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A couple of dance floor fillers. Happy to send more images and sound files if required. Mary Saxton – Take my heart / Sad eyes – Quality 1921 M- £600 (Just a couple of light pops on the flip run in stops that side from being M-) Bobby Williams – I’ve only got myself to blame – Sure-Shot 5031 Promo Ex £475 (Minor edge lift, couple of light lines that don’t affect play) PayPal as friends or add 4% please, or I can send bank details. Postage (Latest 2021 Prices for up to 250g): £7.65 – Special Delivery (Fully insured up to £500) £8.65 – Special Delivery (Fully insured up to £1000) Overseas on Request Cheers, Lee

A few more up for grabs, a tidy handful of nice tunes. Happy to send more images and sound files if required. Verdelle Smith – If you can’t say anything nice – Capitol 5731 M- £30 (Great cover of Gia Mateo’s RCA outing) Paul Peek – I’m movin’ uptown – Columbia 43771 WD Ex £50 (Nice pacey major label dancer) Turley Richards – I feel alright – Columbia 43837 WD Ex+ £850 HOLD (Powerhouse dance floor filler and not at Manny’s recent auction price!) Dana Valery – You don’t know where your interests lie – Columbia 44004 WD Ex- £400 SOLD (Couple of pressing bubbles and a mark that cause some light pops, small label stain at 10 o'clock) London & Bridges – I need you – Date 1535 WD Ex+ £80 SOLD (Organ driven pounder, tidy blue eyed soul, much in the vein of the Carolinas beach scene) Mel Williams – Can it be me – Modern 1023 M- £300 SOLD (Sought after R&B tinged Northern, and nice on the red label) Mary Saxton – Take my heart / Sad eyes – Quality 1921 M- £650 (Was 700 when last listed. Just a couple of light pops on the flip run in stops that side from being M-) Malibus – Gee baby I love you – Sure-Shot 5028 Promo Ex- £100 SOLD (Couple of light scuffs that don’t affect play) Bobby Williams – I’ve only got myself to blame – Sure-Shot 5031 Promo Ex £480 (Minor edge lift, couple of light lines that don’t affect play) PayPal as friends or add 4% please, or I can send bank details. Postage (Latest 2021 Prices for up to 250g): £1.85 – 1st Class (Insured to £20) £3.25 – 1st Class Signed For (Only insured to £50 – buyers risk) £7.65 – Special Delivery (Fully insured up to £500) £8.65 – Special Delivery (Fully insured up to £1000) Overseas on Request Cheers, Lee

Turning to Hitsville today and the greatest Empire to have ever conquered the world. Many of these are house hold names and tracks we all love, but quite often there’s a lesser known gem on the flip, even if I haven’t listed them. No collection should be without a spattering of stock and demo copies, so here’s some doubles up for grabs. Selected images due to upload allowances, so I’m happy to provide them and any sound files. PM questions or to reserve. MOTOWN STOCK COPIES SOLD Contours – Do you love me – Gordy 7005 M- £8 SOLD Kim Weston – Thrill a moment – Gordy 7041 Ex+ £65 dh 3) Temptations – Beauty is only skin deep – Gordy 7055 M- £30 dh with picture sleeve SOLD Debbie Dean – Don’t let him shop around 1007 Ex+ £30 Pink 5) Four Tops – Baby I need your loving / Call on me – Motown 1062 M- £8 dh label wear, epic double sider SOLD Four Tops – Without the one you love / Love is gone – Motown 1069 M- £15 dh 7) Four Tops – I can’t help myself / Sad souvenirs – Motown 1076 Ex+ £8 dh label wear SOLD Four Tops – Something about you sends me – Motown 1084 M- £10 9) Barbara McNair – You’re gonna love my baby – Motown 1087 M- £175 smwol SOLD Spinners – Truly yours – Motown 1093 M- £15 11) Four Tops – Loving you is sweeter than ever – Motown 1096 M- £10 12) Four Tops – Reach out I’ll be there – Motown 1098 Ex £8 picture sleeve only / no 45! 13) Four Tops – Standing in the shadows of love – Motown 1102 M- £10 14) Four Tops – You keep running away – Motown 1113 M- £8 SOLD Four Tops – If I were a carpenter / Wonderful baby – Motown 1124 M- £12 I'll always have Alan Rhodes, understated ex Wigan DJ to thank for knowing the flip, superb uptempo dancer SOLD Stevie Wonder – Fingertips – Tamla 54080 M- £15 Bridgeport press 17) Marvelettes – He’s a good guy (yes he is) – Tamla 54091 M- £10 dh 18) Brenda Holloway – When I’m gone – Tamla 54111 Ex+ £25 dh MOTOWN DEMO COPIES SOLD Kim Weston – Thrill a moment – Gordy 7042 WD Vg+ £25 looks Ex+ but plays with pops, would be £75-100, not a lost cause in any way 20) San Remo Golden Strings – Festival time – Gordy 7060 WD M- £30 Iconic instrumental 21) Bobby Taylor & Vancouvers – Does your mama know about me – Gordy 7069 WD Ex £25 Red vinyl SOLD Temptations – I could never love another (after loving you) – Gordy 7072 WD M- £15 SOLD Edwin Starr – War – Gordy 7101 WD M- £25 date stamp SOLD Eddie Holland – Just ain’t enough love – Motown 1058 M- £50 Off white label but vinyl in top shape SOLD Four Tops – Without the one you love / Love has gone – Motown 1069 WD M- £30 26) Four Tops – Ask the lonely / Where did you go – Motown 1073 WD M- £85 xol much rarer west coast copy 27) Tammi Terrell – I can’t believe you love me – Motown 1086 WD M- £25 Allstate Dist Stkr + 1 SOLD Connie Haines – What’s easy for two is hard for one – Motown 1092 WD Ex+ £30 Allstate Dist Stkr 29) Tammi Terrell – This old heart of mine – Motown 1138 WD Vg+ £10 30) David Ruffin – My whole world ended (the moment you left me) – Motown 1140 WD M- £20 31) Jackson 5 – ABC – Motown 1163 WD M- £200 Gold vinyl 1 million seller release with Vg+ picture sleeve SOLD Four Tops – Just seven numbers – Motown 1175 WD M- £15 SOLD Earl Van Dyke & Soul Brothers – I can’t help myself / How sweet it is – Soul 35014 WD £25 xol Radio Station Stamp SOLD Jimmy Ruffin – How can I say I’m sorry – Soul 33016 WD M- £25 35) Jr. Walker & All Stars – How sweet it is – Soul 35024 WD M- £20 with picture sleeve 36) Jr. Walker & All Stars – Money – Soul 35026 WD Ex £15 4 biro Xs SOLD Miracles – A love she can count on – Tamla 54078 WD M- £25 feint black Xol 38) Brenda Holloway – When I’m gone / I’ve been good to you – Tamla 54111 WD Ex+ £60 feint red Xol, not the usual single sided 39) Marvelettes – Too many fish in the sea – Tamla 54105 WD Ex+ £35 *ol SOLD Marvelettes – I’ll keep holding on – Tamla 54116 WD M- £125 Xol, 197 in big black marker, BUT its M- vinyl and player! 41) Marvelettes – Danger heartbreak dead ahead – Tamla 54120 WD Ex £30 2 red Xol, rarer West Coast press 42) Miracles – My girl has gone – Tamla 54123 M- £25 2 red Xol Outstanding mid-tempo SOLD Elgins – Put yourself in my place – V.I.P. 25028 WD M- £50 wol flip SOLD Velvelettes – A bird in the hand (is worth two in the bush) – V.I.P. 25030 WD Vg+ £50 SOLD Elgins – Heaven must have sent you – V.I.P. 25065 WD M- £75 PayPal as friends or add 4% please, or I can send bank details. Postage (Latest 2021 Prices for up to 250g): £1.85 – 1st Class (Insured to £20) £3.25 – 1st Class Signed For (Only insured to £50 – buyers risk) £7.65 - Special Delivery (Fully insured up to £500) Overseas on Request Cheers, Lee

