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Motown and related bits, all £20 each (and POST FREE today) or the lot for £100. Paypal, and UK delivery only on these, sorry! PM to reserve. Chris Clark - Whisper you love me boy / Beginning of the end - Motown ex Stevie Wonder - Nothing's too good for my baby - Tamla ex Four Tops - You keep running away / same - Motown demo ex vinyl, sticker on one side Marvelettes - That's how heartaches are made / same - Tamla demo ex The Miracles - My girl has gone / Since you won my heart - Tamla demo ex Marvin Gaye - Take this heart of mine / same - Tamla demo (one side ex, flip vg+ Marvin Gaye - Chained / same - Tamla demo ex

Canadian and US Motown and related bits, all just £10 each plus £5 post (any quantity), or £70 the lot including post. Some genuine bargains here. Paypal, and UK delivery only on these, sorry! PM to reserve. Jimmy Ruffin - Lonely lonely man am I / Don;t take your love away from me - Soul ex The Miracles - I'm the one you need / same - Tamla demo (label stain as shown but vinyl ex Stevie Wonder - Uptight - Tamla Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell- Good lovin' aint easy / same - Tamla demo Willie Hutch - Love power - Motown demo gold vinyl The Marvelettes - Goddess of love - Tamla demo (red ink to flipside hence price) ex vinyl Jnr. Walker - Walk in the night - Soul demo ex Mary Wells - What love has joined tpgether / You old stand by - Motown ex Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - Yester love / same - Tamla demo ex

Couldn't get past the article title to be honest. Someone explain to me what an overlooked classic is?

A few more Motown bits, all £20 each plus £5 post (any quantity). Paypal, and UK delivery only on these, sorry! PM to reserve. Chris Clark - Whisper you love me boy / Beginning of the end - Motown ex Stevie Wonder - Nothing's too good for my baby - Tamla ex Four Tops - You keep running away / same - Motown demo ex vinyl, sticker on one side Four Tops - Ask the lonely - Motown ex this side, flip vg+ Marvelettes - That's how heartaches are made / same - Tamla demo ex The Miracles - My girl has gone / Since you won my heart - Tamla demo ex Marvin Gaye - Take this heart of mine / same - Tamla demo (one side ex, flip vg+ Marvin Gaye - Chained / same - Tamla demo ex The Marvelettes - Gonna hold on long as I can / Don't make hurting me a habit - Tamla ex

This Bell Still Rings. My Life of Defiance and Song - the Barbara Dane autobiography. Order details below. The publisher's synopsis: The autobiography of a courageous singer-songwriter, activist, and American icon. A renowned folk, blues, and jazz singer who performed with some of the twentieth century's most celebrated musicians, from Louis Armstrong to Bob Dylan. A proud progressive who has tirelessly championed racial equality and economic justice in America, and who has traveled the world to sing out against war and tyranny. An organizer, a venue owner, a record label founder, and a woman who has charted her own creative and political path for more than ninety years. Barbara Dane has led an epic, trailblazing life in music and activism, and This Bell Still Rings tells her story in her own adventurous voice. Dane's memoir charts her trajectory from singing in union halls and at factory gates in World War II-era Detroit, to her rise as a respected blues and jazz singer, to her prominence as a folk musician frequently performing at and participating in civil rights and peace demonstrations across the US and abroad-from post-revolutionary Cuba to wartime Vietnam. This Bell Still Rings illuminates "one of the true unsung heroes of American music" (Boston Globe), and it offers a wealth of inspiration for artists, activists, and anyone seeking a life defined by courage and integrity (473 pages, hardback). Order via https://a-nickel-and-a-nail.myshopify.com/collections/books/products/this-bell-still-rings-my-life-of-defiance-and-song-barbara-dane

The singer, songwriter and activist Barbara Dane died yesterday, age 97. https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfchronicle.com%2Fentertainment%2Farticle%2Fbarbara-dane-indomitable-blues-jazz-singer-dead-19850203.php%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR147ILExOstGamBtU244oMm1jGbhogBJV-g3u8OkN2OtLLcTeRUtru2h20_aem_CDNrqz3LI3yyy-FG-AirXA&h=AT0vWVgH_sFpWUYSMbNyAtJmsn4JLXtv3laMjetJE9B0wdEiCtRiZcwOpj3oZ6EkN7Eg52lcFFjoajIyLhMVhVEepL1rC2JXYHoxl3AWMlKpopG5gCOhkWEvDLAeyVk&s=1

More US/Canadian Motown rarities, classics and demos. Please note UK buyers only, and PayPal only, on these please. Postage tracked £5 any quantity. PM to reserve. Hitsville USA Greetings to Tamla Motown Appreciation Society -(feat. various artists) ex £40 Marvin Gaye - Chained / same - Tamla demo ex £20 Jimmy Ruffin - Since I've lost you / I want her love - Soul demo ex £30 not often seen on demo at all, and a great track Marvin Gaye - Take this heart of mine / same - Tamla vg+ £20 Marvelettes - Goddess of love / Good guy - Tamla demo vg+ (stamp and red felt pen WOL on flip hence price - plays fab) £10 Marv Johnson - I miss you baby / Bad girl - (German) Tamla Motown with pic cover ex £15 Freeman Brothers - My baby / Beautiful brown eyes - Soul ex 30 SOLD Marv Johnson - I'm not a plaything / Why you want to let me go - Gordy demo ex £25 Gladys Knight and Pips - Everybody needs love / same - Soul promo ex £20

