Sunday Soul Sales...
Al Foster Band - The night of the wolf. Short/long version - Numero Uno. Brilliant condition. £100. Whilst the label says this is a Puerto Rico label and folk say it is original. I'm not sure if it isn't a dog rare bootleg done for some scene or other years back. Certainly unusual.
Jimmy Thompson - Jimmy's Place part 1/2 - Jimmy Thompson Music. Brilliant condition. £100.Highland Room anthem from '75.
Brothers, Sisters & Cousins - Smoke Stream - Nasco DJ copy. Mint. £40. Another Highland Room big sound. Lovely demo! 
Nino Tempo & 5th Avenue Sax - Sister James - A&M. Mint with sleeve. £40.
Message me if interested please. Cheers, G

 

 

Guy - just dug out my Al Foster Band as above - sure it is a bootleg but trying to remember where I got mine from?

Possibly Sydney Scarborough record shop in Hull mixed in with all the other bootlegs in about 1980 / 81. Absolutely nothing in the run outs on either side so a mystery - anyone got any more info.

Adam

The white label "Puerto Rico" 45 above is definitely a bootleg.

As a side note the original issue of "Night Of The Wolf" was on an Italy 45 on the Cetra Numero Uno label titled "Tema Del Lupo" and credited to the italian artists real names Ivano Alberto Fossati & Oscar Prudente. I guess Morris Levy / Roulette thought it would be easier to sell to the US market as "Al Foster Band"...

 

It's s right oddity. I never saw this press on the Northern Scene when it was big in '76 or whenever, and it was obviously done a long time before it went big on the Deep Funk scene. So for what market or scene was it done? I do actually like the "more questions than answers" scenario with records, there is so little mystery these days...

Just played it again for the first time for years - sounds good and remember how infectious it was when played out and loud!!  Glad you reminded me it was lurking on the back shelf! of the record collection! Yes love the mystery.

Adam