Bobbie Williams - Singing love, happiness and peace - Stanson / EX / £750 (Killer midtempo from the cult label Stanson. Super rare especially in this clean condition. Demo copy, don’t think this ever reached the release stage.)
Infinity - Queen of my universe / Up - Wilkerr / EX / £600 (Superb modern soul double header. Highly indemand and rarely offered for sale )
Krash Band with Evelyn Holder - So I can make this change - Liberated / EX / £250 (Simply amazing midtempo modern soul. Very very hard to find especially in clean condition. As featured on my recent All Soul, All Girls 3 mix. Last copy.)
Vantage Point - All Night Part 1 - Vantage Point / EX / £200 (Tough funky disco that used to fetch £500 and never been around in quantity.)
Odyssey - Our lives are shaped by what we love - Mowest / EX / £60 (Well known, and superb, piece of hippie soul. White demo copy.)
Jimmie Delphs - Do you know what I mean - Man / EX / £60 (Lovely slowie, so hard to find in clean condition.)
Fruit - Say it - Cypress / EX / £60 (Killer modern soul which has now dried up again.)
Roosevelt Carter - All night love affair / Right track - Ola / EX/VG+ / £50 (Killer modern soul from 1987. Pic sleeve has a little ring wear but still looks good.)
A Brother’s Guiding Light - Getting together - Mercury / VG / £40 (White demo of this Vince Montana penned Philly soul classic. Label has writing, vinyl many light marks. Plays well but not perfect.)
Tony Love - Crying time is over - Instant / EX / £35 (1975 modern soul dancer out of Nola.)
Tomorrow’s Promise - Should I follow my heart / You’re everything good to me - Mercury / EX / £35 (Rare issue copy of this superb sweet soul cut. The modern flipside is only found here and not on the demos.)
Holland-Dozer - New breed kinda woman - Invictus / EX / £30 (Classic dancer, comes in company sleeve.)
Willie and Barbara - Sleep with me - Reid’s World / EX / £30 (Hard to find and great TK double header.)
Reality - Standing beside you - Jupiter / VG+ / £30 (Lovely feel good modern soul dancer yet to have bigger attention. Sticker on flipside.)
Topics - God and you - Noodle/P-Vine / EX / £30 (Sought after and out of print japanese reissue of very rare original.)
N’Cole - I’m gonna need this love / Thank you for the love - Millenium / EX / £25 (Rarer issue copy with two great sides. In company sleeve.)
Sam Baker - It’s all over - Sound Stage 7 / EX / £25 (White demo copy of this superb feel good midtempo dancer.)
Afro Cuban Band - Have a real good time / Something’s gotta give - Arista / EX / £25 (Two good modern sides. Promo copy.)
Greg Perry - Come on down / Variety is the spice of life - Casablanca / VG+ / £25 (His rarest and best Casablanca 45. Has some light marks but plays well.)
Greg Perry - One for the road / same - Casablanda / EX / £8 (Promo copy)
Greg Perry - I’ll be coming back / Love magic - Casablanca / EX / £6 (Vinyl copy.)
Imaginations - The perfect pair - 20th Century / EX / £20 (Jerline Shelton/Maurice Commander beauty only on rare issue copy.)
Beau Williams - Outside love / I’ll be home soon - Truth & Soul / EX / £20 (Two previously unissued sides. Pressed in 500 copies, now sold out and indemand.)
Got-Cha’ - Makin’ love to ya’ - Sterling Disc / EX / £20 (The RN 101 release version which is superior to my ears. Excellent modern soul dancer.)
Jones Girls - If you don’t love me anymore - Curtom / VG+ / £20 (Rich Tufo magic, such a lovely dancer.)
Harlem River Drive - Need you - Arista / EX / £15 (White demo of this modern dancer.)
Niteflyte - You are - Ariola / EX / £15 (Promo copy in company sleeve.)
Rance Allen - Truth is marching on - Capitol / EX / £15 (Hard Mizell brothers modern. As new promo copy in company sleeve.)
