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Forgot I have a UK demo of Chris Montez, stamped January 66... Just a nice thing to look at. Malc

How many copies do you know on that one Stanley, Pete Smith had it twice, he sold it to Mick Smith, and back again, after that I lost track of that copy, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen / heard of another, obviously there must be others, some plant somewhere pressed it, and given it's MGM I'd expect the run would have been a min 500?

Didn't somebody do a T-shirt with a Cat and a size ten boot, relating to 'Kenard - What Did You Gain by That' at Stafford? Obviously a one off, Ive heard about it, but never seen it, this is the kind of thing you want...

Hi folks, a classic 45 this morning Willie Tee - First Taster of Hurt / Funky Twist / GATUR EX++ £600 reduced to £500 **SOLD** Very tasty copy, relisted due to buyer, so I have reduced this considerably. A very small label rub on the label, see scan, otherwsie you won't find a better copy. ----- I prefer direct Bank Transfer, but you can pay by PayPal either Friends & Family or add the normal 4% fee. Postage: £4.50 for 1st Class signed for (Within the UK) anything over £50 via Special Delivery, £8.00 (Insured up to £750) within the UK. * If you are outside the UK, just tell me where and I'll quote you via PM, I have Aussie, USA and Europe rates ready to go... Best Malcolm

a work of genius :-)

Tony Hatch wrote 'Call Me' it was released on Petula Clark in 65, then on Chris Montez I think in 66... then every man and his dog recorded it thereafter. No idea when Eddie Bishop did his version for ABC... Nice to have a Tony Hatch song in the same thread as Edward Hamilton 🙂

Hi folks, Just another single 45 for sale today. Chollo Rivera & Latin Soul Drives - I Could Never Hurt You Girl / COTIQUE £95 EX+ Brilliant Midtempo track, sweet and very soulful, I could listen to this 45 all day long. Bit of label rub (See scan), but nothing much, plays with a bit of static throuout. ----- I prefer direct Bank Transfer, but you can pay by PayPal either Friends & Family or add the normal 4% fee. Postage: £4.50 for 1st Class signed for (Within the UK) anything over a £50 via Special Delivery, £8.00 (Insured up to £750) within the UK. * If you are outside the UK, just tell me where and I'll quote you via PM. best Malc

You can't but love that can you 🤪 Never guessed Maxine Nightingale was a rip off of this, but now I hear it... think 'Right Back'might have charted in the States as well, gets featured in a fair few Hollywood films...

Good morning 🙂 Just the one for sale today. Joe Johnson - Can I Change my Mind / SYLA EX++ £75 Joe Johnson was from Louisiana, and as far as I can find on the net, this was his last 45 release in about 1979/80. Cover of Tyrone Davis of course, backed by the Olympia Serenaders Plus Friends. This is a very nice copy, both label and play. ----- I prefer direct Bank Transfer, but you can pay by PayPal either Friends & Family or add the normal 4% fee. Postage: £4.50 for 1st Class signed for (Within the UK) anything over a £50 via Special Delivery, £8.00 (Insured up to £750) within the UK. * If you are outside the UK, just tell me where and I'll quote you via PM. best Malc

Hi folks, need a nice clean copy (Play and Label) of Etta James - Waiting For Charlie To Come Home / ARGO. "Charlie" is the flip to "Something's Got A Hold On Me" Thankns in advance Malc

This is a really good one, on Brunswick too.... cool record. Does anybody know any books or reference on the Brunswick productions that were bought into the company after all their home-grown successes, which were colossal of course. In the later period of the label, they bought more productions in, which kind of lost their sound, I’d love to find out more about that part of the labels history. I have Robert Pruters book of course.

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Cheers Mike, and thanks folks 😉 good to be here

Fabulous track, on Bobby P, I pulled this out the other day, literally first time in 20 years, an oldie of massive proportions, and one I'd bring back, should be on that other thread we had going last week, ones you would ditch, tracks to bring back... I totally missed that Jonny Benavidez track, that is wonderful isnt it...

Good suff, like Freddie Jayne allot. Neon Richards has been played allot in the past.. another very good track 🙂 Think there is allot of this early stuff still out there ready to mess with our minds!

He is a read dude isn't he, I Love this interview with Buddy Smith, and I love the track 'Jail Bait' a very cool track! One sentence in there, they are all at the 9th floor at the Lafyette, lotta people singning paper, but nobody was gettin paid... ! great to see that he is now Yann...

Wasn't it Dave that said he was not into Rare records, he was into Good records!

