SHIPPING is £5 to anywhere in the world, for any number of records from the list. Int'l signed for shipping is £10.
Mr. Dynamite – Sh’mon Pt I/II – Soultime 001
The UK Sue release of this stormer went for 4 figures not too long ago but this is the even rarer US issue on Soultime. A great blend of the best elements of Funk, R&B and Northern make this a guaranteed dance floor filler.
Visual grade: VG+
£450
The Blenders – Nothin’ but a party Pt I/II – Cobra 102
Two sides of pure blistering Carolina funk. Nice clean copy.
Visual grade: VG+
£300
The Soulsmen – It’s hard but it’s fair / Begging please – Juggy 301
Rare early sixties Cali R&B dancer with appeal on the northern scene as well.
Visual grade: VG+
£200
The Pinkertones – It’s not the way you walk / It’s not who you are – Queen-G 1369 HOLD
Super clean copy of this northern oldie from one of my favourite towns in the world, sunny San Diego.
Visual grade: M-
£200
The Steinways – You’ve been leadin’ me on / My heart’s not in it anymore – Oliver 2002
Northern classic that probably needs no introduction. Clean copy with a the beautiful company sleeve.
Visual grade: VG+ to EX
£200
Bobby Barnes – Tomorrow I’ll be gone / Keep it funky – Raina 201
Best of both worlds. Mid-70s deep soul stunner backed up with a quality funk tune.
Visual grade: VG+
£150
Dawn and Sunset – What it is / Include me – DT&V 3 HOLD
Indemand Bay Area funk 45 with a sweet soul flip. Excellent copy.
Visual grade: EX
£120
Cliff Butler – You name it / No faith in you – Favorite 600 HOLD
Crude 50s rockin piano R&B 45 that’s very hard to track down.
Visual grade: VG+
£100
Len Watson – Dancing with your memory / Tennessee waltz – Coral 62397 DJ Copy
Classic Belgian popcorn oldie. A few smaller superficial marks, nothing deep.
Visual grade: VG+
£100
The Moments – Pray for me / blank – HOG 1000 DJ Copy
Nice demo copy of the Moments biggie and the only way to get the beautiful sweet soul ballad without paying four figures.
Visual grade: M-
£80
Four Um – Day dreaming / What the world needs now – Libra 7 701
Private press modern soul with a funky jazz edge, taken from the sought after LP.
Visual grade: M-
£80
True Image – Come what may / Boogie place – Flower’s 8022
Quality modern stepper blessed with Clarence Mann’s impeccable vocals.
Visual grade: VG+
£80
Fantasia – Love is free / Life goes on – Fantasia 22193 HOLD
Private uplifting Virginia modern soul. Very clean copy.
Visual grade: M-
£75
Junior McCants – The boy needs a girl / Help my love – King 6076
Nice sixties northern dancer that’s been steadily gaining demand over the last years.
Visual grade: VG+
£75
Linda Hopkins – If you walk away / The great pretender – Brunswick 55286
Rare issue copy of this classy mid-tempo popcorn dancer. Very clean copy as well.
Visual grade: M-
£75
Nick Waterhouse – Some place / That place – Pres 801
One of the greatest dancers to be released on 45 in the last decade.
Visual grade: EX
£75
Sam Savage – My lady / Florida – RRS 2463
Sweet 80s modern stepper that sounds just right for today’s scene.
Visual grade: VG+
£70
Little Genie Brooks – The James Brown bougeloo / Party time – Carol 105
Blistering funk grooves on this crude recording on the Sims subsidiary.
Visual grade: VG to VG+
£60
Gene & Eddie – It’s no sin / You’ve got to love me sometimes – Mon’ca 52670 HOLD
Early 70s soulful winner from Baltimore’s finest. Clean copy on the first label.
Visual grade: EX, slt warp NAP
£60
Dee Adra – Don’t need a reason / Without regret – Dynamic 113 DJ Copy
Obscure driving Texas soul on a very hard to find white demo. Nice clean copy.
Visual grade: EX
£60
R.B. – I’m a roller / Send your boy a letter – Tomahawk 8057
Uptempo R&B dancer on this obscure GA label.
Visual grade: VG+
£50
Debra Johnson – To get love you got to bring love / My baby for you – Noriega 1003
Top notch mid-tempo popcorn grooves paired with Debra’s stunning vocals. Very limited press from a few years ago.
Visual grade: M-
£50
Cinnamon Suns – Party time / Love your brother – Jerod 008
Cool island sister funk with a fuzzy psych edge on the original Trinidad label.
