Paul Capon

Hi i think I have David Rhodes & Santiago ping me and I’ll check grades and look for recent sales to get a price

A few revisits with price drop before I list elsewhere. Take a listen The Earls It's Been A Long Time Coming / My Lonely Lonely Room ABC M- £25 Label has the usual small dabs of gold paint. Top class group sound northern soul!!! Looking great in original logo matching ABC company sleeve. https://youtu.be/9iRipaHlZ6o?si=N8wh3ThymEYtDEF_ Gale Eason Love's Gonna Find You / Ah My Sister A&M M- £12 Looking great in original company sleeve. Really nice dancer. https://youtu.be/JNxGU6GweK0?si=AvGqzX6g1o36UpVY @@@@ 03/05/24 Eboney Essence Let Me In TRAIN M- £135 Great uplifting soul dancer https://youtu.be/ONv9YvKto_s?si=KEchn6vuPSv8_Dv0 E'lan No Limit ATL M- £25 Feint ghosting of text on B side Quality modern soul from the mid-80s https://youtu.be/gLk_zFgZA6Q?si=lRhvDT-c67rrvPjM Shirley Ellis The Name Game CONGRESS VG+ £8 Looking great in RARE original CONGRESS logo matching company sleeve. Tiny drill hole https://youtu.be/NeF7jqf0GU4?si=1cLGpXV648si0768 Lorraine Ellison I Dig You Baby / Don't Let It Go To Your Head MERCURY WDJ M- £40 VERY nice WDJ. Two fantastic sides - both big production mid-pacers with great orchestration and girl group harmonies. Looking great in original logo matching MERCURY company sleeve. https://youtu.be/UKPw23G6QH0?si=1KL-JrBtV11NDCQa https://youtu.be/-0PS2bU289c?si=7yrcbqhwBQWvVe Enternal Family We've Got To Give More Of Ourselves / My Soul COMMUNICATION M- Now £85 Rare modern soul mid-paced dancer. https://youtu.be/jAHGJVcJ4TQ?si=EzWCnhewxFBUjFDT The Entertainers I'm In Love With You HMC M- £22 Finger snapping dancer. One light scuff. Still a M- record. Small pen mark on label. https://youtu.be/KTIHWdK80KY?si=F8TyY6XiWOeDcLX0 E The Entertainers Featuring Bobby Conerly Why / Po Boy OVIDE M- £10 Left field soul. Nice M- on the collectible label https://youtu.be/O23k3qLK2rw?si=yCrJcEWthuH-IE6z

Hi i have a M- copy here @ £30

Five very nice pieces of vinyl today. Take a listen!!! Dan Folger The Way Of The Crowd ELF WDJ M- £165 Huge production northern soul beat ballad. Big horns, big strings and a great vocal. Here on a lovely WDJ. Looking great in original logo AMY-MALA-BELL distributor logo matching company sleeve (cut corner) https://youtu.be/_jeBe24H_xo?si=0Yt91EyO76gdiIQR SOLD Bobby Foster Where Do You Go / I'm So Glad SELECT-O-HITS VG+ £35 The Four Mints Can't Get Strung Out / In A Rut CAPSOUL M- £15 Really classy mail group harmonies. Lovely production on this great mid-tempo. Simply a brilliant £15 quid record!!! https://youtu.be/mK7-oLZ9Uio?si=YQ0Idt0Dn3tsIsWW The Four Sonics If It Wasn't For My Baby JMC M- £175 Tiny pen mark on label A top notch late 70’s dancer https://youtu.be/FuVzourPsf4?si=N_zcqF5__SiY-_5Y Four Flights All I Want Is You ALMERIA M- £35 Soulful intro which kicks into a great mid-tempo 70s dancer https://youtu.be/i7JLvC-DsQ0?si=D6T0EgtXfueFkRm4

