Everything posted by Gspluck
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Fred Parris - I’ll Be Hanging On (Green-Sea)
Fred Parris and the Restless Hearts - I’ll Be Hanging On/I Can Really Satisfy (Green-Sea) Ex £300 One of THE must have lowrider group harmony 45s. Like so many other previously ignored, tape swapper and collector 45s (remember this from Stafford?) this one finally getting its time in the limelight thanks to demand from lowrider collectors. Very few records can match the impact this bomb has when it drops, price has risen steeply and shows no sign of stopping anytime soon. Lovely copy, don’t sleep. P.S. don’t ignore the group harmony dancer flip either! https://youtu.be/z4Ihnh8AaKI https://youtu.be/ByuVDqzaeUw PayPal as friends and family or add 4%. Postage UK £8 registered and insured, Europe £8.95 tracked and signed. USA £12.95 tracked. DM or email gspluck@aol.com to reserve or for more information. Please note I do not hold records for more than 12 hours unless agreed in advance by DM. Thanks for your understanding.
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October SALE now on!
Not what you want it to be I’m afraid 😂
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October SALE now on!
October SALE now on! A mixed bag of 45s many of which are worth 2/3 times the asking price below but need to clear these out to make way for new stock. Offering a 10% discount on top of sale price for purchases of 3 or more. Steelers - The Flame Remains/Heaven’s Gift (Crash) Strong Vg £10 Baby Washington - It’ll Never Be Over For Me (Sue) Vg+ (small edge warp DNAP on my decks) £15 Neal Brown - If By Chance/She’s A Fine Woman (Chart Sound) Ex (label damage see photo) £15 would be £50 if labels were clean! Great twofer. Intensions - I Don’t Care Anymore (Blue Light) Ex (writing on label) £15 absolute bargain! Earl ‘Duke’ Jenkins - Misusin’ Me/Oh Boy (Bee) Mint- £10 seen this for £50 on another list, under the radar R&B b/w deep soul monster! Marvellettes - You’re The One (Tamla WD) Ex £10 (in birth sleeve!) Les Chansonettes- I Almost Left You (Mon’ca) Ex £10 Tony Owens - Confessin’ A Feeling (Soulin) Vg- £5 Al Spaulding - Winning On The Losing End (Corinthian) Vg+ £5 Robert Banks arranged double header. Black Ice - Girl, That’s What I Call Love (Amherst) Vg++ £5 Nights - Let There Be Love (Little Star) Ex £5 Villa Stampley and The Soul Supreme’s - Black Folk (One Way) Vg+ £5 Bluesy Gospel Funk out of Chicago PayPal as friends and family or add 4%. Postage UK £3.50 registered and insured, £1.85 standard first class, Europe £8.95 tracked and signed. USA £12.95 tracked. DM or email gspluck@aol.com to reserve or for more information. Please note I do not hold records for more than 12 hours unless agreed in advance by DM. Thanks for your understanding.
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Lowrider/crossover killers
Wilton Crump - Give Your Live To Me (Olive Branch) Mint- £100 Gorgeous mud 70s sweet soul that’s still somewhat under the radar on this side of the Atlantic but highly sought after in the US amongst the lowrider crowd. Not an easy pull either especially in this condition, - clean labels, clean vinyl a beauty. https://youtu.be/drZmo3YJppM Connie McGill and The Visions - Peace Of Mind/I Can’t Live Without You (Super) Mint- £75 Sold Haunting lowrider group harmony and Connie’s best IMHO. Also released on Triode, jury I think is still out on which came first but this is by far the hardest of the two, only 3 people claim to own on Discogs and no copies have ever gone through there, Popsike lists only one copy in 15 years! The flip also received another release on the label but without ‘Peace’ as it’s flip. A rare opportunity to own a genuine rarity for little more than the value of a Triode copy. https://youtu.be/VOpgoHhRSvw https://youtu.be/_hu47ZywQgE Winstons - Color Him Father (Metromedia) Mint- £50 Little introduction necessary for this classy crossover 45, demand is on the rise and so is the price seen this listed at £75+ recently. A lovely clean copy. https://youtu.be/PPrJKUvom1s PayPal as friends and family or add 4%. Postage UK £3.50 registered and insured, £1.85 standard first class, Europe £8.95 tracked and signed. USA £12.95 tracked. DM or email gspluck@aol.com to reserve or for more information. Please note I do not hold records for more than 12 hours unless agreed in advance by DM. Thanks for your understanding.