A few random Motown bits - £15 each plus £5 post, or £50 the lot inc. delivery. All in ex condition. UK buyers and PayPal only please. PM if interested. Willie Hutch - Love Power - Motown demo yellow / gold vinyl, fab 70s soul from a great LP Stevie Wonder - Nothing's too good for my baby - Tamla Marvin Gaye - Too busy thinking about my baby - Tamla demo (I have three copies available on demo so plenty to go around!) Marvelettes - Beechwood 4-5789 - Tamla with the pretty Canadian Phonodisc sleeve (looks a bit washed out on my iphone pic but in real life its as bright and cheerful as the Willie Hutch 45!)

Genuine bargain job lot here of 9 picture cover 45s from around the globe today. None are less than a very respectable vg+ and the vast majority actually in ex condition. Will even chuck in a couple of other freebies not listed here. Just £30 plus £5 UK post for the lot. PM to reserve (UK buyers and PayPal only on these please, sorry). PM to reserve. Jackie de Shannon (German Liberty) Lou Rawls (Capitol juke / mini LP) Brenton Wood (Spanish Hispavox - Two time loser) Aaron Neville (Spanish Stateside) Soul Clan (Spanish Atlantic) Eddie Floyd (Japanese Atlantic) Four Tops (French Tamla Motown EP) Supremes (Spanish Tamla Motown) Righteous Bros (South African Verve)

More US/Canadian Motown rarities, classics and demos. Please note UK buyers only, and PayPal only, on these please. Postage tracked £5 any quantity. PM to reserve. Hitsville USA Greetings to Tamla Motown Appreciation Society -(feat. various artists) ex 40 Freeman Brothers - My baby / Beautiful brown eyes - Soul ex 30 Marvin Gaye - Chained / same - Tamla demo ex 20 Jimmy Ruffin - Since I've lost you / I want her love - Soul demo ex 40 not often seen on promo, and such a great track Marvin Gaye - Take this heart of mine / same - Tamla vg+ 20 Marvelettes - Goddess of love / Good guy - Tamla demo vg+ (stamp and red felt pen WOL on flip hence price - plays fab) 10 Marv Johnson - I miss you baby / Bad girl - (German) Tamla Motown with pic cover ex 15 Marv Johnson - I'm not a plaything / Why you want to let me go - Gordy demo ex 25 Gladys Knight and Pips - Everybody needs love / same - Soul promo ex 20

Bargain job lot of 9 picture cover 45s from around the globe today - none are less than a respectable vg+ and the vast majority actually in ex condition. Might even chuck in a couple of other freebies. Just £50 inc UK post for the lot. PM to reserve (UK buyers and PayPal only on these please, sorry). PM to reserve. Jackie de Shannon (German Liberty) Lou Rawls (Capitol juke / mini LP) Brenton Wood (Spanish Hispavox - Two time loser) Aaron Neville (Spanish Stateside) Soul Clan (Spanish Atlantic) Eddie Floyd (Japanese Atlantic) Four Tops (French Tamla Motown EP) Supremes (Spanish Tamla Motown) Righteous Bros (South African Verve)