Garfield Fleming Don't Send Me Away BECKET VG+ to EX £275 ‘A’ side has a light zzuz sound literally in the first two beats of the intro - about a second only. Played on headphones and plays great - more like an EX with just a handful of pops as you would expect in a VG+ record. B side has a scuff mark right at the end of the track and into the run out. Again played in headphones - mark does not affect play. Total classic soul dancer https://youtu.be/414cE27wuuo?si=p85B4gcow_cdRr4N Darrow Fletcher Little Girl / Infatuation JACKLYN M- £120 Sparse production - quality pacer with a great soulful vocal https://youtu.be/Z080K81Ht_M?si=Ee5WA5fNrr7RQsog ‘Infatuation’ side is left field northern with a jazz twinge https://youtu.be/6Y1Is7y8Ubk?si=-0jvbVKo-cLG-je6 SOLD Darrow Fletcher I Like The Way I Feel / The Way Of A Man REVUE VG+ to EX £25 Darrow Fletcher Sitting There That Night / I Think I'm Gonna Write A Song CONGRESS M- £18 Looking great in original logo matching CONGRESS company sleeve. Great production horn led mid tempo soul https://youtu.be/_U1i6fDaZ8M?si=SDOcUSzoBoqkks5l Ella Fitzgerald The Lady Is A Tramp / Misty HMV RED ‘A’ & WHITE DJ copy VG+ £50 One for the label collectors - never seen another copy Cafe jazz great. I grade this as EX (light surface marks only). Label has a partial address stamp. Looking great in original UK HMV company sleeve. SOLD Five Stairsteps You Make Me So Mad BUDDAH M- £10 SOLD 5 Wagers You're My World / Until I Found You NATION TIME M- £12 The Flirtations Nothing But A Heartache DERAM VG+ £15 Looking great in original logo matching DERAM company sleeve. Punchy girl group northern soul classic. B side which isn’t all that anyway has a few deeper marks so is G https://youtu.be/CMUrgjcAThk?si=G36ZmD3zjhhAojHi

I have a Jack Montgomery demo. Label has been heavily water damaged but vinyl and play grade is I think EX. If you are interested I need to dig it out and confirm grade and work out a price based on recent sales.

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I had this copy of Choice Of Colour ‘Your Love’ on Philippino Probe - how did that happen!!!

Discogs lists this red promo as ‘unofficial’

Three for today Willie Fisher Put Your Lovin' On Me TIGRESS VG+ £45 Mid tempo crossover soul dancer. I grade this as EX (light surface marks only). https://youtu.be/ScShIZFdbu8?si=gNxydPaZ6mFLZbul Five Keys, Rudy West Stop What Your Doing To Me LANDMARK CORP. VG+ £15 Classy stepper https://youtu.be/Ury43ocLCv4?si=QoFvzG0vPveKKmwV Five Special The More I Get To Know You T.E.A.I. INDUSTRIES M- £40 Ace 70's group mid-tempo. Small pen mark on label. https://youtu.be/g0Z7fFpEE10?si=vrPaVrkACdOb0IQd

So what happened?

Quick revisit list with price drops Cottonmouth Treat You Kindly RCA M-/EX £40 Vinyl is M- apart from a single long scuff mark which doesn't affect play so grade is EX. Looking great in original RCA logo matching company sleeve. Feel good 70s dancer The Courtship It's The Same Old Love Tamla M- £20 Tiny black pen mark on label Very slick and soulful mid-tempo that builds and builds https://youtu.be/sS6vt6mR14g Cross Fire / The Virtues Take Me Back Virtue M- £30 Outstanding 70’s dancer https://youtu.be/kPfOTJdxfyY Geraldine Curry And The Heart-Stoppers You're So Wonderful London House Records M- £95 Classic mid-paced northern dancer. Take a listen! https://youtu.be/JsK-aLjgD3w Diane Cunningham Someday Baby New Breed VG £10 Slick femme dancer https://youtu.be/S-X8_DOiDcI?si=JicL5gS7trkPnFNM Jerry Cummings All I Do Is Think Of You Mecca M- £9 Modern soul mid-tempo https://youtu.be/CxGfXdr3O0A Helen Curry Love Him In Return Ja-Wes M- £15 Big production crossover mid-tempo https://youtu.be/G0QQhS4xAp4 Cacaras - My Woman ROCKY ROAD M- £30 Great uptempo disco with a jazzy twinge https://youtu.be/f6LevWHYqlE

