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Prices in U.S. dollars. Shipping is $4 w/in U.S., $13 beyond. Paypal personal payment, please. Grading: M-, VG++, VG+, VG, VG-. Sound files aren’t from my records. RONNIE LOVE, Chills and Fever / No Use Pledging My Love (Dot) VG++ (beautiful copy; sticker on label)...All-time great R&B dancer b/w intense ballad answer song featuring killer guitar and catchy changes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NNb-mhWJfE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feEUspJwYDY $15 THE COMPANIONS, Be Yourself / Help a Lonely Guy (General American) VG– (plays loud and clear through moderate surface crackle; still some life in it)...Two great group soul sides https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeTUtVc-msA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZQhan80HZw $10 AL SMITH, Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me / Goin’ to Alabama (Prestige Bluesville white promo) Don’t Worry is strong VG; Alabama is VG– and has writing on label...blues/R&B dancer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyr3plGLB-k $30 THE CHECKERS, Applesauce / Cosmo’s Place (Mickay’s) very strong VG (a few tiny 1-2mm tears on label)...Detroit rockin oddball instros (spoken words on Cosmo’s) with Mel Anton and Joe Hunter involvement $20 BOBBY DALE and the PEDAL PUSHERS, Love You Lovely Stranger / Foolish Little Fool (Ko Ko) very strong VG (plays great)...infectious swinging R&B popcorn https://www.4shared.com/mp3/w6gNo8dPba/dale_stranger.html $10 BOBBY JOHN, Falling (label says I’ll Try Once More) / I Hope You Fall in Love With Me (Imperial) VG++ (close to M–; slight label damage on I Hope side)...two nice rockin’ R&B sides https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73zvxKTWcos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OmpR5JIzrc $25 SAINTS OF GLORY (JIM SCHNEIDER), Come Over Here / Come Out the Wilderness (Su-Ann) VG++...very scarce guitar-driven gospel group niceness Move cursor to 44:11 on pop-up player: https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/35440 $50 CLARA WARD and her Singers, Gonna Build a Mountain / God Bless the Child (Tuba) just a couple light marks shy of M– (labels reversed)...really nice overlooked Tuba number, cool gospel R&B dancer $10 DELLA REESE, Blow Out the Sun / I Love You So Much It Hurts (RCA Victor) just a few light scuffs shy of M–; with VG picture sleeve...classic popcorn R&B pop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UooUh7ppP1s $20 FATS DOMINO, Packin’ Up / Mary Oh Mary (ABC-Paramount) just a few light scuff shy of M– (sticker on label)...one of his best two-sided R&B dancers, with banging drums https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcRgDlybDYY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd2IHcuhFKo (can’t find a mono recording; record is mono, of course) $10 THE VIKINGS, Heartaches (Don’t Last Forever) / same (Voyage) strong VG (plays loud and clear with some minor clicks near the beginning, nothing horrible) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZjWXm29Di4 $50 SHAY HOLIDAY, Fight Fire With Fire / It’s Not How Long You Make It (Soul Power) M– (writing on label)...nice southern funky soul two-sider https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiIB6QD5ZHA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV5Ay5K919w $25 J.B. TROY, Ain’t It the Truth / Every Man Needs a Woman (Musicor) beautiful shiny VG++...uptempo mover b/w John Ridley-approved deep soul https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQTDmpwXq50 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ov2aJiFufs $25 ERIC & THE VIKINGS, It’s Too Much for Man to Take Too Long / Time Don’t Wait (Gordy) beautiful shiny VG++, close to M–...fantastic crossover soul https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmtFY3FJsUw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vjvZyQu3xE $40 WAYNE ANTHONY, You Ain’t Wrapped Too Tight / Little Miss Lonely (Roulette) M– (bb hole)...essential northern dancer b/w ballad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N6IB2kIwDQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PplcP578888 $50 THE YOUNG DISCIPLES & CO., Bang Bang Bang / One for Hank (Gateway) M– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiArIERhkgw $50 PALMER JAMES, Love Me Pt.1 / Pt. 2 (Get Down) VG++...Sexy Michigan seventies soul https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3PE_5hemdY $40 THE STEELERS, The Flame Remains / Heaven’s Gift (Crash) Beautiful VG++ (basically a new record with a couple minor storage scuffs and a very thin chip along the outer edge that doesn’t get anywhere near the playing surface)...killer soul sides! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KrkjIhLdLY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqkVJmyXBz0 $30 TROPICAL WEATHER, Rocking and Grooving / Let Your Mind Be Free (Letau) nice VG+...Louisiana boogie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlGt2pp11ew https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxvIbymmwls $20 DAVID GAGE, Second Chance, Leave Me a Leg to Stand On (One-Way) M–...can’t find sound files $75 MAURICE ROGERS, Me, Myself & I / Greensleeves (Freeport) very clean VG++ (some label storage wear)...Beautiful popcorn soul sides that should be better known! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AQ1pA48c54 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjEyZORRCqo (slowed down slightly) $75 GENE TAYLOR, You Got My Nose Wide Open / Don’t Go Away (Minit promo) VG+ (looks scuffy, plays great)...two killer soul sides, midtempo b/w low-rider slowie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpdZd47io6s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19g4ozCF93s $40 CLARENCE GREEN, Doin’ It / The Giant Speaks (Aquarius) just some small marks shy of M– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82vTIH7azOM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyKaI6zVs_4 $80 TONY AIKEN & FUTURE 2,000, Better Days / Soul Disco (Shylden) M– (bumpy label with date written in ballpoint but beautiful copy) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SwPYrUrz6k (45 version is shorter and hits harder) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlecy7gv3io $50 BLACKLOVE, Get Down (When the Feelin’ Hits You) Pts. 1 & 2 (vocal/inst.) (Super M white promo) M– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TB3hvXnOkg $100 PHILLY DAWGS, Love Makes the World Go Round / Hello Stranger (Tuba white promo) beautiful copy! Just a couple inconsequential scuffs shy of M–...popcorn instros https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHIArk-7hgY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtmZT2WbPG8 $80 THE DYNAMICS, You Can Make It If You Try / We Found Love (Columbia) looks VG–; plays much better, fine for DJ’ing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkORZhCLIbQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKW5osn2-xE $40 BOBBY HEBB, You Want to Change Me / Dreamy (Philips) VG+ (bb hole) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7awUpz04B0 $35 BOBBY DIXON, Woman, You Made Me / You Don’t Wanna Love Me (ABC Probe) just a couple lights scuffs shy of M–...two killer Vidalia Productions soul sides! Give the first side a chance after long spoken intro! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5__YKcATis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7indaRXCh74 $65 DINO & DOC, Mighty Cold Winter / A Woman Can’t Do (What a Man Do) (Volt) VG++ (bb hole) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX7FlyzwUTg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_KxQAh9u6s $50 TROY THOMPSON BAND, I Don’t Need You Anymore / 1-2-3 (Dee Dee) beautiful VG++ (small dot on label) Great two-sider!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99i2ltSrenQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckIMeS2r0i0 $65 WE THE PEOPLE, Making My Daydream Real / Whatcha Done for Me… (Lion) very strong VG (plays loud and clear with some surface ticks that aren’t too obtrusive; sticker on Whatcha label; small 2mm bit of gunk stuck on Making label that will probably come off) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kmgmYPiBU8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aY9FWLxjEds $25 MELVIN SPARKS, I’ve Got to Have You / Get Down With the Get Down (Eastbound) beautiful VG++...good crossover b/w funk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAuD4DDbfKw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdVQ7Xj-5FA $25 ROBBIE MONTGOMERY and the IKE-ETTES, Pee Wee / Crazy in Love (Reena) VG+ (strange look to grooves, almost looks wet, but plays fine)...great R&B dance sides https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfF3YRH6eDI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN6Z5-6EtNU $10

