Sebastian

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 ___NORTHERN SOUL / MODERN SOUL / FUNK 45s____________________ ANN SEXTON on Seventy-Seven ("You've Been Gone Too Long") BILLY KEENE on Jewel BOOK OF LIFE on Sonstar ("I Don't Know You") CHARLES BEVERLY on Vanessa CHARLES SPURLING on King ("Let Me Be A Steppin Soul") CRYSTAL MOTION on Sound Gems ("You're My Main Squeeze") DAN GREER on Big Beat DAVID GAGE on One-Way DELANEY on Erisong FENTON ROBINSON on Palos ("I Believe") FOREST HAIRSTON on Viney GALT MacDERMOT on Verve Forecast ("Hair") GEATER DAVIS on House Of Orange ("My Love Is So Strong") GLORIA EDWARDS on King ("Keep Up With My Man") HARVEY AVERNE on Uptite JACK HAMMER on Soul ("Swim") JON THOMAS on Junior ("Tizzy") LEE CHARLES on Revue MARVA WHITNEY on King MAURICE McCORMICK on Atomic Art MONOFIDE on Emvee OLLIE NIGHTINGALE on Memphis ("I Don't Know Why I Love You") PHILLIP MITCHELL on Smash ("Keep On Talking") RICHIE MERRITT on RAM ROBERT EDWARDS on Sheridan House SHOWSTOPPERS on Beacon UK ("Heartbreaker") SISTERS LOVE on Mowest TIM MURRAY on Detroit Traks WJ MOORE on Gutter WRECKIN CREW on Starville ("You Don't Care") Thanks for looking! Take care. /Sebastian

It sold rather cheap as well at $108.

An extremely reasonable price! That's one hell of a rare and good 45. Have a listen: https://www.thesoulgirl.com/music/Carm%27s%...About%20Love.rm

I know. My tongue was placed firmly in cheek...

Have a listen: https://www.soulclub.org/stream/Peter_Hamil...Girl_(inst).ram Cheeky.

It relies even heavier on Peter Hamilton Generation's instrumental of "Hey Girl" on Jamie which is the track Ian re-edited/sampled into the Venicia Wilson tune. Which names are listed as writers to the Venicia Wilson track?

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: