PM or email on mail@resolutionrecords.co.uk - everything strictly graded. BACS preferred but cash / chq / Paypal also accepted - happy to ship anywhere in the world
Cheers...Mark Rez
I use the Record Collector standard to grade my records - as below:
M is ONLY for reissues / new releases / sealed records
M- is a pretty much unplayed record for me - any obvious signs that a record has been played and I usually downgrade to an Ex+
EX+ is a very strong grade for me - just showing some signs of being played but no noise / cue burn / crackle / styrene burn at all.
VG+ is for records that have obviously seen some wear and have had a good few plays and may even have light intro crackle but play very, very well.
VG is for records with quite a bit of wear and surface markings and some noise / crackle but still a very good player
VG- is my lowest grade and VG- records for me are in bad shape - lots of sound quality deterioration and many, many surface marks - not nice.
Jackie Lee ‘Darkest Days’ / ‘One For The Road’ (ABC / USA / 1968 / VG+) £90
( Few scuffs, minor intro crackle — classic NS — 11146 matrix here = first/earliest press — in correct custom sleeve... )
Tom & Jerrio ‘Great Goo-Ga-Moo-Ga’ / ‘Come On And Love Me’ (ABC-Paramount / USA / 1965 / VG+) £15
( Great double-sider — rarely seen nowadays — nice copy here...in correct custom sleeve )
The Prime Mates ‘Hot Tamales pts 1 & 2’ (Action (swirl) / UK / 1969 / VG+) £20
( Great copy — killer Club double-sider.... )
The Fantastic Johnny C ‘Is There Anything Better Than Making Love’ / ‘New Love’ (Action (swirl) / UK / 1968 / VG+) £15
( Few scuffs — stunning copy...sublime Northern... )
John Roberts ‘I’ll Forget You’ / ‘Be My Baby’ (Action (swirl) / UK / 1968 / M-) £60
( Immaculate copy of one f THE rarest releases on this heavily-collected UK imprint — both sides are banging Northern....went thru the evil bay @ almost £120 recently — bargain here... )
E’lan ‘Your Love Keeps Taking Me Higher’ (ATL / USA / 1986 / M-) £75
( Unplayed copy — stunning Modern Soul dancer )
Doris Troy ‘What’cha Gonna Do About It’ / ‘Tomorrow Is Another Day’ (Atlantic (black) / UK / 1964 / VG+) £8
( Great copy — just one visible hairline...all-time classic... )
Levon and the Hawks ‘The Stones I Throw’ / ‘He Don’t Love You’ (Atlantic (black) / UK / 1967 / M-) £50
( Immaculate copy — appears pretty much unplayed — HUGE Mod / Northern double-sider, both sides - VERY difficult to find...I’ve also got a VG+ copy available @ £40 — just a very few slight scuffs... )
Jackie Ivory ‘Hi Heel Sneakers’ / ‘Do It To Death’ (Atlantic / UK / 1965 / VG+) £20
( Just sooooo good to be able to offer this beautiful piece again — stunning copy....few surface scuffs / hairlines — minimal — HUGE Mod sounds...in correct custom sleeve... )
( Another RARE Buddah UK 7” this List — again — I had no idea this had been released on 7” over here — Demo copy here to — big ‘A’ — lotsa scuffs but plays nice and loud on this solid UK press...great to have these 2 amazing cuts on 7”... )
Love’s Children ‘Soul Is Love’ / ‘This Is The End’ (Buddah / UK / 1971 / M-) £12
( New one on me?! 2 SOLID Curtis Mayfield / Impressions covers — prod. By Leroy Hutson, sooo good — dinked middle — sticker promo — few scuffs — minimal — MUST be rare? Very, very minor label rub... )
Ben Branch & The Downhomers ‘Honey Man’ (Cadet / USA / 1966 / M-) £45
( Rare, rare one-sided DJ copy of this tuff R&B / Jazz / Popcorn instrumental 45 here from a hugely collectable artist — has gone for over £75 several times — immaculate copy here — flip is totally blank... )
Lloyd & The Groovers ‘Do It To Me Baby’ (Caltone / UK / 1967 / VG) £15
( Fab Rocksteady double-sider with The Diplomats ‘Meet Me At The Corner’ on flip......decent copy here - well scuffed / plays fine / non-dinked / tiny WOL / professionally cleaned here...bargain! )
Caro ‘I’m Scared’ / ‘Never Too Late’ (Caro / USA / 1980s / M-) £30
( Unplayed copy — Modern Soul killer.... )
Little Beaver ‘Listen To My Heartbeat’ / ‘We Three’ (Cat / USA / 1977 / M-) £60
( Immaculate copy of an incredible double-sider — just kills it — even the 2008 UK reissue is valued at £20 / £25 now — stunner — in correct custom sleeve — clean labels and no dtill hole... )
The Graham Bond Organization ‘Wade In The Water’ / ‘Tammy’ (Columbia / UK / 1965 / M-) £45
( Immaculate copy — in correct custom sleeve — of this evergreen groover — only my second-ever copy in 20+ years — barely played.... )
( 1970s press of a 60s original — black/white label issue — banging Jamaica R&B / Jump Up double-sider in nice shape... )
Channel 3 'The Sweetest Thing' (Dakar / USA / 1973 / M-) £150
