Everything posted by Gspluck
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Rare Texas Semi-Known: Johnny B. Good on Bagatelle
Johnny B. Good - I Surrender (Bagatelle) Vg+ £200 Super tough Texas 45. Copies in the hands of Michael Robinson in the US and John Berchold in Europe but beyond that who knows? Appeared no more than a handful of times on eBay and Discogs. Clip below for reference! https://youtu.be/5s4mBISn3G8?si=X55b3hMq_9VTGoSG PayPal as friends and family or add 4%. Postage UK £4.00 registered and insured, £8 special delivery, Europe £9.50 tracked and signed. USA £12 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.
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Garage Soul and R&B Bangers
Jim Edgar and The Roadrunners - The Place (Discovery) Ex £250 And what a discovery it is! Demand has been increasing significantly for this recently uncovered Thomas Shore and Jack White garage soul stormer. Already proving to be a tough 45 and with potential to cross over to numerous scenes. This one’s a 💣. Don’t sleep. https://youtu.be/n4upBN0wfuU?si=Jo6rjV0Kc1APNbtC Variations - No Other Woman (Vee) Ex £100 Killer Garage Soul/R&B, totally infectious and will be new to most in the UK I think. Been on the playlists of Mark Garcia, Mike Umholtz and Thomas Shore so comes with the highest of recommendations. Bang on for now as they say! https://youtu.be/qnWwxtbRoHQ?si=WMzju8NT6g55b2R4 Joe Madrid and The Systems Go - She Don’t Take No (Versa) Ex £75 Garage soul bomb that’s on the playlists of one or two more progressive and enlightened DJs and on the wants lists of many others! An elusive 45 that in the U.K. is still relatively unknown. There really aren’t any copies of this around and it has all the ingredients for big things. Don’t sleep. https://youtu.be/vVo-0xlgVmQ Sounds, Inc. - On The Brink (Liberty) Ex £40 (bargain!) Yes this tea is a Garage version of Guy’s Boogaloo Investigator c/up from the halcyon days of Stafford. This sounds bang on for now, Mike Vickers still sounds great but the garage twist on this is perfect for today’s changing tastes! https://youtu.be/r9EKzpOwsX4?si=-3Immmv_MTE_wai- PayPal as friends and family or add 4%. Postage UK £4.00 registered and insured, £8 special delivery, Europe £9.50 tracked and signed. USA £12 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.
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The Mask Man And The Agents (LOOP)
The Mask Man And The Agents* – (In A) Crowded Station / It's The Thing (LOOP) Trying to source a copy of this one for a friend Vg+ or better please 🙏
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Killer Lowrider 45s £75 and under
Faces – I Didn’t Want Her (Regina) Vg+ £70 Killer blue eyed lowrider group harmony. Seems to be exceptionally rare given the tiny number through eBay and Discogs, pretty much totally under the radar too (except to one or two of the Popcorn collectors), but it’s recent upload to M818joker’s incredibly popular YouTube channel is likely to change that. Bargain, don’t sleep! https://youtu.be/bgwDsYqlHlw Javier Batiz - I Won’t Ever (Discos Star E.P.) Vg- £30 (picture sleeve included alt kluge this is split down one side, otherwise Vg condition) Mexican guitarist Javier Batiz delivers a sublime slab of sweet soul on what is an incredibly difficult record to find in anything but beat condition. Sadly, this one is no exception was sold to me as Vg+ but is nowhere near, noise throughout but listenable (may benefit from a good clean). Would be £150+ in anything like decent condition. Made the cut for ‘Shades of Sorrow’ Vol. 3 - nuff said! Clip for reference only, DM for a clip from actual 45. https://youtu.be/S4ZpPMErv54?si=SC0GM_wrfXmQLLxv Aarron Neville - She Took You For A Ride (Parlo) Mint- £25 Last, cheapest, but certainly not least a 45 that seems under the radar here but well known stateside. Last few I’ve had have gone to pretty well known DJs so must be getting some plays somewhere! Not many 45s of this quality still available for this sort of price! Doesn’t turn up that often either so expect to see it rise soon. https://youtu.be/6KIErHQ2O9c PayPal as friends and family or add 4%. Postage UK £1.80 standard first class or £3.50 recorded, £8 special delivery 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.
