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New list time. Just back from an exhaustive trip in the USA -

it gets ever harder to locate these 45's ! Anyway here's a

nice selection for you.

Events: 27th May sees the next Dome night in Tuffnell Park

(opp tube). We really could do with big support on this one.

Great line up of DJ's incl yours truly, Alex Jones, Neil

Brown and more. 9pm till 3am £7 on the door.

Next Almost Grown on June 3rd at Saks, Clifftown Rd

Southend. Mod special with guests Paul Hallam, Andy Newton.

Warren has his Boogaloo soul 4th anniversary on 4th June at

Cellar Bar. King William 4th pub Greenwich.

Cleethorpes is on 10th - 12th June - with a live Mirwood

special this year - www.6ts.info

BIKE RIDE - If anyone could sponsor my bike ride I'd be very

happy. I'm cycling 54 miles from London to Brighton for the

British heart foundation on June 19th. It's a good cause I

know some of you will support. Thanks in advance - Rob.

POSTAGE £1.50 for 1 (25p each extra) ALL SENT RECORDED.

Registered add £3.50 Overseas please write or phone.

Cheques payable to MR. MESSER Tracks marked *** are

available on a C.D. or a tape for £4 incl. P&P (Overseas £5)

Subs for the list are now £3 for 10 lists. (£4 Overseas) Or

send an S.A.E. - or a few.

SECTION 1 - U.K. LABEL SOUL & R'n'B

1 EDDIE WILSON Shing a ling stroll (Mod club classic -

N.O.C.) Action EX £12

2 ESTHER PHILIPS Just say goodbye (Classic mid tempo - lovely

UK copy) Atlantic M- £75

3 WILLIE TEE Walking up a one way street (All time great

northern) Atlantic EX £20

4 THE CAPITOLS Cool jerk (Club classic) Atlantic

VG+ £5

5 BILLY PRESTON *** Let the music play (Great

hammond backed dancer) Capitol (Demo) EX £15

6 VARIOUS Your Chess requests - Tony Clarke "The entertainer"

Chess EP EX £8

Nice rare EP but NO PIC SLEEVE - Also incl Fontella Bass,

Billy Stewart & Mitty Collier "talk with my man"