Visual grade: VG to VG+
£50
Rolls Royce and The Wheels – 1-2 Many / Above and beyond – ArA 1913
Obscure instrumental rocker with nice funky drums. Super clean copy.
Visual grade: EX
£50
The Unrelated Segments – Where you gonna go? / It’s gonna rain – Liberty 55992 DJ Copy
Visual grade: VG+
£45
Herb Johnson – Gloomy day / blank – Arctic 109 DJ Copy
Visual grade: VG
£40
Triste Janero – In the garden / Rene de Marie – GPC 1947
Visual grade: EX
£40
Alexander Chief Long Rifle – J.A.V. / With my love – UIDA 1101
Visual grade: VG+
£40
Casino Royale – Nobody loves you but me / I want a girl – Key-Loc 1039 DJ Copy
Visual grade: VG+
£40
Al Anders – Do you love me / That’s all I want – Acclaim 1005
Visual grade: EX
£40
Esau Isaacs – Baby man / Somebody’s gonna get hurt – The Peoples Record Company 007
Visual grade: EX
£35
Billy James – Don’t you think I ought to know / One kiss, a little hug – Teek 96622
Visual grade: VG+ to EX
£35
Melvin Boyd – Exit loneliness, enter love / Things are getting better – Era 3167
Visual grade: EX
£35
George Young and The Youngsters – Mechanic from Hamtramck / Johnny B. Goode – Pacesetter 4002
Visual grade: M-
£30
Gene Middleton – No one to love you / Don’t let the gren grass fool you – Andee 0002
Visual grade: EX
£30
Tommy Reynolds – The beat goes on / Bonesville – Liberty 55963 DJ Copy
Visual grade: VG+
£30
O-Zone – Disco train / 5th Ave N.Y.C. – Town Sound 910028
Visual grade: F
£30
Eddie Dee and The Moonlighters – Let’s go steady / Sweet Lorene – Dee 1002
Visual grade: VG-
£30
The CBA Ensemble – Abscretions / Ali is the champ for me – O’Bé 13
Visual grade: M-
£30
Gloria Ann Taylor – Jolene / Music – Selector Sound 0351
Visual grade: VG+
£30
Billy Conn – I should have known / I promise you (I won’t mention your name) – Federal 12500
Visual grade: VG+
£25
Dick Ryan – Once, a million times / End of a love affair – Dee-Jay 23860
Visual grade: EX
£25
The Calvaes – Anna Macora / So bad – Checker 928
Visual grade: VG
£25
Jesse James – Dreams never hurt nobody / Somebody really mine – Musicor 1008 DJ Copy
Visual grade: VG
£25
Lightfall – Everytime I see you / Would I bet he fool – A Deux 101
Visual grade: EX
£25
Samson and Delilah – Got to get myself together / Honey – Match 0800
Visual grade: M-
£25
Adonis – Cry of the century / I laugh to keep from crying – Powertree 148
Visual grade: Strong VG
£25
Willie Dixon – Uncle Willie’s got a thing going on / Our kind of love – Federal 12524
Visual grade: VG+
£20
Steve Mancha – I don’t want to lose you / I need to be needed – Groovesville 1002
Visual grade: VG+, warp NAP
£20
Jimmy (Tender) Hart – I dare you baby / I need you baby – Kedlen 2006
Visual grade: VG+
£20
The Rotations – If I could be like Columbus where would we be / same – Law-Ton 1550 DJ Copy
Visual grade: EX
£20
The Compulsions – I can’t find love / Take a lesson from a fool – Omen 2 DJ Copy
Visual grade: M-
£20
Pat Lewis – Look at what I almost missed / No baby, no – Solid Hit 101
Visual grade: VG
£20
Bettye Scott – Good feeling / Down, down, down – Teako
Visual grade: VG+
£15
Garnet Mimms – Stop and check yourself / Another place, another time – GSF 6874
Visual grade: M-
£15
The Love Kittens – I like everything about you / Keep it up – Mos-Ley 5202
Visual grade: M-
£15
Johnny Little John and Guitar – Kitty O / Johnny’s jive – Margaret 996
Visual grade: VG+
£15
George Tindley – Ain’t that peculiar / It’s all over but the shouting – Wand 11205
Visual grade: EX
£15
The Autographs - Loves Gonna Do You In
Goin Back To School Demo Acetate Ian Samwell Lockie Edw
DIGGIN DAVE - DECEMBER 2015 SALES LIST
Full version with pics and sound can be found here:https://eepurl.com/bKnVCb
SHIPPING is £5 to anywhere in the world, for any number of records from the list. Int'l signed for shipping is £10.
Mr. Dynamite – Sh’mon Pt I/II – Soultime 001
The UK Sue release of this stormer went for 4 figures not too long ago but this is the even rarer US issue on Soultime. A great blend of the best elements of Funk, R&B and Northern make this a guaranteed dance floor filler.
Visual grade: VG+
£450
The Blenders – Nothin’ but a party Pt I/II – Cobra 102
Two sides of pure blistering Carolina funk. Nice clean copy.
Visual grade: VG+
£300
The Soulsmen – It’s hard but it’s fair / Begging please – Juggy 301
Rare early sixties Cali R&B dancer with appeal on the northern scene as well.
Visual grade: VG+
£200
The Pinkertones – It’s not the way you walk / It’s not who you are – Queen-G 1369 HOLD
Super clean copy of this northern oldie from one of my favourite towns in the world, sunny San Diego.
Visual grade: M-
£200
The Steinways – You’ve been leadin’ me on / My heart’s not in it anymore – Oliver 2002
Northern classic that probably needs no introduction. Clean copy with a the beautiful company sleeve.
Visual grade: VG+ to EX
£200
Bobby Barnes – Tomorrow I’ll be gone / Keep it funky – Raina 201
Best of both worlds. Mid-70s deep soul stunner backed up with a quality funk tune.
Visual grade: VG+
£150
Dawn and Sunset – What it is / Include me – DT&V 3 HOLD
Indemand Bay Area funk 45 with a sweet soul flip. Excellent copy.
Visual grade: EX
£120
Cliff Butler – You name it / No faith in you – Favorite 600 HOLD
Crude 50s rockin piano R&B 45 that’s very hard to track down.
Visual grade: VG+
£100
Len Watson – Dancing with your memory / Tennessee waltz – Coral 62397 DJ Copy
Classic Belgian popcorn oldie. A few smaller superficial marks, nothing deep.
Visual grade: VG+
£100
The Moments – Pray for me / blank – HOG 1000 DJ Copy
Nice demo copy of the Moments biggie and the only way to get the beautiful sweet soul ballad without paying four figures.
Visual grade: M-
£80
Four Um – Day dreaming / What the world needs now – Libra 7 701
Private press modern soul with a funky jazz edge, taken from the sought after LP.
Visual grade: M-
£80
True Image – Come what may / Boogie place – Flower’s 8022
Quality modern stepper blessed with Clarence Mann’s impeccable vocals.
Visual grade: VG+
£80
Fantasia – Love is free / Life goes on – Fantasia 22193 HOLD
Private uplifting Virginia modern soul. Very clean copy.
Visual grade: M-
£75
Junior McCants – The boy needs a girl / Help my love – King 6076
Nice sixties northern dancer that’s been steadily gaining demand over the last years.
Visual grade: VG+
£75
Linda Hopkins – If you walk away / The great pretender – Brunswick 55286
Rare issue copy of this classy mid-tempo popcorn dancer. Very clean copy as well.
Visual grade: M-
£75
Nick Waterhouse – Some place / That place – Pres 801
One of the greatest dancers to be released on 45 in the last decade.
Visual grade: EX
£75
Sam Savage – My lady / Florida – RRS 2463
Sweet 80s modern stepper that sounds just right for today’s scene.
Visual grade: VG+
£70
Little Genie Brooks – The James Brown bougeloo / Party time – Carol 105
Blistering funk grooves on this crude recording on the Sims subsidiary.
Visual grade: VG to VG+
£60
Gene & Eddie – It’s no sin / You’ve got to love me sometimes – Mon’ca 52670 HOLD
Early 70s soulful winner from Baltimore’s finest. Clean copy on the first label.
Visual grade: EX, slt warp NAP
£60
Dee Adra – Don’t need a reason / Without regret – Dynamic 113 DJ Copy
Obscure driving Texas soul on a very hard to find white demo. Nice clean copy.
Visual grade: EX
£60
R.B. – I’m a roller / Send your boy a letter – Tomahawk 8057
Uptempo R&B dancer on this obscure GA label.
Visual grade: VG+
£50
Debra Johnson – To get love you got to bring love / My baby for you – Noriega 1003
Top notch mid-tempo popcorn grooves paired with Debra’s stunning vocals. Very limited press from a few years ago.
