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Troy Marrs - Rhythm Message - Sure-shot After a bit of history on this folks. I associate this most fondly with Colin Law playing it as (I think) Willie G and the Magic Rhythm Band (at Shotts etc). Just need a bit of clarification that Colin (if you're here...) was first / one of the first to play this, or anyone else else possibly around the same time? Dates, names and places please ! Did read somewhere it was a Stafford play which would predate me hearing it go big in Scotland, but not sure whether this was urban myth. Need to get my facts straight for the next book... Any comment Colin ? Or Chalky on the Stafford bit? Cheers guys!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNwZhZ0khTk

Troy Marrs - Rhythm Message - SORTED THANKS

Does anybody have a clean label copy (this side) of this please? I don't need the record, but require a high res scan for a writing project. Must be the owner's own copy, not an internet trawl etc. PM me first and I'll send the details. Full acknowledgement etc will be given in captioning / referencing. Cheers, Mark

Gene Barbour and the Cavaliers - I need a love - Hit £100 Rare beach classic!ON HOLD Endeavors - I can't help crying / Beware of your friends - Empire State £120 Both excellent condition Pm me For reference... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afwgr984Ryw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bcKFnXdRRc

I'm on it already Dale, still got loads to cover from the Carolinas and Virginia but also adopted a slightly wider geographical remit. Still sticking very firmly with the south though (a recent road trip across Tennessee and the Carolinas inspired me !). Currently working on Bob Marshall & the Crystals, Bernard Smith & the Jokers Wild, the Astors, Tommy Ray Tucker, TSU Toronadoes, In-Men (not Bob Kuban's guys, but the NC lot on Pyramid), and loads more planned....

Easy-ish one.... Ruby Johnson - Callin' all boys - V-Tone PM me price and condition. Cheers.

As a novelty sideline I am trying to collect all the blue Atlantic distributed Stax series, and in the process ended up with a few doublers / wrong formats etc so here they are for grabs, £35 the lot......a couple have a bit of minor WOL etc but in the main play and look excellent.... Astors - Candy / I found out - US Stax Carla Thomas - Something good / It's starting to grow - US Stax Wendy Rene - BBQ - (bootleg, was conned!) Eddie Floyd - Raise your hand - UK Stax Otis Redding- Sitting on the dock of the bay - UK Stax Mable John - If you gave up what you got / You're taking up a mans place - US Stax

Reduced to £100

Couple of beach classics... Prophets - I got the fever - black UK Mercury Willie Tee - Walking up a one way street - red UK Atlantic £20 each. Both a large centre formats, not pop outs etc. Pm me if interested.

Gene Barbour and the Cavaliers - I need a love £150 including postage. Rare beach classic! Endeavors - I can't help crying / Beware of your friends - Empire State £120 Both excellent condition Pm me

I'm certainly no song writer or musician, but the issue over appropriate terminology ie whether something is a beat ballad or a mid tempo track does tickle me. Problem is I think there is no consensus to what constitutes 'mid-tempo' even from a technical perspective. The Oxford dictionary gives an example of the use of mid-tempo in context as 'a mid tempo ballad' ! Aargh.... Musicians of popular music have tried to define it on a BPM basis (eg 90-110 as mid-tempo, down tempo less and uptempo more) - dont know where my beat ballad faves fit into that! Maybe we should all experiment and post in - but looks like they even argue on this definition too. The only conclusion you can come to is that midtempo is relative to the specific musical genre being discussed - however when as with soul you have something like the Four Gents "I've been trying" at one end and Eskew Reeder on Crosstone at the other it all becomes a bit daft.

STILL looking!!!!!! Please somebody sell me this!

I was weaned on the stuff, being a nipper of the eighties. I'm still playing Kell Osbourne's 'Quicksand', and Roy Hamilton's 'Heartache hurry on by'..... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjjPh-Uh0sw

Harvey & the Seven Sounds - Glamour Girl - (Cuca) £80 Excellent condition (Soundclip below for reference only). Also loads of bargains left here Pm me if interested Cheers, Mark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfWaztPclS8

Needed: Zilla Mayes - All I want is you - Tou-sea PM me with condition and price please. Thanks, Mark

Dynamite Singletary - Same way you love your man - Dynamite £120 NOW £100 including postage Fantastic Carolina soul, and a nice flip too. Excellent condition, PM me if interested Cheers Mark