( Unplayed, WD copy of this much-loved 70s NS dancer...my first-ever copy... )
Johnny Zamot & His Latinos ‘Fat Mama’ / ‘I Want To Go To America’ (Decca / USA / 1967 / VG+) £50
( Vinyl is very close to immaculate - only downgraded to VG+ cos there's a fairly small (category) sticker on each label which I need to remove before shipping - ok? Absolute banging Latin-Soul / Funk double-sider, presented here on a pink / black Decca promo — superb item... )
Tommy Navarro ‘I Cried My Life Away’ / ‘Club Of Broken Hearts’ (De Jac / USA / 1960s / M-) £40
( Sadly — not a £300+ rated original but a 70s press done for the UK market — MASSIVE at Stafford and then MASSIVE again at the 100 Club — beautiful copy here... )
Timebox ‘Beggin’ / ‘A Woman That’s Waiting’ (Deram / UK / 1968 / VG) £45
( Great copy - few scuffs / dinked middle BUT still the best copy I've ever had! Total classic... )
Barbara Mason ‘Oh, How It Hurts’ / ‘Ain’t Got Nobody’ (Direction / UK / 1968 / M-) £25
( Stunning copy - barely played - in correct custom sleeve.... )
The Dynasonics ‘You Got It’ / ‘Soul Bug’ (Dynamics / USA / 1960s / M-) £25
( Immaculate copy of this huge Deep Funk double-sided instrumental/s... )
Stanley Mitchell ‘Get It Baby’ / ‘Quit Twistin My Arm’ (Dynamo / USA / 1960s / M-) £10
( 70s press of a 60s original — one of THE biggest Detroit sounds ever to grace the Casino...top copy here... )
( Rollocking Boogaloo two-parter... Great copy, few light scuffs / hairlines DNAP - some label rub to flip - minimal / absolute cracker... )
Little Sonny ‘Wade In The Water’ (Enterprise / USA / 1970 / M-) £40
( Immaculate WDJ promo copy od this fantastic Mod / Northern dancer — superb harmonica track — slight grime here and there after years in storage which I’l clean off throughly before shipping...stunner... )
Nancy Ames ‘ I Don’t Want To Talk About It’ (Epic / USA / 1960s / M-) £20
( 1970s press of the (rare) 60s original — beautiful copy — Northern Soul DNA.... )
Billy Strange ‘Run, Spy, Run’ / ‘Our Man Flint’ (GNP Crescendo / USA / 1966 / VG+) £15
( Few scuffs to this WDJ copy — 2 rather wonderful 6T’s Spy Spoof / Beat / Jazz / NS tracks...love this! Not had one for years and years... )
( Killer 2 Step from converted Anglophile, Edwin...R.I.P )
Ronnie Barnes and Rush Hour ‘You’ve Got My Heart’ / ‘We Were Right From The Start’ (Hughes / USA / 1981 / M-) £1500.00
( One of THE rarest and most indemand 45s I have EVER offered for sale — GRAIL Modern Soul.... )
Charles Sheffield ‘It’s Your Voodoo Working’ (Ichiban-Big / USA / 2000’s / M-) £12
( USA bootie copy with Clarence Carter ‘Messin’ With My Mind’ on the flip — decent sound quality... )
Dena Barnes ‘If You Ever Walked Out Of My Life’ / ‘Who Am I’ (Inferno / USA / 1960s / M-) £20
( 2nd press — even this later issue is becoming VERY hard to find nowadays — monster Northern oldie... )
The Crow ‘Your Autumn Of Tomorrow’ / ‘Uncle Funk’ (Inner Ear / UK / 2011 / M-) £10
( Legitimate, green wax, reissue of this monumental 7” — believe me — the original of this is, simply, I-M-P-O-S-S-I-B-L-E to find....big personal fave, here... )
Buster Brown ‘My Blue Heaven’ / ‘Two Women’ (Island (red/white) / UK / 1967 / M-) £15
( Beautiful copy of this tuff, tuff Ska / Jamican R&B double-sider — fantastic stuff... )
Mickey Lee Lane ‘Hey Sah-Lo-Ney’ / ‘Of Yesterday’ (Itzy / USA / 1960s / M-) £20
( I *think* this is a bootie? Not 100% sure — I believe the OG on Swan to be well, well into 3 figures...red print on white backing here...great copy - barely played....even this pressing has hit £50, believe me... )
The Watts 103rd St. Rhythm Band ‘Spreadin’ Honey’ / ‘Charley’ (Jay Boy / UK / 1966 / M-) £8
( Great copy of this Wigan oldie instrumental — time was when this kinda stuff was more popular than vocals....! 1973 press... )
Jimmy Conwell ‘Cigarette Ashes’ / ‘Second Hand Happiness’ (Jay Boy / UK / 1966 / M-) £10
( Beautiful big ‘A’ demo copy — appears unplayed.... )
Marva Whitney ‘This Girl’s In Love With You’ (King / USA / 1970 / M-) £20
( Unplayed Demo cop here..... )
Bobby Bennett & The Dynamics ‘Soul Jerk pts 1 & 2’ (Loma / USA / 1965 / M-) £40
( Rare James Brown production — both sides smash it — wonderful midtempo R&B / Popcorn groover which has even seen NS action — immaculate apart from slight label rub to topside... )
The Music Explosion ‘Little Bit O’Soul’ / ‘Everybody’ (London / UK / 1969 / Ex+) £12
( Beautiful black/yellow DJ copy of this now long-forgotten NS oldie....originally released in the UK on Stateside two years earlier — nice copy here... )
( Immaculate copy of this exquisite double-sider in correct custom sleeve... )
N.F. Porter ‘Keep On Keeping On’ / ‘Don’t Make Me Color...’ (Lizard / USA / 1971 / VG+) £12