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Upfront funky edged bangers
Fabulettes - Stickin Kind Of Man/Muddy Waters (Access) Ex £250 Mega rare sister funk twofer that very very rarely shows up. Many will be familiar with ‘Muddy Waters’ one of the many great cuts that made up g the Sister Funk 2 compilation, but the flip is something else. Had some plays at the more upfront venues in the UK and Europe and should be massive, is an absolute bomb. Rarely offered for sale, with only a handful through eBay and Discogs, don’t sleep. https://youtu.be/cpI8hB5pJkQ https://youtu.be/wNlyFLLNLs8 Versatile Gents - You’ve Blown My Mind (Linco) Vg+ £75 Sold Funky edged group harmony bomb, had plays in Europe and the UK thanks to some of the more progressive thinking DJs. This one still has plenty of legs in it as I don’t think it’s ever reached the masses, sounds absolutely bang on for now. https://youtu.be/0JMl_yu-8F8 Out of Sights - I Can’t Take It/Baby You Got It (Saru) Vg (light crackle on intro but clears up quickly and plays clean thereafter listen to a clip of both sides below) £75 Sold Bargain. This one is rare as hen’s teeth, believe it or not ‘For The Rest Of My Life’ has gone through eBay almost twice as many times as this! Funky edged group soul twofer with both sides lacking exposure (rarity?) and sounding just right for now. ‘I Can’t Take It’ is probably the better known of the two sides, but ‘Baby You Got It’ shades it for me. https://youtu.be/QdOxa-rntCc https://youtu.be/jsI5rlLHRQM PayPal as friends and family or add 4%. Postage UK £3.50 registered and insured, £1.85 standard first class, Europe £8.95 tracked and signed. USA £12.95 tracked and signed. DM or email gspluck@aol.com to reserve or for more information. Please note I do not hold records for more than 12 hours unless agreed in advance by DM. Thanks for your understanding.
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Rarities and In demanders
Paul ‘Guitar Red’ Johnson with Kenneth Wells and Band - That I Love You (Kellmac) Ex £150 Exceptionally rare, under the radar, moody chugging mid tempo that’s been ignored for too long. Had some plays in Europe recently but probably held back by its rarity - look at Popsike and Discogs, only a handful of copies gone through either. If rarity was the only price factor this would/should be at least double this price. Will be a monster one day. https://youtu.be/gWO2yzJSr8E Fabulous Four - If I Knew / Everybody’s Gotta Have A Heart (Saintmo) Mint- £100 Sold Last one of these I had flew out confirming how desirable and difficult this 45 has become. Simply superb double sider, the former Stafford topside sounds like a £1,000 + record. Copies have long since disappeared into collections and this very rarely shows up anymore. Demand from lowrider collectors for both sides (check out ‘Everybody’s’ for a sublime piece of lowrider group harmony) means this can only rise and rise in value. Lovely copy. https://youtu.be/iuAkALWlYV https://youtu.be/BSgk7TCT5Bg Gino Washington - Like My Baby/I’ll Be Around (Atac) Vg* £100 No introduction necessary really, one of THE finest double siders ever. Top side of course shares its backing track with Gino’s unreleased Stafford monster ‘Rat Race’ although is far superior IMHO, a truly wonderful side from a fantastic talent. Flip it and you have an equally brilliant slab of mid tempo soul that’s seeing something of a revival appearing on a number of playlists across Europe and the UK. https://youtu.be/OdBbWH-dTk0 https://youtu.be/q-jFSCDIvHI Soul City - I Shot For The Moon (Mercury WD) Ex £75 Another fabulous group harmony double sider, top side has been In demand for some years now (seen white demos sell for £150) and still sounds bang on to my ears. Flip is lovely group harmony ballad. Double sided dynamite in lovely condition still its company birth sleeve! https://youtu.be/nbHg4mv4Qxc https://youtu.be/s164_j-Py6g PayPal as friends and family or add 4%. Postage UK £3.50 registered and insured, £1.85 standard first class, Europe £8.95 tracked and signed. USA £12.95 tracked and signed. DM or email gspluck@aol.com to reserve or for more information. Please note I do not hold records for more than 12 hours unless agreed in advance by DM. Thanks for your understanding.
