Paul Capon

Today’s 45s and some re-visits. Take a listen Bobby Hendricks Let's Get It Over MGM Promo VG £25 Looking great in original logo matching MGM company sleeve. Big production early northern https://youtu.be/rtMLRSCXb9E?si=B-4TUbDZC5e5qKCw Al Hudson & The Partners My Number One Need / Alone She's Gone Atco M- £10 Looking great in original logo matching ATCO company sleeve. Two decent 70’s mid-pacers https://youtu.be/AVTR70yjmP8?si=oIfpSfS7DU8oU6kK & https://youtu.be/InhagzdNzzQ?si=p-JyV-9ZKW16Sz4I Honey And The Bees - Why Do You Hurt The One Who Loves You / (You Better) Go Now ARCTIC M- £80 Lovely M- copy. Vinyl has a slightly cloudy appearance - not affecting the record at all. Label has a slight background colour fade - a trait on this label. All text and logos clear and bright. Only mention this things as it's a M- record. Looking great in original logo matching JAMIE/GUYDEN 'J/G' company sleeve - see pics Absolutely top drawer northern dancer https://youtu.be/QXKcP9Ro3F8?si=yJWTfiJR_GXcBKif ‘Go now’ is a super soulful girl group ballad https://youtu.be/vJsonVcNPWo?si=l4i1S-IE78_R2sYX Hodges James Smith & Crawford - Let's Pick Up The Pieces MPINGO M- £30 As with all copies the gold text on the black label is quite feint. Very slick and classy crossover girl group mid-tempo. A great tune you can still pick up for a reasonable price https://youtu.be/DSo6YVjM2cw?si=kWfhmtd35xAHHbi9 Hodges James And Smith - You Take My Love For Granted 20th Century M- £30 (tatty 20th C sleeve) Great finger snapping dancer. Seriously rare Jamaican copy - I've never seen another. Vinyl is pretty much MINT. Label has a small damaged area - not affecting text or logo (see pic). https://youtu.be/hBUUYSt2urs?si=1Tsyd8ntDVGf3coB 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 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

Today’s bits Jo Armstead - A Stone Good Lover GIANT VG+ £35 Another quality mid-tempo strolling dancer from Jo - classy!! https://youtu.be/LRHK09pxltI?si=KhsbvAB4ozI5sP-c Art And Honey - Let's Make Love Now MOTOWN M- £25 Looking great in original logo matching company sleeve. Rarer issue copy. A solo outing in Motown of this duet. Great mid-tempo with big production. Not sounding like a Motown record at all! https://youtu.be/YMqSdDfPjDc?si=7aP7YVyBjehDeVr-

Today’s bits The Ambers Potion Of Love SMASH VG+ £250 Vinyl looks VG+ to VG++ with light marks only. Record has a tight hairline crack not all the way through. Played on headphones and no pop - plays great. Strengthened with a slither of tape to keep it for getting any worse. Looking great in original logo matching SMASH company sleeve. 100% original with vertical line logo. https://youtu.be/dZorfT0PPd0?si=zNea8X9CgPub753Q Little Anthony & The Imperials - It's Not The Same VEEP M- £120 sleeve M- Fabulous uptempo northern soul. Huge production that builds and builds. One of those records that is nearly always trashed in poor condition. Here on a lovely M- with M- great VEEP original logo matching company sleeve. SEE PIC. https://youtu.be/CpQv20wcS0w?si=4ZIp0ICS28cxaSHI Little Anthony & The Imperials Better Use Your Head VEEP EX £55 A side I grade this as EX (light surface marks only). B side is VG+. Classic big production northern dancer https://youtu.be/9aMbA_2cUSM?si=BMf8PHKA9acY0zwP Little Anthony & The Imperials Goin' Out Of My Head DCP INTL M- £20 Looking great in original logo matching DCP company sleeve. Just a superb cheap northern soul 45. https://youtu.be/v3j9bAVqt3c?si=xhSU8VstjDvOIYus Little Anthony & The Imperials - Don't Get Close / It’ll Never Be The Same UNITED ARTISTS VG+ £12 Looking great in original logo matching UA company sleeve. Lesser known midtempo from Little Ant. I bought it for ‘it’ll never be the same’ - a great soulful cover of The 5th Dimension track. Can’t find a sound yet anywhere!!! ‘Closer’ side. https://youtu.be/ZX1yZqEEuw0?si=7zR-g13zwzSo-7lp

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Today’s bits The Admirations - Don't Leave Me / All For You ONE-DERFUL EX £40 I grade this as EX (as the vinyl has a cloudy appearance - not affecting the record Two great sides. Uplifting finger-snapping northern dancer https://youtu.be/6rBD49CdFY4?si=0pipmxEq4LZuUm0w Backed with a strolling mid-paced group harmony track https://youtu.be/4zw1mNknBp8?si=JGG2BhOKY1AtTzDb Act IV - Bless You CUB M- £8 Looking great in original MGM matching company sleeve. Big production northern https://youtu.be/5MEtggnvPUQ?si=_xW8IwKXxxXTDVBy Acufunkture / Following A Dream / Boy Blue SAGITTARIUS INTL. M- £25 Mid-tempo group 70’s Couldn’t find a clip of this on youtube The one single release from this Californian group https://www.raresoulman.co.uk/137462-following-a-dream-boy-blue.html The Admirations - Wait Til I Get To Know You ONE-DERFUL M- £12 https://youtu.be/RT1cUawuAwU?si=Un4FDGEmEYwHwbWV

Today’s bits American Gypsy Inside Out CHESS M- £60 Funky stuff - ripe to be sampled https://youtu.be/gFUOi6HmYJU?si=BuGkd73XTA-H8-fx The Artistics - This Heart Of Mine / I’ll Come Running OKEH VG++ £75 issue copy inc sleeve Most of these are trashed!! This copy has superficial very light surface marks and just a light bit of label rub wear so I’d put a conservative VG++ to EX on it. I’ve played it in headphones and it plays EX+ to M-. Okeh sleeve too (a bit warn). ‘This Heart’ is a strong northern soul dancer. https://youtu.be/433nN9OfI58?si=Ht-qcdOZDcK5ZpCg ‘Running’ isn’t bad either!!! https://youtu.be/3H5oHytJxsU?si=5gE53KP6gDDnKd_c

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!!!).

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

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