Big List Of Reductions - Across The Board 45S

[Jason S]

Big list of items, 95% of which are reduced from previous list prices - tons of good records here that would be better off with you lot than me.

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Black Nasty - Party On 4Th Street/Freakish Self (Big Hit) - EX - 30 hear
Tough one and best from them, from the pen of Johnnie Mae Matthews comes this great slab of Detroit party funk with that break intro. Flip has legs, too.

Fruit - Say It/If You Feel It Say Yeah (Cypress) - M- - 40 hear hear
1978 Florida on the Cypress label. The studio is still operating to this day — google ‘em. Fruit liked doing long songs, both sides clocking at well over 4 mins. Two good late 70s funky soul dancers.

Modern Times - Stompin Crazy Legg/Happy Man (Golden World (Label Wear)) - VG+ - 30 hear
Possibly the last 7"³ release on Golden World Records, this 1973 offering does exacty what it says on the label: it’ll have you Stompin’ your Crazy Legg (sic) and nodding your crazy headd and waving your crazy armss around(d)

Torques - Bumpin/Mercy Mercy (Lemco) - M- - 40 hear hear
1965 killer instrumental from this busy Lexington, Kentucky imprint. Dominated by a parping sax and laced with hammond this a boogaloo/r&b dream. Monster.

Moorish Vanguard - Sitting In The Sunshine Of Your Love Part 1/Sitting In The Sunshine Of Your Love Part 1 (Polydor (Wol)) - M- - 50 hear
Fascinating history behind this record and not least the band themselves. See the link at the end for a great article on the group. As for the music, its a really good uptempo female lead dancer from 77, featuring the vocals of Barbara Bey, that is apparently mis titled on the Polydor issue as the correct title is Sitting In The Sunset of Your Love(!) The full details of the murky origins of the Polydor issue are contained in the link but in short, Philly group The Moorish Vanguard Concert (many of whom had been with the Interpretations on Bell before converting to Islam) had entered International Recording Studios in Augusta, GA to lay down this song. At the time they were unaware that James Brown owned the studio and he just happened to rock up 20 mins after their session. After the band had cut the tracks (to later release it on a 45 on the Country Eastern imprint) they left the studio and headed out in their car, only to hear, blasting out from a JB Owned local radio station, the song they’d just recorded! Brushing it aside as a one off the band embarked on a tour, evertually arriving in Atlantic City in the summer of 77. It was there that a friend told them they’d heard their single on the radio, which the band found strange as the record had only been sold at the band’s gigs in the southern states. It became clear that James Brown had orchestrated the record’s release on Polydor (complete with incorrect title) and had even noted himself as producer! After a long and drawn out court case the band were moderately compensated though it contributed to the break up of the group. Totally fascinating. Check the link for some great pics of the group, too.
https://hotpeasandbutta.com/moorish-vanguard-concert/



Artistic Sounds - Give It Up /Just Be Strong - (Savoy) M- - 20 hear
Superb Gospel funk from 1977 out of New Jersey. Tells all kinds of stories about the evils of adultery, prostitution and fur coats. Fur coats, tsk.

Blue Notes - Standing By You Girl /It's Over - (Glades) M- - 8 hear one copy left
Always rated this one. Still a bit under the radar in terms of exposure, it comes from the 1977 album ‘The Truth Has Come To Light’. Much busied producer George Chocolate Perry was at the controls here so you really on a tight groove.

Al Downing - I'm Just Nobody /I Love To Love - (Polydor) M- - 20 hear
Well known modern end of Northern, this still sounds so good despite being played a bazillion times already. Lovely copy…nearly looks new.

Final Edition - Betcha Can't Love Just One /Betcha Can't Love Just One Part 2 - (Vap) M- - 15 hear
Very under the radar modern soul from 1980 that deserves a listen if you don’t know it.

Jd Hall - I Wanna Get Into You /Freak On Down - (J.D.H - original not later pressing) M- - 150 hear
So, here’s the rub. If you google it you’ll find the thread on Soul-source (on here) explaining the differences between this press (from the early 80s) and a later issue which seems to now go for money.Here’s a proper late 70s/early 80s original of this most sublime of modern soul 45s…considered by many to be a grail for years, it also saw a dreadful issue on 12"³ — ‘orrible thing that. You want this.