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Super Tough Latin 45: Roberto Vasquez
Roberto Vasquez - Villa Azul (Scepter) Vg+ £150 ONO Super tough oddball Latin/Boogaloo dancer, only once through eBay where it reached around $800 in lower grade! No YouTube so sound clip below from actual 45. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0uFyNNXCVYwggcaDqGTGEY1p1hVr6mYBX86Vuc52pu6YJ2b4Hih35PLFzWkJWVoQ1l&id=100004695187706 Make me an offer I can only say ‘No’ 🙃 PayPal as friends and family or add 4%. Postage UK £4.00 registered and insured, £8 special delivery, Europe £9.50 tracked and signed. USA £12 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.
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Gospel Bangers & Ballads £50 and under
HNY! Starting off 2024 with some killer Gospel Funk, Sweet and Deep Soul 45s! Gospel Monolations - Looking For Jesus/Christ Is The Only Answer (Savoy) Mint- £50 Virtually unknown gospel funk banger, brilliant dancer and easily as good as any of the better gospel biggies. Flip is a brilliant deep ballad that’s yet to be discovered across the pond - double sided dynamite! https://youtu.be/GNpEVNO4zw8?si=ZgZ6wdsJ47HRpMb_ https://youtu.be/PhRNs7xSF50?si=PldMZZqnfAS40bdG Soul Stirrers - There’s A Man (Checker Sermons & Spirituals) Mint- £30 For me one of, if not their very, best recordings. Deep group harmony that’s had plays in Europe recently thanks to Andreas Beraha. Impossible to find in anything but beaten condition on Checker, this is super clean Sermons & Spirituals issue. Not on YouTube! Clip below from actual record on my channel. https://youtu.be/1oGSW7Aknog Soul Stirrers - Striving (Checker) Mint- £25 Last couple of these I’ve had have flown out! Killer funky gospel crossover that still seems to be under the radar, can only find the one YouTube clip below, so not widely known and not expensive (yet) but ‘Don’t You Worry’ was cheap once! https://youtu.be/3-VHFRzcO1w PayPal as friends and family or add 4%. Postage UK £4.00 registered and insured, £8 special delivery, Europe £9.50 tracked and signed. USA £12 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.
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Lowrider Rarities & In Demanders
Mandells - What Can You Do For Me (Moneytown) Mint- £85 Gorgeous group harmony ballad that’s not common, surprising this isn’t selling for more but not on many people’s radar (yet) except the lowrider collectors. Lovely copy, clean labels. https://youtu.be/LHXvCjsR0w8?si=jq5NNnyekK_Zq5b5 Hector Rivera and The Latin Renaissance - I Need You I Want You I Love You (4 Points) Vg (WOL) £50 Not the best copy of this rarely offered 45, but there are no big clicks or pops just some crackle in the quite moments. Could’ve sold it five times at £150 in Mint- a year or so ago. I predict big things for this 45, still under the radar I think here in the U.K. but with big demand stateside it can only rise in value. For me Rivera’s finest outing s delightful lowrider ballad with a mesmerising almost hypnotic backing track. Don’t sleep. (YouTube clip for reference only, DM for clip from actual 45) https://youtu.be/gAx9GCKWXII Herb Johnson And The Impacts - Where Are You/I’m So Glad (Brunswick Gold Reissue) Mint- £50 With Toxsan originals never showing up (last Discogs was nearly four years ago and sold at £500, so who know what it would go for now), and Brunswick second press copies at least half that price, this official re-issue has seen a steady rise in price. Big demand for the lowrider side and rightly so, plus you get a northern classic on the flip! https://youtu.be/J1BLCVDhQj4?si=_Z6PKPhhEvCFMMY7 https://youtu.be/eDSVgUyZeuU?si=OIICw1UIEjJQgOCz Jimmy Lomax - Remember Me (Camille) Vg+ £15 Stunning lowrider 45 that’s been slept on for far too long, label on flip has Camille logo scratched out and then written in I pen but at this price you can’t really go wrong can you? https://youtu.be/8FsOniN2HCM?si=m0avudt8lD_-Wjzj PayPal as friends and family or add 4%. Postage UK £4.00 registered and insured, £8 special delivery, Europe £9.50 tracked and signed. USA £12 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.
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Rarely Offered, Unknown/Semi-Knowns
Sophelia Carlisle - Hello Love (Jarda) Ex £175 Pretty much unknown, sublime crossover/sweet soul gem, barely ever gone through eBay, Discogs or FB. Known to collectors but this has had very little exposure over the years, big future in the right hands! https://youtu.be/d04AKfvFA2g?si=y_N5NpxmVDvwBE7n Gene Graham - You Can’t Change Me (Checker) Vg++ £225 Very tough to find Checker 45, R&B with a funk edge that’s about to get some serious turntable action from Brian Maguire and Paul Vine. Barely known at the moment thanks to rarity. Was gonna keep this and okay it out myself but selling as in need of funds. https://youtu.be/14WjDTBIdNA?si=gR5I2zLf-wSkHJBf Mandells - What Can You Do For Me (Moneytown) Mint- £100 Gorgeous group harmony ballad that’s not common, surprising this isn’t selling for more but not on many people’s radar (yet) except the lowrider collectors. Lovely copy, clean labels. https://youtu.be/LHXvCjsR0w8?si=jq5NNnyekK_Zq5b5 Sounds, Inc. - On The Brink (Liberty) Ex £75 Yes this tea is a Garage version of Guy’s Boogaloo Investigator c/up from the halcyon days of Stafford. This sounds bang on for now, Mike Vickers still sounds great but the garage twist on this is perfect for today’s changing tastes! https://youtu.be/r9EKzpOwsX4?si=-3Immmv_MTE_wai- Gospel Monolations - Looking For Jesus/Christ Is The Only Answer (Savoy) Mint- £75 Virtually unknown gospel funk banger, brilliant dancer and easily as good as any of the better gospel biggies. Flip is a brilliant deep ballad that’s yet to be discovered across the pond - double sided dynamite! https://youtu.be/GNpEVNO4zw8?si=ZgZ6wdsJ47HRpMb_ https://youtu.be/PhRNs7xSF50?si=PldMZZqnfAS40bdG PayPal as friends and family or add 4%. Postage UK £4.00 registered and insured, £8 special delivery, Europe £9.50 tracked and signed. USA £12 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.
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Killer Rarity: Soul Messengers on Elbam!
Soul Messengers - I’ve Been Changed (Elbam!) Mint- £200 Rare as hen’s teeth, dancer floor destroyer that’s had precious little exposure thanks to its scarcity. Gospel meets R&B meets Funk to create an instantly infectious dancer that will have broad appeal. Honestly amazed this one hasn’t crossed over to the wider northern scene but then rarity has no doubt held it back. Perfect for the enterprising DJ looking for something different that’s right for now and will remain relatively exclusive. Gorgeous copy, you won’t see another like this anytime soon. https://youtu.be/7F7YtBQi-P8?si=Z8VwS2nAwVCk_KGC PayPal as friends and family or add 4%. Postage UK £4.00 registered and insured, £8 special delivery, Europe £9.50 tracked and signed. USA £12 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.
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***SALE***UP TO 50% OFF***BARGAINS
**SALE**UP TO 50% OFF***BARGAINS Lovations - I Don’t Want You (Cap City) strong Vg+ (plays mint) Was £350 NOW ONLY £200 Absolutely stunning and rare girl group lowrider that’s very much in demand. Cannot believe this hasn’t sold already, with recent sales of £450+ at Ex and above and whilst this has a few light marks and some label discolouration it plays beautifully! Got to be an absolute bargain at this price! https://youtu.be/YprLGnks62I?si=UCKVr008TdFrECUG Edwin Riley - I Love My Baby/Will You Still Love Me (Sunni) Vg+/Vg Was £150 NOW ONLY £75 Tough Texas twofer here. Top side is superb mid tempo northern that, thanks to rarity, has had little exposure, flip it for an incredible slab of R&B that like it’s topside still has plenty of legs in it. A scarce 45 that is rarely offered in any condition or on either of its two releases, like many this has multiple surface marks. Topside plays Vg+ with only the occasional light crackle, the flip has slightly more crackle although still plays Vg and has one tiny skip during the sax break which could be repaired easily. I have played this out and really does sound pretty good. Some ring wear and WOL but you ain’t getting a mint one of these anytime soon and it is very much priced accordingly. Sound files from sale 45 available on request, YouTube links below for reference only (although both sides play as well as clips). https://youtu.be/v-rU21GxvW0?si=D_-FsQyQhm0sfUqM https://youtu.be/cjQ0t8smF3I?si=PKNm3KY0CFfuwblR Herb Johnson And The Impacts - Where Are You/I’m So Glad (Brunswick Gold Reissue) Mint- Was £100 NOW ONLY £50 With Toxsan originals never showing up (last Discogs was nearly four years ago and sold at £500, so who know hat it would go for now), and Brunswick second press copies at least half that price, this official re-issue has seen a steady rise in price, with Discogs sales peaking recently at £100! Big demand for the lowrider side and rightly so, plus you get a northern classic on the flip! https://youtu.be/J1BLCVDhQj4?si=_Z6PKPhhEvCFMMY7 https://youtu.be/eDSVgUyZeuU?si=OIICw1UIEjJQgOCz Teddie Morrow - What’sYour Sign (Seibu) Ex was £25 NOW ONLY £15 Gorgeous ‘70s sweet soul ballad that’s a popular lowrider spin across the pond, not that common a 45 but still cheap (for now), nice copy. https://youtu.be/Nrr-Gg3IJr8?si=cx7fdvkqpMQMfml_ PayPal as friends and family or add 4%. Postage UK £4.00 registered and insured, £8 special delivery, Europe £9.50 tracked and signed. USA £12 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 advan
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Rare One: Lovations - Don’t Want You (Cap City)
Lovations - I Don’t Want You (Cap City) Vg+ (plays mint) £300 Absolutely stunning, and rare, girl group lowrider that’s very much in demand. Plenty of recent sales of £450+ at Ex and above and whilst this has a few light marks and some label rub, it plays beautifully! If I were a rich man I’d keep this. Don’t sleep! https://youtu.be/YprLGnks62I?si=mTMfkLzZnkKsp9F7 PayPal as friends and family or add 4%. Postage UK £1.80 standard first class or £3.50 recorded, £8 special delivery 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.