Mary Wells - These arms - Epic / EX / £15 (Superb feel good modern from Greg Perry and Mary Wells. White demo copy complete with company sleeve.)
Saint Tropez - Fill my life with love - Butterfly / EX / £15 (Popular modern all nighter spin.)
Inner Space - Break the chains - Sweet Fortune / EX / £12 (Superb Philly soul sounding dancer from Landy McNeal.)
Patti - Come and get it - GEC / EX / £10 (Excellent modern soul/disco from the Lovelites singer. Essential if you like the Jerline & Friends CD and the later Lovelites stuff.)
Coke Escovedo - Why can’t we be lovers - Mercury / EX / £10 (Nice version, demo copy complete with company sleeve. Very slight warp not affecting play.)
Nite-Liters - K-Jee - Rca / EX / £10 (Killer! And a classic. Great looking demo copy in company sleeve.)
Frannie Golde - Stop (And look around) - Big Tree / EX / £10 (Feel good modern soul dancer that will bring energy to any dancefloor.)
Marvin Gaye - Come get to this - Tamla / EX / £8 (Lovely looking white demo copy.)
Ginie Lynn - In love - Misty / EX / £8 (Tough lesser known Chicago modern dancer.)
Chocolate Jam Co. - This time - Epic / EX / £8 (Feel good modern. White demo vinyl copy.)
Family - Feeling what you wanna feel - Little City / EX / £8 (White demo of this great midtempo dancer.)
Instant Funk - Crying - Salsoul / EX / £6 (Tough modern soul dancer.)
Nate Evans and Buss - The look on your face / This time with feeling - DPR / VG / £75 (Rare first press before credited to Nate Evans and Mean Green. Visually VG+ I put a lower grade due to the poor pressing. “The look..”-side plays with some background noise mostly prominent in the first part of the song, and is pressed slightly off-centre. Flip plays better and is centered. X on label.)
Jack Hammer - Swim / Colour combination - Soul / EX / £75 (Popular northern/mod spin. Scarce issue with the “Swim” side. With company sleeve.)
Skip Easterling - Bandida woman - Alon / EX / £70 (Popular R&B dancer and a rare one!)
Leon Gardner - Be there - Igloo / VG / £60 (Light marks only, plays well. Killer jazz fitting into the spiritual genre. Comped by Jazzman.)
Ornette Coleman - Man on the moon / Growing up - Impulse! / EX / £60 (Pristine white demo. In generic sleeve.)
Soul Notes - How long will it last / I got everything I need - Way Out / EX / £50 (DJ copy of this popular northern dancer. Both sides been reissued by Numero Group.)
Silky Hargreaves - Hurt by love / Go on girl - D-Town / EX / £50 (Two fantastic Detroit sides. So hard to find in this pristine condition, usually seen in VG or worse.)
Saints - I’ve been taken for a ride - Kent / EX / £50 (Promo copy of this lovely Miles Grayson disc. Two X on label.)
Curtis Fuller - Oscalypso - Blue Note / VG- / £45 (Classic jazz dance. Best cut off his very expensive album “The Opener”. The 45 is even rarer. One side of the label has a little wear and fading, vinyl got lots of light marks. Plays with light background noise mostly present in the intro and never overpowering the music.)
Wilton Crump - Give your love to me / Think it through - Olive Branch / EX / £40 (Sweet soul double header. Unplayed copy of this Chicago rarity.)
Maxine Crayton - Don’t take your love - Steeltown / EX / £40 (Date and small writing on label.)
Triplett Twins - Black sensuous girl - Jay Pee / VG+ / £35 (Rare one from this obscure Chicago duo.)
Master Plan - Clinton park - De-Lite / EX / £30 (Lovely midtempo LA soul.)
Interpreters - Time is of the essence - Cadet / EX / £30 (Modal jazz classic, nice to see on 7 inch. DJ copy, stamp on label.)
Rev. Stanley Keeble & the Voices of Truth - Can’t you love [him] - Sounds of Soul / EX / £30 (Soulful gospel. First local Chicago release before Dynamite. Title corrected with filt pen.)
