Mixed list of soul, R&B, blues, gospel, tittyshakers. All records I actually really like! Bargains and cheapies galore. Nothing over $100 and most significantly less. Email finewine@wfmu.org to reserve; I'll respond to emails in the order I receive them.
PAYPAL ONLY unless you live near me and can hand me cash.
GRADING: M– (a new record); VG++ (minor flaws but basically new); VG+
(great play copy); VG (plays with some noise; fine for DJ'ing); VG– (more
noise, still enjoyable). NOTE: For grades less than VG+, I usually won't
mention label wear; you can assume there is some. I will always mention
writing/stamps/stickers/bb holes/major damage, though.
SHIPPING: U.S. $4 FIRST SINGLE, $0.50 EACH ADDITIONAL; ELSEWHERE $7 FIRST,
$1 EACH ADDITIONAL.
**PRICES IN U.S. DOLLARS.**
E-MAIL TO RESERVE: finewine@wfmu.org
**BIG CAVEAT: NONE OF THE SOUND FILES ARE FROM THE ACTUAL RECORDS I'M SELLING!! IN SOME CASES MINE SOUND BETTER AND IN OTHER CASES MINE SOUND WORSE.**
1 FREDDY WILSON, Promise Land/Where Is She (Eastbound) VG++
Top-notch JB-style funk dancer b/w intense killer deep soul
$40
2 EDWARD HAMILTON & THE NATURAL LOOKS, Willing Mind/My Darling Baby (Maryjane) M– (very slight label damange one side)
Great Detroit soul
$40
3 DIFFERENT BAGS, Closed Mind/Fast Black (Wesgate) VG++
Funk
$50
4 ERNIE HINES, Help Me Put Out the Flame/A Better World (Stax white promo) M–
Two superb midtempo soulful sides from 1970; don't know why this isn't huge
$30
https://www.whosample...0My%20Heart%29/
5 VOICE OF THE CLOUDS, Too Late to Change/Starting for the Kingdom (Song Bird) VG++
Great gospel mover
$60
https://www.rarenorth...change/#product
6 THE FAITHFUL WONDERS, Ol' John (Behold Thy Mother)/You've Got to Move (Checker) strong VG
2 great Monk Higgins-arranged very soulful gospel dance sides
$40
https://hypem.com/#!/...d+Thy+Mother%29
7 SONNY MUNRO, Open the Door to Your Heart (mono/stereo) (Epic promo) VG+
$10
8 ISLEY BROTHERS, All Because I Love You/Behind a Painted Smile (Tamla) M–
Pristine copy of one of my favorite Motown records. Not rare, you say? Try finding one.
$60
9 DANNY STATON, A True, True Love/Troubles on My Mind (Felsted) VG++ (with VG picture sleeve torn down side)
Underrated popcorn R&B dancer
$60
10 FOUR RIVERS, I Confess/Sooner or Later (Josie white promo) VG++ (x on label)
This is in my (and John Fogerty's) all-time top 5 records...screaming vocals (by Freddie Hughes), great shuffling dance beat with hand claps, the works...just spine-tingling! And a great flip, too.
$60
https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/26208 (around 25:18)
https://www.sirshambl...our_rivers.html
11 DEE EDWARDS, All the Way Home/Love, Love, Love (D-Town) very strong VG, just shy of VG+ (writing and stamp on label)
Detroit soul
$30
12 IKE & TINA TURNER, Dust My Broom/I'm Hooked (Tangerine white promo) VG++ (writing on label)
Great dancer
$25
13 BLOOD HOLLINS FEAT. JEAN LANG, How Have You Been (vocal/inst.) (RCA promo) M–
Nice modern/crossover dancer
$30
14 T.S.U. TORONADOS, What Good Am I?/Getting the Corners (Atlantic) VG+
Two great sides
$15
15 SARAH VAUGHN, Mama (He Treats Your Daughter Mean)/One Mint Julep (Roulette) VG
Two killer orchestral R&B dance sides backed by Quincy Jones
$25
16 SAME AS 15...VG (plays slightly better but serious label tear on Mama side)
$25
17 B.B. KING, Think it Over/I Don't Want You Cuttin' Off Your Hair (Bluesway) VG++ (ring wear on label)
Killer R&B mod dancer
$30
18 THE MIRACLES, Mighty Good Lovin'/Broken Hearted (Tamla) strong VG (plays better, great for DJ'ing)
Their best early dancer
$15
19 LITTLE JOHNNY TAYLOR, Somewhere Down the Line/Part Time Love (Galaxy) M–
Clean copy of great mod R&B dancer
$30
20 Strong VG copy of above that plays loud and great: $15
21 THE ESQUIRES, How Could It Be/I Know I Can (Bunky promo) VG+
Just beautiful
$20
22 MORRIS VAUGHN, Make It Look Good/My Love Keeps Growing (Fontana) strong VG (noise at very start, but plays well once music starts; plays above grade; stickers and writing on label; bb hole)
Great crossover
$20
23 GEORGE PERKINS, Groove Making/How Can a Broke Man Survive (Golden) VG++
$30
https://www.sirshambling.com/sounds/george_perkins/How%20Can%20A%20Broke%20Man%20Survive.mp3
24 GENE KADOR, Don't Be Afraid - Mary Ann/Why Not My Baby (Golden) M–
Funk dancer with killer drums b/w great deep soul!
