JOE TORQUAY Posted October 10, 2012 Posted October 10, 2012 Jackie Day Naughty Boy In short, just the greatest female Northern Soul 45 ever created. If Jackie Day’s captivating vocal doesn’t get ya, the relentless pounding dance-beat will, as will the shrill oohing & cooing girl group providing a soaring relief from the otherwise daunting power of the production, then just when the dancer is running out of steam as the lactic acid kicks in, there’s an adrenaline rush induced by an insane saxophonist, raising the bar again into..a floor-destroy with NO equals. Totally PERFECT NORTHERN SOUL in totally perfect condition. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 1,041.00 Donald Jenkins Happy Days C/w Whole Lotta Lovin' Donald Jenkin’s 1975 Chicago recording “Lucky Day” is one of the real value Northern Soul tunes left to grab @ £20 or less. Just fantastic uplifting Northern Soul that suffers a little maybe from “Not-Rare-enough” snobbery… So how about this the ORIGINAL version made some 10 years earlier. Amazingly there are still quite a few outstanding records that have yet to catch the Northern Soul train and this is one of them. It matters not, which side you drop the stylus on with this extremely elusive Chicago beauty your treated to street-level Northern Soul fully supported by vocal group harmony, a subtle horn arrangement with a distant haunting saxophone adding the finishing touches. Potential is blatant - paradoxically of this the original version suffering Northern Soul isolation from it’s own rarity. Whether it be “Lucky Day” or this the elusive “Happy Day” both demand much more Northern Soul exposure…but not overlooking the primitively enticing flipside.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 123.00 Pookie Hudson This Gets To Me This weeks rare Northern Soul STOCKER comes from the Spaniels lead singer an icon with vocal-group circles. A record that simultaneously unified Wigan Casino & Cleethorpes Pier in 1975 with it’s capacity for cramming the dancefloor at both venues. This is after-all 60s feelgood Philly at it’s most vibrant. View the scan and enjoy the soundfile that will rocket you back to a time when Northern Soul was at it’s peak. This copy retains it’s original birth sleeve, and boasts perfect vinyl and labels - you doubt you could ever locate a finer copy than this example. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 222.00 Shelia Ferguson Heartbroken Memories C/w Signs Of Love The Great Escape! Just like the tee-shirted Steve McQueen on his motorbike weaving in haste across the hillside - this 45 has weaved, bobbed and ducked all forms of capture, re-issuing, bootlegging; remaining a seldom seen, seldom-heard Philly masterpiece. That is all about to change, I know a few (including myself) that are now revisiting their past and dropping the stylus once again on the real-deal slab of Northern Soul after decades of neglect. Take a listen to the double Leon Huff & Richie Barrett project - the first thing you’ll be asking is why wasn’t this the biggest sound at The Torch, The Mecca, The Pier or The Casino at some point during the 70s. Too few 70s DJ plays and almost total dormancy for the next 30 years would be my answer… Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 247.00
JOE TORQUAY Posted October 10, 2012 Author Posted October 10, 2012 Little John Heartbreakin' Time How many times are we going to laud the work of Leonard Jewel Smith in recognition for his huge inadvertent contribution to Northern Soul and rare soul record collecting. Here is yet another storming piece of magnificent 60s Soul dance from the “Delanieur” team. As you’d expect this too is a rare, upbeat, vibrant and compelling example of Los Angeles Northern Soul in the type of condition that even the most-discerning collector will be thrilled to own. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 179.00 Voltaires My, My, My Baby C/w Movin' Movin' On Having lived in the shadows of The Limitations single on the same obscure label for a few decades, this classy vocal-group Northern Soul dancer is at last having it’s own time in the sun. The Bacone family I wish would have continued with their foray into vocal-group soul, E. or Liz Bacone are not names you see on label credits very often but when you do you are sure of fluid but primitive finery throughout their productions. This 45 offers not one but two killer examples of vocal-group Northern Soul that have been causing more than a ripple with those who dig below and past the obvious. LOVE IT twice over.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 337.00 Marvelettes I'll Keep Holding On As much as it pains me to admit it - the French and The Dutch presented 60s Motown far better than any other country, especially Britain. Releasing unissued material, on high quality vinyl is only part-reason for my respect to Artone of Holland, it’s really the imaginative choice and often unique picture covers they adorned their releases with that sets them apart. Check out this spectacular picture sleeve showcasing Gladys Horton, Wanda Young & Georgeanna Tillman - with Katherine Anderson mysterious off camera. What a fabulous way to own this timeless Northern Soul Motown favourite. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 42.00 Garnett Mimms & The Enchanters Cry Baby On September 1st this year Melanie Masson “WOWED” the judges on X-Factor with her version of Janis Joplin’s “Cry Baby” Excuse me, surely you meant Garnett Mimm’s “Cry Baby” and compared to the incomparable Mr. Mimms, I’m sorry Ms Masson it was just a grain away from the exquisite 1963 all-time soul classic original rendition guided by two greats of the studio; Jerry Ragovoy & Garry Sherman were fortunate to work with one of the great soul-vocals of the 60s. We know many 1,000,000’s watch X-factor but in the interests of fairness and discussion we decided @ least our 12,000 auction members, You Tube & Facebook should hear the best version by far by a man who never quite reached the recognition his vocal and on stage presence deserved. This example is an extremely elusive 1963 UK press in just exquisite condition. Listen and cry…….baby Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 47.00
JOE TORQUAY Posted October 10, 2012 Author Posted October 10, 2012 Gaturs Cold Bear C/w The Boogeer Man GATUR RECORDS, 3141 North Robertson street, New Orleans, Louisiana was the late 60s early 70s dwelling for the creation of some of the Crescent City’s most wanted soul & funk 45s. The architect of the operation Willie Tee created over 10 highly sought after 45s for the Rare-Soul connoisseur to wish for. This example is the 1970 local press of a double-helping of FUNK that enjoyed a brief outing on ATCO 6870. The Atco example is no easy find - this handsome Gatur release is even more tricky to nail. So click the soundfile and witness keyboardist Willie Tee create two raucous-rumbling-run-way-truck FUNK dancers. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 38.00 The Tamla Motown Show 1965 Tour Program seriously RARE 1965 UK tour program as Harold Davison & Arthur Howes present from HITSVILLE U.S.A.“THE TAMLA MOTOWN SHOW” 16 page 120 gramm semi-glossy 10” by 8” program full of artist pics, EMI Tamla Motown record adverts and bio’s. AUTOGRAPHED and messaged by Martha Reeves, Rosalind Ashford-Holmes & Betty Kelly in 1982 - message reads to the right of Vandellas picture “We Were touring for first time in England - What A Blessing” referring to the 1965 tour Artist pics and bio’s on Supremes, Martha & The Vandellas, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Stevie Wonder, Earl Van Dyke + special EMI guest Georgie Fame. full center spread collage of live on stage pics + 3 pages of UK Tamla Motown LP and EP adverts. Incredibly rare, impossible to value piece of UK Soul History. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 96.00 Buddy Ace Screaming Please This weeks R&B offering is a Deadric Malone aka Don Robey session with the inimitable Buddy Ace. The 28 year old “Silver Fox of the Blues” slowly but surely pulls you in with his rap then bursts in a RB Popcorn infused production with cha-cha brass magnifying Buddy’s growl, the mix crafts a very memorable recording, indeed. Infectious and one of his hardest to track down… Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 109.00
JOE TORQUAY Posted October 10, 2012 Author Posted October 10, 2012 Marvelettes Beechwood 4-5789 The forever spinning carousel in search of Motown perfection! Well owning this 45 will lay one quest to rest - this 1962 UK press is as near perfect as I’ve ever seen - original birth sleeve with title lovingly written top left corner in the white space the 60s British companies left free for easy referencing on British Record Shops shelves, as they filed and re-ordered by label & number. We doubt if this 45 has been hardly handled or played since those writings back in 50 years ago - the 4 prong die-cut center even has fragments of paper hanging from it’s factory dinking modification. You will only find a better copy - in your dreams…. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 76.00 Sonny Boy Williamson No Nights By Myself C/w Boppin' With Sonny Boy One of the seldom-seen British SUE 45s in just impeccable condition and still retaining it’s original birth sleeve. Blues iconic with his rarest UK 7” in impossibly fine condition. The label scan & the soundfile just say it all. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 67.00 Rhetta Hughes Relight My Fire The Chicago-based collaboration of Joshie Jo Armstead & Mike Terry was a studio-togetherness creating countless fine soul recordings during the late sixties. As you’d expect when a skilled lyricist teams up with arranger/producer supreme for an album project it’s gonna craft something special. This album of course contains the remarkable crossover LP ONLY dancer “CRY MYSELF TO SLEEP” made a gigantic dance-floor favourite, primarily by DJ Roger Banks persistence, and what a fine choice of play it was too, as RB lifted this track to NS stardom. But as you’ll hear from the soundfile this is no one track wonder, 2 other tracks catch the ear amongst this flowing 11 track experience. This copy is an immaculate PROMO copy with a white promo label. Looks gorgeous and plays perfect. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 78.00
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