I do like the odd quintet, so here you go, not 1, 2, 3 or 4, but 5 glorious slabs of sought-after soul, that could be yours if you’re “Johnny on the spot” Happy to supply additional images and any sound files. PM questions or to reserve. HOLD Patterson Twins – Gonna find a true love – Commercial 00042 WD M- £550 (This superb late 70s happy go lucky dancer compounds my attraction to Bottom & Company’s Motown version, just a brilliant tune no matter who did it. HOLD Jan Jones – Independent woman – Day-Wood 101 Ex+ £500 (Just how I like em’, self-sufficient, mainly in charge, slick chick🤣 Outstanding slab of femme soul from the dawn of the 80s, with a vocal tone and range that I liken to Brenda Jones – Big mistake – Mercury. I do like a green label. Its mint minus to look at, however there is just 2 – 3 minimal light crackles (I stipulate NOT cue burn) on the run in, it doesn’t spoil a thing for me and strikes me as weak pressing quality.) HOLD Jimmie Reed Jr. – I ain’t going nowhere – Mercury 72668 M- £300 (Absolutely captivating dancer that’s been dormant for too long. Finger popping stuff on a beautiful red stock copy.) Mary Saxton – Take my heart / Sad eyes – Quality 1921 M- £700 (As the label states, it’s a quality double sider, and so nice on its Canadian imprint. Great dancer on top, uses the same backing as the “Tams - Be young be foolish”, and the downbeat almost verging of deep flip is the title of her Birchmount LP. Just a couple of light pops on the flip run in stops that side from being M-.) HOLD Little Tommy – Baby can’t you see / I’m still hurt – Sound of Soul 104 M- £1300 (Thumping dancer, household tune, clean as a whistle surface, paper labels intact, many bubble under or lift. I’d like to call this near mint but I grade conservatively) PayPal as friends or add 4% please, or I can send bank details. Postage (Latest 2021 Prices for up to 250g): £7.65 – Special Delivery (Fully insured up to £500) £8.65 – Special Delivery (Fully insured up to £1000) £10.65 – Special Delivery (Fully insured up to £2500) Overseas on Request Cheers, Lee