7 RAY BARRETTO El watusi (Classic mod spin - latin club

sound) Columbia (Demo) EX £20

8 LITTLE RICHARD Get down with it (All time great club sound)

Columbia EX £20

9 CAROL WOODS If I let you (Great crossover in pic sleeve)

Ember (Spanish) EX/M £20

10 EDDIE PARKER Love you baby (Northern monster in pic

sleeve) Grapevine EX/M £20

11 BOOKER T Chinese checkers (good Memphis inst)

London EX £8

12 QUINCY JONES Soul bossa nova (Classic mod jazz - hard on

UK) Mercury EX £25

13 NORMAN T WASHINGTON Tip toe (Cooking club soul dancer)

Pama EX £10

14 SUSAN MAUGHAN That other place (Good version of Wade

Flemmons) Philips EX £15

15 KEITH AND BILLIE Tastes sour don't it (Great soulful

duet dancer) Piccadilly VG £8

16 BETTY EVERETT Trouble over the weekend (Superb 60's soul

45) President M £6

17 SLIM WILLIS No feeling for you (Top notch R'n'B dancer)

N.O.C. R & B M- £20

18 FLAMMA SHERMAN Where is he (Northern pop stomper) SNB

EX £25

19 JIMMY RADCLIFFE Long after tonight is all over (the ultimate

ender) Stateside EX £30

20 IKE AND TINA TURNER Live EP - Incl "Somethings got a

hold on me" - slt warp NAP - W.Bros VG/VG £12

Motown & related UK & US labels

18 CHRIS CLARK From head to toe (Great dancer) TMG 624 EX

£20

19 MARTHA REEVES Love guess who (Superb mid tempo) Gordy

M- £20

20 THE CONTOURS Can you jerk like me (Club classic)

Gordy (Demo) EX £12

21 JR WALKER Good rockin (Excellent early sound - recent

spins) Harvey VG £20

22 EDDIE HOLLAND Candy to me (Catchy 60's dancer)

Motown M- £15

23 THE SPINNERS I'll always love you (Magic 45) Motown EX

£12

24 FOUR TOPS Baby I need your loving (Magnificent record)

Motown EX £15

25 JR WALKER Tune up (Club classic) Soul M- £20

26 JR WALKER Aint it the truth (Honking dancer - recent

soul night spin) Soul EX £12

27 BRENDA HOLLOWAY When I'm gone (All time great) Tamla EX

£15

28 MARVIN GAYE I'll be doggone (Good club soul) Tamla

EX £10

29 MARVIN GAYE Little darling I need you (Superb !) Tamla

M- £10

30 THE MIRACLES Come on do the jerk (Club classic) Tamla

EX £10

SECTION 3 - 60's & Northern soul - US labels

31 THE SAPPHIRES Gotta have your love (All time classic girl

group northern) ABC M- £20

32 ANTHONY & SOPHOMORES It depends on you (Great early group

sound) ABC EX £20

33 B B KING The hurt (Superb version of Freddie North)

ABC EX £20

34 CHUCK JACKSON I only get this feeling (Great 70's northern)

ABC M- £15

35 WILLIE HARPER But I couldn't (Classic R'n'B on a rare demo)

Alon (Demo) M- £25

36 BARBARA MASON Bobby is my baby (Killer Philly soul mover)

Arctic EX £15

37 JEFF DALE Our love will grow stronger

(Moody mid tempo) Atco M- £35

38 BARBARA LYNN This is the thanks I get (Classic mid tempo

soul ) Atlantic M- £25

39 FERN KINNEY Sweet devil (Great guitar hook on this R'n'B

mover) Atlantic (Demo) VG+ £20

40 MERLE SPEARS I wanna know (Brilliant R'n'B stomper)

Atlantic (Demo) M- £75

41 CARL CARLTON I can feel it (One day this will go

massive !!! Superb) Back Beat EX £25

42 THE PROFILES *** A little misunderstanding

(Classy uptempo crossover) Bamboo M £20

43 SENATOR JONES Miniskirt dance (Club soul mover with great

bass line) Bell (Demo) M £12

44 LOU JOHNSON If I never get to love you (Superb mid tempo

beat ballad) Big top M- £25

45 RENALDO DOMINO *** Don't go away (Great uptempo

Chicago dancer) Blue rock (Demo) EX £30

46 SAM CHATMON *** Nobody but me (Great Chicago

rarity) Boss EX £100

Record is practically unplayed but has a small crack around

the label area not on the play surface. Would be £250

47 CICERO BLAKE *** Shing a ling (Superb club

soul dancer) Brainstorm M £20

48 FATS DOMINO Work my way up steady (Great New Orleans

R'n'B mover) Broadmoor M- £20

49 JACKIE WILSON I get the sweetest feeling (Rare demo

B.Acklin on flip !) Brunswick(Demo) M £20

50 GORDON KEITH Look ahead (Massive nighter spin - Chicago

gem) Calumet M £75

51 DEE DEE SHARP Standing in the need of love (Great northern

oldie) Cameo EX £15

52 CANDI BARS *** I believe in you

(Awesome crossover) Candy Stix M £200

53 THE THRILLS What can go wrong (Wigan stomper)

Capitol EX £20

54 WENDALL PARKER *** My love on ration (Excellent

northern inst) Capricorn 7 M £25

55 THE PRETENDERS I call it love (Ultra soulful mid tempo)

Carnival M £25

56 RAY AGEE Leave me alone (Mod fave - great R'n'B mover)

Celeste M £20