For sale, all bargains and £20 or less, in excellent condition unless stated. PM me if interested in any, Cheers, Mark. £20 SOUL The Carltons - Ooo baby / Cant you hear the beat - Argo Barry White - All in the run of a day - Bronco Barbara and Brenda - If I'm hurt, you'll feel the pain - Dynamo Mercy Men - You made it thunder / Fifth Street - Gee Vito and the Salutations - I'd best be going - Sandbag demo James Royal - Just call my name - French CBS Jamo Thomas - Stop the baby - Conlo vg+ plays fab Frank Polk - Do the jerk / Years of tears - Capitol Gary & Gary - I'm leavin - Arock demo Lance le galt - I'm breaking through - Palomar Carrie Grant & Grandeurs - Take all of my life - NewArt Earl Gains - Its worth anything - HBR Herb Johnson - Two steps ahead - Swan promo Azie Mortimer - Put yourself in my place - Swan promo Gibraltars - I wont be your fool anymore - A&W Wade and Jamie - Dont put off to tomorrow - Palomar vg+ plays fab O'Jays - Miracles - Apollo (their first? Really is superb early stuff!) Sammy Bryant - Grapevine / Popeye dance - Roulette promo Snowmen - Sugar Daddy - Roulette promo Barry White - all in the run of a day - Bronco Two Tons of Love - Brown and beautiful / Bad situation in a beautiful place- Kapp promo £10 soul/popcorn Cletus Marland -You're gonna miss me - Terry Showmen - Honey House - Swan JJ Jackson - Seems like I've been here before - Calla Timothy Wilson - Pigtails / Say it again - Buddah Al Perkins - Yes my goodness yes - Atco (so much better than the later Buddah version) Tony Orlando - Chills - Epic (for all you Popcorn pickers! With fab pic sleeve!) Prophets - My kind of girl - Stephanye (hairline crack, but playing surface intact, doesnt affect play) Chuck Jackson /Dionne Warwick / Shirelles / Maxine Brown - The greatest on stage - UK Pye EP incs (live) Hand it over (no pic sleeve sorry but a bargain EP at a tenner!) £5 soul / latin Dramatics - No rebate on love - Mainstream Manhattans - One live to live - Deluxe Willie Bobo - Hurt so bad - Verve Manny Corcado - Pow wow - Jazzman reissue WJ Moore and Dynamic Upsetters - Everything good to you - Gutter WJ Moore - Shame, shame, shame - Gutter Diane Lewis - Please let me help you / My Darlin - Love ZZ Hill - Hey little girl - Kent water damage label, fab R&B! Sapphires - Who do you love - Swan CODs - I'm a good guy / pretty baby - Kellmac CODs - Michael - Kellmac (label stain one side) Lou Courtney - Skate now - Riverside

A thread or two here already I think. I was there in April when we were on a road trip from Memphis - Nashville - Charlotte and returned there again at the end. We had a great time there. Tourist-wise, Beale Street and BB Kings is kinda obligatory, as is of course the Stax Museum / Soulsville Foundation, Sun Studios and Graceland. We stayed in a few of the hotels in the area in town and somehow came across a low key KKK rally parade right past one hotel. Lorraine Motel was closed for refurb when we were there. There is a thread somewhere on vinyl hunting on here.

STILL looking for this 45: Koko Taylor - Voodoo Woman / Mama he treats your daughter mean - UK Sonet Please PM me if you have a copy, condition and price, can pay promptly Cheers, Mark

SORTED NOW, THANKS

For sale, as priced indvidually or £150 for the lot. All excellent condition unless where stated. PM me if interested. Cheers, Mark. George Blackwell - Mr Loser - Smoke 50 Tommy Mosley - You lied, I cried, love died / For her love - Uptown 70 The Snowmen - Sugar daddy - Roulette promo 30 Wade & Jamie - Don't put off till tomorrow - Palomar vg+ plays fab 20 Azie Mortimer - Put yourself in my place - Swan demo 30

As an aside, can anyone confirm whether this (whatever version) was a Memphis / Nashville recording originally?

If anyone has a copy of this book UK side could they contact me please, Cheers, Mark

A few cheapies here to go. All excellent condition unless stated. PM me if interested in anything Cheers, Mark. Henry Strogin - Love insurance - Ten Star 30 Whispers - The dip - Dore (tear on label hence price) 50 Two Tons of Fun - Brown and beautiful / Bad situation in a beautiful place - Kapp promo 15 Cletus Marland - You're gonna miss me - Terry 10 James Royal - Call my name - French CBS 20 Arabians - School is cool / Tell me - Mary Jane 20 JJ Jackson - Seems like I've been here before - Calla vg+ 10