A couple up for grabs, well, there’s over 70 to be truthful 🤓😂 Features a great mix of non-budget busting 60s, 70s and some 80s, crossing all styles. Selected images only, happy to supply photos of those not included and any sound files. PM questions or to reserve. SOLD Collins & Collins – Top of the stairs – A&M 2233 Ex+ £200 Kittens – Lookie, lookie – ABC 10730 WD M- £60 Impressions – Sometimes I wonder – ABC 11135 WD M- £15 Barbara Mason – Yes, I’m ready – Arctic 103 Ex £10 CG – Make my dreams a reality – Arista 0426 M- £20 SOLD Spinners – I just want to fall in love – Atlantic 3765 Promo Ex- £40 Mono / Stereo sides T.S.U. Tornadoes – What good am I / getting the corners – Atlantic 70.350 Vg+ £30 German press Sons of Robin Stone – Got to get you back – Atco 6929 M- £25 Mono / Stereo sides, label tear on stereo All the people – Cramp your style – Blue Candle 1496 Ex £80 dh Artistics – Hope we have / I’m gonna miss you – Brunswick 55301 Ex+ £20 dh Artistics – Girl I need you – Brunswick 55315 Ex+ £20 Jackie Wilson – The who who song – Brunswick 55354 M- £15 Fred Hughes – Baby boy – Brunswick 755419 Ex £30 Esquires – And get away – Bunky 7752 M- £10 Superb Candy & Kisses – The 81 – Cameo 336 Ex+ £30 Big Lee Dowell – What have I done wrong – Cannonball 04 M- £80 Magnificent Men – Forever together / Babe I’m crazy about you – Capitol 2062 M- £20 2xol Calvin & Catamounts – I know my baby cares for me – Catamount 131 Ex+ £60 Otis Busch & Crusaders – So much love – Cha Cha 766 Ex+ £40 Little Milton – Sometimey – Checker 1132 Ex+ £15 dh Gene Chandler – Nothing can stop me – Constellation 149 Ex £20 light ticks at end Gene Chandler – Nothing can stop me – Constellation 149 M- £25 ltrw Linda Carr – Lonely teardrops – Cub 9124 Ex+ £50 Version of Jackie Wilson Visitors – I’m in danger – Dakar 603 WD Ex £40 Gorgeous tune, ltrw Tyrone Davis – Turn back the hands of time – Dakar 616 WD M- £10 Spandells – Say no girl – Dimension 1041 WD M- £25 wol Precisions – If this is love – Drew 1003 M- £40 Immaculate copy Bobby Bland – Ain’t nothing you can do – Duke 373 Ex £15 Infectious, light label wear Fred Hughes – Walk on back to you – Exodus 1035 Ex £30 Lawrence & Arabians – I’ll try harder – HEM 1002 M- £60 dh Soul Patrol – Save your love – Highland 077 M- £80 Karen Striblin – We’re not too young (to fall in love) – Jaber 7117 M- £130 Continental Four – Heaven must have sent you – Jay Walking 015 M- £15 Hesitations – You can’t bypass this love – Kapp 848 WD Ex- £60 De Vons – Someone to treat me (The way you use to) – King 6226 Ex- £50 Explosions – No life without love / The sand – Lu-Bet 101 Ex+ £ no idea! Dramatics – No rebate on love – Mainstream 5571 WD Ex+ £25 Fidels – Boys will be boys / I want to thank you – Maverick 1008 Promo M- £65 SOLD Winstons – Colour him father – Metromedia 117 Ex+ £20 Awesomely emotive Fabulettes – The bigger they are – Monument 901 DJ M- £50 Felice Taylor – It may be winter outside – Mustang 3024 M- £10 minor edge lift dnap Calvin Williams – Lonely you’ll be – Northern Del-La 501 Ex+ £50 Persionettes – Call on me – OR 1256 Ex+ £90 Monzas – Hey! I know you – Pacific 1998 Ex+ £20 Rarer first press Bobby Hebb – Sunny – Philips 40365 Ex+ £10 Barbara Cooper – What’s one more tear / The playground – RCA 9048 WD Ex+ £175 ltrw Betty Barnes – Walking down broadway – RCA 9274 WD M- £20 SOLD Lorraine Chandler – Tell me you’re mine / What can I do – RCA 9810 WD Ex- £120 light label wear SOLD Hal Frazier – After closing time – Reprise 0570 WD M- £150 Superb Parliaments – Love keeps creeping up on me / Never alone – Revilot 205 DJ Ex £30 Rarer DJ copy Fantastic Four – Ain’t love wonderful – Ric-Tic 122 M- £20 Magical Detroit Ghetto Children – Don’t have to take your sweet lovin’ away – Roulette 7173 DJ M- £60 Bobby Rush – The things that I used to do – Salem 1006 Ex £25 edge lift dnap Diamond Joe – Wait a minute baby – Sansu 454 WD M- £30 Sims Twins – Soothe me – SAR 117 Ex+ £10 small stkrol Harold Hopkins – Ooh baby – Scepter 12120 WD Vg+ £10 Plays very well with some pops Invitations – Look on the good side – Silver Blue 818 Ex £50 100% Pure Poison – You keep coming back – Soul Brother 7002 DJ M- £50 John Gary Williams – The whole world is going crazy – Stax 0205 Ex+ £25 (1 cm crack outer edge hence price, very tight, no effect on play, hence price) Richard Brown – Sweet and kind – Steeltown Inc. 686 M- £25 Brilliant Jamo Thomas & his Party Brothers – I spy (for the FBI) – Thomas 303 WD M- £30 Garland Green – Jealous kind of fella – Uni 55143 M- £8 dh what a voice Wanderers – You can’t run away from me / I’ll know – United Artists 648 M- £45 great flip too Jive Five – I’m a happy man – United Artists 853 Ex+ £10 Jive Five – A bench in the park – United Artists 936 Ex+ £15 Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose – Too late to turn back now – United Artists 50910 M- £25 #ol Fred Hughes – You can’t take it away – Vee-Jay Ex+ £20 SOLD Ambers – I love you baby – Verve 10436 Ex £75 dh Chuck Jackson – Any other way – Wand 141 M- £10 Chuck Jackson – Hand it over – Wand 147 Ex+ £25 Reflections – You don’t love me – Went 001 Ex+ 50 SOLD Seventh Wonder – captain of my ship – W.G. 666 Ex+ £60 PayPal as friends or add 4% please, or I can send bank details. Postage (Latest 2021 Prices for up to 250g): £1.85 – 1st Class (Insured to £20) £3.25 – 1st Class Signed For (Only insured to £50 – buyers risk) £7.65 - Special Delivery (Fully insured up to £500) Overseas on Request Cheers, Lee

A short list of across the board tunes up for grabs. Sound files and additional images available if you want. PM and questions or to reserve. Volumes – I can’t help myself / One way lover – American Arts 18 Ex+ £170 SOLD All the people – Cramp your style – Blue Candle 1496 Ex dh £80 Embers – Just crazy bout you baby – eEe 0069 Ex+ £220 SOLD Soul Patrol – Save your love – Highland 077 M- £80 Karen Striblin – We’re not too young (to fall in love) – Jaber 7117 M- £130 Fidels – Boys will be boys / I want to thank you – Maverick 1008 Promo M- £65 Persionettes – Call on me – OR 1256 Ex+ £90 Reflections – You don’t love me – Went 001 Ex+ £50 Seventh Wonder – captain of my ship – W.G. 666 Ex+ £60 PayPal as friends or add 4% please or I can send bank details Postage: £1.85 – 1st Class (covers to £50) £3.25 - 1st Class Signed For (covers to £50) £7.65 - Special Delivery (Fully insured up to £500) Overseas on Request Cheers, Lee