Hi folks, great selection of 7ts and crossover 45's, lots of reductions there. ---- Barbara Mason - Give Me Your Love / Buddah (Germany) Pic Sleeve EX+ £45 Reduced to £35 As far as I know this is the only way to get this on orig release 7", Soul Brother did a re issue, but thats a re issue... The Merits - Arabian Jerk / Bandstand USA EX++ £200 Seems to have shot right up in price, really great track this one, a cult 45, this one’s a tad off mint, label and play. Ellis & Cephas - I'm Gonna Miss you Girl /Heart VON’s Records EX++ (With Picture Sleeve) £100 Came from the Lotus Land batch they had around 2005/6, all dried up now. Willie Tee - First Taster of Hurt / Funky Twist / GATUR EX++ £600 Reduced to £575 Very nice copy of this brilliant Crossover track, never went out of style this 45. Tammaraw - I Don’t Want to Lose You / On a Star / EX++ £250 From 1982, big Arthur Fenn discovery, one slight mark, made by me, dnap whatsoever. Sharon Clark & The Product of Time - Mama Didn't lie / I'm not afraid of Love / YODI Test Press (Plastic Products) VG++ £95 Reduced to £70 Never seen another demo of any Yodi releases, and believe me Ive looked. I spoke to allot of Yodi artists in the 2000’s, Sharon Clark told me about her two recordings for Eddie ‘Dealth’ Merry’s label, she was a lovely lady, but no demos, from any of them... Jackie Milton – Little by Little / de-vel EX++ £20 One of the best de-val releases, floating 7ts, very, very nice Jerry Washington - Set Your Soul On Fire / EXCELLO EX++£20 A staple ‘Excello’ 45, A brilliant driving track… Gene Chandler - Without You Here / Curtom EX++ wol £75 Reduced to £65 Moody track, and now an established Chandler ‘Classic’. 2 x X on label. Ray Frazier & the Shades of Madness - Your Eyes / Carriage EX+£85 Reduced to £70 A little rub on the label, hardly noticeable, styrene copy, plays and looks clean. Grey & Hanks - How Can You Live Without Love / RCA EX++£20 Brill Track from Len Ron Hanks and Zane Grey both out of Chicago, nice clean Blk Issue. The Relatives - Lenient with my Love / Archway EX+£50 Reduced to £45 Very Catchy 45, great crossover 45, also on an LP that came out some years back… Sam Dees - Fragile, Handle with Care / Atlantic (Jamaican) EX++£65 Reduced to £40 Got this direct from the chap who discovered the batch back in 2004, straight off the wall in his shop in Sydney. that said he had piles of them under the counter! Comes with Orig JA sleeve. Albert Jones – You and your love / Candy Apple EX++£45 Always a crossover winner, very nice track and nice copy Billy McGregor - It's My Turn Now / MelloTone ) Gold 1st Issue) EX++£45 Very nice copy this, and another crossover classic Fantastic Johnny C – Don’t Depend on Me / Phil-La of Soul WD EX++£60 Styrene demo, nice label, couple faint marks on play, but sounds totally clean Pete Warner - I Just Want to Spend My Life with You / Polydor EX++£110 Reduced to £95 Mecca Classic, very nice label and play… The Whispers - I Can’t See Myself Leaving You / Soul Clock EX++£45 Reduced to £40 nice clean copy, I rate this one by them, it’s a solid track Lee Lamont - I'll take Love / BackBeat VG++ £5 copy is a tab bit warped, dnap what so ever but otherwise a plays fine... Millie Jackson - A House for Sale / Spring Records EX++£70 1976 UK original, nice copy label and play, comes in UK Polydor sleeve. The Drivers - Blackbird in Despair / American International Records EX++£100 Reduced to £95 This track features Chuck Freeman, white singer I think, but it’s a killer. The flip of this isn’t soul, but it’s very good, great opening! King Floyd - I'm Gonna Fall in Love With You / Chimmeyville EX++£45 Reduced to £40 Keith Woon tip, Keith always tips the very best tracks… This is a brilliant, a sweet midtempo track from 75, really catchy Randy Brown - I'm Always in The Mood / Parachute Records EX++£185 I have most his LP’s, not sure I think this is 7” only release, it’s another 7ts killer. Gwen McCrae - He Keeps Something Groovy Going On / CAT EX++£12 Again from her LP, this is such a beautiful swayer of a track, even her lesser songs are brilliant, you simply can’t go wrong… ----- I prefer direct Bank Transfer, but you can pay by PayPal either Friends & Family or add the normal 4% fee. Postage: £4.50 for 1st Class signed for (Within the UK) anything over a ton via Special Delivery, £8.00 (Insured up to £750) within the UK. * If you are outside the UK, just tell me where and I'll quote you via PM, I have rates for Australia and the States ready to go Cheers Malcolm

More than plenty... and allot from artists that have many collectables to their name, I mean in plays out, not always rarity. For example, You can get Margie Joseph "Punish Me" on Volt for a tenner... which is an utterly brilliant record, that's got to be a steal given how much you pay for "I'll Always Love you", or "Nobody" and the rest of her Atlantic sides, and thats an easy one. How about Moody Scott - We've Gotta Save it on SS7, cheap as chips, but the totally right groove... two stunning tracks for what 20/25 quid all in... Ignored sixties sides, The Jammers - Doin' The Look on Jubilee, thats under a tenner, but musically right up there, how about the The Ideals - I Got Lucky, seriously good chicago soul, for what £10/15 at most... These are all 'known' as well, if The festivals - You got the Makings on Smash... can fetch so much, having been a five pound record, these have to be a steal right? I could go on...

Nope, but I found one, looking forward to that 🙂

Owwwhhhh, thats tight! How bout Frootful - Fish In The Sea (Feat Angeline Morrison) all the 'Fishers', Shelly Fisher, Jesse Fisher, Andy Fisher, Mary Ann Fisher, Eddie Fisher, of Yodi fame... Mz. Fishe - You Lift Me Up, good modern thing that was on a Solar CD from yonks back. Frankie Knuckles - Too Many Fish, brill track that is... David Sea - I Wish It Would Rain, Charmells - Sea Shell, The Franciscans - Walk to the Bottom of the Sea Labels, Green-Sea, Whale records...

Sonny Fishback - Heart Breaking Man, Mighty Hannibal - Fishing Pole, Maurice Jackson - Lucky Fellow (Lakeside) Blue Sharks - These Things Will Keep Me Loving You and the best one, Universal Mind - Something Fishy Going On!

Wow, I know we scorn doing this, but I got one for £80 in 1996/7, in fact the copy I bought off Paul Sutton had come via Butch, and I was told by Paul it had originated from John Bowie's brother. £1500 in 2023 for an issue, thats beyond madness... Btw, the flip "At the End of The Day" is really really good midtempo track...