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Are you on about "Tell Me Why (Can't We Be Friends)"? Sorry, haven't got a copy of the 45, but here's an MP3. Don't know if it's of any help to you. Check the following out for a label scan and some info: https://www.soulmusiccollector.com/four_bel...be_friends.html Here's some general info from https://www.allmusic.com about the group: Four Below Zero, a New York-based quartet consisting of Dornell Chavous, Moses McNeil, Cleveland Dickerson, and Harry Watson, had grandiose dreams of stardom that went unfulfilled. Armed with song, they caught the interest of Patrick Adams and signed with the producer/writer/arranger's P&P label in 1974; the song, "Tell Me Why (We Can't Be Friends)" made some noise in New York but never made a whimper outside the city. A second P&P single, "My Baby's Got E.S.P.," written by Adams, John Cooksey, Eugene Lemon, and Fay Hauser, dropped in 1976 and did better locally. This enabled Adams to license it with Roulette Records for mass distribution that unfortunately failed to amass much of anything other than providing some cash for uniforms and a few doodads. Popular with collectors, you can find it on some select Northern soul compilations. Nothing else by Four Below Zero connected and they soon disbanded. McNeil delved into songwriting, albeit unsuccessfully. Fay Hauser, one of the writers of "ESP," recorded solo before embarking on a successful acting career.

Were those four first ones really released on Instant? Only know about this one: 1972 - INSTANT 3317 - Brothers Two - How To Make Love / Come & Make Me ...but it doesn't match your flipside.

$203.51 METROS "Since I Found My Baby" RCA $198.50 WILLIE TEE "First Taste Of Hurt" GATUR $128.50 DON THOMAS "Come On Train" NuVJ

No, not as far as I know and I've never seen it mentioned in any discographies. Great track. The fabulous dancer "Waiting On You" from the same album is sadly also LP-only. What the hell were they thinking not releasing such smashing tunes as singles!?

It was released on a 45 on the Etiquette label back in 1965. It's the flipside to "Shot Down" which is the side I personally would be buying it for. Not that "Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark" is a bad tune, it's just that "Shot Down" is one of the meanest, most distorted and blasting 60s tunes ever recorded.

Here you go:

Think that was Ronnie McCain on Triode... wasn't it?

A small bunch of 45s for sale here. E-mail me at fonzeus@telia.com if you're interested in anything. PayPal payments only. PLEASE NOTE! All prices includes ordinary airmail postage. You can click on the titles to hear a sound-clip. Astors - In The Twilight Zone - STAX - EX (sol, wol) - £25 (stomping in-demand dancer) Delilah Moore - I'll Just Walk Away - MONEY - EX+ - £20 (rare mid-tempo dancer, just as good as "It Takes Love") Big Ella - It Takes A Lot Of Loving - LO LO - EX+ (wol) - £20 SOLD! (gritty storming uptempo dancer) Herman George - Mental High / What Have You Got - BET - M- - £30 SOLD! (great crossover double-sider, £75 from Manship!) Jerry Townes - You Are My Sunshine - PENNY - EX - £15 (STORMING dancer! one-sided copy) New Concepts - Give Me Another Chance - PHILIPS - M- - £10 SOLD! (great mid-tempo dancer) Jerry McCain - Love Ain't Nothin' To Play With - JEWEL - M- - £10 (gritty r&b dancer with harmonica etc.) Thanks for looking!

I've just put up a bunch of 45s on eBay. Mostly rare and obscure soul/funk/crossover/r&b/popcorn. Here are some examples: Jean Brooks on G-NOTE Bobby Young on FOXIE Ron Surrey & Mary Mundy on INSURANCE CITY Gwenn Douglass on MICHELLE Little Henry Lee on GISMO Roscoe Robinson on FAME Tony Wheeler on RANARD Price Exchange on SMASH Reggie Lavong on SPECTRUM Bobby And Terri on PROVIDENCE Jackie Day on MODERN Lee Tillman on RON Plus a whole lot more. There are sound clips and scans to all of these 45s. Check it out: https://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZpushkings Thanks for looking!

So it IS the same guy? Sounds like it to me. Yes I really like that one as well. But then again I'm a sucker for tunes with an obvious New Orleans soul influence. Have a listen:

