Paul Capon

Two dancers today Patrick Alley Groove Feeling PERSIST EX £75 16/07/25 I grade this as EX (light surface marks only). Strong modern soul dancer https://youtu.be/3UGAJQrf5mo?si=I3BZwg-DGmL2knc1 Jesus Alvarez Please Stay Don't Go VIBRATION M- £40 16/07/25 Another strong 70’s dancer with a great vibes hook https://youtu.be/nA5Kv8eGDJU?si=ZW27NfDxaYWUx1g3

Too notch crossover Na Allen Thanks For Nothing ATCO VG+ £125 Visual a strong VG+ but plays EX to M- Looking great in original MINT ATCO logo matching company sleeve. A truly fabulous crossover soul dancer https://youtu.be/RkDCLWYuSwY?si=hwqcokOxyy6_uZhW

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Up to £30 or 3 x 7” =21” £2.75 Up to 3 x 7” up to £75 = £4.25 Over £75 = £8 Up to £30 or 3 x 7” =21” £2.75 Up to 3 x 7” up to £75 = £4.25 Over £75 = £8

Sales for today Sales for today - take a listen Rare Pleasure Let Me Down Easy CHERI EX £120 I grade this as EX (light surface marks only). Top notch dancer from 1976. Sampled many times (David Morales ‘Need U’, Paul Johnson etc.). Such a classic groove! https://youtu.be/Mw7JWg-FsM4?si=e-8ozZeR7QAcmGm4 Jokers Y-ilde Very Special Love GOLD SPILL VG £80 Vinyl has some marks. Plays strong with the occasional pop and background crackle. Nothing major - no sustained ticks or anything nasty. This a semi - known monster stepper - I found two copies in the 90’s. Check out the video. I can’t believe there is a recording of the band (miming but still!!!). RESERVED Elsie Strong Ask The Lonely SOUNDS INTERNATIONAL M- £300 A stunning crossover version of the Four Tops masterpiece https://youtu.be/v-oIsco8xV4?si=mqICefH4WgEY2U-Q

Today’s outings Bobby Jonz Win Your Love DISPO M- £60 Great crossover dancer. https://youtu.be/Yui_keAnDn8?si=pImikMGIXbY9LV_c Ronnie Dyson The More You Do It (The More I Like It Done To Me) CBS UK PROMO M- £5 Vinyl is M-. Label has a torn area in the centre of A side and a small sticker Nice little fivers worth of a southern style mid-tempo https://youtu.be/dDRZN6pEXCA?si=X86TNID0TWnSDS_G Holland & Dozier Why Can't We Be Lovers INVICTUS UK VG+ £3 Slight cloudy look to vinyl. Not play affecting. Looking great in original logo matching company sleeve (tatty sleeve) Proper anthem - nice cheap UK 7” https://youtu.be/mxIjuR8d_0w?si=9mW0p3BUsZvtXPBh

Otis Clay The Only Way Is Up / Special Kind Of Love ECHO VG+ £240 A side has a feint TWO SECOND noise right at the start on the first bar of the track. Clears to M-. B side has a few light marks - looks and plays VG+. Small 3mm pen mark on label. Great double header - two top class uplifting dancers ‘Up’ side https://youtu.be/0zf0rMfTeaI?si=MCRumI-vXrqj_YvG ‘Special’ side https://youtu.be/9dkm2d8JytI?si=41NdA8hUXlq7tQ4d

Otis Clay The Only Way Is Up / Special Kind Of Love ECHO VG+ £240 A side has a feint TWO SECOND noise right at the start on the first bar of the track. Clears to M-. B side has a few light marks - looks and plays VG+. Small 3mm pen mark on label. Great double header - two top class uplifting dancers ‘Up’ side https://youtu.be/0zf0rMfTeaI?si=MCRumI-vXrqj_YvG ‘Special’ side https://youtu.be/9dkm2d8JytI?si=41NdA8hUXlq7tQ4d

