Hitsville Demos

[Soulfulsolutions]

Over 20 Motown stable white demos up for grabs, and as you’d expect from this outfit some cracking tunes.

Happy to send additional images or sound files where needed. PM any questions or to reserve.

 

1) Barrett Strong – Yes, no, maybe so / You knows what to do – Anna 1116 WD Ex £15

(23.12 date on label in red chino graph pencil)                                                           

2) Contours – Shake Sherry – Gordy 7012 WD Ex+ £25

(Audition copy. One sided demo, with name on label and not for sale penned out)

3) Contours – Can you do it / I’ll stand by you – Gordy 7029 WD M- £25

(Disc Jockey Advance Sample. Much like “Do you love me”, spoken intro launches into a full-on belter. 3 small kisses on top label, 1 on flip. Beautiful copy)

4) Martha & Vandellas – What am I going to do without your love / Same – Gordy 7053 WD Ex+ £20

(D.J. Copy)

5) Temptations – Run away child, running wild – Gordy 7084 WD Vg+ £5

(Audition copy. Few marks some light feedback hence price)

6) Eddie Holland – Baby shake / Brenda – Motown 1043 WD £20

(Disc Jockey Advance Sample. 2 X on shake side)

7) Supremes – A breath taking, first sight soul shaking, one night love making, next day heart breaking guy – Motown 1044 WD £60

(Disc Jockey Advance Sample. The rarer long title. Vinyl copy. 3 or E in red felt tip on top side)

Supremes – Where did our love go – Motown 1060 WD Ex £30

(Audition copy, map design)

9) Barbara McNair – Everything is good about you / Same – Motown 1099 WD M- £30

(Promotional copy. So clean, so precise, so simple, what an artist. Lovely copy)

10) Four Tops – 7 rooms of gloom – Motown 1110 WD M- £15

(Audition copy, map design)

11) Shorty Long – Function at the junction / Same – Soul 35021 WD Ex £30

(Promotional copy)

12) Monitors – Step by step (hand in hand) / same – Soul 35049 WD M- £15

(Promotional copy)

14) Miracles – Ain’t it baby – Tamla 54036 WD Ex £25

(Disc Jockey Advance Sample. 2 XOL, date 1961 penned on. Early mono release, lined Tamla design. Not a million miles away from ‘Shop Around’)

15) Miracles – I’ll try something new – Tamla 54059 WD £30

(Single sided demo. West coast styrene)

16) Miracles - Ooo baby baby / All that’s good – Tamla 54113 WD Ex+ £30

(Audition Copy. Exquisite, epitomizes all their beat ballad paced tracks and one I have found hard to come by. Red X on top label, vinyl very nice)

17) Miracles – My girl has gone / Since you won my heart – Tamla 54123 WD M- £20

(Audition Copy. I bet this is unknown to many on the scene, outstanding under the radar mid-tempo, Smokey does it again. 2 red Xol)

19) Smokey Robinson & Miracles – Abraham, Martin and John / Same – Tamla 54184 WD M- £10

(Promotional copy. almost solemn start, but kicks into life with an emotional connection to key figures in the civil rights movements. Hats off to you Sirs. A brilliant tune. Very minor edge lift, that DNAP)

24) Chris Clark – Do right baby do right – V.I.P. 25031 WD Ex+ £25

(Promotional copy. Date and name on label, small fine biro. Very minor edge wave, that does not affect play)

25) Hitsville USA – Greetings to Tamla Motown Appreciation Society WD Ex+ £30

(White label special, gifted to the UK crowd back in the day. Combination of monologues by staff and songs by artists. Very collectable and historic disc from Motown, very minor edge lift)

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Postage:

£5.20 – 1st Class Signed for <250g (Insured to £20 only, buyer’s choice)

£5.20 – UK Tracked and Signed 24 Hour <750g (Insured to £150)

 

Cheers, Lee

Edited yesterday at 12:02 by Soulfulsolutions