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.

I'm Alone - boris gardiner & the keys - 13763 refosoul

I Won't Let You Go - blues busters - 13762 refosoul

It sold for £26 the other night on eBay, but it'll most likely be down to its usual £10-£15 soon.

Choosing You - lenny williams - abc 13743 refosoul

Why Must We Say Goodbye - al hudson & the soul partners - abc 13742 refosoul

Bet You Win - tyrone davis - abc 13738 refosoul

What If A Man - tyrone davis - abc 13737 refosoul

It Was A Very Good Year - della reese - abc 13736 refosoul

Tear It Up (part 1) - billy wade and the 3rd degrees - abc 13730 refosoul

You're Still On My Mind - nate holmes - abc 13729 refosoul

Not true. Have you ever TRIED finding a copy of "Your Number 1". An original copy that is, not the 70s styrene reissue. I have in the past easily sold "Your Number 1" for £100 and that's cheap in my opinion. I know people who have sold it for £150+. It's very hard to find, and superb as well. There has only been one copy (demo) on eBay during the last year. The year before that, there was also only one copy (demo).

This is quite hard: Demos are also rare, but issues are extremely seldom seen.