On the basis that La Reine flew out, here’s one more to get you hot and sweaty before close of play! Jesse Davis – There’s room for me – Revere NM £1300 No need to give you the lowdown on Jesse when Dave Flynn’s Anoraks Corner presents the gospel truth and straight from the lips of Jesse’s other half Diane. It is fantastic reading and makes me reflect on one sobering point, that Jesse has kept at least one copy of each of his releases for the benefit of his children and grandchildren, what a legacy he will leave. We know that numerous 60’s Soul artists have been painstakingly tracked down and go on to provide a picture of a sometimes embattled life, during which they have neglected to keep, lost or sold on the vinyl that would have been their lasting memento of their time and greatness. This Arthur Wright influenced Los Angeles dancer still hasn’t turned up in numbers. It remains rare and even more attractive by the accompanying picture sleeve, which may be one for the memorabilia enthusiasts more than DJs. Immaculate near mint condition on vinyl and just light signs of handling on the sleeve. Note the first name spelling on label versus sleeve! An impeccable tune for those with impeccable taste. PayPal as friends or add 4% please, or I can send bank details. Postage £10.65 - Special Delivery (Fully insured up to £2500) Overseas on Request Cheers, Lee

Get you lips around this fabulous femme mid-tempo in its rarest form Sound file available on request, PM any questions or to reserve. La Reine La Mar – That’s not the way to love – Capitol 72322 M- £450 SOLD The exotically named La Reine La Mar is yet another enigma of the Northern soul scene, a common example of a one non-hit wonder. Given this young lady’s résumé I am surprised she hasn’t recorded more. From the off, she demonstrates the intellect, style, talent and stamina required to forge a singing career but also go on to run the whole damn business. By day this 60s super heroine is a qualified Physiologist and Biochemist, by night a winner of beauty pageants and promising local singer, and in her spare time an accomplished competition swimmer and runner. The only comparison I have encountered with such a glowing CV beyond the music industry is our learned friend Hayes Cotton. And quite literally there’s even more strings to the bow, being a competent musician on piano, clarinet and guitar. As far as her short lived recording career goes, its possible that the lack of success around the release of the New York based Cloud 45 in 1965, hosting “That’s not the way to love” as the official B side may have deterred her from pursuing solo success because she later appears in a mixed choir who were also recorded in New Jersey and active in live settings. Cloud 503 has been collectable for some time, but the Canadian Capitol release has remained nearly unknown and definitely under the radar with only a small number of copies coming to market over the intervening 55 or so years. Marion Stewart was a benefactor of the fabulous backing track, using it as the platform for “I must be losing you” on the “R” label, which was actually WAMS in Wilmington Wax to Watch in July 1967, a reminder of how localised these releases actually were. Prime mint minus condition on vinyl and labels, and so very rare, attractive and elusive even to Canadian label collectors on this format. PayPal as friends or add 4% please, or I can send bank details. Postage £7.65 - Special Delivery (Fully insured up to £500) Overseas on Request Cheers, Lee

reality check, sold a stock and demo copy of mccoy in the last year, 175 stock, 225 demo, could have asked more but no more than 25 on each and interest was moderate, Manny's prices don't reflect what you can pick things up for in the forums if you keep your eyes peeled

Finishes at 8pm Sunday 30 Aug https://www.soul-source.co.uk/forums/topic/422342-always-in-demand-demos/?tab=comments#comment-100144264

Revisiting these from the sales box, all priced down since their first outing. Sound files and additional images available if you want. PM and questions or to reserve. David Coleman – Foolish heart / Drown my heart – Barry Ex £200 SOLD (There’s obviously some label wear on both sides, but it doesn’t impact on an EX+ or better player) Moovers – One little dance / I love you baby – Brent 7065 WD M- £85 SOLD (Gaining interest, lovely lowrider double sider, almost pristine demo copy, the way to own it) Billy Butler – I’ll bet you – Brunswick 55347 YD M- £40 SOLD (Neat on yellow demo) Fred Hughes – Baby boy – Brunswick 755419 Ex £35 (Classic) Calvin & Catamounts – I know my baby cares for me – Catamount 131 Ex £65 (Cool group soul) Meditations – It’s wrong to fight – Checker 1176 DJ Ex £50 (Single sided DJ copy with a couple of light pops on run out) Traits – Too good to be true – Garrison 3007 WD Ex £100 SOLD (Pounding male group dancer, beautiful surface and labels, edge lift that does not affect play) Millionaires – Never for me – Philips 40477 Ex £120 SOLD (Catchy uplifting dancer) Bobby Rush – The things that I used to do – Salem 1006 Ex £25 (Gritty soul, edge lift does not affect play) Betty Harris – Trouble with my lover – Sansu 480 Ex £60 SOLD (Awesome femme R&B, flips great too, on the rare pale blue promo) Harold Hopkins – Glamour girl – Scepter 12120 WD Vg £15 (Beautiful mid-tempo, nice demo, has some marks, plays Vg+, closer to £50 if M-) Chuck Bridges – Don’t you make me cry - Scoop 04 Ex+ £320 HOLD (Doesn’t often show up, handwritten “DJ Copy” on label typical with most I’ve seen) Showmen –Take it baby / In paradise – Swan 4213 Ex+ £25 SOLD (Classic double sider) Fabulous Apollos – Some good in everything bad – Valtone 105 M- £65 SOLD (If it were less common this would be up there in terms of sought after Detroit, a fine tune) PayPal as friends or add 4% please, or I can send bank details. Postage (Latest 2021 Prices for up to 250g): £3.25 – 1st Class Signed For (Only insured to £50 – buyers risk) £7.65 - Special Delivery (Fully insured up to £500) Overseas on Request Cheers, Lee