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Funky edged crossover killers
Performers - Nightmares/Little Angel (Sir Graham) Vg/Vg+ £180 (actually plays vg+ both sides clip from actual 45 below) Sold Mega rare, under the radar twofer here. ‘Nightmares’ is killer early ’70s funky edged crossover that is relatively unknown, flip is a gorgeous lowrider group harmony number that again is barely known. Rarity probably a reason, only a handful four through Discogs and 12 on eBay in the past 15 years. A 45 that very rarely comes to market. Don’t sleep. https://youtu.be/78cOMqeygdc https://youtu.be/tVGm-kK5KEo Fabulous Dimensions - I Can’t Take It (Sapphire) Vg ++ (one mark DNAP stopping this from being mint- hear for yourself in clip from actual 45 below) £110 Funky edged crossover group harmony of the highest order. Been gaining plays up and down the country at the more progressive venues and consequently price has risen. Rarer (?) red label variant. https://youtu.be/AE6PYijVyD0 Johnson Brothers - All Of My Life (I Dreamed Of A Castle) (Your Town) Vg+(lower end of Vg+ but plays strong clip from actual 45 below - looks off centre but is actually the label misplaced) £50 Sold A fairly recent c/up I believe for one or two of the more upfront DJs in the UK and Europe, a fabulous late 60s funky edged crossover that sounds bang on for now. Would be £150 in mint- so this really is a bit of a steal. https://youtu.be/y8i766No2wo PayPal as friends and family or add 4%. Postage UK £3.50 registered and insured, £1.85 standard first class, Europe £8.95 tracked and signed. USA £12.95 tracked and signed. DM or email gspluck@aol.com to reserve or for more information. Please note I do not hold records for more than 12 hours unless agreed in advance by DM. Thanks for your understanding.
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Funky edged dancers and lowrider in demanders
Fabulous Dimensions - I Can’t Take It (Sapphire) Vg ++ (couple of marks DNAP) stopping this from being mint-) £130 Funky edged crossover group harmony of the highest order. Been gaining plays up and down the country at the more progressive venues and consequently price has risen. Rarer (?) red label variant. https://youtu.be/qmd7yDY5B7c Moovers - I Love You Baby/One Little Dance (Brent) Mint- £80 Sold Big, big demand on this one currently and seen at £100 a few times recently, my last two copies have flown out. A double sided group harmony lowrider 45, top side is gorgeous ballad, flip is a mid tempo number that’s picking up plays here in the UK and in Europe so I’m told. Price is gonna rise on this one, a bargain double header. https://youtu.be/X1MJrPjh1qg https://youtu.be/wrWzeZyZ_kk Johnson Brothers - All Of My Life (I Dreamed Of A Castle) (Your Town) Vg (looks rough but plays well with only light background noise) £60 A fairly recent c/up I believe for one or two of the more upfront DJs in the UK, fabulous late 60s funky edged crossover that sounds bang on for now. Would be £150 in mint- so this really is a bit of a steal. https://youtu.be/_CvsmktMkBM PayPal as friends and family or add 4%. Postage UK £3.50 registered and insured, £1.85 standard first class, Europe £8.95 tracked and signed. USA £12.95 tracked and signed. DM or email gspluck@aol.com to reserve or for more information. Please note I do not hold records for more than 12 hours unless agreed in advance by DM. Thanks for your understanding.
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Semi Known Funky Edged Bangers
Sorry mate sold
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Semi Known Funky Edged Bangers
Little Archie Walker - Baby I’m Yours (All The Time)/A Change Is Near (Pa-Mar) Vg++£150 Semi-known funky, hard edged, R&B rarity out of Texas. It can only be rarity (and believe you me it is very rarely offered for sale) that’s stopped this from being massive. The figures speak for themselves - one sale through Discogs four years ago and only eight through eBay in some 15 years (with a high of $500+). In the right hands - a monster. (Almost forgot to mention the incredible deep soul flip.) Not on YouTube so here’s a clip from actual copy. https://youtu.be/X_ZBDeDUz0k https://youtu.be/iWNPqm7xTdM Chick Walker - Ferris Wheel (Green Turtle) Ex £35 Almost completely unknown, is identical to the equally obscure Chick Iverson on In’Sight (see the only YouTube clip below). Not listed on Discogs, through eBay twice according to Popsike and outside of the Iverson release clip not on YouTube. Had some action in US courtesy of Michael Robinson at Dig Deeper. Could really take off in the right hands. https://youtu.be/i9_gKrbW9vw Invincibles - Nobody (Double Shot) Vg++ £25 Upfront, funky, hard edged northern and getting some well deserved turntable action at some of the more forward thinking venues thanks to those in the know. Flip for another gorgeous lowrider group harmony ballad. Bargain twofer. https://youtu.be/8z3cupp0pDo https://youtu.be/dLrWvrF3LWo PayPal as friends and family or add 4%. Postage UK £3.50 registered and insured, £1.85 standard first class, Europe £8.95 tracked and signed. USA £12.95 tracked. DM or email gspluck@aol.com to reserve or for more information. Please note I do not hold records for more than 12 hours unless agreed in advance by DM. Thanks for your understanding.