( OG ‘dark red’ label press — few scuffs / minimal — massive Mod / NS oldie — never fades.... )
Spyder Turner ‘I Can’t Make It Anymore’ (M-G-M / USA / 1967 / M-) £12
( Huge NS oldie — few slight scuffs — minimal...rarely bettered....drill-hole to label... )
Mind & Matter ‘I’m Under Your Spell’ / ‘Sunshine Lady’ (M&M / USA / 1977 / M-) £475
( Unplayed copy — GRAIL Modern Soul... )
The Showmen ‘Action’ / ‘What Would It Take’ (Pama (purple) / UK / 1969 / VG+) £15
( Quality Northern — nice on UK here — few scuffs, minimal... )
Otis Smith ‘Let Her Go’ (voc/inst) (Perception / USA / 1973 / M-) £25
( Great copy — few scuffs — 1973 press of the (very hard to find!) 60s original... )
Ossie & The Sweet Boys ‘Brixton Boo-Ga-Loo’ / ‘Nothing Takes The Place Of You’ (Polydor / UK / 1967 / M-) £25
( Well — here’s another new one on me? Sooo difficult to categorise, not sure — absolutely bizarre / quirky little instrumental — no hint of Boogaloo here whatsoever — more like a Bossa Nova? The closest comparison I can give you is the London Jazz Four’s ‘Things We Said Today’ — same kinda beat / feel...other side is a great version of the Touissaint McCall classic which works beautifully too — must be rare? In correct custom sleeve... )
Slim Harpo ‘Tip On In’ (pts 1 & 2) (President / UK / 1968 / M-) £12
( Pretty much unplayed copy — minor label rub to topside... )
( Nicer red label press — original — few scuffs — plays beautifully after a little bit of surface / intro crackle — all-time classic / killer NS DNA — BIG personal fave... )
The Power Of Attorney Band ‘Love For You’ / ‘Louise’ (Star Island / USA / 1986 / M-) £300
( Unplayed copy — HUGE Modern Soul dancer... )
Brenda Holloway ‘Every Little Bit Hurts’ / ‘Land Of A Thousand Boys’ (Stateside / UK / 1964 / VG+) £20
( Beautiful copy — in correct custom sleeve — just a very few / light scuffs — nothing )
Terry Klein with Dee-Jay & The Runaways ‘Keep On Running’ / ‘Don’t You Ever’ (Stone / USA / 1960s / VG+) £25
( Tuff Garage / Fuzz / Mod banger — cover of the Spencer Davis Group on topside and a goodly flip too — few scuffs here and there — MUST be rare...? )
Soul Vendors ‘Pupa Lick’ / ‘Leave My Business Alone’ (Studio One / UK / 1967 / VG-) £20
( Another one that only just made the cut cos it is also rare / fantastic...dinked middle, faint WOL — still a decent copy... )
Edwin Starr ’25 Miles’ / ‘Mighty Good Lovin’ (Tamla Motown TMG 672 / UK / 1968 / VG+) £20
( Lovely big ‘A’ green/white demo here...stunning copy - barely played - in correct custom sleeve ... )
The Elgins ‘Heaven Must Have Sent You’ / ‘Stay In My Lonely Arms’ (Tamla Motown TMG 583 / UK / 1966 / VG+) £60
( Stunning copy - just a few scuffs - in correct custom sleeve...rare OG copy here... )
The Miracles ‘The Tracks Of My Tears’ / ‘A Fork In The Road’ (Tamla Motown TMG 522 / UK / 1965 / VG+) £20
( Stunning copy - barely played - in correct custom sleeve — again — a rare TMG original copy here... )
Sonny Craver ‘I Wanna Thank You’ / ‘I’m No Fool’ (Teri-De / USA / 1970s / VG+) £150
( This has got a bit of a warp which dnap — happy to send a clip if needed — also has very, very slight crackle on intro which fades sharpish — a beautiful tune and a bonafide rare — my first-ever copy — golden voice... )
Rex Garvin & The Mighty Cravers ‘Queen Of The Go-Go’ / ‘The Other Man’ (Tower / USA / 1968 / VG+) £20
( 2 cracking instrumentals from the Golden Age — ever-popular - stamped promo...few scuffs — minimal... )
Henry Jerome ‘Uptight (Everything’s Alright)’ (UA / USA / 1960s / M-) £8
( Was HUGE on the Northern ‘Scene at one time...nice copy here... )
Non-Stop ‘Say You Love Me’ (voc/inst) (Vincent Frank / USA / 1980s / M-) £150
( Unplayed copy — MASSIVE Modern Soul dancer.... )
Veda ‘What It’s All About’ / ‘Ain’t Nothing But A Party’ (West Sounds / USA / 1980 / M-) £250
( Fantastic copy of a stunning Modern Soul dancer...... )
Will Hatcher 'You Haven't Seen Nothin' Yet' / 'Ain't That Lovin' You' (Wheelsville / USA / 1976 / M-) £45
( Unplayed copy of this gorgeous mid-pacer - did you know that this guy was Edwin Starr's (R.I.P) cousin? )
Little Mae and The Flames ‘Baby Workout’ / ‘Chicken Feed’ (Wildwood / USA / 1960s / VG+) £60
( Rare one...word isn’t out on this one yet but watch it go when a ‘good’ DJ gets hold of it...2 killer R&B / early Soul sides — will be huge on the Popcorn scene too — total and absolute obscurity...few scuffs / very minor crackle — minimal... )
12" Singles:
T.W Bankston ‘You Are The Icing On My Cake’ (Baseline / UK / 1989 / M-) £8
( Big personal fave — stunning Modern Soul midpacer — presented here as a Promo copy and in correct custom sleeve... )
Clausel ‘Let Me Love You’ (Up Right / USA / 1982 / M-) £60