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Bargain Lowrider Goodies
The Wrong Rain - I’m So Proud (Tomi) Vg- £100 Simply stunning ‘Shades of Sorrow’ blue eyed lowrider and easily the rarest of the three, arguably the least known too. Just two recoded sales on Discogs and up until yesterday only once through eBay. A mint copy, sold by Carolina Soul made $441 a few weeks ago. Looks like the word is finally out on this rarity. Condition - lots of hairlines, no big deep marks or loud clicks but some light background crackle - may benefit from a professional clean (someone like Yann could probably get this up a grade quite easily). Priced accordingly (and still cheap!) YouTube for reference only (please DM for clip from actual copy for sale). https://youtu.be/4U1LaJ4av-c?si=LPxqChPfyb4G4462 Herb Johnson And The Impacts - Where Are You/I’m So Glad (Brunswick Gold Reissue) Mint- £65 With Toxsan originals never showing up (last Discogs was nearly four years ago and sold at £500, so who know hat it would go for now), and Brunswick second press copies at least half that price, this official re-issue has seen a steady rise in price. Big demand for the lowrider side and rightly so, plus you get a northern classic on the flip! https://youtu.be/J1BLCVDhQj4?si=_Z6PKPhhEvCFMMY7 https://youtu.be/eDSVgUyZeuU?si=OIICw1UIEjJQgOCz Cyntriks - Something To Go On/Love To A Stranger (Associated Artists) Mint- £40 Garage Soul twofer that’s obscure and I suspect equally rare. The mid tempo ‘Something’ will appeal to dancers and could easily crossover to the northern scene whilst ‘Love’ is a Shades of Sorrow style lowrider that seems to have, thus far, escaped attention. Can’t decide which I prefer TBH, both have been on repeat since it arrived. Was gonna keep this but could be persuaded to part with it. https://youtu.be/RW5674oZNdA?si=iaQktV4rlgMi5ljR https://youtu.be/7ogxr7SRX-M?si=SsaweBMvN0uTcBIp Teddie Morrow - What’sYour Sign (Seibu) Ex £20 Gorgeous ‘70s sweet soul ballad that’s a popular lowrider spin across the pond, not that common a 45 but still cheap (for now), nice copy. https://youtu.be/Nrr-Gg3IJr8?si=cx7fdvkqpMQMfml_ PayPal as friends and family or add 4%. Postage UK £4.00 registered and insured, £8 special delivery, Europe £9.50 tracked and signed. USA £12 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.
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2 Monsters: Lovations (Cap City)/Gillettes (J&S)
Gillettes - Same Identical Thing (J&S) Mint- £350 No introduction necessary, still on of Stafford’s finest. So hard to find these days, Manship auctioned one this year achieving £400, a record that isn’t ever going down in price and one that’s a long way from being overplayed! Superb copy, clean labels- stunning! https://youtu.be/y18BfS2cDc8?si=FCOY_J6SBG-MxTgI Lovations - I Don’t Want You (Cap City) Vg+ (plays Ex) £350 Absolutely stunning and rare girl group lowrider that’s very much in demand. Recent sales of £450+ at Ex and above and whilst this has a few light marks and some label discolouration it plays beautifully! If I were a rich man I’d keep this. Don’t sleep! https://youtu.be/YprLGnks62I?si=mTMfkLzZnkKsp9F7 PayPal as friends and family or add 4%. Postage UK £1.80 standard first class or £3.50 recorded, £8 special delivery 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.
