A new theme for me, a list of out-and-out 60’s sweet soul charmers and gentle ballads.As a wee chap starting out on the Northern scene, I soon developed a particular love for the male vocal group sound, fast dancers and mid-tempo finger snappers alike, which eventually evolved to include the kind of sweeter tracks that were unplayable on the scene but which sounded irresistible at home. I’ve found such tracks on the flip sides of many in my Northern collection, and some are listed here, but with prominence given to the sweet side.
As usual I’ve added YouTube clips so you can to treat your ears to something new, or to remind you how good a tune sounds, but they’re not my records: the one’s I’m selling are pictured.
*** ALL ARE IN EX CONDITION UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE ***
*** PLEASE READ THE TERMS AT THE BOTTOM IF YOU’RE BUYING SOMETHING ***
*** SOLD *** 1 Otis Leavill - Let Her Love Me/ When The Music Grooves £20 a wonderful example of that, light-as-a-feather sweet Chicago sound, with a joyous uptempo classic on the flip
2 The Compliments - Borrow Til Morning / Beware Beware – Midas £70 early sounding group ballad on this iconic label. ‘Beware’ a fine, later-60’s sounding crossover dance gem
*** SOLD *** 3 Willie Parker – The Town I Live In / Don’t Hurt The One You Love - MPac £18 Willie does a fine job phrasing like Sam Cooke on the delicate ‘Town’, while ‘Don’t Hurt’ is a sturdy Northern stomper
4 The Shadows - No Other Love/ My Love Is Gone - USA £200 two sublime group soul sounds; ‘No Other Love’ a gentle ballad, with the majestic mid-tempo floater ‘My Love Is Gone’ making a superb double sider
*** SOLD*** 7 The Occasions - Baby Don’t Go / There’s No You – Big Jim £20 another tale of two sides: delicate sweet soul on A, and lively uptempo on B
8 Thee Midniters – Are You Angry – Chattahoochee £70 the original, almost unrecognisable version of The Servicemen’s much loved Northern classic. Chicano Soul legends Thee Midniters deliver a stripped-down, organ-sax-snare drum slowie that was later released on Whittier, but is a tuff find on Chattahoochee
11 The Carltons – Hey Mr Lonesome - Argo *demo* £15 it would do this wonderful group a great wrong, to dismiss them as just another Impressions-sound-a-like, but the inspiration of Curtis & Co is loud and clear in their work, and never more so than in this.
12 The Festivals - You Got The Makings Of A Lover – Smash £55 lovely, lovely soul that eventually enjoyed exposure after years of languishing on the flip of Northern banger ‘High Wide And Handsome’
16 The New Younghearts – The Younghearts Get Lonely Too (vg++ scuff nap) / Why Do You Have To Go – Zea *demo* £15 ‘We Got Togetherness’ it ain’t – no less passionate but significantly more delicate!
*** SOLD *** 20 The Caesars – You Better Get Yourself Together / La La I Love You – Lanie £30 another fine double sider: super mellow, low rider souldie on one, joyous dancer on the other
*** SOLD *** 21 The Ascots – Mother Said/Yes It’s Alright – Mir A Don £100 just the sight or sound of the words ‘The Ascots/Mir A Don’ is enough to get collector’s pulses racing, and while this is no dancer like their ‘Another Day’, ‘Miss Heartbreaker’ or ‘Anytime’, it’s group harmony heaven.
22. Jerome Powell – Mother Said/It’s Alright – 3 WA £30 a wee oddity to finish with. Jerome was a member of The Ascots with his cousins Archie, Eddie and pal Irving Haywood, and these 1972 recordings are updated covers of the above-listed Ascots disc. Unfortunately, I can’t find any online clips of Jerome’s solo versions, so if you don’t know this (and it’s an obscure disc, so you probably don’t), the vocal is true to the original; with lighter, more contemporary backing.
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• YouTube clips are not my records, I’ve included them to let you hear something new or remind you how good these are. My records are pictured.
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Right, that’s yer lot – let’s be ‘avin yer! Cheers
Sweet 60’s Souldies
A new theme for me, a list of out-and-out 60’s sweet soul charmers and gentle ballads. As a wee chap starting out on the Northern scene, I soon developed a particular love for the male vocal group sound, fast dancers and mid-tempo finger snappers alike, which eventually evolved to include the kind of sweeter tracks that were unplayable on the scene but which sounded irresistible at home. I’ve found such tracks on the flip sides of many in my Northern collection, and some are listed here, but with prominence given to the sweet side.
As usual I’ve added YouTube clips so you can to treat your ears to something new, or to remind you how good a tune sounds, but they’re not my records: the one’s I’m selling are pictured.
