Richard Caiton - I’m gonna love you more / Superman - Malaco / EX / £900 (One of his top 3 songs, such a beauty. Flip is almost as good, despite the title. Label has a mark from removed sticker, still intact no tear.)
Together Band - Calif. curl calif. girl / You’re just teasing me - Albradella / EX / £200 (With the rare flipside. Cool funky modern with some great synths and solid beat. Other side is a superb modern dancer. Please note the pressing on the A-side is not great, quite shallow grooves and plays with faint occasional surface noise. Flip plays loud and strong.)
Gloria Lynne - Thank you early bird - Abc Impulse / VG+ / £125 (Superb jazzy midtempo. Very rare issue only, seen this listed at £300. Record has light superficial marks, plays well but not perfect.)
Gina Rogers - After me - Mainsail / EX / £90 (Very rare, and very smooth modern slowie. With a slick AOR feel but also bordering to more soulful mellow groove/2 step. Sold for $225 on eBay last year.)
Aleshure – Shower the world / Mighty Clouds of Joy – I’m ready – Phoenix Sounds / EX / £80 (Two strong 1990’s modern dancers on a well sought after 45.)
Chester Pruitt - Gotta get off - Sidney / EX / £45 (Good percussive modern/disco, a bit like the Universal Togetherness Band stuff. Labels have had the Soul Bowl-treatment, that is the phone number has been scratched out.)
Natural Essence - It’s you I need / Out of the darkness - Atlantic / VG / £40 (Two nice both jazzy and funky soul sides produced by Billy Cobham. UK copy and solid centre variation, label has a small mark from removed sticker. Vinyl some light scuffs and marks, plays ok but not perfect.)
Philly Devotions - Hurt so bad - Columbia / EX / £40 (B/W Columbia Disco Series featuring full 5:36 version. Philly soul at it’s best! Demo only release, complete with company sleeve.)
Lamont Dozier - Can’t get off until the feeling stop - WB / EX / £30 (Modern classic that’s always been tricky to find on 45. Flipside has sticker and writing on label.)
Shirley Brown - Honey babe / I can’t move no mountains - Arista / EX / £20 (Somewhat under the radar and absolutely awesome modern soul dancer. Nice version of “I can’t move no mountain” bonus on the flip. Number written on label, black on black so stlll looks very neat.)
Dede Schwartz - Funny how we change places - RCA / see descr / £18 (Superb modern dancer, and one that came in a few different versions all great. Record has a tight edge crack which does not affect play, edge has been glued to secure it.)
Bobby Womack – Understanding – UA / EX/EX / £15 (Cool three track 7 inch EP with picture sleeve with the album design. Promo only I presume. With “Woman’s gotta have it”, “Thing called love” and “Simple man”.)
Leon Haywood - I want’a do something freaky to you - 20th Century / EX / £12 (Classic -, one, two, three and to the four! Vinyl promo, one side has date written on label.)
Modulations - I can’t fight your love / Your love has me locked up - Buddha / EX / £10 (Classic Philly soul 45 with both sides slaying it. X on label.)
Maze feat. Frankie Beverly - The look in your eyes - Capitol / EX / £8 (One of their best modern soul dancers, amazing stuff. Small round sticker on label.)
Paul Lewis - Girl I need a change of mind / Inner city blues - 71st St / EX / £8 (Two killer disco takes on Eddie Kendrick/Marvin Gaye songs. Two tiny X on label.)
B.M.U. - U will know - Mercury / EX / £5 (Quality 1994 modern dancer with a gospel feel. Allstar lineup with Gerald Levert, R Kelly, Keith Sweat and other main players of the era.)
Maxine Nightingale - If I ever lose this heaven / Love hit me - UA / VG+ / £5 (Nice take on the well covered Leon Ware tune. Flip is a Motown pastishe that was big in Stockholm when I first got into soul music.)
Heaven & Earth - I can’t seem to forget you / Promises - GEC / EX / £10 (Simply amazing double header. One of the best two steppers/songs ever made backed with a great Chicago soul midtempo tune.)
Dells - I touched a dream / All about the papers - 20th Century / EX / £5 (Classic group, classic soul era, classic double header - two step backed with dancer.)
Ray Pollard - The drifter / Let him go - UA / EX / £600 (White demo of this stone NS classic. Don’t miss the underlooked flipside which is a great beat ballad in it’s own.)
Blenders – Your love has got me down – Mar-V-Lus / EX / £500 (Clean copy of this superb NS group soul dancer. Label has a cut out drill hole, in pristine condition apart from that.)
J.P. Robinson - Hot love / Keep on holding on - Alston / EX / £450 (Two good sides of Florida soul. Rare pre Atlantic distribution release, especially in this clean condition.)
Cynthia & the Imaginations - Hey boy (I love you) - Blue Rock / EX / £250 (Superb allnighter sound! White demo, plays with a split second hiss in the intro before the music starts.)
Jackie Wilson - It only happens when I look at you - Zafiro / EX/EX / £150 (Solid classic which had no US 45 release. Spanish press complete with the pic sleeve.)
Supremes & Four Tops - A taste of honey - Tamla Motown / VG- / £90 (Current NS dancefloor filler. No Us 54 release, this is the Dutch copy. No pic sleeve and centre is missing, vinyl is ugly with jukebox swirl marks. Plays pretty well, but not perfect. Great for DJing, as they say.)
Patti & the Lovelites - Love so strong - Lovelite / VG / £60 (Local press of this Chicago biggie. Vinyl light marks, “Love so strong” plays nice but not perfect, the flip a little noisy. Flipside label has a small tear from removed sticker.)
Spencer Wiggins - I’m at the breaking point / Make me yours - Kent Select / EX / £40 (1969 xover dancer that never came out by the time of the recording. Flip it over for a nice take on the B Swann classic.)
Dynamic Tints - Be my lady / Falling in love - Twinight / EX / £30 (Two killer xover sides, usually turns up in beat condition but this one is nice and clean.)
Frankie - Life in the city / Don’t treat her bad - North Broad St / EX/EX / £25 (Two great previously unissued sides. One dancer and one ballad. Numbered test pressing, 45 out of 50.)
Deon Jackson - I’ll always love you - Shout / VG+ / £20 (Superb Leroy Hutson penned/arranged/produced xover. White demo, stereo side has X and W written on label with thin ball point pen.Vinyl has a few light marks and plays with a little background noise in the intro.)
