JOE TORQUAY

Bobby Finch Get A Hold Of Yourself Slowly but surely gathering followers right across Europe. Lively choppy-changey production with the lead vocal of Bobby Finch swerving in and out of the tricky arrangement with skilled ease - a beautifully delivered girl chorus rippling with soul, pulls the whole thing together. A massive want in France is now spreading across the rare-soul scene - an infectious dance tune with so many top-quality moments; especially the vocal note Bobby hits towards the end of the song - he's showing off - but with a voice like this, he has a perfect right to... Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 130.00 Barbara St. Clair Teacherman Potent guitar intro, bumps into some classy brass work, all soothed by girl-group ooohs and arrgfhs. BANG! the surface is broken a demanding girl-vocal. Who basks to be taught a thing or two. The stuff dreams are made of - delightfully delivered by a pasionate vocal and some highly arranging. It's a proper-dance-tune spilling over with tasty bits... Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 231.00 Marvelettes Locking Up My Heart C/w Forever This weeks rare British Motown offering is the 5th. most elusive Oriole 45. Sitting behind only the ultimate rarities of The Valadiers, Mike & The Modifiers, Martha & The Vandellas #1814 & Eddie Holland. Having stated it's, frankly obvious rarity, it will be the unblemished condition that will attract the discerning Tamla Motown aficionado. This 45 has two flawless labels, original company sleeve and two vinyls that only reveal light surface marks in strong light. This is a clean excellent example of a highly sought-after Oriole that rarely comes to market. Do not over look the flip-side, which is a masterclass in early 60s girl-group harmony that has never receive the recognition it's excellence deserves. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 215.00

Home Of The Blues # 10 June 1967 Issue # 10 32 page June 1967 Home Of the Blues - arguably considered the most collectable and sought after series of all the last century's magazine dedicated to Soul. This is of course the forerunner to BLUES & SOUL and edited by the same team.. HOME OF THE BLUES - issue 10 from June 1967 includes: review on Bob Diddley & Ben E. King live @ Saville Theatre, London 16 April 1967. An iconic advert for the FLAMINGO CLUB, 33 - 37 Wardour Street, London. the 8 page STAX REVUE + Memphis Musician Men, Atlantic &Stax full page record advert + 7 differ live artist pics. Arthur Conley - Prince of Sweet Soul Music, Bluesway Label Album reviews, SKA column by J. McCullough, Otis Redding award photo of HOTBPoll 1966, Bluesway LP advert, SOUL CITY SHOP top 45 & lp sakes chart,FALCONS interview with John Abbey, EMBER label album full page advert. plus: INVITATIONS with John Abbey & Peter Trickey + review of their latestMGM 45. spotlight on McKinley "Soul" Mitchell, plus new 45 and LP release for 1967 reviews, plus article of Fats Domino & his band members. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 13.00 Pearl Jones Please Stay C/w My Man Very elusive Detroit Northern Soul weith a hint of Popcorn! Pearl Jones was a lady sitting right at the center of the SIDRA label set up, writing, background singing, member of the girl group The Embracers etc. Here is her solo 45. A down n' dirty, moody mid-tempo groove displaying young girl vocals dripping with desire, as easy going simplistic backing compliments Pearl's vocal. The atmosphere grows all the way thought the song - leaving a feeling of "need to play tat again" The flipside draws from "Motown" and the frantic style Motor City dance hits of the early 60s. Good but "Please Stay" leaves it standing... Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 134.00 Dickey Piano Williams And His Three Wise Men Heartache Hill C/w How Long Will I Love You Same guy who did that wonderfully obscure Northern Soul 45 on Metro, with an incredibly obscure Memphis R&B shaker with a most-excellent Deep Soul plea on the flipside. A-side is street-level Memphis R&B, loaded with primitive brass backing swamped by an almighty screaming vocal...a plodding obscurity that captures the city and the era; completely rare but nothing incredible unlike the flip.. Turn it over for a Deep Soul ballad that is right up there with the finest and most elusive ever made. Dicky's pedestrian piano weaves in and out of his hurt and pain of loving this woman who plays around. The addition of a whining vocal group adds even most realism to his tortured situation.. ...this is mood-changing DEEP SOUL at it's rarest! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 22.00 Fir-ya Keep On Tryin' Sadly George Perkins gospel inspired "topical" soul a-side "Crying In Iran" failed to achieve significant sales in Baton Rouge or much interest from the huge soul-indie export market to Europe or Japan. As if, as an apology to his own skills the "The Crying In The Streets" man crafted a totally sublime rare soul dance experience on the flip, which over the decades has grown in reputation and demand. A mid-tempo masterpiece with a bright-clear expressive lead vocal backed up by vocal-group who leave their gospel tendencies behind and help craft a truly uplifting groove enhanced by a saxophone solo of the highest calibre. Thus another outrageously good recording lay hidden on a flipside, awaiting rebirth by the inquisitive Euro-Soul-Gang. This Louisiana 45 has been well-known for some considerable time, but like so many fine soul 45s, has been swallowed up into collections and DJ boxes. Here's a rare opportunity to claim ownership of the record, who's value is only going one way. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 64.00

O. C. Smith On Easy Street Northern Soul crossover paradise! Freddie Anisfield & Larry Weiss write a declaration of free-spirit and give it to one of the smoothest Soul vocalists ever to hold a mike. Tthe simplistic piano arrangement by Mort Garson, is nothing short of genius as the silk n'growl voice purrs along like an open-top Rolls Royce on a motorway, with the breeze through your hair - this record carries stand-out get-away qualities. So when producer Allen Stanton adds subtle horns and a sexy sax...well tell me another record that makes you feel this good! Than a rarely is ever witnessed as this RED STOCK copy - in perfect condition. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 167.00 Ronnie Gordon Shake Some Time C/w Comin' Home England 1963 and this 45 completely captures the embryonic MOD scene utilizing like so many bands did that year George Fame, Graham Bond etc the compelling Hammond Organ. Shortly after the changing All-Night Club music policy shifted from Jazz to R&B records like this emerged. They sold next to nothing but did feed a blossoming scene and a hunger for black music. This seriously rare and stunningly attractive 45 will whisk you back to London in 1963 - both sides offer strong hipshakin' dancers. Condition is totally flawless and the grooves offer historical magic! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 257.00 Billy Miranda You Could've Had A Good Thing Going C/w Count Your Teardrops A Robert & John E. Gray collaboration, this is independent New York Northern Soul at it's most compelling. The pair must have been inspired by Roy Hamilton whilst crafting this booming Queens, N.Y. trophy. Click the sound file you'll instantly recognize the traits Roy displayed on his most valued RCA 45s. Totally "You Shook Me Up" meets "Crackin' Up" but with it's own special identity. But in recent times even though the a-side is a top-drawer rarity, it is the flip that has been in the spotlight in rare-soul-discussions and early doors spins. Check that out, some tune this is suffering only from an a-side of such quality, it was easy to never think of flipping it over. TWO not one, killer tunes on one hell of a rare label - rarely seen for sale - for obvious reasons. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 733.00 Saxie Russell Psychedlic Soul Where were you the first time you heard this UNIQUE example of Northern Soul?"I Want Everybody To Get Up and Dance This New Dance That's Gonna Be" Did anyone back in 1973 need to be asked twice? This was the driving-dance-force in every club in every town across England. Saxie's wild saxophone gymnastics had the dance-floor pumping n' jumping has he hit and held notes never witnessed before! What memories this must hold for most of you reading and listening to this NSAnthem again. Unrepeatable memories at a time when Northern Soul was on the very cusp of it's imminent explosion into mass appreciation.. The serious about owning the NS top-classics in the finest condition possible, will be eager to know this copy is the highly-coveted West CoastWHITE DEMO in eye-popping condition and absolutely no sign of ever encountering a Northern Soul turntable. Mint - in every respect. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 310.00

