Todays offerings come from the vaults of Hitsville, a tidy selection of US and European stock copies, all featuring fantastic motor city tunes. A selection of 40 or so Motown stable White Promos will follow later this week!
Happy to send additional images or sound files, please PM any questions or to reserve.
US Motown
Hattie Littles – Here you come – Gordy 7007 Ex £40
(Gorgeous west coast copy of this early tune. Monarch Records pressing. Not listed in this format on DISCOGs. Minor edge lift DNAP. IGNORE the discoouration on the image, is a beautiful rich purple label)
Temptations – Beauty is only skin deep – Gordy 7055 M- £25
(Rockway pressing, with picture sleeve, DH)
Edwin Starr – Twenty-five miles – Gordy 7083 M- £8
Marvelettes – I’ll keep holding on – Tamla 54116 Ex £50
(Nashville Matrix pressing, Twin Globes label)
Miracles – Going to a go-go – Tamla 54127 M- £10
(ARP pressing, Twin Globes label, minor label damage on spindle hole)
Virgil Henry – You ain’t saying nothing new – Tamla 54212F M- £125
(Nice flip side “Can’t believe you’re really leaving”, etched ‘Lenny’ pressing, minor stain on spindle hole edge)
Elgins – Put yourself in my place – V.I.P. 25029 M- £15
(A beautiful thing, this V.I.P. label format, DJ Not For sale stamp on top side)
Four Tops – On top – Motown 60647 M- £50
(6 Track mini-LP, full of hits, includes the brilliant cover of XXXX ‘I got a feeling’, Comes with picture cover and jukebox strips)
Jackson 5 – Third Album – Motown 60718 M- £15
(6 track mini-LP, includes ‘Ready or not here I come’ and the answer to Reach out, ‘Reach in’. No sleeve, No jukebox strips)
Marvelettes – The Marvelettes – Tamla 60274 M- £5
(Cover only, minor split top right, otherwise clean and a lovely thing to put up in a frame)
European Tamla Motown
Supremes – I hear a symphony – Tamla Motown 1001 EP M- £15
(Australia - Inc’s Stop! In the name of love / I’m in love again / Back in my arms again / I hear a symphony. Edition with no publisher logo on labels)
Diana Ross & Supremes – I’m livin’ in shame – Tamla Motown 1139 M- £10
(Germany, large duke box spindle hole)
David Ruffin – What becomes of the broken hearted – Tamla Motown 1C 006-90 547 M- £5
(Germany, large duke box spindle hole)
Mary Wells – My guy – Motown 42.573 Ex £10
(Netherlands, sticker residue and name on both labels)
Gladys Knight & Pips – Take me in your arms and love me – Tamla Motown 25.942 Ex+ £15
(Netherlands, never released on US 45?, large duke box spindle hole)
Todays offerings come from the vaults of Hitsville, a tidy selection of US and European stock copies, all featuring fantastic motor city tunes. A selection of 40 or so Motown stable White Promos will follow later this week!
Happy to send additional images or sound files, please PM any questions or to reserve.
