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Eddie Floyd - Missing You / You Must Have Been Dreaming - Shotgun Records Eddie Floyd Missing You / You Must Have Been Dreaming Shotgun 104 Release Date - 11th October 2010 This 2010 release from Shotgun Records features two unreleased tracks from Eddie Floyd. Sourced from an unreleased 1979 LP project recorded in Jackson, Mississippi, the musicians on these tracks include Carson Whitsett, Ray Griffin and James Robertson with Jewel Bass and Valerie Kashimura on backing vocals. 'Missing You' is a rock solid outing which also features Wayne Jackson and Andrew Love of The Memphis Horns. While You Must Have Been Dreaming is a strong stand-up ballad. Listen above to both sides. View full store item

Al Gardner / Jack Ashford - Sweet Baby / I'll Fly To Your Open Arms - Kent Town 174 Al Gardner’s 60s soul classic ‘Sweet Baby’ was issued in France as well as on a now-expensive Sepia single in Detroit, but it has never had a UK 45 release until now. The flip is a terrific previously LP-only track by Jack Ashford, the producer and writer of both sides of this 45. Best known for his percussion work at Motown, Pied Piper and Just, he shows he has a good voice on this great song. View full store item

ZZ Hill / Peggy Woods - Make Me Yours / Love Is Gonna Get You (Brass version) - Kent Town 169 Z.Z. Hill was Kent/Modern’s main artist in the latter half of the 60s. In 1967 the company recorded him on an LP of soul classics, including Bettye Swann’s ‘Make Me Yours’ from only a few months before. His masculine angle on this marvelous song gave it a new dimension that would surely have fared well as a 45, but the track appeared on a single only in the UK, where it was well received but sold only to connoisseurs. Since then it has grown in popularity and at last it is available again for discerning collectors. Peggy Woods’ Northern Soul stomper ‘Love Is Gonna Get You’ was first on 45 in 1988 as a 100 Club anniversary single. With only approximately 400 pressed, it inevitably became sought-after. Here is the number in its original brass-laden glory: a Kent/Modern masterpiece. View full store item

The Puffs / The Superbs - I Only Cry Once A Day Now / Wind In my Sails - Kent Town 168 The Puffs’ Doré release has been known and collected for years but recent DJ plays have caused demand for the disc to soar. The Superbs’ ‘Wind In My Sails’ was assumed to exist only as a master tape until a few scarce 45s emerged in the early 2000s. Plays from the soul cognoscenti since then have made it a big sound at rare soul gatherings. View full store item

Jerry Naylor / Johnny Praye - City Lights/ Can't Get Too Much Love - Kent Town 167 A tale of 2 sides. One City Lights is a, blue-eyed soul sound that was picked up by northern soul DJs in the late 70s and became hugely popular. The other Can't Get Too Much Love is also a Mike Curb production, discovered in the last decade and a top tune for the rare soul brigade. View full store item

Rita & The Tiaras / Dore Strings - Gone With The Wind Is My Love / Instrumental - Town 166 We have already released the longer version of the northern classic ‘Gone With The Wind Is My Love’, but this Kent 45 of Rita & the Tiaras’ masterpiece is the first time we have issued the Doré single as it was originally put out. On the flip is the glorious instrumental version for lovers of that LA orchestral soul sound. View full store item

Greg Perry / Jocelyn Brown - It takes Heart - Kent Town 156 Greg Perry’s ‘It Takes Heart’ has been played in northern soul clubs ever since its 1981 release. This is its first official UK issue. The flip, Jocelyn Brown’s first waxing ‘If I Can’t Have Your Love’, is a beautifully produced two-stepper that is never played enough. View full store item

Mel Williams / Arthur Wright Orchestra - Can It Be Me / Lay This Burden Down - Kent Town 157 There has been a constant demand for Mel Williams’ Modern 45 ‘Can It Be Me’ since it was first spun at the Torch all-nighters in the early 70s. Its classic 60s stomping sound has made it a Northern perennial. The flip is the original instrumental of Mary Love’s ‘Lay This Burden Down’ that was pressed by Modern in 1974 View full store item

Barbara Lewis / Carla Thomas - The Stars / Play For Keeps - Kent Town 161 Two Detroit-recorded backing tracks are perfect vehicles for 60s femme soul icons Barbara Lewis and Carla Thomas to captivate their dancing fans. Both were Stax LP tracks at the time but their long-time popularity demands they appear on 7-inch. View full store item

Danny White / Betty Bibbs - The Twitch / Enough For Everybody - Kent Town 163 When a New Orleans soul guys meet a sexy French girl, it ain’t nothin’ but fun. Recorded in 1963, Danny White’s ‘The Twitch’ has been picked by DJs around the world as the epitome of the swinging 60s soul sound. Betty Bibbs’ ‘Enough For Everybody’ is in a similarly light-hearted mood – by 1968 the soul sound had moved on, but goodtime music always brings a smile to the party. View full store item

Karmello Brooks / Carla Thomas - Tell Me Baby / I'll Never Stop Loving You - Kent Town 135 2009 saw an overdue UK release for this Karmello Brooks side Tell Me Baby. A fine captivating dancer which was so in-demand Coupled with Carla Thomas’ classic Kent anthem I'll Never Stop Loving You out for another vinyl release after deletion. View full store item

Towana & the Total Destruction / Ty Karim - Wear Your Natural, Baby - Kent Town 136 Both of these artists are in fact the late wonderful Ty Karim whose super rare Romark 45s fetch very high prices. ‘Natural’ will appeal to the 70s and Crossover crowd, while ‘You Really Made It Good’ is 60s Northern Soul at its very best. View full store item