Four Tops Four Tops LIfe does take the most-unexpected turns. Motown originally signed Adbul Fakir, Levi Stubbs, Renaldo Benson &Lawrence Payton to sing jazz - they even recorded a LP in late 1963 intended for Motown's Jazz Workshop label. But a quirk in recording schedule with Holland - Dozier - Holland gave birth to "Baby I Need Your Loving" which emerged as an overnight Smash-Hit! Jazz Workshop album was shelved - Holland - Dozier - Holland went on to chalk up 3 consecutive 4 Tops hits in just over a year. Before you today is the "Tops" first released album which includes those hits and their flipsides. But much more importantly is this album boasts TWO non-45 masterpieces of Northern Soul. 1. Don't Turn Away 2. Tea House In Chinatown Click the soundfile to unleashed totally noncommercial Four Tops recordings doing absolutely killer Northern ! If that's not enough for you to dig deep. How about this immaculate 1965 UK MONO press TML 11010 - LP ownership does not get much more satisfying than this - does it? Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 246.00 Chanters Every Nigfht (i Sit And Cry) Soul gals of the 60s who went of to carve a reputation as The Chanter Sisters working with such R&B influenced Brits like Long John Baldry, Sam Mitchell, Archie Leggett, John ´Rabbit´Bundrick (The Who stand-in) etc. Doreen & Irene Chanter did their "soul" with great consistency, this example of their work is incredibly rare and has remained completely of the Brit-collectors radar for decades. Recently this 45 is stirring both DJ and collectors interest, one click of the sound-file will reveal a mighty piece of Brit-Northern Soul with a rarity pedigree few UK 45s can rival, and turntable potential that just jumps out the computer at'cha. This 1966 DEMO copy is immaculate! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 174.00 Danny Owens I Can't Be A Fool For You As rare as they come New Orleans Northern Soul and by far and away the least seen 45 on this iconic label. The "Soul Hustler" Harley Hatcher pulls Danny out of 5 barren years to record a thoroughly uplifting session. Mr. Hatcher weaves a tapestry of brass and vibes to compliment some intricate vocal interchanges of two distinctive different vocals. A rarity that received a few plays from Soul Sam back in the 70s but since has remained a record that very few DJs own - but one listen will convince you it's reputation and high value are thoroughly well deserved. Records of this calibre demand to be heard again... and not suffer from their own rarity. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 463.00 Dynamic Heartbeats It Ain't No Secret C/w Danger Since those Soul-Vinyl collecting decades of the 70s & the 80s when the streets of Britain was paved with USA Soul 45s some of the records we collectors/DJ's took for granted that never for whatever reason broke big in the clubs and have long since disappeared and today sound oooh so very good. How about this Paul Serrano project - the man who brought us the mad-crazy but monstrous Northern Soul instrumental Dave Mitchell's - The Trip - created a more relaxed vocal-group session with this Chicago gathering. Take a listen BOTH sides give up purely smooth and totally perfect Northern Soul offering that will leave you wondering why it never hit big first time round. Don't bother walking the streets - copies just ain't laying around any more...actually I think this 45 is about to ignite a long, long overdue meteoric rise to a much bigger ticket. Upon checking out the soundfile, we are confident you'll all be in agreement.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 109.00

I WONDER IF IT'S ONLY THIS COUNTRY THAT HAS A £4 LIMIT ON POSTAGE, I BUY FROM THE USA AND POSTAGE GOES FROM SAY $4 TO $30+ FOR SINGLES AND I DON'T MEAN THE ONES THAT ADD INSURANCE, HOW DO THEY GET AWAY WITH IT ? , JUST RIP OFF BRITON I GUESS,

just type THE POSTAGE COSTS in where you give a discription of the record, tell people to wait for an invoice, insist on it , or just have a look at the sites of main dealers and copy them, this is the Easiest method

THANKS TABS AND FOR ALL THE OTHER COMMENTS, LOOKS LIKE I'VE GOT MY ANSWER, JOE.

Percy Milem Call On Me C/w Crying Baby, Baby, Baby Memphis comes to England !! Rufus Thomas, Booker T. & the MG's, Mar-Keys all laid the foundation for the seamless transfer of the city's Jazz All night clubs into a USA R&B/Soul music policy. EMI continued their love affair with Memphis by releasing a strong procession of GOLDWAX recordings on the now iconic STATESIDE label Most sold in reasonable quantities, but some like Eddie Jefferson and this Percy Milem track - totally flopped! Today they are seriously rare Stateside 45s that seldom come to market. ( on Goldwax both 45s are considered trophies) This example gives the owner a thumpin' slab of Bluff City Northern Soul one side, backed up with a Deep Soul journey of the most-emotional kind. Condition could hardly be finer - a two sider of imense quality - proper SOULon a proper collectable label! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 79.00 Soul Music Soul Music 1966 One of the most-important of all 60s Soul mags.The 2/6d forerunner to Blues& Soul and an extension to the "SOUL" and "SOUL MUSIC MONTHLY" A seriousy rare 1966 fanzine on Soul. Editorial by Tony Cummings, Mick Brown, Jonathan Philibert & Dave McAleer. contains: contents: Cover pic. Gladys Knight & the Pips, Sam & Bill Live - review. & Sam and Bill bio & discography. Ad Libs - bio. Hunk Of Funk - review. Bill Pinkney of the Drifters - talks. Dustie Musties - oldies review. Garnet Mimms - LIVE! Report. Garnett Mimms - bio. The Piney Woods Sound. "Out Of Sight" lp reviews. Drifters - discographty. Gladys Kinght - bio. review of USA New Release 45s - inc:2 x Frank Dell. The Glories - review. Cardinales - review full page pic of Aaron Neville, James Carr & so much much more. Now here is a fanzine that does not skimp on content. $0 riveting pages! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 14.00 James Carr Love Attack C/w Coming Back To Me Baby Yes, a beautiful 1966 British Red & White DEMO and doesn't it look gorgeous. It does but it completely pales in comparison to the God-Given talent of Soul's most-expressive vocal. Take a moment - a quiet moment - listen to an artist who has the power to change moods - no matter what - after listening to James Carr life always seems to be, not so bad after all. This man was SOUL itself - this 45 offers on the a-side an opportunity to witness Memphis Deep Soul at it's most influential, Quintin Claunch's Goldwax creation may well change your day. Flip it over to witness James in an upbeat mood, just like most of his Goldwax recordings after making you cry - J C lifts the flipside up and makes you dance. George Jackson's lyrics are bounced around the studio on a wave of Hammond keyboard work and the compulsory Memphis horns! Two great sides - delivered by one truly great man. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 56.00