A quick list June Conquest What's This I See / No One Else Curtom M- £15 Great crossover dancer backed with a great ballad https://youtu.be/s_eU1LVhjNA https://youtu.be/5e0J6vT9xfs Charles Conrad With Soul Bros. Inc. You Isn't It Amazing / Got The Love Shandy M- £22 ‘Amazing’ is a pleading vocal slow pacer/ ballad backed with an R&B dancer https://youtu.be/nXEUKpesmng https://youtu.be/_5ZCxRTabQE The Controllers Stay / Undercover Lover MCA M- £18 Looking great in original logo matching MCA company sleeve. 80’s soulful stepper https://youtu.be/z93qWqJaRrY SOLD Chet Davenport Can’t Get Over You TOEHOLT M- £180 The Controllers The People Want Music Juana M- £15 Top notch dancer https://youtu.be/vjHkLcW6WGE?si=EK0jRzfR4vtWDv8N Cortez (Harris) Girl I Been Watching You TezRu VG+ £12 Very good modern soul version of the Arnold Blair monster ‘Trying to get next to you’ but at a fraction of the price https://youtu.be/KGXVBkdZOuI Jimmy Dotson I Wanna Be Good (To You) / I Used To Be A Loser VOLT WDJ M- £22 Vinyl has a slightly cloudy look - not affecting the record at all. Looking great in original logo matching VOLT company sleeve. Two great sides here on a great WDJ - ‘I wanna’ is a horn driven slab of STAX soul!! https://youtu.be/lxkJWqXPCIk?si=y_hXUKcp69ZHCifK ‘Loser’ is a kid-paced power ballad with all the horns and pianos you would expect https://youtu.be/ziePbpf6xNg?si=Xi2Qnmm-oHb5jeW9 Drew-vels It's My Time / Everybody Knows CAPITOL VG+ £65 I grade this as EX (light surface marks only). Looking great in original logo matching company sleeve. I’ve always liked this very slick girl group harmonies track by Patti Drew and here two sisters https://youtu.be/bjO2P-JNYDA?si=N6JWvgQaML98Qy4f The Fabulous Jades Come On And Live / Planning This Moment RIKA M- £80 This is the identical boot with the etched matrix. Absolute cracking northern soul dancer https://youtu.be/dqXYlUKG67k?si=VvSK9ZVjlCBc41Vo

Today’s outings Lee Fields Funky Screw ANGLE 3 VG+ £80 Mega funky 45. Hard driving funk track. Vinyl looks EX to M-. Has one small feelable mark. Plays great. Small black pen mark on label https://youtu.be/_hkwPudS5Rg?si=MhyfWmtXR_cUFnAd The Fiestas Sometimes Storm RESPECT M- £16 Great 70's soul dancer. https://youtu.be/9xOF9ZzzcLw?si=DT1i3YczzWGEiRVa Fifty/50 Like A Diamond REFLECTION M- £4 Great cheap modern soul record. Quality for under a fiver! https://youtu.be/JuiMtSjlNtk?si=zzpdOPv8CwB_ptJu First Love Love Me Today DAKAR WDJ. M- £42 'x' on label on ‘don’t say’ side Very overlooked ‘B’ side - great 70’s dancer - all the strings and production and a great female vocal https://youtu.be/Jo_TBz1o6A0?si=SRTrWcMANgXMmmPD Fat Larry's Band How Good Is Love FANTASY WMOT EX £16 Two tremendous mid-tempo soul sides but this side is only on issue copies. I grade this as EX (light surface marks only). https://youtu.be/Yx18ZhmPvpE?si=DPjhkmTaLdp61ubd Helena Ferguson The Loneliness (Is Coming Again) / Don't Spoil Our Good Thing COMPASS WDJ M- £25 Loneliness side is the main track - superb big production beat ballad northern soul. Rarest variation. Couple of light surface marks only. Small '*' written on label https://youtu.be/NqoSMMM2ic4?si=jmPgdOOfmd5tSw56 ‘Spoil’ side is also a soulful ballad https://youtu.be/ptQIqMtfEdA?si=eKxgU1kkMRh5VIf1 Finishing Touch Second Best (Is Never Enough) PHILLY GROOVE INC. WDJ £60 M- Superb 70s soul dancer https://youtu.be/kaH5iJTNF0g?si=BR2bwhDzbhGaMZHd