Echomen - Let's Get Together /Talk Is Cheap - (Shelia) VG++ - 60 hear
New Jersey funk on one side, sort of proto Northern on the flip. Check the clip of the flip you can tell they recorded it live. There’s the audience in there at the start and everything. Bet that gig smashed it! Bit noisy in the pressing but the music wins out.

Lee Fields - Tyra's Song /You're My Weakness - (A&T) EX - 60 hear
Gem of a record and lyrically I prefer this near 3 minute dedication to his lady that Lee Fields lays down to the Angle 3 version. Lovely live feel to the session, you can hear the sax bouncing off the booth!

Jam Factory - It's Jam Factory Time /Love Do Or Die - (Jam Factory Corporation) EX - 25 hear
For some reason I’m imagining this is out of Ohio or somewhere near(?).don’t know why, probably wrong. Seems like an obscure one. This is one of those ‘band showcase’ type tunes — the sort that tell you that there’s a band, this is their sound/name etc. pretty decent,, late sounding effort, bit guitary in parts but playable. Flip it for some homemade sweet soul stuff.

Rickey Andrews - The Next Time /Take Me Back - (RWA Records) M- - 30hear
From a recent haul, this was a tough one but a haul has made them affordable: for how long remains to be seen. Great rolling funky mid 70s(?) Georgia soul.

Lang Cook And X-Y-Z Affair - Chocolate Stuff /More Chocolate Stuff - (Evolution) EX 25 hear
Miami, Florida release from 1979 for this private modern boogie dancer which also came out on the Aquarius imprint. There isn’t a huge difference between the two — if anything the Evolution issue sounds less demo-like without the rowdy shouty vocals of the other cut. Lang Cook came back in ’84 to grace the planet with one of the wackiest boots and jacket combo ever as witnessed on his album “She’s Hot With 2000 Watts”.

Fantastic Cousins - Come Down Junkie /Why Oh Why - (E. Leonard ) M- 75 hear
Hard hitting message-funk, and one of those that you find yourself going “hello, this sounds better than I remember it”. Not sure where it’s out of but there are Hispanic connections, unless of course Lou Gonzales was actually a Welsh dude with a Latino name. Definately not a white garage band, unless they were a white garage band.
Check the flip for some nice ballad action.

Joe Washington - Blueberry Hill /Look Me In The Eyes - (West Sounds) M- 60 hear hear
Always thought this was a West Coast release (doesn’t take a genius to conclude that, judging by the label name, I know) this sounds like they’re doing a promo for a club called the Blueberry Hill. Produced by Eddie Adams who was also involved in some of the Shades of Joy projects, this found its way onto the first Deep Funk compilation all those years back and still brings back memories of Sundays at Jo Jo’s. Stunning deep flip too...give it a listen.

Pat Hunt - Super Cool /Everybody's Somebody's Fool - (Early Bird) VG++ 25 hear
A member of the 4 J’s and the Wooden Nickels (along with Brenda and Patrice Holloway) Ms Hunt struck out on her own with this late 60"²s(?) staple funk favourite, the kind of empowerment lyrics that the lasses liked to sing in those days: basically calling out dudes who think they’re all that. It only clocks in at just over 2 minutes but she gets the message across loud and clear. Very club-friendly groove.

Korla with Klass - Think Before You Start /No Other Woman - (Music Master) EX - 100 hear
Strange one this. Pretty hard record from California, this was also released (probably first - I'm guessing) by Arlene Bell & The Kenyattas on Velvet in the same year as this, 1978. Lyrically it comes from a female point of view (which is why I presume Bell's version is the earlier issue) yet the lead on Korla HAS to be a dude and yet he's still singing from woman's point of view! Odd. Korla is beefed up power by a power of 10 and is directed straight at your feet. Your disco pleads for this monster. One time Soul Sam spin.


Also anyone still waiting on the I've been promised a few more by Thursday so hold tight!


Postage/shipping:
1-3 45s signed for UK — £2.70
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1 45 Small Packet Europe — £4
1-3 45s Small Packet Europe — £5
1-3 45s Signed For Europe — £11
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1 45 Small Packet Worldwide — £5
1 45 Signed For Worldwide — £10
1-3 45s — Signed For Worldwide — £13

Edited October 2, 2013 by Jason S

[Psamsara]

Firebolts - Firebolt Hustle /Firebolt Theme - (Greenback)

 

couldn't agree more.  never liked their other 45, but this one sure is nice. someone should take it as it's a bugger to find

[Jason S]

Agreed, think this is a lot more under the radar than that other one 

[Jason S]

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