Jimmie “Bo” Horne - If you want my love - Alston / EX / £15 (Nice 1972 xover with Jimmie doing his best Jackie Wilson-impression. Red label variation.)
Dede Warwicke - Everybody’s got to believe in somebody - Atco / EX / £12 (Fantastic xover soul, with a “Gonna find a true love” sounding intro. Demo copy.)
Tommy & the Derby’s - Don’t play that role - Hit & Run / EX / £8 (Reissue of one of the finest NS discoveries of recent years. Early Tommy Tate outing.)
O’Jays - Look over your shoulder - Bell / EX / £8 (Classic track, classic group, and classic for a good reason x2. Silver label variation with crowd noises.)
Sam Williams – Miracle worker – Uptown / EX / £150 (When love slips through your fingers you need a miracle worker. Great deep soul on a rare white demo, X on label.)
Loleatta Holloway - Two became a crowd / I’ve been loving you too long / - Gold Mind / EX / £60 (Rare issue only one! Two excellent ballads, one is a cover of the famous Otis Redding song, one is not a cover of a famous Otis Redding song.)
Jeff Dale - A suffering pain / Our love will grow stronger - Atco / EX / £45 (Superb double header, somewhere between deep soul and NS/beat ballads. White demo.)
Full Speed - It must be love / Put ‘em on a right track - Real Thing / EX / £30 (Huge fave alert! Super soulful slowie. Furious broad stanced dancer on the flip. Red/blue label variation)
Garland Green - Running scared / Love is what we came here for - Cotillion / EX / £12 (Garland visits Sigma Sound studios and meets Phil Hurtt and Bunny Sigler.)
Ben Pirani - Dreamin’s for free / Light of my life - Colemine / NM / £6 (Two smooth sides of retro soul in the Mayer Hawthorne tradition. Light blue label black vinyl second press.)
Tarika Blue - s/t - Chiaroscuro / EX/EX / £450 (Classic fusion title, pretty solid with both vocal and instrumental tracks. And of course with the beautiful “Dreamflower”. Nice copy with just two minor flaws - upper cover edge has a little wear, and vinyl a small pressing dimple which do not affect play.)
Music Inc. - s/t - Strata-East / EX/EX / £100 (Superb 1971 album with Charles Tolliver, Stanley Cowell, Cecil McBee and James Hopps. 463W address original. Nice clean copy.)
Harold Land Quintet - The peace-maker - Cadet / EX/EX / £100(Classic title, best known for the title track but a solid modal jazz listening throughout. Scarce deep groove stereo original from 1968.)
Louis Armstrong & His Friends - s/t - Flying Dutchman / EX/EX / £12 (Incl he spiritual jazz classic, and a great version of, “The creator has a master plan”.)
Mike Campbell - Secret fantasy - Paj / VG+/EX / £10 (With “Soft strum blues”, superb vocal jazz from 1982. Cover has cut corner but still in shrink. Vinyl has a few light sleeve marks.)
Pat Britt - Starrsong - Catalyst / EX/EX / £10 (Not trendy but a solid 1976 jazz set. Again the whole thing is good, the best track “Message from Marocco” is not on youtube.)
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Richard Caiton - I’m gonna love you more / Superman - Malaco / EX / £900 (One of his top 3 songs, such a beauty. Flip is almost as good, despite the title. Label has a mark from removed sticker, still intact no tear.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIGv8cpbY3w&ab_channel=ujimawanduta
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wElnaZ1Ql-E&ab_channel=JohnManship
Together Band - Calif. curl calif. girl / You’re just teasing me - Albradella / EX / £200 (With the rare flipside. Cool funky modern with some great synths and solid beat. Other side is a superb modern dancer. Please note the pressing on the A-side is not great, quite shallow grooves and plays with faint occasional surface noise. Flip plays loud and strong.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYXvSDtujvc&ab_channel=FrançoisFUNK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2KPbm-YnkY&ab_channel=MasterFunk
Freddie Empire – Let me give my love to you – Coconut / EX / £200 (Rare Dallas, Texas modern soul dancer with a feel good feel.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0BJwf7xzFY&ab_channel=davidpinches
The Man X - Restoration Pt. 1 - Boriboro / VG+ / £180 (Rare and great funky reggae dancer. Writing on label, flipside label is put on off centre.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNQB0qs-HPE&ab_channel=JuniorWize
Target - Give me one more chance - Kama / EX / £175 (Classic modern dancer, since the inclusion of the 1999 Soul Spectrum Vol 2 comp.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nE3vLEh2dDw&ab_channel=modernsoulclassics
Gloria Lynne - Thank you early bird - Abc Impulse / VG+ / £125 (Superb jazzy midtempo. Very rare issue only, seen this listed at £300. Record has light superficial marks, plays well but not perfect.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98l8AWyN850&ab_channel=BrianPinches
Gina Rogers - After me - Mainsail / EX / £90 (Very rare, and very smooth modern slowie. With a slick AOR feel but also bordering to more soulful mellow groove/2 step. Sold for $225 on eBay last year.)
