Mal C

I love how Al spontaneously breaks into song...! when was this interview done Graham?

It's really good to drive fast down the motorway!

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Hi folks, great selection of 7ts and crossover 45's, Hope you find something. ---- Barbara Mason - Give Me Your Love / Buddah (Germany) Pic Sleeve EX+ £45 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... Benny Johnson - Visions Of Paradise / Today EX++ £20 The Today Lp is rare and expensive, this 7" is an easy 45 to get, but my gollly it's good.. 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 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 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 Moody track, and now an established Chandler ‘Classic’. 2 x X on label. Ray Frazier & the Shades of Madness - Your Eyes / Carriage EX+£85 A little rub on the label, hardly noticeable, styrene copy, plays and looks clean. K.L. Hamilton – I’m Trying / RIP PRO EX++ (con Pic sleeve) £150 Custom Press, complete with the orig Sleeve, nice condition. 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. Pat Lundy - Prove It / Deluxe Records YD EX++£20 very underrated IMO, nice slow to midtempo crossover 45 this one.. The Relatives - Lenient with my Love / Archway EX+£50 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 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 Mecca Classic, very nice label and play… The Whispers - I Can’t See Myself Leaving You / Soul Clock EX++£45 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 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 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

Never heard this one B4, at least I don’t think I have… I would not buy it on 45, but I like it, good record…. Gary Lewis deffo in the bin… ! Most if not all these tracks were played long before I started, so the stuff I didn’t like from the slow to mid tempo period, 8ts/9ts includes stuff like Joe Vina, you walked, Roscoe & Barbara / old town, good beat but leap out of the window out of tune! Caroline Weaver was a £2 record out of a crap box, and when I sold it mid nineties it was still as un whelming as it always was, don’t understand why folks would pay a ton plus for it… there was some right drible offered in this period, which made some of these not so soulful Wigan 7ts sounds, sound energetic in comparison!! good thread, keep em comin!

I'm sorry but Jerry Naylor - City Lights is brilliant, sure it is, 'of its time', but I have to say, it makes me happy 🙂 If we are in that kinda tertritory, I'll go to re activate Jerry Fuller - Double Life!! and how about Linda Carr - In My Life...

Love the comment/s on Don Davis...

F*** a duck, just looked at discogs, one on there at a grand like yours, I think you need to find out whether it’s the first release of this song on the label, go from there, sorry mate not much help 😞

There are a few different presses of this one, with different coloured labels and design. Suffice to say it’s always been the cheapest of his 45s on this label, well pretty much, ‘Love is a Trap’ being worth a kings random. That said it is a brilliant track. Today’s market, off the top of my head, £70 / £80 on that? Malc

Sharon Clarke, knew Dauphine Williams very well, as did Gus Thornton, they all played together. What folks may not know is that Dauphine was s real card, a very funny guy, but nobody from the Yodi family I spoke to in 2005/6 had heard from him in a very long time, I wonder if he even knows his 45 is sought after…

"I've danced with a man, who's danced with a girl, who's danced with the Prince of Wales" Christ, you haven’t opened up this can of worms again! Lol

Some Photos from our journey home, started in Santiago and stayed overnight in a small pueblo outside Santander, Quijad, nr puente San Migel and nr Torrelavega, so we went for the local hotel option, which turned out to be a ‘hoot’! Mira mira (look,look) said grandma marly, when I got back liza had baracaded the door, I kid ye not, it was all going on last night, kids fighting in the next room, a crying child, no idea why but Abuela Marley went in the room with a ladder!!! I went into the local town, it’s a farming town, and you know you walk into a bar, and they all look at you as ‘who’s the stranger’ I intimidating as hell… in fact I’ve had this in France loads on rural areas. anyhow they didn’t have what I needed so I returned to find liza with a chair under the door…. Abuela marly’ la asesina de tijeras!!! Lol the scissor killer! fff, I was only gone 30 mins…I actually liked her, but she ran her hotel with an iron fist…bit of charm though, and request to straighten my spanish she was cool as chips… we also got chance to hit the beach last night, check out the pics. place called La Isla, great beaches with serious mountains in the beyond. We have really been surprised, as I’ve walked through many northern cities and towns, but never traveled the coast, it is stunning! We dropped the car, and guess what Easy Jet have informed us our flight is delayed! Not that I care, I’ll just have another beer in the airport 🙂