Jade - Brown and beautiful / Viva tirado - Century City / EX / £25 (Promo copy. One side of the vinyl has some weird but purely cosmetic markings which does not affect play.)
Titus Turner - Sodom and Gommorrahh - Dart / EX / £25 (Funky gospel with more than a sprinkle of Leon Thomas.)
Star-Tells - Falling in love with you girl / You’re wrong about me - Lamarr / VG+ / £25 (Rare white demo of this classy Chicago group soul harmony cut. Small writing on label. Vinyl just shy of EX with some light marks, plays well.)
Counter Point - Early dawn - Ja-Wes / EX / £20 (Lovely modal jazz. Rare 45 only release.)
Woody Herman - Sidewinder - Columbia / VG / £20 (Cool piece of mod jazz, superb vocal version. White demo with star stamp on label. The record is absolutely covered in light superficial marks but surprisingly it plays clean.)
Woody Herman - Freedom jazz dance - Prestige / EX / £8 (Surprisingly good version!)
Jackie Ross - Take the weight off me - Sedgrick / EX / £20 (Superb crossover slowie, ultra soulful stuff. First label before GSF. Initial plus date on label written on label with ballpoint pen.)
Skyliners - Everything is fine - Jubilee / EX / £20 (Superb midtempo northern. Here on the most desirable format - white demo, and vinyl not styrene copy.)
Toni Mathis - Everything you feel is me - Nectar / EX / £20 (Female funk with a jazzy dramatic feel.)
Little Willie J. - The pressure - Hip City Soul Club / EX / £15 (Previously unreleased R&B dancer which came out as a 21st Anniversary disc for a Berlin based soul club.)
Sequins - It must be love - Crajon / EX / £10 (Absolutely lovely midtempo crossover by Phillip Mitchell. Promo copy, two colour label version. A “W” written on label with ballpoint pen + a date stamp.)
Bethea the Masked Man & the Agents - I wouldn’t come back - Dynamo / EX / £10 (White demo of this charming midtempo northern soul dancer.)
Invincibles - Heart full of love 1970 - Stardom / EX / £10 (Evergreen sweet soul, such a beauty. Superior remake, first take came out on WB. Clean vinyl copy, not styrene.)
Great Expectations - Welcome to the world - Phil La of Soul / EX / £10 (White demo, vinyl copy. Date written on label.)
Tom Green - Rock springs, railroad station / same - Evolution / EX / £10 (Promotional copy. Usually seen on UK label Action.)
Dean and Jean - Lovingly yours - Rust / EX / £10 (Excellent and quirky midtempo northern dancer. White demo copy.)
Jimmy Hughes - Chains of love - Volt / EX / £10 (Superb Groovesville crossover soul. White demo copy complete with company sleeve.)
Lenny Williams - People make the world go ‘round - Atco / VG+ / £8 (Superb version done in a pure Timmy Thomas/Miami style. Highly recommended! Demo copy in company sleeve. Got some light marks but plays fine.)
Undisputed Truth - Law of the land - Gordy / EX / £8(White demo, date written on label.)
Rance Allen Group - There’s gonna be a showdown - The Gospel Truth / EX / £8 (Great looking white demo no logo copy in company sleeve. Fantastic version of the Archie Bell song.)
Teddie Morrow - What’s your sign - Seibu / EX / £8 (Superb sweet soul ballad witha mellow groove feeling.)
Manhattans - I can’t stand for you to leave me - Deluxe / VG+ / £8 (X on label. Fab crossover dancer! X and initials written on label.)
Soul & Disco 12’s
J’s - When did you stop / Long - Dante / EX / £15 (Superb Philly soul dancer.)
Luther Vandross - Are you using me - EMI/Crossing Movement / EX / £8 (Popular club spin. Italian press with two mixes of “Nights in Harlem” on the flipside.)
Richie Havens - Going back to my roots - Elektra / EX / £8 (First time on 12 inch, this was released in 2005 and the b-side holds a remix.)
Soul/Disco/Funk Albums
Thompsons - I’ll get over it - BCW / EX/EX / £100 (With the killer “Seems I’ve known you”! Early second press with Archer instead of F/W stamp and cover made in Canada instead of Usa. Often sold as a original.)
