Lp's&12" Softones & First Class, Ray Alexander Tech, The Exciters,etc

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Soul & Funk LPs

Andre Maurice - Evening
US BALE LP - £40 nice copy with some minimal sleeve wear
obscure private press lp out of DC 1975. Best cut for me is the slow tune A MAN AT TEN plus a couple of funky tunes THE STRIP / COMMUNICATE

Chuck Jackson - Needing You Wanting You
US ALL PLATINUM LP Promo with Official sleeve Sticker - £8 VG++ Light ring wear
Chuck Jackson - Needing You Wanting You
US ALL PLATINUM LP - £12 Sealed - no cut out
Classic soul slowie PIECE OF THE ROCK

Chuck Jackson -
I Wanna Give You Some Love
US EMI LP - £15 Cut out hole - top right corner
Awesome soul set from 1980 I WANNA GIVE YOU SOME LOVE / NO TRICKS / WAITING IN VAIN / Etc..

Chuck Jackson - Through All Times
US ABC LP - £25 EX in shrink with cut corner & cut out
Killer downtempo funky soul tune with beat intro from 1973!

Chuck Jackson - Encore
US WAND LP - £25 WOC - back - neat
6t'S LP

Cymande - Cymande
UK ALASKA LP Gatefold - £30 EX with minor sleeve wear
Cymande - Cymande
US JANUS LP Gatefold - £25 Strong EX copy!
Cymande - Cymande
Classic debut LP from London's finest fuses funk/reggae/afro Inc. THE MESSAGE/DOVE & the huge Loft/Garage classic BRA!

Cymande - Second Time Round
US JANUS LP Gatefold - £17 vg light cover wear
Cymande - Second Time Round
US JANUS LP Gatefold - £30 Sealed with small cut top right - seal partly open
classic LP from the uk's finest - every track a winner Inc. FUG/ANTHRACITE/BIRD/Etc.

Cymande - Promised Heights
US JANUS LP Gatefold - £35 EX
Cymande - Promised Heights
US JANUS LP Gatefold - £30 VG++ cut corner top left
Lovely LP from the london's finest funk group BROTHERS ON THE SLIDE/CHANGES

Cymande - Arrival
US PAUL WINLEY LP - £30 VG+ due to pressing
Rare come back LP from 81' on highly collectable label! - not the best pressing sadly. Highlights are YOU WON'T FEEL SO PROUD / WHAT'S THE WORD - GOOD TIMES & the breezy Caribbean tune SWEET TALK VG+ & probably so scarce due to the poor pressing with bubbles in the vinyl which can can be heard on occasion

Debra Laws - Very Special
US ELEKTRA LP - £10
Debra Laws - Very Special
US ELEKTRA LP Promo - £10 promo stamp on cover
Such a sweet voice which you will recognise from her work with a lot of mid seventies jazz artists like AQUARIAN DREAM / RONNIE LAWS & most known HUBERT LAWS - FAMILY - lots of strong tunes here HOW LONG / LONG AS WE'RE TOGETHER / ON MY OWN / YOUR LOVE / BE YOURSELF and of course the title tune was quite a hit & still popular in the US as sampled by L. O. T. N. S.

Enchantment - Utopia
US COLUMBIA LP - £15
One of their more sought after titles from their best early eighties period with lots of quality cuts

Enchantment - Enchantment
US ROADSHOW LP - £8 VG++
Quality male vocal soul group album from 1976

Enchantment - Soft Lights Sweet Music
US RCA LP - £12 Sealed with saw cut
Enchantment - Soft Lights Sweet Music
US RCA LP - £8 Nr. Mint - looks unplayed!
Enchantment - Soft Lights Sweet Music
US RCA LP - £6 VG++ Some sleeve wear
1980 lp from this class male vocal group Inc. I BELIEVE IN YOU / I CAN'T BE THE ONE / YOU AND ME

Enchantment - Enchanted Lady
US COLUMBIA LP - £10 VG+ light ringwear
Enchantment - Enchanted Lady
US COLUMBIA LP - £18 Nr. Mint in shrink!
Enchantment - Enchanted Lady
US COLUMBIA LP - £15 Nr. Mint with very light ring wear
vinyl Mint but sleeve has some light ringwear which this sleeve seems often to suffer from