57 OTIS BUSH & CRUSADERS So much love (Nice Chicago mid tempo

shaker) Cha Cha M £15

58 JOHNNY WYATT *** Hang up the phone (Big

voiced beat ballad) Challenge M £60

59 CLAUDINE CLARK The telephone game (Great girlie sound)

Chancellor M- £30

60 LUTHER THOMAS Upset the town (Cooking R'n'B dancer)

Change M- £35

61 ROBERT THOMAS Salvation (Absolute pounder - be massive one

day !) Charay M £25

62 AMANDA LOVE You keep on calling me by her name(Popular

R'n'B spin) Chess M- £20

63 JOHNNY SAYLES My love is a monster (Old 100 club spin -

great Chicago) Chi-town M- £20

64 THE HILL SISTERS My kind of guy (Nice Motown

soundalike girl group) Choice M- £20

65 GLORIA FOWLER *** Will you be my guy (Great

Chicago obscurity) CJ M- £100

66 I.A.P. CO Check yourself (Gritty late 60's northern

dancer) Colossus EX £35

67 DEE CLARK That's my girl (Classic oldie big on mod

scene too) Constellation M £40

68 NOLAN CHANCE If he makes you (Classy Chicago soul)

Constellation M- £25

69 GENE CHANDLER Mr Big shot (Classic northern) Constellation

EX £25

70 JERRY WILLIAMS *** Shipwrecked (Good early 70's

mover) Cotillion M- £20

71 JOHNNY COBB *** Hold on to you (Great slice

of R'n'B - labels reversed) Criss Cobb VG+ £20

72 THE VENTURAS *** Baby be mine (Rare Chicago

group northern) Daniels M £150

73 CHET MCDOWELL *** I want to love you my way

(Great R'n'B - unknown dancer) Daryl M- £35

74 PEARL WOODS Sippin sorrow (Raucous femme growler) Dawn

M £40

75 SAM CHATMON I cant believe it (Catchy 60's R'n'B dancer)

Dee Dee M- £15

76 RUBY WINTERS In the middle of heartache (Great beat

ballad) Diamond EX £60

77 THE ONCOMING TIMES *** If you had my love (Lovely

crossover winner) DUO M- £40

78 THE DELCOS *** Arabia (1st label on this

classic - different rawer mix too) Ebony EX £80

79 HARRY DEAL I still love you (Awesome soulful tune)

Eclipse M £50

80 RICHARD BERRY Have love will travel (Classic mod /

northern dancer) Flip M- £75

81 WANDA ROUZAN Would you love me (Great driving rhythm &

soul) Frisco M £60

82 ARNOLD BLAIR Trying to get next to you (Mega 70's

northern) Gemigo M- £150

83 JO ARMSTEAD I feel an urge coming on (Chicago magic)

Giant EX £20

84 BARBARA MERCER Hey (Grt Detroit cheapie & there aint too

many of them !) Golden world M £10

85 PAT LEWIS Can't shake it loose (Classic Detroit dancer)

Golden world M £10

86 BARBARA MERCER Nobody loves you like me (Class mid tempo)

Golden world M £10

87 JAMES CARR Coming back to me baby (Thumping club soul)

Goldwax EX £15

88 2 TONS OF LOVE Brown and beautiful (Lovely mid tempo - 1st

label) Gordo M £20

89 DEBRA Can you remember (Good crossover dancer) Gree

Jack M £12

90 YVONNE GOMEZ My man a go go (Raucous R'n'B screamer)

Hawaii EX £40

91 GAIL WYNTERS You don't have to be in love (Beautiful

floating mid pacer) Hickory (Demo) M- £70

92 JOE TAYLOR You don't love me (The soulful side of R'n'

HMF M- £20

93 THE ROLEAKS Keep on loving you (Good girl group mover)

Hope EX £20

94 THE LOLLIPOPS Loving good feeling(Nice issue - monster

Detroit northern) Impact VG+ £100

95 BRAD LUNDY I'm at the breaking point (Awesome beat

ballad) Julmar EX £50

95a. WILLIE MASON - Why (Monster nighter sound - version of Nat

Hall) Ka-la-ma M- £450

96 DIANA NEWBY Everythings wrong(Nice vers of

C.Checker slight water dmg lbl) Kapp (Demo) EX £20

97 THE CAPITOLS I thought she loved me (Their rarest 45 - so

soulful) Karen M £40

98 THE COMBINATIONS *** Why (Very rare ultra soulful

Chicago mid tempo) Kellmac M- £300

99 OUR LADIES OF SOUL Lets groove together (Cracking

crossover dancer) Kelton M- £25

100 Z Z HILL What more (Club classic - solid rhythm &

soul) Kent M- £20

101 THE FIDELS Try a little harder (Top northern oldie -

hard original) Keymen M £100

102 CHRISTINE KITTRELL Call his name (Great femme R'n'B

dancer) King (Demo) M- £40

103 BONNIE BRISKER *** Someone really loves you

(Smooth Detroit mid pace floater) Magic city EX £75

104 THE BOUQUETS *** I love him so (Superb

atmospheric girl group sound) Mala M- £25

105 NORRIS WILSON Where the action is (Big voiced beat ballad)

MGM (Demo) M- £50

106 THE OTHER BROTHERS Its been a long time baby (Wonderful

group soul) Modern M £12

107 HAROLD BURRAGE Master key (Nice soulful shuffler) M-Pac

M- £30

108 DORI GRAYSON *** Never let go(Unknown femme

mover - Water damaged label) Murco EX £40

Always buying / trading - what you got .....?