( Great copy — few very, very faint scuffs to vinyl - sleeve just slightly worn - amazing LP....soooo many tracks here...hard on UK Mojo issue....’Think’ , ‘Ain’t No Sunshine’ , ‘Things Got To Get Better Again’ etc etc... )
( This is the ‘blue sleeve’ LP — ok? The rarest of them all — this is completely immaculate — and - has had very, very few plays: ‘Welcome To All This Love Again’ , ‘Working My Way To Something Better’ etc etc — absolute boner... )
Lee Fields ‘Let’s Talk It Over’ (Angle 3 / USA / 1979 / M-/M-) £225
( Totally immaculate and 100% OG, deep groove press — heavyweight Deep Funk / Heavy Soul LP — still in shrink: ‘She’s A Love Maker’ , ‘Flim Flam’ , ‘Mighty Mighty Love’ etc etc — nice to see this music biz veteran still busy... )
Al Greene ‘Back Up Train’ (Action (swirl) / UK / 1969 / Ex+/Ex) £50
( I’d say the vinyl here has had fewer than 5 plays — it IS exquisite — the sleeve isn’t far behind it — just a tad yellowed, very, very slightly creased with a coupla old name / price stickers here and there — minimal — believe me, this IS a rare LP...it was the Reverend Al Green(e)’s debut LP — and — some would say it was actually downhill from here on in for Al.....and, sadly, I’d have to agree with them L...’Back Up Train’ , ‘Hot Wire’ , ‘Stop And Check Myself’ etc etc...great set, great voice... )
Leon Haywood ‘It’s Got To Be Mellow’ (MCA / UK / 1967 / Ex/VG) £15
( Vinyl is absolutely fine but sleeve is a bit tired...quality Soul / Funk set with: ‘Cornbread and Buttermilk’ , ‘Ode To Billy Joe’ , ‘It’s Got To Be Mellow’ etc etc — bargain... )
Willie Hightower ‘If I Had A Hammer’ (Capitol / USA / 1967 / Ex+/VG+) £50
( Beautiful copy of much fiended-after LP — great mix of Northern Soul dancers, midpacers and Deep Soul — just how we like it...only one surface scuff here prevents me from grading the wax M-, it is minimal, honestly — the sleeve is also nice — tiny bit of ringwear and slight yellowing / spotting to rear — again, nothing horrendous...only me second-ever copy... )
( Immaculate copy in every way: ‘90% Of Me Is You’ etc etc — wonderful stuff... )
Carlos Malcolm ‘Bustin Outta The Ghetto’ (AJP / USA / 1970 / M-/E+) £20
( Stunning copy - still in shrink — great copy of this sublime Funky-Soul LP from this Carribean / Ska legend: ‘Funky Junction’ , ‘Truck Full Of Soul’ , ‘Move With The Beat’ etc etc... )
The Packers ‘Hole In The Wall’ (Soul City / UK / 1969 / Ex/VG+) £20
( Nice vinyl - sleeve just frayed / tired / worn but lam is intact — killer Soul / Funk / R&B LP from highly-collectable label...’Hole In Te Wall’ , ‘Pure Soul’ , ‘Hoppin John’ , ‘Go Head On’ etc etc — smasher... )
( Again — trust me — this has NEVER been played — another one from the archive mentioned above — actually with a Factory Sample sticker — which many of the pieces from this collection had — or — some other form of Promo / Demo mark: ‘If I Could only Be Sure’ . ‘Keep On Keepin On’ , ‘I Like What You Give’ etc etc...wonderful set... )
Billy Preston ‘The Most Exciting Organ Ever’ (Sue / UK / 1964 / M/Ex+) £60
( Believe me — this LP has NEVER been played — I just got it out of a music biz exec’s personal archive — it is immaculate — and — one of the first / rarest LPs ever released on this most ultimate of UK labels...’Soul Meetin’ , ‘The Octopus’ , ‘Steady Getting It’ etc etc — a joy to be able to offer this.... )
( Great copy - few scuffs - sleeve is just a tad tired / frayed / worn - intact, though...’Funky Music Is A Part Of Me’ , ‘It’s Good For The Soul’ , ‘The Second Time Around etc etc... )
Bill Withers ‘Still Bill’ (A&M / UK / 1972 / M-/VG) £20
( Slight tear to ‘front opening’ of sleeve — as often happens with this LP — vinyl is exquisite — fantastic LP on an amazing LP: ‘Use Me’ , ‘Who Is He And What Is He To You’ etc etc — a true talent... )
PM or email on mail@resolutionrecords.co.uk - everything strictly graded. BACS preferred but cash / chq / Paypal also accepted - happy to ship anywhere in the world
Cheers...Mark Rez
I use the Record Collector standard to grade my records - as below:
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7" Singles:
Jackie Lee ‘Darkest Days’ / ‘One For The Road’ (ABC / USA / 1968 / VG+) £90( Few scuffs, minor intro crackle — classic NS — 11146 matrix here = first/earliest press — in correct custom sleeve... )Tom & Jerrio ‘Great Goo-Ga-Moo-Ga’ / ‘Come On And Love Me’ (ABC-Paramount / USA / 1965 / VG+) £15( Great double-sider — rarely seen nowadays — nice copy here...in correct custom sleeve )The Prime Mates ‘Hot Tamales pts 1 & 2’ (Action (swirl) / UK / 1969 / VG+) £20( Great copy — killer Club double-sider.... )The Fantastic Johnny C ‘Is There Anything Better Than Making Love’ / ‘New Love’ (Action (swirl) / UK / 1968 / VG+) £15
