*july Sales List*

[Mister Fish]

Welcome to July's Rare Soul List (part 1)

I need to reluctantly sell off some of my play box 45's so am offering some top notch dancers that don't come up often.
This is part 1 of the sales list, more to come in part two, but cheaper!

Please click on the titles to hear the actual record for sale. 

Hope you find something of interest or just have fun with the clips.

Best,

Steve

Ps. I'll be playing @ Va Va Voom all-dayer 2nd August
and 100 Club all-nighter 16th August if you wanna come say hi!

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UK Postage is £2.00  (£3.50 recorded) up to 3 records. 
Europe is £4.50 up to 3 records.
USA is £5.50 up to 3 records.

Please ask for registered shipping prices.

Payment as 'friends or family' or Bank transfer preferred.
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*Click on the titles to hear the entire record for sale*

TOTAL EXPERIENCE - CONTRADICTION / ILLUSION (TTE) M-  £800 HOLD
Columbus Ohio legendary modern grail in perfect condition. Wow!

MELVIN MOORE - ALL OF A SUDDEN / TENNESSEE (SKY HERO) VG++  £750  SOLD
All-time classic modern grail. Simply magnificent.

DON GARDNER - WE GONNA MAKE IT BIG / JUST STAND BY ME (MASTER FIVE) M-  £500  SOLD
Master Five ISSUE copy! Thought not to exist, not in Manships guide and he confirmed he's never seen one! This came from the estate of a NY radio station dj. Label has no.12 in small letters. Promo copies have been selling for £450 and demand is high for this reactivated monster.

HARMONICS - BE YOUR MAN / SCUM-A DOOM (SOCK-IT) M-  £450  SOLD
Not only hugely in-demand but on the super are 1st Detroit label.
Brilliant tough drum crossover of the highest calibre.

COOPERETTES - WIN ALL YOUR LOVE / SATISFACTION    (I-D-B) VG++ £450 SOLD
Extremely rare and excellent Philly Crossover dancer. White promo copy here. Only seen 1 copy turn up in 6 years of looking.

DOUGLAS & LONERO - THIS TIME  / DON'T LET YOURSELF GET CARRIED AWAY (RCA)  M-  £450  SOLD
STOCK copy! One of the toughest major label crossover dancers to acquire. Superb dancers.

FAME - CHANGE (PGC) M-  £450  HOLD
Due to problems between Producer and Artist this record was never officially released. Purportedly only a few pre-releases left the pressing company. This copy came from the artists management co. Wonderful, exuberant uplifting 70's, I'm particularly liking the organist at the end.

THE REASON WHY - STEP INSIDE MY WORLD / SO LONG LETTER (POLYDOR) M-  £450  SOLD
So beautiful and only available on this super are stock issue.

CHARLES SIMMONS - SAVE THE WORLD / YOU'VE GOT IT ALL (HITSOUND) M-  £400  HOLD
One of the biggest storming tunes over the past couple of years.
Not forgetting the sublime Crossover flip too.

SONNY TIL - I GAVE IT ALL UP/ NO NOT FOR HER (CLOWN) M-  £400  SOLD
Massive uptempo crossover dancer.

7 NOMBRES - LISTEN PEOPLE / FULL OF LOVE (DAYWOOD) M-  £350  SOLD
Lou Ragland produced Ohio dancer. Semi-known, atmospheric and crying out for some big spins.

MARK IV - SIGNS OF A DYING LOVE (O.T.B) M-  £325  SOLD
Stupendous 70's in lovely condition.

ELEMENTS - HEY LADY / GOT TO MAKE IT RIGHT (SARU) VG++ £300  HOLD
Huge demand for this great crossover dancer.
DJ copy written in pen both sides, vinyl unmarked.

BENNY HALL - YOUR LOVE GOT HEALING POWER (MAMMOTH) M-  £275
Uptempo, funk edged dancer with very little exposure yet!

MERV MURPHY - IT'S GROWING / TRYING TO GET THIS STORY OVER (SIMMONS) M-  £275  HOLD
Glorious, such an immense tune.

SAMMY RIDGLEY - LOCKED UP IN YOUR LOVE / DREAMING (CASH IN TODAY) M-  £250  SOLD
70's stomper. One time Stafford play doing the business all over again. 

GOSPEL IQ'S - PEACE IN THE LAND (IMPEL) M-  £250
A recent copy of this achieved £300. Big, big tune for this that have it.

FABULOUS CAPRICES - GROOVY WORLD / MY LOVE (CAMARO) VG++ £250  SOLD
Storming funkish dancer from 1971 c/w lesser known Crossover 
tune that should be getting attention.

WILLIE PICKETT - ON THE STAGE OF LIFE (EASTERN) NM £250  SOLD
Perfect archival condition on the rarest label. Better production and slightly different arrangement to Soul Pot copies. Now that the stock of these has dried up watch this rise in value once more.

CHARLES JOHNSON - NEVER HAD A LOVE SO GOOD (ALSTON) VG+/+ £190
Majestic soaring SOUL. few light marks at the start only.

SEDUCTION & FUN CITY BAND - ORDINARY GUY / SAILING (BME) M-  £175
Ultra rare modern dancer on a private label from places unknown. Nice Sweet group flip too. With very few known copies  this could be an investment for an enterprising dj/collector.

DIANE JENKINS - I NEED YOU (CREATIVE FUNK) M-  £175  SOLD
The very rare spoken intro version. Rarely comes up for sale.

BEMOURE - YOU'LL NEVER KNOW (REALITY) M-  £150  SOLD
Cool 1976 private label funky soul from ??
Unknown.

XAVIER - TRUST IN ME (LUV) M-  £125  SOLD
Another private label unknown? Very nice mid tempo modern mover.

ROOSEVELT & SEVEN C'S - WE WERE ALWAYS SWEETHEARTS  (RONDO) M-  £125
Great group crossover that's appeared on a couple of playlists recently.

FRIENDS LTD. - GOT TO HAVE THAT FUNKY MUSIC (PORTRAIT OF SOUND) VG++  £125
Pretty much unknown dancer out of Scottsdale, Arizona from 1975. Very few around and ripe for progressive dj plays.

RON SURREY - SWEET CITY WOMAN (INSURANCE CITY) VG++ £100  SOLD
Storming dancer from '73 highly rated.

TRUTH & DEVOTION - I'M SO HAPPY (CHAMP) VG+ £125  SOLD
Thumping gospel mover completely different take to the LP picked up rave reviews on my podcast. The only other copy I know of is with Greg Belson in the States so could be an exclusive play here in the UK.

NICK ALLEN - HARD WAY TO GO / DON'T MAKE ME BE WHAT YOU DONT WANT ME TO BE (WALAS)  M-  £100  SOLD
For me one of the best 2 siders i have in the collection. Raw, urgent dancer backed with an immense deep-with-a-beat flip. Essential!
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FOURTEEN KARAT SOUL - THE TROUBLE WITH LOVE  / PLEASE SAY YOU WANT ME (CATAMOUNT) M-  £50
Very rare Skip Jackson modern soul project out of New Jersey.





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PART TWO NEXT WEEK!

Edited July 8, 2014 by Mister Fish

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