109 LEONTINE DUPREE I'm guilty (Excellent Chicago female soul

stormer) Nation EX £40

110 GINGER THOMPSON Boy watcher (Great female version of

Okasions classic) One two three M £20

111 CHUCK DANZY *** Git down (Thumping R'n'B

inst with shouts) Nu Tone M- £75

112 THE VIBRATIONS Come to yourself (Great Chicago group soul)

Okeh M- £25

113 TED TAYLOR Somebody's always trying (Massive 100 club

oldie) Okeh M- £100

114 THE FLAMBEAUS Darling I'm with you (Great group soul

dancer) Old town M- £20

115 BOBBY STARR Hey Cinderella (Good early harmonica driven

dancer) One derful M- £30

116 MASTERS OF SOUL Sad face (Wonderful soulful crossover sound)

Ovide M £15

117 WARD BURTON If'n (Oddball R'n'B flavoured mid pacer)

Flip not "Temptation" Panther M £20

118 CHRISTINE COOPER Heartaches away my boy (Classic

northern oldie) Parkway (Demo) EX £250

119 THE DEVONNS Freddie (Great girl group semi known)

Parkway (Demo) VG+ £20

120 DOUG BILLARD *** Genuine Jade (Big voiced

beat ballad) Parkway (Demo) EX £30

121 FREDDIE SCOTT Girl I love you (Ultra soulful slowie) Probe

M £20

122 LUTHER THOMAS *** She'll stick be me (Pounding

R'n'B tinged dancer) Punch M- £50

123 JOHNNIE RUTH KING *** Don't tell me bout my man

(Excellent R'n'B shaker) Pzazz M- £40

124 LEE ANDREWS Quiet as its kept (Good oldie - group soul

mover) RCA M- £20

125 J J BARNES Please let me in (all time classic) Ric

Tic EX £12

126 LOU COURTNEY You aint ready (Punchy east coast Funk bros

prod.) Riverside M- £12

127 CHUCK FLAMINGO Love love love (Rare mid tempo soul shaker)

water dmg lbl Rojac EX £30

128 ROOSEVELT & 7 C'S *** We were always sweethearts

(Excellent crossover dancer) Rondo M- £75

129 WAYNE ANTHONY You aint wrapped too tight (Fantastic

uptempo dancer) Roulette M £15

130 MYRNA MARCH I keep forgetting (Great version of Chuck

Jackson) Roulette EX £15

131 OTIS LEAVILL Nobody but you (Awesome mid tempo - dished

NAP) Smash EX £20

132 SOULVATION ARMY *** Dancing on a daydream

(Superb semi inst - blinding !!) Soulvation army M- £15

133 THE ASTORS More power to you (Quality group soul

thumper) Stax (Demo) M- £25

134 BABY WASHINGTON Leave me alone (Popular early 60's dancer)

Sue M- £35

135 TEDDY & TWILIGHTS I'm just your clown (Great early

group sound) Swan (Demo) EX £12

136 MASTER FOUR Love from the far east (Classy Chicago mover)

Tayster (Demo) M- £55

137 DOTTIE & MILLIE Talkin bout my baby (Massive nighter sound -

Detroit gem) Topper M £225

138 DEVOTIONS *** Devils gotten into my baby

(Excellent girl group dancer) Tri sound(gold) VG £20

139 DEVOTIONS Devils gotten into my baby (Excellent girl

group dancer) Tri sound(yellow) M £30

140 THE SANDPIPERS All over but the crying (Wonderful New York

mid tempo) Tru glo town(W/D) M £20

141 JACKIE DAY *** Come on try me

(Brilliant R'n'B flavoured dancer) Tuff M £40