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Lowrider/northern double sided killers
Emotions - Love Of A Girl/Do This For Me (Vardan) Mint- £175 Sublime group harmony lowrider topside that’s yet to reach the wider audiences of the UK and Europe as far as I’m aware. A hard one to find that’s been reaching just shy of £250 recently on eBay. Flip it for a finger clicking slab of group harmony northern that’s been ignored for way too long. A rarely offered 45 in stunning condition with clean and shiny labels. https://youtu.be/xFC_0zEE2l8 https://youtu.be/bzuSClV-ExA Compliments - Beware Beware/Borrow Til Morning (Midas) Mint- £75 Double sided dynamite, ‘Beware’ has been a popular mid tempo collector’s record since the days of Stafford, the price has risen sharply in recent years, and has already hit the £150 mark a few times on Discogs, thanks largely to its previously ignored group harmony lowrider flip. A gorgeous Mint- copy. https://youtu.be/EII7dJd5iU8 https://youtu.be/Q0elqXNpjDM Wallace Brothers - I Need Someone (Jewel) Mint- £35 Finally being recognised in the UK this beauty has long been on the radar of lowrider collectors, like so many other 45s of this nature demand now far exceeds supply. A future £75-100 45 IMHO, seen copies fetching £50 already. Another in gorgeous condition. https://youtu.be/VhYb2nHU7zw PayPal as friends and family or add 4%. Postage UK £3.50 registered and insured, £1.85 standard first class, Europe £8.95 tracked and signed. USA £12.95 tracked and signed. DM or email gspluck@aol.com to reserve or for more information. Please note I do not hold records for more than 12 hours unless agreed in advance by DM. Thanks for your understanding.
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Lowrider Grail: Admirations on Paree
Admirations - My Admiration For You/Heaven Is In Your Arms (Paree) Ex £475 Up until recently this Chicago rarity has lived in the shadow of the group’s rarer outings on Peaches and La Cindy, but the increasing interest in sweet soul and lowrider 45s has seen demand for this exquisite group harmony ballad increase significantly and, as a consequence, the price has more than doubled with its last two sales on Discogs reaching £500 in 2020 and £525 earlier this year. Flip it for another wonderful slab of northern group harmony that has - as mentioned- been somewhat overlooked in favour of some of their other outings. Beware not all sides play ‘Heaven’ in the flip, but this ones does (a rarity of a rarity). This doesn’t get come to market often, don’t sleep. https://youtu.be/b7wLSOdZjPU https://youtu.be/z8f9Um8i10g PayPal as friends and family or add 4%. Postage UK £8 registered and insured, Europe £8.95 tracked and signed. USA £12.95 tracked. DM or email gspluck@aol.com to reserve or for more information. Please note I do not hold records for more than 12 hours unless agreed in advance by DM. Thanks for your understanding.
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Lovely Mint- Lowrider Daggers
Compliments - Beware Beware/Borrow Til Morning (Midas) Mint- £100 Double sided dynamite, ‘Beware’ has been a popular mid tempo collector’s record since the days of Stafford, the price has risen sharply in recent years, and has already hit the £150 mark a few times on Discogs, thanks largely to its previously ignored group harmony lowrider flip. A gorgeous Mint- copy. https://youtu.be/EII7dJd5iU8 https://youtu.be/Q0elqXNpjDM Wallace Brothers - I Need Someone (Jewel) Mint- £50 Finally being recognised in the UK this beauty has Long Breton the radar of lowrider collectors, like so many other 45s of this nature demand now far exceeds supply. A future £100 45 IMHO and another gorgeous copy. https://youtu.be/VhYb2nHU7zw Impalas - I Can’t See Me Without You (Steady) Mint- £40 Sold My personal favourite of three, a gorgeous, moody, haunting slab of early ‘70s sweet soul and a must have lowrider 45. Still under the radar here in the UK so demand, and inevitably price, are sure to rise. A nice minter for cheap, for now … https://youtu.be/Lcv9X3BfIjM PayPal as friends and family or add 4%. Postage UK £3.50 registered and insured, £1.85 standard first class, Europe £8.95 tracked and signed. USA £12.95 tracked. DM or email gspluck@aol.com to reserve or for more information. Please note I do not hold records for more than 12 hours unless agreed in advance by DM. Thanks for your understanding.