Wednesday list - huge list of US/Canadian Motown rarities and classics - updates, and also some new additions. Would also consider a job lot offer on some / all of these. Please note UK buyers only, and PayPal only, on these please. Can send pics on request. Postage tracked £5 any quantity. PM to reserve. Carolyn Crawford - When someone’s good to you / My heart- Motown demo (promo wording on label deleted, vinyl is ex) £50 Isley Brothers - Take some time out for love / Just aint enough love - Tamla demo ex £20 The Supremes - Breathtaking guy - Motown vg+ £20 Four Tops - Ask the lonely - Motown vg++ £15 Earl Van Dyke and Motown Brass - 6x6 - Soul ex £20 Jimmy Ruffin - Lonely lonely man am I - Soul ex £15 Stevie Wonder - Nothing’s too good for my baby / same - Tamla demo sticker residue on label, vinyl ex £30 Choker Campbell - Come see about me / Pride and joy - Motown demo £25 Jimmy Ruffin - How can I say I’m sorry - Soul ex £15 Temptations - I’m losing you / I could cry if I wanted to - Gordy ex £15 The Miracles - Heartbreak road / The man in you - Tamla demo vg++ light scuffs only £25 Marvin Gaye - Try it baby / If my heart could sing - Tamla with picture cover ex £20 Jr. Walker and the All Stars - Tune up - Soul ex £20 Marvin Gaye - Chained / same - Tamla demo ex £30 The Supremes - Nothing but heartaches / He holds his own - Motown promo ex £25 The Valadiers - I found a girl - Gordy promo (promo deleted on label, otherwise ex £50 David Ruffin - My whole world ended / same - Motown demo ex, date stamp on one side £20 Mary Wells - You beat me to the punch / Old love - Tamla (early Phonodisc design) ex £20 Miracles - I’m the one you need - Tamla demo (label stain) £10 Marvin Gaye - Take this heart of mine - Tamla demo vg £10 The Spinners - Truly yours - Motown ex £20 Stevie Wonder - Nothing's too good for my baby Tamla ex £20 Four Tops - Standing in the shadows of love / Since you've been gone - Motown vg+ £10 Chris Clark - Do right baby do right / same - VIP demo this was a beautiful ex condition copy - until I dropped it. Full length crack hence price but ‘clean’ if you know what I mean. £10 Chris Clark - Whisper you love me boy / Beginning of the end - Motown ex £30 The Marvelettes - I'm gonna hold on long as I can / Don't make hurting me a habit - Tamla ex £15 Marvin Gaye - Too busy thinking about my baby - Tamla demo ex £20 Edwin Starr - I am the man for you baby / same - Gordy demo ex £20 Marvin Gaye - You / same - Tamla demo ex (another beauty from “In the Groove”) £25 Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell - Good lovin’ aint easy to come by / same - Tamla demo ex £20 Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell - Keep on lovin’ me honey / same - Tamla demo ex £20 Marvin Gaye - Your unchanging love / same - Tamla demo ex £25 Four Tops - You keep running away / same - Motown ex £20 Marv Johnson - I miss you baby - German Tamla Motown with picture cover ex £15 The Marvelettes - That’s how heartaches are made / same - Tamla demo ex £15 Jr. Walker and the All Stars - Walk in the night / same - Soul demo ex £10 Mary Wells - Your old standby / What love has joined together - Motown ex £10 Marvelettes - Beachwood 4-57789 - Tamla (nice early canadian logo design) ex £20 Undisputed Truth - Save my love for a rainy day / same - Gordy demo ex £20 Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers - I am your man / same - Gordy demo (superb version of the Tops song) ex £10 Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - Going to a go go / Choosey Beggar - Tamla with picture cover ex £20 The Miracles - My girl has gone / Since you won my heart - Tamla demo £25 The Miracles - Mickey’s monkey / Whatever makes you happy - Tamla (classic but check out the flip too!) ex £20 Jr Walker and the All Stars - Hip City pt 2 / same - Soul demo ex £10 The Supremes - Standing at the crossroads of love / When the lovelight starts shining - Motown vg+ £20 Eddie Kendricks - Can’t help what I am - Tamla (recommended early 70s) ex £10 Stevie Wonder - Uptight - Tamla ex £10 Marv Johnson - I’ll pick a rose for my rose / same - Gordy ex £20 The Marvelettes - Goddess of love / He’s a good guy - Tamla demo (heavy wol to flip) vg £10 Henry Lumpkin - Don’t leave me / What is a man (heavy marker pen to flip hence price) - Motown demo vg+ £10 The Marvelettes - I’m gonna hold on as long as I can / same - Tamla demo vg+ £20 Jimmy Ruffin - Don’t you miss me a little bit baby / same - Soul demo ex £20

Cissy Houston RIP.... https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cissy-houston-dies-age-91-whitney-houston-mother/

I guess as now the onus is on the seller to physically request a withdrawal from eBay’s holding / ‘balance’ account rather than a scheduled payout, eBay will rack up passive interest by having funds sitting with them. As an aside, free listings and no fees only apply to private sellers.

Are you sure they hold on to the money unless requested? Because I was paid today (yes I got the full amount, no fees) as usual and the money is going straight to my account?

Another Jaysina production...

Found this online, not much else though with just a quick look: "Jaysina Sound Studios in Brooklyn, run by Morty Jay and Sandy Sina. Jay was an organist, arranger and conductor who had also worked with vocal quartet the Crew-Cuts; Sina (real name Santo Nessina) was an engineer who specialised in the Latin American market." A few latin LPs and a stripper LP (!) connected with Jaysina.