https://www.popsike.com/audio/202102/Gina-Rogers-After-Me-Obscure-Mode-ZfUeNW.mp3
Aleshure – Shower the world / Mighty Clouds of Joy – I’m ready – Phoenix Sounds / EX / £80 (Two strong 1990’s modern dancers on a well sought after 45.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTLN_DiLgD0&ab_channel=laurenosborne1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9qxXoBQTuk&ab_channel=MightyCloudsOfJoy-Topic
Eddie Palmieri - Spirit of love - Epic / EX / £50 (Demo copy, superb modern dancer with latin influences.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw2EXzUJDDQ&ab_channel=FIVE
Debbie Taylor - Just don’t pay / I don’t wanna leave you - Arista / EX / £50 (Sought after vinyl issue copy, two killer modern soul sides. X on label)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4_II10NACs&ab_channel=TheRAREGROOVEMAN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAE_p_DtYw4&ab_channel=TheRAREGROOVEMAN
Chester Pruitt - Gotta get off - Sidney / EX / £45 (Good percussive modern/disco, a bit like the Universal Togetherness Band stuff. Labels have had the Soul Bowl-treatment, that is the phone number has been scratched out.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gm-oX5vJcEI&ab_channel=FonkyB
Willie Tee - Concentrate / Get up - Gatur / EX / £45 (Repress of rare and great double header.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8W2PRJXT_8&ab_channel=andrenavarroII
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HA-m8zMadQ&ab_channel=FIVE
Natural Essence - It’s you I need / Out of the darkness - Atlantic / VG / £40 (Two nice both jazzy and funky soul sides produced by Billy Cobham. UK copy and solid centre variation, label has a small mark from removed sticker. Vinyl some light scuffs and marks, plays ok but not perfect.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB9KH-8hoEU&ab_channel=AntonyRosano
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ejs9m4-wwDI&ab_channel=RecordsOnline
Tom Brock - I love you more and more - 20th Century / EX / £40 (Barry White/1974 modern classic. Promo copy, “B” written on stereo side.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IjY8qyocFA&ab_channel=Dr.SuperFunk
Philly Devotions - Hurt so bad - Columbia / EX / £40 (B/W Columbia Disco Series featuring full 5:36 version. Philly soul at it’s best! Demo only release, complete with company sleeve.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmjtkYZCeas&ab_channel=robertoorci
Phreek - May my love be with you - Atlantic / EX / £30 (Cool PAP disco with Donna McGee.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REuAGfRDAjk&ab_channel=DjAmineBebito
Lamont Dozier - Can’t get off until the feeling stop - WB / EX / £30 (Modern classic that’s always been tricky to find on 45. Flipside has sticker and writing on label.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI1-vrtWT_Q&ab_channel=BrianPinches
Shirley Brown - Honey babe / I can’t move no mountains - Arista / EX / £20 (Somewhat under the radar and absolutely awesome modern soul dancer. Nice version of “I can’t move no mountain” bonus on the flip. Number written on label, black on black so stlll looks very neat.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hksrEx08QAs&ab_channel=Dinasouls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x6DxwlFrmk&ab_channel=aahhsoul
Tomorrow’s Edition - Part time love - Atlantic / EX / £20 (Demo copy, superb soulful modern/boogie dancer.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDLYLXi7uqw&ab_channel=mmmm13
Ben Monroe - Broken home - Dakar / EX / £20 (Superb feel good modern dancer.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SYUfKZf8UM&ab_channel=SOULBISCUITS
Jeff & Aleta - Love touch - SRI / EX / £20 (White demo copy, deeeep modern midtempo dancer.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98j0N-N5C3U&ab_channel=Funkissman78
Keni Burke - Let somebody love you - Rca / RCA / £18 (1981 dancefloor filler.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufLaX-uvLWI&ab_channel=SOULBISCUITS
Truth - Touch me / Coming home - Devaki / EX / £18 (Two superb modern dancers.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALKNG5cZMEQ&ab_channel=CoolfunkZézé2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKNRwiAVEhM&ab_channel=elvingtonred
Dede Schwartz - Funny how we change places - RCA / see descr / £18 (Superb modern dancer, and one that came in a few different versions all great. Record has a tight edge crack which does not affect play, edge has been glued to secure it.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q321pqLKGw0&ab_channel=davidpinches
Lemuria - Hunk of heaven / Terea - Pretty bird - Jazzman / EX / £18 (Reissue of two rare, iconic modern soul cuts.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEOzpK_IuRE&ab_channel=Lemuria-Topic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xXtRqaZlLE&ab_channel=ujimawanduta
Ron Keith & Ladys - Get it on - A&M / EX / £18 (His “other” 45, issue only and great modern/disco cut. Writing on label.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJjMMHlV9j0&ab_channel=THESOULPARANOS
Greg Perry - Come on down / Variety is the spice of life - Casablanca / EX / £18 (Two amazing sides, highly recommended double header.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApoiDTX4v14&ab_channel=funkgetier
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50E4N-yHtQI&ab_channel=Soulhawk
Greg Perry - One for the road - Casablanca / EX / £8 (Title track and one of the best ones off his 1975 Casablanca album. Promo copy.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt6qIGHrF-s&ab_channel=JohnManshipRareSoul
Bobby Womack - Across the 110th st - UA / EX / £20 (Thundering classic.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWtUcie56mg&ab_channel=SOULBISCUITS
Bobby Womack – How could you break my heart – Arista / EX / £15 (Issue copy with 3:41 version and “I honestly love you” on the flip.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0wVtChboN8&ab_channel=Soulhawk
Bobby Womack – Understanding – UA / EX/EX / £15 (Cool three track 7 inch EP with picture sleeve with the album design. Promo only I presume. With “Woman’s gotta have it”, “Thing called love” and “Simple man”.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X23t2MCZsHE&ab_channel=OnlyLadyJ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=317yuD_ECAc&ab_channel=RealMusicTaste
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFub7Zk3joQ&ab_channel=RealMusicTaste
Webster Lewis - There’s a happy feeling - Epic / EX / £15 (Very nice midtempo modern.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTcEL9C7X_4&ab_channel=EwanBruce
Johnson Family - Peace in the family - Atlantic / EX / £18 (Canadian copy, great midtempo modern dancer.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfJLuiK5Amo&ab_channel=aahhsoul
King Floyd - I’m gonna fall in love with you - Chimneyville / EX / £15 (Superb midtempo with epic qualities!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v50Kf2sixM8&ab_channel=Soulhawk
