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Jerry Butler - I stand accused / I don't want to hear anymore - VJ SORTED Need this cheapie quick - I have the pic sleeve but need the 45 to go with it! Can get one including postage easy for a tenner from the US on ebay, so if anyone can equal or beat that sending from within UK and including postage - my money is theirs! Needs to be vg+ minimum. Cheers, Mark

Just picked up nice early group soul (62ish?) thing, The Furys on a French Columbia EP. Was aware of a couple of their Mack IV releases, some which appear on this. One track in particular on the EP 'If there's a next time' I'm convinced I've heard before maybe in 80s post Stafford etc? Any background info on who these guys were?

David Coleman - Drown my heart / My Foolish heart - Barry issue £100 Excellent condition, both sides. Youtube clip for ref only.... PM me if interested, Cheers, Mark

I have! PM'd you Seb

Okeh picture sleeve 45s wanted, must be vg+ minimum (cover and vinyl), please state condition and price. Ideally need a scan too of picture cover Thanks, Mark

For sale, some R&B and latin indemanders here, all excellent condition. Pm me if interested in anything. Prices in GBP. Cheers, Mark. David Coleman - Drown my heart / my foolish heart - Barry 100 Thee Midniters - Chicano power / never gonna give you up- Whittier 100 Jimmy Ricks - Daddy rolling stone / Homesick - Atco (Canadian black & silver) 120 Betty Lavette - Witchcraft in the air - Lupine 30 Help Truth & Portraits - Emotions - True Love (White demo) 30

For sale, 2 fantastic Ruby Johnson tracks. Excellent condition. As priced or have em both for £40, bargain! Please note though can only post Saturdays, Cheers, Mark Ruby Johnson - Weakspot - Volt £25 Ruby Johnson - Keep on keeping on - Volt promo £25 For ref only....

Fab Volt 45s for sale all ex cond : Ruby Johnson - Keep on keeping on £25 Ruby Johnson - Weakspot promo £25 Four Shells - Reputation / Hot dog £20 Dramatics - Your love was strange £15 Mad Lads - Did my baby call £20 Charmels - Please Uncle Sam promo £20 Jimmy Hughes - Chains of love £15 Dino & Doc - A woman can't do what a man do £25 Pm me if interested in any cheers Mark

Going back to original post re the humble french Soul Records / SR series, anybody got an idea when these were manufactured?

I have excellent condition copies of: Ruby Johnson - Weak spot (Volt demo) £30 Ruby Johnson - Keep on keeping on (Volt issue) £30 Pm me if interested. Please note can only post Saturdays. Cheers, Mark

Was just posting some stuff up on my facebook page tonight on Scotty Todd, and also came across this archaic thread. Just for historical completion's sake, I can add that Scotty Todd (of "Cry with me baby" / "Aint no big thing") was vocalist on Two timin' lover.

Johnny Nash - Strange feeling - Pye acetate / advance pressing £40 (inc. postage within UK) Nice collectors item here for british collectors etc., and generally just a great record! Excellent condition. PM me if interested. Scan below. Cheers, Mark

Nat has just sent this.... Mark, "Look My Way" was done a year or so after the Bobby/Danny Robinson New York trip. I am the bari sax, I do remember that session at Arthur Smiths in Charlotte. I remember how nervous these sessions made me because there were no overdubs, and usually one or two takes for the band. Woefully, I remember being a little out of tune on this track and out of sync (couldn't hear the drums well enough) on another. "What A Man Can Do" is from another time- It is a better band, including brass, (a good trombone maybe Ivan Hall local jazzer). I don't know much about "Return". I now remember hearing something about The Robinsons refusing to release the New York tunes- not long after, one or both of them died I think. Still, there might be promo copies around, they were big on promos.

Some extra info from Nat - was at the recording studio (Beltone studios?) above Small's Paradise in Harlem. The sessions were booked by Danny Moore, Count Basies trumpet player, on behalf of Bobby& Danny Robinson (Fire/Fury etc) and Marshall Seahorn. They rehearsed for several weeks, it was a real big deal. Gladys Knight, some of the Pips were there (as Steve says they provided backing vocals for the Seahorn release - so this 45 did come from this session then) and King Curtis was there at one point. Jimi Hendrix was the rhythm guitarist added to beef up the bass. Also whilst they were there Bob Meyer recorded three (demo) tracks with the Zodiacs, and Nat played sax on a demo for The Charts and Betty Boothe. All kinda ties in. The Charts and King Curtis had 45s on Everlast in 63 and 65 respectively (was the 63 Desiree a remake of the 57 orig, or just a straight reissue? The Wand version seems much later in the 60s). Its feasible that the King Curtis 45 was kept in the can until then. This is really intriguing me!