Sandra Wright - Wounded woman - Demon / EX/EX / £75 (1989 UK original of this compilation with previously issued as well as previously unissued 1974 Stax/Truth recordings. With “I come running back”, “A man can’t be a man”, “Midnight affair” etc.)
Satisfaction Unlimited - Think of the children - Hot Wax / EX/VG+ / £40 (Fantastic album covering different styles of soul. Crossover in “Bright city lights”, two step in “Let’s change the subject” and a dancer with a rare groove touch in “Seeing you in the eyes of a blindman”. Cover is in lower VG+ condition - has ring wear and cut out as well as a small split.)
James Polk - You know the feeling - Trilogy / S/S / £40 (Still sealed copy of this soul/fusion indemander. With “My sun” and the title track.)
Invitations - Rare Collection - Soul From the Vault / EX/EX / £40 (Japanese compilation of their Silver Blue sides + Lew Kirtons solo 45 on the TK Merlin label. First and only time on album for these tracks.)
Tommie Young - Do you still feel the same way - Soul Power/P-Vine / EX/EX / £30 (High quality japanese reissue. With “Hit & Run Lover”, “That’s all a part of loving him” etc.)
Newban - 2 - Guiness / EX/EX / £25 (High quality japanese reissue of this legendary album. Really well made, quite hard to tell apart from the real thing. As new copy)
Various - The Essential Modern Soul Selection - Soul Supply / EX/EX / £20 (Legendary compilation from the early 1990’s. Classic selections including Al Mason, Tavasco, Essex IV, Daybreak, Arnold Blair etc.)
Albums
Duncans - Gonna stay in love - Malaco / EX / £20 (With the fantastic two stepper “Let me be”. Also holds the disco dancer “Too damn hot”.)
Lonnie Jordan - The affair - Boardwalk / EX/VG+ / £6 (Title track is awesome. Cover has a price sticker.)
12’s
Harvey Scales - All in a nights work / We got to stop meeting like this - Earthone / EX / £6 (“All in a nights work” is a 10 out of 10 stepper to me, a solid fave. Flipside ain’t bad either. As new copy.)
45’s
7 Miles High - She’s gone away / Do it to you - Gerim / EX / £75 (Classy classic plus boogie flip.)
Will Hart - Check out your mind - Mother Earth / EX / £50 (Killer!)
Necessity - It’s too bad - Big Cheese / EX / £30 (Love this stepper and it’s Smokey Robinson type vocals. One I often play together with Infatuations “Who’s to blame”. Boogie flip.)
Lost Generation - Your mission (If you decide to accept it) - Innovation II / EX / £25 (Stained label.)
Heaven & Earth - I can’t seem to forget you / Promises - GEC / EX / £15 (Best record of the list. Flipside is not on the album only found here, and it’s superb as well.)
Batteaux - Tell her she’s lovely - Columbia / EX / £10 (All time fave, folksy soul. Rarer issue copy comes in company sleeve.)
Brenda & the Tabulations - One girl too late - Epic / EX / £15 (Promo copy.)
Bernard Walker - I need your love - Payday / EX / £10 (I love this one.)
Willie Clayton - Tell me - Compleat / EX / £6 (Grown up, late night/early morning type of sound. Don’t miss the bubbling bass line!)
Dennis Coffey - Someone special - Westbound / EX / £6 (Solid stepper.)
Lanier & Co - After I cry tonight - Larc / EX / £6 (Rare white demo.)
Ebony Rhythm Funk Campaign - How’s your wife (And my child) - Innovation II / EX / £6 (All time fave, superb mellow groove type slowie. White demo, x on label.)
Jermaine Jackson - You like me don’t you - Motown / EX / £6 (White demo.)
Skool Boyz - This feeling must be real - Destiny / EX / £6 (Essential!)
Skool Boyz - Before you go - Crossroads / EX / £6 (Deep and great 2 step.)
