Friday Fifteen - mixed bag

Broad list to move on to new homes. Soundfiles available. Postage to be added. Paypal F&F or please add 4% to cover my fees. Cheers:

 

(1)    The Checkmates Ltd – “Run Nigger Run” (Rustic) EX £40

 

(2)    Curtis Davis – “Your Love And My Money” (Bev-Mar) EX £40

 

(3)    The Fabulous Peps – “Love Of My Life” / “With These Eyes” (Wheelsville) VG/VG+ £100

- harder than WTE on Wee3 and much, much better cos you get LOML

- plays great

    

(4)    Flame & The Sons Of Darkness – “Solid Funk” (P&P) EX £50

-  as raw and as funky as they come; brilliant stuff

 

(5)   Four Mints – “You’re My Desire” / “You Want To Come Back” (Holiday) VG/VG+  wol £50

 

(6)    Lawson James – “I’ve Been Kissed Before” (Del-Val) EX £25

- top drawer, atmospheric mid-tempo/beat ballad on a great label

-  as with all copies, sticker mark where the name was covered over

 

(7)    Marva Whitney – “Daddy Don’t Know About Sugar Bear” (Excello) EX £25

 

(8)    Marvin L Sims – “Talkin’ ‘Bout Soul” (Revue) EX £25

 

(9)    Maurice McKinnies & The Champions – “Sock-A-Poo-Poo ‘69” (Black & Proud WD) VG+ sol £30

 

(10) Pattie Lenoir & Her Hi Stands – “I’m On The Run” (CJ) VG+ label wear £50    *****SOLD*****

- tough 45 and not widely known

- excellent funk-edged dancer

 

(11) Sam Baker – “I Can’t Turn Her Loose” (Sound Stage 7) EX £25     *****SOLD*****

- Underplayed, storming funk-edged Northern

 

(12) Shirley Combs – “This Road (Getting’ Hard) (Lisa) EX £100

- tough 45, great dancer and not well known

 

(13) Smokestack – “Wall Between Us” (Daisy) EX £30    ***HELD***

- first label before Dakar; brilliant funky dancer

 

(14) Tennyson Stephens – “Rain, Rain, Rain” (Backbeat) VG+/EX £20

 

(15) The Three Strangers – “Find My Baby” (Frantic WD) EX £80

- raw 60s Philly R&B-tinged dancer

-  great record, rare and should be huge; has had niter exposure in the past