( Few scuffs — stunning copy...sublime Northern... )
John Roberts ‘I’ll Forget You’ / ‘Be My Baby’ (Action (swirl) / UK / 1968 / M-) £60( Immaculate copy of one f THE rarest releases on this heavily-collected UK imprint — both sides are banging Northern....went thru the evil bay @ almost £120 recently — bargain here... )E’lan ‘Your Love Keeps Taking Me Higher’ (ATL / USA / 1986 / M-) £75
( Unplayed copy — stunning Modern Soul dancer )
Doris Troy ‘What’cha Gonna Do About It’ / ‘Tomorrow Is Another Day’ (Atlantic (black) / UK / 1964 / VG+) £8
( Great copy — just one visible hairline...all-time classic... )
Levon and the Hawks ‘The Stones I Throw’ / ‘He Don’t Love You’ (Atlantic (black) / UK / 1967 / M-) £50( Immaculate copy — appears pretty much unplayed — HUGE Mod / Northern double-sider, both sides - VERY difficult to find...I’ve also got a VG+ copy available @ £40 — just a very few slight scuffs... )Jackie Ivory ‘Hi Heel Sneakers’ / ‘Do It To Death’ (Atlantic / UK / 1965 / VG+) £20( Just sooooo good to be able to offer this beautiful piece again — stunning copy....few surface scuffs / hairlines — minimal — HUGE Mod sounds...in correct custom sleeve... )Aquarian Dream ‘Phoenix’ / ‘East 6th Street’ (Buddah / UK / 1979 / VG) £15
( Another RARE Buddah UK 7” this List — again — I had no idea this had been released on 7” over here — Demo copy here to — big ‘A’ — lotsa scuffs but plays nice and loud on this solid UK press...great to have these 2 amazing cuts on 7”... )
Love’s Children ‘Soul Is Love’ / ‘This Is The End’ (Buddah / UK / 1971 / M-) £12( New one on me?! 2 SOLID Curtis Mayfield / Impressions covers — prod. By Leroy Hutson, sooo good — dinked middle — sticker promo — few scuffs — minimal — MUST be rare? Very, very minor label rub... )Ben Branch & The Downhomers ‘Honey Man’ (Cadet / USA / 1966 / M-) £45
( Rare, rare one-sided DJ copy of this tuff R&B / Jazz / Popcorn instrumental 45 here from a hugely collectable artist — has gone for over £75 several times — immaculate copy here — flip is totally blank... )
Lloyd & The Groovers ‘Do It To Me Baby’ (Caltone / UK / 1967 / VG) £15( Fab Rocksteady double-sider with The Diplomats ‘Meet Me At The Corner’ on flip......decent copy here - well scuffed / plays fine / non-dinked / tiny WOL / professionally cleaned here...bargain! )Caro ‘I’m Scared’ / ‘Never Too Late’ (Caro / USA / 1980s / M-) £30
( Unplayed copy — Modern Soul killer.... )
Little Beaver ‘Listen To My Heartbeat’ / ‘We Three’ (Cat / USA / 1977 / M-) £60( Immaculate copy of an incredible double-sider — just kills it — even the 2008 UK reissue is valued at £20 / £25 now — stunner — in correct custom sleeve — clean labels and no dtill hole... )The Graham Bond Organization ‘Wade In The Water’ / ‘Tammy’ (Columbia / UK / 1965 / M-) £45( Immaculate copy — in correct custom sleeve — of this evergreen groover — only my second-ever copy in 20+ years — barely played.... )Owen Grey ‘Hully Gully Dance’ / ‘Milk Lane Hop’ (Coxsone / Jamaica / 1961 / VG+) £12( 1970s press of a 60s original — black/white label issue — banging Jamaica R&B / Jump Up double-sider in nice shape... )Channel 3 'The Sweetest Thing' (Dakar / USA / 1973 / M-) £150( Unplayed, WD copy of this much-loved 70s NS dancer...my first-ever copy... )Johnny Zamot & His Latinos ‘Fat Mama’ / ‘I Want To Go To America’ (Decca / USA / 1967 / VG+) £50( Vinyl is very close to immaculate - only downgraded to VG+ cos there's a fairly small (category) sticker on each label which I need to remove before shipping - ok? Absolute banging Latin-Soul / Funk double-sider, presented here on a pink / black Decca promo — superb item... )Tommy Navarro ‘I Cried My Life Away’ / ‘Club Of Broken Hearts’ (De Jac / USA / 1960s / M-) £40( Sadly — not a £300+ rated original but a 70s press done for the UK market — MASSIVE at Stafford and then MASSIVE again at the 100 Club — beautiful copy here... )Timebox ‘Beggin’ / ‘A Woman That’s Waiting’ (Deram / UK / 1968 / VG) £45( Great copy - few scuffs / dinked middle BUT still the best copy I've ever had! Total classic... )Barbara Mason ‘Oh, How It Hurts’ / ‘Ain’t Got Nobody’ (Direction / UK / 1968 / M-) £25( Stunning copy - barely played - in correct custom sleeve.... )The Dynasonics ‘You Got It’ / ‘Soul Bug’ (Dynamics / USA / 1960s / M-) £25
( Immaculate copy of this huge Deep Funk double-sided instrumental/s... )
Stanley Mitchell ‘Get It Baby’ / ‘Quit Twistin My Arm’ (Dynamo / USA / 1960s / M-) £10( 70s press of a 60s original — one of THE biggest Detroit sounds ever to grace the Casino...top copy here... )Willie Baby ‘Hot Buns pts 1 & 2’ (Ding Dong / USA / 1967 / VG+) £25