Bobby Cutchins - I did it again - Lasso / EX / £15 (Classic modern and a true evergreen! 1977 original with recently made pic sleeve.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ptnJIMOxUA&ab_channel=cloud9dj
Bobby Cutchins - Leaving - Lasso / EX / £8 (Previously unissued, modern soul dancefloor filler.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99c5Q-ojH10&ab_channel=DISCOEMPORIUM
Leon Haywood - I want’a do something freaky to you - 20th Century / EX / £12 (Classic -, one, two, three and to the four! Vinyl promo, one side has date written on label.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrDmGJlzkJE&ab_channel=DJDiscoCat
Ben E. King - We got love - Atlantic / EX / £10 (Classic Philly soul dancer. Such a tune!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpVApV02md0&ab_channel=PaoloAmatoItaly
Black Satin feat Fred Parris - Everybody stand and clap your hands (For the entertainer) - Buddha / EX / £10 (Floorfilling modern dancer.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM_u7SWnGPM&ab_channel=aahhsoul
Modulations - I can’t fight your love / Your love has me locked up - Buddha / EX / £10 (Classic Philly soul 45 with both sides slaying it. X on label.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX4mG55obVg&ab_channel=PaoloAmatoItaly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnhY9ODDMrI&ab_channel=TheRAREGROOVEMAN
Jackie Richardson - My prayer - UA / EX / £10 (Nice modern cheapie. Demo copy, complete with company sleeve)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdChrYlTsEY&ab_channel=ATNRecords
Rose Royce - Best love - Epic / EX / £10 (Great atmospheric modern dancer, Norman Whitfield on his mellow side.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gROzyo1jAC4&ab_channel=djdncoldstyle
Lowrell - Mellow mellow right on / Overdose - Avi / EX / £10 (Vinyl copy of this classic Chicago double header. Pen mark on label.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fSKSPJFGQw&ab_channel=lottekids
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPvNK0ckuzk&ab_channel=lottekids
Randy Brown - Use it - Parachute / EX / £8 (Another solid Randy track, superb midtempo dancer.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uS4VMmgwdI&ab_channel=wadshaw
Maze feat. Frankie Beverly - The look in your eyes - Capitol / EX / £8 (One of their best modern soul dancers, amazing stuff. Small round sticker on label.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwnjWl8oxyY&ab_channel=Soulman163
Marvin Gaye - Come get to this - Tamla / EX / £8 (Absolute classic, of course. But also one of his best suited modern soul scene dancefloor fillers.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7lrKoDZxD8&ab_channel=JORGEHITSOFFICIAL
Paul Lewis - Girl I need a change of mind / Inner city blues - 71st St / EX / £8 (Two killer disco takes on Eddie Kendrick/Marvin Gaye songs. Two tiny X on label.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8NXR5DR5nM&ab_channel=MetropolitanSoul
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E1AfkbDbB0&ab_channel=MAXMELIX (45 vers is of course shorter)
O.B. Buchana - It’s over / Back up lover - Susie Q / EX / £8 (Two nice 1990’s indie soul sides.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aBTYXVIucM&ab_channel=O.B.Buchana-Topic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWHi6xuUTaA&ab_channel=davidpinches
Bell Telephunk - Love vibrations - Kinsman/Disco Edits / NM / £8 (Superb previously unreleased midtempo modern.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkSGBhUl_M0&ab_channel=BellTelephunk-Topic
David Brinston - Hit and run - Jomar / EX / £6 (1997 modern soul indie.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYQzZzJZKoM&ab_channel=jewljoe
Tymes - It’s cool - Rca / EX / £6 (Absolutely love this, my only complaint is that the long version should be 7 minutes and not 3:37.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6YE7BzSM64&ab_channel=Soulhawk
Moments - Sleep won’t come - Expansion / EX / £6 (First time on vinyl, fantastic modern dancer.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahEa-qLHRVI&ab_channel=NigelParker-Soul%26Blues
Bunny Sigler - Keep smilin’ - PIR / EX / £6 (I love this Philly classic!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-2fETm-yxc&ab_channel=45RPMRecordsForSale
Front Row - Wanting you / My love my song - TBC / EX / £6 (Great cheapie, dancer backed with stepper.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIqGcIgKWdA&ab_channel=Limu013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5Y6XJx1_x0&ab_channel=SEVENMAN
D.J. Rogers - Love brought me back - Columbia / EX / £6 (Superb feel good modern dancer.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OrAY9UpcaI&ab_channel=Soulhawk
Ronnie Laws - Friends & strangers - UA / EX / £6 (Great semi instrumental version of the David Oliver song.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lK6457F1iQ&ab_channel=aquarianrealm
L.V. Johnson - It’s so cold & mean - Ichiban / EX / £5 (White demo, nice 1989 modern release with a fine Tom Tom Washington production.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlzbFlWIKaI&ab_channel=uksole
Luther Ingram - Do you love somebody - Koko / EX / £5 (1978 Memphis modern, the basslines slays it!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01IOSmg4wXI&ab_channel=BorstalBoy
Luther Ingram - Trying to find my love - Koko / EX / £5 (1978 Tommy Tate penned modern winner. )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qULEbgTt7Tg&ab_channel=Soulhawk
Al Hudson & the Soul Partners - You’re so wonderful - ABC / VG+ / £5 (Superior take on the Dells song.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHPT3IhS9a8&ab_channel=MetropolitanSoul%40MetropolitanSoul
J.G. Lewis - What am I going to do - IX Chains / EX / £5 (Good and cllassic modern soul cheapie, someone been listening to Barry White.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtF8sn85iBE&ab_channel=WakeySoul
Bobby Thomas - Just lovin you - Big Ciy / EX / £5 (Fantastic Chicago modern, as good as it’s cheap.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8oMk5C0qKA&t=37s&ab_channel=allenheathv6
Sonny Charles - Put it in a magazine - Highrise / EX / £5 (Classic Lamont Dozier sounding modern cheapie.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYLtiD_6RUw&ab_channel=UnexpectedDiscovery
Impact - Rainy days, stormy nights - Fantasy/Wmot / EX / £5 (Killer Philly dancer.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FguvEDBgiTQ&ab_channel=%23DMJ-FastSoul(70s%2680s)
Frankie Kelly - Ain’t that the truth - 10 / EX / £5 (Superb modern dancer with Marvin-esque vocals. UK copy, no pic sleeve.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssMwffMBe9A&ab_channel=FrançoisFUNK
Al Wilson - Show and tell - Rocky Road / EX / £5 (Classy classic!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCK37laSmgc&ab_channel=turb01501
