JOE TORQUAY Posted July 9, 2014 Posted July 9, 2014 Sag War Fare Don't Be So Jive C/w Girl You Better Change Masterful Florida outing for the quirkily named SAG War Fare. Recorded in Orlando’s Bee Jay studios this distinguished double sider is indeed sex on a turntable. The few copies that were in the hands of the cognoscenti in the late 90’s didn’t suit the flavor stipulated by the feet on the floor at soul venues of the time; It’s moment in the limelight for this killer “Don’t Be So Jive” came a little later when tastes had changed and the A side was embraced by the crossover crowd and those open minded Europeans. The flip, “Girl ! You better change”, a swoony mid tempo groover (the better side ?) flicks all the right switches. I wonder what that exclamation mark is for ? Because a record of this stature it would not be overkill for !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! to be in the title. Two massively appreciated Rare Soul Jewels on one disc. Currently heading up the invincible sets of such DJ dignitaries as David Ripolles, Soul Sam … Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 4,529.00 Carol Woods & The Executives Heart Breaker C/w Ooh Baby The shrill honeyed vocal of Ms. Woods supported by a male vocal group is the perfect springboard for two standout Rare Soul recordings to be conceived. Top side is a weighty hammond driven slab of real-deal Northern Soul with a beseeching Sister vocal enriched by a smooth set of Soul Men “Whoo-Whooing” & “Arrh-Arrhing” in the background. It’s relentless rhythm is punctuated by an impressive Hammond break as the gathering pauses for breath… an ideal record for the “Upfront Venues” as it drips with class but not reveal one drop of commercialism. Flip it over for a Sweet Soul “Grail”, as the pace drops to a stroll and the lead vocal falls to it’s knees and “Pain” fills the air. The guys do their utmost to soothe her proclamation of love..how how good is this!! The finest vocal group ballad I’ve heard in an age, and the topside is belting Northern Soul - we think this 45 will find a whole new value next month…as collectors get a long hard listen over our You Tube channel. Two breathtaking sides… Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 374.00 Towanda Barnes If I'm Guilty C/w Oh Darling A Northern Soul sleeper in previous decades this rarity, is now Dead-Perfect for today’s funkier edged Northern Soul sets. I can envisage this potent juggernaut gracing the turntables of such iconic clubs as Brooklyn’s “Dig Deeper” sessions where remarkable vocals riding raging arrangements are the order of the day. The under-recorded “Towanda” has one of those all-commanding vocals that lifts a recording into greatness. In recent times I’ve found this 45 so very difficult to find, really struggling to unearth a copy, as I knew for today’s demanding scene it is utterly foolproof turntable winner. In the right hands the price will rocket.. Click the soundfile - and hang on for dear life! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 132.00 Del Davis Baby Don't Wake Me The genius of Jackie Edwards excites us yet again, with another buoyant dance recording to pleasure the Northern Soul scene. Jackie just knows exactly how to write and produce songs that stay with you long after the stylus is lifted. Gravel-dusted vocal chords of Del Davis are decorated by a glossy male vocal group who’s constant choruses lift this groove right up there with the best Soul-dance recordings of the era. Sha-La-La-La !! - Superb stuff NOTE. this is a flawless 1971 press not the Trojan 7870 released the following year. Killer dance groove on it’s first UK label in blinding condition. Click the soundfile resist if you can. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 283.00 Sounds Of Blackness Baby I Need You C/w Running Insanely RARE soulful stepper…the subtle intro of horn and piano gives no indication of what’s going to transpire; as the jazzy horn blows everything suddenly changes gear, elevating itself into a slick fusion of male lead and shrill girl-harmony backing. The flipside will take you on a journey into Sweet Soul Shangri-La, as the vocals tighten up, gushing out wave after wave of flowing harmony. This is sensational Sweet Soul, utterly dreamy, as note perfect lead vocal tears at your heart with icy-cold crooning. As the song develops the lead voices interchange, the backing-smooth mushrooms into a wall of support. This is Gold Standard Sweet Soul at your fingertips, with the lead side begging for the Thinking-DJ exposure.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 108.00 Mary Wells Two Lovers C/w Operator CONDITION, CONDITION, CONDITION !! Another listing for the OCD Serial British Motown upgraders.. As you can see this copy still sits in it’s 52 year old jacket, puffing out it’s two perfect labels. Vinyl was most-likely UNPLAYED before we lifted the double soundfile. As this 45 came from a recent “60s Record Shop” old stock find. We doubt you’ll ever find another one in this condition, only sign of age is the occasional lightest, briefest sleeve vibration contact blemish from 1/2 a century of storage. NOTE again the die-cut 4 prong center still has minuscule paper shards clinging on in the cut area - a litmus test for “no human contact” As Good As It Gets… British Motown collectable. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 76.00 Ikettes Prisoner In Love C/w Those Words So fresh the near 50 year old tiny paper shards from it’s machine die-cut for the 3 prong center, are still in the gap. Condition could hardly be better, two full gloss vinyls, two perfect labels complete with company sleeve. It’s a spanking… As is the music, typically-torrid Ike Turner session, seemingly using “Tina” for the ghoulish laughing effects with the rest girls whipping up a storm with a barrage of vocal dripping with attitude. The flip ratchets up the pace but leaves none of the PMT behind.. two really fabulous R&B shakers on one the world’s most sough-after labels.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 89.00 Billy Preston The Most Exciting Organ Ever UK SUE again, these 60s release are getting more collectable by the day. So very sought after as their blinding beauty ever diminishes. Iconic in the extreme check out those bold almost ostentatious labels - eye-candy for the addict. Then consider one of the greatest R&B keyboard magicians of the last century and you’ll see why “Billy’s Bag” was a Twisted Wheel theme tune of huge popularity. Well before you is a feast of hammond laid of a platter that even if you’re on a vinyl-diet you’ll be digging in. British SUE perhaps currently the world’s most-wanted. Note: “The Most Exciting Organ Ever!” refers to his outstanding keyboard not his bedroom prowess.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 46.00 Barbara Mcnair You're Gonna' Love My Baby Oh how nice is this - you good-looking thing you. The rarely seen MAP design 1965 PROMO copy inside the company sleeve. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 135.00 Limitations I'm Lonely, I'm Troubled Rarely do we ever grade Mint - but this copy the vinyl is just utterly pristine! In recent times this 45 was starting to get the attention it so deserved in the late 70s & early 80s when it never quite exploding into the predicted Monster we all thought it would be. But now with some notable DJ’s like Carl Willingham, Andy Dennison etc firmly behind it, it will, if not already be tipping the scales at as a NS Heavyweight. PS the flip is something special also.. Liz Bacone’s label and production skills delivers propulsive vocal group Northern Soul powered by a Frankie Beverly cymbal-brush intro, followed frantic bongos whacking and the insanely inventive “Wah Wah” guitar, the result being a lead-in you’ll never forget! Vocally fabulous… sandpaper-coated front vocal is supported by manly harmony backing…a lengthy”Wah-Wah” break and this monster is building up.. will it ever relent… not on ya life. Stomping, bare-knuckle punching Northern Soul for those who can really dance… On the up with no sign of slowly down… PS the flipside is something special, also. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 387.00 Exciters Blowing Up My Mind! We always try and make our weekly choices for this area of the site an interesting informative read, this currently massive Northern Soul revival tune is ideal for that purpose. NOTE: this is the 1969 FIRST PRESS PROMO in perfect condition, likewise the two perfect labels. NOT the RCA # 1035 1972 press commissioned by those Arkwright Street, Soul Cellar boys of Nottingham’s renowned Select-A-Disc. “Blowing Up My Mind” was by 1972 a total Northern Soul Monster; simultaneously a Golden Torch, Blackppol Mecca & Catacombs favourite. With Select-A-Disc already having RCA re-issue Roy Hamilton’s - Cracking Up Over You - on the previous # RCA 1034 these two re-issues came to the UK together, cementing Select-A-Disc’s RCA collaboration opening the way for later “Orange” label re-issues Lorraine Chandler, Micheal & Raymond, Laura Green, Paul Anka etc. etc. Making this FIRST PRESS promo in perfect condition, one darn difficult to acquire 45, especially in USA lifetime filed condition. We do hope yo found that info useful, it’s not always about the value it’s also about an interesting and for some an enlightening read.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 211.00 Dynamics Yes, I Love You Baby C/w Soul Sloopy This weeks Northern Soul classic comes in the form of the Californian press of a fabulous piece Detroit mastery from the Richard Popcorn Wylie and long pardner Anthony Hester. This influential duo contributed so much outstanding material for the Northern Soul enthusiast it’s impossible to agree on what was their greatest creation. But this spring of 1966 session was right up there with their finest. Catchy in the extreme, contagiously unavoidable dancefloor delight, adorned with a sax break that squeals approval for the preceding vocal togetherness. THIS IS NORTHERN SOUL - THIS IS IT’S MOST-DESIRABLE FORM Vinyl is nigh-perfect as is the A-side label, flipside label has a faded moniker on it (see scan) Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 287.00 Chubby Checker You Just Don't Know (what You Do To Me) C/w Two Hearts Makes One Love THE ONLY KNOWN COPY IN THE WORLD! 