Sebastian

Don't offer more than £10, it's not hard to find and shouldn't be expensive. A copy sold on eBay a couple of days ago for $17. There's another one on there without bids right now starting at $9.99.

Not a tape, but found these pins in the record store I work part-time in. Don't know when they were sent out, but they've been laying around there for quite some time.

Yes, it "went expensive" at the end of 2005 or maybe early 2006. That must've been a very poorly listed copy if you recently got it for £50 on eBay. This sold about a week ago: https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=280074574771 And some from 2006: https://www.popsike.com/php/detaildatar.php?itemnr=4837847087 https://www.popsike.com/php/detaildatar.php...nr=120052382189

The latest handful of copies of "Drifting" on eBay has sold for between $300 to $450-ish. "Keep It To Myself" usually sells for $25-$50 (but is always much higher on UK lists). Ozz & His Spurlings usually goes for $30-$60. Good tunes all of them.

About 2-3 hours left on these auctions now. Thanks for looking!

"All I Want Is You" is a later released version, with added strings, of a tune which was originally released by Pic & Bill on CHARAY. Major Bill Smith who owned these labels did stuff like this all the time, adding a new vocal to an existing backing track, releasing it under a different title or artist name, adding bongos, strings and whathaveyou. The Pic & Bill version without the strings is far superior in my opinion and as it was their best selling 45, it seldom goes for more than $10 on eBay. The flipside "It's Not You" is a great mid-tempo hammond groover so a record well worth picking up.

The Lonely One - tom jones - decca uk 14769 refosoul This is indeed ONE HELL of a tune. An absolute pounder. Can't stand "Stop Breaking My Heart" personally. His version of "Chills And Fever" (his first Decca 45 if I remember correctly) is superb as well. So is "Looking Out My Window".

Where Do I Go - jeff dale - atco 14768 refosoul All three Jeff Dale 45s on Atco are of high quality in my opinion.

Can't You See That I'm Lonely - wildweeds - cadet 14767 refosoul Haven't thought about this tune in ages. Great one. Al Anderson in his prime!

There's an MP3 here: https://www.solidgold.fi/sounds/11_2005-Sel...teffa/sg007.mp3 Great tune.

That "unsweetened version" of "You Are Too Much For The Human Heart" is truly mindblowing!

busybody - roy lee johnson - okeh 14729 refosoul On that same "early" Okeh tip, here's one which I like a lot!

This is superb! I've got it on the Sabra label though, which I guess is the local label. Didn't know that it had been released on Okeh as well.

That entire "Birmingham Sound" CD is great in my opinion. Great liner notes as well. Check it out: https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/40911

How could I forget about this one!? One of the most played tunes in my portable MP3-player over the past 6 months or so. The best version around of this tune in my opinion, superb vocals and production!

I've put together an MP3-mix 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 30 minutes of nice listening. SOUL / FUNK / R&B MIX [listen here] Edward Hamilton - Baby Don't You Weep - MARYJANE Edwin Starr - You're My Mellow - RIC-TIC Marv Johnson - Come On And Stop - UNITED ARTISTS Hoagy Lands - The Next In Line - LAURIE Shadows - My Love Is Gone - U.S.A. Falcons - (I'm A Fool) I Must Love You - BIG WHEEL Ace Spectrum - Don't Send Nobody Else - ATLANTIC Nino Tempo & 5th Ave. Sax - Sister James - A&M Vibrating Vibrations - Surprise Party For Baby - NEPTUNE Madeline Bell - Picture Me Gone - PHILIPS Dreams - Softly, Softly - CBS Sandy Wynns - The Touch Of Venus - CHAMPION Entertainers - I'm In Love With You - HMC Mayberry Movement - I Think I'm In Love - EVENT Tony Rallo & The Midnite Band - Holdin' On - CALIBRE Blood Hollins - Don't Give Up - STRANGE FRUIT Madeline Bell - I'm Gonna Make You Love Me - PHILIPS

One of my all-time deep soul faves! So damn good and emotional.

The funk forum can be accessed via... https://www.fryer-mantis.co.uk/ ...now again.

It's all good! I have actually heard about two different versions of this tune, so the CD-version might be different, I don't know for sure.

The Tommy Tate tune did get a 7" release... ... or is the CD-version different? It's superb in any case!

Something For The Head - phillip mitchell - 14692 refosoul

Bullets Don't Have Eyes - eddie & ernie - unissued loadstone (?) 14691 refosoul

Ooh Baby - eldridge holmes - unissued deesu 14690 refosoul

Love Has Taken Over Me - herbert hunter - unissued spar 14689 refosoul

Darling I'll Go - moovers - unissued deep city 14688 refosoul Now, how good is this!?