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JM Auction results for future reference. Cheers. Frankie Alexander No Seat Dancing A personally dedicated copy of this translucent Memphis mover.. delicately superb mix of horns, girls and skilled synth, which Frankie’s pleading vocal style suits completely. Two Tennessee Soul greats join hands in the studio, to craft an 80’s delight.. ex-Bar-Kay and Otis Redding air crash survivor pulls in the rhythms and horns whilst neighbor from Nashville calls upon his vast studio experience to arrange this impressive Rare Soul Dancer. Currently in the play-box of a few A-list DJ’s Pat Bleasdale, Soul Sam etc doing the business in particular. Apart from the unique “personal dedication” on the label the was obviously played by “Girlfriend” Doris, the vinyl surface is visual vg+ plays as you can hear, crisp clean & true… Rare disc, currently owned by a few privileged NS jocks… Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 402.00 Luther Ingram If It's All The Same To You Baby / Exus Trek No words from me could ever elevate this work of genius any higher that it already sits… No vignettes of memories of how I was mesmerized not only by the whirlwind of strings, zipping in and out of a dynamic Detroit production, or by the footwork of “Brillo” a man who completely nailed the Northern Soul art of dance…before my eyes. You’re heard it all before… and even though you’ve heard the record many times before … I defy anyone not to want to hear it again… and again..and again..!! THIS IS NORTHERN SOUL at it’s outrageous best! Condition of this”Vinyl Promo Jewel” is impeccable - just a few very mild hairlines blemishes, plays MINT! Labels are flaw-free … No need for stories… Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 656.00 Ralph Johnson Have Your Fun Vocal / Instrumental Crazy About Crossover? Check out this premier-division Soulful cruiser. A truly fabulous Chicago floater version of the magnificent old-school stomper of The Topics version on “Dream” a NS Holy Grail. Johnson utilizing the lyrics but transforming it from a wild frantic NS storm, into the most sublime of heartfelt “I Told You So” reminders a man has ever sung to his wayward partner.. This is a record that creeps up on you, starting as “Oh This Is Really Nice” and by the last note..you’re ready to shout out “WOW what as tune!” Classy strings, gentle precise bongos and considerate horns lay a raft for Ralph Johnson to state his case; that she had been advised, and now he’s dismissive of her gamble, that she seems to have lost… The age-old moral of “The Grass Isn’t Greener On The Other Side” is again underlined by beautiful poetry, woven into a brilliantly understated arrangement, allowing all the artist’s mixed-emotions from smugness and hurt to flood out of this stand-out production.. Crazy about Crossover? This is Northern Soul Crossover at it’s most exquisite!! This copy is FLAWLESS! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 410.00 Helen Shapiro He Knows How To Love Me / Shop Around A flawless copy of Helen’s hardest to acquire Columbia Northern Soul recordings. Helen, the British answer to Timi Yuro, with their very own Italian signorina the owner of an equally distinctive voice. Two vocal heavyweights of the Big Production genre. Ironically Helen was often the topic of conversation at Beck Recording studios in Kettering during the early seventies, when a steady stream of Northern Soul youngsters would take their cassettes tapes, borrowed 45s, LP’s the affable chain smoking Derek Tompkins to have an acetate cut, a 7” copy to play in your DJ set. No Soul Police in those naive years, OVO standards as distant, as Orwell’s 1984. It was an eduction, as Derek would demostrate how an acetate cut was made, and explained to me, how his cutting machine would not be able to cut my buddy Wilkie’s Ty Karim - You really made it good to me - onto an Arctic promo disc with a blank b-side, I brought along with me.. “Stupid boy” He was also the engineer for many Helen Shapiro sessions, and would tell us stories with love in his eyes, how he considered her the greatest Brit-girl singer of them all. Reflecting upon, if it wasn’t for her gentle personality, non-pushy persona she would have risen to lasting international stardom. Such a nice guy Derek, I often wondered if his shop would be there the next week, as he casually lit one cigarette after another, even after he had demonstrated the explosive power of the acetate “wool” the cutting process curled up into an innocent looking ball of black fluff… visions of an Ealing Comedy sketch of total devastation would run through my mind as I headed back to Melton Mowbray.. Today, I wholeheartedly agree with Derek, Ms Shapiro’s consummate vocal should have elevated her to worldwide stardom, but she has, and always will hold a very special place in the hearts of the Northern Soul community… Both sides of this elusive disc, reveal as much explosive material as Derek Tompkins’s ash tray filled, acetate debris littering that fabled office in Kettering.