Solidsoul

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The 70's bootleg was on Cross-Town. Reissued on UK labels Right-On and Inferno. Recent remakes on Red-Bird and Soulation. The original Eskee demo is a nice multicoloured gloss label on high quality vinyl. The original issue is dark blue screen print label on styrene plastic. Original demo is Bell sound stamped from memory!

I got some good records from Bill Nadolny's (Paisley Haze records) auction. Also some mint Delettes etc, from Vernon Edwards at Little Rock, Arkansas. In the early days Craig Moerer used have lots of great records at low prices. After the internet started just about everything went to UK prices. Also Frank Merrell of Saturday Night Music had some great auctions. If I got my note book out there will be many more. It was all more exciting then because you could get some great records at great prices. The internet spoiled a lot, but on the flip side I have had some great deals from the net as well.

Sounds like this first tune is called "Treason" by The Parliments. Sounds good, was it a released as proper 45 record?

I wouldn't like to hear it at a Northern Soul allnighter. If it's a divvy soul night, I suppose some punters will like it! I remember it from the charts, but it might be a fresh new sound for some people!

Yes but what condition are those copies in! This copy was really great condition. I am not justifying the price, but condition must play a part!

I watch certain things, but it is very limited in selection. I seem to have seen all the good things and I can't find anything new that's good to watch. I will keep it as the things I do watch I enjoy. P.S. I did enjoy the latest episode of Better Call Saul, yesterday.

Because looking at Discogs, Soul Source sales, eBay, lists etc, a lot of things do not sell like they used to.

There used to be a big market for semi knowns and cheaper collectors records. Now it only seems to be big collectors items or the latest thing a DJ needs for his set. I'm still chipping away at collecting things I like.

I have never had a Jayboy copy to compare. All I can say is the Dade copies play loud and clear with great fidelity.

Aww, I was gonna buy them records off you. Can you get them flat again?

Hi,. I have sent you a personal message. Thanks.

"Trying To Get Back To You Girl" - Jackey Beavers - Dade. SOLD. Real quality record from the great Jackey Beavers. The record has a rather long intro, which to my mind has held it back slightly, but once the beat kicks in it is a superb 1970's classic dancer. Always fills the dance floor. The copy on the sound clip is for reference and just to hear the tune. The copy for sale is pictured below the sound clip. Ex+ condition with a drill hole in label.

Maybe the orientation of the A & B sides numbers seems a little different, it's hard to tell. Like most collectors on here I have been scrutinizing vinyl for many years and this vinyl looks what I would expect from a record made around 1970. It has a slightly recycled look of vinyl made for small independent labels around the 60's/early 70's and is not bendy like modern vinyl.

My copy has what looks like, two stamped number one's on both sides runout's. Like a number 11. They remind me of the MGM bed stamp arrows. Is that on all copies?

"Trying To Get Back To You Girl" Jackey Beavers - Dade. Original first issue - Ex condition. 1970's Mecca classic. Always fills the dancefloor. SOLD. "60 Minutes Of Your Love" - Homer Banks - Minit. Fabulous great classic on first issue original. Condition is a nice Ex. £25. "Stay Here With Me" Sandra Richardson - Inter/Soul. original classic Detroit 45rpm. Condition is Ex. £25. Postage £3.45 recorded. PayPal friends@family or bank transfer.

Was that the seller who called himself "Pay my way through college" or something like that?

As mentioned earlier, it was a Richard Searling exclusive at Wigan Casino covered as the Embers. I remember thinking this is a record I will never be able to own. I was so pleased to be able to get one when they turned up in quantity. Full on Northern Soul with a superb slower tempo flip. I would never sell my copy and a lot of copies will be staying in serious collections! So market forces push up the price!

There are different of opinions on what constitutes an original UK release. To me, if it was released around the time of the original recording or issued with a view to getting it into the UK commercial charts, it is an original. If it was legally pressed many years after it was recorded and issued only for a specialist market like the Northern Soul scene it is not a proper UK release. So to me, Frank Wilson on the first UK black label Tamla Motown release, was a long time after original recording but it was released in the hope of some commercial chart placing, and the general public, so it is an original UK release. You could of gone and bought it from your local record shop. But the Pointer Sisters on Out-a-site was released for a specialist Northern Soul market and not intended for the general public and the commercial market, so to me it's not a UK original. I suppose it is all a matter of your personal viewpoint on it.

Probably because some people can't be bothered looking at, or don't want, cheap records! So put it at a higher price and it gains more interest and maybe a sale. Silly I know, but true!

"When The Music Grooves" / "Let Her Love Me" Otis Leavill. Bluerock. Original first issue USA 45rpm. Condition is a nice Ex+ Classic dance side and a pure quality Impressions style flip. £30 plus £3.45 recorded delivery for UK delivery. Paypal friends & family or bank transfer.

Great instrumental, and that used to be the only side played, back in the day!

I'll Do Anything" - Doris Troy on Calla. Most red and white label copies are coloured demo's with "Promotional Copy Not For Sale" written on the right hand side. The red and white stock copies without the promotional info are much more scarce. With both being the same coloured label, it is not very noticeable.

"What Do You Want With My Love" c/w "Your Love" The Stratoliners. SOLD. Federal. USA original 45rpm first issue. Condition is a nice EX. Just a couple of very light sleeve scuffs and drill hole in label, otherwise it would be a minter. Plays really well with great fidelity. Much rarer on this greenish/blue issue than the white demo!

I have known it for over 40 years but for someone who has recently got into Northern Soul, it's still quite fresh. I try and take a pragmatic view of the Northern Scene and take it for what it is! Saying a record is hammered to death is a relative to the induvidual person, but certainly not true for everyone listening to it! I agree that a DJ who plays a totally predictable spot of big sounds, but does not use some imagination and include some semi knowns is tiresome. But others might be listening to the same spot and they hardly know any of the records, so they are all fresh sounds to them!