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Modern Soul & Disco 45’s
Bobbie Williams - Singing love, happiness and peace - Stanson / EX / £750 (Killer midtempo from the cult label Stanson. Super rare especially in this clean condition. Demo copy, don’t think this ever reached the release stage.)
Infinity - Queen of my universe / Up - Wilkerr / EX / £600 (Superb modern soul double header. Highly indemand and rarely offered for sale )
Krash Band with Evelyn Holder - So I can make this change - Liberated / EX / £250 (Simply amazing midtempo modern soul. Very very hard to find especially in clean condition. As featured on my recent All Soul, All Girls 3 mix. Last copy.)
Vantage Point - All Night Part 1 - Vantage Point / EX / £200 (Tough funky disco that used to fetch £500 and never been around in quantity.)
Odyssey - Our lives are shaped by what we love - Mowest / EX / £60 (Well known, and superb, piece of hippie soul. White demo copy.)
Jimmie Delphs - Do you know what I mean - Man / EX / £60 (Lovely slowie, so hard to find in clean condition.)
Fruit - Say it - Cypress / EX / £60 (Killer modern soul which has now dried up again.)
Roosevelt Carter - All night love affair / Right track - Ola / EX/VG+ / £50 (Killer modern soul from 1987. Pic sleeve has a little ring wear but still looks good.)
A Brother’s Guiding Light - Getting together - Mercury / VG / £40 (White demo of this Vince Montana penned Philly soul classic. Label has writing, vinyl many light marks. Plays well but not perfect.)
Tony Love - Crying time is over - Instant / EX / £35 (1975 modern soul dancer out of Nola.)
Tomorrow’s Promise - Should I follow my heart / You’re everything good to me - Mercury / EX / £35 (Rare issue copy of this superb sweet soul cut. The modern flipside is only found here and not on the demos.)
Holland-Dozer - New breed kinda woman - Invictus / EX / £30 (Classic dancer, comes in company sleeve.)
Willie and Barbara - Sleep with me - Reid’s World / EX / £30 (Hard to find and great TK double header.)
Reality - Standing beside you - Jupiter / VG+ / £30 (Lovely feel good modern soul dancer yet to have bigger attention. Sticker on flipside.)
Topics - God and you - Noodle/P-Vine / EX / £30 (Sought after and out of print japanese reissue of very rare original.)
N’Cole - I’m gonna need this love / Thank you for the love - Millenium / EX / £25 (Rarer issue copy with two great sides. In company sleeve.)
Sam Baker - It’s all over - Sound Stage 7 / EX / £25 (White demo copy of this superb feel good midtempo dancer.)
Afro Cuban Band - Have a real good time / Something’s gotta give - Arista / EX / £25 (Two good modern sides. Promo copy.)
Greg Perry - Come on down / Variety is the spice of life - Casablanca / VG+ / £25 (His rarest and best Casablanca 45. Has some light marks but plays well.)
Greg Perry - One for the road / same - Casablanda / EX / £8 (Promo copy)
Greg Perry - I’ll be coming back / Love magic - Casablanca / EX / £6 (Vinyl copy.)
Imaginations - The perfect pair - 20th Century / EX / £20 (Jerline Shelton/Maurice Commander beauty only on rare issue copy.)
Beau Williams - Outside love / I’ll be home soon - Truth & Soul / EX / £20 (Two previously unissued sides. Pressed in 500 copies, now sold out and indemand.)
Got-Cha’ - Makin’ love to ya’ - Sterling Disc / EX / £20 (The RN 101 release version which is superior to my ears. Excellent modern soul dancer.)
Jones Girls - If you don’t love me anymore - Curtom / VG+ / £20 (Rich Tufo magic, such a lovely dancer.)
Harlem River Drive - Need you - Arista / EX / £15 (White demo of this modern dancer.)
Niteflyte - You are - Ariola / EX / £15 (Promo copy in company sleeve.)
Rance Allen - Truth is marching on - Capitol / EX / £15 (Hard Mizell brothers modern. As new promo copy in company sleeve.)
Mary Wells - These arms - Epic / EX / £15 (Superb feel good modern from Greg Perry and Mary Wells. White demo copy complete with company sleeve.)