Tony And The Kayos The Kangaroo C/w Where Are You Going? For our growing band of collectors who think "outside the box" and just adore some of the weird and wonderful obscurities we sometimes dig out from the bowels of our stock - how about this crazy Alabama obscurity! A mad Huntsville, Alabama R&B shaker backed with a totally tortured Deep Soul wailer. R&B side will please those who appreciate local club acts going off on 60s dance-craze journey just hoping "the Kangaroo" could be the next "Duck" or "Dog" wild sax break, raucous horns and Tony's enthusiasm explode. The real-value with this disc is in the truly astonishing Deep Soul ballad on the flip - (apparently a Muscle Shoals recording) that hits heights that few discs ever have - actually reminds me of James Brown's - I Cried - there can't be a finer Deep Soul compliment than that. This is street corner, local bar Deep Soul in it's purest form. I sure would've like to have had a beer, local lady on my knee, when Tony and his Boys wailed this tune across the smoke-filled room. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 133.00 Dry Well Gypsy C/w Try A Little Tenderness Currently receiving a second lease of life - a revival tune filling the floor and causing something of a hot-line in requests of "do we have one for sale?" Well, we only have this lone-copy, so the only fair thing is that this wild and thoroughly unusual guitar and hammond propelled Northern Soul Classic goes to bids.. Listen again, today this recording sounds even better than it did back in the day - dripping with Psyche and West Coast influences driving a soulful lead vocal, backed up by a totally outrageous vocal group Whoa-Whoas! The whole thing works beautifully - different, delicious and necessary. PS The flipside Deep Soul fans will appreciate. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 210.00 Various Artists Free Angela In support for the bail release of Angela Davis; in 1971 the soul artists of Richmond, Virginia released this album which includes Larry Saunders - recording and plea "Free Angela" and ironically it also features Richmond's two most wanted Northern Soul recordings. Little Tommy - baby can't you see Dickie Wonder - nobody knows and Larry Saunders - Free Angela plus 6 other cuts. A rarely seen album and this copy still retains the origInal shrink-wrap, labels and vinyl are flawless. Click the sound-file and experience Richmond's finest Northern Soul contribution. Point of interest: Is the internet seems to have plenty of references to John Lennon's & Yoko Ono album track in support of "Angela" but no mention of this outstanding fund-raising album, another case of the media failing to scratch below the surface to uncover highly valued "cult" material? Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 60.00 Various Artists The Original Hits UK 1963 EP which includes the highly sought-after: Richie Barrett - Some Other Guy - This is a tough to find 1963 British London 4 track EP complete with cover. The vinyl is neat and clean, labels are perfect, front cover is flawless just a couple of light insignificant laminate veins, back and frobnt cover are writing, tear, split and stain FREE. Full track listing is: Drifters - Sweets Fr My Sweet Richie Barrett - Some Other Guy Coasters - Just Like Me Ben E. King - Spanish Harlem Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 80.00