142 JIVE FIVE In my neighborhood (Great group sound) X.O.L.

U A (Demo) M- £20

143 BILLY HAMLIN I'm down but not out (Good dancer -tippex on

lbl) Uptite (Demo) VG+ £20

144 PARRISH Your smile (Smooth crossover sound - W.O.L.)

Uptite (Demo) M- £25

145 THE SELECTIVES 1581 rhythm street (Brilliant rhythm and

soul mover) Uptown M £25

146 SAM WILLIAMS *** So called friend (Cool 60's

soul plodder) Uptown (Demo) VG £30

147 RICKY ALLEN I aint never (Nice dancer with Sam Cooke

feel) USA EX £15

148 BETTY EVERETT Trouble over the weekend (Superb 60's soul

45) Vee Jay (Demo) M £10

149 LITTLE ANTHONY Better use your head (Classic northern) Veep

EX £20

150 ETHICS Look at me now (Another all time classic !!!) Vent

M- £10

151 JAN MINK *** On no no no

(Atmospheric mid tempo groover) Verve (Demo) EX £25

152 LITTLE EVA Take a step in my direction (Great girlie

dancer) Verve (Demo) EX £20

153 JIMMY HUFF *** Never leave me (Great mid

tempo dancer) or issue £30 Verve (Demo) M- £25

154 DUKE BAXTER I aint no school boy (1 of the great

cheapies - good dancer) VMC M- £7

155 T S U TORNADOS I still love you (Absolutely brilliant

crossover) Volt M £40

156 CHUCK JACKSON Good things come to those who wait (100 club

classic) Wand EX £10

157 SHEER COINCIDENCE *** I didn't lie (Great semi

known mid tempo northern) Wright VG+ £150

SECTION 3 - General soul collectors labels

158 BARRETT STRONG I better run (Superb dancer - great flipside

too) Tollie EX £20

159 THE LOVEABLES Just beyond my fingertips Toot (demo)

VG+ £10

160 OSCAR WEATHERS Just to prove I love you Top & Bottom

M £12

161 BRENDA & THE TABULATIONS And my heart sang (1 sided

demo) Top & Bottom(demo) M £5

162 JOE TOWNS Down and out world (Deep) Top dog M

£6

163 JOE COOK Found a new girl (Dancer) Top top M

£15

164 WES WELLS & THE STEELERS From the top of my heart

Torrid M- £12

165 ZILA MAYES All I want is you (New Orleans southern soul)

Tou sea M- £40

166 FOUR LARKS Another chance Tower (Demo) EX £15

167 SUSAN KING Where will I find him Toy M- £15

168 ROYAL PREMIERS Who am I without your love Toy M-

£20

169 THE REVLONS (Oh oh oh) What a love this is (Why isn't

this massive ??) Toy M £75

170 FABULOUS CAROUSELS Would you love me (Great early group

soul) Towne house M- £70

171 CHUCK WILDER Why Trager M- £15

172 TEE FLETCHER Would you do it for me Trager M £18

173 ERNEST JONES I can't live without you

Tramor VG+ £10

174 THE MANDELLS How to love a woman Trans world sound

M- £12

175 WILLIE BROWN Love that stranger Tri it EX £10

176 SAM REESE From Fri evening till Saturday night

Triode M £20

177 LONZINE WRIGHT I've been searching (funky soul) Tri

Spin M- £15

Last minute additions

Betty O'Brien - I don't feel a thing / You can't stop me from

dreaming - ABC - Ex £80

Great R&B and Mid-tempo double sider.