Visual grade: M-
£50
Cinnamon Suns – Party time / Love your brother – Jerod 008
Cool island sister funk with a fuzzy psych edge on the original Trinidad label.
Visual grade: VG to VG+
£50
Rolls Royce and The Wheels – 1-2 Many / Above and beyond – ArA 1913
Obscure instrumental rocker with nice funky drums. Super clean copy.
Visual grade: EX
£50
The Unrelated Segments – Where you gonna go? / It’s gonna rain – Liberty 55992 DJ Copy
Visual grade: VG+
£45
Herb Johnson – Gloomy day / blank – Arctic 109 DJ Copy
Visual grade: VG
£40
Triste Janero – In the garden / Rene de Marie – GPC 1947
Visual grade: EX
£40
Alexander Chief Long Rifle – J.A.V. / With my love – UIDA 1101
Visual grade: VG+
£40
Casino Royale – Nobody loves you but me / I want a girl – Key-Loc 1039 DJ Copy
Visual grade: VG+
£40
Al Anders – Do you love me / That’s all I want – Acclaim 1005
Visual grade: EX
£40
Esau Isaacs – Baby man / Somebody’s gonna get hurt – The Peoples Record Company 007
Visual grade: EX
£35
Billy James – Don’t you think I ought to know / One kiss, a little hug – Teek 96622
Visual grade: VG+ to EX
£35
Melvin Boyd – Exit loneliness, enter love / Things are getting better – Era 3167
Visual grade: EX
£35
George Young and The Youngsters – Mechanic from Hamtramck / Johnny B. Goode – Pacesetter 4002
Visual grade: M-
£30
Gene Middleton – No one to love you / Don’t let the gren grass fool you – Andee 0002
Visual grade: EX
£30
Tommy Reynolds – The beat goes on / Bonesville – Liberty 55963 DJ Copy
Visual grade: VG+
£30
O-Zone – Disco train / 5th Ave N.Y.C. – Town Sound 910028
Visual grade: F
£30
Eddie Dee and The Moonlighters – Let’s go steady / Sweet Lorene – Dee 1002
Visual grade: VG-
£30
The CBA Ensemble – Abscretions / Ali is the champ for me – O’Bé 13
Visual grade: M-
£30
Gloria Ann Taylor – Jolene / Music – Selector Sound 0351
Visual grade: VG+
£30
Billy Conn – I should have known / I promise you (I won’t mention your name) – Federal 12500
Visual grade: VG+
£25
Dick Ryan – Once, a million times / End of a love affair – Dee-Jay 23860
Visual grade: EX
£25
The Calvaes – Anna Macora / So bad – Checker 928
Visual grade: VG
£25
Jesse James – Dreams never hurt nobody / Somebody really mine – Musicor 1008 DJ Copy
Visual grade: VG
£25
Lightfall – Everytime I see you / Would I bet he fool – A Deux 101
Visual grade: EX
£25
Samson and Delilah – Got to get myself together / Honey – Match 0800
Visual grade: M-
£25
Adonis – Cry of the century / I laugh to keep from crying – Powertree 148
Visual grade: Strong VG
£25
Willie Dixon – Uncle Willie’s got a thing going on / Our kind of love – Federal 12524
Visual grade: VG+
£20
Steve Mancha – I don’t want to lose you / I need to be needed – Groovesville 1002
Visual grade: VG+, warp NAP
£20
Jimmy (Tender) Hart – I dare you baby / I need you baby – Kedlen 2006
Visual grade: VG+
£20
The Rotations – If I could be like Columbus where would we be / same – Law-Ton 1550 DJ Copy
Visual grade: EX
£20
The Compulsions – I can’t find love / Take a lesson from a fool – Omen 2 DJ Copy
Visual grade: M-
£20
Pat Lewis – Look at what I almost missed / No baby, no – Solid Hit 101
Visual grade: VG
£20
Bettye Scott – Good feeling / Down, down, down – Teako
Visual grade: VG+
£15
Garnet Mimms – Stop and check yourself / Another place, another time – GSF 6874
Visual grade: M-
£15
The Love Kittens – I like everything about you / Keep it up – Mos-Ley 5202
Visual grade: M-
£15
Johnny Little John and Guitar – Kitty O / Johnny’s jive – Margaret 996
Visual grade: VG+
£15
George Tindley – Ain’t that peculiar / It’s all over but the shouting – Wand 11205
Visual grade: EX
£15
Edited by Diggin' Dave