Diggin' Dave

I haven't posted anything in sales for a few months because I've been very busy, but in the meantime I've always been on the lookout for quality 45s and I've been able to buy a few small collections too. The quality tunage was piling up so I decided to spend a whole weekend selecting, recording, scanning researching everything I needed for this list. It was hard to resist the urge to party, but I'm very pleased with what I've done instead. The result is a sales list of 109 45s in all various soulful genres (Doo-wop, modern, popcorn, R&B, Chicago, Detroit, New Orleans, ... you name it, it's in there). Shipping to anywhere in the world for any number of records will cost £5. I apologize in advance for the high shipping costs, but that's the actual amount I have to pay to send a record to the UK. I'll cover paypal costs. If interested or if you have any questions or requests don't hesitate to PM. I'll answer asap. First member who PMs about a certain record gets it, and I can keep on hold for up to a week. Enjoy the list! There's some lesser known things in here that are worth listening to. And if you can't afford them just try to enjoy the soundfiles. I'll keep 'em online if you want... Tommy Youngblood - Now you're on your own / Why did you leave me - Rayco 518 Ultra rare R&B. Vinyl has a few smaller marks but plays very well. £450 Billy & The Hi-Liners - A lonely world / Scout - Airplay 1009 DJ Copy Rare as hens teeth white demo of this classy sound. Looks pretty clean and plays with a bit of background noise in places. £400 The Rotations - (Put a dime on) D-9 / Instrumental - Frantic 200 SOLD Beautiful all-time classic spin. Marks on vinyl and ringwear on label but plays well. £300 The Summits - I can't get over losing you / Instrumental - Dontee 102 HOLD In-demander with marks on vinyl which are most noticeable during intro. Plays well once it gets going. Priced accordingly. £250 Darby - Sexy lady / Closer to you - Rio 724 SOLD Ultra rare, suerb tune, excellent nick... this one's got it all. Very few copies known. £250 Wess Oliver - Keep the faith / I confess - Star Fire 19671 Very clean copy of this highly recommended rarity. Quality through and through. £250 Johnny Blue - Crazy, crazy / Going to a meeting - Friar 2363 Very clean copy of this gritty Cali funk rarity. £225 Tommy T and The Targets - Sales pitch / Marching coast to coast - Big R 2001 DJ Copy Very clean copy of this novelty dancer. Not easy to pick up as a demo in this condition. £150 Lee Maye - Total disaster / What's happening - Pic 1 120 DJ Copy Classy oldie that went for a lot of money in the past. Just a few small marks, but plays superb. £150 Little Beaver and Frank Williams - Soul stuff Pt I/II - Phil-L.A. of Soul 306 Gritty funky mover from these two legends. Scuffy vinyl but plays well because off the loud pressing. £130 Edward Hamilton and The Arabians - Now you have to cry alone / I love you so - Lanrod 1605 Excellent copy of the rarer yellow label variation of this Detroit indemander. £125 The Tri-Tones - Teardrops / Everytime I think of you - Miss Julie 6501 Brilliant doowop-soul rarity. Vinyl has a lot of smaller marks that don't affect play. £125 Ivory Brimmer Jr - Testify / Funkey LA disco - Brimco 101 Obscure modern soul dancer in excellent nick. £120 The Versatile Gents - You've blown my mind / Instrumental - Linco 001 Great funky soul stormer in excellent condition. £120 Priscilla Price - Rockefeller Jones / Do I stand a chance with you - GMC 10007 Recommended funky dancer backed by the Leo Price Orchestra. £120 Delorise Berry - No other girl / Crying won't help me now - Gator 106 Very hard to find on this label. Vinyl has a few marks, but record plays perfect. £120 Johnny Dunn - You're hangin' me up / False pride - Veep 1237 DJ Copy Virtually unplayed copy of this great 60s sound. £100 Tommy Ridgely - Spreading love / Live - Ridge-Way 0005 Fantastic New Orleans toughie in good nick. £100 Elmer Parker - Going to Louisiana / Got to get back to Louisiana - Rare Bird 5005 Shiny, barely played copy of this low down blues-funk 45 £100 Las Vegas Connection - Give me your love / Dancing with my love bones - Hep'Me 136 HOLD Killer modern dancer. Plug side plays perfectly. Flipside has a scratch that causes a tick all the way through. £90 Geraldine Curry - You're so wonderful / No matters how hard I try - London House Records 656 Mid-tempo rarity. Vinyl has some smaller marks, but plays well. £90 The Premiers - Lonely weatherman / I won't stand in your way - Scepter 12298 DJ Copy Sweet soul rarity in excellent condition £80 Calvin Owens Show - The cat / Sawdust alley - Klondike 2226 Heavy breaks 45 in pristine condition. £80 Cheryl Dorsey - If you want your man / A new chapter in my life - Stoop Down 0004 SOLD Deep sister funk. Clean copy. Quality! £75 Denny Marcus - I'll take good care of her / Tell her you love her - Associated Artists 1065 Fabulous 60s rarity that's virtually unknown on the scene. If it goes big remember where you heard it first;) £75 Hank Soul Man Mullen - He upset your dreams / Listen - Audel 362 Clean copy of this tune that really deserves more spins. This one grows on you. £75 The Implements - Look over your shoulder / I wish it were me - Philips 40473 SOLD Has quite a bit of smaller marks but plays well. Rare issue copy. £75 Claude & Hank Carbo - Fox in a mini skirt / Misty - Castle 1 HOLD Uplifting funky vibes on this virtually unplayed 45. Highly recommended! £60 Joe Johnson - Can