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 233.00 Tommy Navarro I Cried My Life Away Top Tune - Tip Top Condition! So close to a Manship-Mint two X’s on label…vinyl with a perfect mirror finish.. Latino Northern Soul with dangerous qualities of addiction, that have held the need for ownership amongst the DJ’s and the NS collectors it seems for forever, without bursting through its perceived price barrier… But in the last few years, the dearth in availability of a really spectacularly clean copy, leaves us anticipating an upward spike in value…is this about to soar? A big Northern Soul want that has over the decades has been a title…that has had very few owners willing to take to market… One click of the soundfile reveals exactly why, another reminder of the impeccable state of the vinyl and we expect a bit of a rumble to claim this slice of Northern Soul perfection… as we have no expectations of another squeaky clean copy popping up any time soon.. Conition, Contition, Condition…. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 395.00 Buck And The Sixteenth Movement Fool, Fool / Trust Me This Night (1st Mix) Beyond Rare Sweet Soul, before Raymond Buckner broke through on the “Playboy” label, he promo’d with “Trust Me This Night” backing it up with “Fool, Fool” a delicious Soulful Stepper of the very highest calibre, heavly inspired by fellow Chicagoan group “The Impressions” As quality Sweet Soul, Low-Rider, the Chill-out tune, features stronger in DJ set it is becoming one of the most collectable genre in the spectrum of “Rare-Soul”.. and it’s a worldwide thing, everybody is chasing these real top-drawer recordings… Raymond Buckner from this demo session went to a contract with Playboy, to re-record “Trust Me This Night” and to choose a different flipside entirely for the Playboy release.. Leaving this single the only way to own “Fool,. Fool” and indeed the first mix of “Trust Me This Night”. Two highly polished Soulful Steppers and dead-right for today, no matter what corner the Soul globe you operate in. Love BOTH sides.. top-drawer vocal group indie Soul from Chicago.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 406.00 Bobby Bland A Touch Of The Blues Utterly flawless vinyl - perhaps unplayed since birth.. label perfection suggests that with no spindle trails to be found. Front cover it like NEW not a laminate vein, wrinkle or hairline to be seen! Back cover is flawless, although there is the tiniest of bumps of the very middle of the opening only visible from the back. This is British Soul album collecting at it’s most satisfying!! Especially when you browse the salivating track listing; Shoes, Getting Used To The Blues, One Horse Town, Set Me Free etc. etc. Rare in the extreme, in this condition.. mission impossible! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 91.00 Brenda Holloway Tell Me Your Story For Motown Madness this week we have California Angel Brenda Holloway with a unique 10” Jobette acetate delivering Northern Soul! Motown’s two Roberts again craft Motown with a difference with a horn crammed mid-tempo giving Brenda an early chance showcase her impressive vocal range as brass resounds all around her. After the unusual intro, it snaps straight in Motown with Brenda’s word closely monitored by a shrill girl gathering. The combination of Brenda’s reassuringly flawless vocal, supported by the imperative Motown girl-congregation fires the Motown-Sound as good as we’ve selfishly come to expect.. but the ingredient of “The Roberts” Staunton & Walker, like they did with The Hit Pack “Never Say No To Your Baby” …added in an anti-Motown edge to the session with brass riffs hinting and attitude and defiance.. Maybe they wanted Brenda to perform with a little more “sugar” because the committee rejected it for release completely, whilst years later becomes a Northern Soul beast of a tune… Here is the March 127th 1965 ORIGINAL 10” acetate we “reject” and “recoat” written on the label by the powers in the office of Motown… Killer Northern Soul has always slipped by decision makers no matter what the label.. The chance to own “unique” .. do not pass by Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 182.00 Wombat I'm Gettin' On Life ORIGINAL and it’s a Manship Mint!! first press, so darn hard to acquire especially in this unsurpassable condition. Let’s pop back to my personal experience of “Wombat” as a Northern Soul 45 that entered my life like a Juggernaut loaded with house bricks crashing into my granny’s front room one school holiday morning whilst “Housewife’s Choice” was merrily playing Perry Como “Magic Moments” Back to 1972 and the Catacombs, were have a quick oldies spot of 15 minutes playing just a single minute of each song, without pause and with no DJ introduction…that low ceiling shuddered, the condensation dripped like an Asian shower and the place went MAD!! Bobby Hebb’s – Love, Love, Love followed by Frankie Valli – You’re