Sebastian

Then there's her Lambert/Potter-produced "Cameo" LP from 1974. Superb from beginning to end and worth its price for the version of Ashford/Simpson's "I Just Wanna Be There" alone. Other top tracks are "Breakin' Up A Happy Home", "Who Gets Your Love" and the fine version of Al Wilson's "Who Could Be Loving You". Superb album!!!

It's a good one, but hard to find a truly mint copy of this. It's pressed with very low volume and the tiniest scratch causes "clicks" on this 45. I've had somewhere between 5-10 copies over the years and none of them have played perfect.

1965-1971 according to the discography I have. They released about 140 45s and 25 LPs.

Only about 5-6 hours left on these auctions now. Thanks for looking! :-)

Haven't really had the chance to play it out, plus it sounds a bit messy to my ears.

I have a copy of it, but have never seen it on any playlist and have never played it out myself.

There you go! It was me who was confused all along. At least I got the piano/organ blue/green label variations right and provided sound clips of them...

Keep in mind that the "blue label" copies with "I'm Having So Much Fun" on the flipside includes a DIFFERENT version of "First Taste Of Hurt" which has got a piano playing in the background and in my opinion inferior vocals. The easier to find "green label" copies with "Funky Funky Twist" on the flipside has got the "usual" version of "First Taste Of Hurt" with organ playing in the background. Have a listen below. BLUE LABEL: https://www.shingaling.com/WillieTee-FirstT...fHurt-PIANO.mp3 GREEN LABEL: https://www.shingaling.com/WillieTee-FirstT...fHurt-ORGAN.mp3 By the way, I've heard rumours that the "green label" copy was issued twice with different flipsides. Is there any truth to that or have they confused it with the "blue label" issue?

Yes, probably. But you never know. I read in a description that the Valentine Adams is apparently "DEEP!".

You're right about need to synchronise Tony... It's probably the same label as I just found out that this release is from Brooklyn, NY (as is the Paul Walters). Is that Valentine Adams any good?

Have you found three 45s on that label! Very, very obscure label indeed. I've searched, but have never been able to find any other Paul Walters 45s and the only other person I know who's got a copy of his 521 release (after I sold mine to you), is Matt Weingarden (a.k.a. "Mr. Finewine") in New York. Do you have any info on the two other 521 label releases?

Well! There you go! It apparently was the same Zilla!

I've only ever seen that Tou-Sea 45 by Zilla Mayes and I agree, it's a really good one. There is an early/mid-50s artists called Zilla Mays who issued 45s on Checker, Groove, Brunswick, Mercury and Coral - can it be the same artist? I don't know. There's some great stuff on Tou-Sea: Tou-Sea 125 - Shannon Cannon - Right Back / World Apart Tou-Sea 126 - Ray Alegre - In My Corner / You're Driving Me Crazy Tou-Sea 127 - Johnny Green - Something You Got / Green Thumb Tou-Sea 128 - Mill Evans - When I'm Ready / Trying To Find A Home Tou-Sea 129 - Jay Roy - Blue As A Man Can Be / Working For You Tou-Sea 130 - Sonny Fisher - Oh Love, This Is Sonny / Oh Love, This Is Sonny Tou-Sea 131 - Gus "The Groove" Lewis - Let The Groove Move You / Together Tou-Sea 132 - Zilla Mayes - I Still Love You / All I Want Is You Tou-Sea 133 - Willie Harper - A Certain Girl / I Don't Need You Anymore Tou-Sea 134 - Warren Lee - Underdog Backstreet / Just Like A Woman I've had most of them. Ray Algere is a superb uptempo New Orleans dancer, Johnny Green is a (blue-eyed?) stomper b/w a mod type of instrumental, Gus Lewis and Warren Lee are good funk dancers and the rare Mill Evans "When I'm Ready" 45 is the exact same recording as on the Esquires LP on Bunky.

A pretty nice, if slightly messy and repetitive, tune. Superb backing track, but rather weak vocals in my opinion.

I just managed to find a sound clip of each side: east_coast_rivieras___carolina_girl.mp3 east_coast_rivieras___goodbye_to_love.mp3 £500 eh...!?

Looking forward to that!

Which, mediocre as it is, sold for $30+.

It might be good, you never know. There surely must be SOME reason, apart from rarity, that it's valued at £500.

The East Coast Rivieras have released several 45s on Metro, a label out of Charlotte, North Carolina. I've heard another 45 by them on Metro called "We Can Build A Love" and it's typical late-80s beach with a half-decent intro but then degenerates into a schmalzy mess with bland vocals. Sounds a bit like Andy Williams trying to sing a tune by The Catalinas. I haven't heard the tunes you mention though. Some scans of their different 45s:

I've put together two MP3-mixes featuring tracks from my current auctions for those of you who don't have the time to dig through all of the eBay listings. And even for those of you who aren't interested in buying anything it should make for about 50 and 45 minutes (respectively) of nice listening. SOUL / FUNK MIX [listen here] KING GEORGE - My Baby Likes To Boogaloo - SONET DONNIE JACOBS - Proud Man - MAISON DE SOUL OBREY WILSON - You Don't Love Me - PHILIPS JIVE FIVE - You'll Fall In Love - MUSICOR unknown artist - Get A Hold Of Yourself - IBC ACETATE ED FORSYTH - Baby What's Wrong - CALIFORNIA TWISTIN' KINGS - Xmas Twist - MOTOWN LYNN AUGUST - Black Olives - BANNER BLACK CATS - Marcella - S&S TURKEY LEVON AND THE HAWKS - He Don't Love You - ATCO OBREY WILSON - Headman - PHILIPS unknown artist - You're Gonna Be Missed - DICK CHARLES ACETATE BLUES GROOVE - Makin' It - VERVE CONEXION - Walking To The Fire - METRONOME SPINNERS - I'll Always Love You - MOTOWN MARY HOLMES - I Need Your Lovin' - PHILLY GROOVE AL DOWNING - I'm Just Nobody - POLYDOR POCKETS - Come Go With Me - COLUMBIA LIONEL HAMPTON - Chameleon - GLAD-HAMP MONGO SANTAMARIA - Black Dice - VAYA CHOSEN FEW - Footsee - PYE ACETATE KING GEORGE - Good Lovin' - SONET LITTLE RICHARD - I Love My Baby - PEACOCK VIC WATERS - Taking Inventory - CAPITOL JIVE FIVE - Crying Like A Baby - MUSICOR unknown artist - The Sun Is Coming In - IBC ACETATE AL DOWNING - I Love To Love - POLYDOR JOE KENNEDY - Funky Time - VIGOR 15-60-75 - Here In The Life - HEARTHAN PACERS - Don't Get Around Much Anymore - RAZORBACK JOE KENNEDY - Tender Loving Care - VIGOR FREAKBEAT / MOD / PSYCH / GARAGE ROCK MIX [listen here] CLOWN - Lord Of The Ringside - CBS PRETTY THINGS - A House In The Country - FONTANA SPIKE DRIVERS - High Time - REPRISE ROCKETS - She Said Yeah - BEAT BURR BAILEY - San Francisco Bay - DECCA ED FORSYTH - Baby What's Wrong - CALIFORNIA REBOUNDS - Help Me - FONTANA LEVON AND THE HAWKS - He Don't Love You - ATCO DORIS & PLUMS - One Fine Day - COLUMBIA ROB HOEKE - Jolita (vocal) - JOLITA PROCESSION - Every American Citizen - MERCURY DEEP PURPLE - Emmaretta - PARLOPHONE CONEXION - Walking To The Fire - METRONOME KING GEORGE - My Baby Likes To Boogaloo - SONET unknown artist - You're Gonna Be Missed - DICK CHARLES ACETATE TAGES - I Cry - PLATINA ELECTRO SWINGERS - See The Spider - TEENER REBOUNDS - The World Is Mine - FONTANA BLUES GROOVE - Makin' It - VERVE LOS BRAVOS - I Don't Care - DECCA unknown artist - Get A Hold Of Yourself - IBC ACETATE HERD - Sunshine Cottage - FONTANA SMALL FACES - Understanding - DECCA LYNN AUGUST - Black Olives - BANNER TWISTIN' KINGS - Xmas Twist - MOTOWN WALL STREET DIVERSION - Joey The Lipstick Collector - POLYDOR HERD - Miss M. Jones - FONTANA VAT 66 - Lady Lady - OLGA BRIAN AUGER & JULIE DRISCOLL - Season Of The Witch - MARMALADE

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Hello! I've listed a bunch of 45s on eBay. There are sound clips and scans to all 45s. Check them out at: https://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfrppZ75QQfsooZ...QsassZpushkings ___UNISSUED ACETATES______________________________________ UNKNOWN ARTIST - one-sided Dick Charles 7" acetate UNKNOWN ARTIST - double-sided IBC 7" acetate CHOSEN FEW - one-sided Pye Recording Studios 7" acetate ___NORTHERN SOUL / MODERN SOUL / FUNK 45s_________________ 15-60-75 on Hearthan AL DOWNING on Polydor (issue copy!) BLACK CATS on S&S ("Marcella") BLUES GROOVE on Verve DONNIE JACOBS on Maison De Soul ("Proud Man") JIVE FIVE on Musicor JOE KENNEDY on Vigor KING GEORGE on Sonet (UNKNOWN VERSION OF "My Baby Likes To Boogaloo") LEVON & THE HAWKS on Atco ("He Don't Love You") LIONEL HAMPTON on Glad Hamp LITTLE EVA - ULTRA RARE Japan EP LITTLE RICHARD on Peacock LYNN AUGUST on Banner (DAN PENN!) MARVELETTES on Karusell MARY HOLMES on Philly Groove MONGO SANTAMARIA on Vaya ("Black Dice") OBREY WILSON on Philips PACERS on Razorback POCKETS on Columbia ("Come Go With Me") SPINNERS on Motown ("I'll Always Love You") TWISTIN KINGS on Motown VIC WATERS on Capitol Thanks for looking! Take care. /Sebastian

£409

The later Canyon and Maple issues of this tune (as The Chosen Few) seems to sell for £50-£75 at the moment. The Crown Four issue seems to be rarer, but the sound quality is not as punchy as on the Canyon and Maple issues. On the other hand, the flipside on the Crown Four release is another dancer which has had northern soul scene plays in the past as well. As for value, I don't know.

As far as I know... Original vinyl copies shall have F-2622 stamped in the deadwax and a stamped H on 180 degrees opposite. The styrene originals shall have delta #66879. The vinyl bootlegs have the matrix numbers scratched in.