Saint Tropez - Fill my life with love - Butterfly / EX / £15 (Popular modern all nighter spin.)
Inner Space - Break the chains - Sweet Fortune / EX / £12 (Superb Philly soul sounding dancer from Landy McNeal.)
Patti - Come and get it - GEC / EX / £10 (Excellent modern soul/disco from the Lovelites singer. Essential if you like the Jerline & Friends CD and the later Lovelites stuff.)
Coke Escovedo - Why can’t we be lovers - Mercury / EX / £10 (Nice version, demo copy complete with company sleeve. Very slight warp not affecting play.)
Nite-Liters - K-Jee - Rca / EX / £10 (Killer! And a classic. Great looking demo copy in company sleeve.)
Frannie Golde - Stop (And look around) - Big Tree / EX / £10 (Feel good modern soul dancer that will bring energy to any dancefloor.)
Marvin Gaye - Come get to this - Tamla / EX / £8 (Lovely looking white demo copy.)
Ginie Lynn - In love - Misty / EX / £8 (Tough lesser known Chicago modern dancer.)
Chocolate Jam Co. - This time - Epic / EX / £8 (Feel good modern. White demo vinyl copy.)
Family - Feeling what you wanna feel - Little City / EX / £8 (White demo of this great midtempo dancer.)
Instant Funk - Crying - Salsoul / EX / £6 (Tough modern soul dancer.)
Crossover, Northern Soul, Mod, Jazz, RnB & Funk 45’s
Nate Evans and Buss - The look on your face / This time with feeling - DPR / VG / £75 (Rare first press before credited to Nate Evans and Mean Green. Visually VG+ I put a lower grade due to the poor pressing. “The look..”-side plays with some background noise mostly prominent in the first part of the song, and is pressed slightly off-centre. Flip plays better and is centered. X on label.)
Jack Hammer - Swim / Colour combination - Soul / EX / £75 (Popular northern/mod spin. Scarce issue with the “Swim” side. With company sleeve.)
Skip Easterling - Bandida woman - Alon / EX / £70 (Popular R&B dancer and a rare one!)
Leon Gardner - Be there - Igloo / VG / £60 (Light marks only, plays well. Killer jazz fitting into the spiritual genre. Comped by Jazzman.)
Ornette Coleman - Man on the moon / Growing up - Impulse! / EX / £60 (Pristine white demo. In generic sleeve.)
Soul Notes - How long will it last / I got everything I need - Way Out / EX / £50 (DJ copy of this popular northern dancer. Both sides been reissued by Numero Group.)
Silky Hargreaves - Hurt by love / Go on girl - D-Town / EX / £50 (Two fantastic Detroit sides. So hard to find in this pristine condition, usually seen in VG or worse.)
Saints - I’ve been taken for a ride - Kent / EX / £50 (Promo copy of this lovely Miles Grayson disc. Two X on label.)
Curtis Fuller - Oscalypso - Blue Note / VG- / £45 (Classic jazz dance. Best cut off his very expensive album “The Opener”. The 45 is even rarer. One side of the label has a little wear and fading, vinyl got lots of light marks. Plays with light background noise mostly present in the intro and never overpowering the music.)
Wilton Crump - Give your love to me / Think it through - Olive Branch / EX / £40 (Sweet soul double header. Unplayed copy of this Chicago rarity.)
Maxine Crayton - Don’t take your love - Steeltown / EX / £40 (Date and small writing on label.)
Triplett Twins - Black sensuous girl - Jay Pee / VG+ / £35 (Rare one from this obscure Chicago duo.)
Master Plan - Clinton park - De-Lite / EX / £30 (Lovely midtempo LA soul.)
Interpreters - Time is of the essence - Cadet / EX / £30 (Modal jazz classic, nice to see on 7 inch. DJ copy, stamp on label.)
Rev. Stanley Keeble & the Voices of Truth - Can’t you love [him] - Sounds of Soul / EX / £30 (Soulful gospel. First local Chicago release before Dynamite. Title corrected with filt pen.)