Saturday lunchtime - huge list of US/Canadian Motown rarities and classics - updates to earlier list this week, and also some additions. Would also consider job lot offers if taking a few, or all of these. UK buyers and PayPal only on these please. Postage tracked £5 any quantity. PM to reserve. Carolyn Crawford - When someone’s good to you / My heart- Motown demo (promo wording on label deleted, vinyl is ex) £50 Marvin Gaye - One more heartache / same (wol on one side, vinyl ex) Tamla demo £20 Isley Brothers - Take some time out for love / Just aint enough love - Tamla demo ex £20 The Supremes - Breathtaking guy - Motown vg+ £20 Four Tops - Ask the lonely - Motown vg++ £15 Earl Van Dyke and Motown Brass - 6x6 - Soul ex £20 Jimmy Ruffin - Lonely lonely man am I - Soul ex £15 Stevie Wonder - Nothing’s too good for my baby / same - Tamla demo sticker residue on label, vinyl ex £30 Choker Campbell - Come see about me / Pride and joy - Motown demo £25 Jimmy Ruffin - How can I say I’m sorry - Soul ex £15 Temptations - I’m losing you / I could cry if I wanted to - Gordy ex £15 The Miracles - Heartbreak road / The man in you - Tamla demo vg++ light scuffs only £25 Marvin Gaye - Try it baby / If my heart could sing - Tamla with picture cover ex £20 Jr. Walker and the All Stars - Tune up - Soul ex £20 Marvin Gaye - Chained / same - Tamla demo ex £30 The Supremes - Nothing but heartaches / He holds his own - Motown promo ex £25 The Valadiers - I found a girl - Gordy promo (promo deleted on label, otherwise ex £50 David Ruffin - My whole world ended / same - Motown demo ex, date stamp on one side £20 Mary Wells - You beat me to the punch / Old love - Tamla (early Phonodisc design) ex £20 Miracles - I’m the one you need - Tamla demo (label stain) £10 Marvin Gaye - Take this heart of mine - Tamla demo vg £10 The Spinners - Truly yours - Motown ex £20 The Monitors - Time is passing by - Soul (same as Edwin Starr - superb) vg+ £10 Stevie Wonder - Nothing's too good for my baby Tamla ex £20 Four Tops - Standing in the shadows of love / Since you've been gone - Motown vg+ £10 Chris Clark - Do right baby do right / same - VIP demo this was a beautiful ex condition copy - until I dropped it. Full length crack hence price but ‘clean’ if you know what I mean. £10 Chris Clark - Whisper you love me boy / Beginning of the end - Motown ex £30 The Marvelettes - I'm gonna hold on long as I can / Don't make hurting me a habit - Tamla ex £15 Marvin Gaye - Too busy thinking about my baby - Tamla demo ex £20 Edwin Starr - I am the man for you baby / same - Gordy demo ex £20 Marvin Gaye - You / same - Tamla demo ex (another beauty from “In the Groove”) £25 Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell - Good lovin’ aint easy to come by / same - Tamla demo ex £20 Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell - Keep on lovin’ me honey / same - Tamla demo ex £20 Marvin Gaye - Your unchanging love / same - Tamla demo ex £25 Four Tops - You keep running away / same - Motown ex £20 Marv Johnson - I miss you baby - German Tamla Motown with picture cover ex £15 The Vells - There he is (at my door) - Melody vg+ £25 The Marvelettes - That’s how heartaches are made / same - Tamla demo ex £15 Jr. Walker and the All Stars - Walk in the night / same - Soul demo ex £10 Mary Wells - Your old standby / What love has joined together - Motown ex £10 Marvelettes - Beachwood 4-57789 - Tamla (nice early canadian logo design) ex £20 Undisputed Truth - Save my love for a rainy day / same - Gordy demo ex £20 Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers - I am your man / same - Gordy demo (superb version of the Tops song) ex £10 Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - Going to a go go / Choosey Beggar - Tamla with picture cover ex £20 The Miracles - My girl has gone / Since you won my heart - Tamla demo £25 The Miracles - Mickey’s monkey / Whatever makes you happy - Tamla (classic but check out the flip too!) ex £20 Jr Walker and the All Stars - Hip City pt 2 / same - Soul demo ex £10 The Supremes - Standing at the crossroads of love / When the lovelight starts shining - Motown vg+ £20 Eddie Kendricks - Can’t help what I am - Tamla (recommended early 70s) ex £10 Stevie Wonder - Uptight - Tamla ex £10 Marv Johnson - I’ll pick a rose for my rose / same - Gordy ex £20 The Marvelettes - Goddess of love / He’s a good guy - Tamla demo (heavy wol to flip) vg £10 Henry Lumpkin - Don’t leave me / What is a man (heavy marker pen to flip hence price) - Motown demo vg+ £10 The Marvelettes - I’m gonna hold on as long as I can / same - Tamla demo vg+ £20 Jimmy Ruffin - Don’t you miss me a little bit baby / same - Soul demo ex £20