Today’s pieces Family Of Eve Having It So Bad For You / I Don't Want To Pay FULL SAIL EX £220 A side is early 80's modern soul and B side is a slick two-step. I grade this as EX (light surface marks only). https://youtu.be/Gbv2BVH0d-U?si=P6EVXxrPq2B11XXz https://youtu.be/rrAbjYDF-QY?si=PBE993vhOnHpVk_c The Falcons I Can't Help It / Standing On Guard BIG WHEEL EX £40 A side is dramatic northern soul dancer. The B side (which I bought it for) is a great mid-paced northern soul track. Quite hard to find in this condition. I grade this as EX (light surface marks only). https://youtu.be/r3UrSqTpkM8?si=2IeFS1j-PCgf3LoI https://youtu.be/MCRzd_QtV9E?si=R9RMGVXmUIyBy-1I The Fantasions Unnecessary Tears / That's Where The Action Is / SATELLITE M- £55 Two top class female northern soul dancers https://youtu.be/cS11Uh-fsaA?si=MSFAnzQ4iCbx8cW1 https://youtu.be/WJVfhEBBeIk?si=ghDLgKoQ0pgx7zyt The Family Feeling What You Wanna Feel LITTLE CITY WDJ M- £12 Left field modern soul https://youtu.be/hc-dMWGStqI?si=OAcQV2-bqaEMpvj- Horace Faith I Can't Understand It / Gimme Good Lovin' UK DJM M- £25 UK ONLY. Slightly cloudy look to vinyl. Not affecting the record at all. Swinging 70s dancer. PIC SLEEVE https://youtu.be/t6mRFlZcPMs?si=WmYFXgOKgdEtK_TP Family Of Eve Having It So Bad For You / I Don't Want To Pay FULL SAIL EX £220 A side is early 80's modern soul and B side is a slick two-step. I grade this as EX (light surface marks only). https://youtu.be/Gbv2BVH0d-U?si=P6EVXxrPq2B11XXz https://youtu.be/rrAbjYDF-QY?si=PBE993vhOnHpVk_c The Fantastic Puzzles Come Back UK RIGHT ON! M- £70 Feel good northern soul classic. https://youtu.be/vrEyV_K7-gc?si=2smtGze-_Q__k5Jr Fantastic Epics Let's Get Together KELTON VG+ £250 Play grade is EX. Vinyl looks VG with light surface marks only. This styrene version is very superior to the vinyl copy as the recording is much crisper and better sounding. Superb punchy uplifting crossover soul. https://youtu.be/rEEmgwh_EOI?si=6yiAnGxsm1ULAMS9