2 up for offers, please PM any questions. Willie Hutch – Love runs out / The duck – Dunhill 4012 WD M- OFFERS To think, I was less than a year old when Willie penned these 2 tracks and along with the brilliant Gene Page and Lou Adler they brought these 2 quintessential Northern tracks together on one slab of plastic. We all know Hutch has provided us some very collectable tunes, but his involvement in the music industry surpassed his own recording career, for example being hauled out of bed in the dead of night by Motown’s Hal Davis to help compose a track that Berry Gordy didn’t like. By the deadline of 8am that morning the Jackson 5’s “I’ll be there” fronted by a 12 year old Michael Jackson was destined to become the biggest selling Motown single at the time. Gordy hired Hutch, who for over 20 years influenced some of the biggest names Hitsville had on the books. Let’s not forget the rest of the team, with Adler’s work at least being recognised by induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, with both he and Gene working with some of the most popular music acts and biggest labels across many genres over 3 decades in the business . I’ve been lucky enough to own the Black Stock copy and after selling that the only reason I’m letting this one go is I still have the Japanese RCA Victor tri-center complete with sleeve and lyric sheet. Lets not forget the beautiful French RCA release exists confirming this double siders demand across the US, Europe and Asia form the day it was pressed right up to the current. This East coast white demo vinyl copy is in fantastic mint minus condition. Labels are clean bar the 2 X’s on “Duck”. Minimum offer £1850. Sandi Sheldon – I’m gonna make you love me – Okeh 7277 WD NM OFFERS The pinnacle of Okeh soul output, crafted by the imperious Van McCoy. Sandi is Kendra Spotswood and on occasions Kenni Woods, recording for labels; Philips, Regina and Tuff, she was not only a member of the Pacettes but even more impressively the Vonettes on Cobblestone alongside Lilian Dorr and Barbara McGregor from the Dynells. This was Van McCoy’s first recording using the banner of Soul Sound Productions, released in March 1967 to leave an everlasting imprint on the UKs northern soul scene. Beautiful mint minus copy with clean labels, you won’t find many copies so clean you could shave with them, so no upgrade required. Same minimum offer as my last copy a couple of years ago £1600. I’ll let both offers run until 8pm Mon 30 Aug, unless I get an offer I can’t refuse in-between! Content with PayPal by friends or add 4% for your own assurance, or I can take bank transfers. Postage: £7.65 - Special Delivery (Fully insured up to £500) £8.65 – Special Delivery (Fully insured to £1000) £10.65 – Special Delivery (Fully Insured up to £2500) Overseas on request Cheers, Lee.

The Motown 7s Box - Motown Sound – Tamla Motown Mint Reduced from £300 to £280 (All the details you need for this sought after first in the series box set is on the back of box image. Never been opened (STILL SEALED), so virgin ground when you spin these beauties, number 0338 / 2000 in the run) PayPal as friends or add 4% please, or I can send bank details. Postage (Latest 2021 Prices for up to 250g): £7.65 - Special Delivery (Fully insured up to £500) Overseas on Request Cheers, Lee

Just the one for today. Sound file and additional images available if you want. PM and questions or to reserve. Everyday People – World full of people – Brownstone 5000 M- £900 Funky edged group Soul recorded in 75 for Bill Browns Hollywood based Brownstone label. This was reportedly released against the “advice” of the Mafia who were stamping out competition for their own record labels that no doubt fronted the rackets behind them. Whether it was something against Brown, one of his team or the threat of some excellent mid 70s music it’s not certain, but I’m guessing that mob rule and the proposition of a one-way trip to the bottom of the ocean in concrete slippers may have had some effect on local pressing plant staff and distributors adding to its obvious scarcity and lack of releases on the label! Brown was performing himself in 74, releasing “Bip bam” on the Accent label where he recorded with Soul Injection of “Stay off the moon” fame. Audibly and visually M- with a slight dish to it that plays through without any effect on play) PayPal as friends or add 4% please, or I can send bank details. Postage (Latest 2021 Prices for up to 250g): £8.65 – Special Delivery (Fully insured to £1000) Overseas on Request Cheers, Lee

Here’s another tasty set of Northern tunes up for grabs, a bit of rarer, semi-knowns and oldies. Sound files and additional images available if you want. PM and questions or to reserve. David Coleman – Foolish heart / Drown my heart – Barry Ex £220 (Plays lovely, Label wear both sides) Moovers – One little dance / I love you baby – Brent 7065 WD M- £100 (Gaining interest, lovely lowrider double sider) Billy Butler – I’ll bet you – Brunswick 55347 YD M- £50 (Neat on yellow demo) Barbara Acklin – Just ain’t no love – Brunswick 55388 YD M- £20 SOLD (Duplicate, so underrated, cos its relatively cheap) Fred Hughes – Baby boy – Brunswick 755419 Ex £40 Calvin & Catamounts – I know my baby cares for me – Catamount 131 Ex £75 (Cool group soul) Meditations – It’s wrong to fight – Checker 1176 DJ Ex £75 (Single sided DJ copy with a couple of light pops on run out) Chris Calloway – You’re something else – Cub 9154 DJ Ex £60 (What a tune, floats along) Traits – Too good to be true – Garrison 3007 WD Ex £120 (Pounding male group dancer, beautiful surface and labels, edge lift that does not affect play) Anthony & Aqua Lads – I remember – Gold Bee 1650 WD Ex £350 (Outstanding track, sought after demo, edge lift that does not affect play) Elgins – Lost my love in the big city – Lummtone 112 Ex- £15 (Simple but effective beat ballad) Bobby Garrett – My little girl – Mirwood 5511 Ex £220 SOLD (Simple and as brilliant as it gets, monarch stamped original) Monzas – Instant love – Pacific 1002 M- £150 (Glorious and in prime condition) Millionaires – Never for me – Philips 40477 Ex £125 (Uplifting dancer) Beverly Ann – He’s coming home – RCA 9269 WD M- £100 SOLD (Classic) Fantastic Four – Ain’t love wonderful / The whole world is a stage – Ric Tic 122 WD M- £40 SOLD (2 overlooked Detroit tunes, easy to do with so many classics on the label, but here they are on demo too) Bobby Rush – The things that I used to do – Salem 1006 Ex £30 (Gritty soul, edge lift does not affect play) Betty Harris – Trouble with my lover – Sansu 480 Ex £65 (Awesome femme R&B, flips great too, on the rare pale blue promo) Harold Hopkins – Glamour girl – Scepter 12120 WD Vg £20 (Nice demo, has some marks, plays Vg+, closer to £50 if M-) Chuck Bridges – Don’t you make me cry - Scoop 04 Ex+ £350 (Doesn’t often show up, handwritten “DJ Copy” on label typical with most I’ve seen) Showmen –Take it baby / In paradise – Swan 4213 Ex+ £30 Fabulous Apollos – Some good in everything bad – Valtone 105 M- £75 PayPal as friends or add 4% please, or I can send bank details. Postage (Latest 2021 Prices for up to 250g): £3.25 – 1st Class Signed For (Only insured to £50 – buyers risk) £7.65 - Special Delivery (Fully insured up to £500) Overseas on Request Cheers, Lee