I have Littke Samson - PMd you

Both vinyl and cover are pretty much MINT. Cover has a neat cut out hole top right. Cover has a neat round ‘London (logo) - Promo Copy - not for sale’ sticker

I think I still have a copy here. PMd you

I have one here @£100 + P&P. As close to Mint as you’ll find. PMd you I have one here @£100 + P&P. As close to Mint as you’ll find

N.B. It’s a totally different take - not just RPMs

And LP only The Ripple Blast Singers LP ‘Funny Girl a la Soul’ which includes ‘Sadie Sadie’. You have to be very careful when buying a copy tho’ as there are two versions of Sadie - a slow version and a fast version. Both releases have exactly same cover and label - one character difference on the run out grooves is the only way to visually tell!! THIS IS THE FAST VERSION

Another overlooked one Thelma Houston LP ‘same’ which includes the LP only ‘Nothing left to give’. Never quite worked out why the track listing on the USA release of the same LP excluded this track!!!

RE Is this getting confused with The Ohio Players LP ‘Superpack’ on TRIP. This includes ‘Love Slipped Through My Fingers’

I don’t think this big production northern soul track ever got the credit it deserved Freda Payne - “You never should have loved me” off her MGM LP ‘How Do You Say I Don't Love You Anymore’.

This LP came out on Malaco not P-Vine. This is release is the original release from 1979

The Jades - L-O-V-E I Love you IMPERIAL promo M- £50 inc Imperial sleeve Great girl group crossover dancer. As far as I’m aware this is promo only - never seen an issue copy https://youtu.be/KsYVFA7Yo8g?si=SuAwIw8NXyugtwks

So yesterday was Walter Jackson’s day - today is Chuck a Jackson’s turn!!! Chuck Jackson - If I Didn't Love You / Just A Little Bit Of Your Soul - WAND M- £15.00 Chuck Jackson - Hand It Over / Since I Don't Have You - WAND £30.00 (inc WAND sleeve) Chuck Jackson - Take Off Your Make-Up - ABC M- £75.00 (ABC sleeve) Chuck Jackson - If You Were My Woman - ALL PLATINUM M- £4 Chuck Jackson - I Only Get This Feeling / Slowly But Surely - M- £35.00 (Inc ABC sleeve) Chuck Jackson - How Long Have You Been Loving Me - CAROLINA Records MINT £15 Chuck Jackson - LP ‘Through All Times ‘ PROBE (Spanish) M- / M- £45 Immaculate copy on lovely pink Spanish Probe. Chuck Jackson - In Between Tears / Getting Ready For The Heartbreak - WAND M- £20.00 (inc WAND sleeve)

SOLD Jive Fyve - If I Had A Chance To Love You DECCA promo M- sleeve M- £50 Hard to find in this condition. Great group crossover dancer https://youtu.be/KjYEUOsw6Ns?si=O84OaSMtmKydXueO

Today it’s a Walter Jackson day. Amazing voice! Walter Jackson - Touching In The Dark - Kelli-Arts Records M- £12 Walter Jackson - Tell Me Where It Hurts/When I See You - Columbia M- £12 Inc company sleeve Walter Jackson - Speak Her Name / They Don't Give Medals - OKEH EX £12.00 Walter Jackson - One Heart Lonely - OKEH M- £22.00 Inc OKEH sleeve Walter Jackson - My Ship Is Comin' In - OKEH VG+ £15.00 Inc OKEH sleeve Walter Jackson - Road To Ruin - OKEH M- £9 Walter Jackson - It's An Uphill Climb To The Bottom OKEH M- £40 Inc OKEH sleeve (rare in this condition) Walter Jackson - My One Chance To Make It - OKEH £17 Inc OKEH sleeve Walter Jackson - My One Chance To Make It - WDJ OKEH - £20 Inc OKEH sleeve Walter Jackson - After You There Can Be Nothing - OKEH £40 Inc OKEH sleeve - rare variation - Terre Haute pressing Walter Jackson - Not You - EPIC £15 Inc EPIC sleeve