Wow, thanks all for your kind words, we really appreciate the sentiment:-) I will still keep posting pics as our journey is not quite over, but before I do. if anything above from our pilgrimage has brought out the wanting to go yourselves, I can’t say much more than these trips can be life changing for some folks. It’s a physical challenge for sure, but as I discussed with Macca, e-bikes have opened this up allot more. And you can rent them here, all along the way; we are considering taking our kids next year all the way from the Pyrenees to Santiago. in terms of development, I recently left a new job I had to work for myself, and I have had a big chance to think and decide on whats next, that’s positive. so to sign off, for now, Buen Camino a todos (everyone) and check out the pics from our last day back… Malc & Liza

More pics from Santiago and folks we met coming in:/)

Día douce / day 12 Santiago de Compostela - Our second day in our hotel, we have been bumming it about the town taking in the sights, New pilgrims stream in every day, and we have bumped into some folks we met on our pilgrimage. This morning Liza and I attended the Pilgrims mass at the cathedral, then after a cafe solo y menta te, went to the pilgrims museum, which is literally across from the main cathedral entrada, If you ever visit the city, deffo go, it’s free and really well done. Tomorrow we will hop in a hire car and make our way across to Bilbao airport, but not before stopping over night at Playa Isla, which looks to have a great beach. So other stuff today, my legs are returning, Liza had a nasty infection on her little toe, which will need to be looked at on our return. We just went cloths shopping, looks like we will be eating small pieces of cheese for the next few months! And we have our pilgrim passports stamped and ready, just need to enjoy tonight before we leave Santiago tomorrow. As we walked I noticed loads of boots and shoes that had been discarded on the way, as a tribute here is the: “La Galería de Zapatos Fantásticos” featuring pilgrims who may or may not have got to Santiago !

We will check it out, was going to ask, we will drive back to Bilbao from Santiago, if we take the coastal roads, any suggestions en route? malc

Dia douce/ Day 12 We arrived in Santiago yesterday afternoon after a serious walk, the conditions in the morning were perfect, the rain had pushed through from yesterday, there was light cloud, nice temperature and no direct sun, so we really went for it. There are some great pics from this area, no big surprises, no big hills, straight nice pathways with occasional detours through pueblos, they tend to have cobbled streets, which can be painful after two weeks! However, Before you know it we have decided to change the plan and push through to Santiago a day earlier, then the sun comes out and it’s super strong. Liza has taken painkillers and ibrobufen as her little toe is on s bad way after pushing it yesterday to get past the ‘Menu Del Dia Pilgrims’ you know the sort. Liza has taken to calling them the ‘Metro sexuals’ I’m not sure even a Kenny from South Park could agree with that, maybe he could Kenny was a twisted, you know it!! Sparkly white t-Shirts, umbrellas, clean Lycra shorts, it’s just a stroll in the park! I bet they wear buM bags! So we are here, but we have just booked into a hotel to lick our wounds. We are going to get our Pilgrim passports stamped today and attend the pilgrims mass at the cathedral, now that is a great experience, my family are catholic but I never took it up so to speak. if you haven’t, watch the film ‘the way’ with Martin Sheen, his son directs and plays a small but special roll in the film. This should give you a different feel for the pilgrimage. My next instalment coming soon, as I’m off to the launderette…. Luego

day 11 / Quick update, 17:57pm We are now in Santiago de Compestella!! Massive effort today 38k, and we are literally licking our wounds, my legs, calves and feet may never be the same! Liza had done that with a blister from hell, seeped so much on the walk it came through her shoe, she has been on pain killers all day. A word of warning, don’t do this at home kids, walking without due care can really harm you!! Lol Ill post a full update tonight, but a few pics until then. ¡Hasta pronto!