One very rare east coast groover up for grabs. Sound file from the 45, additional images available if you want. PM and questions or to reserve. Soul for Sale – Let me love you – Geronimo 868 M- £1500 Outstanding crossover that is clearly a one off for the group and probably the label, which I have learnt was discovered in North Carolina. From the off the casual but discerning horn intro sets the scene for this mellow crossover dancer that glides along. I’ve only ever seen reference or sales of this that I can count on one hand, rare to say the least, under the radar for most and destined for so much more with the right DJ behind it. Soul For Sale - Let me love you.mp3 PayPal as friends or add 4% please, or I can send bank details. Postage (Latest 2021 Prices for up to 250g): £10.65 – Special Delivery (Fully Insured up to £2500) Overseas on Request Cheers, Lee

Here’s another tasty set of Northern tunes up for grabs, a bit of rarer, semi-knowns and oldies. Sound files and additional images available if you want. PM and questions or to reserve. Everyday People – World full of people – Brownstone 5000 M- £1000 (Funky edged group Soul recorded in 75 for Bill Browns Hollywood based Brownstone label. This was reportedly released against the “advice” of the Mafia who were stamping out competition for their own record labels that no doubt fronted the rackets behind them. Whether it was something against Brown, one of his team or the threat of some excellent mid 70s music it’s not certain, but I’m guessing that mob rule and the proposition of a one-way trip to the bottom of the ocean in concrete slippers may have had some affect on local pressing plant staff and distributors adding to its obvious scarcity and lack of releases on the label! Brown was performing himself in 74, releasing “Bip bam” on the Accent label where he recorded with Soul Injection of “Stay off the moon” fame. Audibly and visually M- with a slight dish to it that plays through without any effect on play) Ultimates – Girl I’ve been trying to tell you – Br-roma 101 Ex+ £500 SOLD (Formerly the Enchanted Five on CVS. They recorded this track in New York under arrangements that lacked any form of management control culminating in the artists staying in town for three or four days, completing a session of tracks, which appeared on their later album titled ”You’re my lady” and when that was done they upped sticks and left, never to be heard of again. A simple story likely to be true of many Northern groups? A beautiful example of a 70’s crossover dancer coupled with a smoozy mid-tempo sweet soul winner, and the only thing to report is a very mild edge lift and light ring wear, otherwise it’s a fantastic slab of vinyl) Rhetta Hughes – One in a million – Columbia 44073 WD M- £50 SOLD (Fabulous version of Maxine Brown’s track, reminds me of how Freda Payne made OC Smiths “On easy street” her own, which is what Rhetta’s done here. Lovely copy) Meditations – It’s wrong to fight – Checker 1176 DJ Ex £75 (Hopefully, I’m not barking up the wrong tree, but this Gospel group fronted by the Reverend James Cleveland is backed in part by Laura Lee and Della Reese no less. Single sided DJ copy with a couple of light pops on run out) Jimmy Conwell – To much – Gemini 1003 EX+ £175 SOLD (The usual sprinkling of Leonard Jewell-Smith, Hank (Sir) Graham Godoy Colbert on the credits for this one for another masterclass on the Gemini label. Light ring wear and what looks like 50¢ in blue biro on the label, wow a bargain even then!) Bobby Hill – To the bitter end / Tell me you love me – Lo Lo 2307 Promo Ex+ £550 SOLD (There’s some class acts on this Calla distributed label, but none more compelling than this extraordinary double sider, which sports an early Blackpool Mecca play in the “Bitter end” and as tastes changed the now very sought-after crossover flip “Tell me”. It always amazes me how some artists can switch effortlessly between gruff and ludicrously slick, and that girly intro is to die for on the flip. Light label wear but the important thing is they play like a treat at Ex+) Fred Martin Review – Take me back again / I know its going to happen – Ru-Jac 9170 M- £150 SOLD (One of Manship’s Minters, a beautiful ballad flipped with up-tempo dancer on this alluring green Baltimore imprint) The Motown 7s Box - Motown Sound – Tamla Motown 0338 / 2000 Sealed £300 (All the details you need for this sought after first in the series box set is on the back of box image. Never been opened, so virgin ground when you spin these beauties) PayPal as friends or add 4% please, or I can send bank details. Postage (Latest 2021 Prices for up to 250g): £3.25 – 1st Class Signed For (Only insured to £50 – buyers risk) £7.65 - Special Delivery (Fully insured up to £500) £8.65 – Special Delivery (Fully insured to £1000) £10.65 – Special Delivery (Fully Insured up to £2500) Overseas on Request Cheers, Lee

Hi Zanetti, youre welcome, just dont want what we do know to be forgotten, and in a roundabout way, recognise the artist, owners, writers, producers and promoters associated with this vast musical genre. Ta, Lee