Ready Now then Rufus Lumley I’m Standing … 15 solid oldies ratcheted the place up into fever pitch… I have no idea who the DJ was but he had the place kickin’ …he then pulled off a stroke of genius.. just as we were expecting Johnny Wyatt’s _ This Thing Called Love .. without warning a totally new sound with a rattling drum intro, a thrumming Bass guitar rhythm broke the steaming atmosphere.. a strange echoing vocal pierced the air.. then magnificent change of pace and wailing horns joined in.. then back to that intro, more horns.. the guy next to me shouted “What The Fuck is this?? Not a single dancer stopped dancing.. THIS WAS NORTHERN SOUL!! At it’s most electric I’ve never witnessed that inventive way to introduce a new tune and keep the club adrenaline pumping, he followed it with Ben Aiken - Sat-is-fied … Some Northern Soul “Magic Moments” just stick with you forever, the very best of times, the very best of DJing techniques lifted that string of records into a state euphoria I never witnessed since…. Smart DJing… here’s a smart immaculate previously unplayed 100% authentic original.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 225.00 Little Hank Mister Bang Bang Man The Rare almost mythical 1966 STOCK copy of a Twisted Wheel favourite, that over the years has been the subject of some very inaccurate conversation.. It was alleged at one stage, that the STOCK copy is so impossibly rare because it was hurriedly withdrawn, to champion the launch the new UK Monument label. Unfortunately that theory is over 3 years out of date..as it took that long for Monument UK to be born. The other theory was “Mister Bang Bang Man” was too risque for the British public.. but it was only 3 years later when Lulu gyrated to “Boom Bang A Bang” was representing the “prude” British in the Eurovision. More likely as Decca, who were notorious for deleting 45’s after a very small window of no sales, that it simply got missed by everyone before the “Wheel” DJ’s turned it into the country’s most-wanted club-tune. Leaving everyone exasperated that Decca had deleted such an in-demand tune…so quickly.. Whatever the reason, it became over the years, a legendary British Northern Soul dance classic to find.. So very much more challenging to acquire than the DEMO and a beautiful vista fir the Old-School.. This example is a fine clean play perfect copy, a few mild surface blemishes a strong Ex + vinyl & labels Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 162.00 Jimmy Ricks Oh What A Feeling The man with the “Liver-quivering” boom, serves up “Beat Ballad Heaven” and then some.. If you can avert your eyes from that exquisite label design for just a second or two; click the soundfile to be taken over by the warmest, coolest vocal to ever grace a Northern Soul turntable. The former major component for The Ravens vocal group, flexes his muscular singing prowess on a typically “Titus Turner” slow drag oozing a richness that very few other recordings can give. Listen, submerge yourself into a unique style that will have you captivated.. so much in fact I could not resist recording the flipside, as Jimmy deconstructs a Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein’s standard, giving it another aspect and us another listen to an incomparable artist… Two killer tunes… on one utterly irresistible label…pressed into that durable New York vinyl. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 311.00 Bell Boys I Don't Want To Lose You / Woman In Love A truly spanking copy of a Northern Soul timeless classic that has so much more to offer than memories…you only have to flip it over to witness a record that left Keb Darge crowing “all you dicks have been playing the wrong side for years”. We of course could never tell the man he was right but “Woman In Love” opens the doors for an inspired drop, as that side is the gatherings own creation, as producer Paul Sferro pull no punches and takes no prisoners on the Northern Soul batteringram. First, travel back to the halcyon days of Wigan Casino, Cleethorpes Pier, Yate etc and hear the Bell Boys rework the Jackie Wilson song, and inject even more stamina into it… forging an instant Northern Soul success story as the guys inject even more vitality into an already great song. Then that time to digest what we all missed whilst lapping up the “obvious” danceflloor prowess of the A-side.. as Keb quite rightly pointed out to me as he slapped my ear after I inquire on it’s purchase, if he was playing “oldies”? “Stupid Boy” …”“all you dicks have been playing the wrong side..ffs” that snarling Scottish gruff accent deterred me from making a reply… A listing for those seeking perfection whilst gathering Northern Soul’s anthems… But also a fabulous capture for those of you who are finding real-deal Northern Soul “underplayed” gems hard to come by.. This 45 ticks every single box… including clipping your friends ear when they ask stupid questions about it.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 336.00

