Mike Lofthouse

and the demand seems to be greater than ever so it is not such a big jump to £700/£750 in the scale of things is it?

Noticed you played it at Cleethorpes way back in 2006 -well done!!

£10 each or 3 for £25 The Staples - 'Unlock your Mind' - mono/stereo - US Warner Bros - WBS 8669- E+ - £10.00 Getting spins at the more chilled out venues. The release date is hand written on the label. Mary Wells — ‘If you Can’t Give Her Love (Give Her Up)’ - mono/stereo — US Reprise — RPS 1308 - E+ - £10.00 Great feel good version of the Bobby Womack classic — written by Phillip Mitchell of course! Burney Reynolds — ‘Try Me' b/w 'If She's Your Lover' - US Surkar — SK 101 - VG+ - £10.00 Great crossover - pressed slightly off centre - most copies are, including my own copy i'm keeping.. William Bell - 'The Man In The Street' - b/w 'Lovin' On Borrowed Time' - US Stax - STA - 0157 - E+ - £10.00 Classic Crossover backed by wonderful slowie John Edwards — ‘There'll Never Be Another Woman’ - mono/stereo — US Weis — WEA -3007 - E+ - £10.00 Early John Edwards Deepie from 1970 - written and produced by Jo Armstead - took me ages to get this copy then quickly got an issue! Bill Withers - 'Harlem' b/w 'Ain't No Sunshine' — US Sussex - SUX 129 - E+ - £10.00 One of the more imaginative spins on the scene in recent years. Drill hole W. J. Moore & The Dynamic Upsetters - 'Shame, Shame, Shame' / Gee Whiz - US Gutter Records - GR 86-004- E+ - £10.00 The Dells - 'Closer' bw 'Give Your Baby A Standing Ovation' - US Cadet - Her Love (Give Her Up)’ - mono/stereo — US Reprise — RPS 1308 - E+ - £10.00 Nice copy but labels are reversed Shirley Brown - 'Yes Sir, Brother' b/w 'Woman To Woman' - US Truth Records - TRA 3206 - E+ -£10.00 Great 70's backed by classic slowie Aretha Franklin - 'April Fools' b/w 'All The King's Horses' - US Atlantic - 45-2883 - E+ - £10.00 Another belter from Aretha Big Maybelle - 'Oh Lord, What Are You Doing To Me' b/w 'Same Old Story' - National - S-1279 - VG only - SOLD Lovely copy of this Big Maybelle classic on a Trinidad and Tobago release. It looks like the exact same pressing (Bell Sound) and cat no as the US version on Scepter - was sold to me as Mint but it is not. Some stains on the label and some noisy crackles on the intro - would be OK played out. Hence the price Little Milton - 'Let's Get Together' / 'I'll Always Love You' - Checker 1225 - VG++ £10.00 Fantastic crossover b/w awesome Deep Soul - one of the best double siders going Hot Sauce - 'Bring It Home (And Give It To Me)' / 'Echoes From The Past'- Volt VOA-4076 - M- £10.00 The wonderful voice of Rhonda Washington - Bring It home is a great version of the Na Allen on Ronn - 'Lay Some Loving On Me' Great crossover b/w nice deepie Johnnie Taylor - 'Ain't That Lovin You (For More Reasons Than One)' / 'Outside Love' - US Stax 45-209 VG+ £10.00 Fantastic version of the song - great E+ playing copy graded at VG+ because the drill hole is at the end of the run out next to the label!! Kim Weston - 'That's Groovy' / 'Land Of Tomorrow' - US MGM K 13804 VG+ £10.00 Bit of styrene hiss on this one UK - £2.50 recorded , £3.50 recorded if you buy 3. Overseas at cost. Thanks for looking Mike

THE NEW SOUNDS / "HAVING YOU AROUND" Rare Japanese pressing LP complete with OBI & insert P-VINE (PLP-6528) 1990 EX+/EX+ (cover/vinyl) - Vinyl has a few inaudible light paper scuffs - a lovely copy £85 inc UK postage - Royal Mail first class 'Signed for' Paypal or cash Please PM me, thankyou

Think you have nailed it Paul

Why would his stock of a new release be white label demos?

Indeed it is - but everyone wants an artists recorded material for nothing so this is how artists earn their income now.

Fantastic CD!

This has been the talk of Radio 4 lately, i think it works..... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doz1QJ7LwjA

It's a floor packer at 'Just Soul' Ian

Exactly - they oversaw the the process and decided to 'bang 'em out' , but it was their choice and as such was part of the creative process - for better or worse Not waiting 40 years and adding football crowd noises to a perfect Aretha track and making it sound like Footsee complete with the Sheff Wed fans !!

Were they 're-edits' or 'remixes' ? and surely the contemporaneous re-mixes - for radio, 45 or 12 or whatever - were done by the original creative (and talented) people who had an input into the original creative process?

so why did you click 'Like' when John posted it?

Hello Jim - hope you are well. Got mine 2 years ago for £75 for a minter. Happy to pay the price for the condition - from one of the most reliable sellers on here. Mike

following on from Jocko's question - will he have a band backing him? I see the Blackburn ticket arrangements have been announced but no mention of a band - the tickets prices seem very reasonable for a a live act.

They are of course interesting in their own right - it is lovely to hear all the nuances and timbre of Levi's voice in particular

Those Motown things are not Acapella!! There are simply isolated vocal tracks - as much as I love Marvin and Levi - they could not sing that good and in time without backing. The Persuasions, however, are the real deal.

here you go....music and all! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyQwBA02I0Q

I don't think he is singing accapella - it is just the isolated vocal track - I think he is lip syncing to the original track - then the isolated vocal is overdubbed. Originally he would of been singing to a musical backing.

Not sure this is a problem with Cd's/MP3's , rather it is a problem with your friend

Always looked forward to his Soul column in New Musical Express (NME). Always struck me as an intelligent writer on the subject. He sold a lot of 45s a year or two back on ebay and I managed to get demos of Johnny Daye on UK Stax and the Originals on UK TM. He did write his name on all of them covers as well, just adds a bit of provenance for me

Think he means that the issue with 'Never Let You Get Away From Me' is rare - unsually for a 45 it is longer than the LP take. If you just want 'Never Repay My Love' it is available cheaply as a Mono/stereo demo.

Of course it was around as a new release. I guess all records were - I got 'Good and Plenty' on issue then but I only picked up a demo of JGTBMC at the time - would like an issue but I'm not interested in any rarity status so would only pay a modest amount. But if you look at ebay now all are mono/stereo demos as are the copies of Good & Plenty I got my Bobby Bennett issue off Ian Clark at Soul Essence for £15 - he had multiple copies for a few years.

All of the Caroline Crawford 45's are pretty tough on issue - never had my favourite 'Just got to Be More Careful' on anything but a demo - have the the other two.

I appreciate that but what I am highlighting is a snapshot at any time does not throw up a lot of cheap mint sealed copies - condition guaranteed. Yes, the finishing price is a little high but if you collect albums and condition is important and indeed it is the most important thing for me, I can see people being happy to pay it. Just think you could get over 120 £100 LPs for the current price of a single he is currently auctioning - its only relative. Somone sold a battered 45 of Dena Barnes on here yesterday for £200!