Fred Parris And The Satins -
Fred Parris And The Satins
US ELEKTRA LP Promo - £10 vg+ light sleeve ring wear
Fred Parris And The Satins -
Fred Parris And The Satins
US ELEKTRA LP Promo - £15
Quality soul lp from 1982 with the big 2 step tune LET ME BE THE LAST ONE

Gloria Gaynor - Gloria Gaynor
US ATLANTIC LP - £8
1982 with some decent boogie tunes RUNAROUND LOVE / TEASE ME / LOVE ME REAL

Gloria Gaynor - I Am Gloria Gaynor
US SILVER BLUE LP - £8
Gloria Gaynor - I Am Gloria Gaynor
US SILVER BLUE LP - £10 Sealed
Probably her most sought after lp because of a couple of quality boogie soul cuts ONLY IN A LOVE SONG / I'VE BEEN WATCHING YOU

Irvin Lee - The Irvin Lee Project
US CHECKPOINT LP - £20 Nr. Mint!
Mid 8Ts Independent soul LP Inc. WITHOUT YOUR LOVE / BABYLOVE

Lalomie Washburn - My Music Is Hot
US PARACHUTE LP - £18
Lalomie Washburn - My Music Is Hot
US PARACHUTE LP Promo - £15 EX cut corner top right
Inc. the sassy sexy mid tempo tune MY LOVE IS HOT

Malone & Barnes - Freedom Serenade
US HUMPIN' INTERNATIONAL LP - £75 VG+
Nice left of centre Independent soul funk LP WARP TEN/MOONSTRUCK/JOURNEY TO THE STARS

Monk Montgomery - Reality
US PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL LP Promo with Official sleeve Sticker - £18 EX Cut corner / light cover wear
Title tune is killer lush funky jazz with strings keys & female vocal as used in house (Andres) & hip hop (Lootpack). BUMP DE BUMP & CLOSE YOUR FACE are also decent Instrumental funky jazz tunes

Mtume - Juicy Fruit
US EPIC LP - £9 Nr. Mint in shrink!
Title song is such a classic!Full length version

Mtume -
In Search Of The Rainbow Seekers
US EPIC LP - £8 vg+ STOC
Mtume -
In Search Of The Rainbow Seekers
US EPIC LP Promo - £12 Nr. Mint!
Classic lp from 1980 with many good cuts but I can't get enough of SO YOU WANNA BE A STAR

Mtume - Kiss This World Goodbye
US EPIC LP - £22 VG++ WOL
Mtume - Kiss This World Goodbye
US EPIC LP - £25 EX with a hint of light ring wear
Mtume - Kiss This World Goodbye
US EPIC LP Promo with Official sleeve Sticker - £28 Nr. Mint with name written on cover
Inc. the georgeus funky soulful downtempo disco groover LOVE LOCK!

Mtume - Theater Of The Mind
US EPIC LP With Official sleeve Sticker - £5 Sealed - could be a little warped
1986 LP!

Mtume - You Me and He
US EPIC LP - £8 Sealed - could be a little warped
Another classic Soul set from 1984

New Horizons - Something New
US COLUMBIA LP With Official sleeve Sticker - £25 Nr. Mint in shrink!

New Horizons - Something New
US COLUMBIA LP - £23 Nr. Mint with some minor ring wear
Classic 1983 soul sound produced by ROGER TROUTMAN

Odyssey 5 - First Time Around
US BRC LP - £32 Nr. Mint in shrink!
Not a bad cut on this top 1975 soul - funk lp - some stand outs are the VOICES OF EAST HARLEM sounding PEACE OF MIND & the funky EVERYBODY'S COMPLAINING the feel good sound of MASTER PLAN as well as a nice version of STOP I DON'T NEED NO SYMPATHY

Ray Alexander Technique - Let's Talk
US HARLEM SOUND LP - £175
Rare soul LP in lovely EX condition - the pressing isn't the greatest & it has a bit of a sheen on the vinyl. Inc. SAVE ME / MY SPECIAL ONE / Etc..

