Britmusicsoulfan

How about S.N. and the C.T.'s? I've got their 45 downstairs at the flat.

Hi All, I'm listening to the Al Green - Lay It Down release for the first time and am totally blown away. Anyone else enjoying this one? I love the 70s production/feel/sound! BritMusicSoulFan

Andy, Actually, it's a yellow label. Tim

Hello Everyone, I was digging through a recent pile of records I bought and found a copy of a New Orleans soul/modern soul 45. I can't find any information on it. It is in M- condition. It's on Miss Butch Records, catalogue number MB-227 from Billy Ray Charles (it's a Jimmy Lewis cover) of Sweet, Black and Hot w/Shakin' My Shaker. Has anyone run across this? It has great vocals, great lyrics, but it does have a (ugh) drum machine backing him. Thanks, everyone!

Hi All, BritMusicSoulFan will have a stall at the 19 April Manchester New Century Hall record fair on Saturday, 19 April. Directions and information about the show are at: https://www.vip-24.com/manchester.htm I'll be bringing a great selection of Northern Soul, funk, Northern Soul crossovers, plus other types of music on 45 and LP. Here is a short list of some of the 45s that will be available for sale -- there'll be loads of others in the £10-£20+ range also. Feel free to e-mail me if you would like to reserve any of them and pick them up at the fair. Hope to see you there! BritMusicSoulFan ============================================================= The Jelly Beans/You Don't Mean Me No Good Eskee promo 10,001, visual grade VG+, plays EX-/VG+/£100 Billy Barnes/Until Liberty 55421 unplayed/£50 Carl Carlton/I Can Feel It Backbeat 617 visual grade VG to VG+, plays EX-/£50 Lorraine Chandler/I Can't Hold On RCA Victor promo 47-8980, visual grade EX-/VG+, plays M-/£125 Don Ray/Born A Loser RCA Victor 47-9438 promo, visual grade VG- to VG, plays EX-/£90 Johnny Maestro/Phone Booth on the Highway APT 25075, visual grade VG+, plays M-/£100 Eric and the Vikings/Soulhawk SH-10 promo, visual grade EX-/VG+, plays EX-/£50 "Lee" Bernard/Getting Out Of Town/Goldman G-1190, visual grade VG+, plays EX-/£50 Lee "Shot" Williams/You're Welcome To The Club Federal 45-12522, visual grade EX-/VG+, plays EX-/£90 Lee "Shot" Williams/You're Welcome To The Club Federal 45-12522, visual grade M-, plays EX-/£100 Mike Watson/I Dig Your Kind Etah 100/visual grade VG, plays EX-/£65 Chris Morgan/Who Am I Bell 798 promo, visual grade VG+, plays VG+/£40 L.C. Steels/Losin' Boy Faces 3-10, visual grade VG to VG+, plays EX-/£50 The Millionaires/And The Rains Came Specialty 694 promo, visual grade VG+, plays EX-/VG+/£50 Arthur Noil/It'll Make You Holler Brownfield BF-1034/visual grade VG, plays VG+, £40 Roy Hammond and the Souls/Shotgun Wedding Hammond H-001, visual grade EX-/VG+, plays EX-/£40 Miss LaVell/Stop Those Teardrops Duke 307, visual grade VG to VG+, plays EX-/VG+/£50 Terri Bryant/Geni Verve VK-10508 promo, visual grade VG to VG+, plays EX-/£30 Little Joe & The Latinaires/Love Is A Many Splendored Thing Tomi T-104, visual grade EX-/M-, plays M-/£40 Lucky Clark/So Sick Chess promo 1782, visual grade VG, plays EX-/£30 Zerben R. Hicks and the Dynamics/Lights Out RCA Victor 47-9278 promo, visual grade EX-, plays M-/EX-/£50

Hello, I found a couple of Liberty 45s downstairs and wanted to see if anyone had an idea of value. The first is Betty O'Brien F-55434 for Money Honey w/Why Me? This is absolutely mint and unplayed. I did see a couple other Betty singles, but not this one. The other one is Liberty F-55349 for Johnny Oliver for Mail Man, Where's My Check w/You've Got Reap What You Sow. I'm not sure this is Northern. If it wasn't unplayed, I'd give it a spin. Any help would be great. Cheers, all! BritMusicSoulFan

Hello All, I was having a rummage downstairs and found a record I wanted to check on value/pop out here to see if anyone fancies an offer on it. It's from Dino Bazan & The Dell-Tones, a Northern Soul on Jox Records out of San Antonio, Texas. There's a tiny bit of light ring wear on it and a promo stamp on b. This record is in EX- condition visually and plays M-/EX- and sounds great. I've attached a photo of each side. It sounds great! Hope to hear from you.

Hi All, This question popped into my head whilst I was listening to Marvin Gaye & Tammy Terrell doing "Your Precious Love." Some great stuff. Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" is way up high on my list of all-time brilliant releases. I do really love the obscure Northern Soul, but I'm a sucker for the Motown as well. Your thoughts?