Hi Steve, thought you'd come through with something cheers for that. I have some other bits and bobs around the session I'll post up later. So looks like Return / My baby's gone came from this session, as I suspected. How about the unreleased stuff that we know?

Nat Speir, founder of (Bob Meyer and the) Rivieras is currently pulling some memoirs together. He has asked me if I could help him with a part of his career which time has blurred the memory a little. Unfortunately I dont have the info he needs but think a couple of individuals might on here.... Basically he used to step in as a Zodiac on occasion in the early sixties. Around 1963 Nat remembers on the back of the success 'Stay' they did a series of recording sessions for Marshall Seahorn and Bobby Robinson, in NewYork (Harlem) and then later in Chatlotte NC. Nat and Bob were there at both. He remembers (as just a young kid from the south) being in awe of people who came by Inc a young Jimi Hendrix, Vera Clay, Marshall Seahorn etc. Whist Nat was there he also did a demo for Betty Boothe (might be that Falew thing?) and the Charts. Does anybody have the whereabouts or events of Maurice Williams career around 1963? Could this be from same session that Return on Seahorn was recorded? Or those unreleased things that Guy etc played? Also anybody know a date for ' what can a man do', Basically Nat's just interested in the full story if we can piece it together and also identify which tracks they may have cut there.

Need to check but I think I still have a white label acetate (vg+) and an issue (vg visual but plays well), could probably part with one if interested in either Cheers, Mark

Kell Osbourne - Quicksand / Lonely Boy Song - Titanic (White promo copy) Excellent condition £350 Beautiful condition copy of this truly fantastic double sider. Sorry but can only sell this one to within the UK. Pm me if interested. Cheers, Mark.

Jordan Bros - Ain't no big thing - I.D. £100 Excellent condition. Pm me if interested Cheers, Mark

The Epsilons - Mad at the world / I'm so devoted - Shrine £250 Two fantastic sides. Excellent condition, nice copy. PM me if interested, Cheers, Mark.

Willie Mitchell - That driving beat - 6 track EP / mini - LP only Must have the picture cover and in clean condition PM me if you can help Cheers, Mark.

For sale, all excellent condition unless stated. Prices in GBP. Please note can only post Saturdays. PM me if interested, Cheers, Mark. Ronnie Love - Detroit Michigan - D-Town 40 ON HOLD Maurice Williams - Return / My baby's gone - Seahorn 60 Johnny Guitar Watson - Ain't gonna move - Jowat 180 (bit of writing on label) Barbara & Brenda - If I'm hurt, you'll feel the pain - Dynamo vg+ labels, plays ex. 20 Gibralters - I wont be your fool anymore - A&W 20 Little Robbie - I got troubles of my own - RSVP 40 Lamont Cranston Band - Takin a chance - Waterhouse with promo sleeve 50 Novas Nine - Pain / Why listen ABC 20 Tony Adams - The blues don't like nobody / Take me as I am - Checker WD 30 Ricky Lewis - Someone to love tonight - Mercury WD - label tear otherwise ex 20 Bernard Smith & Jokers Wild - Gotta be a reason - Groove (2nd release, unissued version with instrumental on flip) 25 Arabians - School is cool / Tell me - Mary Jane 20 Carltons - Ooo baby / Can't you hear the beat - Argo 20 Snowmen - Sugar daddy - Roulette demo 20 Tommy Ridgley - In the same old way - Ronn 20 Joe Turner - I love you baby - Ronn 20 Ted Taylor - Loving physician- demo Ronn 20 Joe Valentine - I can't stand to see you go - Ronn 15 Lee Lamont - Happy days - Backbeat 20 Na Allen - Lay it on me right now / everytime it rains - Ronn 20 Eddie Wilson - Must be love / Get out in the street - Backbeat 20 promo Billy Keene - Somebody please - Ronn demo 20

Agree, much harder than the Fab Peps, but what I paid for it, no more, no less. Proper kitchen sink stuff! Superb!

Ronnie Love - Detroit Michigan - D-Town Excellent cond vinyl, slight tear on label £40 pm please Cheers Mark

Maurice Williams - Return / My baby's gone - Seahorn Fantastic double sider by Maurice. Vinyl and labels in excellent condition (dh). £60 secures, won't see it cheaper elsewhere in this condition! PM me if interested, Cheers Mark