Bill Murphy & Mystery - Praise his name - Spirit of God / EX/VG- / £300 (Killer 1984 gospel with a two step feel. Vinyl and labels are clean, picture sleeve intact but stained.)
Jesse Davis - Love lady - Mulberry Square / VG / £125 (Superb modern with both a jazzy and a two step feel. Had it for over a decade on my wants before securing a copy, this is the second spare I ever had. Light marks only, plays ok.)
Kenny Johnson - Loved you / From the very start - Neonate / EX / £125 (Stunning 2 step on a very rare LA indie label 7 inch. The semi instrumental version works the best for me. An “A” written on b-side with ballpoint pen.)
Ginie Lynn - In love / I love the way you love - Misty / EX / £20 (Still under the radar, and great, Chicago modern. Flip is a nice slowie. Rare vinyl first press with light blue labels.)
Blenders - Your love has got me down - Mar-V-Lus / EX / £550 (Clean copy of this superb NS group soul dancer. Label has a cut out drill hole, in pristine condition apart from that.)
Fantastics - Me and you / Have a little faith - Sound Stage 7 / EX / £275 (Two superb group soul sides in the Impressions tradition. One dancer, one slowie.)
Gladys Knight & the Pips - Stop and get a hold of myself - Maxx / see descr / £100 (Superb NS oldie! Grooves are clean and intact and it plays perfectly well. The label has a drill hole that created a fine tight hairline over the label, again not touching the grooves.)
Tyrone (the Wonder Boy) - Please consider me - Four Brothers / EX / £45 (Two good 1967 sides. Misprint label variation, spelling the title “Conisder”.)
June Edwards - Heaven help me - South Camp / EX / £20 (Overlooked but very good NS dancer. Label has rubber date stamp, flipside is ugly with more stamps, writing and stain. White label variation.)
Aretha Franklin - Rock steady - Atlantic / VG+ / £12(Stone club classic that’s been bombing speakers since it came out in 1971. Vinyl has a few insignificant marks which does not affect play.)
U.S. - I miss my baby - Westbound / EX / £300 (Super cool and very rare Detroit group/crossover soul, backing by Funkadelic. Very clean white demo copy, complete with company sleeve.)
Sam Williams - Miracle worker - Tower / EX / £175 (When love slips through your fingers you need a miracle worker. Great deep soul on a rare white demo, X on label.)
Solars - Nobody knows but my baby and me / Here’s my heart - King / EX / £70 (Superb deep soul backed with a more lightweight midtempo flip. Yellow promo.)
Invincibles - Heart full of soul - WB / EX / £50 (First version and one of the finest Chicago group soul cuts ever, and that’s saying alot. Clean orange label original complete with company sleeve.)
June Edwards - You ain’t woman enough / Close to me - South Camp / EX / £25 (Dan Penn/Fame Studios etc. White label release, doesn’t say demo but I guess it is.)
Masqueraders - I’m just an average guy / Only ment to wet my feet - AGP / VG / £15 (Classic 45, classic group! Dark red label variation, vinyl copy. First part plays a little noisy before clearing up well.)
Delfonics - Break your promise - Philly Groove / EX / £8 (Vinyl copy of this firm sweet soul classic. Label has drill hole and a faint mark from removed sticker.)
Recent releases, previously unissued and re-issue 45’s
Lisa Stansfield - Eight three one - Sonic Wax / EX / £125 (Huge demand for this popular modern dancer. First/only time on vinyl on this 2010 45, initially on a 2001 CD single.)
Ike Perry & the Lyrics - God must have sent you to me / I’m just a man - North Broad St / NM/NM / £45 (Two superb previously unissued late 1960’s soul sides, on a limited 2020 release.)
Bobby Wayne - Long hard road - Grapevine 2000 / EX / £15 (Nice sublime previously unissued soul, flip is pretty much the opposite, a superfluous version of the Frank Wilson classic. Demo copy.)
Erma Shaw - To hold on to his love - Hit & Run / EX / £8 (1979 previously unissed modern dancer recorded at Muscle Shoals.)
Soul/Disco 12’s
Jo.Boyer - Isabelle and the rain / Milady - JOB / EX / £500 (Very rare red label original of this fantastic disco instrumental. As soulful and deep as they come.)
YBS - I could love but one boy - Ariola America / EX / £6 (Killer floater, to be played together with the likes of Bernadette Bascom and Sandra Wright. Complete with company sleeve.)