*** ALL ARE IN EX CONDITION UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE ***
*** PLEASE READ THE TERMS AT THE BOTTOM IF YOU’RE BUYING SOMETHING ***
*** SOLD *** 1
Otis Leavill - Let Her Love Me/ When The Music Grooves £20 a wonderful example of that, light-as-a-feather sweet Chicago sound, with a joyous uptempo classic on the fliphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxXBJxh98Jc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-d8rYuWMl4
2 The Compliments - Borrow Til Morning / Beware Beware – Midas £70 early sounding group ballad on this iconic label. ‘Beware’ a fine, later-60’s sounding crossover dance gem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf3ydIZHVbM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFLGrMn7-hc
*** SOLD *** 3
Willie Parker – The Town I Live In / Don’t Hurt The One You Love - MPac £18 Willie does a fine job phrasing like Sam Cooke on the delicate ‘Town’, while ‘Don’t Hurt’ is a sturdy Northern stomperhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDdVK-6eCzA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY3RLnjolD8
4 The Shadows - No Other Love/ My Love Is Gone - USA £200 two sublime group soul sounds; ‘No Other Love’ a gentle ballad, with the majestic mid-tempo floater ‘My Love Is Gone’ making a superb double sider
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVDi5COLPvo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6JXzsUoMrE
5 The Sensations – Two Can Make It / It’s A New Day - Way Out £20 fabulously consistent group on this label
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r55fx2Gsdc4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R79rIH5AVgE
*** SOLD ***
6 The Interpreters - Be Kind To Love – Abet demo £50 sweet southern soul out of Nashvillehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3PpLDAcHW4*** SOLD*** 7
The Occasions - Baby Don’t Go / There’s No You – Big Jim £20 another tale of two sides: delicate sweet soul on A, and lively uptempo on Bhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvGx1axtYv0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUlGszr2VSo
8 Thee Midniters – Are You Angry – Chattahoochee £70 the original, almost unrecognisable version of The Servicemen’s much loved Northern classic. Chicano Soul legends Thee Midniters deliver a stripped-down, organ-sax-snare drum slowie that was later released on Whittier, but is a tuff find on Chattahoochee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyEPzRHcIbo&list=RDWyEPzRHcIbo&start_radio=1
9 The Sensations – Please Baby Please/ Too Shy – Way Out *demo* £25 these guys again! Sublime sweet soul, with Impressions-esque flip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyL0qs-Woo0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V42X2K4GJrY
*** SOLD ***
10 The Three Reasons – Go Right On – Carnival £20 qualityhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL-ZuZ3ouLY11 The Carltons – Hey Mr Lonesome - Argo *demo* £15 it would do this wonderful group a great wrong, to dismiss them as just another Impressions-sound-a-like, but the inspiration of Curtis & Co is loud and clear in their work, and never more so than in this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRkP74qWlds
12 The Festivals - You Got The Makings Of A Lover – Smash £55 lovely, lovely soul that eventually enjoyed exposure after years of languishing on the flip of Northern banger ‘High Wide And Handsome’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6vVtKIHCmQ
13 Black And Blue - Of All The Hearts To Break – Game £40 just an impeccable sweet soul record – words, singing, music all ticking the right boxes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5YZLKxQ6_o
*** SOLD ***
14 The Tenth Dymentions - My Love For You Is Growing Wild – Sapphire £15 more Windy City group sweetness.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USc1was-EG415 The Lintons – Lost Love/ Don’t You Ever Walk Away – Erica £18 a fine gentle jam, with a Stylistics-style mid-tempo flip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_D7qqbWkHPs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_uVlvpiNfI
16 The New Younghearts – The Younghearts Get Lonely Too (vg++ scuff nap) / Why Do You Have To Go – Zea *demo* £15 ‘We Got Togetherness’ it ain’t – no less passionate but significantly more delicate!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y0qzZydloc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv9QXIyVXuM
17 The Players – That’s The Way – Minit £15 oh man, the harmonies. Simply sublime!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z34BidyCbiU
18 The Radiations - Love Be Not A Stranger - Valise £20 feather-light falsetto obscurity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpyFs2BpWag
19 The Chi LItes – Love Is Gone – Revue £15 you know what’s in store with these guys, fine Chicago sweet soul
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcCc7maMRu0
*** SOLD *** 20
The Caesars – You Better Get Yourself Together / La La I Love You – Lanie £30 another fine double sider: super mellow, low rider souldie on one, joyous dancer on the otherhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqBgm1xPzyE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSciVUAYaRs
*** SOLD ***
21 The Ascots – Mother Said/Yes It’s Alright – Mir A Don £100 just the sight or sound of the words ‘The Ascots/Mir A Don’ is enough to get collector’s pulses racing, and while this is no dancer like their ‘Another Day’, ‘Miss Heartbreaker’ or ‘Anytime’, it’s group harmony heaven.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-cbXfVJWc8
22. Jerome Powell – Mother Said/It’s Alright – 3 WA £30 a wee oddity to finish with. Jerome was a member of The Ascots with his cousins Archie, Eddie and pal Irving Haywood, and these 1972 recordings are updated covers of the above-listed Ascots disc. Unfortunately, I can’t find any online clips of Jerome’s solo versions, so if you don’t know this (and it’s an obscure disc, so you probably don’t), the vocal is true to the original; with lighter, more contemporary backing.
Ok, usual jive applies:
• YouTube clips are not my records, I’ve included them to let you hear something new or remind you how good these are. My records are pictured.
• PM your interest, but add a comment that the PM’s on the way
• Orders under £50 add £3 for shipping by First Class Signed For; over £50 add £8 for Special Delivery. You can opt out of SD at your own risk, but you’ll only be compensated up to £50 if the records are lost or knackered in the post. Overseas customers – please ask for shipping rates
• Payment by PayPal or Bank Transfer only. If PayPal, please pay as a gift, or add 5% to the total (inc P&P) if paying as a business transaction
• All are at least in Ex condition unless stated otherwise
• Honest Al’s money back guarantee on safe return, within 14 days of receipt, of a purchase where you disagree with my vinyl grading
• Wanna haggle on price? They’re all well priced as it is, but go ahead - it does no harm to ask, but a firm ‘GTF’ may be the response…
Right, that’s yer lot – let’s be ‘avin yer! Cheers
Edited by Alan Walls
update