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Tuesday afternoon huge list of US/Canadian Motown rarities and classics - updates, and a few additions. UK buyers and PayPal only on these please. Postage tracked £5 any quantity. PM to reserve. Can send pics of individual items on request. Carolyn Crawford - When someone’s good to you / My heart- Motown demo (promo wording on label deleted, vinyl is ex) £50 Marvin Gaye - One more heartache / same (wol on one side, vinyl ex) Tamla demo £20 Isley Brothers - Take some time out for love / Just aint enough love - Tamla demo ex £20 The Supremes - Breathtaking guy - Motown vg+ £20 Four Tops - Ask the lonely - Motown vg++ £15 Earl Van Dyke and Motown Brass - 6x6 - Soul ex £20 Jimmy Ruffin - Lonely lonely man am I - Soul ex £15 Stevie Wonder - Nothing’s too good for my baby / same - Tamla demo sticker residue on label, vinyl ex £30 Choker Campbell - Come see about me / Pride and joy - Motown demo £25 Jimmy Ruffin - How can I say I’m sorry - Soul ex £15 Temptations - I’m losing you / I could cry if I wanted to - Gordy ex £15 The Miracles - Heartbreak road / The man in you - Tamla demo vg++ light scuffs only £25 Marvin Gaye - Try it baby / If my heart could sing - Tamla with picture cover ex £20 Jr. Walker and the All Stars - Tune up - Soul ex £20 Marvin Gaye - Chained / same - Tamla demo ex £30 The Supremes - Nothing but heartaches / He holds his own - Motown promo ex £25 The Valadiers - I found a girl - Gordy promo (promo deleted on label, otherwise ex £50 David Ruffin - My whole world ended / same - Motown demo ex, date stamp on one side £20 Marvin Gaye - Take this heart of mine - Tamla demo vg £10 The Spinners - Truly yours - Motown ex £20 The Monitors - Time is passing by - Soul (same as Edwin Starr - superb) vg+ £10 Stevie Wonder - Nothing's too good for my baby Tamla ex £20 Four Tops - Standing in the shadows of love / Since you've been gone - Motown vg+ £10 Chris Clark - Do right baby do right / same - VIP demo this was a beautiful ex condition copy - until I dropped it. Full length crack hence price but ‘clean’ if you know what I mean. £10 Chris Clark - Whisper you love me boy / Beginning of the end - Motown ex £30 The Marvelettes - I'm gonna hold on long as I can / Don't make hurting me a habit - Tamla ex £15 Marvin Gaye - Too busy thinking about my baby - Tamla demo ex £20 Four Tops - You keep running away / same - Motown ex £20 Marv Johnson - I miss you baby - German Tamla Motown with picture cover ex £15 The Vells - There he is (at my door) - Melody vg+ £25 Mary Wells - You beat me to the punch / Old love - Tamla (early Phonodisc design) ex £20 Miracles - I’m the one you need - Tamla demo (label stain) £10 The Marvelettes - That’s how heartaches are made / same - Tamla demo ex £15 Jr. Walker and the All Stars - Walk in the night / same - Soul demo ex £10 Mary Wells - Your old standby / What love has joined together - Motown ex £10 Marvelettes - Beachwood 4-57789 - Tamla (nice early canadian logo design) ex £20 Undisputed Truth - Save my love for a rainy day / same - Gordy demo ex £20 Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers - I am your man / same - Gordy demo (superb version of the Tops song) ex £10 Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - Going to a go go / Choosey Beggar - Tamla with picture cover ex £20 The Miracles - My girl has gone / Since you won my heart - Tamla demo £25 The Miracles - Mickey’s monkey / Whatever makes you happy - Tamla (classic but check out the flip too!) ex £20 Jr Walker and the All Stars - Hip City pt 2 / same - Soul demo ex £10 The Supremes - Standing at the crossroads of love / When the lovelight starts shining - Motown vg+ £20 Eddie Kendricks - Can’t help what I am - Tamla (recommended early 70s) ex £10 Stevie Wonder - Uptight - Tamla ex £10 Marv Johnson - I’ll pick a rose for my rose / same - Gordy ex £20 The Marvelettes - Goddess of love / He’s a good guy - Tamla demo (heavy wol to flip) vg £10 Henry Lumpkin - Don’t leave me / What is a man (heavy marker pen to flip hence price) - Motown demo vg+ £10 The Marvelettes - I’m gonna hold on as long as I can / same - Tamla demo vg+ £20 Jimmy Ruffin - Don’t you miss me a little bit baby / same - Soul demo ex £20 Edwin Starr - I am the man for you baby / same - Gordy demo ex £20 Marvin Gaye - You / same - Tamla demo ex (another beauty from “In the Groove”) £25 Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell - Good lovin’ aint easy to come by / same - Tamla demo ex £20 Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell - Keep on lovin’ me honey / same - Tamla demo ex £20 Marvin Gaye - Your unchanging love / same - Tamla demo ex £25

Stock of the September issue (#121) just landed at A Nickel And A Nail. This month's contents and ordering via link: https://a-nickel-and-a-nail.myshopify.com/collections/fanzines-magazines/products/soul-up-north-issue-121-sept-2024