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Northern/crossover/lowrider double hitters
Garland Green - It Rained 40 Days and Nights/Girl I Love You (Revue VINYL issue) Vg+ (light ring wear see image) £150 Sold Needs no introduction really, nothing I can, or need, to say will help sell this it is one of the best double siders money can buy. I’ve not heard it for some 30 odd years TBH and those opening bars and that vocal on ‘Girl’ blew me away just as it did all those years ago. Light ring wear, some hairlines but superior vinyl as opposed to styrene issue. Essential. https://youtu.be/MKzSjQfez_g https://youtu.be/dYgxlP_LfLI Neal Brown - If By Chance/She’s A Fine Woman Vg+ (water damage to label priced accordingly) £25 Double sided dynamite. ‘If’ is a more uptempo, gritty dancer that still has plenty of legs in it IMHO. The flip is a gorgeous underplayed and under the radar downtempo number that will appeal to lowrider and crossover fans alike. A bargain. https://youtu.be/yLnMRm4DJWo https://youtu.be/hOKfdrLg0-4 Mighty Marvelows - Talkin’ Bout Ya, Baby/In The Morning (ABC) Ex £25 Sold Another that needs little introduction from me suffice to say that it is one of the best group harmony dancers you can buy at this price. Do not ignore the classic lowrider flip either, group harmony ballad heaven. Two great sides for £25. https://youtu.be/TLYW51Wsky4 https://youtu.be/j4nmcH2heQo PayPal as friends and family or add 4%. Postage UK £3.50 registered and insured, £1.85 standard first class, Europe £8.95 tracked and signed. USA £12.95 tracked. DM or email gspluck@aol.com to reserve or for more information. Please note I do not hold records for more than 12 hours unless agreed in advance by DM. Thanks for your understanding.
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Funky edged modern soul bangers
Wynd Chymes - Baby You’re The One (Lotus Land Yellow 1st Press) Ex £65 The now highly sought after 2008 first press of this official US re-release of their ridiculously rare 1981 dancer on Shakin’. A funky edged modern soul banger that I’ve seen for sale at £100 and no surprise given the price of an original (if you can find one). https://youtu.be/sCFNE4ZkDqc Barrons - No More Tears (Sugarcane) looks Vg, plays Vg+ listened a clip from actual 45 below (some water damage to label see image) £50 Sold Ridiculously rare , 70s crossover style dancer from the Barons of Etah fame. This really is virtually unknown sound clip below from actual 45, looks rough but plays well (priced accordingly, books at £150). https://youtu.be/02EX9-E0kO4 Charles Brimmer - Freedom Overspill (Brimco) Mint- £35 Sold Early ‘80s (?) seemingly unknown modern by the brilliant Charles Brimmer. Not on YouTube (clip below is this copy) only one sale on Discogs about 2 years ago and a couple on Popsike. I could only find a couple of Brimmer discographies and ot seems to be missing from those too. Obscure definitely, potential undoubtedly, rarity (well it ain’t common), bargain… oh yes! https://youtu.be/qLSJ-fkL4RI PayPal as friends and family or add 4%. Postage UK £3.50 registered and insured, £1.85 standard first class, Europe £8.95 tracked and signed. USA £12.95 tracked. DM or email gspluck@aol.com to reserve or for more information. Please note I do not hold records for more than 12 hours unless agreed in advance by DM. Thanks for your understanding.
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In demand lowrider/crossover daggers
Moovers - I Love You Baby/One Little Dance (Brent) Ex £85 Big, big demand on this one currently and seen at £100 a few times recently. A double sided group harmony lowrider 45, top side is gorgeous ballad, flip is a mid tempo number that’s picking up plays here in the UK and in Europe so I’m told. Price is gonna rise on this one, a bargain double header. https://youtu.be/X1MJrPjh1qg Mystic - That’s The Kind Of Love (A.R.T) Vg+ £65 In demand, gorgeous late ‘70s/early’80s take of their now very expensive Teako lowrider 45. Unknown to many but rising in demand and price, one going through eBay this week in the US for around $150. Expect this one to rise in value it’s just as, if not rarer than the Teako 45. https://youtu.be/LAi_tznRVCM Wyle Dixon and The Wheels - Sad Time/I Guess I Love You (Jerma) Mint- £40 (some discolouration to label and WOL on one side see image) Under the radar, street level sweet soul on its significantly rarer first issue. Lowrider demand has been growing steadily with the last couple of second issues on Conduc (credited as ‘Sad Times’) that I’ve had flying out at 40 quid. This also has the far superior flip, an otherwise unavailable R&B dancer just waiting for plays. A rare find in superb condition. https://youtu.be/a8GYMi-dI70 https://youtu.be/vwsdYQ8BC6U PayPal as friends and family or add 4%. Postage UK £3.50 registered and insured, £1.85 standard first class, Europe £8.95 tracked and signed. USA £12.95 tracked. DM or email gspluck@aol.com to reserve or for more information. Please note I do not hold records for more than 12 hours unless agreed in advance by DM. Thanks for your understanding.
