As promised, here is the last part of the rare Northern 45's list. Once again, some great stuff here. There's never been a better time to buy records (or a worse time to sell them!) J
All the best
Pete
BARBARA JEAN ENGLISH - TASTES SOUR DON'T IT - A. SCHROEDER MUSIC ACETATE (10")
Best unissued track I've heard for ages, thumping uptempo dancer, 100% northern with great vocal from Barbara.
Offers minimum 350
ERMA FRANKLIN - ABRACADABRA - EPIC DEMO EX 100
Beautiful copy, on vinyl, spotless labels too - hard one to find
STEINWAYS - YOU'VE BEEN LEADING ME ON - OLIVER EX 220
Rare stock copy. Bit of noise right at the start nothing terrible
SOPHISTICATES - I CAN'T STAND IT - MUTT M 50
Who'd have thought this would one day become 'rare' - absolutely brilliant Detroit 45
DON RAY SAMPSON - BABY COME BACK - E M 60
Old Stafford monster - excellent Jim Webb composition and production, fantastic
GERALD SIMS - COOL BREEZE - OKEH DEMO EX 70
SPRINGFIELD RIFLE - THAT'S ALL I REALLY NEED - JERDEN M 30
SPENCER - SEARCHIN FOR LOVE - MIDTOWN DEMO EX 40
Great lesser played oldie, white label demo, what more do you need?
STRANGERS - NIGHT WINDS - WARNER BROS DEMO EX 75
BOBBIE SMITH - WALK ON INTO MY HEART - AMERICAN ARTS DEMO EX 100
Black lettering, lined label
SEMINOLES - I CAN'T STAND IT - CHECKMATE VG+ 40
SPELLBINDERS - WE'RE ACTING LIKE LOVERS - COLUMBIA DEMO M- 20
TOM & JERRIO - COME ON AND LOVE ME - ABC EX- 20
VAN TREVOR - A FLING OF THE PAST - VIVID EX 25
TOMMY T & THE TARGETS - SALES PITCH - BIG R DEMO M 250
Wow..well I'd never heard this before...spoken word track with a guy visiting an office where he tries to chat up the secretary. Backing track is a pounding, uptempo "Anyway you wanta" sort of thing with the secretary's typewriter bashing out percussion throughout. One you'll either love or hate, I think it's brilliant.
TRUETONES - HE'S GOT THE NERVE - JOSIE M 20
TRAVELERS - MY BABY DOESN'T LOVE ME ANYMORE - GLAD HAMP EX 30
Writing on label
VALENTINOS - BABY LOTS OF LUCK - SAR M 20
VALENTINOS - SWEETER THAN THE DAY BEFORE - CHESS EX 125
SHIRLEY WAHLS - WHY AM I CRYING - KING M 50
DANNY WHITE - KEEP MY WOMAN HOME - ATLAS M 50
TIMOTHY WILSON - HE WILL BREAK YOUR HEART - VEEP VG+ 50
Lesser known of his Veep sides but excellent version
WANDERERS - SOMEBODY ELSE'S SWEETHEART - CUB EX 40
ELLA WASHINGTON - BYE BYE BABY - ATLANTIC DEMO EX 30
GINO WASHINGTON - LIKE MY BABY - MALA DEMO EX 75
CHUCK WRIGHT - IT'S A LIE - EMBER EX 25
LOU D WASHINGTON - SMOKEY - STEEL TOWN EX 50
WEST SIDERS - DON'T YOU KNOW - LEOPARD EX 40
LITTLE STEVIE WONDER - CONTRACT ON LOVE - TAMLA DEMO EX- 75
Rare white demo
DANNY WHITE - ONE LITTLE LIE - ABC EX- 30
OSCAR McLOLLIE - IGNORE ME - SHOWTIME DEMO EX 20
On Anglos list yesterday for 40 or 50 quid - beat ballad
LITTLE JIMMY BROWN - TELL IT LIKE IT IS - BRENT EX 50
Not the ballad, a raucus R&B tune books at something daft like £150
TAWNY REED - YOU CAN'T TAKE IT AWAY - CONGRESS DEMO M 25
Unplayed demo - great UK produced version
JANET & THE JAYS - LOVE WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO ME - HI M- 20
Forgotten Memphis midtempo dancer
ROSCOE SHELTON - RUNNING FOR MY LIFE - SOUND STAGE 7 M- 20
Original black stock copy
N.F. PORTER - KEEP ON KEEPING ON - LIZARD EX 10
No introduction needed for this one
MILL EVANS - AIN'T YOU GLAD / MILLIONAIRES - I'M THE ONE WHO LOVES YOU - 100 CLUB 22ND ANNIVERSARY 45 M 30
DIPLOMATS - I REALLY LOVE YOU / DEBRA JOHNSON - TO GET LOVE YOU'VE GOT TO BRING LOVE - 100 CLUB 24TH ANNIVERSARY M 25
RAY SCOTT - LOOKING FOR YOU - RAN-DEE M 30
R&B dancer
VIKKI NELSON - BABY I'M YOURS - MALA VG+ 40
More big voiced R&B
THE MAD LADS - DON'T CRY AT THE PARTY - CAPITOL EX 30
Excellent early dancer
PAYMENT - CREDIT CARD (2% charge for this list, sorry) CHEQUE, POSTAL ORDER, CASH, PAYPAL (4% charge)
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PETE SMITH
28 JENKS ROAD
WOMBOURNE
WOLVERHAMPTON
WV5 0BL
01902 893569
Pete.smith@freeuk.com
Hello,
As promised, here is the last part of the rare Northern 45's list. Once again, some great stuff here. There's never been a better time to buy records (or a worse time to sell them!) J
All the best
Pete
BARBARA JEAN ENGLISH - TASTES SOUR DON'T IT - A. SCHROEDER MUSIC ACETATE (10")
Best unissued track I've heard for ages, thumping uptempo dancer, 100% northern with great vocal from Barbara.