I change my mind / Mr. Bo Jangles - Syla 7930 Quality nola crossover spin with just a tiny amount of crackle near the beginning. Clean vinyl. £60 Silk & Satin - Sad girl / You got to be the one - Hamilton 502 Sweet soul rarity. Pops up very rarely. In pristine condtion. £60 Danny DeLaney - Stop and think / Faith will help you on - Seeda 100 Groovy vibes on this one. In excellent nick with two marks not affecting play. £55 Batiste Broadus - Got this pain / I need time - Capa 124 Nashville mover with a tremendous sax break. Clean copy with a few smaller marks which are slightly audible first few seconds. £55 Valorie Keys - Listen here / One of them - Double shot 134 Indemand fingersnapper in excellent condition. £50 Debbie Deane - Take my hand / Dream in a dream - Treva 223 DJ Copy Impossible to find Cali rarity in excellent nick. One for the collectors. £50 The Revealers - They had a party at the Watergate / I want to make you glad - Paramount 0243 DJ Copy Quality crossover with a reduced price because of ticks in the middle of the song. £50 The Charles IV - We can do some business / Better get a hold of yourself - Smash 2082 DJ Copy Rare and clean white demo with severe Katrina damage on labels. £50 Tony Love - Crying time is over / Just a juvenile - Instant 3324 Good New Orleans crossover tune that plays perfect. £50 Camille Bob - Kill that roach / Harry hippie - Master-Trak 3010 Funky modern. Personal fave in pristine condition. £50 Na Allen - Thanks for nothing . No easy way down - Atco 6753 Classic indemand sound. Vinyl and label look worn, but record plays remarkably well. £50 The Insiders - I'm stuck on you / Chapel bells are ringing - Red Bird 10055 DJ Copy Mid-tempo beauty. Looks excellent apart from the label wear on 'chapel' side. £50 Sharon Marshall - Where did you leave your heart / I'm glad there is you - Kayden 411 Very clean copy of this Philly rarity. £50 Verble Domino - I've been fooled before / Faded memory - Toi 920 Great Chicago version. Clean apart from an edge chip and some very slight background noise near the beginning. £50 The Spencer Jackson Family - Bring back peace to the world Pt I/II - Little Lynn's 7711 Killer tune with an unexpected switch after the long wailing intro. Clean copy. £50 Jack Harden & The Silhouettes - She'll be back / Love is wonderful - Star Shot 3002 SOLD Unknown and very hard to find uptempo release from Canada. Some inaudible marks on vinyl. £50 Johnny Moore - Walk like a man / It's just my way of loving you - Date 1562 DJ Copy Quality northern with wear on styrene and label, but plays excellent. £45 Flint Emeralds - You don't know tat I love you / Is it all a bad dream - Coconut Groove 4021 Very clean copy of this groover from Michigan. £40 Lew Jiggs Kirton - Hold on to what you got Pt I/II - Verdith 005 Mid 70s rarity that looks barely played. £40 Charen Cotten - A little bit of love / Take are of business at home - Perception Very clean copy of this crossover ballad. £40 Melvin Davis - You made me over / I'm worried - Invictus 1259 Sought-after x-over. Scuffs on vinyl, but plays through very well. £40 The Electrostats - Setting the mood / I'm not gonna hurt you no more - Three Oaks 102 Absolutely fantastic deep Nola instrumental rarity. £40 Mary Holmes - Soul brother / After I shed a tear - Nassau 100 Recommended sister funk. Few light marks NAP. £40 Mr. Tears (Paris) - Excuse me baby / Don't lead me on - 4-J 509 Beautiful popcorn/soul on a rare Candian issue. Looks and plays very clean. £40 The Wanderers - You can't run away from me / I'll know - United Artists 648 Few smaller marks NAP. Comes with a matching company sleeve I forgot to scan. £40 Al Brown - The whip Pt I/II - BM 2835 Funky double-sider. Pt I is pressed just a bit off-centre. £35 Jim Coleman - Cloudy days / It don't seem like you love me - Sir Rah 502 Hard to find Detroit soul ballad. plays with crackle, hence the price reduction. £35 Jimmey (Soul) Clark - Sweet darlin / Stop that girl - Soulhawk 001 All-time classic Mike Terry production. Strong pressing that overpowers the marks on vinyl £35 Billy Watson - Get myself together / So long - Barracuda 502 Excellent copy of this 60s R&B/popcorn tune. £35 Frank E Moore - Spellbound / Instrumental - Exochronos 0016 Excellent copy of this modern toughie. £35 The Interpreters - Pretty little thing / Be kind to love - Abet 9425 Killer double-sider that doesn't pop up too often. Smaller marks NAP. £35 Promise - I'm not ready for love / I wonder - New Directions 7501 Very clean copy of this mid 70s soul 45 from Maryland. £35 Ray Wilson - How can I reach you / How come, how come - Local 165 Obscure double-sider featuring Sax Kari. Small marks only audible during first seconds. £35 Johnny Nash - World of tears / Some of your lovin' - ABC-Paramount 10181 Undoubtedly one of his best. Excellent condition. £35 Jimmy Gilford - Heartbreaker / I wanna be your baby - Solid Hit 103 Very clean copy of this classic Detroit beat ballad. £35 Ruff Francis & The Illusions - Give me mercy / Misery loves company - Essica 002 Funky dancer. A few smaller marks, nothing to worry about. £35 Mighty Joe Young - Ladies man / Sweet kisses - Celtex 214 Soulful R&B. Marks on vinyl that can't be felt or heard. £35 Chris Clark - From head to toe / The beginning of the end - TMG 624 Few marks on vinyl that are only audible during the intro. £35 Gene Chandler - After the laughter / To be a lover - Checker 1165 In-demand dancer in good nick with a few smaller marks