl in 1969 this is THE FIRST copy I’ve had for sale. Oh what have I been missing - this is gloriously rich SOUL delivered by an Angel guided by The Gods of our music.

Do not pass by this delicacy, when will you see another one… Listen, you’ll find yourself sinking into a bath of milk, allowing those bare-breasted maidens fan you with wafting palm leaves..then you just melt.

The Funk infused flipside is a winner also ..

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The winning bid was £ 545.00

 

Roy Wright & Rockin' Blues Combo I'm Going Crazy C/w Once In A While

The Rare R&B offering this week comes in the form of a seriously elusive Chicago session from the “Hook Line And Sinker” man Roy Wright.

Without question Roy’s rarest 45 that will interest those collectors who seek out those impossible Chicago label’s, R&B DJ’s who want something no other jock has or collectors who appreciate the raw, sidewalk production featuring untamed vocal woven into spontaneous productions that just glow in their own primitiveness.

Totally RARE and thoroughly addictive R&B Northern Soul shaker.. flip it over for a Soul/Blues ballad that is just typical of the man.

Have you seen it before and when will you see another..is the question

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The winning bid was £ 111.00

 

San Remo Strings International Love Theme

Chiseled into the interior of every old-school Northern Soulie’s aortas are San Remo Strings “Festival Time” “Hungry For Love” “I’m Satisfied”

But burned into the mind of the serious label collectors is the RED STOCK copy of this orchestra’s least loved Ric Tic offering.

We are talking Godzilla-Rare stock copy of a record the PROMO copy is a dime-a-dozen. This will only appeal to label-completists but when it comes to the RIC-TIC label, there is an army of them out there.. and in that army there are only a couple of generals actually own copy.

RARE in the extreme.. ain’t it just!

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The winning bid was £ 307.00

 

Chubby Checker You Just Don't Know (what You Do To Me Girl)

Chicago conceived but Philly delivered!

This is a Northern Soul classic of classics, such an important piece in our long and varied NS history; as the first copy played came from it’s British release. Then the search was on, a few, in fact a very very few British 45’s came to light over the decades to come. But the USA copy remained unearthed, which was very puzzling to all on the CC hunt.. until we realized Cameo Parkway never released it in the USA.

They didn’t even PROMO it, except for this wildly elusive October 1965 Los Angeles press. It didn’t receive a vinyl promo in any other part of the country.

There is however ONE solitary test press that USA Parkway Record Archive had press for reference…in 1965., so rarity could hardly be more solid. In my lifetime so far I’ve only ever found one copy of this in the wild. That was in a different century - today if we are lucky enough to be able to list a copy - i still find myself drooling over the “staggered” Parkway logo, the iconic two shield label design…and remember how I used to fantasize about finding a copy every single time I visited California..

Still a thrill today - heart-stoppingly RARE! 

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The winning bid was £ 555.00

 

O. V. Wright What Did You Tell This Girl Of Mine C/w What About You

It could have only been sheer-scarcity that prevented this becoming a 60’s club-classic or was it because it’s hidden away on the flipside - or was it because in the 60s there was an avalanche of British Soul releases to consider..?

Most likely it was because of UK SUE policy of tiny pressing runs and their habit of deleting product sometimes within weeks of release - whatever the cause this is a sensational piece of Texas dance soul tat needs to be heard!

Not only at Twisted Wheel tribute nights - but right across the Northern Soul spectrum…meaty, growling NS does not get more effective than this.

Flip it for some staggering Deep Soul from a record that looks like it was pressed yesterday, not in 1967.

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The winning bid was £ 56.00

Edited January 29, 201411 yr by JOE TORQUAY

Billy Byrd I Can Make It Without You C/w Can You Feel It

Currently in the play box of such eminent DJ’s as Soul Sam & Arthur Fenn this horn ad chorus propelled Chicago rarity takes off from the very first note.