Excuses Trick Bag The Excuses - an off-shoot of Tim Whitsett "New Orleans" influenced Showband. Tim's groundbreaking band was widely recognized as one the first Southern integrated Bands. His love of SOUL led him to Memphis to become an MG with Booker T. Jones and partner writing with such Southern Soul greats as Tommy Tate and Joe Shamwell. So for the minority who shun "white" vocalists this record was created with as much soul as a white man can muster. The Excuses take Earl King's New Orleans R&B classic, to quiver n' quake and inject every last possible drop of energy into it. THIS IS NORTHERN SOUL - and it rocks! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 270.00 Enchanted Five Try A Little Love C/w Have You Ever It matters not which side you drop the stylus on - both sides will delight you with smooth as silk vocal-group passion woven into guitar and trumpet dance arrangement. This record has slowly but surely gained a growing reputation over recent years - for exclusivity and perhaps under-valued quality. Check the double-sound-file we'll be amazed if you don't immediately crave ownership as you too will recognize the value both sides display. PS. I may be slightly biased as "Male-Group-Harmony-Northern-Soul" is what, does it for me.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 59.00 Embers Watch Out Girl Stock copies - don't cha just love them. This example is PERFECT and gives up so many fond memories of Cleethorpes Pier when, as a jock you would not be able to hold your head up - if you didn't have this Carolina's Cruiser in your set. Ultimate Blue-eyed Northern Soul in it's ultimate format Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 201.00

Leonard Adeair I Dig You C/w Pussycat Baby The very Top of The Cross-over Soul Tree sits this 45. So delicious, words for this moment, escape me...I'm having to compose myself to correctly review Leonard's easy strolling vocal style, supported by an uncredited vocal group as Cross-Over Northern Soul..at it's outer-most-brilliance. Fans of the NS Crossover-Sound will be in ecstasy, as this endangered species from Chicago plays out 2.30 minutes of pure perfection. It's places like Great Yarmouth "Soul Essence" "The Orwell" and all those collector early doors sets, when the sheer-quality of the music is the deciding factor in turntable choice. Ridiculously RARE and so darn-good, it hurts not to own a copy...and I know, because I don't. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 1,261.00 Barbara English (you Got Me) Sittin' In Te Corner DJ's put your Rita & The Tiaras, Gloria Jones's and the like to the back of your box, time to excite and jog a few memories! Shame on you and certainly shame on me, I must admit I've not played this 45 in any DJ set for near 40 years. I remembered it was a quality tune, but frankly after taking the headphones off, I'm sitting here in awe of this 45s massive feel-good factor. Barbara English's sweet vocal, Al Capps's pumping horn backing, cooing n' oohing girls drizzling even more class on the whole session. Choppy vocal interchanges melt within a mountain of brass, then a refreshing piano solo. Oh the whole thing works so well - so me and all oldies DJs it's time to think a little further than the obvious. Yes, I am hanging my head ... well until Saturday the 21st when the "Mighty Stute" will rattle to it's unbridled excellence!! Ginger watch out! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 193.00 Eddie Holland Jamie IMHO and many others consider Eddie Holland as Motown's most accomplished male vocalist in the late 50s / early 60s. If it wasn't for his reluctance to appear on stage his singing career could have been meteoric! Check out his United Artists Berry Gordy recording - you'll hear a staggeringly fine vocal! This William Mickey Stevenson project again showcases Eddie ease of hitting the high notes without so much as a tremor. Co-written by Barrett Strong a partnership that created a pile of early Motown classics. This example was Eddie's biggest USA hit - but you are viewing the stupidly rare non-selling English release, that sits high on the list of all Tamla Motown Brit-collectors wish lists. Besides all the rarity talk, the need to fill that annoying gap in your TMGcollection, it's a stand alone 1962 Motown masterpiece and a song that underlines Eddie Holland as a vocalist with few rivals. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 161.00 High Keyes Living A Lie C/w Let's Take A Chance A yellow PROMO - this is the counterpart pre-release of the BLACK label. There is nothing more we can say about what this 45 the offers the listener and dancer two decidedly awesome examples of our music. Listen and jet off to Northern Soul Dreamland, on your return be sure to bid and try and own one of the greatest Northern Soul 45s ever made. This rarely seen Yellow-Demo is in totally immaculate copy, labels and both sides of the vinyl are pristine! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £425

hi, thanks for reply's, john manship said mine was the first when i asked him a few years back when i was thinking of selling, so i just assumed it was first, i thought it went for a good price last night, bet i wouldn't get anywhere near that if i put mine on ebay, mind you mine's not quite mint as some idiot decided to scratch his initials in the runin and a bit of the start, i had a copy of sy hightower on carmen and thought it was a second issue because if had a plain lable, and later found out it was the original (don't quote me but i'm thinking back and i think john manship told me he found out from the guy who made the records and or owned the lable, think he said only 50 of each, all made in la but all found in florida for some reason } best, joe.

