Posted October 22, 2024Oct 22 Today’s selection Jimmy "Okera" Hightower - Love And Life BCN Vinyl is M- £65 Picture sleeve has some yellowing and 'excellent condition' written on cover. Single private press release on this tiny Detroit label. A fantastic super soulful mid-paced ballad that builds and builds - even comes in a picture sleeve!! ‘He Soothes And Grooves You With “Love And Life”. https://youtu.be/H2d6QCzZjZo?si=IR6pe3-KwqWdx9bJ LP Toby King - “Toby Kang” Chelsea CHL534 M- £350 Contains fantastic LP only dancers ‘I just want to love you’ https://youtu.be/3C8vA-Tp3t0?si=s7pUV0QxC44haplW And just as good ‘Were in love with each other’ https://youtu.be/qkqNmoYTiN4 Al Hudson & The Partners My Number One Need / Alone She's Gone Atco M- £13 Looking great in original logo matching ATCO company sleeve. Two decent 70’s mid-pacers https://youtu.be/AVTR70yjmP8?si=oIfpSfS7DU8oU6kK & https://youtu.be/InhagzdNzzQ?si=p-JyV-9ZKW16Sz4I Al Hudson & The Partners When Your Gone ATCO Vinyl M- £80 Looking great in original logo matching ATCO company sleeve. Vinyl is M- Label has 'Sydney' written in marker pen. The superb ‘B side only dancer on the much rarer issue copy. What were the studio thinking to make a mediocre ballad the ‘A’ side!!!! Proper uplifting soul dancer!!! https://youtu.be/vRWRR7FnDlI?si=nszOeXrzVSEVS0zP Clay Hammond Women Are Human / Part Time Love Raushan M- £15 Two outstanding and very much overlooked sides. Here on the second label with the A & B sides flipped. Just a great £15 two for one45! ‘Human’ side https://youtu.be/gbkLE98EG0s ‘Part Time’ side. NB this link is the 4min LP version. This is 45 is the same take 2:46mins without the extended ending. https://youtu.be/GhaoPyZgYc4?si=HIsEvBLoPLuWRWrZ Hi-Tension There's A Reason Island EX £22 I grade this as EX (light surface marks only). Looking great in original logo M- matching U.K. ISLAND company sleeve Feel good classic soul mid-tempo Grover on this UK only release. Hodges James Smith & Crawford Nobody / I'm In Love Mpingo M- £120 The B side 'I'm in love' is the track! Punch girl group dancer with a pinch of funk!! https://youtu.be/YrW8yEpHsfE?si=7XPDeZGZZpFJguVv ‘Nobody’ is a haunting funky soul track https://youtu.be/jvA73WOe-fI?si=UHKAbNScQC5wSw2-
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Today’s selection
Jimmy "Okera" Hightower - Love And Life
BCN Vinyl is M- £65
Picture sleeve has some yellowing and 'excellent condition' written on cover.
Single private press release on this tiny Detroit label.
A fantastic super soulful mid-paced ballad that builds and builds - even comes in a picture sleeve!!
‘He Soothes And Grooves You With “Love And Life”.
https://youtu.be/H2d6QCzZjZo?si=IR6pe3-KwqWdx9bJ
LP Toby King - “Toby Kang”
Chelsea CHL534 M- £350
Contains fantastic LP only dancers ‘I just want to love you’
https://youtu.be/3C8vA-Tp3t0?si=s7pUV0QxC44haplW
And just as good ‘Were in love with each other’
https://youtu.be/qkqNmoYTiN4
Al Hudson & The Partners My Number One Need / Alone She's Gone
Atco M- £13
Looking great in original logo matching ATCO company sleeve.
Two decent 70’s mid-pacers
https://youtu.be/AVTR70yjmP8?si=oIfpSfS7DU8oU6kK
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https://youtu.be/InhagzdNzzQ?si=p-JyV-9ZKW16Sz4I
Al Hudson & The Partners When Your Gone
ATCO Vinyl M- £80
Looking great in original logo matching ATCO company sleeve. Vinyl is M- Label has 'Sydney' written in marker pen.
The superb ‘B side only dancer on the much rarer issue copy. What were the studio thinking to make a mediocre ballad the ‘A’ side!!!!
Proper uplifting soul dancer!!!
https://youtu.be/vRWRR7FnDlI?si=nszOeXrzVSEVS0zP
Clay Hammond Women Are Human / Part Time Love
Raushan M- £15
Two outstanding and very much overlooked sides. Here on the second label with the A & B sides flipped. Just a great £15 two for one45!
‘Human’ side
https://youtu.be/gbkLE98EG0s
‘Part Time’ side. NB this link is the 4min LP version. This is 45 is the same take 2:46mins without the extended ending.
https://youtu.be/GhaoPyZgYc4?si=HIsEvBLoPLuWRWrZ
Hi-Tension There's A Reason
Island EX £22
I grade this as EX (light surface marks only).
Looking great in original logo M- matching U.K. ISLAND company sleeve
Feel good classic soul mid-tempo Grover on this UK only release.
Hodges James Smith & Crawford Nobody / I'm In Love
Mpingo M- £120
The B side 'I'm in love' is the track! Punch girl group dancer with a pinch of funk!!
https://youtu.be/YrW8yEpHsfE?si=7XPDeZGZZpFJguVv
‘Nobody’ is a haunting funky soul track
https://youtu.be/jvA73WOe-fI?si=UHKAbNScQC5wSw2-