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Mixed Bag of Rare Twofers
Hal Hardy - Love Man/House Of Broken Hearts (Hollywood) Mint- £100 Double sided dynamite! ‘House’ will bring back fond memories of Stafford for many, but has had little exposure since and consequently has plenty of legs left in it. But it is the flip side that’s caused a stir in more recent times, a fabulous R&B dancer that is as instant as any I’ve heard (great spoken intro too). One that doesn’t come to market often and this is a superb example. https://youtu.be/SDsH9aOBl6g?si=vOPBMXPhNTEvjyIJ https://youtu.be/rc7ugWTNEwQ?si=Wp8ldbb4pJNrNldH Herb Johnson And The Impacts - Where Are You/I’m So Glad (Brunswick Gold Reissue) Mint- £100 With Toxsan originals never showing up (last Discogs was nearly four years ago and sold at £500, so who know hat it would go for now), and Brunswick second press copies at least half that price, this official re-issue has seen a steady rise in price. Big demand for the lowrider side and rightly so, plus you get a northern classic on the flip! https://youtu.be/J1BLCVDhQj4?si=_Z6PKPhhEvCFMMY7 https://youtu.be/eDSVgUyZeuU?si=OIICw1UIEjJQgOCz Cyntriks - Something To Go On/Love To A Stranger (Associated Artists) Mint- £75 Groovy Garage Soul twofer that’s obscure and I suspect equally rare. The mid tempo ‘Something’ will appeal to dancers and could easily crossover to the northern scene whilst ‘Love’ is a Shades of Sorrow style lowrider that seems to have, thus far, escaped attention. Can’t decide which I prefer TBH, both have been on repeat since it arrived. https://youtu.be/RW5674oZNdA?si=iaQktV4rlgMi5ljR https://youtu.be/7ogxr7SRX-M?si=SsaweBMvN0uTcBIp PayPal as friends and family or add 4%. Postage UK £4.00 registered and insured, £8 special delivery, Europe £9.50 tracked and signed. USA £12 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.
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Tough Texas Twofer: Edwin Riley on Sunni
Edwin Riley - I Love My Baby/Will You Still Love Me (Sunni) Vg+/Vg £150 Tough Texas twofer here. Top side is superb mid tempo northern that, thanks to rarity, has had little exposure, flip it for an incredible slab of R&B that like it’s topside still has plenty of legs in it. A scarce 45 that is rarely offered in any condition or on either of its two releases, like many this has multiple surface marks. Topside plays Vg+ with only the occasional light crackle, the flip has more persistent crackle (this may benefit greatly from a good clean/wood glue treatment). Some ring wear and WOL but you ain’t getting a mint one of these anytime soon and it is very much priced accordingly (would more like £350 if both sides were Vg+ or above. Sound files from sale 45 available on request, YouTube links below for reference only (although both sides play as well as clips). https://youtu.be/v-rU21GxvW0?si=D_-FsQyQhm0sfUqM https://youtu.be/cjQ0t8smF3I?si=PKNm3KY0CFfuwblR PayPal as friends and family or add 4%. Postage UK £4.00 registered and insured, £8 special delivery, Europe £9.50 tracked and signed. USA £15 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.