Beres Hammond - Soul Reggae WATER LILY (brown label original Jamaican first release £30 Vinyl is I grade this as EX (light surface marks only). Cover has some edge wear and a few edge crease marks. Mainly know for his reggae but Beres has made some superb soul recordings including the outstanding modern soul monster ’Don’t Wait Too Long’ which is on this LP only. Here on the original first release. Most copies I’ve seen are trashed Some great LPs today Odyssey - LP 'Odyssey' MOWEST original £130 M- / sleeve VG+ Vinyl is practically MINT. Cover has light ring & edge wear and a small corner snip. Includes lyric sheet. Contains the great track 'Battened Ships' Ohio Players - Dbl LP 'Superpak' TRIP original £ 45 M- / sleeve VG Vinyl is M-. Cover has no major issues but does have a bit of ring wear and general grubbiness. Contains a superb version of the ultra rare northern soul monster this LP only track 'Love slipped through my fingers'. The original Sam Williams 45 would set you back £000s nowadays! Garland Green - LP 'Love Is What We Came Here For' RCA £40 M- / M- Contains the superb LP only dancer 'I've quit running the streets'. Sleeve is EX with light ring wear and a small stain not affecting any text or the picture. Isley Brothers LP ‘Tamla Motown Presents’ MFP M- £8 Includes the absolutely fantastic previously unreleased ‘My love is your love’. Chuck Jackson - LP ‘Through All Times ‘ PROBE (Spanish) M- / M- £50 Immaculate copy on lovely pink Spanish Probe. Strutt - LP ‘Time Moves On’ BRUNSWICK M- £25 original includes ‘Funky Sign’ and ‘Said You Didn’t Love Him’ ‘Funky Sign’ track ‘Said You Didn’t Love Him’ track The Eliminators - LP ‘Loving Explosion’ BRUNSWICK M- £125 original Includes the awesome title track ‘Loving Explosion’ track

Today’s items Ideals The Mighty Lover BOO-GA-LOO Visual VG £130 Light surface marks only - played in headphones and plays great VG+ to EX https://youtu.be/XlsTeHPOSRw?si=GkyhvuUSgHwLO-6I Hymes Sisters Walking Around The Town JER JIM HAN VG+ £30 I grade this as EX (light surface marks only). B side is VG+. Plays VG+ to EX. Couple of clicks in the running but this clears before the first note of the intro. Always loved this affordable northern girl group track. Everything in the right places!!! https://youtu.be/GdJf6LkJ2Ms?si=ycTSJexHdmsaRKk8 Johnnie Hudson Better Love / Girl You Should Have Known QUICKSAND £18 MINT Proper ‘modern’ soul tune! https://youtu.be/zFDsGPmwuDs?si=hRIg9l6AZcaYJeqa Stepper/ballad B side https://youtu.be/O16uqzys-2o?si=VDf2KXFWBEK2lJ5w Loleatta Holloway Dreamin’ SALSOUL (Jamaican) EX £15 I grade this as EX (light surface marks only). Total classic Salsoul soulful disco here on a rare Jamaican release https://youtu.be/h_7-dQ0LzWI?si=irHdVrLfisHjtXtO Rhetta Hughes I Can't Stand Under This Pressure TETRAGRAMMATON WDJ Promo £65 EX sleeve M- Looking great in RARE original TETRAGRAMMATON logo matching company sleeve. Yet another classic - strolling mid-tempo here on a very nice WDJ copy with lovely original company sleeve https://youtu.be/SRp0rtAdJ1A?si=AMJn97BxBDDUgSLN Melba Moore / Tommy Hunt The Magic Touch / The Pretty Part Of You Horace's M- £50 Signed by Tommy Hunt when I met him in the 90's. 'Best wishes Tommy Hunt’. See pic Two great previously unreleased northern soul sides Tommy Hunt side https://youtu.be/vPevCwXKQNs?si=H2clZ491KPs9R4Hj Melba side https://youtu.be/RBt4xyKLKTM?si=4ehCD2DnUKuTNLW2 George Jackson I Don't Have The Time To Love You MERCURY visual VG+ sleeve M- £175 Visually a solid VG+ but plays EX to M- (played on headphones). Looking great in original logo matching MERCURY company sleeve. TOTAL MONSTER crossover soul. Big production and huge vocal - brilliant track!!! https://youtu.be/7VrN4c_8-T4?si=-o3dD7EDy_vV5rmi