1965 East Coast “Bell Sound” stamped VINYL press former Cameo Parkway archive copy! offering amazing sound fidelity! Study the label very carefully, the pressing plant has used CAMEO labels and turned then to the “Blank” side and press then from the label hopper. To be written on as obviously thee was not East Coast label made for this iconic 45 that never got issued in the USA. It was common practice to use over stock label and turn them over for “Test Presses” it is something we has encountered before. As is the “Bell Sound” stamped wasn’t enough for 100% authenticity the reversed “Cameo” blanks seals it’s remarkable history. We repeat this is 45 is: THE ONLY KNOWN COPY IN THE WORLD! A listing for those of you who take Northern Soul collecting to it’s challenging limits! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 366.00 Kaddo Strings Crying Over You C/w Nothing But Love Duke Browner vocal or instrumental is perhaps the most inpsiring Northern Soul oldie spin of the moment.. How about this UNIQUE 1979 British RCA 10” direct cut acetate to wow the crowd with? Sound straight from the vibrating hot needle, pegging every note in fine detail. Listen and you’ll soon realize just how much work Harry Balk, John Rhys and Barney “Duke” Browner injected into their days work. “Lush Strings” hardly goes any where near to describing this full orchestra sounding Northern Soul instrumental classic. This of course has to be it’s rarest form. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 36.00 Larry Lester Go For Yourself God! NO wonder I LOVE Northern Soul… The needle drops - and my mind is navigating through time to all the great clubs I’ve heard this played over the years and not once was it one listen too many…It’s a never-tire-of masterpiece, that incarcerated many a teenager to a lifetime of “Northern” Never Bootlegged, seldom heard and as fresh today as it was in 1973 when it broke through big…If ever a record ignited “Euphoric Recall” for me… this just does it.. Check the soundfile to feel inspired and take note this copy is no tired, well traveled Clubber, this plays perfectly from start to finish without even the merest hint of previous stylus encounters. Gorgeous clean labels too Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 221.00
Pete S Posted July 9, 2014 Posted July 9, 2014 Beejayzus I sold that Exciters demo yesterday for £75! Thought I did well.
Mal C Posted July 9, 2014 Posted July 9, 2014 Carol Woods & The Executives Heart Breaker C/w Ooh Baby, sold mine for £250, and this went for over £374 with what looks like a very off center label.. although it doesn't say that on the ad blurb.. dunno, its a £250 record in my book so somebody has paid a ton over what they could have paid... M
Pete Eccles Posted July 9, 2014 Posted July 9, 2014 Beejayzus I sold that Exciters demo yesterday for £75! Thought I did well. Did you have it on a list Pete? I've had it in wants for a while, I didn't bump it as I assumed anyone selling one would be waiting for JMs result, Oh well
Pete S Posted July 9, 2014 Posted July 9, 2014 Did you have it on a list Pete? I've had it in wants for a while, I didn't bump it as I assumed anyone selling one would be waiting for JMs result, Oh well No I did a list yesterday just of letter "A" and a few people asked me if certain records were coming up later in the alphabet and The Exciters was one, also Epitome of Sound, Younghearts, Marjorie Black, Lynne Randell, Willie Tee, Bill Wright, Sinceres, Pointer Sisters, sold a sh*tload yesterday.
NEV Posted July 9, 2014 Posted July 9, 2014 No I did a list yesterday just of letter "A" and a few people asked me if certain records were coming up later in the alphabet and The Exciters was one, also Epitome of Sound, Younghearts, Marjorie Black, Lynne Randell, Willie Tee, Bill Wright, Sinceres, Pointer Sisters, sold a sh*tload yesterday. You must have been happy with the prices you sold em at though and as you know, John Manship auction prices don't / shouldn't reflect the true price of a not so rare 45 eh
Pete S Posted July 9, 2014 Posted July 9, 2014 You must have been happy with the prices you sold em at though and as you know, John Manship auction prices don't / shouldn't reflect the true price of a not so rare 45 eh Of course I'm happy. I just feel sorry for people who pay double. 1
Stateside Posted July 9, 2014 Posted July 9, 2014 I've got the Towanda Barnes track, but I wouldn't expect it to be worth more than say £40
Pete S Posted July 9, 2014 Posted July 9, 2014 I've got the Towanda Barnes track, but I wouldn't expect it to be worth more than say £40 You're right..
KevH Posted July 9, 2014 Posted July 9, 2014 I've got the Towanda Barnes track, but I wouldn't expect it to be worth more than say £40 used to be on ebay regular for $20.
spot Posted July 10, 2014 Posted July 10, 2014 Thought Barbara McNair would do more because of it's a massive Oldies play. Spot.
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