I had this happen once at home. Only a cheapo European issue. I was more concerned that the deck was knackered! I only use about 1.5g tracking weight. I think what happened to me was that the record was a bit tight on the center adaptor and wasn't sitting flat on the mat properly. Not happened since as I make sure the records are flat. Cheers KB

I was watching The Dogs - Soul Step from when it was first listed and thought about bidding just because it was a new sound when I was a regular. I was well out on my valuation!! Rare and doesn't come up very often but it certainly isn't the best musically and .......$2,197.

Not had a natter about JM auction results for a while. Thought I'd kick it off. Seemed to stop after the sad passing of Joe Torquay. I liked the idea of recording the results for future searches and reference. Anyhow, if Mike or the Mods feel it's inappropriate, please delete. Holly St. James That's Not Love A perfect copy of the biggest Northern Soul dance floor filler for the last 40 years. A New York teenage girl who unknowingly crafted an all-time classic, that would endure fully 4 decades of turntable tantalizing, triggering a worldwide search to find a copy, which proved decidedly daunting for all vinyl-hunters, no matter which century you were digging through. Today in 2017 to have an opportunity to acquire a flawless copy in a birth-sleeve is a RARE event, not only is it an elusive 45, but made even rarer by the fact few collectors or DJ’s are willing to part with explosive dancefloor crammers. Even though it now seems an age since I first heard it at Cleethorpes Pier, that potently unique kettle-drum-roll intro still has the presence of power to trigger a cocktail of goose-bumps, spine-tingling and neck-hair erecting involuntary emotions.. The mixed of naive young girl vocals gliding on a wave of a full orchestra is one of the most-inspiring moments of Northern Soul.. but if you’re a serious collector of the NS classics; the mirror-like sight of the vinyl as it slides from it’s birth-sleeve as you eagerly open your registered packet, will probably inspire you at your front door, even more than the cauldron of emotion fired every Saturday at Cleethorpes Pier or Wigan Casino as the intro rumbles in. “As good as condition gets” whilst hunting down the timeless classics! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 2,513.00 Jack Montgomery Don't Turn Your Back On Me / Never In A Million Years Today’s question is: “If Northern Soul ever existed” Let’s consider for a moment, that there was never ever a British Northern Soul scene, it never existed and the whole Soul Dance scene was based on the major company new releases… Shudder the thought, and give praise… so we don’t have to ponder the unthinkable, of what would have become to masterclass Soul Music or indeed the legacy of singers like Marvin Tyrone Jones (Jack Montgomery) who’s richly crooned vocal has pleased millions of ears over the decades, whilst selling virtually zero in their homeland, solely because of the Northern Soul scene Before you today is the very reason the Northern Soul scene is so vibrant and every year springs from strength to strength whilst records of this calibre are being played by DJ’s fortunate enough to own a copy. This is Detroit 60’s Soul at it utmost classiest, a recording nobody has ever grown tired of hearing and showcasing everything that sets the Northern Soul scene apart…shunning commercial Soul from the very genesis of All-Night-Clubs. Scouring the world for undiscovered monumental Soul treasures that originally passed for the last 50 years.. and today this recording is still causing dancefloor congestion wherever it is played, like all truly remarkable 45s, Jack Montgomery is held so very dear in the hearts all Rare Soul fans… What if their was no Northern Soul Scene, ever! To lose voices of this power of presence like Jack Montgomery would be have been more than a crime.. when your breath returns flip it over for a Detroit conceived Fred Bridges instrumental that is also jamming up a quick way to the dancefloor… How would these geniuses of Soul Music have been remembered Jack Montgomery, Don Mancha, Fred Bridges, Bobby Eaton, Richard Knight etc etc if it wasn’t for Northern Soul… let us wonder..? Listen to this masterpiece, even though it does reveal light surface marks to the eye, to the ear this virgin to the Northern Soul circuit plays crystal clear… Both labels are flawless.