Today’s sales. I can hold things for a while if required if you are 100% on them. Take a listen. Heywood Cash - You’re Messing Up A Good Thing / Give It Up EPIC vinyl VG+ sleeve M- £145 Visually vinyl is VG+ with LIGHT surface marks only. PLAY GRADE IS EX to M- (played on headphones). Rare issue copy with the fabulous dancer on the B side https://youtu.be/qyvyShReH9c?si=j9bh96nL-9iUjmLD Lee Charles - Standing On The Outside REVUE promo vinyl M- sleeve M- £35 19/05/25 RARE promo copy on vinyl too. Not sure I’ve ever seen a promo of this before. I had to add it to Discogs myself. Looking great in original logo matching REVUE company sleeve. Yet another brilliant mid-tempo soul record from Mr Charles (see last weeks listing for ‘I Get High On My Baby’s Love (still available) https://youtu.be/rnjcLDp3JRM?si=THWQdd_bIIvafPbN Little Charles And The Sidewinders Please Open Up The Door BOTANIC £8 EX I grade this as EX (light surface marks only) Big vocal with an R&B feel https://youtu.be/O6eUMRbgLKk?si=PnuWZgrZPDvMKOE3 Nolan Chance - If He Makes You (He Can Take You) CONSTELLATION £20 VG+ to EX I grade this as EX (light surface marks only). Total classic here on the rarest lighter blue ‘stars’ label https://youtu.be/lbHcdxEdQQc?si=C9HxWpsXjuNiSPQ8 Norman Charles - This Is Gonna Hurt COLUMBIA £15 M- sleeve M- Looking great in original logo matching company sleeve. Obscure little release - big vocal, big production beat ballad / builder https://youtu.be/Nbqp0ElaiSg?si=KwNpTm1xIgYyamPl The Casinos - Forever And A Night / How Long Has It Been FRATERNITY £20 M- The rarest label variation in lovely condition - dark red issue. (Ignore the pics in the YouTube clips which are of the WDJ) ‘Forever’ side is storming northern soul https://youtu.be/_G3WQjLO20I?si=duaGJhL-wYHP3LQN ‘How Long’ is a great mid-paced group harmonies piece https://youtu.be/MlomU1Kc2Y8?si=tPFz2HD7yrz4_nY8 The Center Stage - Hey, Lady / Someday, Someway (You're Gonna Love Me) DISPO £25 VG+ Has a couple of feelable marks. Plays great with one or two light sounds. Here on the original local label before this was picked up by RCA. ‘Hey Lady’ side is a swinging dancer https://youtu.be/tTJRBqHGS0g?si=eEb33LyFejBKntFU ‘Someday’ side is in the same vein - feel good dancer https://youtu.be/-fPibiuPW0w?si=fpL0-eoWYZ24yajG The Channels - You Can Count On Me GROOVE £32 VG+ sleeve M- Looking great in original logo matching GROOVE company sleeve. Now this is just a damn good group sound northern soul dancer! https://youtu.be/o7JgwR680Fg?si=yUkn92XBjy_x0pVK Matt Covington - I'm So In Love With You APRIL M- £250 A mid-tempo stepper of the highest quality. https://youtu.be/go43dVtWbio?si=lQ6MQLRScL5R_vCa