Crack of Dawn - Horizons - TTR / EX/EX / £175 (Dutch original. With “Certain kind of woman” sounds like the perfect mix between Cloudburst “I’m loving you” and Mojoba “Say you will” + the dancer “How many times”.)
Tempests - Would you believe! - Smash / VG+/VG+ / £175 (Classic blue eyed soul album. With the allnighter monster “Someday” and the midtempo dancer “I don’t want to lose her”. Cover has a hint of ring wear and a small cut out hole. Vinyl is minty apart from two scuffs which does not affect play. Mono copy, stereo one is to be avoided on this release as it tend to sound weird played out.)
Rocket – s/t – RFC / EX/EX / £80 (Heavy disco title heaving with disco goodies. EX but spot mark on “Here comes my love” that causes 4/5 light clicks. Cover with hype sticker and partially in shrink.)
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Modern Soul & Two Step 45’s
Bill Murphy & Mystery - Praise his name - Spirit of God / EX/VG- / £300 (Killer 1984 gospel with a two step feel. Vinyl and labels are clean, picture sleeve intact but stained.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGkUG_PWeTE&ab_channel=Robbie
Ultra - Never ever - Bookshop / EX / £200 (Killer midtempo modern soul. On a not ultra but very rare 1989 Canada release.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bYzw0aZACY&ab_channel=K-Mart
Leroy Hutson - I think I’m falling in love - Curtom / EX / £185 (Very rare and issue only on 45. Essential modern soul dancer!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyRCDBnLPGk&ab_channel=BreakoutSoulClub
Jesse Davis - Love lady - Mulberry Square / VG / £125 (Superb modern with both a jazzy and a two step feel. Had it for over a decade on my wants before securing a copy, this is the second spare I ever had. Light marks only, plays ok.)
https://www.mixcloud.com/Tuff_Love_Soul_Club/liverpool-soul-weekender-live-226-flanny-jules-barsoulona-soulera5150-karl-marthon-steve-plumb/ (2h30min in)
Kenny Johnson - Loved you / From the very start - Neonate / EX / £125 (Stunning 2 step on a very rare LA indie label 7 inch. The semi instrumental version works the best for me. An “A” written on b-side with ballpoint pen.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HIP2dbjb7U&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=K-Mart
Anthony White - Hey baby - PIR / EX / £90 (Clean promo copy of this modern soul floorfiller.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-unRVs0P8-A&ab_channel=BreakoutSoulClub
Checkmates Ltd - All alone by the telephone - Polydor / EX / £80 (Promo copy, superb group soul take of he JB Bingham song.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zic-SMxKCzA&ab_channel=Soulhawk
Futures - Party time man - PIR / EX / £35 (Scarce issue copy of this popular NS spin.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lES4avSt6AU&ab_channel=JackStrong
Dee Dee Sharpe Gamble - Easy money - PIR / EX / £25 (Classic rare groove/modern/two stepping floorfiller.)
Ujima - I’m gettin’ hip (To your ways & actions) - Epic / VG+ / £25 (Demo copy, superb 1973 soul dancer.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ0n98c24e0&ab_channel=davidpinches
Ginie Lynn - In love / I love the way you love - Misty / EX / £20 (Still under the radar, and great, Chicago modern. Flip is a nice slowie. Rare vinyl first press with light blue labels.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSE3okHljo8&t=1s&ab_channel=mmmm13
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L8CItVH1d8&ab_channel=MarceloLeite
Pat Lundy - Let’s get down to business - Pyramid / EX / £20 (Awesome feelgood dancer.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rHisuEy3i8&ab_channel=raymondkearney
Bill Withers - Lovely day - Columbia / EX / £15 (Classic!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEeaS6fuUoA&ab_channel=BillWithersVEVO
Denise LaSalle - I get what I want - Abc / VG / £8 (70’s NS classic. Visually VG due to jukebox swirls which is not affecting play)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGe64pm-eNs&ab_channel=DeniseLaSalle-Topic
Ronnie Dyson - Heart to heart - Cotillion / EX / £8 (Killer midtempo modern dancer that seems to be a bit overlooked. Small writing on label.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSrzBMf3qpY&ab_channel=aaappleknocker
Sweet Pea Atkinson - Don’t walk away - Island/Z / EX / £8 (Promo copy of this killer version - modern soul floorfiller!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hD2S3Wu5sc&ab_channel=SweetPeaAtkinson-Topic
Major Harris - Beside me - Muffat / EX / £8 (Canada release of this fine two stepper.)