i don't think there's much difference in sound, don't know about a price difference,

hi trev, thanks for reply, i thought it was, must be back in favour again, although it's a while since i've seen one for sale, joe.

this is the one i've got

hi, i always thought this was the second issue, the original having no lable name just swiss movement across the top, anybody know for sure, plsu is there any price difference ?, joe. https://www.ebay.com/itm/SWISS-MOVEMENT-Wish-Our-Love-Would-Last-Forever-1979-GOLD-VINYL-45-MODERN-SOUL-/230734397131?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item35b8d77ecb#ht_597wt_949

here's one, don't know if these pics will do ??. joe. https://www.ebay.com/itm/LISTEN-MOD-POPCORN-NORTHERN-SOUL-HERB-HARDESTY-JUST-LITTLE-BIT-/290659359056?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item43aca5d950#ht_2847wt_1009

i think it's best to use a sniper for higher end 45s as nobody knows what your best bid is till it's too late, joe.

hi, heard it played in the steam rooms in crewe early on one night a few years back ( 7 or 8 i'd guess ), went home and bought it on ebay the next day, joe.

Enchantments I'm In Love With Your Daughter Part 1 & 2 Is there such a thing as "Fuzz-Brass"? because 45 emits a most unusual and near uniquely delivered horn-sound, enhancing the angry-growling lead vocal to addictive levels. I personally can't get enough of this 1965 Chick Carlton creation - it's certainly an addictive n' irresistible Northern Soul potion, made from brass n' attitude! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 342.00 Politicians Featuring Mckinley Jackson I can actually remember buying the Hot Wax 114 single on recommendation from a Blue & Soul review. It was after-all on one of my favourite labels at the time. Being a young lad with limited experience of Soul Music - I'd heard nothing of the like in my life - hallucinatory FUNK sailed straight over my head or should I say through my head. Today this "before-it's-time" album is considered one of the greatest 70sFUNK albums of all time. Band members Melvin Griffin, McKinley Jackson, Roderick Chandler, Clarence Robinson & Z. Slater conjure up wave after wave of Tsunami proportion FUNK instrumentals. So when I read the back-cover and see the involvement of such Detroit luminaries as Ron Dunbar, Lawrence T. Horn, Barney Perkins, Brian Holland, Betty Slaten, Johnny Allen, Edyth Wayne, Rusty Day & Lamont Dozier. It is little wonder something special occurred in Detroit that day. NOTE this example is a immaculate 1972 British release...oh so very RARE! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 63.00

Home Of Te Blues # 9 April 1967 # 9 An original 1967 #9 of this highly-sought after magazine the forerunner to Blues & Soul. Includes spotlight on James Carr with artist pic. Four Tops, Inez And Charlie Foxx bio with artist pic., Gene Chandler with bio and artist pic., April USA top 50. Soul City Top 20, Pye Blues & Soul listings, Stax lp. But the highlight and major selling point of this elusive edition is the back-cover advert by EMI for the "SOUL SUPPLY" series - check out that eye-popping iconic scan - I'm definitely doing a T-Shirt of it! I know...no fashion sense by but finer Soul-Retro you could not buy! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 28.00 Orlons The Wah-watusi An iconic MOD 45 - does not get anywhere close to describing this seldom 1962 UK press. At the peak of the USA DANCE craze, this Philadelphia conceived "The Wah-Watusi" hit big - very big. Barry Mann's & Dave Appell's composition has lived on in Hollywood and Brit movies ever since, "The Wanderers" and of course "Quadrophenia" to name a few. Before you today is the British 1962 release that flopped on release and unlike the USA Britain was too immersed in "The Twist" for it to receive any significant airplay. Consequently those pioneering All-Night Club DJs had another exclusive to spin and transform into a club-classic. This original UK 45 sat at the forefront of the embryonic MOD scene and today is ridiculously difficult to acquire. Especially in this so very nearly Mint minus condition. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 63.00 Lavern Baker & Jimmy Ricks You're The Boss Now here's a RB/Soul 45 you so very rarely see for sale, and this 1960 British copy is in superbly clean condition, we think it's rather special! What a pairing! as the Queen of R&B locks vocals with the mighty boom of ex-Ravens man, resulting in a jazzy vehicle for both of them to strut their tonsils through subtle piano and muted horns. The atmosphere crafted with this "Walk" style session will have you playing it again and again. When Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller put this session together they formed a timeless piece; infectious, atmospheric and totally captivating no matter who hears it... Some recordings have the power to cross over all boundaries. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 57.00 The Nicky Newarkers Woman Jesus Alvarez just has that knack of crafting the ultimate 70s dance tune - check out his Polydor & All Platinum 45 not expensive but oh so very good. So his involvement in this highly rated rarity guaranteed yet another fabulous dance experience - so much so this 45 has graced the turntables of rare-soul venues for well over 3 decades. Tire of it - certainly not ! there's not enough copies around to ever create overkill and it's such a fabulous tune - it's always a pleasure to hear. Love it and always will ! Condition is immaculate! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 461.00