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 612.00 Isley Brothers Why When Love Is Gone / Take Me In Your Arms (rock Me A Little While) The greatest Northern Soul double offering the “Brothers” released in the UK and ironically sold the least. Most missed the April 1968 surrounded on both sides with Radio spins and hits from Stevie Wonder & The Supremes. This Isley Brothers double trailer Northern Soul juggernaut was passed over, in fear of Tamla Motown airwave domination in the spring of ‘68. Didn’t take long though for the Soul Club DJ’s to latch onto both sides as being spectacular dancefloor ingiters. Today it still matters not a jot which side you drop the stylus on, the result is always the same, Northern Soul Motown mayhem, with Ivy Jo Hunter steering the “Why When Love Is Gone” and the trusty trio of Holland-Dozier-Holland at the helm of “Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me A Little While) already a monster Twisted Wheel anthem for Kim Weston. Here is this double serving of Motown dance at it’s best in it’s most-wanted form. A 19th. Of April 1968 green & white DEMO in fine clean condition, no flaws on the vinyl or those two coveted labels. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 144.00 Kim Weston Your Mother Called On Me Today Only occasionally do I hear a record that demands you drop everything your doing and give an artist you complete and utter attention. This unique acetate already had my pulse quickening, the stepping “unknown” always does…with no artist credit on the label I wasn’t quite sure what to expect.. WOW I wasn’t disappoint as Kim’s isolated vocal sends tingles down my back as Motown’s Angel demonstrates why many consider her effortless pitching as Motown’s most-accomplish Sister vocalist. Not a single note is played on the intro to distract from her exquisite execution of the lyrics, discouraging this young girl from dating her son… You can feel her teenage pain on ever word as she utters, so delicately delivers.. The is a Motown balladeer right at the top of her game, and at this very Motown a better Motown Deep Soul ballad does not spring to mind, as I’m cloaked in a Soulful excellence… Got play it again, again and again..Ms Weston has me completely enthralled..by her voice, her backing singers serve up unmistakably Motown harmony choruses, whilst a considerate keyboard avoids intruding on those heavenly voices.. MOTOWN Real Soul at is most inspiring.. Perhaps, far too Soulful for release by Motown as vinyl, Before you today is an authentic Jobette acetate and the ONLY way to own this session in it’s original form…. Motown SOUL!! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 63.00 Soul Injection Stay Off The Moon / Girl Full Of Charm Very Rare small Northern California release, a creation saturated in superior-silky vocals as Arthur Smith seamlessly kneads together delicious harmonies over a Hammond prompted rhythm. Soaring doo-wahs coat the session, as they answer the rich lead-voice asking, in such a typically California way “Get Off The Moon”. Punctuated with some highly-inventive breaks resulting in Northern Soul Crossover at it’s sumptuous best and of course it’s rarest. Our first copy since October 2003, that copy caused more than a ripple, as several DJ’s left their contacts details for when the next copy turned up.. We always knew it would be a seriously rare 45, you only have to flip it over to hear “Low-Rider Heaven” as the rap intro prepares you for an icy-falsetto cutting the air as his teammates soften his searing edge.. Sweet Soul don’t get no better, Crossover side speaks for itself, classy in the extreme perfect for today’s thirst for top-drawer mid-tempo NS strollers.. But the Sweet Soul side is completely OFF-THE-SCALE in both rarity and quality.. “Dreamers” Do no pass by or be so ludicrous as to leave your phone number for when we get another copy… Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 813.00 Larry Williams & Johnny Watson A Quitter Never Wins / Mercy, Mercy, Mercy Continuing our British release, timeless classic listings in standout condition. This week again teleports me back to my enthusiastic days of embarrassing ignorance whilst relentlessly digging for Soul 45’s around Leicester. Circa Autumn 1969 I’d just heard of a new record shop opened on the Narborough Road, discouragingly named “Elvis Presley Fan Club”. I couldn’t get there quick enough…for a new dig. It was a fair distance from my Aylestone Road training workshop, but I ran there in my lunch break anyway. I’d spent the morning painting steam heating pipes grey and listening to Radio One’s insistence on playing the Archies - Sugar, Sugar - on the hour every hour, made doubly worse by a choir of “testicles fully attached” 16 year old Leicester apprentice gas fitter divvies singing the “Sugar, Sugar” chorus at the tops of their voices… Oh to get out in the fresh air at lunchtime, nice day for a run. I got to Narborough Road completely out of breath, only to find the vinyl-cache was at the other end of quite a lengthy road. By the time I got there I only had 15 minutes to look at what seemed to me at the time a mountain of 45s. He must have had at least 1000 records… I’d never seen so many before. First box I found nowt, same with the second box and I was getting frustrated with seeing black RCA’s of “The King”. I had to find something - I’d be quizzed by my piss-taking apprentice mates upon my return. Then staring at me was this Columbia label with the text “SOUL SUPPLY”. Sounds interesting! The title “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy” evoked visions of a Sam & Dave style winner and the artists’ names kinda sound familiar..so I took a chance. Got back to the college, had the piss taken out of me the rest of the day for running so far for one record, and I couldn’t even tell “The Divvies” anything about it… let alone how it went, as one smart-arse asked “How’s it go Manny? Sing it to us!” In retaliation I said it’s got to be “Soul” it says so on the label “Soul Supply” and it will sound perfect because it also states on the label it’s an “Okeh” recording… I did think, “What a strange way to spell O.K.” Just when you’re sure you’re a teenage record expert, something new to learn popped up daily. 47 years later it still happens today and every day.. the never ending quest to find an antidote to recordings like “Sugar Sugar” “Lily The Pink” “Boom Bang A Bang” in 1969 and we’re still relentlessly diggin’ today in the fight against banal music .. PS When I got home and played it I thought WOW! I love that! “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy” played it 10 times in a row like I always did, in my bedroom partly to learn the words, and partly to annoy my Dad… Then I flipped it over…within seconds that pounding dance intro, and those elastic vocals rebounding off each other…the “Northern Soul barbed hooks sank in…” I was never to wiggle free from a life of Soul vinyl ” A Winner Never Quits - A Quitter Never Wins” How true… Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 82.00 James Lately Love Friends & Money / Tears Are Falling From My Eyes It matters not which side you drop the stylus on this Detroit “Killer” what matters is this is one of Northern Soul’s most-wanted and opportunities to own a copy are so seldom, you cannot afford to miss the beyond-rare window of opportunity when it presents itself.. Neighborhood Detroit don’t get no more emotionasly moving than this.. more later.