( Rollocking Boogaloo two-parter... Great copy, few light scuffs / hairlines DNAP - some label rub to flip - minimal / absolute cracker... )
Little Sonny ‘Wade In The Water’ (Enterprise / USA / 1970 / M-) £40( Immaculate WDJ promo copy od this fantastic Mod / Northern dancer — superb harmonica track — slight grime here and there after years in storage which I’l clean off throughly before shipping...stunner... )Nancy Ames ‘ I Don’t Want To Talk About It’ (Epic / USA / 1960s / M-) £20
( 1970s press of the (rare) 60s original — beautiful copy — Northern Soul DNA.... )
Billy Strange ‘Run, Spy, Run’ / ‘Our Man Flint’ (GNP Crescendo / USA / 1966 / VG+) £15
( Few scuffs to this WDJ copy — 2 rather wonderful 6T’s Spy Spoof / Beat / Jazz / NS tracks...love this! Not had one for years and years... )
Edwin Starr ‘Eavesdropper’ / ‘Accident’ (GTO / UK / 1976 / M-) £8
( Killer 2 Step from converted Anglophile, Edwin...R.I.P )
Ronnie Barnes and Rush Hour ‘You’ve Got My Heart’ / ‘We Were Right From The Start’ (Hughes / USA / 1981 / M-) £1500.00
( One of THE rarest and most indemand 45s I have EVER offered for sale — GRAIL Modern Soul.... )
Charles Sheffield ‘It’s Your Voodoo Working’ (Ichiban-Big / USA / 2000’s / M-) £12
( USA bootie copy with Clarence Carter ‘Messin’ With My Mind’ on the flip — decent sound quality... )
Dena Barnes ‘If You Ever Walked Out Of My Life’ / ‘Who Am I’ (Inferno / USA / 1960s / M-) £20
( 2nd press — even this later issue is becoming VERY hard to find nowadays — monster Northern oldie... )
The Crow ‘Your Autumn Of Tomorrow’ / ‘Uncle Funk’ (Inner Ear / UK / 2011 / M-) £10( Legitimate, green wax, reissue of this monumental 7” — believe me — the original of this is, simply, I-M-P-O-S-S-I-B-L-E to find....big personal fave, here... )Buster Brown ‘My Blue Heaven’ / ‘Two Women’ (Island (red/white) / UK / 1967 / M-) £15( Beautiful copy of this tuff, tuff Ska / Jamican R&B double-sider — fantastic stuff... )Mickey Lee Lane ‘Hey Sah-Lo-Ney’ / ‘Of Yesterday’ (Itzy / USA / 1960s / M-) £20
( I *think* this is a bootie? Not 100% sure — I believe the OG on Swan to be well, well into 3 figures...red print on white backing here...great copy - barely played....even this pressing has hit £50, believe me... )
The Watts 103rd St. Rhythm Band ‘Spreadin’ Honey’ / ‘Charley’ (Jay Boy / UK / 1966 / M-) £8( Great copy of this Wigan oldie instrumental — time was when this kinda stuff was more popular than vocals....! 1973 press... )Jimmy Conwell ‘Cigarette Ashes’ / ‘Second Hand Happiness’ (Jay Boy / UK / 1966 / M-) £10( Beautiful big ‘A’ demo copy — appears unplayed.... )Marva Whitney ‘This Girl’s In Love With You’ (King / USA / 1970 / M-) £20( Unplayed Demo cop here..... )Bobby Bennett & The Dynamics ‘Soul Jerk pts 1 & 2’ (Loma / USA / 1965 / M-) £40
( Rare James Brown production — both sides smash it — wonderful midtempo R&B / Popcorn groover which has even seen NS action — immaculate apart from slight label rub to topside... )
The Music Explosion ‘Little Bit O’Soul’ / ‘Everybody’ (London / UK / 1969 / Ex+) £12
( Beautiful black/yellow DJ copy of this now long-forgotten NS oldie....originally released in the UK on Stateside two years earlier — nice copy here... )
Ray Barretto ‘Acid’ / ‘Mercy, Mercy, Mercy’ (London / UK/ 1969 / M-) £30( Immaculate copy of this exquisite double-sider in correct custom sleeve... )N.F. Porter ‘Keep On Keeping On’ / ‘Don’t Make Me Color...’ (Lizard / USA / 1971 / VG+) £12( OG ‘dark red’ label press — few scuffs / minimal — massive Mod / NS oldie — never fades.... )Spyder Turner ‘I Can’t Make It Anymore’ (M-G-M / USA / 1967 / M-) £12
( Huge NS oldie — few slight scuffs — minimal...rarely bettered....drill-hole to label... )
Mind & Matter ‘I’m Under Your Spell’ / ‘Sunshine Lady’ (M&M / USA / 1977 / M-) £475
( Unplayed copy — GRAIL Modern Soul... )
The Showmen ‘Action’ / ‘What Would It Take’ (Pama (purple) / UK / 1969 / VG+) £15
( Quality Northern — nice on UK here — few scuffs, minimal... )
Otis Smith ‘Let Her Go’ (voc/inst) (Perception / USA / 1973 / M-) £25
( Great copy — few scuffs — 1973 press of the (very hard to find!) 60s original... )
Ossie & The Sweet Boys ‘Brixton Boo-Ga-Loo’ / ‘Nothing Takes The Place Of You’ (Polydor / UK / 1967 / M-) £25( Well — here’s another new one on me? Sooo difficult to categorise, not sure — absolutely bizarre / quirky little instrumental — no hint of Boogaloo here whatsoever — more like a Bossa Nova? The closest comparison I can give you is the London Jazz Four’s ‘Things We Said Today’ — same kinda beat / feel...other side is a great version of the Touissaint McCall classic which works beautifully too — must be rare? In correct custom sleeve... )Slim Harpo ‘Tip On In’ (pts 1 & 2) (President / UK / 1968 / M-) £12( Pretty much unplayed copy — minor label rub to topside... )Freddie McCoy ‘Salem Soul Song’ / ‘Soul Yogi’ (Prestige / USA / 1960s / M-) £30( Barely played — my first-ever copy — huge inst's on many scenes — even saw NS action — wonderful double-sider... )Chuck Jackson ‘Beg Me’ / ‘For All Time’ (Pye International / UK / 1964 / M-) £25
