Crate Diggers Delights (Northern & Modern 45S)

[Beatin Rhythm]

Hi Soul Diggers,

                           Hoping you're well, here's a little list of Northern & Modern Soul 45s for sale; if you see anything you'd like to buy then please send a reply or phone us on 0161 834 7783 to order or reserve an item. Thanks for looking.

 

1. If You Were There - OBREY WILSON (Columbia demo)..............Mint-...............£60

2. Thinkin' - VOICES INCORPORATED (Columbia demo).............Mint-..........£300

3. To Whom It May Concern - LOLA SANDS (Bison)............Mint-..............£250

4. In My Tenement - ROOSEVELT GRIER (Ric)...............Mint-...............£185

5. Geni - TERRI BRYANT (Verve)..........Mint-...............£75

6. I've Got A Feeling (We'll Be Seeing Each Other Again) - AL WILSON (Playboy)...........VG++..........a mysteriously ignored end-of-night gem, a beautiful gentle-paced Modern Soul dancer that's very much in same vein as Charles Mann's "It's All Over" and THAT'S quality you can't deny!..............£10

7. Love Don't Come No Stronger (Than Yours And Mine) - JEFF PERRY (Arista)........VG++........a mover EVERYONE'S moved by, if you've soul in your heart it'll start gushing upon hearing this beauty!!........£25

8. You Ought To Be Havin' Fun - TOWER OF POWER (Columbia demo)...........VG++........massive Manchester Ritz All-Dayer tune, 1976 and like Simon Smith and his dancing bear was well-accepted everywhere....................£10........CRATE-DIGGER PICK

9. The Penguin Breakdown - L.J. REYNOLDS & CHOCOLATE SYRUP (UK Avco, 1972).......superb instrumental which is a thousand miles better than ANY vocal versions which only get played because of their rarity value yet always have a naff sound quality.......................£12

10. We Got Love - BEN E. KING (Atlantic).....Mint-...........brilliant Phiily Soul dancer, sheer class; head for summer with this in your DJ-ing mits and you'll please many an eager dancer on the way............£20

11. It's Waiting There For You - REPERATA & THE DELRONS (Mala demo)..............VG++...........£25

12. You're A Devil - BOBBY JONES (Expo)..............Mint-......................£15

13. This Heart Is Haunted - LEE JONES & THE SOUNDS OF SOUL (Mala).........VG++............very rare beat ballad in the Dave Godin Deep Soul Treasures department but absolutely superb in a goose-bumpy way and, another thing, this group is actually THE MASQUERADERS!!!......................£60

14. Livin' a Lie - SHEILA ANTHONY (UK Route, 1975)............VG++..............Wigan Casino top sound 1974/75......................£12

15. I'm Stepping Out - JIMMY LEWIS (Tangerine)..........VG++.........raw-boned, stripped-down Northern, alloy wheels, no bumpers but hear that engine roar!...............£15..........CRATE-DIGGER PICK +

16. Somethin' 'Bout 'Cha - LATIMORE (Glades)..............VG++.........£10...........smouldering 1976 beauty sounding stronger than ever these days..................£10

17. Rip Off - LAURA LEE (Hot Wax)..............VG++..........three minutes of anger never sounded sweeter............£6

18. Saturday Night After the Movies - RAMSEY LEWIS (Cadet)...............Great, uptempo instrumental, given plays by Richard Searling at Wigan Casino, never went big but that doesn't stop from being a good 'un........................Mint-............£8

19. You Got Me Runnin' - LENNY WILLIAMS (ABC).....................Mint-........................£8

20. All Of My Life - DETROIT SOUL (Beatin' Rhythm)..............Mint............£10

 

Many thanks for looking through the list, keep loving your vinyl,

 

Cheers, Carl (Beatin' Rhythm).