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 1,575.00 Joe Quarterman & Free Soul Joe Quarterman & Free Soul BEYOND RARE! 1973 BRITISH press - yes BRITISH press Anyone reading this who has spent the last 45 years digging through vinyl in the UK was like me beginnng to think NO album can be this rare, and questioning whether this New York Funker was actually issue on these shores, like the # 4 45 press remain totally unobtainable. This is NO reissue, this is the 1973 real-deal release that sold NOTHING! Machine stamped matrix and vinyl that that flows from one track to another, skillfully showcasing Joe Quarterman’s extreme musical talents, seamlessly covering “Black Oppression” “Dance Funk” and “Soul” Check out the soundfile lifted from this exceptional album and gaze most probably up the cover & labels of the mythical 1973 BRITISH press… in flawless condition. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 89.00 Willie Mcdougall Don't Turn Away / I Can't Wait I’ve always be a sucker for that Bobby Blue Bland, Little Milton style snarling purr.. Check out Willie’s equally bludgeoning vocal on an uncompromising thumpin’ slab of elusive Northern Soul, a growling horn-drenched floorshaker that has never been bootlegged or re-issued. A real-hunk of a tune that has nowhere near received the turntable time it so obviously deserves (rarity, depriving the masses, can be the only possible reason) this knockout tune has not risen up into affordable stratosphere. Killer Northern Soul but do expect some stiff opposition from the Deep Soul aficionados as the Deep Soul side sits right along side some of the greats, with Fred Tanner flexes the same muscular approach to Soul as he did when guiding that lauded duo Sam and Bill through their magnificent Decca recordings. TWO single-mind highly motivated recordings, two different Soul genres but both every note as good as one another….. tunes!!!! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 246.00 Skull Snaps My Hang Up Is You / It's A New Day RARE 1973 UK press is the just as rare British GSF sleeve.. what a vinyl-vista of real beauty that makes. Top side was a strong Northern Soul 70’s play, that now is on the comeback trail just as availability has evaporated..and don’t it sound so damn good today.. George Kerr trickery and the cultured experience of The Diplomats deliver, what is “unique” style Northern Soul that takes you off the “same old-same old” tedium and sits you right in the middle of NS Oldies euphoria.. But it’s the flipside “It’s A New Day” that triggering just as much demand, as Funky Soul is flavour of the time no matter what venue you attend.. Two very wanted tunes, together in it’s rarest shirt & jacket.. looking gorgeous and sounding totally terrific… Condition is a smidgen off Mint minus through out.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 222.00 S. O. U. L. Soul Part 1 & 2 Infuriatingly RARE Funker by one of the East Coast innovators of the sound. A Jazzy-Funker with a huge cult following and a deserved reputation for being and “impossible” to find disc, offer a vocal a-side with a solid message, and an instrumental flip that has been deconstructed and reworked into a fabulous “Flute” driven dancer. No wonder this addictive double offering has sat high on the wish-lists of all into the Jazzier side of Funk for what seems decades, and at last we have the pleasure of opening the window of DJ opportunity for those who have yearn ownership for so long.. a 45 that surfaces so seldom it is not a disc the serious collectors should pause over, we do not expect any “Shall I or shall I not..” deliberation…certainly not after it’s addictive power enters your brain.. LOVE IT!! both sides… Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 186.00 Copyright © John Manship Records. Privacy Policy