US Motown
Hattie Littles – Here you come – Gordy 7007 Ex £40
(Gorgeous west coast copy of this early tune. Monarch Records pressing. Not listed in this format on DISCOGs. Minor edge lift DNAP. IGNORE the discoouration on the image, is a beautiful rich purple label)
Temptations – Beauty is only skin deep – Gordy 7055 M- £25
(Rockway pressing, with picture sleeve, DH)
Edwin Starr – Twenty-five miles – Gordy 7083 M- £8
(ARP pressing)
Supremes – Baby love/ Ask any girl – Motown 1066 Ex+ £8
(Nashville Matrix pressing, light ring wear)
Supremes – Nothing but heartaches – Motown 1080 M- £8
(Rockway pressing)
Four Tops – Loving you is sweeter than ever – Motown 1096 M- £8
(ARP pressing)
Supremes – Love is here and now you’re gone – Motown 1103 Ex £8
(Nashville Matrix pressing)
Four Tops – You keep running away – Motown 1113 Ex- £5
(ARP pressing, droll hole)
David Ruffin – My whole world ended (the moment you left me) – Motown 1140 M- £15
(ARP pressing)
Four Tops – Don’t bring back memories / What is a man – Motown 1147 M- £8
(‘Memories’ is brilliant and underplayed. ARP pressing, drill hole)
Jackson 5 – I’ll be there – Motown 1171 M- £5
(ARP pressing)
Supremes & Four Tops – River deep mountain high – Motown 1173 M- £5
(ARP pressing, date and initial on top label)
Fantastic Four – I love you madly – Soul 35052 M- £10
(ARP pressing)
Jimmy Ruffin – Gonna keep on tryin’ till I win your love – Soul 35053 Ex+ £5
(ARP pressing, light wear on labels, drill hole)
Marvelettes – He’s a good guy (yes he is) – Tamla 54091 M- £5
(Nashville Matrix pressing, Twin Globes label, drill hole)
Marvelettes – I’ll keep holding on – Tamla 54116 Ex £50
(Nashville Matrix pressing, Twin Globes label)
Miracles – Going to a go-go – Tamla 54127 M- £10
(ARP pressing, Twin Globes label, minor label damage on spindle hole)
Virgil Henry – You ain’t saying nothing new – Tamla 54212F M- £125
(Nice flip side “Can’t believe you’re really leaving”, etched ‘Lenny’ pressing, minor stain on spindle hole edge)
Elgins – Put yourself in my place – V.I.P. 25029 M- £15
(A beautiful thing, this V.I.P. label format, DJ Not For sale stamp on top side)
Four Tops – On top – Motown 60647 M- £50
(6 Track mini-LP, full of hits, includes the brilliant cover of XXXX ‘I got a feeling’, Comes with picture cover and jukebox strips)
Jackson 5 – Third Album – Motown 60718 M- £15
(6 track mini-LP, includes ‘Ready or not here I come’ and the answer to Reach out, ‘Reach in’. No sleeve, No jukebox strips)
Marvelettes – The Marvelettes – Tamla 60274 M- £5
(Cover only, minor split top right, otherwise clean and a lovely thing to put up in a frame)
European Tamla Motown
Supremes – I hear a symphony – Tamla Motown 1001 EP M- £15
(Australia - Inc’s Stop! In the name of love / I’m in love again / Back in my arms again / I hear a symphony. Edition with no publisher logo on labels)
Diana Ross & Supremes – I’m livin’ in shame – Tamla Motown 1139 M- £10
(Germany, large duke box spindle hole)
David Ruffin – What becomes of the broken hearted – Tamla Motown 1C 006-90 547 M- £5
(Germany, large duke box spindle hole)
Mary Wells – My guy – Motown 42.573 Ex £10
(Netherlands, sticker residue and name on both labels)
Gladys Knight & Pips – Take me in your arms and love me – Tamla Motown 25.942 Ex+ £15
(Netherlands, never released on US 45?, large duke box spindle hole)
Jr. Walker & Allstars – Road runner / Shotgun – Tamla Motown 25.949 M- £10
(Netherlands, large duke box spindle hole, two of his best instrumentals on one 45)
Martha Reeves & Vandellas – (We’ve got) Honey love – Tamla Motown 25.968 M- £15
(Netherlands, large duke box spindle hole)
Diana Ross & Supremes – Love child – Tamla Motown 117 Ex £15
(Sweden, 4 prong centre intact, small sticker (123) on top label)
Four Tops – Walk away Rene – Tamla Motown 634 Ex £10
(Sweden, 4 prong centre intact)
Edwin Starr – Stop the war now – Tamla Motown 4E 006 92138 Ex £5
(Sweden, 4 prong centre intact)
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Postage:
£3.50 – 1st Class (Insured to £20 only, buyers choice)
£5.60 – UK Tracked and Signed 24 Hour (Insured to £150)
No overseas on these sorry!
Cheers, Lee
Edited by Soulfulsolutions