Females in the soul music industry—and resilience for that matter, as mentioned in the OG post— was a theme I was asked to comment on for Women's History Month. Was written for a mainstream audience but may be of interest / relevance here: R-E-S-P-E-C-T! That Woman's Got Soul! https://windlefreelance.com/2020/07/26/r-e-s-p-e-c-t-that-womans-got-soul/ "Let’s face it. There would be no need for a Women’s History Month over forty years on from inception, if under-recognition of female contributions to culture, society and the workplace wasn’t still a 'thing'. The music business is as guilty as any other male dominated industry of inequality and denied opportunity. Female recording artists are still, on average, earning less than male counterparts. Less women reach music executive positions, and less are employed as songwriters, musicians within the industry. The good news is that strong, determined, pioneering women are well represented though the decades, and in all facets of the business. Take Hattie Leeper, the first female African American DJ to be employed on a commercial radio station in North Carolina. At fourteen years of age, she would hang around the WGIV station. Hattie would make coffee for staff, answer the phone, file 78rpm records for DJs – just about anything to get her foot in the door. From these humble beginnings a chance to introduce records was offered after a DJ failed to turn up for work. “Chatty” Hattie, as she became known, was an established household name by the time she had moved up through the WGIV ranks and onto Big WAYS, two of the most popular stations in the Carolinas for R&B in the 1960s. Her secretarial position at the National Association of Radio and Television Announcers allowed her to meet luminaries such as Jerry Wexler of Atlantic Records and Berry Gordy, owner of Motown. This helped further Hattie’s interests in promoting, managing and recording soul music artists in the region. Hattie enjoyed an extremely successful career in the media and was inducted into the North Carolina Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 2015. Back in her early days, Hattie struck a friendship with record label owner Florence Greenberg, another woman who worked in what was traditionally deemed a man’s world. She was not African American, but a Jewish middle-aged suburban wife, with two children in tow. Florence was captivated by the song-writing creativity coming out of the Brill Building in New York and driven by a strong passion for R&B. If it wasn’t for her Scepter-Wand label empire, the careers of The Shirelles, Dionne Warwick and Chuck Jackson would not have been catapulted to fame so quickly, if at all. Maxine Brown, another of Greenberg’s high-profile artists, commented once: “She was a brave woman – one of the few to own a record label in this business, competing with men and standing in there toe to toe with male producers and record owners.” Background tales of poverty and prejudice are found within the profiles of many of our female African American icons. Billie Holiday and Etta James had their demons, including heroin and alcohol addiction. Tina Turner and Aretha Franklin endured years of physical and mental abuse from their respective partners. Many artists succumbed to the consequences of their circumstances. But circumstance can also inform creativity, and some make it despite it all. Within just a few years of divorcing her manager-husband, Aretha’s “Amazing Grace” LP was a global big seller, and her Queen of Soul status was assured. If there was one recording which epitomises the sentiment of this month’s theme, Aretha Franklin gave us that too. In her initial recording period with her first label Columbia, she was mainly resigned to presenting jazz and standards and was prevented from straying too close to soul music. Columbia just didn’t know what to do with her artistically. Signing to Atlantic in 1967 and “Respect” was a game changer. Placed near the top of Rolling Stone magazine’s list of “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time”, the song landed two Grammys including the award for “Best Rhythm and Blues Solo Vocal Performance, FEMALE”. Aretha’s unique spin plus the musical punch from the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section transformed Otis Redding’s original take as weary, bitter male commentary into a woman’s unambiguous demand for respect in the domestic setting. But it came to represent even more than that. “Respect” was recorded when the country was about to be embroiled in violent political unrest. The song hit the airwaves just at the right time to be adopted by the civil rights movement. And thus, it became a banner for both social and racial freedom. There may not have been any explicit political commentary within the lyrics but then there didn’t need to be. One word said it all."