David Ruffin - I get excited - WB / EX / £6 (Swinging modern classic.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W062BWddVOk&ab_channel=extinct327
Northern Soul & Crossover Soul 45’s
Blenders - Your love has got me down - Mar-V-Lus / EX / £550 (Clean copy of this superb NS group soul dancer. Label has a cut out drill hole, in pristine condition apart from that.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqMSsuFlZ_M&ab_channel=bricomaligno
Fantastics - Me and you / Have a little faith - Sound Stage 7 / EX / £275 (Two superb group soul sides in the Impressions tradition. One dancer, one slowie.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_LmdSU1EbE&ab_channel=michaeldaniel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpwqcCUkhCE&ab_channel=JohnManshipRareSoul
Hermon Hitson - She’s a bad girl - Minit / EX / £200 (Best version! Powerful xover dancer. Clean copy complete with company sleeve.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt7R4E1SJMc&ab_channel=JohnManship
O.C. Smith - On easy street - Columbia / EX / £150 (Superb fingersnapping NS dancer. Issue copy but has promo sticker on flipside.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKFxHZ2MI8I&ab_channel=FabrizioBarone
LaVern Baker - I’m the one to do it - Brunswick / EX / £140 (Clean promo copy, superb version of the Jackie Wilson song.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XcSS5-6RkU&ab_channel=bricomaligno
Tommy Tate - A lover’s reward - OKeh / EX / £120 (White demo copy and another winner on this iconic label. Lovely midtempo dancer.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT_IKawx3Ac&ab_channel=PaulMooney
Ernestine Anderson - Keep an eye on love - Sue / EX / £110 (Fingersnapping, and charming early soul dancer. Plain logo white demo, X on label.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpVigSBIir8&ab_channel=ILMJXXX
Allison - Born to be a lover - King / EX / £100 (Gritty, powerful xover dancer. Rare issue only release.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OsSX98mBNQ&ab_channel=mazzetta78
Gladys Knight & the Pips - Stop and get a hold of myself - Maxx / see descr / £100 (Superb NS oldie! Grooves are clean and intact and it plays perfectly well. The label has a drill hole that created a fine tight hairline over the label, again not touching the grooves.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5LTqiUBUqU&ab_channel=bricomaligno
Skip Easterling - Pennsylvaina coalyard blues - Alon / EX / £70 (Gritty R&B dancer.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAC6JKjKO6Y&ab_channel=DJPetePop
Little Jon Bowie - My love, my love - Phil L.A. of Soul / EX / £60 (Clean white promo of this lovely fingersnapping NS dancer.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBPNBwMjuJ8&ab_channel=DJPetePop
Sugar Pie DeSanto - My illusions - Soul Clock / EX / £50 (Superb, smooth 1970 xover dancer.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmeKyL-6Ngo&ab_channel=gaynormartin
Chuck Bernard - Bessie girl / Love can slip away - Zodiac / EX / £45 (Powerful dancer b/w superb midtempo.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXt9qRwyvD4&ab_channel=Soulhawk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flFZloQeUXQ&ab_channel=soln4suhreborn
Tyrone (the Wonder Boy) - Please consider me - Four Brothers / EX / £45 (Two good 1967 sides. Misprint label variation, spelling the title “Conisder”.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eQ6NdWfmd0&ab_channel=Soulhawk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBh-nqtOKXI&ab_channel=Soulhawk
Tyrone Davis - I’m running a losing race - Sack / EX / £25 (1966 release, high quality dancer.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqYB85bGOm4&ab_channel=gaynormartin
Tyrone “Wonder Boy” - If you don’t need me - 4 Brothers / EX / £25 (Driving 1966 NS dancer.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkGqnBcom5I&ab_channel=IanHutchings
Eddie Parker - Crying clown / I need a true love - Triple B / EX / £40 (Two excellent Detroit soul sides from this truly iconic artist.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOvurtlPx7E&ab_channel=EddiesSoulSounds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgXGXGeTfJI&ab_channel=EddiesSoulSounds
Eddie Ray - Glad I found you - Prix / EX / £30 (Good Ohio xover dancer. Slight warp not affecting play. HSI in box label variation.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyqB3Ixubf4&ab_channel=isitretro
Freddie Gorman - Take me back - Ric Tic / EX / £30 (Classic Detroit soul from The Originals group member.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG1CIRaJ5jg&ab_channel=gaynormartin