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C.O.D.’s - Gimme Your Love (Magic Touch)
C.O.D.’s - Gimme Your Love/Funky Disco (Magic Touch) Vg++ £275 (WOL and ‘DJ Copy’ stamp, as per most copies see image) Funky crossover brilliance that’s as rare rocking horse s*it. Both sides getting plays by a couple of the more upfront and respected DJs, but it’s ‘Gimme Your alive’ that’s set for monster status, a shuffling mid tempo group harmony number with some fabulous horns. This one really is a VERY hard pull, with only a handful going through eBay in the last 15 years, and only three through Discogs. The price will rise and rise as demand inevitably grows on this one. Don’t sleep. https://youtu.be/zVZa4sA83Ew PayPal as friends and family or add 4%. Postage UK £8 registered and insured, Europe £8.95 tracked and signed. USA £12.95 tracked. DM or email gspluck@aol.com to reserve or for more information. Please note I do not hold records for more than 12 hours unless agreed in advance by DM. Thanks for your understanding.
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Killer lowrider/crossover 45s
Mystic - That’s The Kind Of Love (A.R.T) Vg+ £100 In demand, gorgeous late ‘70s/early’80s take of their now very expensive Teako lowrider 45. Unknown to many but rising in demand and price, one going through eBay this week in the US for around $150. Expect this one to rise in value it’s just as, if not rarer than the Teako 45. https://youtu.be/LAi_tznRVCM Wyle Dixon and The Wheels - Sad Time/I Guess I Love You (Jerma) Mint- £75 (some discolouration to label and WOL on one side see image) Under the radar, street level sweet soul on its significantly rarer first issue. Lowrider demand has been growing steadily with the last couple of second issues on Conduc (credited as ‘Sad Times’) that I’ve had flying out at 40 quid. This also has the far superior flip an otherwise unavailable R&B dancer just waiting for plays. A rare find in superb condition. https://youtu.be/a8GYMi-dI70 https://youtu.be/vwsdYQ8BC6U Odds and Ends - Let Me Try (Today) Mint- £45 Like so many one time cheap and ignored slower 45s, this lowrider/crossover gem has risen in both demand and price, seen at £50/60 recently and worth every penny. A bargain at this price, another that’s on the rise. https://youtu.be/ByN5t6vCHNg PayPal as friends and family or add 4%. Postage UK £3.50 registered and insured, £1.85 standard first class, Europe £8.95 tracked and signed. USA £12.95 tracked. DM or email gspluck@aol.com to reserve or for more information. Please note I do not hold records for more than 12 hours unless agreed in advance by DM. Thanks for your understanding.
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3 Rare Ones - don’t sleep
Fortson & Scott - Just A Little Step (Pzazz) Ex £300 Has lived in shadow of ‘Sweet Lover’ for far too long. Arguably the rarer of the two (and easily as good), that barely ever comes to market (and that in itself perhaps explains its lack of exposure). This is a virtually blemish free copy with clean labels (and the nicer design of the three in existence with coloured logo). A very seldom seen, sleeping giant of a tune. Don’t sleep on this one, the price can only rise. https://youtu.be/smOKbhsTAHg Smart Brothers with Baby Neal - I’ve Got A Funny Feeling (Lee Mac) Vg+ £150 (WOL see image below, am told autographs of the band) Very rare and very under the radar but alongside ‘Lorraine’ this is another very desirable 45. Great group harmony with some fabulous horns, a steal at this price as it so very very rarely comes to market. https://youtu.be/1tkciXJZz5A Hy Lawson - Anybody’s Fool (King of Clubs) strong Vg (plays Vg+ listen below) £250 Semi known, infectious, dancer out of Texas (?). Known in collector’s circles for some years and was at some point covered up as ‘Charlie Gracie and his Rhythm Kings’; however, this 45 so very rarely comes to market that it has yet to really get any wide exposure (not listed on Discogs and only 8 through eBay in last 15 years). This copy is visually VG- but plays closer to VG+ (take a listen below), in Mint- expect this to be around the £500 mark – a chance to own a playable and very, very rare 45 with enormous potential at a half price. (Almost forgot flip ain’t too shabby either.) https://youtu.be/FFtZe85rwK8 PayPal as friends and family or add 4%. Postage UK £8 registered and insured, Europe £8.95 tracked and signed. USA £12.95 tracked. DM or email gspluck@aol.com to reserve or for more information. Please note I do not hold records for more than 12 hours unless agreed in advance by DM. Thanks for your understanding.