A cool stack of soul winners up for grabs today, many well established, couple of real rarities including one under the radar. Sound files and additional images available if you want. PM and questions or to reserve. Thelma Houston – Baby mine – Capitol 5767 WD Ex- £200 SOLD (Infectious dancer. Couple of light scuffs, no affect play, in fact plays great at Ex+, some label wear) Earl Wright – Thumb a ride – Capitol 5516 Ex+ £125 SOLD (Classic instrumental) Bobby Paris – I walked away – Capitol 5929 Promo M- £500 SOLD (Fabulous copy, and so atmospheric I’ll even chuck in the hairs standing up on the back of your neck for free!) Jean Battle – I’ve got to come in – Clintone 004 Ex+ £120 SOLD (Femme crossover gem from Cliff Moons Birmingham, Alabama label. Mild ring wear on label) James Bounty – Prove yourself a lady – Compass WD Ex+ £350 SOLD (Instantly recognisable intro on this 60’s pounder. ‘R’ (Rockaway, New Jersey) machine stamped original, sticker residue on flip label) Ritchie Adams – I can't escape from you – Congress 256 WD Ex £750 SOLD (Never been so popular, well sought after. Some label ageing, date stamp on flip but playback is M-) Moses Smith – Girl across the street – Dionn WD M- £350 SOLD (All time Philly classic on the more select WD. Date stamp on label) Soul for Sale – Let me love you – Geronimo 868 M- £1500 SOLD (I hate not being able to share some information about a 45 and its origins, but this one has me stumped. Outstanding crossover that is clearly a one off for the group and probably the label. From the off the casual but discerning horn intro sets the scene for this mellow crossover groover to float along on a sea of calmness where distress is an ocean away. I’ve only ever seen reference or sales of this that I can count on one hand, rare to say the least, under the radar for most and destined for so much more with the right DJ behind it) Soul For Sale - Let me love you.mp3 Jackie Edwards – I feel so bad – Island 3006 Ex+ £650 SOLD (Call me biased but this track holds so many memories for me, its immense and my absolute favourite. I do recollect sailing around the Caribbean in the late 80s naughtily blaring it out on marine VHF airwaves simply to allow anyone bobbing around out there to immerse themselves in its beauty. Thankfully it’s a sparesy, with only innocuous handwritten “Fantasia DJ Steve Frost” on label, and a very tiny tiny sticker “231” to call it 100% clean. Centre intact) Patti & Emblems – I’m gonna love you a long long time – Kapp Ex £500 SOLD (Awesome group out of Camden, New Jersey led by Patty Russell on the deeply reliable and soul filled Kapp label. Looks M- but i did detect static on run in, don’t think its cue burn, but if lined up on first bar it plays lovely thereafter) Fi-Dels - Try a little harder – Keymen 106 M- £300 SOLD (An anthem from this talented group formed in the US Marine Corps and who also brought us another Los Angles winner in “ I’m giving you notice baby” on the Dore label) Nat Hall - Why - Loop M- £2000 SOLD (The Gama half of Lilian Clairborne’s Gama / Loop pairing sports several obscure Northern tracks, Billy Clark, Richie Kay, a rare Doc & Interns also on the Now label, but less is known of the Loop half that intertwines with its sister labels numbering. What we can be sure of is, the stand out release from this Washington DC outfit is Nat Hall’s rarity, the psychedelically soulful “Why” with its piercing horns and guitar riffs is outstanding and the flips not half bad either. I sold a M- copy in 2018 for the same price, no inflation here, and quite a gesture given that it won’t come to market again any time soon. Date and local catalogue number written on label, not distracting, just provenance) Fabulettes – The bigger they are – Monument 901 DJ M- £75 (Nashville label with plenty of soulful output. Lovely girly dancer, almost dreamy, but a finger popper, seen at 100 recently) Freddie North - The hurt - RIC Ex+ £250 SOLD (Almost Jackie Wilsonesque, the super talented brassy voiced Freddie delivers on this cool mover, on the rarer gold Recording Industries Corp label operated by Luther Vanadore out of in Nashville. Same stable as the more prolific Roosevelt Grier who gave us “In my tenement”) Diamond Joe – Wait a minute baby / How to pick a winner – Sansu 454 WD Ex+ £40 (A fabulous pair of palatable R&B tunes. For mains we have “Wait”, a piercing church choir style backing intro, shimmering tambourines, deep moaning guitar and belting horn fanfares, absolutely brilliant, but that’s not it, oh no, flip it over for dessert, “Winner” a lowdown bluesy smoozer, trumpet nipping in and out of short piano riffs, all following that mazy vocal journey, winding its way through this smoky R&B cabaret…. superb) Image on request, exceeded upload limit!!! PayPal as friends or add 4% please, or I can send bank details. Postage (Latest 2021 Prices for up to 250g): £3.25 – 1st Class Signed For (Only insured to £50 – buyers risk) £7.65 - Special Delivery (Fully insured up to £500) £8.65 – Special Delivery (Fully insured to £1000) £10.65 – Special Delivery (Fully Insured up to £2500) Overseas on Request Cheers, Lee

Im sure you know and its just a typo but local release on Noel not Nola, Lee

For many years I’d taken an uninformed unlike (not as strong as a dislike) to Berry, based on his failed relationship with Raynoma, and what I read or thought I read was, his interfering / undermining her own business interests, namely Shrine with Eddie Singleton. I almost blamed Berry for the demise of Shrine and therefore my access to this mythical catalogue. Beyond that Ive never really payed attention to whether he or any other Motown employee was good or bad, lets face it theres good and bad everywhere and we all interpret or assess it differently. I’m not even sure we should be talking about him in the sense of a boss. I’m not an aficionado, i haven’t read anyones studied accounts, but iI have watched and rewatched the laymans documentary Hitsville - The making of Motown, and I marvelled at the description of Motowns operating model based on the assembly line of Detroits motor industry, so all he did in my opinion was follow the plan, and yes, he may have upset some people, missed some obvious talent, ignored and discarded the odd bang on hit along the way, but I don’t think he or his colleagues, who were equally responsible in making the decisions based on individual votes, were personally at fault, it was simply a business model that they adhered to and now stands as a shining example of global and timeless success, made even more impressive by the social and poliical barriers of the time, or now for that matter. Lets face it without the whole of Motown, not just Berrys commitment to the Company, every artist and every track could have been commercially released, so its the Quality Control stamp on Frank Wilsons - Do I love you, that tells the story, why else have we been blessed with the opportunity of a lifetime of unravelling fading knowledge and chasing the tapes, acetates, various pressings, memorabilia and all the amazing tales. Bless them all, I love their music and achievements ✊

A pair of cheaper end goodies up for grabs, which if you don’t know I would highly recommend you listening to. Sound files and additional images available if you want. PM and questions or to reserve. Fabulettes – The bigger they are – Monument 901 DJ M- £75 (Nashville label with plenty of soulful output. Lovely girly dancer, almost dreamy, but a finger popper) Diamond Joe – Wait a minute baby / How to pick a winner – Sansu 454 WD Ex+ £40 (A fabulous pair of palatable R&B tunes. For mains we have “Wait”, a piercing church choir style backing intro, shimmering tambourines, deep moaning guitar and belting horn fanfares, absolutely brilliant, but that’s not it, oh no, flip it over for dessert, “Winner” a lowdown bluesy smoozer, trumpet nipping in and out of short piano riffs, all following that mazy vocal journey, winding its way through this smokey R&B cabaret…. superb) PayPal as friends or add 4% please or I can send bank details Postage (Latest 2021 Prices for up to 250g): £1.85 – 1st Class (covers to £50) £3.25 - 1st Class Signed For (covers to £50) £7.65 - Special Delivery (Fully insured up to £500) Overseas on Request Cheers, Lee