Hi Rob, Is this it? I didn't know it but was intrigued so did a little looking. Side 1 is JB and side 2 is BB. Both sides are on the same youtube song below. Both very short I hope it is the one. All the best Kev Bod

Didn't JM auction some of these a little while back? Just done a search and found a thread with a couple of scans and mentions.

As I recall, a number of things seem to have been "speeded up" at Wigan. Including the attendees!!

I've never been too keen on the intro to Willie Dale - Let your love light shine. It just seems to go on for aaaggggeessss!!!!!!!!!

Joe Hicks - Don't It Make You Feel Funky Frank Beverly - If That's What You Wanted. Ted Taylor - Somebody's Always- Barbara Lynn - I'm A Good Woman Delrays Inc - Destination Unknown I love a distinctive or dramatic into. It doesn't hurt to revisit this type of thread as new members join and also tastes change over time

I'm sorry to see Brian leaving the show. Tony Blackburn is a good replacement as he was around at the time. Also very disappointing the show will be on at 6 am. It was a disgrace on the 11 am Radio 2 news that it was announced "after 27 years Brian has decided to step down for health reasons". From various interviews he's given, he's made it VERY CLEAR that he has been elbowed out and that he was disappointed by his treatment and keen to carry on. Shabby treatment and shabby news reporting. Best wishes to Brian and I look forward to any other broadcasts he does.

Hi, pm sent

Is the instrumental Gerry and Paul - The Cat Walk

Thanks for posting. Brilliant. Isn't it Billy Sha Rae that is announced and played and not Eddie P? Cheers

I was watching the Sam & Kitty on the same list. The soundfile sounded AWFUL but it still achieved a decent end price.

Hello, Thanks for the reply. I'm just waiting for a couple of folks to get back to me. I'll let you know on Monday. All the best KB

Hello again All, Just looking for the 3 now. Lester Tipton Sam & Kitty Duke Browner Kaddo Strings Thanks to those that have chipped in so far.

Hi Jim, I've OK for the Larry Clinton thanks. I'm sure that would fly out If you put it in sales or if anyone else reading the thread fancies it. Thanks again for adding to the thread KB

Hi Gray, Thanks for replying to the topic. I've just (earlier tonight) found one and paid for it. All the best KB

Hello, Just checked my demo which has a scratched in matrix similar to yours but mine has 1E on both sides. My Demo of Quitter Never Wins also has a scratched in matrix. Someone told me their copy of Seven Souls was a scratched in matrix. Looks OK to me

Thanks for the replies so far. Just a few to go. Thanks

Hello Steve, Thanks for the reply, much appreciated. I'll see if there are any further replies over the weekend and get in touch if I want to buy. All the best KB

I like Tim's auction system as there are no extensions to end time. Just bid what you are willing (not going to say happy!) to pay and away you go. All auction systems have the advantages and disadvantages. The key point is to have a poke around in the rules and get up-to speed with how it works. It's nice to know the end prices, as with Tim's system, you don't get chance to see.

Nice one Phil, Thanks for posting the results.

Hello All, I've decided to try to finish off the run of old Grapevine 45's. I'm looking for nice clean copies with their middle's intact. Either Issue or Demo. Please PM with what you have for sale and a set sale price. I'm not in a rush as it's taken over 35 years to get round to! Cheers Kev Bod Grapevine Label Records GRP 127 De Lites - Lover GRP 132 Sam & Kitty - I’ve Got Something Good GRP 136 Al Williams - I Am Nothing GRP 138 Lester Tipton - This Won’t Change GRP 141 Dena Barnes - If You Ever Walked... GRP 144 New Wanderers - This Man in Love GRP 145 Duke Browner - Crying Over You GRP 146 Kaddo Strings - Nothing but Love

I know nothing !! But... I remember in the 70's being told that some of the Black Issues were "re-issues" and some were "proper". This may have been assumed as there were always copies about. Anyhow, on that basis, I got a demo (which I think looks better anyway). I've just checked the JM site and he has one for sale with the comments.. Genuine authentic 1966 stamped matrix, thin vinyl first press - of this Golden Torch Northern Soul anthem - classic early 70s spin - repeat .this copy is the genuine original press! So, I wouldn't be surprised either way. KB