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Upfront funky edged bangers
Liberation Street Singers - Love Is In The Air (Pentagram) Mint (looks like it’s never seen stylus!) £225 Sold Rare, upfront funky edged gospel dancer that’s been a staple play for those in the known for some time now. This copy is unplayed store stock issue - gorgeous, rare and banging. https://youtu.be/YUUArkWcneI Little Archie Walker - Baby I’m Yours (All The Time)/A Change Is Near (Pa-Mar) Vg+ £175 Semi-known funky, hard edged, R&B rarity out of Texas. It can only be rarity (and believe you me it is very rarely offered for sale) that’s stopped this from being massive. The figures speak for themselves - one sale through Discogs four years ago and only eight through eBay in some 15 years (with a high of $500+). In the right hands - a monster. (Almost forgot to mention the incredible deep soul flip.) Not on YouTube, clip from my channel below. https://youtu.be/X_ZBDeDUz0k https://youtu.be/iWNPqm7xTdM Freddie Watson - Together Baby/It’s All Over Now (Eloys) strong Vg (plays Vg+)/G (small sticker on label see image) £50 Sold Funk edged banger that seems particularly difficult to find, flip is a stunning lowrider tune. Top side looks rough but plays Vg+ (sound clip from actual 45 below) sadly the lowrider flip looks and is! A chance though to own a tough 45 that sounds dead right for now at less than half price. https://youtu.be/c_qQzzRGR2s Eddie Lovette - What’cha Trying To Do To Me (Steady) Mint- £40 Sold Brilliant funky edged dancer that has had plays in recent years thanks to the more upfront and progressive DJs and venues. Lovely copy of a pretty hard pull. https://youtu.be/2O7FKZbcFUY PayPal as friends and family or add 4%. Postage UK £3.50 registered and insured, £1.85 standard first class, Europe £8.95 tracked and signed. USA £12.95 tracked. DM or email gspluck@aol.com to reserve or for more information. Please note I do not hold records for more than 12 hours unless agreed in advance by DM. Thanks for your understanding.
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Mega Rare Semi-Known: Hy Lawson on King of Clubs
Hy Lawson – Anybody’s Fool (King of Clubs) VG- (plays VG+ listen to clip below) £300 Semi known, instantly infectious, proper northern soul out of Texas (?). Known in collector’s circles for some years but so very rarely comes to market that it has yet to really get any exposure (not listed on Discogs and only 8 through eBay in last 15 years). In the right hands this will be a monster 45. This copy is visually VG- but plays closer to VG+ (take a listen below), in Mint- I’d expect this to be around the £500 mark – a chance to own a playable and very, very rare 45 with enormous potential at a bargain price. (Almost forgot flip ain’t too shabby either.) https://youtu.be/FFtZe85rwK8 PayPal as friends and family or add 4%. Postage UK £8 registered and insured, Europe £8.95 tracked and signed. USA £12.95 tracked. DM or email gspluck@aol.com to reserve or for more information. Please note I do not hold records for more than 12 hours unless agreed in advance by DM. Thanks for your understanding.
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Semi-known Sunday Specials
Pee Wee and The Prophets - I’m So Tired (Raven) Vg++ £120 Hold Can’t find much out about this 45, except that it’s rare and not widely known at all. I am told was covered up for some time with the last sale I can find at £225 a couple of years ago, asking around seems around £125-£150 mark these days. Caused quite a stir on the Forgotten 60s Mid Tempo forum a couple of weeks back. Hard one. https://youtu.be/dvxh8EncIJA Barrons - No More Tears (Sugarcane) looks Vg, plays Vg+ listened a clip from actual 45 below (some water damage to label see image) £75 Ridiculously rare , 70s crossover style dancer from the Barons of Etah fame. This really is virtually unknown sound clip below from actual 45, looks rough but plays well (priced accordingly, books at £150). https://youtu.be/02EX9-E0kO4 Swinging Reflections - You Don’t Love Me (Went) looks Vg- , plays strong Vg listen to a clip from actual 45 below) £30 Sold Released twice the more common if the two credited to simply to ‘The Reflections’ also on Went, this though is the significantly rarer issue credited to ‘The Swinging Reflections’. Had some plays at Wilton I believe (?) and possibly Rugby but remains relatively unknown. As above looks beat but plays better (listen below) and priced accordingly. https://youtu.be/9rF6V5cnsEU PayPal as friends and family or add 4%. Postage UK £3.50 registered and insured, £1.85 standard first class, Europe £8.95 tracked and signed. USA £12.95 tracked. DM or email gspluck@aol.com to reserve or for more information. Please note I do not hold records for more than 12 hours unless agreed in advance by DM. Thanks for your understanding.