The Mac Simmons style dancebeat is relentless, with solid full-blown horns breaking the air then a girl choir cooing away knitting the arrangement together, the occasional muscular horn uplift adds eve more power to the proceedings.

This is rare invasive dance soul with all the tools to wreck the dancefloor.. Well done the Grand-Daddy of Rare Soul for yet again giving us another impressive rarity to chase, and for Arthur who just keeps underlining his impeccable taste in music as the years go by.

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The winning bid was £ 312.00

 

Grooms Slow Down

Church street, Norfolk was the springboard for most-all local Virginian soul acts to ply their trade on. It gave up over the years some killer tunes of all styles, this example offers up a fabulous “Whitfield” inspired cocktail of harmony soul & funk.

Currently very sought-after and right in the groove for Northern Soul’s constantly shifting themes & tastes. A fabulous dancefloor chugger powered by tenacious bass guitar & horn work… embroidered with those perfectly timed and blended harmony make vocals…

Flip it over and the group flex those harmony skills again on a slow and dreamily expressive sweet-soul ballad featuring trumpet excellence..

Two sides that reveal the talent thatstrolled the Church Street walk..

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The winning bid was £ 114.00

 

Harmonica Fats With Joe Kincaid & Soul Brother Band It's Hard To Get Along C/w Harmonica Symphony Stomp

Willie Norfor’s label that gave us Bobby Williams & His Mar-Kings, comes two more impressively RARE-FUNKERS!

Aided by Joe Kincaid & The Soul Brothers Band the L.A. harmonica genius Harvey Blackston the man who in 1964 served a club-classic “Tore Up” upon the “Wheelers” ..but moved with the times sliding his talents neatly into a potent FUNK Rhythm J.K. and the gang provided.

We’ve gone for the flipside first as it has slightly superior dancefloor appeal. As “Fats” revamps Joe Simon’s 1969 Sound Stage 7 with punchy Funky horns and riffs, and it works so very well.

Flip it over for a self penned blend of his harmonica prowess and the Big-Bold-Brass arrangement of Joe Kincaid and the Soul Brothers ramping it up into another great FUNK experience.

This baby is RARE and previously unknown to us..a debut listing tat the DJ who want something new will be more than interested in.

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The winning bid was £ 34.00

 

Coasters Crazy Baby

The Northern Soul classics in unplayed virgin condition.

In 1973 when Ian Levine was wowing the Blackpool Mecca crew with his new Freddie Jones - My Heart Is Wide Open -“cover-up” this copy of a future Nortyhrn Soul anthem was sitting in storage in California, it remained there for the 40 years.

Today is your chance to own one of the mighty Mecca Monsters that guided the direction of Northern Soul for the next 5 year - this is one of the finest real-stompers to grace the turntables of any Northern Soul event.

To locate a copy tat has never been introduced to a Northern Soul collector or DJ is rare thing indeed. this copy is in unplayed storage condition, with just the lightest signs of paper company sleeve contact and a cut-out drill hole soiling an otherwise perfect view..

THIS IS NORTHERN SOUL

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The winning bid was £ 231.00

Crikey,turned down a Buddy Ace a year or two back for about £50.

buddy ace wow!!!! sold a copy for £50 last year, mind you was the issue with the normal background noise......

 

think the demos play ok? the buyer must have wanted the original company sleeve

 

absolutely amazing this, just looked in jms 5th edition books at £15.00, next edition £600+

 

even went for more than the chubby checker!!!!

 

strange world of record collecting

almost 5 times as much as its gone before

almost 5 times as much as its gone before

 

and its not even rare!

 

so that must mean "this little love of mine" must be £1000??????

 

hope your well ted

 

russ

fine Russ crazy world m8

Sold a plum and yellow Duke issue of Buddy Ace for £30 about 8 years ago....no hiss....not sure if any more Plum & Yellows have ever been through eBay but personally never seen another since....

Shoulda sent it to JM and paid me mortgage off!

Gobsmacked that anyone would pay that price!!!!

