Sebastian

Not really an issue/demo kind of thing... but here you have Pic & Bill's rare "Talk About Love" 45 on Charay on the left and then its ultra rare original release as The Fiery Spartans (vocal by: PIC & BILL) on the right.

Rarer purple/pink issue copy of Tommy Neal:

Th at's CHEAP. "Have I Really Lost You" is superb! Smoke_Have_I_Really_Lost_You.mp3

I like it a lot and wouldn't mind a copy if anyone's selling. This was a big spin for someone at The Dome back in the early 2000s covered up as "Dean And Damonts - There's A New Thing". I seem to remember that it was uncovered at some point but can't for the life of me remember what the real artist was... Anyone else? Had kind of forgotten about this tune. Nice one. Thanks for reminding me!

The Band! What a band!!! Love them! "It Makes No Difference" drips with soul. As does most of their stuff.

I Would Be In Love (Anyway) - frank sinatra - reprise 13945 refosoul This has me weeping everytime I hear it. Emotional and soulful in the extreme. In my opinion, ofcourse. More than 50% of my records are "non-soul" and I get the same kind of satifaction from most of it as I get from soul music.

Joel Diamond: Band Of Oz also recorded a pale version of it. Here's a short clip: https://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&a...:6dxsa9wgl2gd~T

Bobby Fuller Four's version on Mustang is in my opinion equally good although with a different aproach to it. A real massive "wall of sound" kind of production which stomps along nicely. T hink I have a spare copy of the Mustang 45 here somewhere if anyone needs a copy.

Chase Your Blues Away - funkhouse express - roxbury 13907 refosoul Stomp stomp stomp!

Had kind of forgotten about that Solid Gold Revue tune! Thanks for reminding me. Anyone got a copy for sale?

Demand probably will grow, but there are only oh so many people that can splash $1600 on a 45, so if more copies turns up (and they seem to do) the price will come down. It's always a good thing when major label 45s that are considered rare turns up on eBay and goes for a stack load of money because more often than not, the high end result smokes out more copies (perhaps due to some owners just not being able to hold on to a 45 if the going rate is THAT high, but also because 45s that people outside the soul collecting scene might never have considered to list now starts to appear). It'll be interesting to see what the two current copies on eBay will end at.

Soul Loving - gene & eunice - cenco 13900 refosoul Don't miss out on that Gene & Eunice 45. Superb pounding stomper and seems to still be unknown to a lot of people.

Hello! I've listed a batch of LPs on eBay. All of them has got sleeve and label scans. Check them out at: https://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfrppZ75QQfsooZ...QsassZpushkings Some examples: ALICE CLARK - Alice Clark - MAINSTREAM BOBBY TAYLOR AND THE VANCOUVERS - same - GORDY ELGINS - Darling Baby - V.I.P. GARLAND GREEN - Jealous Kind Of Fella - UNI GARNET MIMMS - I'll Take Good Care Of You - UNITED ARTISTS GERALDINE DE HAAS - Geraldine De Haas - ELSA GIL SCOTT-HERON - Small Talk at 125th and Lenox - FLYING DUTCHMAN HANK MARR - Greasy Spoon - KING HAROLD JOHNSON - Wide Open - REVUE HOWARD TATE - Howard Tate - ATLANTIC JAMES BROWN - I Got The Feelin' - KING KING DAVID - Sings The Blues - P&P LEON WARE - Leon Ware - UNITED ARTISTS LEON WARE - Musical Massage - GORDY LOU JOHNSON - With You In Mind - VOLT MICKEY MURRAY - Shout Bamalama And Other Super Soul Songs - SSS MICKEY MURRAY - People Are Together - FEDERAL MONITORS - Greetings!... We're The Monitors - SOUL ORIGINALS - Portrait Of The Originals - SOUL PRETTY PURDIE - Soul Drums - DIRECTION RAMP - Come Into Knowledge - ABC / BLUE THUMB REGGIE GRIFFIN - Mr. Everything - SWEET MOUNTAIN SANDRA WRIGHT - Wounded Woman - DEMON URAL THOMAS - Can You Dig It... Live! - REVUE Z.Z. HILL - A Whole Lot Of Soul - KENT ...plus more. Thanks for looking! Take care. /Sebastian

What an absolute MONSTER of a tune! Their "Be Prepared" 45 on Castle is also superb.

About 343 of the 350 people who went absolutely berzerk when the intro came out of the speakers two weeks ago at a soul club here in my hometown had no idea about how much this record is selling for. It's a good dance tune and sounds great out loud. Reminds me a bit about a weaker "Move On Up" (mostly due to the slightly off-beat singing), but that's a hard tune to top. I like it. Wouldn't pay going rate for a copy though...

If You Believe Your God Is Dead (Try Mine) - swan silvertones - hob is gospel 13850 refosoul I know that a lot of people have problems with lyrics mentioning "god", but give this one a try! It's an absolutely devastating piece of uptempo soul music.

Lend Me A Hand - kindly shepherds - checker 13822 refosoul I'm a big fan of the Checker 5000-series gospel sound and here is one of my favourites.

Has anyone perhpaps got a copy of Jackie Shane's "Stand Up Straight And Tall" 45 on Modern for sale? Please, PM me if so.

I agree, absolutely superb! Can't get enough of it.

These two from March 1965 were two of them: SOUL 35010 - Hit Pack - Never Say No To Your Baby / Let's Dance SOUL 35011 - Freeman Brothers - My Baby / Beautiful Brown Eyes Seems too much of a coincidence to me that The Freeman Brothers also released a 45 on Mala at about the same time... what was the deal there? Does anyone have the Vol. 5 of the "Complete Motown Singles" box-set and can check out what the booklet says?

I don't "get" the dancefloor appeal of that "Fear Not" tune. The rhythm is seriously "off", the drums are buried way down deep in the mix and it has got a very wishy-washy sound quality in my opinion. It's not a bad tune, just saying that it's very much a living room tune in my opinion and everytime I've heard it played in a club setting (at least 10+ times) it has pretty much emptied the floor.

Flip that Nick Allen record over for a slightly unusual (and re-titled!) version of Lee Moses LP-only cut "What You Don't Want Me To Be".

I agree. The Cre-Shendos version might be rare, but it sounds extremely weak compared to the Nate Holmes version in my opinion.

If you haven't already read it, here's a good article on Jackie Opel with some nice sound clips: https://www.sirshambling.com/articles/jackie_opel.htm

Yes, the one above sold on eBay back in august 2004 for $710.