Thano - Gimme something - Verve / VG+ / £25 (DJ copy of this fine Impressions styled soul dancer.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65SNShgFEL4&ab_channel=kevfox
June Edwards - Heaven help me - South Camp / EX / £20 (Overlooked but very good NS dancer. Label has rubber date stamp, flipside is ugly with more stamps, writing and stain. White label variation.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfkaOjUBFvU&ab_channel=bricomaligno
Burny Reynolds - Try me - Surkar / EX / £20 (Excellent 1973 Chicago soul. Same song Donny Mann did.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BC1V0w9ibmY&ab_channel=TheRAREGROOVEMAN
Walter Jackson - It’s all over - OKeh / EX / £20 (Lovely Chicago slowie. White demo vinyl copy.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nDQUy_9Obc&ab_channel=Stevethemusicman
Sensations - I won’t be hurt - Way Out / EX / £18 (Superb NS cheapie. BB hole through label.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=melZOTksRcg&ab_channel=PeteGriffin
Deon Jackson - You’ll wake up wiser baby - Carla / EX / £18 (Superb version, quality Detroit soul. White/yellow/blue label variation.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s423Y3NOzy0&ab_channel=Soulhawk
Aretha Franklin - Rock steady - Atlantic / VG+ / £12(Stone club classic that’s been bombing speakers since it came out in 1971. Vinyl has a few insignificant marks which does not affect play.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXJx2NnnxA0&ab_channel=JonnyDrop
Winstons - Color him father / Amen brother - Metromedia / VG- / £12 (Classic double header. Plenty of light marks, decent player.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPrJKUvom1s&ab_channel=mrcisco13
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8ZH9JifNrQ&ab_channel=SOULBISCUITS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v89CjsSOJ_c&ab_channel=GreatBigStory (short, interesting blurb on the b-side.)
Moments - Key to my happiness / To you with love - Stang / VG+ / £10 (Killer NS dancer b/w a fine ass ballad. Label has a hint of ring wear.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DilC9U8NnrU&ab_channel=SoulSauce
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkB2cOuuWCg&ab_channel=PJDooWop
Jackie Ross - Who could be loving you / Don’t change your mind - Fountain / EX / £8 (Two excellent 1969 Chicago soul sides. Promo copy.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MJvE3cXy48&ab_channel=pghpookie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FltJtMkA_X0&ab_channel=SebDKDiscogs
Diane Johnson - The queen bee - Abc Dunhill/Buluu / EX / £8 (Good funky soul dancer in the sisters funk territory.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMwj8ZusR4k&ab_channel=SoulGaloreMemories
Cicero Blake - See what tomorrow brings - Success / EX / £8 (Superb early soul dancer.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJSTZzBH5VM&ab_channel=Francosoul
Royalettes - It’s gonna take a miracle - MGM / VG / £8 (Lovely big city soul/beat ballad. Light marks only, plays ok.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7Mxtdg752Q&ab_channel=amajor2002
Jackie Wilson - I get the sweetest feeling - Brunswick / EX / £6 (Clean copy of this epic NS classic.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvLMbSDFV1I&ab_channel=bricomaligno
Miracles - I can take a hint - Tamla / VG+ / £5 (Charming 1963 Motown dancer. Record looks clean but flipside plays a little noisy.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp3ZgABxySE&ab_channel=NIGHTBEATRECORDS
Ballad/Deep/Sweet/Group Harmony 45’s
U.S. - I miss my baby - Westbound / EX / £300 (Super cool and very rare Detroit group/crossover soul, backing by Funkadelic. Very clean white demo copy, complete with company sleeve.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldnnZzq0y28&ab_channel=Soulhawk
Sam Williams - Miracle worker - Tower / EX / £175 (When love slips through your fingers you need a miracle worker. Great deep soul on a rare white demo, X on label.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rO3fhx8EIE&ab_channel=PeterdeKlerk
Solars - Nobody knows but my baby and me / Here’s my heart - King / EX / £70 (Superb deep soul backed with a more lightweight midtempo flip. Yellow promo.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5NhZDLnMBo&ab_channel=JohnManship
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohNr9d5CF68&ab_channel=Soulhawk
Debbie Taylor - How long can this last - GWP / EX / £60 (Super soulful slowie, emotion and some. X on label)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAqSSH7d194&ab_channel=isitretro
Invincibles - Heart full of soul - WB / EX / £50 (First version and one of the finest Chicago group soul cuts ever, and that’s saying alot. Clean orange label original complete with company sleeve.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sw5TfQvJAtY&ab_channel=EvaDStruc
June Edwards - You ain’t woman enough / Close to me - South Camp / EX / £25 (Dan Penn/Fame Studios etc. White label release, doesn’t say demo but I guess it is.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OBVhWKg_l4&ab_channel=DeanF.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7u8tAl8Vmw&ab_channel=sweetebonyeye
Joe Simon - I keep remembering - Hush / EX / £20 (Nice early deep, you don’t hear deep soul with flute very often.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYYFCL9Lqu8&ab_channel=musicoutsidethebox
Green Berets - (Lord) Send me somebody - Uni / EX / £18 (Killer group harmony from the group also known as Velvet Hammer/Admirations/High Society.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ht4QxQyhqdA&ab_channel=Soulhawk
Masqueraders - I’m just an average guy / Only ment to wet my feet - AGP / VG / £15 (Classic 45, classic group! Dark red label variation, vinyl copy. First part plays a little noisy before clearing up well.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIG3ABPLuEA&ab_channel=SoulMachine
Saints - Mirror mirror on the wall - Revue / EX / £12 (Deep soul duet. Labels has BB hole)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt0uK3VXCoQ&ab_channel=bluesoulsound
Eddie & Ernie - Thanks for yesterday - Revue / EX / £8 (Classy deep soul male duet.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9TYBLG292M&ab_channel=quieterrps
Prophecy - Nya - All Platinum / EX / £8 (Great group soul ballad.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byOJY4-T1Cw&ab_channel=JohnManship
Delfonics - Break your promise - Philly Groove / EX / £8 (Vinyl copy of this firm sweet soul classic. Label has drill hole and a faint mark from removed sticker.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_nApnGejVU&ab_channel=FrankeyHoboken
Mirettes - If everybody’d help somebody - Uni / EX / £6 (Deep soul, drill hole through label.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPh3270EnGw&ab_channel=soulfuljakazz07
Fuzz - Leave it all behind me - Calla / EX / £6 (Epic group soul classic.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PP_vp2b3wo&ab_channel=Soul26
Fuzz - Leave it all behind me - Calla / VG+ / £5 (As above, put with a few superficial marks.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PP_vp2b3wo&ab_channel=Soul26
Wallace Brothers - Lover’s prayer - Sims / EX / £5 (Deep soul classic. Label has a small smudge from a sticker.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOOGaBdCDx8&ab_channel=GMan
Moments - My thing / Thanks a lot - Stang / VG+ / £5 (Two superb sides from these master balladeers. Label has some light staining.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6VvzA7-jxg&ab_channel=TheMoments-Topic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUuohJD3jL0&ab_channel=ConsciousAwakening1
Moments - I do / Pocketful of heartbreaks - All Platinum / EX / £5 (Two sides of group soul perfection. Flipside has label tear)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fv8FmfgOGTo&ab_channel=JosuePerez
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvq9MzRWYwE&ab_channel=Robbie
Moments - Lucky me / I lost one bird in the hand - Stang / VG+ / £5 (Yet another two group soul ballads of the highest quality.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWsF1PXsZBk&ab_channel=JosuePerez
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDDr6jBFXnc&ab_channel=THEPLACEMUSIC
Recent releases, previously unissued and re-issue 45’s
Lisa Stansfield - Eight three one - Sonic Wax / EX / £125 (Huge demand for this popular modern dancer. First/only time on vinyl on this 2010 45, initially on a 2001 CD single.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cekjNd50cB8
Pharrell Williams - Happy - Black Lot Music / EX/EX / £100 (Yellow vinyl 2013 original, complete with pic sleeve.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7dPqrmDWxs&ab_channel=PharrellWilliamsVEVO
Gizelle - Baby please don’t go - Wild / NM / £80 (R&B dancer, 2009 red label original.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVHFB2EMBDY&ab_channel=DJTHEOSTENDMANSoulPopcorn%2CFiesta%26Champagne
Ike Perry & the Lyrics - God must have sent you to me / I’m just a man - North Broad St / NM/NM / £45 (Two superb previously unissued late 1960’s soul sides, on a limited 2020 release.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjHu7O7Dl84&ab_channel=MarkSpeakman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5aP7QHCBUI&ab_channel=BrianPinches