$35
https://www.divshare....ad/12088439-9c9
https://www.sirshambling.com/sounds/gene_kador/Gene%20Kador%20-%20Why%20Not%20My%20Baby%20%28She%20Just%20Don%27t%20Understand%29%20%281%29.mp3
25 JIMMY GILFORD, Misery Street/I Wanna Be Your Baby (Wheelsville) VG (labels are in bad shape with writing, staining, etc.; works for DJ'ing)
Great Detroit dancer b/w ballad
$20
https://www.spinthegr...ery-street.html
26 CHUCK EDWARDS, Chuck Roast/Bullfight (Roulette) VG++ (scuffs)
Two-sided tittyshaker heaven
$25
27 LUE CAZZ, The Walk/Dreaming (Premium) strong VG (sticker residue on label; plays great)
$20
28 TOMMY "T", Love Makes the World Go Round/The Blues (Inter/Soul black label) VG++
Nice underrated 70s Detroit dancer
$20
29 MONGO SANTAMARIA, I Can't Get Next to You/Feeling Alright (Atlantic) M–
Great dance-floor Latin funk with breaks
$25
30 ERNEST VAN TREOSE AND THE MC DANIEL STREET MARY BAND, Medicine Man/Popcorn Push Push (RCA) M–
Two great funk sides written, arranged, conducted, produced, and even SUNG (well, one side, anyway) by the Mighty Hannibal
$40
31 MAXCINE DIXON, Double-Talkin'/Can't Be Bothered (Topaz) strong VG (slight edge warp doesn't affect play)
Totally obscure swingy jazz popcorn dancer with great lyrics (written by Dorothy Ashby)
$100
https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/38394 (at about 11:50)
32 THE SUPREMES, Run, Run, Run/I'm Giving You Your Freedom (Motown) VG++
Love the piano on this! One of their best
$30
33 ROY LEE JOHNSON, Take Me Back and Try Me/She Put the Whammy to Me (Philips) VG+ (ring wear on label)
Killer deep soul b/w great southern dancer
$30
34 CAROL JONES, Don't Destroy Me/Problem Child (Mutt; chimes-and-strings version with faster B-side) VG+
$30
35 CAROL JONES, Don't Destroy Me/Problem Child (Muttt; no chimes or strings; normal-speed B-side) unplayed M–
Cleanest copy I've ever seen, perfect vinyl and labels
$50
(ALSO a more typical VG+ copy for $30)
36 THE WEBS, I Want You Back/We Belong Together (Verve) VG++
Intense uptempo dancer
$40
37 HAROLD MELVIN & THE BLUE NOTES, Get Out/You May Not Love Me (Landa multicolored) VG+
How can you take yourself seriously as a soul fan if you don't have this?
$40
38 EDWIN STARR, Headline News/Harlem (Ric-Tic) unplayed M–
Classic, all-time-great dancer with nice full sound
$10
39 LEE BERNARD, Turn Around and Go/Our Love Will Always Be (Goldband) M–
Underrated record! Great funky boogaloo dancer b/w intense deep ballad
$80
https://musparade.com...k+is+Back+vol.5
40 RUFUS THOMAS, The Memphis Train/I Think I Made a Boo Boo (Stax green label) VG++ (some ring wear on label but superclean copy)
$30
41 SOUNDBREAKERS, Trying to Get Back to You/The Jerk Is Catching (Symbol white promo) VG– but not horrendous: plays okay through some surface crackle
Two great sides
$10
42 CISSY HOUSTON, I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself/This Empty Place (Janus) strong VG
Great
$20
43 THE TYMES, Street Talk/Pretend (MGM yellow promo) strong VG (plays great)
$15
44 BOBBY DUKES, Just to Be With You/inst. (Calla white promo) VG+ (crackles at start before music begins then plays great)
NOTE: This is the original mono 1972 Calla promo distributed by Roulette, not the 1974 stereo reissue (https://www.popsike.c...0185925898.html) that some people try to pass off as an original!