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Lesser Known/Underplayed Northern Rarities
Soul Mates - Too Late To Say You’re Sorry (Parlophone) Mint- £125 Lesser known, killer female beat ballad (Stafford 🤔) that very barely ever turns up on US Marina and seems tough to say the least on UK Parlophone. Recent sales in this grade have been £150 despite it being relatively under the radar. Lovely copy in company sleeve. https://youtu.be/Tc-_wrOdCvU?si=2WZHK4UaV2Swtvex Gene Woodberry - That’s Not Half Bad/Everybody Can’t Be Pretty (Del-Val) Mint- £75 Okay, okay so it’s not bloody ‘Ever Again’ but the earlier release of the criminally underplayed flip side. Quality, underplayed northern to a tee for a fraction of the price! Don’t ignore the flip of this either, Woodberry’s quality reworking of The Casinos flip to ‘If I Told You’. Lovely condition and a 45 that barely shows up these days, should be £100+ https://youtu.be/frCN9SZM5F4?si=kVurmh682Y_-Z9eW https://youtu.be/QI_BCegE1vg?si=Jl1tGbsu4Nvcj-jK Bruce “Hey Baby” Channel - There Must Be A Love Somewhere (Le Cam) Ex £30 Lesser known male vocal version of the storming Betty Brooks rarity on the same label. This has sold at £100 in the past and certainly got bags of potential for a forward thinking DJ. https://youtu.be/-s4d-k4sIE8?si=SINdgx5Rzn5-YLSR PayPal as friends and family or add 4%. Postage UK £4.00 registered and insured, £8 special delivery, Europe £9.50 tracked and signed. USA £15 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
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Killer Lowrider Rare Yellows
J.H. + The Esquires - Stay By Me (Mus-I-Col) Mint- £150 Beautiful blue eyed ballad that’s both very rare and still very much under the radar. Just nine times through eBay and only four through Discogs. Gorgeous copy that looks unplayed! https://youtu.be/fskhNihiqkI?si=9qZXG6jsknwQ-sUD Johnny Neel And Shapes Of Soul - You’ve Got To Hold Me (Richie) Mint- £150 Rare, obscure and an absolute killer slab of blue eyed kiddie sweet soul. Even rarer than the 45 above going by Discogs (just two) and eBay (three). If this was better known it’d be twice this price and then some, one that can only rise in value. Again a gorgeous copy that looks unplayed! Don’t sleep. https://youtu.be/KUXZHVWZLXU?si=xnauaFbnwLk6VZ1e The Wrong Rain - I’m So Proud (Tomi) Vg- £150 Simply stunning ‘Shades of Sorrow’ blue eyed lowrider and easily the rarest of the three, arguably the least known too. Just two recoded sales on Discogs and up until yesterday only once through eBay. Last night’s copy, a mint copy, sold by Carolina Soul made $441. Looks like the word is finally out on this rarity. Condition is not great on this one, lots of hairlines, no big deep marks or loud clicks but light background crackle throughout - would benefit from a professional clean (someone like Yann could probably get this up a grade quite easily). Priced accordingly. YouTube for reference only (please DM for clip from actual copy for sale). https://youtu.be/4U1LaJ4av-c?si=LPxqChPfyb4G4462 PayPal as friends and family or add 4%. Postage UK £4.00 registered and insured, £8 special delivery, Europe £9.50 tracked and signed. USA £15 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.
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Garage Soul: Bargains, Bangers and Ballads
Marion Deaton Group - Baby I Still Love You/What You Gonna Do Girl (Disc) Ex £40 Two nice blue eyed sides here, killer early ‘70s garage soul ballad that’s very much under the radar, flip it for a moodier funk edged stepper. Has a top sale price on Discogs of over £120 and what copies are available are all £50 and over so this seems a decent price for a tough double sider. https://youtu.be/FADp-i5Vtak?si=FREm7Pt2pc6zZBgz https://youtu.be/KdsFPHqZDK0?si=8Kkqul9EcSN7Zkut Marquee Review - I Had A Dream/Comin’ Back (Butterick) Mint- £35 Another twofer and one that’s been the subject of some interest in one or two groups recently having had both sides receive an airing at the first LockUp curtesy of Caroline Mansell. Top side is a gorgeous Shades of Sorrow style blue eyed ballad recently uploaded to Jack White’s (highly recommended) YouTube channel and the flip is a horn driven garage dancer that sounds right for now. Cheap (for now 😉). https://youtu.be/KBf1Qohj_Mo?si=XeZ4aQ7RZat4UwHw https://youtu.be/-3DrzaHpd94?si=Qqn4zoztBXhaVmxJ 6 Tickets To Shangi-La - I’ve Got To Find A Way (Talmu) Mint- £30 Intriguing and infectious garage dancer by the equally intriguingly named 6 Tickets To Shangri-La. Getting some attention in Europe thanks to one or two more upfront DJs and venues. Another you should get before it goes up! https://youtu.be/vDejpAYKXeU?si=_wgvTAO6sKuNd5Yg The Only Ones - The Party’s Over (Sight) Vg+ £25 Another Shades of Sorrow style garage ballad, totally unknown too. Not on YouTube - DM for clip you’ll be surprised how good this is for the price! PayPal as friends and family or add 4%. Postage UK £3.50 registered and insured, Europe £8.95 tracked and signed. USA £12 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.