Three for today The Falcons (I'm A Fool) I Must Love You / Love, Love, Love BIG WHEEL EX £70 Outstanding northern soul monster. I grade this as EX (light surface marks only). most copies are trashed!! https://youtu.be/ChFTOtnT9Js?si=bYEGc0uLu9V8-323 The Falcons I Can't Help It / Standing On Guard BIG WHEEL EX £40 A side is dramatic northern soul dancer. The B side (which I bought it for) is a great mid-paced northern soul track. Quite hard to find in this condition. I grade this as EX (light surface marks only). https://youtu.be/r3UrSqTpkM8?si=2IeFS1j-PCgf3LoI https://youtu.be/MCRzd_QtV9E?si=R9RMGVXmUIyBy-1I The Fantasions Unnecessary Tears / That's Where The Action Is / SATELLITE M- £55 Two top class female northern soul dancers https://youtu.be/cS11Uh-fsaA?si=MSFAnzQ4iCbx8cW1 https://youtu.be/WJVfhEBBeIk?si=ghDLgKoQ0pgx7zyt

a nice mixture today NB - I will alway hold things if you need me to Betty Everett Getting Mighty Crowded FONTANA EX £28 Classic hand-clapping northern soul dancer. Nice on UK. I grade this as EX (light surface marks only). Looking great in original logo matching U.K. FONTANA company sleeve (taped seams). Very nice on a UK release. https://youtu.be/5tA0pv5LHG4?si=B7JDg8zy9c_EP4EL SOLD Nate Evans And Mean Green The Look On Your Face / This Time With Feeling D. P. R. M- £150 The Esquires I Don't Know / Part Angel WAND M- £12 Great finger-snapping Chicago dancer backed with a slick mid-tempo group sound. Looking great in original logo matching WAND company sleeve. Nice on a promo too! TWO GREAT SIDES https://youtu.be/VJLFLH_E1ck?si=V77r1ermk6l3adAm https://youtu.be/bqelRMw2Y4Q?si=yKt81_4NVNPhZSwn The Explosions Hip Drop GOLD CUP VG+ £125 Ultra punchy funk track here on the original 1971 release. Right from the first line 'Hip Drop cum on and Hip Drop'. Fatback drums and a sax hook. Has a couple of feel-able marks. Plays very strong. Tiny pen mark on label. https://youtu.be/pNo4ICXKUtE?si=EU5302d3IuSG1WRf El Chicano Viva Tirado UK MCA M- £25 Moody mid-paced hammond organ jazz. Small pen mark on centre ring https://youtu.be/F8ZFckLRMRw?si=VBpkL5ahWhXsZjbD The Exceptional Three Unlucky Girl / What About Me GRT promo M- £160 (Label has a small mark on the B side) Finger snapping group harmony mid-tempo dancer backed with a sweet pacer. Hard to find in this condition and harder still on a demo. Add the M- condition and looking superb in rare stone MINT GRT original logo matching company sleeve and you have the full package here!! See the pics. https://youtu.be/t9xoCGwVOMc?si=QDOdoiruY91La7Sg https://youtu.be/jjw0KvpmLKE?si=r8HM7OkE0iVi1Cad

Todays outings Pete Warner I Just Want To Spend My Life With You POLYDOR EX £110 EX with light out of sleeve marks. I’ve played it on headphones and it plays EX. Great uplifting 70’s dancer https://youtu.be/Wift08KRlvw?si=3TSpGx4TARQ6fOA4 Geraldine Curry And The Heart-Stoppers You're So Wonderful London House Records M- £95 Classic mid-paced northern dancer. Take a listen! https://youtu.be/JsK-aLjgD3w Cottonmouth Treat You Kindly RCA £35 EX Vinyl is M- apart from a single long scuff mark which doesn't affect play so grade is EX. Looking great in original RCA logo matching company sleeve. Feel good 70s dancer https://youtu.be/KRnAl2mLQqI?si=HgKGtPiOQJdL3zZJ Freda Payne - How Do You Say I Don't Love You Anymore MGM very nice yellow labelled ‘DISC JOCKEY’ release M-.£35 Cover has radio station ‘WFAH’ written on both sides. Contains the great not in a 45 - LP only ‘you never should have loved me’ - powerful big production northern soul. Take a listen!!! https://youtu.be/cZ8i2JqX4ko?si=SY9Jz-1hGgEE-le8 Clifton Dyson - I’m Giving Up QS Records M- £30 Quality dancer https://youtu.be/WujeDoNyZNg?si=WP36r9YUSrTShpDn SOLD Thelma Houston - ‘Thelma Houston’ UK MOWEST MWS 7003 VG but main track is EX £20 Vinyl looks VG+ with light surface marks Side 2 has some damage affecting play of track 2 BUT the main track ‘Nothing Left To Give’ on that side plays EX. For some inexplicable reason this track was NOT put on the USA release (MW 102) of this LP and it is a tremendous. Take a listen https://youtu.be/alSVCNH92eY?si=GZ97_CWzWJogWTwL