Killer crossover soul! Instrumental side is great too, with female backing chorus retained!
$50
45 WILLIE MITCHELL, That Driving Beat/Everything Is Gonna Be Alright (Hi) VG+ (scuffs, bit of label wear)
Willie does his best Junior Walker impression on both sides...great party record!
$30
46 JOE SIMON, I Got a Whole Lot of Lovin'/Yours Love (Sound Stage 7) M–
This should be a huge record; great dancer a la "The Snake"
$25
47 JACKIE WILSON, (I Can Feel Those Vibrations) This Love Is Real/Love Uprising (Brunswick) VG+
Beautiful and one of his best
$20
48 CARL CARLTON, I Can Feel It/You've Got So Much (Back Beat) VG (some crackle at start and here and there throughout, but music is so loud it plays great)
It doesn't get much better than this...just an incredibly great record!
$30
49 WILLIE WRIGHT AND THE SPARKLERS, Gibble, Gobble/Bloodhound (Federal) VG++
Beautiful copy of all-time-great R&B instro
$50
50 THE CALVAES, Anna Macora/OSCAR BOYD, So Bad (Checker) VG++
Intense, great mambo R&B dancer
$35
51 JACKIE BRENSTON, Trouble Up the Road/You Ain't the One (Sue) strong VG (some ugly scuffs but plays great)
Absolute killer at bargain-basement price
$50
52 TITUS TURNER, Taking Care of Business/We Told You Not to Marry (Glover) VG++
$5
53 THE FOUR FROLIC, Frolic (Pt. 1/2) (Chex) VG– (plays fine through some surface noise)
Great Detroit organ-led tittyshaker R&B dance instro
$30
https://www.stormyrecords.com/sounds/ebay%20sounds/EBAY%20SOUNDS/FOURFROLIC.mp3
54 WYNONA CARR, Till the Well Runs Dry/Should I Ever Love Again (Specialty) strong VG
$15
Jump blues dancer
55 EDDIE FLOYD, Make Up Your Mind/No, No, No (Safice) VG++ (some label smudging)
Nice chunky R&B/soul dancer
$15
56 JAMES BROWN, I'm Shook/The Little Groove Maker Me (King) strong VG (good DJ copy)
One of his tougher ones to pick up for some reason and a great dancer
$15
57-59 WILSON PICKETT, Baby Call on Me/If You Need Me (Double L)
57 Black label with yellow and white art, strong VG, plays great
58 Yellow label with plain black print, strong VG with storage warp that doesn't affect play
59 Same as 58 (Need Me side is a bit noisier)
$25 apiece
60 CLYDE MCPHATTER, I'll Love You Till the Cows Come Home/Tomorrow Is a-Comin (Mercury) strong VG with some ugly scuffs and label wear and the beginning of an internal crack in runout grooves that doesn't reach play area, and isn't actually a full-fledged crack (plays much better, at least VG+)
Killer R&B dancer
$40
61 B.B. KING, The Hurt/Whole Lotta Lovin' (ABC-Paramount) VG+++
Superb midtempo popcorn R&B
$35
62 BETTY LAVETT, You'll Never Change/Here I Am (Atlantic) strong VG (plays loud and clear through a bit of surface crackle)
$20
Her best, in my opinion
63 BOBBY BYRD, I Know You Got Soul/It's I Who Love You (King blue label) M–
$20
64 SOMERSET, Do Me Baby, Do Me (Pt. 1/2) (Dazia) M–
1982 Detroit boogie dancer
$40
65 JAMES MOODY, Smack-a-Mac (vocal/inst.) (Milestone) VG+
Great jazz/R&B dancer...about apples!
$40
66 THE SUPERTONES, Slippin' and Sloppin' (Pt. 1/2) (Everest) strong VG (plays better)
Guitar-and-organ tittyshaker supreme
$25
https://itunes.apple....t-1/id385617917
67 JOHN LEE HOOKER, Think Twice Before You Go/Back Biters and Syndicaters (Bluesway) M– (very minor scuffs, a bump or two in vinyl, gold paint on label)
Killer blues dancer, probably his best "late" one
$30