nap. £35 Chuck Carbo - It's you / Black velvet - Rex 1012 New Orleans R&B brilliance. Vinyl looks clean, but label has some Katrina damage. £35 John Thomas - Lonely man / Who could ever love you - Veep 1272 DJ Copy Very clean copy of this underrated beat ballad. £30 Billy Jenkins - Mr. Naylor Pt I/II - Flambo Obscure New Orleans soul outing. Pretty clean with just a few marks. £30 Seventh Wonder - Captain of my ship / Pharoah - W.G. 666 Uptempo modern soul. Watch out if you're dancing to this one! In excellent condition. £30 A fascinating Musical Experience - The monster / 1-2-3 - Honey 216 Rare funky instrumental in good nick. £30 Earl King - Trick bag / Always a first time - Imperial 5811 Quality R&B dancer. few marks on vinyl nap. £30 April Young - Run to my lovin' arms / You're the one - Columbia 43392 DJ Copy Great moody popcorn tune that grows on you. Small marks on vinyl nap. £30 Aalon Butler and The New Breed - It's got to be somethin' / Please give me a chance - PKC 1016 SOLD Killer uptempo grooves on this 45 in perfect condition. £30 Sonny Anderson & Prince Conley - Love and laughter / Come what may - Emerson 2003 Great crossover Cali soul tune in excellent condition. £30 Janeen Jordan - Mr. magic man / Dream tonight - Lyndell 14 Very clean copy of this semi-known crossover tune. £30 Azzie Danfair - You've got everything (I want) / Don't bother me - Mellow 1003 Clean copy of this Chicago dancer. £30 Big Al "T" Orchestra - Twenty five miles / Do the slide - Virtue 2507 Very clean copy of this Edwin Starr instrumental version. £25 The Jazz Tribe - Wa-pa-cha / The ritual - Little Star 127 Excellent copy of this Latin/Popcorn instumental. £25 The Treniers - Let it all hang out / I gotta travel on - Dom 410 Obscure R&B. Excellent conditon with just a few tiny papermarks. £25 The Showmen - Take it baby / In paradise - Swan 4213 Very clean double-sider from 1965. £25 Clarence Carter - Messin' with my mind / I was in the neighborhood - Ichiban 85-101 Modern soul classic and a personal fave in excellent condition. £25 Jon Thomas - Tizzy / Feeling good - Junior 1003 Philly mod organ instrumental in excellent condition. £25 The Impacs - Good old funky feelin Pt I/II - Land 141 Highly recommended funk 45 in great nick. £25 Lynn August - One way ticket / Happy go dreamer - Preview 5019 Crossover from 1972 in excellent condition. Personal fave! £25 Kip Anderson - Tell her I love her / Woman, how do you make me love you like I do - D.H.C. 103 Classic R&B tune on this first label. £25 Ricky Ricks - Chained and bound / Why did I - Sure-Shot 5021 DJ Copy Excellent copy of this R&B mover. £25 Malcolm Dodds - Laugh my heart / Without a song - MGM 13025 60s Popcorn sound on this issue copy. Few marks nap. £25 The Mod Squad - Charge / Mod squad you all - TRC 1004 Killer early 70s funk dancer with a few very small marks nap. £25 The Brothers Soul - Look ahead / I shall be released - Okeh 7322 DJ Copy Beautiful clean demo from the end of the sixties. £20 Tenison Stephens - Don't rip me off! / Hour glass - Aries 5007 Nice low down and funky tune with a positive message. Excellent copy. £20 John Thomas - It sure is groovy / Come see me - Veep 1282 DJ Copy Soulful movie soundtrack tune from 1968. Marks on styrene but plays perfect. £20 Alex Spearman - Stranded in the desert / You'll never find another man like that - White Cliffs 232 Rare New Orleans R&B in excellent condition. £20 The Symphonies - Need someone to love / The git-go - Carnival 543 Clean copy of this beat ballad on one of the best labels around. £20 Carl Douglas an The Big Stampede - Crazy feeling / Keep it to myself - Okeh 7268 DJ Copy Killer uptempo R&B dancer. Few papermarks nap. £20 Jean & The Darlings - How can you mistreat the one you love / That man of mine - Volt 151 DJ Copy Funky soul recording of this Arkansas group. Clean vinyl with just a few smaller papermarks. £20 James Duncan - Money can't buy true love / My baby is back - Federal 928 Nice double-sider from this Georgia artist. Good production and clean vinyl. £20 Fats Domino - Going to the river / Mardi gras in New Orleans - Imperial 5231 R&B classic that's getting harder to find. Vinyl looks worn, but record plays through well. £15 Bobby "Guitar" Bennett - Goin home / Lawdy miss clawdy - Junior 1005 Philly R&B from the 60s in excellent condition. £15 The 21st - The sun came out / Just can't forget your name - Joy 672 Great crossover Mike Terry production. marks on vinyl that are audible here and there. £15 Shock - Footsteps across your mind / Why should I forgive you - Sirocco 101 70s Soul with great male harmonies. In beautiful condition. £15 Chuck Wright - It's a lie / My young love - Ember 1102 Clean copy of this R&B/soul tune. £15 Betty Everett - Prince of players / By my side - VeeJay 513 Excellent issue copy of this 60s sound. £15 Elliott Small - Stay in my heart / Girls are made for lovin' - Bang 570 Cheap quality northern tune from this Nola artist. £15 Johnson, Hawkins, Tatum & Durr - You're all I need to make it / Same - Capsoul 24 Clean white demo of this crossover tune from 1972 £15 The Fugitives - I love you more than anything / Jump back - Path 252 Semi-known group soul in excellent nick. £15 Barbara Brown - A great big thing / Can't find no happiness - Atco 6549 DJ Copy Demo copy of this superb deep soul double-sider. Clean. £15 Jimmy Huff - Never leave me / Sweet man - Verve 10477 DJ Copy Highly recommended semi-known dancer. Clean with just a few papermarks nap. £15

