Markw

No. Will message you.

Mr Levine is insisting on Facebook (Rare Soul Talk group) that this is the real McCoy - quote (in reply to someone else's comments): "Bollocks - it came from a reliable source. Plus if you listen to CLOSE YOUR EYES and SICK AND TIRED, you can hear that it absolutely IS the same voice. You all know the collector who gave me a copy of the recording. Plus someone got hold of all the Willie Tee master tapes. Besides which, why would I even bother after all the recent shit." When asked who the well-known collector is, the reply was "He asked to remain anonymous but I assure you, you all know him."

Did they Edwin? I thought it was some Marching Band or other that did the other version? Dog rare? Here it is - https://www.popsike.com/Grambling-College-Band-Harlem-Rumble-Obscure-Funk-45-Spontaneous-Arts-mp3/171323707846.html

Makes you wonder how many more 'unissued' classics are waiting to be unleashed on us Russ....... Almost like it was recorded in a West London studio in the last few months? Karaoke Rare Soul???

Go further up towards the start of the thread, third post in - someone has posted up Ian Levine's latest podcast. It is the 1st track on the podcast, after the preamble.

SOUNDFILES AVAILABLE - just ask me. UK postage included on these - Paypal F&F (gift) please or you cover my fees. Thanks: (1) THE AD LIBS - "Nothing Worse Than Being Alone" (Share) EX £15 (2) DELORES HALL - "Good Lovin' Man" (Keymen WD) VG/VG+ (plays great) £10 *****SOLD***** (3) J E MORSAN - "By My Side" (MGS) M- £30 - brilliant, brilliant mid-tempo; ex-Keb Darge spin late 80s (4) THE ROTATIONS - "Don't Ever Hurt Me Girl" (Law-Ton) EX £40 (5) ROY HYTOWER - "I'm In Your Corner" / "Undertaker" (Blue Rock) EX £20 - great double-sider (6) THREE RIVERS BAND - "Ophelia" (Lion) EX £75 *****SOLD***** - uptempo in-demand instro; GoGo Children favourite (7) YOUNG DISCIPLES & CO - "Crumbs From The Table" (Gateway) VG £25 (plays great) - funk classic

Righto Steve. Thanks for clarifying. I would have found it odd if people hadn't verified the authenticity with the seller.

Authenticity of that copy wasn't clear from the listing.

Well at least it doesn't sound like Steve Brookstein.

Looking for Mad Dog & The Pups – "Please Don’t Let Me Go" / "Look Into My Eyes" on Magic City 015 Please PM if you have one to go. Cheers.

Are these then the same guys who recorded this?

Shades Of Love was a good price for whoever won that.

Sending you a PM.

Mixture of 15 quality Northern, Crossover and Funk 45s to go. SOUNDFILES AVAILABLE – just ask me. Postage to be added. (1) ANDRE MAURICE – “Be True To You” (Bale) VG+ £60 *****SOLD***** - Utterly brilliant soulful funky crossover; not an easy 45 either (2) DYNAMIC ADAM – “Forgive Me” (Anla) EX £50 *****SOLD***** - Funky dancer; seen action lately at venues like Empty Bottles, GoGo Children etc (3) EMANUEL LASKEY – “Right On” / “Just The Way (I Want Her To Be)” (Music Now) EX £150 - Stunning double-sider; laid back soulful funk one side, beautiful crossover on the flip (4) THE FESTIVALS – “Checkin’ Out” / “Hey Girl” (Blue Rock) VG+ £75 *****SOLD***** - Classic double-sided dancer which has seen a revival for Hey Girl recently (5) THE INSIGHTS – “Love Is A Game” (United Audio) VG+ £120 - Mid-tempo group stunner; been selling for double this price (6) J E MORSAN – “By My Side” (MGS) EX £30 - Forgotten superbly soulful mid-tempo Detroit crossover dancer; Keb Darge spin late 80s (7) JOHNNY SCOTT – “Somebody Help! Anybody” (Portra) EX £200 - Awesome uptempo rare funky R&B; big spin over recent years (8) JO JO PETITE – “You Make Me Come Alive” / “Joey” (Boss) EX £200 *****SOLD**** - Storming, raw, organ driven R&B; not well known; “Joey” was a Stafford spin for Guy (9) LEONTINE DUPREE – “Standing On His Word” / “Color Me Foolish” (Nation Time) M- £100 - Top drawer sister funk and crossover double-sider; very classy 45 and hard to find (10) ORIGINALS OF SIGHT & SOUND – “Long Boots” (JJI) EX £100 *****SOLD***** - 100 m.p.h. R&B tinged Northern; brilliant dancefloor stuff (11) PENNY NORTH – “I Thought I Had A Good Thing Going” (Luau) EX £60 *****SOLD***** - Class mid-tempo Northern (12) RON SURREY – “Sweet City Woman” (Insurance City) EX £100 *****SOLD***** - In demand, uptempo funky dancer (13) THE ROTATIONS – “Don’t Ever Hurt Me Girl” (Law-Ton) EX £40 - Brilliant group dancer which sounds a lot more than 40 quid (14) THE SOUL MERCHANTS – “(TLC) Tender Loving Care” (Moonville USA) EX (‘x’s on label) £60 - Top quality mid-tempo Detroit crossover (15) THE YOUNG DISCIPLES & CO – “Crumbs From The Table” (Gateway) VG(wol–plays EX) £25 *****HELD***** - Pumping, drum-driven funk dancer with a political message; great record

I have messaged you and I can see that you've been on here at least twice since then.

PM'd you.

At that price!! You're 'aving a giraffe mate.

Still looking folks. Please only contact if you are serious about selling. Cheers.

And here's the soundfile...................... Payback's A Drag (Soul Dimension).mp3

Sorry Ady, not the rare one but I can post this to you tomorrow. Best Mark

Worth at least £150. That's a bargain price as it is.

Please PM if you have one to go. Just to let people know (if you don't already know me) I am easy to deal with; very pragmatic about conditions etc, I don't dick about haggling over the last £5 and when I post a want, it's because I genuinely want to buy one. Thanks Mark

A link would be helpful perhaps?

Is that what I really said? Errrrr.........no. You need to read my post properly and in the proper context before you attribute statements to me which I have simply not made. I gave a defence of a decent man's professional integrity and intelligence against a personal sleight that clearly implied that he was a pratt for not spotting that the record he had bought was a fake. I acknowledge that it is easy in these circumstances to conflate this specific and particular issue with the much wider debate and theme of this thread, i.e. the source, motivations and nature of these fake records. But nowhere in those specific comments you quote did I direct any accusations about the fakes against any individual(s) and if my "argument sucks" then I would be interested to know what this mythical argument is. Or perhaps you were just being deliberately and mischievously obtuse? There seems to have been a lot of that going on throughout this thread (and other related ones).