( Beautiful copy of a tuff UK piece — barely played — very, very slight label rub to topside... )
Dean Courtney ‘I’ll Always Need You’ / ‘Tammy’ (RCA / USA / 1970s / M-) £20
( 1970s press of the 60s original... )
Bessie Banks ‘Go Now’ / ‘It Sounds Like My Baby’ (Red Bird / UK / 1964 / M-) £50
( Immaculate copy of a RARE record...we used to call these kinda sounds ‘Beat Ballads’...or ‘Enders’... )
Future 2000 ‘Good Things’ / ‘She Loves Me’ (Rota / USA / 1980 / M-) £250
( Immaculate copy )
Edwin Starr ‘Don’t Tell Me I’m Crazy’ / ‘Who Is The Leader...’ (Soul / USA / 1970 / VG+) £25
( One of Edwin’s finest-ever tracks — always indemand and a quick seller whenever I list it...nice copy here — few scuffs — minimal... )
Moments ‘Nine Times’ (Stang / USA / 1976 / VG+) £5
( Nicer red label press — original — few scuffs — plays beautifully after a little bit of surface / intro crackle — all-time classic / killer NS DNA — BIG personal fave... )
The Power Of Attorney Band ‘Love For You’ / ‘Louise’ (Star Island / USA / 1986 / M-) £300
( Unplayed copy — HUGE Modern Soul dancer... )
Brenda Holloway ‘Every Little Bit Hurts’ / ‘Land Of A Thousand Boys’ (Stateside / UK / 1964 / VG+) £20
( Beautiful copy — in correct custom sleeve — just a very few / light scuffs — nothing )
Terry Klein with Dee-Jay & The Runaways ‘Keep On Running’ / ‘Don’t You Ever’ (Stone / USA / 1960s / VG+) £25( Tuff Garage / Fuzz / Mod banger — cover of the Spencer Davis Group on topside and a goodly flip too — few scuffs here and there — MUST be rare...? )Soul Vendors ‘Pupa Lick’ / ‘Leave My Business Alone’ (Studio One / UK / 1967 / VG-) £20( Another one that only just made the cut cos it is also rare / fantastic...dinked middle, faint WOL — still a decent copy... )Edwin Starr ’25 Miles’ / ‘Mighty Good Lovin’ (Tamla Motown TMG 672 / UK / 1968 / VG+) £20( Lovely big ‘A’ green/white demo here...stunning copy - barely played - in correct custom sleeve ... )The Elgins ‘Heaven Must Have Sent You’ / ‘Stay In My Lonely Arms’ (Tamla Motown TMG 583 / UK / 1966 / VG+) £60
( Stunning copy - just a few scuffs - in correct custom sleeve...rare OG copy here... )
The Miracles ‘The Tracks Of My Tears’ / ‘A Fork In The Road’ (Tamla Motown TMG 522 / UK / 1965 / VG+) £20
( Stunning copy - barely played - in correct custom sleeve — again — a rare TMG original copy here... )
Sonny Craver ‘I Wanna Thank You’ / ‘I’m No Fool’ (Teri-De / USA / 1970s / VG+) £150
( This has got a bit of a warp which dnap — happy to send a clip if needed — also has very, very slight crackle on intro which fades sharpish — a beautiful tune and a bonafide rare — my first-ever copy — golden voice... )
Rex Garvin & The Mighty Cravers ‘Queen Of The Go-Go’ / ‘The Other Man’ (Tower / USA / 1968 / VG+) £20( 2 cracking instrumentals from the Golden Age — ever-popular - stamped promo...few scuffs — minimal... )Henry Jerome ‘Uptight (Everything’s Alright)’ (UA / USA / 1960s / M-) £8( Was HUGE on the Northern ‘Scene at one time...nice copy here... )Non-Stop ‘Say You Love Me’ (voc/inst) (Vincent Frank / USA / 1980s / M-) £150( Unplayed copy — MASSIVE Modern Soul dancer.... )Veda ‘What It’s All About’ / ‘Ain’t Nothing But A Party’ (West Sounds / USA / 1980 / M-) £250
( Fantastic copy of a stunning Modern Soul dancer...... )
Will Hatcher 'You Haven't Seen Nothin' Yet' / 'Ain't That Lovin' You' (Wheelsville / USA / 1976 / M-) £45( Unplayed copy of this gorgeous mid-pacer - did you know that this guy was Edwin Starr's (R.I.P) cousin? )Little Mae and The Flames ‘Baby Workout’ / ‘Chicken Feed’ (Wildwood / USA / 1960s / VG+) £60( Rare one...word isn’t out on this one yet but watch it go when a ‘good’ DJ gets hold of it...2 killer R&B / early Soul sides — will be huge on the Popcorn scene too — total and absolute obscurity...few scuffs / very minor crackle — minimal... )12" Singles:
T.W Bankston ‘You Are The Icing On My Cake’ (Baseline / UK / 1989 / M-) £8
( Big personal fave — stunning Modern Soul midpacer — presented here as a Promo copy and in correct custom sleeve... )
Clausel ‘Let Me Love You’ (Up Right / USA / 1982 / M-) £60
( Immaculate copy — still in shrink.... )
Hipnotic ‘Are You Lonely’ (Street-Level / Canada / 1983 / M-) £350