I shopped at Cappy's a couple times circa 1986-88. When I tried going back after that he wouldn't let me in. I also would see him at record fairs around that time. I'm not sure he's alive....Bob Mays is still going strong, selling out of his house (and garage, and shed). I had a little chuckle over David Meikle's line about going there in 2001 and finding it "uninteresting." Ha! I've bought literally thousands of great records from Mays during the 30-year span in which 2001 sits smack dab in the middle. What were you looking for, David?

Love Quinvy and some others, but this is my all-time favorite.

Yeah, me too, I think.

Was going to issue this myself but never got around to it. Now I don't need to.

Played it here, Ady: https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/52533

"They Gonna Do What They Wanna Do"/"I Tried So Hard" I used to have a mint copy of this and it kills me that it disappeared and I can't seem to replace it.... Can anyone help?

This was my crack at the "Baby That's a Groove" lyrics on a thread from 2013. Note: Though you lot think you "own" fish and chips, we ate them in Detroit too! Two o'clock in the morning and all the joints have just closed We picked up a bag of fish and chips and we headed for this place called home Love is on our mind, hey hey, and we're in the mood It's just a matter of time, oh, and baby, that's a groove My imagination is something else It's like looking through a crystal ball and what I see looks good to me as we climb the steps and walk down the hall Before I put the key in the lock, hey hey, I just had to stop because my baby turned and kissed me, said we've no time to lose I said, "Good, oh baby, that's a groove" Sweat was popping off of my face and [indecipherable lead vocal echoed by what sounds like "shit" from the backing singers] was all over the place You should have seen my baby move now that we had found our groove [MIKE TERRY BARITONE BREAK!] Put on a stack of fine 45s like "Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide" Found our groove and was having fun We were jumping [jamming? dancing?] to the sound of Junior Walker's "Shotgun" Sweat was popping off of my face and fish and chips was all over the place You should have seen my baby move now that we had found our groove...[repeat/fade]

A few have turned up since my original post. Still love both sides.

Yes, Kris. Was about to make a similar content. Strange for there to be two soul singers with this uncommon name.

I Believe It's Alright. Anyone got a clean one for sale? Based on what it's been selling for recently, I'm looking to spend less than the $250 buy-it-now asking price for Craig Moerer's copy currently up on ebay and discogs. Thanks.

Leasing it from whom? Zeke Carey's estate?

https://www.45cat.com/record/44s Willie McCovey's label, named for his nickname as a long-armed San Francisco Giants first baseman. From hardballtimes.com: At 6-foot-4, McCovey was a very tall first baseman, particularly for his era. He also had exceptionally long arms, with the reach of a heavyweight boxer. When McCovey stretched to catch balls at first, he reduced the length of his infielders’ throws by six or seven feet. He also became adept at stretching both to his left and his right, allowing him to corral throws that might have been errant with another first baseman. Given his skill in reaching such throws, the nickname of “Stretch” became an obvious and fitting moniker.

What's with January 14, 1963, and May 7, 1963? Are there other dates too? Had never noticed this till now. Random examples follow.

"I Can't Go Back." Looking for a M- copy to replace my noisy one. Anyone?

Though they were no longer in real use, the two-letter exchanges were still familiar to anyone living in Detroit at least through the seventies. TY was for Tyler, the name of the street my mother grew up on. There was a well-known local TV commercial when I was a kid ca. 1974 for a home-improvement company where the jingle instructed viewers to "call Tyler-8-7100 for a home-improvement date." My own exchange was UN, for University District, as I lived near the University of Detroit. BEechwood, the famous one in the song, didn't actually exist.

Like this one. There do seem to be some label variations on this, but it looks legit. https://www.popsike.com/Northern-Soul-Otis-Smith-Let-her-go-Original-HEAR/280077656373.html

Thanks, Robb.

Does anyone know what's up with the great website motownjunkies.co.uk? All content is still there, but it hasn't been updated in quite some time, and I see no explanatory note.

M- copies of the Kittens, "Ain't No More Room," and the Sweet Things, "I'm in a World of Trouble," please! U.S. originals only. Cash waiting. Thanks, Matt

Whoa!! Surely someone as knowledgeable as Ian Levine must know that the Willie Tee on Crazy Cajun, the one who recorded "Sick and Tired," is A DIFFERENT PERSON ENTIRELY: Willie "Tee" Trahan, a swamp-rocker from roughly the same neck of the woods. Here's his website: https://willietee.com/ I mean, come on. Yikes, looks like even John Manship is a little confused: Two different Willie Tees, people. Could the one on "One More Chance" be the other one? How strange that he would have done a song by the better-known Willie Tee.

My statement to the singer of this track: "I've met Willie Tee, I've spoken with Willie Tee, I have nearly every Willie Tee record, I've seen him perform live half a dozen times. You, sir, are no Willie Tee."

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Pat Lucky, Earthquake/You Sure Can Lie (Sue white promo). Clean as can be, flawless M- (only blemish is an X and someone's initials on Earthquake label). $550 $475 U.S. plus shipping.

Jesse Thomas with Huey Piano Smith's Band, I'm Boss Yeah/That'll Get It (Ace), nice glossy VG+ (on a scale without E grades). Two killer New Orleans sides. $80 U.S.plus shipping from U.S.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-D1NLh55dIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ1MvRT3GWM Pussycats, Won't You Be Mine/One True Love (Dynamic), strong VG, my old DJ copy. Cool N.O. girl group mover. $65 plus shipping. https://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php… (move cursor ahead to 0:20:40)