Upfront Bangers & Ballads

[Gspluck]

Curtis Davis - Somebody/Your Love And My Money (Bev-Mar) Vg+ £100 (one small mark that creates a tiny tick on ‘Somebody’ side the only thing stopping this being Ex)

I’ll probably regret this in six months because this is a relatively under the radar lowrider bomb just waiting to go off! That intro is just so fucking good. Flip it for a drum heavy funk edged slab of R&B that is simply perfect for today’s upfront dance floors. Big US lowrider dealer has one on Cogs at at over £200 but he’s probably a few months ahead with that price, rest assured though this will be a £300+ 45 once it gets heard more widely. 

https://youtu.be/jW76ttvkj-A

https://youtu.be/MA3-1oN8xf8

Otis Lee - I Wanna Be Loved (Quaint) Mint- £150

Boom! Killer moody R&B beat ballad and SO MUCH RARER than ‘Hard Row’ (better too IMHO) and a tenth of the price! Seems relatively unknown outside of Popcorn collectors, lovely copy first one I’ve seen in ten years of looking too.

https://youtu.be/8BUoGw234WU?si=qwe6Wwi9lw4ynQLk

Rapscallions - Sugar Woman (Memphis Sound) Ex (water damage on label as with most copies) £40

Fantastic garage soul/R&B dancer and a perfect example of a sound that’s growing in popularity across Europe and beyond at more upfront venues. A recent addition to FonSol’s incredible YouTube channel and one that instantly made me want a copy. Thanks to a US contact I managed to get three more copies (the first three flew out) and I only one left from this batch as the others went private sale! Looks like there’s a big future for this one. Clip I think is recorded at +4.

https://youtu.be/qNp1Uqq49Jw

Billy Sha-Rae - I’m Gone (Spectrum) Ex £100

In demand funk edged version of Eddie Parker’s seminal northern monster. Maroon (first press), prices going up and up on this, nice copy close to Mint.

https://youtu.be/nR6cpCiB_CY?si=iF05rGqtSgEnsEMo

Escorts - S.O.S. (Heart In Distress)/I Love You But You Don’t Know Me (Soulo) Vg+ (XOL) £100

Double sided dynamite, fabulous garage soul dancer top side that sounds just right for now, flip it for a wonderful blue eyed Shades of Sorrow style ballad, that’s growing in demand with lowrider collectors. Tough 45 on Date, very rare on this, it’s first label. Great copy.

https://youtu.be/9lNgi9ro7EE?si=g7d2cYZC8yhkOdsf

Skunks - I Recommend Her (World Pacific) Mint- (company sleeve) £30

Banging garage soul, not sure anyone’s on this one yet so a chance to get in at an entry level price before they all disappear! Beautiful copy with a lovely company sleeve.

https://youtu.be/0qtBKFAj1Y4?si=kFlqEplbUEDoEJbj

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Postage UK £1.80 standard first class or £3.50 recorded, £8 special delivery registered and insured, Europe £8.95 tracked and signed. USA £12.95 tracked. 

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