Hello! Here's a bunch of 45s and Motown LPs I'm selling. New stuff, old stuff, leftovers, lowered prices etc. E-mail me at fonzeus@telia.com if you're interested in anything. PayPal payments only, please. PLEASE NOTE! All prices includes ordinary airmail postage. First, the three Motown LPs: Spinners - The Original Spinners - MOTOWN - EX+ - £30 (fantastic LP in stunning condition, includes "Sweet Thing", "I Just Can't Help But Feel The Pain" etc. lower right corner cut off) Four Tops - On Top - MOTOWN - EX - £15 (mono copy, slight ring wear on cover, includes "Then", "I Got A Feeling", "There's No Love Left", "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever", "Shake Me, Wake Me" etc.) Four Tops - Reach Out - MOTOWN - EX - £15 (mono copy, classic great LP, includes title track, "I'll Turn To Stone", "Standing In The Shadows Of Love", "What Else Is There To Do", "Bernadette", "7 Rooms Of Gloom" etc.) And on to the 45s (you can click on the titles to hear a sound-clip): Boston Hitesmen - Can't Let It Ride - MTA w/d - M- - £75 (a stunning white demo copy of Ady Croasdell's old "Dexter Manley" cover-up, great atmospheric mid-tempo dancer) Gordon Keith - This Is How I Feel - ONE-DERFUL - M- - £25 (old stafford spin, obscure and rare mid-tempo dancer) Headliners - You're Bad News / Tonight's The Night - V.I.P. w/demo - EX+ - £20 (rare Motown uptempo double-sider) Winchester - Hot On The Heels Of Love - METROMEDIA w/d - M- - £40 (total blue eyed stomper and then some! largely unknown and hard to find copies of. this is a double-sided demo) The Mob - I'd Like To See More Of You - POLYDOR UK - EX+ (noc) - £8 (and here's their other crossover goodie which is picking up plays at the moment on a nice UK vinyl copy) Casinos - I Still Love You - FRATERNITY - EX - £8 (classic uptempo group sound) Ace Spectrum - Keep Holding On - ATLANTIC - M- - £15 (much better that "Don't Send" and quite a bit rarer as well) Tommy Andre - One More Try - BROADWAY - EX - £10 (nice early soul dancer) Four Sonics - It Takes Two - SPORT - EX+ (sol) - £8 (classic dancer) Johnny Copeland - Sufferin' City - JET STREAM - EX+ - £8 (the alternative and much more stomping version than on Atlantic) Bobby Cutchins - I Did It Again - LASSO - M- - £8 (just about as good as 70s dancers gets. if you don't know this, check out the soundclip. it's awesome.) Poppies - He's Ready - EPIC w/d - EX+ (sol, wol) - £10 (classic Wigan dancer, nice white demo) John Rhys & The Lively Set - Nothing But Love - IMPACT w/demo - EX - £15 (manic stomping Wigan instrumental, there is unfortunately a crack in this 45, but it plays without any problems, no clicks, no nothing) Little Anthony - Never Again - DCP - EX- - £5 (atmospheric big city mid-tempo) Smokey Robinson - Ever Had A Dream - TAMLA - M- - £5 (in-demand 70s dancer) Dean Parrish - Tell Her - BOOM (wol)- EX - £5 (classic uptempo dancer) Huey (Piano) Smith - Don't You Just Know It / High Blood Pressure - ACE - EX+ - £5 (essential New Orleans double-sider, mindblowingly brilliant music) 3 Degrees - Drivin' Me Mad - SWAN - EX (sol) - £5 (stomping 60s girl group dancer) Little Milton - If Walls Could Talk - CHECKER - EX+ - £5 (pounding fantastic uptempo dancer) Etta James - Payback - ARGO - EX - £5 (great dancer) Robert John - If You Don't Want My Love - COLUMBIA w/demo - M- - £10 (in-demand feelgood dancer, nice double-sided white demo) John Andrea - (Just Can't) Let It Ride - MGM demo - M- - £10 (original version of Boston Hitesmen on MTA, big production, old Wigan spin) Dey And Knight - I'm Gonna Love You Tomorrow - COLUMBIA w/demo - EX+ - £8 (atmospheric mid-tempo tune) Sharon Redd - Half As Much - VEEP w/demo - EX+ - £10 (one of Sharon's first records, mid-tempo) Mary Love - You Turned My Bitter Into Sweet - KENT UK - EX - £8 (green vinyl! b/w Willie Hutch + The Sweethearts ) Thanks for looking!

Yes. And there's a (IMO far superior) 60s version by them on one of their Smash 45s.

I've only seen it in a Revue discography. Don't own the 45 and I haven't heard it.

My WD is on vinyl.

Is it the same recording that was issued on King. 1973 - KING 6412 - Sylvester Boyd - I Don't Want Nobody / I Can't Go On Livin'

Same here. And Marvin & Tammi "Ain't No Mountain..." ofcourse.

Ah! That would explain the low price then.

Yes, I think it does. It's from 1965.

If there's anything above (not marked SOLD!) that you're interested in but don't agree with my pricing... make me an offer off-forum (fonzeus@telia.com) and I'll think about it. Have also got a copy of the following LP: Monitors - Greetings!... We're The Monitors - SOUL - EX+ - £45 SOLD! (great LP, stunning copy, looks and plays great, upper left corner of cover cut) And this 45: Maxine Brown - It's Torture / I Got Love - KENT UK - EX+ - £10 SOLD! (two unissued dancers, not easy to pick up these days) Prices includes shipping. PayPal payments only, please.

Both were released in 1962. And the original label is Home Of The Blues.

Yes there is. My Tempests LP is a US mono copy. Unfortunately a lot harder to find than the stereo copies though.

Here's an RA of the Ray Sharpe version of "Help Me":

It was the "too early to be taken seriously" comment that I found amusing, considering how far back in time I search for good music. Nevermind, it was nothing serious.

Each to their own etc. I think the the Commands version sounds ridiculous when compared to The O'Jays.

Great tune. It's about £15 now. Rumoured to be the same group as Charades on MGM/Okeh etc.