( Unplayed copy — still in shrink — in correct custom sleeve...it is my absolute joy to be able to offer a piece of this calibre here... )
Teddy Lincoln ‘If It’s Love That You’re Looking For’ / ‘Baby Don’t Go’ (CAM / UK / 1980 / M-) £10
( Unplayed copy in correct custom sleeve — sublime Lover’s Rock version of the Keith Barrow tune — beautiful.... )
Gerald Mallory ‘Lay It Down On Me’ / ‘Keep On Dancing’ (Prelude / USA / 1982 / M-) £10
( Fantastic NYC Boogie — don’t get it very often...still in shrink — in correct custom sleeve.... )
Larry Wu ‘Let Me Show You’ (Atlantic / USA / 1984 /M-) £45
( Unplayed copy... )
LPs:
Lyn Collins ‘Think (About It)’ (Mojo / UK / 1972 / Ex/Ex) £30( Great copy — few very, very faint scuffs to vinyl - sleeve just slightly worn - amazing LP....soooo many tracks here...hard on UK Mojo issue....’Think’ , ‘Ain’t No Sunshine’ , ‘Things Got To Get Better Again’ etc etc... )Dyson’s Faces ‘Dyson’s Faces’ (Dy-Rich / USA / 1977 / M-/M-) £250( This is the ‘blue sleeve’ LP — ok? The rarest of them all — this is completely immaculate — and - has had very, very few plays: ‘Welcome To All This Love Again’ , ‘Working My Way To Something Better’ etc etc — absolute boner... )Lee Fields ‘Let’s Talk It Over’ (Angle 3 / USA / 1979 / M-/M-) £225
( Totally immaculate and 100% OG, deep groove press — heavyweight Deep Funk / Heavy Soul LP — still in shrink: ‘She’s A Love Maker’ , ‘Flim Flam’ , ‘Mighty Mighty Love’ etc etc — nice to see this music biz veteran still busy... )
Al Greene ‘Back Up Train’ (Action (swirl) / UK / 1969 / Ex+/Ex) £50( I’d say the vinyl here has had fewer than 5 plays — it IS exquisite — the sleeve isn’t far behind it — just a tad yellowed, very, very slightly creased with a coupla old name / price stickers here and there — minimal — believe me, this IS a rare LP...it was the Reverend Al Green(e)’s debut LP — and — some would say it was actually downhill from here on in for Al.....and, sadly, I’d have to agree with them L...’Back Up Train’ , ‘Hot Wire’ , ‘Stop And Check Myself’ etc etc...great set, great voice... )Leon Haywood ‘It’s Got To Be Mellow’ (MCA / UK / 1967 / Ex/VG) £15( Vinyl is absolutely fine but sleeve is a bit tired...quality Soul / Funk set with: ‘Cornbread and Buttermilk’ , ‘Ode To Billy Joe’ , ‘It’s Got To Be Mellow’ etc etc — bargain... )Willie Hightower ‘If I Had A Hammer’ (Capitol / USA / 1967 / Ex+/VG+) £50
( Beautiful copy of much fiended-after LP — great mix of Northern Soul dancers, midpacers and Deep Soul — just how we like it...only one surface scuff here prevents me from grading the wax M-, it is minimal, honestly — the sleeve is also nice — tiny bit of ringwear and slight yellowing / spotting to rear — again, nothing horrendous...only me second-ever copy... )
Gwen McCrae ‘Gwen McCrae’ (President / UK / 1974 / M-/M-) £30( Immaculate copy in every way: ‘90% Of Me Is You’ etc etc — wonderful stuff... )Carlos Malcolm ‘Bustin Outta The Ghetto’ (AJP / USA / 1970 / M-/E+) £20( Stunning copy - still in shrink — great copy of this sublime Funky-Soul LP from this Carribean / Ska legend: ‘Funky Junction’ , ‘Truck Full Of Soul’ , ‘Move With The Beat’ etc etc... )The Packers ‘Hole In The Wall’ (Soul City / UK / 1969 / Ex/VG+) £20( Nice vinyl - sleeve just frayed / tired / worn but lam is intact — killer Soul / Funk / R&B LP from highly-collectable label...’Hole In Te Wall’ , ‘Pure Soul’ , ‘Hoppin John’ , ‘Go Head On’ etc etc — smasher... )Nolan Porter ‘Nolan’ (Probe / UK / 1972 / M/VG+) £75( Again — trust me — this has NEVER been played — another one from the archive mentioned above — actually with a Factory Sample sticker — which many of the pieces from this collection had — or — some other form of Promo / Demo mark: ‘If I Could only Be Sure’ . ‘Keep On Keepin On’ , ‘I Like What You Give’ etc etc...wonderful set... )Billy Preston ‘The Most Exciting Organ Ever’ (Sue / UK / 1964 / M/Ex+) £60
( Believe me — this LP has NEVER been played — I just got it out of a music biz exec’s personal archive — it is immaculate — and — one of the first / rarest LPs ever released on this most ultimate of UK labels...’Soul Meetin’ , ‘The Octopus’ , ‘Steady Getting It’ etc etc — a joy to be able to offer this.... )
Luther Vandross ‘Luther’ (Cotillion / USA / 1976 / M-/VG) £15( Great copy - few scuffs - sleeve is just a tad tired / frayed / worn - intact, though...’Funky Music Is A Part Of Me’ , ‘It’s Good For The Soul’ , ‘The Second Time Around etc etc... )Bill Withers ‘Still Bill’ (A&M / UK / 1972 / M-/VG) £20( Slight tear to ‘front opening’ of sleeve — as often happens with this LP — vinyl is exquisite — fantastic LP on an amazing LP: ‘Use Me’ , ‘Who Is He And What Is He To You’ etc etc — a true talent... )Edited by Guest