Mixed bag of R&B, gospel, etc.

[Weingarden]

Mixed bag of 16 records. Keep reading, as they're not in price order. Prices in U.S. dollars. Grading: M-/VG+/VG/VG–. Shipping $4 in U.S., $13 overseas. Clips aren’t from my copies. Paypal gift.

 

JASPER WOODS

Hully Gully Papa/I’m Coming Home

VPM

Strong, glossy VG (some light crackle at very start, then plays beautifully throughout; label wear; X on label)

$175

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiWofOQTGJc

 

THE DORSETS

Pork Chops/Cool It

Asnes

VG– (price sticker on label)

Still plenty of plays left in this great R&B group 2-sider!

$20

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDvfJlR9oao

 

LLOYD “FATMAN”

Miss Mushmouth/Good Gracious

Okeh white promo

VG– (price sticker on label)

Plays okay with some surface noise; was my DJ copy for years.

$20

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvxLvAksUxY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-_l5NNgrxc

 

THE IDOLS

The Prowler/30 Days

RCA Victor

VG++ (basically a new copy with a couple paper scuffs)

$50

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTXrTtu1jy4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyVFWPbiYDA

 

BEN BRANCH & the DOWNHOMERS

Honey Man/blank

Cadet promo

VG++

$15

Great, underrated popcorn jazz instro.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS34aEmU4mg

 

ALBERT WASHINGTON

Somewhere Down the Line/Ain’t It a Shame

De Luxe

Strong VG

Killer dance-floor R&B blues.

$100

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfioIksPMAA

 

HARVEY [Fuqua]

Come On an Answer Me/Memories of You

Tri-Phi

VG+ (looks like a small animal took a 1-cm bite out of the edge of the center hole; doesn’t affect play)

Harvey’s tough, funny follow-up to Any Way You Wanta; equally good dancer IMO.

$25

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCM70N7-ppE

 

SPARKLERS FOUR

Stanleyville Stomp/My Heart Still Remembers

Rubu

Nice glossy VG+

Vegas Grind-comped greasy R&B exotica sax instro—a tittyshaker supreme.

$60

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oD-QxgLexVM

 

PUSSYCATS

Won’t You Be Mine/One True Love

Dynamic

VG

Killer New Orleans girl group sixties soul.

$100

 

JIMMY CHURCH

Right On Time/I Don’t Care Who Knows

Sound Stage 7

VG+

$100

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JtAWFy3aXE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtpYLiJJa2g

 

THE ZIONAIRES

Heaven Came to Me/One Way to Heaven

HSE

Strong, glossy VG

Great off-the-radar sweet-with-a-beat group soul blessedly lacking in J-bombs b/w tuff uptempo gospel mover. Very scarce; I see one ebay sale, copied below for the sound clips. Sweet soul collectors, take note.

$250

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sweet-Soul-Gospel-45-Zionaires-Heaven-Came-To-Me-HSE-mp3/382291567114?hash=item59025a620a:g:LhIAAOSw9mpaFZeQ

 

ALAN KNIGHT

The Girl With the Wavy Hair/Baby Done What She Said

Bamboo

M–

Longtime favorite moody popcornish rarity b/w teen rocker, both sides written by the notorious Ruth Stratchborneo.

$150

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0LWUkcAHEU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sSFKOfWGm0

 

THE SOUL SUPERIORS

Faith/Don’t Blame the Children

Warfell

VG++

Beautiful, spine-tingling sweet-soul gospel that rarely comes up in this condition.

$100

Both sides: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZcwa70L6IY

 

THE MOON MAN/LA LA WILSON BAND

The Moon Man Is Back/Moon Walk In

Good Sounds

VG+

Longtime favorite heavy Chicago R&B craziness for the dance floor.

$35

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9igNqyyQIs

 

MR. SAD HEAD

Butcher Boy/Mumbles Blues

RCA Victor

Glossy VG

$125

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26a33cSoGmI

 

SISTER ROSETTA THARPE

Jericho/When They Ring the Golden Bell

Mercury

M–

R&B gospel dancer of the highest order.

$140

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZLBd7MR098

Edited January 4, 2018 by weingarden