Posted November 17, 2024Nov 17 Today’s outings Al James Socka-Ting / Groove City (U.S.A.) / BIG BEAT wdj l M- £65 Rare black & white promo copy Two great sides ‘SOCK’ is a Northern soul dancer https://youtu.be/wC4Mijl5VAY?si=2Vz164dFKuulV9JN ‘Groove City’ is R&B https://youtu.be/YO0aQob-qtA?si=ibm9XNHY49B77uh7 Barbara Lynn - Thankful for what I’ve Got ATLANTIC M- £25 Vinyl is pretty much perfect. Tremendous femme crossover dancer. Here on a rare Canadian release https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=tFeosPZjFPWNzEmh&v=dwV44YpHmxQ&feature=youtu.be Jessie Lee Ferguson And The Outer Limits New Shoes METROMEDIA £20 M- Looking great in original rare METROMEDIA logo matching company sleeve. Uptempo northern https://youtu.be/9sLP14hL8Jc?si=atNXBdk6nnOeSjRM Johnny Maestro Before I Loved Her / Fifty Million Heartbeats United Artists VG+ £30 Plays VG++ to EX. Vinyl has light marks all over and looks G+ but plays miles better. Looking great in original logo matching company sleeve Big production beat ballad from the man that brought you ‘I’m Stepping out of the Picture’ https://youtu.be/cevT69pvhto And a couple of revisits:- LP Toby King - “Toby Kang” Chelsea M- £325 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- £10 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 Clay Hammond Women Are Human / Part Time Love Raushan M- £12 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 Al Hudson & The Partners When Your Gone ATCO Vinyl M- £70 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 And a last new top tune!!! Changing Tymes - You Live Only Once / Try It Once Again AMG M- £185 Tremendous and rare version of the Imperial Wonders modern soul dancer backed with outstanding soulful soul stepper. ‘You Live’ side New City sound - You Live Only Once (AMG 8054-39) ‘Try it’ side https://youtu.be/x98GIoSFJQk?si=1A1U8wZwA3CjIv2A
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Today’s outings
Al James Socka-Ting / Groove City (U.S.A.) /
BIG BEAT wdj l M- £65
Rare black & white promo copy
Two great sides
‘SOCK’ is a Northern soul dancer
https://youtu.be/wC4Mijl5VAY?si=2Vz164dFKuulV9JN
‘Groove City’ is R&B
https://youtu.be/YO0aQob-qtA?si=ibm9XNHY49B77uh7
Barbara Lynn - Thankful for what I’ve Got ATLANTIC M- £25
Vinyl is pretty much perfect. Tremendous femme crossover dancer. Here on a rare Canadian release
https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=tFeosPZjFPWNzEmh&v=dwV44YpHmxQ&feature=youtu.be
Jessie Lee Ferguson And The Outer Limits New Shoes
METROMEDIA £20 M-
Looking great in original rare METROMEDIA logo matching company sleeve.
Uptempo northern
https://youtu.be/9sLP14hL8Jc?si=atNXBdk6nnOeSjRM
Johnny Maestro Before I Loved Her / Fifty Million Heartbeats
United Artists VG+ £30
Plays VG++ to EX.
Vinyl has light marks all over and looks G+ but plays miles better. Looking great in original logo matching company sleeve
Big production beat ballad from the man that brought you ‘I’m Stepping out of the Picture’
https://youtu.be/cevT69pvhto
And a couple of revisits:-
LP Toby King - “Toby Kang”
Chelsea M- £325
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- £10
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
Clay Hammond Women Are Human / Part Time Love
Raushan M- £12
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
Al Hudson & The Partners When Your Gone
ATCO Vinyl M- £70
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
And a last new top tune!!!
Changing Tymes - You Live Only Once / Try It Once Again
AMG M- £185
Tremendous and rare version of the Imperial Wonders modern soul dancer backed with outstanding soulful soul stepper.
‘You Live’ side
New City sound - You Live Only Once (AMG 8054-39)
‘Try it’ side
https://youtu.be/x98GIoSFJQk?si=1A1U8wZwA3CjIv2A