Sheree Brown - The Music
US CAPITOL LP - £12 Nr. Mint with cut out hole
SHEREE gives us her style of soulful music on her 1982 lp - lots of good quality soul tunes but LOVE ONLY KNOWS is the outstanding cut for me

Sheree Brown - Straight Ahead
US CAPITOL LP - £15 VG+ with cut out hole
Inc. the classic IT'S A PLEASURE!
Sheree Brown - Straight Ahead
US CAPITOL LP - £25 Nr. Mint in shrink!
Inc. the classic IT'S A PLEASURE - Mint in shrink

The Exciters - Caviar & Chitlins
US TODAY LP - £35 strict VG - with light sleeve wear & small writing on back
The Exciters - Caviar & Chitlins
US TODAY LP - £55 EX with light sleeve wear
The Exciters - Caviar & Chitlins
US TODAY LP - £80 Sealed - no cut out
I love that turn of the decade sound. This lp from 1969 shows how the vocal groups had matured at this stage. Reminds me a little of the Honey & The Bees lp. Hard to pick stand outs because there isn't a bad tune on here but BLOWING UP MY MIND has been getting some attention in recent years - also YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE MISSING / GIVE IT ALL / FIGHT THAT FEELIN'/ MOVIN' TOO SLOW / YOU GOT ME

The Exciters - Black Beauty
US TODAY LP Promo - £40 VG+ seem split ring wear
The Exciters - Black Beauty
US TODAY LP Promo - £50 Nr. Mint with light sleeve wear - punch hole / neat tape
Great early seventies sound with equal parts Soul & Funk. There is the monster funk tune SOUL SISTER ANNIE & DON'T IT MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD & on the more Soulful crossover tip is LEARNING HOW TO FLY / LIFE LOVE & PEACE / I CAN'T GIVE IN VG+ plays fine throughout except it clicks a little on 2 lesser tunes on side 2

The Softones & First Class - Together
US PARK-WAY LP - £75 EX
The Softones & First Class - Together
US PARK-WAY LP - £80 Mint Unplayed!
The Softones & First Class - Together
US PARK-WAY LP - £65 VG++ Signed by artist on back cover
Rare small label release Inc. the huge modern soul / disco tune CANDY + CAN YOU FEEL IT / Etc..

Tony Newton - Mysticism & Romance
US NCI LP - £45 VG++ Some seam wear - repair / cut corner
Not your straight up Funk or Soul lp. This Gem out of L.A. spans P-Funk styles to avante leaning jazzy vibes then there is the cosmic funk of MYSTIC PIPERS where bag pipes combine with a dope groove

Vitamin E - Sharing
US BUDDAH LP - £28 Nr Mint vinyl minor cover wear
Vitamin E - Sharing
US BUDDAH LP - £32 Sealed with small saw cut
Vitamin E - Sharing
US BUDDAH LP - £28 vinyl clean / sleeve clean apart from small writing on back
Great soul - early disco lp Produced by NORMAN CONNERS - featuring REGGIE LUCAS / MTUME / HUBERT EAVES / HARRY WHITAKER etc.. Inc. KISS AWAY / PRETTY GIRLS / NEWSROOM / Etc..

US Disco & Boogie 12 Inch

 

 

Bennie Braxton - Come To Me
US PHANELSON 12 inch - £30 Sealed
Bennie Braxton - Come To Me
US PHANELSON 12 inch - £25 WOL vinyl Nr. Mint
Early 8t's Soul Classic!

Crosswind - We Can Work It Out / Fire
US HARBOR CITY 12 inch - £20 Sealed
Crosswind - We Can Work It Out / Fire
US HARBOR CITY 12 inch - £18
Sweet early eighties Indie Soul double sider out of Baltimore

Donna McGhee - You Should Have Told Me
US COBAGO 12 inch - £40 Sealed
Classic tune from 1981

Keni Burke - Let Somebody Love You
US RCA 12 inch Promo in Company Sleeve - £8

Keni Burke - Risin' To The Top
US RCA 12 inch Promo - £50 Nr. Mint - looks unplayed!
Keni Burke - Risin' To The Top
US RCA 12 inch Promo in Company Sleeve - £40 EX BPM WOL
Keni Burke - Risin' To The Top
US RCA 12 inch Promo in Company Sleeve - £42 Strong EX with minor label spotting / brown spots

 

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