Gwen Phlegm on the John Phlegm label... very tasty

If anyone wondered why his package to Germany didn't arrive: https://ibnlive.in.co...y/73230-13.html edit: don't read this if you're an avid collector with heart problems!

Worst one I've heard someone ask during a soul night was the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Priceless look on the DJ's face when that one was requested

At that price I'd like it to be a bit more than 77% new...

Now theat he's gone, can anyone guess what caused all this bullying he's been doing via this website and other channels? I think he would've received much more sympathy and maybe sold more cds if he would've stayed polite and informative, but I always had the feeling some kind of trauma kept him from acting normal...

I've seen these listings too and think they're purposely misleading which I find strange cause it's a bit silly to ruin your reputation with things like this. How hard is it to just use the word repress if it's a repress?

Also think the original quantity that's been found has dried up now. As Gene said there'll still be some on dealer lists, but I think it'd be wise to secure a copy now if you want it...

ouch! You'd think there's enough space on the label to drill it there... I guess somebody wasn't too keen on the outros of those tunes eh

I often see record condition described as 'a real shame about the drill hole, otherwise would be mint', and it seometimes seems to put a few collectors off a bit. For some reason I don't care about them and got to admit I even prefer the ones with drillholes. I also never mention it in my sales descriptions because I don't really see it as an imperfection (as opposed to wol etc.), more as something that gives a record some kind of edge. What are your views about this? Does anyone really care if there's a drill hole in the label of one of your beloved 45s? Anorak question I know, but I take pride in my record nerdism and I'm sure I'm not the only one on here