Hi All, I'm staying with a mate near Manchester 17-22 April (he lives about 20 minutes out) and was wondering if there was a soul night or recommended club I should pop into that would be spinning soul. Thanks, everyone! BritMusicSoulFan

Hello, Many thanks. Was The Jelly Beans record first played to open one of the venues? BritMusicSoulFan

Hi All, I was having a chat with someone a few weeks ago and showed him a promo copy I have of The Jelly Beans - You Don't Mean Me No Good. He mentioned this was the first song that was played at Wigan Casino. I've dug around online a bit and didn't see anything about this and just wanted to come here for the facts to confirm. (I've probably given away the fact I'm fairly new to Northern Soul.) Many thanks. BritMusicSoulFan

Hello everyone, Thanks for the interest in this 45. It's now sold. It's winging its way to the UK! BritMusicSoulFan

Many thanks Pete, Just to clarify, you got 125 Pounds? Was it in similar condition to the copy above? BritMusicSoulFan

Hi All, I found a great Northern 45 rummaging through my records downstairs. If anyone could let me know values/make me an offer, that would be great. There are some sort of white spots on the upper left-hand corner of the 45 showing up on the photo, but they're not on the record. The a-side label is in VG+ condition. There's a light X in what appears to be grease pencil, a very tiny stain and some very light ring wear. The b-side label is in VG+ condition with light ring wear. The 45 grades between VG and VG+ (almost VG+, but not quite there) due to light marks on both sides. The 45 plays M-, however and sounds great. I would imagine there aren't that many DJ copies out there for this label. Hope to hear from you! Many thanks.

Bri Pinch, Many thanks.

Hello, I have a 45 from The Originals for Baby I'm For Real w/The Bells on Cobra Records (C 2500). The labels are in VG+ on A with a bit of light ring wear and a pen squiggle, while the b-side labels are M-. The 45 visually grades VG+ and plays EX-. Anyone have an idea on value/interested? Many thanks, BritMusicSoulFan

Hello Everyone, I've got a Maxine Sellers - Some Kind of Fever (Pray For Rain) Challenge promo 45 that's pretty close to mint. I've been trying to get an idea of value. I've had someone offer me almost £30 for it -- is that a good offer or fairly low? Thanks, everyone! BritMusicSoulFan

Hello Everyone, I've been digging through some 45s this morning and came across one I wanted to get everyone's thoughts on. It's Maxine Sellers on Challenge Records, and it's a promo copy white label 45. The a-side is Some Kind of Fever (Pray For Rain) w/Women Enough. This one's a toughie for me. It's so close to Northern Soul for me. It's got great vocals and horns on both sides. Any idea if this is some undiscovered Northern Soul gem? It looks EX- and plays EX-/VG++. Value? Love to hear everyone's thoughts on this one. BritMusicSoulFan

Hello Everyone, I was digging through a stack of 45s downstairs and found a funk/soul (not really northern) for Brenda Southall for I Be Somebody/I'm Just An Average Girl (featuring the Dallasites. This is on Doin' Our Thing Records, which is out of Dallas. It's a very cool soul/funk 45, but it's seen its better days. It's in VG- condition. The labels are in VG condition (label wear). The 45 plays VG (sounding like popcorn). Any ideas on value? I can't find anything online. Many thanks, BritMusicSoulFan

Hi Everyone, I just came across a fairly scarce 45 in digging through one of my boxes. Any ideas on current value/anyone fancy making an offer? This is Love Made It All w/Peace of Mind (It's Just A Matter of Time) on Express (number 300). The 45 labels are in M- condition. The 45 visually grades EX-/VG+ but plays M-. Let me know if anyone's interested! BritMusicSoulFan

Hello All, I had posed this similar query a few months back but am now looking at flying over to be a dealer at a Manchester show at the New Century Hall, as I can stay with a mate and save £ on hotel expenses. I'm considering sorting out and bringing a load of reasonably priced and some blue-chip Northern Soul, crossover, funk, and other genres of LPs and 45s. I would obviously post a list here so everyone could have first dibs/reserve records to pick up from me at the fair. I would think if I contacted the promoters they could hype this up a bit. Any thoughts, ideas? Many thanks!

Hello All, I host a record fair in Minneapolis-St. Paul, USA we hold every other month. I've been wanting to do a Northern Soul/soul feature at some point in the near future (perhaps the week before the Goldsoul event in Chicago in 2009, perhaps?) I know there are a lot of cities in the States that have a reasonably active soul scene, e.g., Seattle, etc., but not sure what the interest is here. Has anyone had experience doing this type of thing at a record fair in Europe/UK/Ireland, and if so, what has their experience been? It'd be great to have someone like Reg do a book signing or something. Any thoughts, ideas, anyone? Just wanted to throw it out there. BritishMusicSoulFan

Hello all, I just added some brilliant Northern Soul, funk and crossover 45s to my Ebay store. Loads of buy it now or best offers plus nearly 3 dozen regular auctions added with low start prices without reserve! https://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZtimsmusicshop Thanks! BritishMusicSoulFan

Hello all, This has just sold for a best offer for US $700! BritMusicSoulFan

Hello Everyone, I just listed The Demures' Raining Teardrops w/He's Got Your Number Brunswick stock copy 45 on Ebay just a few minutes ago. Here is the link: https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=360009845451 The 45 is available with a buy it now of $899.99 or best offer. The 45 plays very strong! Thanks! BritMusicSoulFan