Fontella Bass C/w Dave Baby Cortez How Glad I Am C/w Rinky Dink Are you a Brit-Soul vinyl collecting completest? Here is a unique UK 7" - Pye International studio acetate of two USA Chess recordings back to back. Topside, is so very highly desirable, as it never received UK or USA release as a single. Fontella flexes her vocals on a delicious jazzy soul version of "How Glad I Am" this recording was only issued as a track on the lady's incredibly rare album UK Chess 4517 gold logo "The New Look". Flip it over for a 1962 MOD hammond dance classic! So classic in 1964 British group the Johnny Howard Band did a fine cover version - in the wake of Dave Baby Cortez's all-night-club popularity. There is no need for us to underline this acetates exclusivity - we believe it is most likely unique and looks so darn beautiful too. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 41.00 Embracers Stop And Let Yourself Go C/w Mr. Sunrise When your talking about truly rare Chicago vocal-group Northern Soul this 45 never ever pops up in conversation, perhaps because so few collectors have seen, heard or danced to this outrageously fine testament to those streets that literally spewed remarkable independent productions throughout it's history. This Doc Oliver and Carmen Dello project with a male group (not the Detroit girls) showcases primitive vocal-group harmony lifted by strong trumpet backing, and soaring vocal pitched against a Bass vocal. The allurement recordings like this offer is totally bewitching for the dedicated rare-soul collector. For me it carriers the same qualities, as the likes of Walter & The Admirations etc. 60s vocal group soul with not a note of commercial influence in the whole production. This copy has flawless vinyl - small bb drill on the label - flipside label has a small sticker removal blemish. In the year 2012 records of this quality, with near mint vinyl are for the most of the time just a distant soul-vinyl-addicts dream! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 286.00 Split Decision Band Watchin' Out C/w Dazed The rarity with the 45 may lie with it's origin, as Des Moines is not a city you'd associate with 70s dance music - but this much-wanted disc does the business two times over. Topside offers the perfect dance production to swell a floor - flipside will appeal to DJs seeking a funkier edge to their sets. Note: this is our first copy for sale in an age! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 528.00 Mickey & Ernie Baby I'm In Love A most-talked about 45 of the moment. A slick blending of Funk n' Northern Soul served up by two focused vocals on a raft of frantic keyboard and guitar work. Changing direction and pace weaving a mean path, that just begs you to dance! A somewhat mysterious Michigan born 7", as we are non-the-wiser to who Mickey or Ernie actually are? The writer producer credits of Peter Spice &Joe Pringle only deepen this very rare 45s true identity. If you seek the obscure dance tunes that really pack a punch - look no further. Sorry, this item has already been won

Four Tops Reach Out I'll Be There C/w Until You Love Someone We have discussed on these pages before the fact that 60s "hits" are infinitely rare on Promo than corresponding non-hits in the same category. Here is another such example, Motown's biggest hit of that year, but as a promo copy it's a near impossible piece to secure. This copy is in absolutely beautiful condition with two immaculate labels, close inspection of the vinyl only reveals a few tiny light surface sleeve contact blemishes - otherwise this is Mint - throughout. Note of historical interest: in October 1966 EMI changed the DEMO label colouring from Red & White to Green and White, this 45 was the FIRST Green and white promo in the 500 series. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 93.00 Freddie Chavez They'll Never Know Why You are viewing one of the most-wanted least seen Northern Soul all time classic 45s. This is the legendary Freddie Chavez STOCK copy - in MINT minus condition - act accordingly! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 1,263.00 Furys I'm Satisfied With You C/w Just A Little Mixed Up An authentic original that is so, so difficult to secure in the current climate of Worldwide interest in Northern Soul Classic originals. This Los Angeles timeless classic example of the "true" Northern Soul sound offers not one but two examples of pure vocal-group Northern Soul at it's most-vibrant. Plus this copy is totally immaculate - try finding a cleaner one if you can. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 271.00 Ted Ford I Can't Give You Up C/w Real Soul A rare double helping of Montgomery, Alabama SOUL. With Ted Ford providing the lyrics and the personal pain, sending a message to his lady that he just can't give her up. This is Southern Soul at it's Deepest, as Mr. Ford displays yet again his convincing skill of coating every word with despair. As if to testify he's now "got all that hurt off my mind" let's get up and then get right down dirty and FUNKY and chase these blues away. The flip offersJB style FUNK. A prompting bass-line collides with brass, with Ted in a much better mood, as he whips up a dance groove littered with "real Soul" lyrics.. Two great sides of Alabama local-soul. This copy has some very light surface marks but plays well as Ted's rasping vocal washes through an occasional light pop... Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 55.00