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Rare & Underplayed Northern/R&B
Georgia Soul Twisters - My Love Tonight (Mainstream) Vg+ £250 Reluctant sale here. Killer raw R&B influenced group 45 that’s as rare as hen’s teeth. Barely known and with hardly any exposure, thanks to it’s ridiculous rarity, only available on issue this side and it really never turns up. Bags of potential in right hands with appeal across Northern, R&B and Popcorn scenes. Don’t sleep. https://youtu.be/zaRaB1AEtqU?si=89AeXYjtnldjlFIY Gene Woodberry - That’s Not Half Bad/Everybody Can’t Be Pretty (Del-Val) Mint- £100 Okay, okay so it’s not bloody ‘Ever Again’ but the earlier release of the criminally underplayed flip side. Quality, underplayed northern to a tee for a fraction of the price! Don’t ignore the flip of this either, Woodberry’s quality reworking of The Casinos flip to ‘If I Told You’. Lovely condition and a 45 that barely shows up these days. https://youtu.be/frCN9SZM5F4?si=kVurmh682Y_-Z9eW https://youtu.be/QI_BCegE1vg?si=Jl1tGbsu4Nvcj-jK Eddie Sull - I’m Looking For My Baby (Marc) Mint- £75 Seen at £100, a cracking slab of R&B tinged northern soul. Lovely copy that looks almost unplayed. https://youtu.be/mmrHNPYN-Vs PayPal as friends and family or add 4%. Postage UK £3.50 registered and insured, Europe £8.95 tracked and signed. USA £12 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.
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Upfront R&B, Funk, Crossover & Garage Soul Bangers
Renaissance Of Rhythm - There Is No Time (RMP) Mint- £175 Ooof! Northern meets R&B, meets Funk with a splattering of Garage Soul for good measure creating an infectious and furious dance floor banger with killer breaks. This has everything needed to crossover to a number of scenes and it’s a rare one! Last couple have been £200+ on Discogs and it has a high sale of £373 on eBay. Just the one YouTube clip (and that’s recent) and barely seen on playlists in the right hands this could be massive. https://youtu.be/HB7tzo0RpJw?si=wvObKe49I5ukGa6I First Grade - Please Come Back (Frog) Mint- £125 Fabulous Garage Soul dancer that has had some northern plays in the past but is definitely right for now. Sounded great when played at The LockUp last Saturday by Dazz Holt. Last few on Discogs have been £200 and I’ve seen a couple in the past at £150 so think this is a fair price given it’s rarity, quality and potential. https://youtu.be/2DamT5gZIE0?si=69ldQnlT3C0oNkvw Compass - (You Are) Spring Of My Life/That’s Enough For Me (True Love Records) Ex £75 Superb double sided Garage Soul 45, topside is a sublime piece of crossover soul, flip it for a slice of funk edged mid tempo that’s had a few plays across Europe and at RSF events. My last copy went via private sale to the first person I offered it to - one to watch for sure and not an easy 45 to find! https://youtu.be/vAr26CZdRAA?si=pJ_pUt9mRsg9SpHU https://youtu.be/v4xLe1TbbXk?si=b7QOj6gO7MK2IfCj Nialations - I’ll Take You Just As You Come (BRC Demo S/M versions) Ex £25 Sublime seventies sweet soul/crossover 45, lots of demand stateside for this amongst the lowrider collectors and rightly so. My last copy flew out at £55 and I’ve seen sell at £75 more recently, great copy. (N.B. This is the demo so has Mono/Stereo versions on both sides and does not include the crossover cut ‘Every Time’ or it would be three times the price). https://youtu.be/o4X9AkWTUEs PayPal as friends and family or add 4%. Postage UK £3.50 registered and insured, Europe £8.95 tracked and signed. USA £12 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.
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Killer Lowrider Rarities & In Demanders
Danny White - King For A Day (Kashe WD) Mint- £250 Up there with Frank Tenella and Gerald Trotter IMHO as one of the finest lowrider deepies. Gorgeous WD of a 45 that’s proving harder and harder to find with demand increasing (over 450 ‘wants’ on Discogs now), can see this one doubling in price over the next few years like so many others. What few copies there are out there are carefully tucked away in collections. A very reluctant sale - don’t sleep. https://youtu.be/KmvJkSkavYc Moovers - I Love You Baby/One Little Dance (Brent) Ex £75 Big, big demand on this one currently with a high of £150 and most recent sales around the £90-100 mark. 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 Nialations - I’ll Take You Just As You Come (BRC Demo S/M versions) Ex £30 Sublime seventies sweet soul (classy bit of alliteration there too LOL), lots of demand stateside for this amongst the lowrider collectors and rightly so. My last copy flew out at £55 and I’ve seen sell at £75 more recently, great copy. (N.B. This is the demo so has Mono/Stereo versions on both sides and does not include the crossover cut ‘Every Time’ or it would be three times the price). https://youtu.be/o4X9AkWTUEs PayPal as friends and family or add 4%. Postage UK £3.50 registered and insured, Europe £8.95 tracked and signed. USA £12 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.