Offers minimum 350
ERMA FRANKLIN - ABRACADABRA - EPIC DEMO EX 100
Beautiful copy, on vinyl, spotless labels too - hard one to find
BOBBY JOY - YOU SWEET DEVIL YOU - TRC DEMO EX 40
In-demand
SHEPPARDS - STUBBORN HEART - MIRWOOD DEMO EX/EX- 175
Rare vinyl white demo
STEINWAYS - YOU'VE BEEN LEADING ME ON - OLIVER EX 220
Rare stock copy. Bit of noise right at the start nothing terrible
SOPHISTICATES - I CAN'T STAND IT - MUTT M 50
Who'd have thought this would one day become 'rare' - absolutely brilliant Detroit 45
DON RAY SAMPSON - BABY COME BACK - E M 60
Old Stafford monster - excellent Jim Webb composition and production, fantastic
GERALD SIMS - COOL BREEZE - OKEH DEMO EX 70
SPRINGFIELD RIFLE - THAT'S ALL I REALLY NEED - JERDEN M 30
SPENCER - SEARCHIN FOR LOVE - MIDTOWN DEMO EX 40
Great lesser played oldie, white label demo, what more do you need?
STRANGERS - NIGHT WINDS - WARNER BROS DEMO EX 75
BOBBIE SMITH - WALK ON INTO MY HEART - AMERICAN ARTS DEMO EX 100
Black lettering, lined label
SEMINOLES - I CAN'T STAND IT - CHECKMATE VG+ 40
SPELLBINDERS - WE'RE ACTING LIKE LOVERS - COLUMBIA DEMO M- 20
TOM & JERRIO - COME ON AND LOVE ME - ABC EX- 20
VAN TREVOR - A FLING OF THE PAST - VIVID EX 25
TOMMY T & THE TARGETS - SALES PITCH - BIG R DEMO M 250
Wow..well I'd never heard this before...spoken word track with a guy visiting an office where he tries to chat up the secretary. Backing track is a pounding, uptempo "Anyway you wanta" sort of thing with the secretary's typewriter bashing out percussion throughout. One you'll either love or hate, I think it's brilliant.
TRUETONES - HE'S GOT THE NERVE - JOSIE M 20
TRAVELERS - MY BABY DOESN'T LOVE ME ANYMORE - GLAD HAMP EX 30
Writing on label
VALENTINOS - BABY LOTS OF LUCK - SAR M 20
VALENTINOS - SWEETER THAN THE DAY BEFORE - CHESS EX 125
SHIRLEY WAHLS - WHY AM I CRYING - KING M 50
DANNY WHITE - KEEP MY WOMAN HOME - ATLAS M 50
TIMOTHY WILSON - HE WILL BREAK YOUR HEART - VEEP VG+ 50
Lesser known of his Veep sides but excellent version
WANDERERS - SOMEBODY ELSE'S SWEETHEART - CUB EX 40
ELLA WASHINGTON - BYE BYE BABY - ATLANTIC DEMO EX 30
GINO WASHINGTON - LIKE MY BABY - MALA DEMO EX 75
CHUCK WRIGHT - IT'S A LIE - EMBER EX 25
LOU D WASHINGTON - SMOKEY - STEEL TOWN EX 50
WEST SIDERS - DON'T YOU KNOW - LEOPARD EX 40
LITTLE STEVIE WONDER - CONTRACT ON LOVE - TAMLA DEMO EX- 75
Rare white demo
DANNY WHITE - ONE LITTLE LIE - ABC EX- 30
OSCAR McLOLLIE - IGNORE ME - SHOWTIME DEMO EX 20
On Anglos list yesterday for 40 or 50 quid - beat ballad
LITTLE JIMMY BROWN - TELL IT LIKE IT IS - BRENT EX 50
Not the ballad, a raucus R&B tune books at something daft like £150
TAWNY REED - YOU CAN'T TAKE IT AWAY - CONGRESS DEMO M 25
Unplayed demo - great UK produced version
JANET & THE JAYS - LOVE WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO ME - HI M- 20
Forgotten Memphis midtempo dancer
ROSCOE SHELTON - RUNNING FOR MY LIFE - SOUND STAGE 7 M- 20
Original black stock copy
N.F. PORTER - KEEP ON KEEPING ON - LIZARD EX 10
No introduction needed for this one
MILL EVANS - AIN'T YOU GLAD / MILLIONAIRES - I'M THE ONE WHO LOVES YOU - 100 CLUB 22ND ANNIVERSARY 45 M 30
DIPLOMATS - I REALLY LOVE YOU / DEBRA JOHNSON - TO GET LOVE YOU'VE GOT TO BRING LOVE - 100 CLUB 24TH ANNIVERSARY M 25
RAY SCOTT - LOOKING FOR YOU - RAN-DEE M 30
R&B dancer
VIKKI NELSON - BABY I'M YOURS - MALA VG+ 40
More big voiced R&B
THE MAD LADS - DON'T CRY AT THE PARTY - CAPITOL EX 30
Excellent early dancer
PAYMENT - CREDIT CARD (2% charge for this list, sorry) CHEQUE, POSTAL ORDER, CASH, PAYPAL (4% charge)
RECORDS RESERVED FOR 5 DAYS IN THE UK
Postage:
UK RECORDED £2.00 10p EACH EXTRA
UK SPECIAL £5.00
OVERSEAS £6.00 SPECIAL £7.00 IF VALUE OVER £50
01902 893569
Pete.smith@freeuk.com
Edited by Pete-S