All 45s from my sales list from earlier this week reduced, so check carefully if you're after quality sounds at good prices... If interested PM. I can keep records on hold for up to 7 days. Shipping for any number of 45s to anywhere in the world is £5. Might seem a bit steep but that's the actual amount I have to pay to send a 45 to the UK. If you have any questions (detailed description of condition, soundfile of the flipside, matrix info etc.) don't hesitate to ask. I'll to answer all PMs as quickly as possible. Rythms and Blues - She won't give in / Put some soul in it - Spark-ee 101 Beautiful group harmony 45 that's very hard to track down. Copy looks and sounds barely played. Cleanest copy of this one I've ever seen. £600 Rythms and Blues - She won't give in.mp3 Tommy Youngblood - Now you're on your own / Why did you leave me - Rayco 518 Rare R&B dancer. Vinyl looks a bit scuffy but plays like a dream. £300 Tommy Youngblood - Now you're on your own.mp3 Commands - I've got love for my baby / Blank - Dynamic 123 DJ Copy Very rare group soul 45. Probably one of the cleanest of the 25 copies that were originally pressed. £250 Commands - I've got love for my baby.mp3 Kenny Hamber - These arms of mine / Looking for a love - Arctic 139 Very rare issue copy with deep flipside. One of Manship's rarest of the rare. Plays very strong. £200 Kenny Hamber - These arms of mine.mp3 The Soul Lovers - Gonna have fun tonight / It's alright - Pacemaker 1983 SOLD Charnessa & The Charmettes - Personal woman / I can feel my love comin' down - Atco 6836 One of the rarest soul 45s on Atco. Looks excellent but plays with a bit of crackle during the quiet passages. £150 Charnessa & The Charmettes - Personal woman.mp3 Benny Royce & Company - Drivin' my love away / Since you set me free - Delmar 4975 Beautiful dancer that could set any open-minded dancefloor on fire. Clean copy with just a hint of ringwear. £150 Benny Royce - Drivin' my love away.mp3 Winfield Parker - Mr. Clean Pt I / II - Ru-Jac 101 HOLD Clean copy of this funky mid-paced dancer outta Baltimore. £130 Winfield Parker - Mr.mp3 Seleno Clarke - Stimulation / Exploitation of soul - Right-ahead 1000 Hard to find funk breaks. Some wear on vinyl and background noise in places, but nothing too distracting. Freat flipside too. £110 Seleno Clarke - Stimulation.mp3 Brenda and The Sentries - Don't make me lie / Things we said today - Bee 101 Dog rare Philly soul that could make you smile all day. Slight bit of ringwear, but a pretty clean copy nevertheless. £110 Brenda and The Sentries - Don't make me lie.mp3 Phil Lowman - Rock me till I want no more / Saving my love for you - Palos 1056 HOLD Nice original copy. Same backing track as the LJ Reynolds tune on Law-ton. Vinyl looks barely played. £100 Phil Lowman - Rock me till I want no more.mp3 The Heartbreakers - I've found a new lover / I'm falling in love again - Miracle 101 HOLD Rare one from Louisville, Kentucky. Just a few smaller marks on vinyl but they don't affect play. £100 The Heartbreakers - I've found a new lover.mp3 Leonard Pierce - Lock up / Please don't leave me - Givhan 108 Uptempo R&B dancer. A few scratches on vinyl, but plays strong all the way through. £70 Leonard Pierce - Lock up.mp3 Bobby Angelle - It's just gotta be that way / You got me dizzy - Money 137 SOLD The Two Friends - Family reunion / Just to much to hope for - H.P.C. 001 1960 R&B/soul from Steve Mancha and Wilburt Jackson. First seconds sound a bit crackly, but no problems after that. £75 The Two Friends - Family reunion.mp3 Jimmy Jules - Don't let yourself go / Nothing will ever change - Carnival 534 HOLD One of the harder to track down on the label. Nice tune in superb nick. £80 Jimmy Jules - Don't let yourself go.mp3 The Volcanos - The Laws of love / blank - Arctic 115 DJ Copy Should need no introduction. Few marks on the vinyl, but should play pretty well after it's been cleaned. £80 The Volcanos - The laws of love.mp3 The Seekers - Search your heart / La la lover - Cougar 103 Clean copy of this semi-known soul oldie with potential on the popcorn scene too. £70 The Seekers - Search your heart.mp3 The Blue Grass - P.O.W. Pt I/II - B.N.M. 002 Killer funk 45 from New York. Great arrangement and breaks right, left and centre. £65 The Blue Grass - P.O.W.mp3 Top Hat & Little Jeff - Mississippi bump / Dorothy May - C.J. 670 Barely played copy of this hard to find Chicago funk 45. £65 Top Hat & Little Jeff - Mississippi bump.mp3 Theresa Lindsey - It's love / Good idea - Correc-tone 