Sunday afternoon huge listr of US/Canadian Motown rarities and classics - updates, and a few additions. Post free today! UK buyers and PayPal only on these please. PM to reserve. Can send pics of individual items on request. Carolyn Crawford - When someone’s good to you / My heart- Motown demo (promo wording on label deleted, vinyl is ex) £50 Marvin Gaye - One more heartache / same (wol on one side, vinyl ex) Tamla demo £20 Isley Brothers - Take some time out for love / Just aint enough love - Tamla demo ex £20 The Supremes - Breathtaking guy - Motown vg+ £20 Four Tops - Ask the lonely - Motown vg++ £15 Earl Van Dyke and Motown Brass - 6x6 - Soul ex £20 Jimmy Ruffin - Lonely lonely man am I - Soul ex £15 Stevie Wonder - Nothing’s too good for my baby / same - Tamla demo sticker residue on label, vinyl ex £30 Choker Campbell - Come see about me / Pride and joy - Motown demo £25 Jimmy Ruffin - How can I say I’m sorry - Soul ex £15 Temptations - I’m losing you / I could cry if I wanted to - Gordy ex £15 The Miracles - Heartbreak road / The man in you - Tamla demo vg++ light scuffs only £25 Marvin Gaye - Try it baby / If my heart could sing - Tamla with picture cover ex £20 Jr. Walker and the All Stars - Tune up - Soul ex £20 Marvin Gaye - Chained / same - Tamla demo ex £30 The Supremes - Nothing but heartaches / He holds his own - Motown promo ex £25 The Valadiers - I found a girl - Gordy promo (promo deleted on label, otherwise ex £50 David Ruffin - My whole world ended / same - Motown demo ex, date stamp on one side £20 Marvin Gaye - Take this heart of mine - Tamla demo vg £10 The Spinners - Truly yours - Motown ex £20 The Temptations - Girl, why you wanna make me blue - Gordy ex- (some sticker residue on label as shown, vinyl ex) £20 The Monitors - Time is passing by - Soul (same as Edwin Starr - superb) vg+ £10 Stevie Wonder - Nothing's too good for my baby Tamla ex £20 Four Tops - Standing in the shadows of love / Since you've been gone - Motown vg+ £10 Chris Clark - Do right baby do right / same - VIP demo this was a beautiful ex condition copy - until I dropped it. Full length crack hence price but ‘clean’ if you know what I mean. £10 Chris Clark - Whisper you love me boy / Beginning of the end - Motown ex £30 The Marvelettes - I'm gonna hold on long as I can / Don't make hurting me a habit - Tamla ex £15 Marvin Gaye - Too busy thinking about my baby - Tamla demo ex £20 Four Tops - You keep running away / same - Motown ex £20 Marv Johnson - I miss you baby - German Tamla Motown with picture cover ex £15 The Vells - There he is (at my door) - Melody vg+ £25 Mary Wells - You beat me to the punch / Old love - Tamla (early Phonodisc design) ex £20 Miracles - I’m the one you need - Tamla demo (label stain) £10 The Marvelettes - That’s how heartaches are made / same - Tamla demo ex £15 Jr. Walker and the All Stars - Walk in the night / same - Soul demo ex £10 Mary Wells - Your old standby / What love has joined together - Motown ex £10 Marvelettes - Beachwood 4-57789 - Tamla (nice early canadian logo design) ex £20 Junior Walker - Cleo's Mood / Brainwasher - Harvey (much less seen earlier format, usually found on Soul) ex £25 SOLD Undisputed Truth - Save my love for a rainy day / same - Gordy demo ex £20 Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers - I am your man / same - Gordy demo (superb version of the Tops song) ex £10 Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - Going to a go go / Choosey Beggar - Tamla with picture cover ex £20 The Miracles - My girl has gone / Since you won my heart - Tamla demo £25 The Miracles - Mickey’s monkey / Whatever makes you happy - Tamla (classic but check out the flip too!) ex £20 Jr Walker and the All Stars - Hip City pt 2 / same - Soul demo ex £10 The Supremes - Standing at the crossroads of love / When the lovelight starts shining - Motown vg+ £20 Eddie Kendricks - Can’t help what I am - Tamla (recommended early 70s) ex £10 Stevie Wonder - Uptight - Tamla ex £10 Marv Johnson - I’ll pick a rose for my rose / same - Gordy ex £20 The Marvelettes - Goddess of love / He’s a good guy - Tamla demo (heavy wol to flip) vg £10 Henry Lumpkin - Don’t leave me / What is a man (heavy marker pen to flip hence price) - Motown demo vg+ £10 The Marvelettes - I’m gonna hold on as long as I can / same - Tamla demo vg+ £20 Jimmy Ruffin - Don’t you miss me a little bit baby / same - Soul demo ex £20 Edwin Starr - I am the man for you baby / same - Gordy demo ex £20 Eddie Holland - Leaving here / Brenda - Motown demo vg+ £20 Marvin Gaye - You / same - Tamla demo ex (another beauty from “In the Groove”) £25 Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell - Good lovin’ aint easy to come by / same - Tamla demo ex £20 Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell - Keep on lovin’ me honey / same - Tamla demo ex £20 Marvin Gaye - Your unchanging love / same - Tamla demo ex £25