Darrells - So tenderly - Lyco - Ex £70

Baby Washington - Let love go by - ABC wlp - Ex £55

Lovely white promo copy.

Gene Stridel - Let her go - Verve - Ex £80

Big voiced R&B / popcorn

Jimmy Holiday - Hollywood - Everest wlp - Ex £125

Great and rare midtempo tune.

Gene Stridel - Where does that leave me - Columbia - Ex £75

Great version of Romance Watson classic.

Sam Anderson - Standing at the edge of the sea - King - Ex £50

Pat Clayton - Someone elses turn - Silver Tip - Ex £75

SECTION 4 - Club sounds / R'n'B / Latin / Jazz / Funk etc.

178 THE MARVELLOWS I do (Club soul / mod classic) ABC M-

£8

Always buying / trading - what you got .....?

179 RICHIE BARRETT Some other guy (Classic early 60's R'n'B 2

sider) Atlantic EX £25

180 BOBBY HUTCHERSON UMMH (Excellent club jazz 45) Blue

note M- £12

181 B B KING Think it over (Solid R'n'B dancer)

Bluesway M- £8

182 DEAN PARRISH Skate (Mod favourite) Boom (Demo) M-

£25

183 YOUNG HOLT UNLIMITED You gimme thum (Cool bass heavy 60's

jazz) Brunswick (Demo) M- £10

184 MAURICE SIMON *** The git go (Cracking inst -

horns & organ) Carnival EX £30

185 BUDDY GUY I dig your wig (Got another one - hot

item !!!) Chess EX £20

186 TONY CLARKE Aint love good aint love proud (Club classic)

Chess EX £8

187 RUDY LAMBERT Love (Fantastic club sound with funky flute

break) Club 7 M- Sold

188 GILBERTO SEXTET Good lovin' (Great Latin version)

Cotique M- £8

189 ALBERT KING C.O.D. (Massive mod spin in the 80's) Coun

tree M- £20

190 CARL RAY Wee wee Willie (Another oddball R'n'B dancer)

smT.O.L. Down home M £25

191 ARELEAN BROWN Why I love you (Good Chicago R'n' Dud

sound M- £12

192 EDDIE CANO Slip slip (Great Latin flavoured inst)

Dunhill (Demo) M- £15

193 JIM PIPKINS Mr C C (Groovy club sound with shout over)

Emerge M £20

194 ELMORE JAMES Shake your moneymaker (R'n'B classic) Enjoy

M- £15

195 RAY BARRETTO Right on (Top drawer Latin soul) Slight dish

warp Fania M- £30

196 JOE BATAAN Subway Joe (My personal favourite Latin 45)

Fania EX £40

197 MONGUITO SANTAMARIA Hey sister (Massive Latin soul spin)

Fania (Demo) EX £40

198 EARL KING Trick bag (Original version - great R'n'

Imperial M £30

199 ROSCO GORDON You got my bait / Jessie James (2 cracking

sides) Jomada M- £20

200 BOOKER T AVERHART Take your shoes off (Mod club fave)

Kent M £15

201 KING SOLOMAN New figure (Cool R'n'B mover great lyrics)

water dmg lbl Kent M £12

202 SHERMAN EVANS *** The craze (Forgotten mod

spin - good R'n' Manco M- £25

203 Z Z HILL You were wrong (Great R'n'B dancer) M H

M- £20

204 JULIAN COVEY A little bit hurt (Club classic)

Philips M £20

205 VILLAGE CALLERS Hector part 2(Solid funky hammond organ

groove) Rampart M £35

206 IRMA THOMAS Don't mess with my man (Massive mod spin)

Ron VG+ £20

207 TRUMAN THOMAS 25 miles (Superb hammond inst version) Veep

EX £25

Always buying / trading - what you got .....?