1053 HOLD Classic Detroit soul. Plays well, but has some background nosie in places. £60 Theresa Lindsey - It's love.mp3 The Patrick Bradley - Just one more chance / same - Decca 34467 DJ Copy Vocal version on both sides of this forgotten oldie. £55 The Patrick Bradley - Just one more chance.mp3 The Three-of-us trio - Telegram / Sugar Jump - York 118 Rare mid-tempo R&B oldie. Vinyl looks wor, but record plays amazingly well. £50 The Three-of-us Trio - Telegram.mp3 Steve Colt - Dynamite / Take away - Big Beat 105 SOLD The Soulful Seven - I've got a feelin' / Double shot of my baby's love - MGM 14160 DJ Copy SOLD Jimmey Soul Clark - I'll be your winner / A girl's world - Soulhawk 003 SOLD Buster Brown - Trying to learn how to love you / Broadway on fire - Gwenn 601 Nice and rare R&B double-sider. Few small marks. Plays great. £40 Buster Brown - Trying to learn how to love you.mp3 Lee Tillman - Here I go again / Tarzan - Sonora 211 DJ Copy Very reasonably priced rare popcorn oldie. Few inaudible marks on vinyl. £35 Lee Tillman - Here I go again.mp3 Kenny Smith and The Lovelighters - Bye bye / Woman (I can't do enough) - Clear Hill 101 SOLD Little Johnny Truitt - Bring my baby on home / That's what love will do - A-Bet 9423 DJ Copy HOLD Recommended fingersnapper. Excellent copy. £35 Little Johnny Truitt - Bring my baby on home.mp3 Leon and The Metronomes - I'll catch you on the rebound / Buy this record for me - Carnival 515 DJ Copy HOLD Mid-tempo 60s soul dancer. Beautiful and clean chite demo. £35 Leon and The Metronomes - I'll catch you on the rebound.mp3 Daylighters - Cool breeze / Baby I love you - Tip Top 2002 SOLD Willard Burton and The Funky Four - Funky in here / Every beat of my heart - Capitol 3175 Laid-back organ funk. Copy looks barely played. £25 Willard Burton & The Funky Four - Funky in here.mp3 Leonard Kaigler - I can't get you off my mind / same - Majot 501 Kiddie funk from 1973. Vinyl looks a bit scuffy. £25 Leonard Kaigler - I can't get you off my mind.mp3 Donoman and The Skylarks - Do you know / Here comes the fool - Thunderbird 102 Uptempo R&B-ish dancer. Few small marks on vinyl, nothing to worry about. £25 Donoman and The Skylarks - Do you know.mp3 Backyard Heavies - Soul junction / Expo 83 - Scepter 12314 DJ Copy Classic organ breaks. Marks on vinyl but plays well. £25 Backyard Heavies - Soul junction.mp3 Virgil Henry - I'll be true / You fooled me - Colossus 102 HOLD Quality early 70s soul (I think). Looks perfect apart from the marker on label. £25 Virgil Henry - I'll be true.mp3 Bobby Williams - You waited too long / Keep on loving me - Sure-Shot 5005 HOLD Clean and relatively cheap copy of this 60s sound. £25 Bobby Williams - You waited too long.mp3 Five Royales - I'm standing in the shadows / Doin' everything - Todd 1086 SOLD Sleepy King - Lost man / The Pillow - Awake 909 R&B influenced soul rarity. Label wear on flipside but vinyl itself looks excellent. £20 Sleepy King - Lost man.mp3 Cloud One - Disco juice / Charleston hopscotch - P&P 777 SOLD Lamont Anthony - Benny the skinny man / Let's talk it over - Anna 1125 Nice price for this R&B classic. Some marks on vinyl, but this one's known for its very strong pressing. £15 Lamont Anthony - Benny the skinny man.mp3 Jesse Anderson - Ow, wow man / Women's liberation - Outta Cyte 100 Slab of funky Chicago soul. Few scratches not affecting play. £15 Jesse Anderson - Ow, wow man.mp3 Little Jimmy Dee - You're the one for me / Put me in all your life - Infinity 004 Clean copy of this popcorn oldie. £15 Little Jimmy Dee - You're the one for me.mp3 Joey Gilmore - Give me your love / Rhythm in my bone - Blue Candle 1527 Laid-back modern. £15 Joey Gilmore - Give me your love.mp3 Leonard Howard - I got a love / If you want to be true - Heres 349 Semi-known 60s soul with a nice break on the flipside. £15 Leonard Howard - I got a love.mp3 Miller Sisters - Walk on / Oh why! - Rayna 5004 Uplifting R&B dancer. Bit of labelwear. £15 Miller Sisters - Walk on.mp3 Kim Tolliver - I gotta find a way / I'll try to do better - Rojac 126 SOLD Afro Cuban Band - Something's gotta give / Have a real good time - Arista 0461 DJ Copy Mint laid-back modern. £15 Afro Cuban Band - Something's gotta give.mp3 The Moods - King hustler / Hustlin' - Reddog 4001 Funky soul that doesn't put up very often. £15 The Moods - King hustler.mp3 Ross Carnegie - The kid / Ebb tide - El Con 50 A few audible scratches, but nothing too disctracting from the funky organ grooves. £10 Ross Carnegie - The kid.mp3