Johnny Bristol - Do it to my mind - Atlantic / EX / £5 (Dancefloor filler!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfxRH5l1Yx4&ab_channel=SoulMachine
Johnny Bristol - I sho like groovin’ with ya - Atlantic / EX / £5 (See above!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zGHQk9euFA&ab_channel=KCYarwood
Network - Fly away - Epic / VG / £5 (Nice modern soul sounding AOR. Record has many light marks, plays ok but not perfect)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-25xpWS7iQs&ab_channel=Network-Topic
B.M.U. - U will know - Mercury / EX / £5 (Quality 1994 modern dancer with a gospel feel. Allstar lineup with Gerald Levert, R Kelly, Keith Sweat and other main players of the era.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poAVDRa0DFY&ab_channel=Musicvegan01
Michael Henderson - Come to me - Buddha / EX / £5 (Superb 1981 midtempo dancer. Clean copy complete with company sleeve.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywRsY-qRtgw&ab_channel=MichaelHenderson-Topic
Maxine Nightingale - If I ever lose this heaven / Love hit me - UA / VG+ / £5 (Nice take on the well covered Leon Ware tune. Flip is a Motown pastishe that was big in Stockholm when I first got into soul music.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cUOvr4NWyk&ab_channel=MaxineNightingale-Topic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCr8inVEUVA&ab_channel=fab70smusic
Seawind - What cha doin’ - A&M / VG+ / £5 (Nice modern/fusion dancer.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nb3u9YZxKYs&ab_channel=FrancoisForceFunk
Atlantic Starr - Silver shadow - A&M / VG+ / £5 (Classic! Complete with company sleeve.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqxrxBjfJ94&ab_channel=TheRAREGROOVEMAN
Atlantic Starr - Circles - A&M / EX / £5 (Another classic! Also complete with company sleeve.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmbqEu0aX3o&ab_channel=Mixsensei
Spinners - You go your way (I’ll go mine) - Atlantic / EX / £5 (Superb Reggie Lucas & Mtume, RIP, produced slowie. Demo copy.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2zL8dG5CJc&ab_channel=TheSpinners-Topic
Betty Wright - Special love - Epic / EX / £5 (Nice bass heavy dancer.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUpVKb2UXD8&ab_channel=JMEKJDH
Esther Phillips - What a diff’rence a day makes - Kudu / EX / £5 (Classic dancefloor filler.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1_vsu2DyLs&ab_channel=fab70smusic
Al Downing - I’m just nobody - Polydor / EX / £5 (Lovely modern cheapie. And one that used to cost a bit before internet showed it’s not very rare.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eS3aLBayio&ab_channel=NutsliteVenueRoma
Two Step & Mellow Groove 45’s
Brothers by Choice - Baby you really got me going - Ala / EX / £30 (White demo, killer modern dancer with a great 2 step feel.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5c0QKRKMouE&ab_channel=%23DMJ-MellowSoul
Ollie Nightingale - I’m in love - Pathfinder / EX / £25 (1978 re-make, just perfect mellow groove. Super soulful stuff!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5o9nd3WA3Xs&ab_channel=foreal
Passion - Midnight lovers - Prelude / EX / £25 (Classic 2 step and such a beauty.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t8tuJStSdc&ab_channel=UnidiscMusic
Numonics - You lied / Forever and a day - Hodisk / EX / £25 (Classic 1982 Oakland, CA stepper. Flip is a good feel good modern dancer.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxVKbDy4xV4&ab_channel=aahhsoul
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1yWI4hAHQ8&ab_channel=lottekids
Hewitt - Is it me - Wee / EX / £20 (Bay area classic! Superb jazzy soul with a warm mellow groove styled feel. Vinyl copy.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=333OeeByknA&ab_channel=nazfan01
Heaven & Earth - I can’t seem to forget you / Promises - GEC / EX / £10 (Simply amazing double header. One of the best two steppers/songs ever made backed with a great Chicago soul midtempo tune.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCXybFll1X0&ab_channel=funkgetier
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtAOMnlouII&ab_channel=funkgetier
Webster Lewis - Give me some emotion - Epic / EX / £10 (Classic 2 step, nice on 45.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ea1ifN86hlo&ab_channel=Ja22s0ulg0spel
Soul Survivors - City of brotherly love - TSOP / EX / £10 (Dancefloor evergreen, such a joyous tune!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIe4sRLvUdU&ab_channel=SOULBISCUITS
Sundray Tucker - If it was me - TK / EX / £10 (Another TK winner, artist aka Cindy Scott.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSWEax3h7LQ&ab_channel=Soulhawk
Hot Bush - Tell me that you will - Apa / EX / £8 (Superb TK distributed 2 step.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lyi_EZ7vMOY&ab_channel=MarcusBell
L.V. Johnson - We belong together - Phono / EX / £8 (Superb 2 step off his pricey album.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAjpXD7rDK4&ab_channel=modernoldies
Jo Jo Murray & the Top Flight Band - I’m in love / Your love - IB / EX / £8 (1987 indie with a good stepper side, and a nice modern flip.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZjf21F_Rvc&ab_channel=K-Mart
Bonnie Pointer - I wanna make it (In your world) - Motown / EX / £6 (Superb folky soul with a 2 step feel.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbM8hpaHpQ8&ab_channel=MartinJohansson
Jermaine Jackson - You like me don’t you - Motown / EX / £5 (Classic two step, play it to bring sunshine to a cloudy day.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQZSl4E_hjM&ab_channel=BigPeter86RealMusicChannel
Dells - I touched a dream / All about the papers - 20th Century / EX / £5 (Classic group, classic soul era, classic double header - two step backed with dancer.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CnIG0KxNFI&ab_channel=Soulhawk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuOVwW9NmOY&ab_channel=TheDells-Topic
Carl Carlton - This feeling’s rated xtra - 20th Century / EX / £5 (Classic floorfilling 2 step.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyrgqJVDfWc&ab_channel=TheRAREGROOVEMAN
Writers - What’s come over me - Columbia / EX / £5 (Demo copy, real nice two step vibe.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFPUVH7Djw4&ab_channel=colonbeeta
Queen - Cool cat - EMI / EX / £5 (Surprise 2 step classic. UK copy with pushout centre intact, no pic sleeve unfortunately/luckily.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kToCuYfkGI4&ab_channel=QueenOfficial
George Duke - Say that you will - Epic / EX / £5 (Feel good dancer with a 2 step/EW&F feel)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZFtWrxDF70&ab_channel=DeeLoveMusic
Northern Soul, R&B, Funky & Crossover Soul 45’s
Ray Pollard - The drifter / Let him go - UA / EX / £600 (White demo of this stone NS classic. Don’t miss the underlooked flipside which is a great beat ballad in it’s own.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pHRtNLcg2g&ab_channel=bricomaligno