Jade - Brown and beautiful / Viva tirado - Century City / EX / £25 (Promo copy. One side of the vinyl has some weird but purely cosmetic markings which does not affect play.)
Titus Turner - Sodom and Gommorrahh - Dart / EX / £25 (Funky gospel with more than a sprinkle of Leon Thomas.)
Star-Tells - Falling in love with you girl / You’re wrong about me - Lamarr / VG+ / £25 (Rare white demo of this classy Chicago group soul harmony cut. Small writing on label. Vinyl just shy of EX with some light marks, plays well.)
Counter Point - Early dawn - Ja-Wes / EX / £20 (Lovely modal jazz. Rare 45 only release.)
Woody Herman - Sidewinder - Columbia / VG / £20 (Cool piece of mod jazz, superb vocal version. White demo with star stamp on label. The record is absolutely covered in light superficial marks but surprisingly it plays clean.)
Woody Herman - Freedom jazz dance - Prestige / EX / £8 (Surprisingly good version!)
Jackie Ross - Take the weight off me - Sedgrick / EX / £20 (Superb crossover slowie, ultra soulful stuff. First label before GSF. Initial plus date on label written on label with ballpoint pen.)
Skyliners - Everything is fine - Jubilee / EX / £20 (Superb midtempo northern. Here on the most desirable format - white demo, and vinyl not styrene copy.)
Toni Mathis - Everything you feel is me - Nectar / EX / £20 (Female funk with a jazzy dramatic feel.)
Little Willie J. - The pressure - Hip City Soul Club / EX / £15 (Previously unreleased R&B dancer which came out as a 21st Anniversary disc for a Berlin based soul club.)
Sequins - It must be love - Crajon / EX / £10 (Absolutely lovely midtempo crossover by Phillip Mitchell. Promo copy, two colour label version. A “W” written on label with ballpoint pen + a date stamp.)
Bethea the Masked Man & the Agents - I wouldn’t come back - Dynamo / EX / £10 (White demo of this charming midtempo northern soul dancer.)
Invincibles - Heart full of love 1970 - Stardom / EX / £10 (Evergreen sweet soul, such a beauty. Superior remake, first take came out on WB. Clean vinyl copy, not styrene.)
Great Expectations - Welcome to the world - Phil La of Soul / EX / £10 (White demo, vinyl copy. Date written on label.)
Tom Green - Rock springs, railroad station / same - Evolution / EX / £10 (Promotional copy. Usually seen on UK label Action.)
Dean and Jean - Lovingly yours - Rust / EX / £10 (Excellent and quirky midtempo northern dancer. White demo copy.)
Jimmy Hughes - Chains of love - Volt / EX / £10 (Superb Groovesville crossover soul. White demo copy complete with company sleeve.)
Lenny Williams - People make the world go ‘round - Atco / VG+ / £8 (Superb version done in a pure Timmy Thomas/Miami style. Highly recommended! Demo copy in company sleeve. Got some light marks but plays fine.)
Undisputed Truth - Law of the land - Gordy / EX / £8(White demo, date written on label.)
Rance Allen Group - There’s gonna be a showdown - The Gospel Truth / EX / £8 (Great looking white demo no logo copy in company sleeve. Fantastic version of the Archie Bell song.)
Teddie Morrow - What’s your sign - Seibu / EX / £8 (Superb sweet soul ballad witha mellow groove feeling.)
Manhattans - I can’t stand for you to leave me - Deluxe / VG+ / £8 (X on label. Fab crossover dancer! X and initials written on label.)
Soul & Disco 12’s
J’s - When did you stop / Long - Dante / EX / £15 (Superb Philly soul dancer.)
Luther Vandross - Are you using me - EMI/Crossing Movement / EX / £8 (Popular club spin. Italian press with two mixes of “Nights in Harlem” on the flipside.)
Richie Havens - Going back to my roots - Elektra / EX / £8 (First time on 12 inch, this was released in 2005 and the b-side holds a remix.)
