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Reductions from last week’s sales list – some bargains here folks. Postage to be added. PayPal F&F (or please add 4% to cover my fees). (1) C C Jones – “Find Yourself A New Thing” (King) VG £65 Has a few scuffs but plays absolutely spot on – otherwise would be VG+ but for the scuffs and priced at £100+ (2) Carol Anderson “It Shouldn’t Happen To A Dog” VG+ £65 (3) Don & Debbie – “I Can Be Happy” (Amos) VG+/EX £100 *****SOLD***** Superb, funk-edged crossover (4) Lewis Clark – “Green Power” (Fuller) EX £65 (5) Professor Shake Em Up – “Why You Wanna Leave Me” (Double L) VG+ £75 *****SOLD***** Storming funk-edged R&B dancer

Nice mixed dozen here. Postage to be added. PayPal F&F (or please add 4% to cover my fees). (1) Billy & Betty – “Talking Bout You Baby” / “I Need Some Kind Of Wonderful” (Sag Port) VG+ wol £30 ***SOLD*** (2) The Blade Family – “Sweet Dream” / “My Baby’s Gone” (King James DJ) EX £50 ***SOLD*** (3) C C Jones – “Find Yourself A New Thing” (King) VG £75 Has a few scuffs but plays absolutely spot on – otherwise would be VG+ but for the scuffs and priced at £100+ (4) Carol Anderson “It Shouldn’t Happen To A Dog” VG+ £75 (5) Chuck Overton – “Is It Possible” / “I’m So Thankful” (Kapp WD) VG+/EX £30 (6) Don & Debbie – “I Can Be Happy” (Amos) VG+/EX £120 (7) Lewis Clark – “Green Power” (Fuller) EX £75 (8) The Lost Generation – “You Only Get Out Of Love” (Brunswick WD) £60 ***SOLD*** (9) Professor Shake Em Up – “Why You Wanna Leave Me” (Double L) VG+ £100 Storming funk-edged R&B dancer (10) The Vipers – “Little Miss Sweetness” (Witch’s Brew) VG+ £75 ***SOLD*** (11) Wales Wallace – “Somebody I Know” (BRC WD) VG+/EX £60 ***HELD*** (12) Willie Cager – “What Can You Do” / “He’s A Player” (Contact) EX/M- £50

Big want to pay for so my loss is your gain today folks. Some very reluctant sales here at attractive prices. Postage to be added. PayPal F&F (or please add 4% to cover my fees) or bank transfer. (1) Big Frank & The Essences – “I Won’t Let Her See Me Cry” (Blue Rock) VG+ £450 ***SOLD*** (2) Clark Bridges – “Foxy” (CJ) EX £650 ***SOLD*** (3) Frankie Freeman – “This Old Shack” (Ghetto) VG+/EX slt sticker residue £450 ***SOLD*** (4) The Paramount Four – “You Don’t Know (Until It Happens To You)” EX £550 ***SOLD***

Funds needed so last-in, first-out and a couple of spares to go. Will listen to sensible offers. Some very reluctant sales here but needs must! Postage to be added. PayPal F&F (or please add 4% to cover my fees) or bank transfer. (1) Cliff Nobles – “This Love Will Last” (Phil LA of Soul) EX £100 *****SOLD***** Don’t be deceived, this is a tougher 45 to pick up than you might imagine It’s also a storming Northern dancer with a gritty funk-edge in the same vein as “Stronger” Should be a huge tune – spare copy (2) Don & Debbie – “I Can Be Happy” (Amos) EX £150 Brilliant crossover dancer (3) Flo Burton – “Hungry For Love” (Aristo) VG/VG+ £100 *****SOLD***** Has had plays from some more upfront DJs Funky for sure but with wider appeal (4) Frankie Freeman – “This Old Shack” (Ghetto) VG+/EX slt sticker residue £500 Classic and not an easy 45 to track down (5) The Perfections – “Girl You Better Hurry” (Tri-City) VG+ £200 *****SOLD***** Detroit crossover perfection (6) Vernon Greene – “Look At Me, Look At Me” (Minit DJ) VG+ £200 Just sneaks in at VG+ grading and plays beautifully

Open to offers on this folks?

The Soul Injection - "Stay Off The Moon" / "Girl Full Of Charm" (Accent) *****SOLD***** Stunning copy of this brilliant funky crossover and sweet soul double-sider - simply brilliant group soul Condition is EX/M- £1300

TNT Flashers - "Doin A Thing With My Folks". Please PM if you can help. Thank you.

Messaged you Martyn.