Looking for a mint minus Elsie Strong - Ask the lonely - Sounds International out of Norfolk VA. Please state price if you have one you're willing to sell. Cheers, Lee

Couple of spare long players, which I certainly wouldn’t let go if they weren’t duplicates. Graded cover first / vinyl second. PM any questions or to reserve? Garland Green – Jealous Kind of Fella – Uni 73073 Stereo Ex+ / M- £60 SOLD The liner notes on this classic LP are a collection of accolades for the artist from contemporaries in Chicago’s radio station world, particularly one E. Rodney Jones. With Josie Armstead, who was at the helm of the Giant, Gamma and Globe labels, and magnificent Mike Terry’s close oversight of this album, it’s no surprise its steeped in class output from across the Gamma, Revue, Uni releases. An outstanding album. Tiny drill hole in the cover and original Uni sleeve but not the record. See images for track listing. Metros – Sweetest One – RCA Victor 3776 Ex- / M- £125 SOLD I’d have this for the artwork alone, surely one of the most enigmatic LP covers available on the Northern scene and one that would take pride of place if framed in your record room. Pied Piper does it again, the “Detroit Sound” of the Metros encompassed on this quality slab of vinyl, includes unreleased on 45 “Till the end of time”, a cover of the O’Jays “I’ll never forget you” that the mighty “Since I found my baby”, and all done in Dynagroove don’t you know, described as “brilliant clarity, realistic presence, full-bodied tone”, which in a nutshell describes my Merlot at weekend. This is the Mono press, and from my Okeh LP collecting, the Monos are generally more sought after. A light biro name written 3 times on back cover twice on front, light wear to seams, with an inch parting on top right, but otherwise all intact. Minimal sleeve and handling marks on vinyl. PayPal as friends or add 4% please or I can send bank details. Postage: 1st Class Signed For - £5 (fully insured) International Tracked and Signed, please enquire. Cheers, Lee

It’s a glorious day on the south coast, perfect for dabbling in vinyl, so here’s a bright and bubbly selection of Northern sales for your delectation! Sound files and additional images available if you want. PM and questions or to reserve. Barbara Mason – Bobby, is my baby – Arctic 120 Ex £50 SOLD (Same backing as the Rotations – Dime on D-9, and why not share amongst friends in the same Philly stable) Bobby Black – Right on – Axis 117 M- £275 (Lovely piano intro to this finger popping, girly backed dancer out of New Jersey, owned and operated by Artus Sutterfield) Lorraine & Delights – Baby I need you – Barry 1002 WD M- £125 SOLD (Always been one of the picks from this big city catalogue, but to be honest there’s great Northern all over the label. Pulsating girl group dancer on a lush white demo. Flip label has a tiny mark over title) Youth Opportunity Program – Of hopes, dreams and tombstones – Columbia 43407 WD M- £800 SOLD (Vocals by Jimmy Fraser, all played out on the back of a rampant beat with occasional catch your breath pauses that will allow just enough time to regather your dance floor composure. A classic example of a Northern stomper that's in great shape and never out of sorts) Jimmy Bailey – Pains of love / Keep on running – Columbia 43530 WD Ex £20 (Solid vocals, catchy beat and full on backing on “Pains”, and the flip is a tidy cover of Jackie Edwards glorious “Keep on running”, which as a musical entity was of course probably made more famous by the Spencer Davis Group. Nice cheap double sider. Top side is Ex, but the flip has some scuffs, it pops at the start but settles until it trails off, so Vg+, it’s a tune built for woofer speakers so plays loud and proud 2 x on flip label) Exits – Under the street lamp / Got to have money – Gemini 1004 Ex £125 SOLD (A sprinkling of Jimmy Conwell, Godoy & Charles Colbert, Esko Wallace and Louis Hendricks, add a little dash of Leonard Jewell-Smith at the helm and all of a sudden it’s a masterclass, and all names linked to the highest quality of Soul output that surely any 60s group put together. You couldn’t have 2 more differing ends of the Northern spectrum on one 45, street lamp corner harmonies on one and mean and menacing mohair on the other, bang for your buck) Fabulettes – The bigger they are – Monument 901 DJ M- (Much in the vein of Loz and Delights, lovely girly dancer, almost dreamy, but a finger popper) Herb Ward – Honest to goodness – RCA 9688 YDJ M- £300 SOLD (More fantastic classic northern from the RCA stable. Very subtle edge lift, has no effect on play whatsoever. Lovely copy) Sequins – A case of love – Renfro 112 Ex+ £200 SOLD (I remember my first import by these girls, “He’s a flirt” which was and still is relatively hard to find, I was transfixed by that starry spinning disc logo, and deep rouge label, the sort of added extra that keeps me tickin’ above and beyond the music itself. “Case of love” always played second fiddle but still a stunner in my eyes and ears) Diamond Joe – Wait a minute baby / How to pick a winner – Sansu 454 WD Ex+ £40 (They’re all good, BUT this is the jewel on this list, a fabulous pair of palatable R&B tunes. For mains we have “Wait”, a piercing church choir style backing intro, shimmering tambourines, deep moaning guitar and belting horn fanfares, absolutely brilliant, but that’s not it, oh no, flip it over for dessert, “Winner” a lowdown bluesy smoozer, trumpet nipping in and out of short piano riffs, all following that mazy vocal journey, winding its way through this smokey R&B cabaret…. superb) Renaldo Domino – Don’t go away – Smash 2127 WD M- £30 (Sweet, punchy and undulating vocal, backed by superb harmonies and horns. Pre-Twi-night recording from this Chicagoan soulster. Great copy) PayPal as friends or add 4% please or I can send bank details Postage (Latest 2021 Prices for up to 250g): £1.85 – 1st Class (covers to £50) £3.25 - 1st Class Signed For (covers to £50) £7.65 - Special Delivery (Fully insured up to £500) Overseas on Request Cheers, Lee