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc9gu1GeKHE&ab_channel=JohnManship
Blenders – Your love has got me down – Mar-V-Lus / EX / £500 (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
J.P. Robinson - Hot love / Keep on holding on - Alston / EX / £450 (Two good sides of Florida soul. Rare pre Atlantic distribution release, especially in this clean condition.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oEMHUA12q4&ab_channel=JodieFuge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUrVi-bkeTI&ab_channel=VariousArtists-Topic
Cynthia & the Imaginations - Hey boy (I love you) - Blue Rock / EX / £250 (Superb allnighter sound! White demo, plays with a split second hiss in the intro before the music starts.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXcBv81nevc&ab_channel=BrianPinches
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBofXf4FUHI&ab_channel=JohnManshipRareSoul
Gary Atkinson - Wanderin’ soul - The Corillions / EX / £200 (Allnighter NS with a funky R&B feel.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23bcjEf_Ims&ab_channel=seafishseafish
Jackie Wilson - It only happens when I look at you - Zafiro / EX/EX / £150 (Solid classic which had no US 45 release. Spanish press complete with the pic sleeve.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6oCJLuRIJw&ab_channel=SOULBISCUITS
Jackie Wilson - It’s all over - Brunswick / EX / £35 (Superb Jeff Perry penned xover)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYVQ-7wzzrs&ab_channel=Soulhawk
Little Sonny - Wade in the water - Enterprise / EX / £100 (Deep instrumental dance version, with R&B/mods appeal.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjX3XEAAYgY&ab_channel=bricomaligno
Supremes & Four Tops - A taste of honey - Tamla Motown / VG- / £90 (Current NS dancefloor filler. No Us 54 release, this is the Dutch copy. No pic sleeve and centre is missing, vinyl is ugly with jukebox swirl marks. Plays pretty well, but not perfect. Great for DJing, as they say.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_UuxeFSpjM&ab_channel=funkgetier
Pucho & Latin Soul Brothers - Heat! - Prestige / VG+ / £75 (Superb latin jazz.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WscwoGl8r5U&ab_channel=MrFrancosoul
Ike & Tina Turner - Dust my broom - Tangerine / EX / £60 (Orange label vinyl copy of this classic NS dancer.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVoiU1IENPI&ab_channel=xraysoul
Patti & the Lovelites - Love so strong - Lovelite / VG / £60 (Local press of this Chicago biggie. Vinyl light marks, “Love so strong” plays nice but not perfect, the flip a little noisy. Flipside label has a small tear from removed sticker.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqJygFSfqH4&ab_channel=funkgetier
Cornell Campbell [Uniques] - Gypsy woman - Attack / VG+ / £60 (Superb, soulful reggae version of the Impression tune. Misscredited to Cornell Campbell, it’s The Uniques singing. Flipside has writing, Jamaica original.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRK9pZTh_3A&ab_channel=aeon23
Timebox - Beggin’ - Deram / EX / £50 (NS classic, clean UK 4 sprong centre original.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMPsR_Und9s&ab_channel=DonCaribouECBerlin
Spencer Wiggins - Let’s talk it over / Love attack - Kent Select / EX / £45 (Fantastic NS dancer, unissued Goldwax recording.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRHe1S-p5dE&ab_channel=JohnManship
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-H0IeYL4J0&ab_channel=NutsliteVenueRoma
Spencer Wiggins - I’m at the breaking point / Make me yours - Kent Select / EX / £40 (1969 xover dancer that never came out by the time of the recording. Flip it over for a nice take on the B Swann classic.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elffCZ2EMBM&ab_channel=soulfulthangs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Dqt8JAqa64&ab_channel=Musicdawn45's
Otis Redding - Loving by the pound - Kent Select / EX / £40 (Stomping NS dancer that was never released by the time of the recording.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcQUy2O5AHM&ab_channel=StaxRecords
Willie Tee - Walking up a one way street / Teasin’ you - Atlantic / VG+ / £40 (Two classic sides.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imqybrR3OSY&ab_channel=NaturalSoulBrother1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDuvQEXvhIs&ab_channel=grooveaddict
Willie Tee - Don’t get caught - Flambeaux/Disco Edits / EX / £10 (Previously unissued side, great one!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZDqEwdBzB0&ab_channel=RussellPaine
Promises - This love is real - BRC / EX / £35 (“I can feel these vibrations”! Best version IMO, superb Chicago xover. Clean white demo.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xILNKyGHlw&ab_channel=FabrizioBarone
Dynamic Tints - Be my lady / Falling in love - Twinight / EX / £30 (Two killer xover sides, usually turns up in beat condition but this one is nice and clean.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOXUQG28h70&ab_channel=Soulhawk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hDAY74C2hQ&ab_channel=Soulhawk
Marva Whitney - This girls in love with you - King / EX / £30 (Killer version! Clean copy complete with company sleeve.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CO88wx3zGuA&ab_channel=modernsoulclassics
Frankie - Life in the city / Don’t treat her bad - North Broad St / EX/EX / £25 (Two great previously unissued sides. One dancer and one ballad. Numbered test pressing, 45 out of 50.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqodCz07jFM&ab_channel=BrianPinches
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ogk_yeVkZKM&ab_channel=BrianPinches
Candi Staton - One more hurt - Kent Select / EX / £25 (First time on 45 for this lovely 1973 Fame studios recorded dancer.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgoG9uAfj70&ab_channel=JohnManship
Marlena Shaw - Woman of the ghetto - Cadet / EX / £25 (Nice clean copy of this classic sound. Only flaw is a BB hole through label.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPdzp5HoH0o&ab_channel=A.Noel
Scott Bros. Orch. - They all came back / A hunk o’ funk - Toddlin’ Town / EX / £25 (Two cool Chicago soul instrumentals.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8utb0WP1Ok4&ab_channel=bricomaligno
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vOhfTuXLXo&ab_channel=Roberto
Deon Jackson - I’ll always love you - Shout / VG+ / £20 (Superb Leroy Hutson penned/arranged/produced xover. White demo, stereo side has X and W written on label with thin ball point pen.Vinyl has a few light marks and plays with a little background noise in the intro.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyPyMbzESS8&ab_channel=Soulhawk