Is anyone after these original green 45 sleeves. I have about 150 of them. About half have paper stickers and or writing. Ping me if interested. U.K. only

The next two are 45s of the highest order. You can still buy simply great records without paying high prices!! Barbara Jean English You're Gonna Need Somebody To Love ALITHIA EX £25 I grade this as EX (light surface marks only). 'X' on label Just wow - two stunning soul sides. Take a listen https://youtu.be/BkX_JLuM00o?si=g_y2z8rWOkQ7WEYu https://youtu.be/m-FCQ2oLLaM?si=3HUHJNKK6dUtnt5r Barbara Jean English Breakin' Up A Happy Home / Guess Who ALITHIA EX £8 I grade this as EX (light surface marks only). Another great two sides https://youtu.be/8kmr8pEqt1k?si=dw97ahZ1_lKsB6xK https://youtu.be/Ie8eYkndGzg?si=Jr6Unrln7W3ZsP8g The Escorts Look Over Your Shoulder / by the time I get to Phoenix ALITHIA M- £12 Classy mid-tempo group harmony soul https://youtu.be/4fOoTmHTZvE?si=GbgDKr-5kjytGRyb B side https://youtu.be/AHepKQ9vs1w?si=ECTNOJZNzvG6qm-M Enchantment Anyway You Want It / Oasis Of Love ROADSHOW M- £4 Enchantment It's You That I Need UA , ROADSHOW M- £4 Initials on centre ring SOLD The Esquires My Sweet Baby HOT LINE M- £75 SOLD Empulse Don’t let this world turn so cold MIDWEST INT. M- £30 SOLD The Enchanted Five Have You Ever CVS EX £125

A short list full of emotion!!! The Emotions Somebody New / Bushfire DEEP SOUL M- £50 Just a stunning piece of soul music. This superb ballad has the full package. Looking amazing in original artwork DEEP SOUL company sleeve. Vinyl has a slightly cloudy look but nothing that affects the record in any way. B side is a half decent northern track. This label paired with the company sleeve is a piece of art in its own right! https://youtu.be/dCJ_iLR-qgM?si=P4tsYbrasQEbhtv9 https://youtu.be/eJy2Bsd5Tl0?si=yRg0ESb3dqneqgMb The Emotions The Best Part Of A Love Affair / I Like It VOLT EX £15 I grade this as EX (light surface marks only). Looking great in original logo matching company sleeve (sleeve EX). Drill hole. https://youtu.be/1nWzxt4P_Xk?si=VmK5st3CEGKXscV6 https://youtu.be/eVkMNwWiaeU?si=NPfY6WTFGIr7bxLL SOLD The Emotions So I Can Love You / Got To Be The Man VOLT M- £15 SOLD SOLD The Emotions Stealing Love / When Tomorrow Comes VOLT M- £30

I have the Martha Starr - pm’d you

It is yes - I had to add my version to Discogs as it wasn’t on there

Hi Adey i found the Garland Green - Ain’t that good enough it’s a M- promo copy with an ‘X’ on the label. Comes with M- Revue sleeve. looking around at recent sales VG+ have gone for £125 and the last M- was £200

Hi ady I have a copy. Let me know and I’ll confirm. Paul