Tearra/Stevens & Foster/Alex Brown/Paul Thompson + more

[Karlm]

PM to reserve, recorded delivery is £15 extra and payments needs to be as f&f or add 4% to cover fees.

*SOLD* Tearra - Just loving you - Midtown / EX / £1750 (Very clean demo of this iconic modern dancer.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRHbfvIpbN4&ab_channel=EmandolynnMusic

Stevens & Foster - I want to be love - Jerri / EX / £1600 (Stunning modern classic, early Chaka Khan release. What an intro! Label has tiny X and a little staining, see pic.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lIT8IF5ek0&ab_channel=davidpinches

Alex Brown - I'm not responsible - Sundi / EX / £1000 (White demo of this stunning xover classic.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNGsOEvmBzA&ab_channel=JohnManshipRareSoul

Paul Thompson – Special kind of woman – Volt / EX / £700 (Legendary xover, tucked away on b-side of the scarce issue copies. As new copy complete with company sleeve.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93e0sShqx_o&ab_channel=gaynormartin

Darrow Fletcher - Let's get together - Atco / EX / £500 (Rare and great issue only release.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHDdqHwOKdo&ab_channel=marty85560

*SOLD* Moses Smith - Keep on striving / Come on, let me love you - Cotillion / VG+ / £450 (White demo of this superb xover double header.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FttR4ncIFYE&ab_channel=BrianPinches
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt8LfPJNazc&ab_channel=BrianPinches

Love Affair – I can’t stop loving you / To make you love me – UA / EX / £450 (Dreamy slowie with a mellow groove feel. Only found on the rare issue copies. Flip is more of the same making it a solid double header.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLK-buM6a6Q&ab_channel=BrianPinches
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfrE7GndE9M&ab_channel=BrianPinches

Wilson Love – Funny Money – NS / EX / £350 (Amazing crossover rarity out of Oakland, California.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6AtXVVZvPg&ab_channel=LRKRecords

Edited September 7, 2023 by Karlm

[Sunnysoul]

"Stevens & Foster - I want to be love - Jerri / EX / £1600 (Stunning modern classic, early Chaka Khan release. What an intro! Label has tiny X and a little staining, see pic.)"

Really ? What's the Chaka Khan connection to Stevens & Foster ???

[Karlm]

6 hours ago, Sunnysoul said:

"Stevens & Foster - I want to be love - Jerri / EX / £1600 (Stunning modern classic, early Chaka Khan release. What an intro! Label has tiny X and a little staining, see pic.)"

Really ? What's the Chaka Khan connection to Stevens & Foster ???

It might not be true.. picked up the info somewhere but now not so sure. But the Stevens part of the group, if true might have been a moonlighting job/job inbetween Rufus and going solo.

[Alan T]

6 hours ago, Sunnysoul said:

"Stevens & Foster - I want to be love - Jerri / EX / £1600 (Stunning modern classic, early Chaka Khan release. What an intro! Label has tiny X and a little staining, see pic.)"

Really ? What's the Chaka Khan connection to Stevens & Foster ???

Reputedly Chaka's sister Taka Boom who is the female vocalist.

[Sunnysoul]

Hmmm ... the vocals on Stevens & Foster don't remotely suggest either Chaka Khan or Taka Boom and, sure, while musicians often move around geographically during their careers, neither Chaka nor Taka appear to have ever had a musical connection to Miami or Atlanta in the 70's;  TK Records in Miami distributed the Jerri label which was apparently based in Atlanta.