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Deep, sweet and group harmony with a beat
Tony Owens - I Need I Need Your Love (Soulin’) Vg+ (as with most copies slight water damage to label, see image below) £120 The original and best version of this Issac Bolden composition that is probably best known by The Philharmonics. Owens original is a gritty deep with a beat lowrider dagger that is both rarer and in more demand than it’s better known counterpart. As with most copies there is some water damage to the label and despite visually grading at Vg++ there is slight hiss (pressing fault) that is barely audible (listen to a clip below), priced accordingly. https://youtu.be/PX3sL-1dp54 Wendy Lynn - Try Me (King Demo) Mint- £35 Sold Before anyone asks no it doesn’t have ‘I Remember’ on the flip as demos are double sided. However, this is THE version of this James Brown composition (yes it really is better than JB’s take), have a listen below. Lovely condition and not a common 45 by any stretch of the imagination. https://youtu.be/mSPgkG808VQ Aaron Neville - She Took You For A Ride (Parlo) Ex £25 Sold His best 45 by a country mile. Gorgeous lowrider with enormous crossover potential, being picked up by one or two forward thinking UK DJs so expect this currently cheap 45 to sky rocket once it becomes more widely known. Get it now, in lovely condition, for next to nothing. https://youtu.be/5pw6Yh63Kcg Valdons - Whatcha Gonna Do/Stop Wait A Minute (Secret Stash Yellow First Issue) £25 Sold First (yellow)press from 2013 of these two previously unissued monsters. ‘Stop’ needs no real introduction having been a massive play since it’s release 8 years ago and has been floor filler ever since. Flip is lowrider heaven that has passed many people by thanks to the focus on ‘Stop’, well worth a listen! https://youtu.be/d34V58MP-4Y https://youtu.be/hPsYQfJtlQQ PayPal as friends and family or add 4%. Postage UK £3.50 registered and insured, £1.85 standard first class, Europe £8.95 tracked and signed. USA £12.95 tracked. DM or email gspluck@aol.com to reserve or for more information. Y Please note I do not hold records for more than 12 hours unless agreed in advance by DM. Thanks for your understanding.
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Parliaments - Cry No More (Cabell)
Parliaments - Cry No More (Cabell) strong, glossy Vg (plays Vg+ listen to clip from actual record below) £250 No not ‘Rainy Day’ but their other very elusive Cabell 45. Top draw mid-temp group harmony that has had Rare Room plays (Lifeline included) but still remains unknown to most. A rare chance to obtain a 45 that seldom comes to market at a bargain price, given it’s okay grade (books at around £400 in Mint-). Don’t sleep on this one, it’ll be a while before another crops up! https://youtu.be/b59x6sW7lTw PayPal as friends and family or add 4%. Postage UK £8 registered and insured, Europe £8.95 tracked and signed. USA £12.95 tracked. DM or email gspluck@aol.com to reserve or for more information. Please note I do not hold records for more than 12 hours unless agreed in advance by DM. Thanks for your understanding.
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Lowrider/crossover daggers
The Vegas - I Need Your Love (Cle An Thair) Mint- £100 Sold Stunning copy of this gorgeous, under the radar, lowrider rarity. Not an easy pull by any stretch of the imagination, price destined to rise as we’ve seen with some many of these sweet soul 45s. Box one now. https://youtu.be/aevVOjwb-_w Ralfi Pagan - Look At Her (Fabian) Mint- £75 Sold Last one of these I had flew out. Gorgeous Latin lowrider 45 with enormous crossover potential. Totally under the radar and very hard to pull, especially in playable condition. Once this gets more widely known expect prices to double and then some. https://youtu.be/qOQslYn1els Otis Brown - Somebody Help Me/Sound of The Wind (Ole) Ex £50 Don’t Otis made a bad record, and whilst demand and price currently rests with ‘Southside Chicago’ and ‘Find Somebody New’, this, lesser known double hitter remains relatively cheap. Caused quite a stir with collectors on the ‘Forgotten 60s Mid tempo’ FB page last week and have seen listed at double this price recently. ‘Somebody’ is another killer lowrider cut, whilst the flip I am sure had some Stafford plays or was at least a tape swappers favourite at the time. https://youtu.be/kiaB7j5rd80 https://youtu.be/5CEi9TG6-0M The Newday - Just Another Reason/Wait A Minute (On Top) Ex £25 Cheapie sweet soul double hitter, topside is a gorgeous lowrider ballad, flip has bags of crossover appeal. Another under the radar 45 that won’t stay that way for long. https://youtu.be/j81NlecD7dI https://youtu.be/8gbwxA4EMc4 PayPal as friends and family or add 4%. Postage UK £3.50 registered and insured, £1.85 standard first class, Europe £8.95 tracked and signed. USA £12.95 tracked. DM or email gspluck@aol.com to reserve or for more information. Please note I do not hold records for more than 12 hours unless agreed in advance by DM. Thanks for your understanding.