Nice 45s making way for others. Postage to be added – Paypal F&F (or please add 4% to cover my fees). Bank transfer also accepted on these. (1) Bonnie Blanchard – “You’re The Only One” (C.R.S.) VG+/EX £500 (2) Donnie Murphy & The Ambassadors – “Everything I Do” (Redbug) VG+ £70 (3) Freddie Wilson – “Top Goin’ Down Bottom Goin’ Up” (Soul-O) EX £100 *****SOLD***** (4) Johnny McCall – “I Need You” (Alteen) VG+/EX £800 *****SOLD***** (5) Mel & Tim – “Forever And A Day” (Stax) VG+/EX £60 *****SOLD***** Beautiful condition with company sleeve (6) The Moonlighters – “Right On Brother” / “Lonely Baby” (Lamp) EX £400 *****SOLD***** Brilliant double-sided dancers – one group harmony and one funk-edged (7) The Paramount Four – “You Don’t Know (Till It Happens To You)” (Southern City) EX £600 Floor packer in clean condition – bargain price (8) Williams Bros – “Ghetto Boy Part 1” (Jemal) VG+ (stkr mark on lbl) £300 *****SOLD***** The following are all £40 each plus postage: (9) Billy & Betty – “I Need Some Kind Of Something” / “Talking Bout You Baby” (Sag Port) VG+ (10) Chuck Overton – “Is It Possible” / “I’m So Thankful” (Kapp WD) EX (11) Dr Soul – “Left Eye Jump” (Mon’ca) EX *****SOLD***** (12) The Esquires – “Henry Ralph” (Hot Line promo) EX *****SOLD***** Same both sides (13) Lee Shot Williams – “It Ain’t Me No More” (PM) VG+ *****SOLD***** (14) Lloyd Perry All The People – “It’s Only Been One Day” (M-I-C) VG+ (dishwarp DNAP) *****SOLD***** (15) Willie Cager – “What Can You Do” / “He’s A Player” (Contact) EX

Postage to be added – Paypal F&F (or please add 4% to cover my fees). Bank transfer also accepted. The Paramount Four – “You Don’t Know (Till It Happens To You)” (Southern City) EX £600 Floor packer in clean condition – bargain price today only! No messing around - immediate payment please. PM to purchase. Thanks folks.

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Nice 45s making way for others. Some reductions on previous lists. Postage to be added – Paypal F&F (or please add 4% to cover my fees). Bank transfer also accepted on these. (1) Jimmy Lomax & The Vows – “Come On Home” (Cab) EX £100 *****SOLD***** First label for this brilliant in-demand dancer Beautiful condition on this copy - so many are beat up (2) The Paramount Four – “You Don’t Know (Till It Happens To You)” (Southern City) EX £650 Floor packer in clean condition – bargain price (3) Philharmonics – “I Need, I Need Your Love” (Soulin) VG+ (minor lbl wear) £150 *****SOLD***** Magical record (4) Richard Cook – “Somebody Got’A Help Me” (Tragar) EX/M- £130 *****SOLD***** Pounding, takes-no-prisoners gritty Northern (5) The Springers – “(I Want You) Every Night And Day” (Ves-Thad) VG+/EX £150 Beautiful record

Nice 45s making way for others. Some reductions on previous lists. Postage to be added – Paypal F&F (or please add 4% to cover my fees). Bank transfer also accepted on these. (1) Chuck Bridges – “Don’t You Make Me Cry” (Scoop) VG+ £270 In yer face Stafford classic – has handwritten promo details like most copies (2) Katrinia Lynn – “Talking About My Man” (Sage) VG+/EX £300 Gritty as hell 60s funky R&B with a pounding beat for the dancefloor Rare and not widely known (3) Linda Jones – “I Just Can’t Live My Life” (Warner Bros WD) EX £260 *****SOLD***** Beautiful copy, bargain price Crisp white labels and light markings on the plastic – bit of marker pen on the flip (see scans) (4) Neil Reed – “Gonna Find A Way” / “Not As Beautiful As You” (Music Now) EX £270 *****SOLD***** Brilliant double-sider Popular funk-edged dancer on one side, still doing the business, nice crossover flip (5) The Paramount Four – “You Don’t Know (Till It Happens To You)” (Southern City) EX £700 Floor packer in clean condition (6) Philharmonics – “I Need, I Need Your Love” (Soulin) VG+ (minor lbl wear) £160 Magical record (7) Richard Cook – “Somebody Got’A Help Me” (Tragar) EX/M- £140 Pounding, takes-no-prisoners gritty Northern

