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Nick Corbin & The Hang Ups - Feelin' Kinda Lucky / Time Alone - Big AC Records ‘Feelin’ Kinda Lucky’ is the first single from Nick Corbin & The Hang Ups, recorded direct to tape at Kitty, Daisy & Lewis’ Durham Sound Studio in Kentish Town. Corbin has previously fronted Acid Jazz act New Street Adventure and his own solo project as well as writing for the likes of Emma Noble, Laville, Lack of Afro and Carmy Love. ‘Feelin’ Kinda Lucky’ is the first of two new recordings which will sit either side of a limited edition 45 View full store item

Millie Jackson - A House For Sale (Single version) - Kent Town 124 Millie Jackson on point with the re-issue of the classic 1970s play 'House For Sale'. Backed up with another outing of a quality soul side from Garland Green titled Come Through Me. View full store item

Bobby Garrett / Curtis Lee - I Can't Get Away / Is She In Your Town - Kent Town 123 2003 saw Kent Records treat us with a release featuring two of the best soul with a snarl, up-tempo sides back to back. Bobby Garretts throbbing 'I Can't Get Away' kicks things off, with Curtis Lee's snarly 3 am friendly 'Is She In Your Town' carrying on the dance with an attitude vibe. Mirwood at its finest. View full store item

Connie Stevens - Tick Tock / Keep Growing Strong - MM (Ace) The new single on Bob Stanley's Measured Mile label is a double-header from Connie Stevens, release notes go like this... 'A northern soul monster, arranged by the late Philly soul legend Thom Bell, original copies of Tick Tock regularly fetch £250 or more. It was originally the flip side, as Connie Stevens was handed the very first opportunity to record Thom Bell and Linda Creed's evergreen ‘Betcha By Golly Wow’, later a hit for both the Stylistics and Prince. The record label decided to retitle it ‘Keep Growing Strong’, for unknown reasons, Measured Mile have rescued it from obscurity and made it affordable once again. 'A classy orchestrated floorfiller and a timeless Philly ballad. You can't go wrong.' View full store item

Connie Austin / Charles Spurling Ball Of Fire / You've Got Love On Top Of Love - Kent City 084 Co-writer Charles Spurling sang and wrote at King in the late 60s, providing songs for James Brown, Hank Ballard, Junior McCants and Peggy & Artie among others. ‘Ball Of Fire’ is an exceptional song, first recorded by Connie Austin as a smouldering mid-tempo number on which she pours her heart out. It would be updated a year later by Marva Whitney who took it at a faster funkier pace. Charles Spurling remembers Connie as a good looking, fast-living girl who was murdered in Los Angeles soon after. Spurling was a good singer himself and had five King releases between 1967 and 1969. The excellent ‘You’ve Got Love On Top Of Love’ failed to make it to wax until now. Kent found the tape in the King vaults and issued it on CD in 2001; now it is on a righteous single. View full store item

The Classic Example - Right On / I Found Me A Girl - Kent City 083 The Classic Example were a Los Angeles duet - possibly the songwriting team of Curtis Colbert and Harriet Hurst who provided four of the songs on the eponymous 1972 GSF LP. Inexplicably the superb dance track ‘Right On’ was the only one omitted from the album, but Kent’s licensing deal with Mickey Stevenson’s Stevenson International revealed this gem. It was finally released as a promo 100 Club Anniversary 45 in 2021 and has been in demand ever since. Now it can be purchased at a reasonable price with the duet’s excellent harmony ballad ‘I Found Me A Girl’ added on the B side. The backing group is none other than Hodges, James, Smith & Crawford. View full store item

Hodges, James & Smith / Kim Weston - Wishful Thinking / It Takes A Lot Of Teardrops - Kent City 081 A great addition to the Kent Select 45s - two Basemore/Ware related songs Hodges, James & Smith / Kim Weston Wishful Thinking / It Takes A Lot Of Teardrops Kent Select 081 Release Date: 25th March 2022 A most recent Kent Select soul 45 outing, Kent release notes follow below Hodges, James & Smith were the mainstays of Mickey Stevenson’s post-Motown recordings and he gave them this fabulous Mikim Publishing song, written by Vickie Basemore and the redoubtable Leon Ware. Superbly orchestrated, after a dramatic intro, it hits an uptempo rhythm that epitomises the great girl soul sounds of the early 70s – somewhat reminiscent of the Supremes’ ‘Up The Ladder To The Roof’. Kim Weston was Mickey’s most prolific solo act throughout his career and ‘It Takes A Lotta Teardrops’ is another triumph for her, albeit one that has only surfaced recently. It is another Basemore/Ware song from the late 60s which imitates the Motown sound exquisitely. Can listen to both sides above View full store item

Ronnie McNeir - Say You / I'm Sorry - Kent City 080 Our licensing deal with Mickey Stevenson is proving to be a major musical find. Ronnie McNeir is regarded as an absolute top class, modern soul singer. These tracks are from the early 70s, around the time he cut his eponymous first LP in Los Angeles with Mickey. ‘Say You’ is a superb updating of the Monitors’ harmony hit from 1965 and is given the distinctive, sensitive McNeir treatment. ‘I’m Sorry’ is a slow-burning song that builds into a perfect dancefloor beat. It was penned by Ronnie and his writing partner of the time, Andre Moore. The release is a taster of the complete, previously unreleased album we will issue on Ronnie later this year. View full store item

Jimmy Radcliffe - Big City Blues / You Can't Lose Something You Never Had - BMR 1012 The first in a series of previously unissued Jimmy Radcliffe recordings from Big Man Records. Fully licenced from Black Patch Productions to Big Man Records taken from studio masters, Big city soul of the highest order. Each 45 is provided in a custom card picture sleeve, with liner notes written by Christopher Radcliffe Jimmy's son. Also included is an A6 collectors card, lyric sheet (insert inside the sleeve), all in a poly outer sleeve View full store item

Sharon McMahan - Got To Find Another Guy / Love Is Wonderful - Big Man Records BMR 1011 Sharon McMahan - Got To Find Another Guy / Love Is Wonderful - Big Man Records 1011 Both songs written by Sharon McMahan and owned by McMahan publishing company. Released with both her blessing and kind permission Sharon wrote songs for Barbara Lewis, Deon Jackson, Gracie Darnell, Johnnie Mae Matthews, and has appeared at the Cleethorpes Weekender to great acclaim. The record will come in a custom picture sleeve, a6 collectors card personally signed by Sharon in a poly outer sleeve. View full store item

Willie Tee - Please Don't Go / My Heart Remembers - Repro First official reissue of this essential and insanely rare Willie Tee double sider. New Orleans gold from the Nola vaults, the A side ‘Please Don’t Go’ is a certified Northern Soul classic with the flip a fantastic smokey, low slung soulful number that’s become a real collector’s favourite. With original copies having traded hands for £1800 in the past, it’s high time this was made available to a new generation of listeners. Red label version original black sleeve. View full store item

Garfield Fleming - Don't Send Me Away - Repro A multi genre-busting release that has transcended most dance scenes from Modern Soul, Rare Groove, Crossover and Boogie to become perhaps the most in-demand '80s record on the current collectors scene, Finally released on 7 inch. The popularity of "Don't Send Me Away" was recently confirmed when a YouTube clip of Garfield himself, performing "Don't Send Me Away" at a Paris record stall in late 2018, went viral with over 2,000,000 views to date. View full store item