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Does any one of you have a link to those discoveries columns? You guys made me curious...

I really like Delta blues, but I guess these guys like it even more... It's a pretty long text, but shows how far collectors will go to chase down that elusive record they've been after all their life. Not northern soul-related, but I'm sure some of us will recognise themseves in some of these stories. July 12, 2009 They've Got Those Old, Hard-to-Find Blues By AMANDA PETRUSICH JOHN HENEGHAN tugged a large shellac disc from its brown paper sleeve, placed it on a turntable and gently nudged a needle into place. Behind him, in the corner of his East Village apartment, sat 16 wooden crates, each filled with meticulously cataloged 78-r.p.m. records. The coarse, crackling voice of the blues singer Charley Patton, performing "High Water Everywhere Part 1," his startling account of the 1927 Mississippi River flood, rose from the speakers, raw and unruly. The record is worth about $8,000. Mr. Heneghan, 41, is part of a small but fervent community of record collectors who for decades have hunted, compulsively and competitively, for 78s: the extraordinarily fragile 10-inch discs, introduced near the turn of the 20th century and made predominantly of shellac, that contain one two- to three-minute performance per side. At a time when music fans expect songs to be delivered instantaneously (and often at zero cost) online, scouring the globe for a rare record " and paying thousands of dollars for it " might seem ludicrous. (A rarer Patton record could command $15,000 to $20,000.) But according to some, the rare-record business is booming, despite the recession and the devaluation of music as a physical product. "Prices have been rising at a phenomenal rate, as people take money out of the stock market and out of different real estate investments and look for a place to put it," said John Tefteller, a collector who makes his living dealing in rare records. He noted a particular spike last fall, when the economy first faltered. Others, like Mark Berresford, who edits VJM's Jazz & Blues Mart, the oldest blues and jazz magazine still in print, are more cautious about looking to rare records for financial stability. "If one is considering collecting rare 78s solely as an investment, one should seek professional advice as to what should be purchased and from whom," Mr. Berresford wrote in an e-mail message. By any standard 78s are unwieldy, impractical and unstable. By the mid-1950s they had been mostly replaced by 33 1/3 r.p.m. long-playing albums and 45 r.p.m. singles. Collectors of 78s are enticed in part by the thrill of the quest, which they consider unmatched by a mouse click. "I'm not proud of the fact that I have to chase these records down like a maniac," said Mr. Heneghan, who supports himself by working as a video technician. (He also performs in an old-time duo, Eden and John's East River String Band.) Before he became friendly with other collectors, he said, he felt "sleazy and weird." "I knew I was doing it because I liked it, but it's strange when you can't relate to one single other person," he said. "You obviously start to question " like, is there something wrong with me?" Although most collectors subspecialize by genre, whether jazz or classical or country, it's early American rural blues " loose acoustic laments, recorded before 1935 and performed by artists who were born in or near the Mississippi Delta " that inspires the highest prices and the most fevered pursuits. "The early blues material from the '20s and '30s is the hottest material of all," Mr. Tefteller said in a phone interview. He said that on average a rare jazz 78 might sell for $1,500 to $5,000, whereas sales for a comparable blues record would start at $5,000. Blues music is in part mythological; its legend involves sweltering juke joints, homemade whiskey and Faustian bargains at rural crossroads. A furniture company in a largely white Midwestern suburb is rarely evoked in these reveries, but in the late 1920s and early 1930s Paramount Records " an arm of the Wisconsin Chair Company, a manufacturer of wooden phonograph cabinets in Port Washington, Wis. " became an unlikely home for blues legends like Patton, Blind Blake, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Son House and Skip James. Paramount's blues releases " especially its "race" records with label numbers in the 12000s and 13000s " are among the most coveted records in the world. "There are some people who would kill their own mother for the only copy of a Son House record," Mr. Heneghan said. "And they sure as hell would kill your mother, and you." Mr. Tefteller, 50, is one of the world's most prolific collectors of Paramount blues. Because these 78s are so scarce " of the thousands presumably pressed, many were lost, broken or melted down, and of the 1,356 titles said to have been issued in the 12000-13000 series, roughly one-third or more are of other genres " his collection (500 to 600, he said) is staggering in its comprehension. As Mr. Heneghan said in an e-mail message, Mr. Tefteller pursues complete runs of every Paramount blues artist he considers important. "This makes him completely insane, which alone would make me like him even if he weren't such a nice guy," Mr. Heneghan said. Mr. Tefteller lives in rural Oregon but spends much of the year traversing the country for fresh stock, placing "Records Wanted" advertisements in antiques catalogs and The Farmer's Almanac. (His Paramount 78s are not for resale.) He said he receives about a hundred calls a day, most yielding inconsequential results. "Records have a way of hiding," he said. These particular records, he explained, are a finite commodity. "I would doubt that there are a hundred total Charley Patton records left in the world," he said. Other artists' discographies are even more limited: only eight copies of various 78s by Son House (who recorded eight sides, or four records, for Paramount) and 15 copies of discs by Skip James (who recorded 18 sides) appear to remain. Last month a batch of hand-labeled Paramount test pressings unexpectedly appeared on eBay. The seller, Patrick Cather, discovered the records (alternate takes by Blind Blake, Ma Rainey, Papa Charlie Jackson and others) at an antiques store in Birmingham, Ala. Mr. Tefteller, who uses software to place bids in the last few seconds of an auction, successfully purchased everything he was interested in. In 2002 Mr. Tefteller mailed fliers to every resident within 100 miles of Paramount's former studio site in Grafton, Wis. "I flooded the area, and then I sat at the Best Western in Port Washington and fielded phone calls at the hotel for days," he said. Contemporary Grafton is not a hotbed of blues appreciation. "A lot of the elderly people here don't understand what the big deal is," said Angela Mack, the chairwoman of the Paramount Plaza Walk of Fame there. But his persistence paid off. One call produced the only known copy of King Solomon Hill's blistering 1932 blues sides "My Buddy Blind Papa Lemon"/"Times Has Done Got Hard." "I said, 'O.K., put it back in the sleeve and put it somewhere where you're not going to drop anything on it, and please don't even touch it until I get there,' " he recalled. "She got a nice pile of hundred-dollar bills from me for that one." In 2006 Mr. Tefteller also purchased Son House's "Clarksdale Moan"/"Mississippi County Farm Blues," another long-missing Paramount release. "I know the name of the person I bought it from, but he's very paranoid and doesn't want anybody to talk to him," he said. "It was found somewhere in the South is all he would tell me, and I think he got it from the person who actually found it, but I don't know. The more I pressed him, the more it was clear if I didn't shut up, I wasn't getting the record. I shut up and paid him." Mr. Tefteller declined to specify the purchase price. "Let's just say tens of thousands," he said. The acquisition spurred a fuss. Richard Nevins, a prominent collector and the president of Shanachie Entertainment, which released the recovered Son House sides on its Yazoo label in 2006 (on "The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of," a two-CD set of prewar rarities), said in an e-mail interview that the discovery was "a big, big, big, big deal." In many ways 78 collecting is a meritocracy: the most compelling songs earn the strongest responses. The Son House discovery was monumental, Mr. Nevins said, because "Clarksdale Moan" " a rich, rollicking ode to the artist's hometown " is considered a great record. The stakes are also high from a preservationist standpoint. If collectors weren't tracking these records, the songs might be lost entirely, and speculation surrounding Paramount's missing metal masters (the original transcriptions of a performance) has only amplified the significance of the remaining 78s. According to Alex van der Tuuk's book "Paramount's Rise and Fall" (Mainspring Press, 2003), in 1942 the bulk of the masters " by then corroded " were carted off by rail for reuse in World War II. "The building where the metal masters had been stored didn't have any insulation, and pigeons came into that building, and you can imagine what a bird does to a metal master," Mr. van der Tuuk said by phone from his home in the Netherlands. Still, rumors " that they were hurled into the Milwaukee River by disgruntled former employees, or used to patch rat holes in chicken coops " persist. In 2006 the PBS program "The History Detectives" arranged for a team of divers to scour the bottom of the Milwaukee River. They came up empty-handed. There are still records missing. Willie Brown, an enigma even by blues standards, cut six sides for Paramount in 1930, and while his "M&O Blues"/"Future Blues" has been recovered (Mr. Tefteller owns one of three known copies), the others have yet to emerge. Mr. Heneghan remains optimistic. "Maybe I'm more likely to believe in ghosts and aliens and the missing Willie Brown," he said with a shrug. Mr. Tefteller has a standing offer of $25,000 for either of the other two records. While most 78 collectors are devoted, educated fans of the music they gather, they're also desperate for the experience of the thing itself " for the colored label and inky, gleaming surface, the sizzle and spit of a needle slipping into groove. Even when a rare record is unearthed and made available digitally " as with Mr. Tefteller's Son House discovery " its value does not decrease. "You would think that it would," Mr. Heneghan said sheepishly. "Like, 'Well, now I don't need it.' But obviously, although we all like to think differently, collecting is about possessing an object." In the liner notes to "The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of," Mr. Nevins recounts approaching a rural cabin in North Carolina said to be the location of a handful of old country 78s. After being temporarily incapacitated by an electric fence, he stumbled to his feet, shook off a layer of mud and manure, and trudged on. Later that day he trotted off with a copy of "Daniel in the Lion's Den" by the North Carolina Cooper Boys. "I guess you could say that was a record to die for," Mr. Nevins writes. "In this case almost literally."