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Killer Funk Edged Soul Rarity: Glenn Earl on Kris
Glenn Earl And The Soul Providers’ Band - My So Called Friend (What A Friend) Ex £175 Mega rare funk edged obscurity that sounds bang on for now. Very, very rarely offered for sale in any condition - it’s never sold on Discogs (where only three people claim to own a copy) and it’s only appeared twice on FB sales groups. Just the one YouTube clip too clearly rarity and obscurity the only things to have held this back, a sleeper that in the right hands could become a very expensive and in demand 45. https://youtu.be/xH36fDSOkxg?si=n2YRHZEr3k5FOmX_ PayPal as friends and family or add 4%. Postage UK £2.00 standard first class or £3.75 recorded, £8 special delivery 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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Northern/Lowrider Rarity: Fascinators on Burn
Fascinators - Can’t You See I’m Lonely/I’ll Be Gone (Burn) Vg+ (SOL (distributor) ‘I’ll Be Gone’ side, WOL on other side (see pic)) £250 Exceptionally rare double sider on the tiniest of local labels rarely turns up at all and when it does is often beat. Top side is mid tempo male group harmony that will appeal to both northern and popcorn collectors. Flip for a killer girl group (same name but most definitely not the same group!?), lowrider that’s owned and known by very very few. John Manship auctioned a copy about four years ago where it made over £300 and its last Discogs sale went for much the same (and was only Vg) so this is pretty reasonably priced given rarity/obscurity/quality. https://youtu.be/rRirnKA-65Q?si=3IZrbaA4lr56XP-e https://youtu.be/MGdj1tUa3Yw?si=oz8_IEvzAZK7bxfH PayPal as friends and family or add 4%. Postage UK £2.00 standard first class or £3.75 recorded, £8 special delivery 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 Grail: Down Beats on Dawn
Down Beats - Why Do You Love Another/You’re The One (Dawn) Vg+ £600 Emotionally draining, sensational lowrider dagger that just never ever seems to turn up. More than 600 wants on Discogs with its last sale well over a year ago at £500 and its most recent eBay appearance (around the same time) reaching £780+ this 45 is in serious demand! Don’t ignore the northern flip side, but in all honesty it’s that killer ballad you’re paying your money for. Don’t even blink never mind sleep. https://youtu.be/Xc0ceXlrbeQ?si=dxwtNCdLceRFfeYQ PayPal as friends and family or add 4%. Postage UK £2.00 standard first class or £3.75 recorded, £8 special delivery 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 45s
Otisettes Featured With The Johnny Otis Show - Sitting Alone (In My Lonely Room) (Epic) Mint- £75 Lovely copy of this gorgeous female lowrider favourite, seen the price rising sharply recently too (top price of £100 on Discogs from a recent listing). Not an easy find either despite the big label. https://youtu.be/qOblSpxcZO0?si=PNxxqxQGsD2jMuoh Augustine Twins (Don & Ron) - Everyday Of My Life/My Place (Duke) Ex £50 Killer Texas (just wait for those Texan horns) lowrider that seems less well known on this side of the Atlantic. Recent sales have seen this be on the move so maybe the word is spreading (or US demand is still driving the price). Don’t ignore the dancer flip either! Doesn’t show in nice condition often. https://youtu.be/CW0KnKeN2_g?si=X9L-VOggGPupaeJb https://youtu.be/3qW_kd7q-mo?si=DFXxTogh2WlToFVh Nialations - I’ll Take You Just As You Come (BRC Demo S/M versions) Ex £40 Sublime seventies sweet soul (classy bit of alliteration there too LOL), lots of demand stateside for this amongst the lowrider collectors and rightly so. My last copy flew out at £55 and I’ve seen sell at £75 more recently, great copy. (N.B. This is the demo so has Mono/Stereo versions on both sides and does not include the crossover cut ‘Every Time’ or it would be three times the price). https://youtu.be/o4X9AkWTUEs Caesars - Get Yourself Together/(Lala) I Love You (Laine) Vg plays okay some gentle crackle, not as prevalent on ‘I Love You’ side) £25 Surely one of the best group harmony double siders of all time. ‘Together’ is killer lowrider harmony, flip it for a fabulous northern group dancer. Been rising in value recently as copies are ferreted away into collections (seen nice copies sell at £75 recently). https://youtu.be/As_IPCJrj2g https://youtu.be/Z58CdKZfA2s PayPal as friends and family or add 4%. Postage UK £2.00 standard first class or £3.75 recorded, £8 special delivery 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.