Roddy Joy Come Back Baby C/w Love Hit Me With A Wallop What is it, about the UK Pye distributed DEMO that induces goose-pimples? After all they are just black and white simplistic labels; but adored with the Red Bird company sleeve and a "2 April" date stamp, that central over-sized "A" and all of a sudden it morphs into a vinyl-work-of-art. Spin it to you'll experience a sultry girl version of the Stoppers - Come Back Baby - with all the same irresistible allurement the male-vocal-group version has. Note also the label makers at PYE mis-spelled this lady's name as RODDYshould of course read Roddie! So rare, So Gorgeous, So Sexy, So immaculate, how could anyone resist... Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 55.00

Kenny Smith And The Maximum Feeling Everybody Knows I Love You C/w Skunkie Ridiculously RARE 45!! Delivering top quality grassroots rare-soul on two fronts: Topside is smooth-running feel-good Northern Soul dancer with the compulsory shrill girl group backing woven into an imaginative backing track; littered with strong inventive horn work - cymbal thrashing, jazzy complicated guitar riffs all mingle into one deliciously different NS delight! Flip it to hear the versatile Kenny Smith leaping head first into a Deep Funk! Again a cymbal trashing journey, accompanied by a tenacious bass player,a persistent Wah-Wah, then cream on the cake comes, when a distant horn section melts into the background chants! Just great! Two fab sides and so rare... we are not ashamed to say it's our first copy of this century! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 213.00 Manhattans I Wanna Be (your Everything) C/w Searcin' For My Baby Joe Evans of 350 Chadwick Avenue, Newark, New Jersey... you created the East Coast's most coveted 60s Soul label but had very few UK releases. The CARNIVAL group of labels gave the rare-soul collector,not only iconic design, but also plethora of outrageously fine soul music, which included a group many hold on a equal standing as The Dells, Temptations, Dramatics... This is the first Carnival label's UK release and the Manhattans best known Northern Soul dancer (which Jimmy James & The Vagabonds also covered). To find a copy in 2011 still retaining the original company with vinyl and labels in flawless condition is a rare thing indeed. Click the sound-file to hear one of the world's greatest soul-gatherings belt out Blue Lovett's feel-good composition. This is Northern Soul ...but in a very elusive format. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 108.00 25th Century Band Revue Nothing Is Better For Me (than Thee) C/w Peacock Seriously obscure vocal-group sweet soul harmony ballad from the "deep side" of soul. The intro does not prepare you for the soaring falsetto lead vocal that kick starts this wonderful example of fusing different vocal into one highly-tuned harmony ballad. Take time to listen, every single vocal is pitch-perfect, contrasting against each other - an atmospheric rap adds to the texture of the "tapestry" of sweetness - the lone piano is all that's required when the vocal are as skilled as this recording captures. As so often is the case - the flipside is hard-hitting FUNK - underlining the versatility of these talent saturated local-vocal-groups. Condition of this 45 is near perfect! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 22.00 Lee Dorsey The Best Of Lee Dorsey You are viewing one seriously tough British LP to find, on the UK's most-wanted label, UK SUE !! Lee Dorsey was to New Orleans in the 60s what Fats Domino was during the 50s. Chris Blackwell's decision to release this 16 track compilation of his "Fury" recordings was inspired by the love of black music more than for commercial reasons. Pre-"Ride Your Pony "- Lee Dorsey was an unknown on this Isle and of course the LP sold in virtually nothing. Making this 1965 UKpress a seldom seen, annoyingly elusive platter. But in this condition with two perfect labels, neat clean flaw-free vinyl and a cover with no writing on it front or back - it is a rare delight for the eye and ear. Consideration of ownership, should not be ponder as it this condition it's a certified rarity! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 50.00