Bobby Oroza - This love - Stylart / NM / £35 (DJ copy of this nice retro soul cut.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W87jT_w7Ss&ab_channel=BigCrownRecords
Bobby Oroza - Keep on believing - Stylart / NM / £30 (Fine retro soul which was never released due to artist changed label to Big Crown. )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEcplp7rBRA&ab_channel=BigCrownRecords
Pratt & Moody - Words words words - Timmion test press / NM / £25 (Test press of this hip hop drums 2018 retro soul release.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00fDcAeBS1E&ab_channel=Mr818joker
Elbowed-Out - Taking a step - Soul Junction / EX / £20 (Previously unissued modern dancer.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zg_ytVZTgX8&ab_channel=AndersJansson
Jonny Benavidez and Cold Diamond & Mink – Let's Get Together - Timmion test press / EX / £15 (Test press, nice 2018 retro soul release.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsSSTrDmf1E&ab_channel=TimmionRecords
Bobby Wayne - Long hard road - Grapevine 2000 / EX / £15 (Nice sublime previously unissued soul, flip is pretty much the opposite, a superfluous version of the Frank Wilson classic. Demo copy.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOQBkabFLhI&ab_channel=pghpookie
Erma Shaw - To hold on to his love - Hit & Run / EX / £8 (1979 previously unissed modern dancer recorded at Muscle Shoals.)
Soul/Disco 12’s
Jo.Boyer - Isabelle and the rain / Milady - JOB / EX / £500 (Very rare red label original of this fantastic disco instrumental. As soulful and deep as they come.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTNx-1NWxQo&ab_channel=dhpidance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3ltQP0T_T8&ab_channel=sabousan
Fresh Air - Miss you - Fresh Avenue / EX / £25 (Scarce US original, super soulful two step and a firm personal fave.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u77NIV-zLdE&ab_channel=P4soul
Main Ingredient - Spoiled - Rca / EX / £8 (Two step classic! White demo complete with company sleeve, flipside label has small writing.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFufrdv9IU8&ab_channel=JasonElias
YBS - I could love but one boy - Ariola America / EX / £6 (Killer floater, to be played together with the likes of Bernadette Bascom and Sandra Wright. Complete with company sleeve.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM2jZvV17-w&ab_channel=BrianPinches
Soul/Funk/Disco Albums
Crack of Dawn - Horizons - TTR / EX/EX / £175 (Dutch original. With “Certain kind of woman” sounds like the perfect mix between Cloudburst “I’m loving you” and Mojoba “Say you will” + the dancer “How many times”.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHq3tRxfaPc&ab_channel=*blue-verylabel*(ぶるちゃん)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGSY0z5LS8A&ab_channel=cruisinmusic
Tempests - Would you believe! - Smash / VG+/VG+ / £175 (Classic blue eyed soul album. With the allnighter monster “Someday” and the midtempo dancer “I don’t want to lose her”. Cover has a hint of ring wear and a small cut out hole. Vinyl is minty apart from two scuffs which does not affect play. Mono copy, stereo one is to be avoided on this release as it tend to sound weird played out.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDkLsAGC5Ak&ab_channel=Ariadnimusiclover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu-DPWGCMbs&ab_channel=Ariadnimusiclover
Archie Shepp - Attica blues - Impulse! / EXEX / £125 (Clean stereo original of this classic title, one side vocal jazz, one side instrumentals.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3WGdKT9Y-0&ab_channel=佐藤武男
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARIufurU0Ek&ab_channel=DJCliffy
Richard “Dimples” Fields - Spoiled rotten! - Dat Richfield Cat / EX/EX / £90 (With the first take of “If it ain’t one thing it’s another”.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppyoEQjdsfA&ab_channel=MarceloLeite
Rocket – s/t – RFC / EX/EX / £80 (Heavy disco title heaving with disco goodies. EX but spot mark on “Here comes my love” that causes 4/5 light clicks. Cover with hype sticker and partially in shrink.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSMwlyuYRIQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElX2YQZ3OLg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXwr2RRdOqI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twQ8tGthJsE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZjK_ZiPfio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT1awg6xB3Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wW_OhThbwJ0