Saturday big list of US/Canadian Motown rarities and classics. Post free today!UK buyers and PayPal only on these please. PM to reserve. Can send pics of individual items on request. Carolyn Crawford - When someone’s good to you / My heart- Motown demo (promo ref on label deleted, vinyl is ex) £50 Marvin Gaye - One more heartache / same (wol on one side, vinyl ex) Tamla demo £20 Isley Brothers - Take some time out for love / Just aint enough love - Tamla demo ex £20 The Supremes - Breathtaking guy - Motown vg+ £20 Four Tops - Ask the lonely - Motown vg++ £15 Earl Van Dyke and Motown Brass - 6x6 - Soul ex £20 Jimmy Ruffin - Lonely lonely man am I - Soul ex £15 Stevie Wonder - Nothing’s too good for my baby / same - Tamla demo sticker residue on label, vinyl ex £30 Choker Campbell - Come see about me / Pride and joy - Motown demo £25 Jimmy Ruffin - How can I say I’m sorry - Soul ex £15 Temptations - I’m losing you / I could cry if I wanted to - Gordy ex £15 The Miracles - Heartbreak road / The man in you - Tamla demo vg++ light scuffs only £25 Marvin Gaye - Try it baby / If my heart could sing - Tamla with picture cover ex £20 Jr. Walker and the All Stars - Tune up - Soul ex £20 Marvin Gaye - Chained / same - Tamla demo ex £30 The Supremes - Nothing but heartaches / He holds his own - Motown promo ex £25 The Valadiers - I found a girl - Gordy promo (promo deleted on label, otherwise ex £50 David Ruffin - My whole world ended / same - Motown demo ex, date stamp on one side £20 Marvin Gaye - Take this heart of mine - Tamla demo vg £10 The Spinners - Truly yours - Motown ex £20 The Temptations - Girl, why you wanna make me blue - Gordy ex- (some sticker residue on label as shown, vinyl ex) £20 The Monitors - Time is passing by - Soul (same as Edwin Starr - superb) vg+ £10 Stevie Wonder - Nothing's too good for my baby Tamla ex £20 Four Tops - Standing in the shadows of love / Since you've been gone - Motown vg+ £10 Chris Clark - Do right baby do right / same - VIP demo this was a beautiful ex condition copy - until I dropped it. Full length crack hence price but ‘clean’ if you know what I mean. £10 Chris Clark - Whisper you love me boy / Beginning of the end - Motown ex £30 The Marvelettes - I'm gonna hold on long as I can / Don't make hurting me a habit - Tamla ex £15 Marvin Gaye - Too busy thinking about my baby - Tamla demo ex £20 Four Tops - You keep running away / same - Motown ex £20 Marv Johnson - I miss you baby - German Tamla Motown with picture cover ex £15 The Vells - There he is (at my door) - Melody vg+ £25 Mary Wells - You beat me to the punch / Old love - Tamla (early Phonodisc design) ex £20 Miracles - I’m the one you need - Tamla demo (label stain) £10 The Marvelettes - That’s how heartaches are made / same - Tamla demo ex £15 Jr. Walker and the All Stars - Walk in the night / same - Soul demo ex £10 Mary Wells - Your old standby / What love has joined together - Motown ex £10 The Fantastic Four - Pin point it down - Soul ex £20 Marvelettes - Beachwood 4-57789 - Tamla (nice early canadian logo design) ex £20 Junior Walker - Cleo's Mood / Brainwasher - Harvey (much less seen earlier format, usually found on Soul) ex £25 Supremes - You've been so wonderful to me - Motown (overlooked Supremes number, well worth checking out if you don't know it - and cheap!) £15 Undisputed Truth - Save my love for a rainy day / same - Gordy demo ex £20 Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers - I am your man / same - Gordy demo (superb version of the Tops song) ex £10 Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - Going to a go go / Choosey Beggar - Tamla with picture cover ex £20 The Miracles - My girl has gone / Since you won my heart - Tamla demo £25 The Miracles - Mickey’s monkey / Whatever makes you happy - Tamla (classic but check out the flip too!) ex £20 Jr Walker and the All Stars - Hip City pt 2 / same - Soul demo ex £10 The Supremes - Standing at the crossroads of love / When the lovelight starts shining - Motown vg+ £20 Eddie Kendricks - Can’t help what I am - Tamla (recommended early 70s) ex £10 Stevie Wonder - Uptight - Tamla ex £10 Marv Johnson - I’ll pick a rose for my rose / same - Gordy ex £20 The Marvelettes - I’ll keep holding on - Tamla ex £50 The Marvelettes - Goddess of love / He’s a good guy - Tamla demo (heavy wol to flip) vg £10 Henry Lumpkin - Don’t leave me / What is a man (heavy marker pen to flip hence price) - Motown demo vg+ £10 The Marvelettes - I’m gonna hold on as long as I can / same - Tamla demo vg+ £20 Jimmy Ruffin - Don’t you miss me a little bit baby / same - Soul demo ex £20 Edwin Starr - I am the man for you baby / same - Gordy demo ex £20 Eddie Holland - Leaving here / Brenda - Motown demo vg+ £20 Marvin Gaye - One more heartache / same - Tamla demo (vinyl ex, one side wol, other clean) £25 Marvin Gaye - Chained / same - Tamla demo ex (superb! From the iconic “In the Groove” LP) £30 Marvin Gaye - You / same - Tamla demo ex (another beauty from “In the Groove”) £25 Marvin Gaye - Try it baby / If my heart could sing - Tamla ex with picture sleeve £20 Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell - Good lovin’ aint easy to come by / same - Tamla demo ex £20 Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell - Keep on lovin’ me honey / same - Tamla demo ex £20 Marvin Gaye - Take this heart of mine / same - Tamla demo vg £10 Marvin Gaye - Too busy thinking about my baby / same - Tamla demo ex £20 Marvin Gaye - Your unchanging love / same - Tamla demo ex £25

Wednesday US/Canadian Motown rarities and classics. Post £5 any quantity. UK buyers and PayPal only on these please. PM to reserve. Carolyn Crawford - When someone’s good to you / My heart- Motown demo (promo ref on label deleted as shown, vinyl is ex) £50 Marvin Gaye - One more heartache / same (wol on one side, vinyl ex) Tamla demo £20 Martha and the Vandellas - You’ve been in love too long - Gordy demo £20 Isley Brothers - Take some time out for love / Just aint enough love - Tamla demo ex £20 The Supremes - Breathtaking guy - Motown vg+ £20 Four Tops - Ask the lonely - Motown vg++ £15