Diggin' Dave 45s List - October 2023 all w/ sound

[Diggin' Dave]

DIGGIN' DAVE 45s LIST - OCTOBER 2023

Full list with sound and scans can be found HERE

 

Sunny & The Sunliners – Should I take you home / If I could see you now – Key-Loc 1026

Deep Chicano crossover sound with a northern flip.

Visual grade: VG+

€300

 

Grace – Good news / I made up my mind – T.J.T. 21867

Insane recently discovered modern gospel from Philly. Destined to go big so grab it while you can!

Visual grade: M-

€250

 

Pro-Fascination – Something on my mind / Overpowering love – MOT 777

Stunning Louisiana ballad by the “Try Love Again” boys.

Visual grade: EX

€225

 

Otis Redding – Shout bamalama / Fat gal – Orbit 135

Iconic R&B rocker and the first release from this all-time great soul voice. Came out just a couple of months after the Confederate issue on this pretty awesome looking label. surface marks with very little impact on play, even during the acapella parts.

Visual grade: VG

€200

 

Jon Lucien – Rashida EP – RCA 0038 DJ Copy

Highly collectable 4 track EP that served as promo for the Rashida LP.

Visual grade: Vinyl - Strong VG, Sleeve - VG

€170

 

Gloria Walker & The Chevelles – You hit the spot baby / Walking with my new love – Flaming Arrow 37

Sister funk killer that outshines its four figure counterpart and probably in my top-3 played out tunes ever. If this one doesn’t get you moving you might wanna go see a doctor.

Visual grade: EX

€120

 

Lenore Gospel Singers – Sanctified lord / Must Jesus bear this cross – Adams 1000

Sick and mega rare uptempo R&B bomb. This might not pop up again for a number of years.

Visual grade: Strong VG

€120

 

Wiley Patterson & The Four-Um – Let’s make it one world / Dream a dream a day – GP 519

Two cuts from the legendary album and most definitely their rarest release. Impossible to find in this condition.

Visual grade: M-, storage warp NAP

€100

 

Teri Thornton – Where was I / Molly Marlene – Mothers 1000

Super soulful but very much overlooked 45 by one of the greatest female voices in jazz. Comes with the extremely rare pictur sleeve.

Visual grade: Vinyl – VG to VG+, Sleeve VG

€100

 

Connell – What do I think / Time after time – Nellcon 002

Atmospheric modern sweet soul obscurity. Looks unplayed.

Visual grade: M-

€80

 

The Natural Resources Unpolluted – Don’t bite the hands that feeds you / Funky with my stuff – Dore 854

Fabulous LA sweet soul with a funk flip.

Visual grade: EX

€80

The Markeys – Someone is watching you / Last mile of the way – Hymnal 1010

LA gospel mover from the mid-70s with as much bass as you can possibly fit into a 7” record.

Visual grade: VG

€75

 

Love, Unity and Virtue – Let love shine / Beauty – Six Nine

Acoustic lo-fi recording but a thing of beauty. Came out a couple of years back but people are finally wising up to this. Sleeve is signed, small crease on the top right corner and top seam has been unglued.

Visual grade: Vinyl M- Sleeve VG+

€60

 

Blaze Foley – Oval room / Girl scout cookies – Vital 7077

To cuts from his country folk holy grail. Oval room is a really cool anti-presidential song, worth checking out if you don’t know it yet.

Visual grade: Strong VG

€50

 

The Strangers – This brave new world / In the beginning – Afton 1700

Obscure instrumental surf rocker in clean shape.

Visual grade: EX

€45

 

The Dynasonics – You got it / Soul bug – Dynamics 1014 DJ Copy

Semi-known instrumental Detroit scorcher that takes no prisoners.

Visual grade: M-

€40

The Johnny Otis Show feat. Barbara Morrison – Hey boy! I want ya’ / ******, please! – Jazz World 70

Funky, yet super soulful modern that’s that’s 100% essential for everyone with even a passing interest in the genre.

Visual grade: Strong VG+

€40

 

Southland Singers of Baltimore, Md – I have to cry sometime / I found the answer – SAS 24075

Lively Ohio black gospel that never turns up.

Visual grade: VG

€40

 

The Precisions – If this is love / You’ll soon be gone – Drew 1003

A piece of Detroit history and one of Mike Terry’s finest moments, which is saying a lot.

Visual grade: VG+ to EX

€35

 

Joseph Gray – R.S.V.P. / Believe – Emergency 4556

Emotionally charged electro jam that you won’t be finding any cheaper.

Visual grade: M-, medium storage warp NAP

€35

 

The Manhattans – All I need is your love / Our love will never die – Carnival 526

Driving northern dancer with ballad flip.

Visual grade: EX

€30

 

Spot & The Blotters – Circulating / Soul circle – Equal 459601

Private Michigan funk 45. Some quantity was found a couple of years back but copies are drying up and this is my last one

Visual grade: M-

€30

 

Joe Fossett – I remember / Happy birthday mama – Jar-Val 7801

Esoteric oddball modern ballad that has sold for serious loot in the past.

Visual grade: VG

€25

 

Paula West – You’re in trouble / Where do I go from here – Nale 2000

Clean and cheap copy of this semi-known sister funk 45.

Visual grade: M-

€25

 

J.C. Davis – Sweet sweet love / Monkey – Chess 1858

Energy-packed Chicago R&B

Visual grade: VG to VG+

€20

 

J.B. Bingham – Peek-a-boo (mono / stereo) – WB 7775 DJ Copy

Super suave soul ballad. Very modestly priced due to some minor surface marks.

Visual grade: VG

€20