Sellers remorse... Happened to me more than once when buying records from the US (which obviously makes it tougher to go and knock on the man's door). And you can get your money back after a lot of hassle, but what are the chances of ever finding that particular record at that price again?

Cause it makes me feel young

I always try to be as unprejudiced as possible when it comes to music. I really think there's some good things in all forms of music. I just browsed through a small part of my record collection and encountered some jazz, jungle, hip-hop, delta blues, soul, garage, house, country, ambient, miami bass etc etc. Of course I listen to soul music a lot, but I feel listening to different genres keeps the ears fresh and prevents me from becoming a jaded chinstroking 'connoisseur' of a certain genre that doesn't know anything about 99.9% of all good music out there.

Question is why do they do this as it's obviously counter-productive for them too. I for one really don't like the new eBay and don't feel like spending any time on there and I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one!

Wanted do do an worldwide search on eBay, but noticed I can't opt out of the beta anymore. It's now impossible to view a listing with records from around the globe - great! Anyone know a way out of this?

Joe Harnell - Midnight Cowboy Pretty unknown Motown 45, and quite rightly so!

1) He threatened to give me negative feedback, but was probably unaware of the fact that it's impossible now to give negs to buyers 2) Whenever I encounter an auction that states 'will only ship in US' I 'em send the records to an adress of a VERY helpful guy in the US who then sends the records to me.

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Anyone fancy a bid on >>>THIS ONE<<< then? Only $80000

even bigger hint: his name is titans5959

US (hint - he's got a Cody Black on Groove City for sale atm)