Soul/Disco/Funk Albums
Thompsons - I’ll get over it - BCW / EX/EX / £100 (With the killer “Seems I’ve known you”! Early second press with Archer instead of F/W stamp and cover made in Canada instead of Usa. Often sold as a original.)
Sandra Wright - Wounded woman - Demon / EX/EX / £75 (1989 UK original of this compilation with previously issued as well as previously unissued 1974 Stax/Truth recordings. With “I come running back”, “A man can’t be a man”, “Midnight affair” etc.)
Satisfaction Unlimited - Think of the children - Hot Wax / EX/VG+ / £40 (Fantastic album covering different styles of soul. Crossover in “Bright city lights”, two step in “Let’s change the subject” and a dancer with a rare groove touch in “Seeing you in the eyes of a blindman”. Cover is in lower VG+ condition - has ring wear and cut out as well as a small split.)
James Polk - You know the feeling - Trilogy / S/S / £40 (Still sealed copy of this soul/fusion indemander. With “My sun” and the title track.)
Invitations - Rare Collection - Soul From the Vault / EX/EX / £40 (Japanese compilation of their Silver Blue sides + Lew Kirtons solo 45 on the TK Merlin label. First and only time on album for these tracks.)
Tommie Young - Do you still feel the same way - Soul Power/P-Vine / EX/EX / £30 (High quality japanese reissue. With “Hit & Run Lover”, “That’s all a part of loving him” etc.)
Newban - 2 - Guiness / EX/EX / £25 (High quality japanese reissue of this legendary album. Really well made, quite hard to tell apart from the real thing. As new copy)
Various - The Essential Modern Soul Selection - Soul Supply / EX/EX / £20 (Legendary compilation from the early 1990’s. Classic selections including Al Mason, Tavasco, Essex IV, Daybreak, Arnold Blair etc.)
Albums
Duncans - Gonna stay in love - Malaco / EX / £20 (With the fantastic two stepper “Let me be”. Also holds the disco dancer “Too damn hot”.)
Lonnie Jordan - The affair - Boardwalk / EX/VG+ / £6 (Title track is awesome. Cover has a price sticker.)
12’s
Harvey Scales - All in a nights work / We got to stop meeting like this - Earthone / EX / £6 (“All in a nights work” is a 10 out of 10 stepper to me, a solid fave. Flipside ain’t bad either. As new copy.)
45’s
7 Miles High - She’s gone away / Do it to you - Gerim / EX / £75 (Classy classic plus boogie flip.)
Will Hart - Check out your mind - Mother Earth / EX / £50 (Killer!)
Necessity - It’s too bad - Big Cheese / EX / £30 (Love this stepper and it’s Smokey Robinson type vocals. One I often play together with Infatuations “Who’s to blame”. Boogie flip.)
Lost Generation - Your mission (If you decide to accept it) - Innovation II / EX / £25 (Stained label.)
Heaven & Earth - I can’t seem to forget you / Promises - GEC / EX / £15 (Best record of the list. Flipside is not on the album only found here, and it’s superb as well.)
Batteaux - Tell her she’s lovely - Columbia / EX / £10 (All time fave, folksy soul. Rarer issue copy comes in company sleeve.)
Brenda & the Tabulations - One girl too late - Epic / EX / £15 (Promo copy.)
Bernard Walker - I need your love - Payday / EX / £10 (I love this one.)
Willie Clayton - Tell me - Compleat / EX / £6 (Grown up, late night/early morning type of sound. Don’t miss the bubbling bass line!)
Dennis Coffey - Someone special - Westbound / EX / £6 (Solid stepper.)
Lanier & Co - After I cry tonight - Larc / EX / £6 (Rare white demo.)
Ebony Rhythm Funk Campaign - How’s your wife (And my child) - Innovation II / EX / £6 (All time fave, superb mellow groove type slowie. White demo, x on label.)
Jermaine Jackson - You like me don’t you - Motown / EX / £6 (White demo.)
Skool Boyz - This feeling must be real - Destiny / EX / £6 (Essential!)
Skool Boyz - Before you go - Crossroads / EX / £6 (Deep and great 2 step.)