Chuck Bernard - Every hurt makes you stronger / Funny changes - Satellite / EX / £18 (Two great Chicago soul sides.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYDTRp7aREI&ab_channel=AnthonyReichardt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDQK9F9UPz0&ab_channel=Soulhawk
Chuck Bernard - Turn her loose / Deeper than the eyes can see - Zodiac / EX / £18 (Styrene copy, two great Chicago soul sides.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyU_HixdojQ&ab_channel=ChuckBernard-Topic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLbxX3dhjNQ&ab_channel=ChuckBernard-Topic
Hot Sauce - Bring it home (And give it to me) - Volt / EX / £15 (Vinyl copy, superb 1972 xover penned by Na Allen.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2AAs6_R820&ab_channel=davidpinches
Jimmie “Bo” Horne - If you want my love - Alston / EX / £15 (Nice 1972 xover with Jimmie doing his best Jackie Wilson-impression. Red label variation.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6UGdBssaCQ&ab_channel=modernoldies
Tommie Young - Hit and run lover / Esther Williams - Last night changed it all - Jazzman / EX / £15 (Reissue of two proved dancefloor classics.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46BOR5w1uTc&ab_channel=CLASSICGROOVES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-dQG0BO2Y8&ab_channel=FIVE
Georgie Woods - Potato salad Pt. 1 - Fat Back / EX / £15 (Jazzy, funky dancefloor tune.Two X on label, rarer orange label variation.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBnAqv4MODQ&ab_channel=MaiaNebula23
Betty O’Brien - She’ll be gone - Liberty / VG+ / £15 (Vinyl copy bootleg of this classic NS dancer. Writing on label.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awk2rAtjymM&ab_channel=cadlagh1BillKealy
Delores Hall - Sha-la bandit - Rca / VG+ / £15 (Absolutely lovely female soul pearl.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N01jKW7zE4A&ab_channel=OuttaSight
Dede Warwicke - Everybody’s got to believe in somebody - Atco / EX / £12 (Fantastic xover soul, with a “Gonna find a true love” sounding intro. Demo copy.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77bhQ2rm2Ac&ab_channel=Soulhawk
Dean Courtney - It makes me nervous / You’re all I’ve got - Paramount / EX / £12 (Two lovely sublime sides.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oeIkvkqw_M&ab_channel=BrianPinches
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0q3YFNS9fo&ab_channel=BrianPinches
Artistics - It’s those little things that count - Brunswick / EX / £12 (Lovely group version! White demo with promo text obscured with marker pen.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2a_9HF2EyA&ab_channel=Soulhawk
Billy Perry - Can’t let you go - Ronn / EX / £12 (Nice midtempo xover. White demo, complete with company sleeve.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozNJT8nV8Mc&ab_channel=isitretro
Valentinos - I can understand it - Clean / EX / £12 (Nice gritty dancer! Vinyl copy complete with company sleeve.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vZc_jD1kUM&ab_channel=SOULBISCUITS
Mary Gresham - I’ll never let you walk alone - Hit & Run / EX / £12 (Lovely previously unissued dancer.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBAyXiOiBCA&ab_channel=SoulStrutter
Brief Encounter - (Don’t you see) I’m crazy about you - Seventy-Seven / EX / £10 (Yet another superb cut by this talented group.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4_zZIUWjsk&ab_channel=mikeejaylovessoul
Joe Tex - All the heaven a man really needs - Dial / VG+ / £10 (Good atmospheric xover dancer.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvTmXjgaYVs&ab_channel=Soulhawk
Frank Johnson - Love slave - Hit & Run / EX / £10 (Superb previously unissed Ivey/Woodford/Muscle Shoals xover dancer.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIikMEkeqvc&ab_channel=Hpets
Bobby Oroza - Your love is too cold / Deja vu - Big Crown / NM / £8 (Retro soul dancer, backed with a moody hip hop drummed slowie.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx-VY8AGDgA&ab_channel=BigCrownRecords
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyHDgKTlJNA&ab_channel=BigCrownRecords
Ernie Shelby - I may not be what you want - Hit & Run / EX / £8 (Good, previously unissued take on the Mel & Tim/Bobby Sheen song.)
https://recordmania.se/showcover.php?artist=ERNIE+SHELBY&album=I+MAY+NOT+BE+WHAT+YOU+W...&pic=SLN81057.jpg&audio=SLN81057A.mp3
Tommy & the Derby’s - Don’t play that role - Hit & Run / EX / £8 (Reissue of one of the finest NS discoveries of recent years. Early Tommy Tate outing.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6PuEABvTk4&ab_channel=JohnManshipRareSoul
5 Stairsteps - O-o-h child - Buddha / EX / £8 (1970 classic that still sounds fresh. BB hole through label)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNP0_oeGLNc&ab_channel=LarryHinze
Tyrone Davis - All the waiting is not in vain - Dakar / EX / £6 (Breezy Chicago xover.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei09G55tnAc&ab_channel=EddiesSoulSounds
Nancy Wilson - Are we losing touch - Capitol / EX / £6 (Superb xover cheapie with a larger than life sound.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nw5iTCjA68&ab_channel=Dimitris004%26daughter-Newchannel
Barbara Lynn - Oh! Baby (We got a good thing goin’) - Jamie / EX / £6 (Nice early soul dancer. Red/black label later press.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-oEg_jcWaA&ab_channel=BarbaraLynn-Topic
O’Jays - Look over your shoulder - Bell / EX / £8 (Classic track, classic group, and classic for a good reason x2. Silver label variation with crowd noises.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl0kuVm8dx8&ab_channel=raresoulie
Dells - Bring back the love of yesterday - Cadet / EX / £5 (Nice vinyl copy of this fantastic Groovesville/Don Davis production.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SA69GXfmjUU&ab_channel=Soulhawk
Ballad/Deep/Sweet/Group Harmony 45’s
Enchanters - I should be loving you - Delta Ltd. / EX / £400 (Huge demand for this fantastic lowrider sound, group soul at it’s best.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSQBfZQz9p4&ab_channel=Mr818joker
Ann Byers - Gotta get you back - Virtue / EX / £175 (Superb Philly soul slowie. Rare Usa original.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-AWmo2cv9o
Sam Williams – Miracle worker – Uptown / EX / £150 (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
Music ‘N’ Motion - I’ve got to find my place / Lady in waiting - True Soul / EX / £125 (Best record on the label IMO, two amazing group ballads.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OyUBEOD9J8&ab_channel=olfo123
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZO_PHc3MZQ&ab_channel=Robbie
Loleatta Holloway - Two became a crowd / I’ve been loving you too long / - Gold Mind / EX / £60 (Rare issue only one! Two excellent ballads, one is a cover of the famous Otis Redding song, one is not a cover of a famous Otis Redding song.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKdoLuKVQu0&ab_channel=Kandyman1028