Some more rare and interesting 45s making way for others. Postage to be added – Paypal F&F (or please add 4% to cover my fees). (1) Chuck Bridges – “Don’t You Make Me Cry” (Scoop) VG+ £300 in yer face Stafford classic – has handwritten promo details like most copies (2) Delorise Berry – “No Other Girl” (Gator) EX/M- £150 *****SOLD***** first label before Cotillion and a beautiful clean copy – very in-demand, much nicer on a 1st issue (3) Katrinia Lynn – “Talking About My Man” (Sage) VG+/EX £300 gritty as hell 60s funky R&B with a pounding beat for the dancefloor (4) Little Ann – “What Should I Do” / O C Tolbert – “I’m Shooting High” (Kent) EX £60 *****SOLD***** Kent original with two now classic unissued sides (5) Neil Reed – “Gonna Find A Way” / “Not As Beautiful As You” (Music Now) EX £300 brilliant double-sider popular funk-edged dancer on one side, still doing the business, nice crossover flip (6) Philharmonics – “I Need, I Need Your Love” (Soulin) VG+ (minor lbl wear) £180 (7) Richard Cook – “Somebody Got’A Help Me” (Tragar) EX/M- £150 pounding, takes-no-prisoners gritty Northern (8 ) The Stratoliners – “What Do You Want With My Love” (Federal WD) VG+/EX £150 *****SOLD***** lovely copy, brilliant dancer (9) Tabby Thomas – “One Day” (Soul International) EX £400 *****SOLD***** atmospheric deep funk killer – rare as and brilliant

Couple of lovely rare soul 45s reduced from my list last week. Postage costs to be added - Paypal F&F (or please add 4% to cover my fees): (1) Linda Jones – “I Just Can’t Live My Life” (Warner Bros WD) EX/M- £280 Really lovely copy - some writing on the flip as shown, great price for such a brilliant classic in this condition (2) The Tom-Emmanuel & Ron Experience – “When You Lose Your Groove” (Golden Three) VG+ £170 Superb record, bargain price - buy it

Happy New Year Folks! A few cracking 45s to start 2024 and make way for others. Postage to be added – Paypal F&F (or please add 4% to cover my fees). (1) The Desires – “Baby We Can Make It” (Tamboo) VG/VG+ £200 *****SOLD***** Desires - Baby We Can Make It.mp3 Obscure and tough number which has been getting attention lately – not on Youtube Vinyl condition is a strong VG - not quite enough to make it VG+ but plays great (2) King Solomon & Venus – “Something Wrong With Me” VG+ £200 *****SOLD***** King Solomon & Venus - Something Wrong With Me.mp3 Later version of the Lebam release Also obscure and tough – gritty funk-edged mid tempo R&B – also not on Youtube (3) Linda Jones – “I Just Can’t Live My Life” (Warner Bros WD) EX/M- £350 Lovely copy (4) The Tom-Emmanuel & Ron Experience – “When You Lose Your Groove” (Golden Three) VG+ £200

Hi All A couple of nice Kent releases by Little Ann - both in nice VG+/EX condition - no Kent sleeves though: (1) "What Should I Do" / O C Tolbert "I'm Shooting High" - Town111 £75 posted (2) "Who Are You Trying To Fool" - Town112 £90 posted ****SOLD**** or £150 for the pair posted. Cheers.

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I think the 2021 Ebay sale is the one I bought. Seemed so cheap.

Hi Folks Four nice 45s for the collection and playlist. Usual drill – postage to be added (I normally send special delivery – under £100 value, 1st class signed for). Overseas – let me know where you are. I send tracked and signed for. Paypal F&F (or please add 4% to cover my fees). (1) The Chimes – “The Beginning Of My Life” (Down To Earth) EX £80 ***SOLD*** (2) The Ebonies – “You Got What I Want” (Midwest) VG+ £120 (3) The Springers – “(I Want You) Every Night And Day” (Ves-Thad) EX £150 (4) The Vipers – “Little Miss Sweetness” (Duchess) EX £80

That coincides just about to when Shifty sold up his big big ticket stuff, stepped away from the 100 Club, the 'major' venues and rarities, going back to his scooter rally roots.

Agree 100%. And that list doesn't include so many of his bigger plays over the years.

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A fine selection from my boxes all keenly priced. No extended holds please. Paypal F&F please (or please add to cover my fees) - bank transfer also OK. Postage to be added (special delivery £8 – overseas depending on location). (1) Buddy Ace – “Pleasing You” (Paula WD) EX £100 (2) Cam Cameron - "They Say" (Capri) EX £175 (3) The Chimes – “The Beginning Of My Life” (Down To Earth) EX £100 (4) The Ebonies – “You Got What I Want” (Midwest) EX £150 (5) Ernie King - "Too Hot To Hold" (Mercury) VG+/EX £250 rare 45 with this fantastic gritty dancer only on the issue (6) Joey Irving & The Just Us - "There's A Man" (Golden Music) VG £200 ***SOLD*** Just Us - There's A Man.mp3 BARGAIN! no pic sleeve with this some pops etc but plays well enough with no major dramas - check out the soundfile (7) Lee Mitchell - "Love Of My Baby" (HL&M) EX £200 brilliant gritty funk-edged dancer - seldom comes up for sale (8 ) Nadine Brown - "Leave Me Alone" (Perfection Sound Studios) VG+ £400 ***SOLD*** brilliant, rare funky 70s dancer, ridiculously cheap (9) Shades Of Black - "Mystery Of Black" (Julmar) EX/VG+ £300 ***SOLD*** very rare funk number - perfect for the Rhthym Soul & Funk dancefloors superb 45 in lovely condition, ridiculously cheap