I have the rarer perfectly clear (without the swirly noise) sounding issue, bought for...I think £35 on SS last summer.

Much harder to find an issue without the swirling noise than the demo.

Gobsmacked that anyone would pay that price!!!!

I have the rarer perfectly clear (without the swirly noise) sounding issue, bought for...I think £35 on SS last summer.

Much harder to find an issue without the swirling noise than the demo.

But would you sell it for your price or for the much ridiculed auction price ;)

Also available as a fine and probably much rarer French release...

 

https://youtu.be/GBGkf3bE8GQ

Nice to see the grooms at a more realistic price than its been touted for over the last 12 month!

Oh and the Billy Byrd, despite the hard sell, not falling victim to the hype

Edited January 29, 201411 yr by NEV

But would you sell it for your price or for the much ridiculed auction price ;)

I`d have to think about it Nev and send you a Paypal invoice......free postage though

Nice to see the grooms at a more realistic price than its been touted for over the last 12 month!

Oh and the Billy Byrd, despite the hard sell, not falling victim to the hype

Think the flip "I deserve a little bit more" (Grooms) was (or still is) in big demand with the Sweet Soulers across the pond Nev, obviously bumping the value up

 

Kev

Edited January 29, 201411 yr by kev cane

would have liked the grooms for 114 quid.

would have liked the grooms for 114 quid.

Me to  for the afore mentioned flip

 

Kev

i guess it wont sell if its got a reserve

i guess it wont sell if its got a reserve

Thought John had stopped the reserve on live auctions?

Think the flip "I deserve a little bit more" (Grooms) was (or still is) in big demand with the Sweet Soulers across the pond Nev, obviously bumping the value up

Kev

If as I.suspect, this Copy is warp factor 8 free, it was an even bigger result for buyer?

If as I.suspect, this Copy is warp factor 8 free, it was an even bigger result for buyer?

The one copy I have seen and heard (many times) is warped 

 

Kev

I wonder what sort of collector is serious enough to pay £600+ for a record (buddy ace) but green enough to not have somehow picked a copy up cheaper in the many years that it's been known about.

Some weirdos in this collecting game.

I wonder what sort of collector is serious enough to pay £600+ for a record (buddy ace) but green enough to not have somehow picked a copy up cheaper in the many years that it's been known about.

Some weirdos in this collecting game.

it would be funny, if it wouldnt be so shocking indeed. c-r-a-z-y.

it would be funny, if it wouldnt be so shocking indeed. c-r-a-z-y.

just realized, thats been my ss post # 5001, do I get a upgrade now or buddy ace for free ? sold mine for 15 quid eight years ago so wouldnt mind the Buddy Ace instead of an upgrade LOL

Any one who's daft enough who wants it enough can have my Buddy Ace  demo for £600 that's me taking off £16.00 as it doesn't have a company sleeve. 

Apple & 3 oranges is an absolute bargain I would say almost half price!

 

Grooms also deffo cheap.

Edited January 30, 201411 yr by Mister Fish

Apple & 3 oranges is an absolute bargain I would say almost half price!

 

Grooms also deffo cheap.

 

My choices as well Steve. I would have snapped both of those up if i'd got the money.

My choices as well Steve. I would have snapped both of those up if i'd got the money.

 

Wish I had. Maybe I should be looking at John's auctions in a different light?

I wonder what sort of collector is serious enough to pay £600+ for a record (buddy ace) but green enough to not have somehow picked a copy up cheaper in the many years that it's been known about.

Some weirdos in this collecting game.

 

i personally prefer "true love money cant buy" by Buddy Ace .......just the same sort of quantity about

 

If screaming please is 600 quid so should that record be.

 

Bonkers

 

its worth a ton......at best........with demand

 

I would imagine this is a typing mistake, and the lucky bidder got it for 60 quid

Edited January 30, 201411 yr by gaz thomas

For 2 brilliant sides, Apples & 3 Oranges has to be the bargain of the year on JM's auction! ( I'm not jealous, I've got one ;-). )