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQameb--x1k&ab_channel=SlightlyEdgy
Jeff Dale - A suffering pain / Our love will grow stronger - Atco / EX / £45 (Superb double header, somewhere between deep soul and NS/beat ballads. White demo.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuI2Twx2KtQ&ab_channel=Soulhawk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBJJ6SoOlzs&ab_channel=Soulhawk
Eldridge Holmes - Now, that I’ve lost you / Where is love - Deesu / EX / £35 (Nice NOLA deep soul, midtempo flip. White demo copy.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZCmo6ujczI&ab_channel=EldridgeHolmes-Topic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlI9Z6EZ2fE&ab_channel=JohnManshipRareSoul
Full Speed - It must be love / Put ‘em on a right track - Real Thing / EX / £30 (Huge fave alert! Super soulful slowie. Furious broad stanced dancer on the flip. Red/blue label variation)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWzReWG_33g&ab_channel=SOULBISCUITS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-MsTfqfeng&ab_channel=soulbrew01
Larry Saunders - Where did peace go - Sound of Soul / EX / £25 (Fab ballad off his “Stranger” album.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qJzf1VTFD0&ab_channel=Soulhawk
Coalitions - Instead…How are you - Re Dun / EX / £18 (Beautiful Philly sweet, think this is the first label before Phila of Soul?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgzsFVss1ug&ab_channel=TheVintageSoulMachine
Garland Green - Running scared / Love is what we came here for - Cotillion / EX / £12 (Garland visits Sigma Sound studios and meets Phil Hurtt and Bunny Sigler.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peXfNQ_IJ2s&ab_channel=funkgetier
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS_jKRalLXA&ab_channel=DeepSoul64
Jesse Boone & the Astros - No particular one - Sunburst / EX / £10 (Lowrider classic, such a tune.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VbXGVrR2rc&ab_channel=Soulhawk
Mike Williams - Lonely soldier - Atlantic / VG+ / £10 (Jamaica press, classic deep soul.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQZt0PNU4Es&ab_channel=VietnamWarSongProject
Thee Sinseers - I don’t mind / It was only a dream - Colemine / NM / £10 (Yellow vinyl, two great retro group harmony cuts.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPiHm-kcWvA&ab_channel=TheeSinseers-Topic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zgu9K5XWNzw&ab_channel=ColemineRecords
Eddie “G” Giles - Happy man / Music - Murco / EX / £8 (Deep soul b/w midtempo dancer.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crLTOUJ3UbA&ab_channel=spinning45s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFDLn0US_x4&ab_channel=bricomaligno
Otis Clay - Do right woman, do right man - Cotillion / EX / £8 (Deep soul, nice version. BB hole through label)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC98Y_betiw&ab_channel=otojiromania
Bettye Swann - All the way in or all the way out - Atlantic / EX / £6 (Nice country flavored slowie.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKR1NJNrPUA&ab_channel=BettyeSwann-Topic
Jonny Benavidez - Tell me that you love me - Stylart / NM / £6 (Very nice 2017 retro soul release.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kmIz6i_aUw&ab_channel=Mr818joker
Jonny Benavidez - Let’s get together - Timmion / NM / £6 (2018 retro soul following the fine brown eyed soul tradition.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsSSTrDmf1E&ab_channel=TimmionRecords
Pratt & Moody - Words words words - Timmion / NM / £6 (Nice retro soul with banging drums. Burgundy label second press.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00fDcAeBS1E&ab_channel=Mr818joker
Pratt & Moody - Lost lost lost - Stylart / NM / £6 (Coral label second press of this fine retro lowrider song.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ6M0dBstTE&ab_channel=Mr818joker
Thee Baby Cuffs - My my my baby - Stylart / NM / £6 (Yellow label first press, another great Chicano soul plodder from the label.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoK6YEsWJeU&ab_channel=TimmionRecords
Ben Pirani - Dreamin’s for free / Light of my life - Colemine / NM / £6 (Two smooth sides of retro soul in the Mayer Hawthorne tradition. Light blue label black vinyl second press.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iHcWlt67u8&ab_channel=BenPirani-Topic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU7cEQDp8b4&ab_channel=ColemineRecords
Imports - I’m not ashamed of loving you / Mel Davis - Just another smile - Remined / NM / £6 (2018 release limited to 500 copies.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlwpC8ntfVI&ab_channel=ColemineRecords
Jazz & Jazz Fusion Albums
Tarika Blue - s/t - Chiaroscuro / EX/EX / £450 (Classic fusion title, pretty solid with both vocal and instrumental tracks. And of course with the beautiful “Dreamflower”. Nice copy with just two minor flaws - upper cover edge has a little wear, and vinyl a small pressing dimple which do not affect play.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8_CatvP99M&ab_channel=UltraHarmonics
Heath Brothers - Marchin’ on - Strata-East / EX/EX / £200 (1976 original with black/white label. Very nice and clean copy too.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeQEIhUnWUQ&ab_channel=aquarianrealm
Music Inc. - s/t - Strata-East / EX/EX / £100 (Superb 1971 album with Charles Tolliver, Stanley Cowell, Cecil McBee and James Hopps. 463W address original. Nice clean copy.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJyOWeJvNxE&ab_channel=Nicolás.Gordon
Harold Land Quintet - The peace-maker - Cadet / EX/EX / £100(Classic title, best known for the title track but a solid modal jazz listening throughout. Scarce deep groove stereo original from 1968.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEhMB0PnLSo&ab_channel=AllThatJazzDonKaart
Prince Lasha - Inside story - Enja / EX/EX / £40 (Clean German 1981 original. Beautiful modal jazz throughout.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8XoM5I8Ixs&ab_channel=musiqued'ascenseur
Louis Armstrong & His Friends - s/t - Flying Dutchman / EX/EX / £12 (Incl he spiritual jazz classic, and a great version of, “The creator has a master plan”.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDjDCiTfUnU&ab_channel=shu77natsu88
Mike Campbell - Secret fantasy - Paj / VG+/EX / £10 (With “Soft strum blues”, superb vocal jazz from 1982. Cover has cut corner but still in shrink. Vinyl has a few light sleeve marks.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6KQNvkjf6Q&ab_channel=RichardSmith
Pat Britt - Starrsong - Catalyst / EX/EX / £10 (Not trendy but a solid 1976 jazz set. Again the whole thing is good, the best track “Message from Marocco” is not on youtube.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asgRmF24QIY&ab_channel=omex4911