Good records, good prices. I can take offers on some titles, others not open to reduction.
All records M- unless stated. I've not been playing out much in the past year or so and these are generally very clean. Happy to make sound clips / scans for anyone if you are patient with me.
Ray Johnson “I heard it through the grapevine / Funky way / ” (Inarts) VG+ £20
Little Daddy Walton & Sons “Highway blues” (Big Hit) VG+ £10
The Wanderers “Shadrach” (Cub) £20
Billy Watkins “I’m tired” (Chartmaker) £35
Anna King “Mama’s got a bag of her own” (End) £30
Johnny Adams “Spunky Onions” (Pacemaker) £50
Betty La Vette “What condition my condition is in” (Karen) £40 HOLD
Betty James “I’m a little mixed up” (Chess) Phenomenal, fun, beat heavy club RnB £40
Sonny Forest “Travelin” (Verve) £20
Baby Little & The Playboys “Big Time Playboy” (Watts Way) £20
Wounded beauties
Buddy Ace “Screaming please / What can I do” (Duke) VG- £10, plays above grade but not much above it HOLD
Kool Blues “Can we try love again” (Capsoul) £20 G-, plenty of marks, no skips, but noise at beginning and mid parts, plays through alright with bearable noise but not for playing out, then finishes fairly clean for the last minute or so HOLD
Billy John & his Continental "Slap it to me" (Jin) Phenomental funk instro £75 (reduced, looks VG- but plays strong, VG++)
Herbie Williams “Now that the war is over” (El Toro) VG, has a mark that cause low thump for several rotations, £40, killer funk, same arrangement as Carla Whitney
Lee Rogers “Troubles” (Mah’s) £5, g+, has a mark that causes a thump for a few rotations the clean
Fats Domino “If you don’t know what love is” (ABC-Paramount) looks VG, plays clean, £15 (second copy on this list, above is a mint one) HOLD
Jackie Opel “You’re no good / Tears from my eyes” (Wirl) VG-, some noise, £15, superb ballad
Good records, good prices. I can take offers on some titles, others not open to reduction.
All records M- unless stated. I've not been playing out much in the past year or so and these are generally very clean. Happy to make sound clips / scans for anyone if you are patient with me.
Ray Johnson “I heard it through the grapevine / Funky way / ” (Inarts) VG+ £20
Soul Suspects “Handle it” (Black Prince) £25 classic UK funk spin
Lee Moses “Time and Place” (Front Page) £10 HOLD
Irma Thomas “Two winter’s long” (Minit) £15
Chuck Carter “ A teardrop fell /I’ve done you wrong” (Bedford) £20 Northern ballad thing
Spyder Turner ”Ride in my 225/ One stop” (Fortune) £50 Killer detroit 60’s funky RnB double-sider HOLD
Eddie Bo “Every dog has its day” (Ric) £60 big meaty RnB pound HOLD
Inez & Charlie Foxx “Speeding ticket” (Dynamo) £20 funk
Ella Fitzgerald “These boots are made for walking” (Salle) £30 fantastic clubby version HOLD
Mark Holder “Whatever’s fair” (Atlantic) £20 funk dancer
Gene Williams “Don’t let your love fade away” (Forte, Red) £15
Count Demon "Work with it" (Star) reduced to £75 (soundclip on Oslo Soul)
Willie James “Stand up for your rights” (Unity) £25
Jeannette Baby Washington “Move on / Too late” (Neptune) £30
Willie Tee “Sweet Thing” (Gatur) VG+ £15 HOLD
Jay Morton “Aligator Strut” (SMC) £20
Lee Rogers “Troubles” (Mah’s) £30
Claude Cloud and his Thunderclaps “One bone” (MGM) ridiculous Creole RnB , £25
Sugar Pie de Santo “Little taste of soul” (VG-, plays VG/VG+) £18
Lil Greenwood & Rene Robin “Broke & Lonely” (Tangerine) Great RnB £15
Jeanette White “No sunshine / Music” (AM, US pressing) Sister funk with organ breakout £20
Chang Loo “Calypso Blues” (Pathe) £30
Chase Canfil “Woke up this morning” (Dart) £35 HOLD
John Lee Hooker “Think twice before you go” (Bluesway) £20
Rosette Hightower “Come together” (CBS) £15
Betty Swann “My heart is closed for the season” (Capitol) £10
Bobby Freeman "Fever" (King) reduced £50, the best version I know of. HOLD
The Dynamic Walton Brothers “Automatic Sissy” (Big Hit) £15
Al Ferrier & his Bopping Billies “Let’s go bopping tonight / What is this thing called love?” (Goldband) £20 great swamp blues RnB rockabilly thing
Blacklove “Get down” (Super M) £15
Art Jerry Miller “Grab a handful” (Enterprise) £10
Sharon Revoal “Reaching for our star” (Forte) £30
Sunnyland Slim “Got to get to my baby” (Shorty P) £15
Bamboos “Tighten Up” (Kay-Dee) £5
Fats Domino “If you don’t know what love is” (ABC-Paramount) £25
James Barnes & The Agents “The bomb / Good and funky” (Golden Hit Prod.) £10
Juggy “Oily” (Sue) £15 HOLD
Johnny Nash “I’m moving on / Cigarettes Whusky and wild wild women” (WB) £15
Benny Curtis “That’s all right” (Resist) Superb new breed RnB dancer £50
Curtis Knight “Voodoo woman” (Gulf) Another superb new breed RnB dancer! £50
Jack Hammer “Swim” (Youngblood) £60 HOLD
Young Disciples “Crumbs from the table” (Gateway) killer killer funk, top drawer £30
Bob Kayli “Tie me tight” (Tamla) £35
Hank Ballard & The Midnighters “What’s your name” (King 33 rpm 4-track EP) £20
Landlord & The Tenants “Back up” (Buddha) £20
Hank Carbo “Bad luck” (HCP) £25 great funk
Chuck Edwards “Downtown soulville” (Punch) £15 classic Finewine opener HOLD
Ray Franklin and his Orchestra “Mercy” (Chris) £15 quality gritty 60s soul
Leon Austion “Two sided love” (King) £15 killer funky soul
Maceo and all the Kings Men “Thank you for letting me be myself again” (House of the Fox) £10
Manuel B. Holcolm & His Band “Kick out-ins / I stayed away too long” (Diamond Jim) £20 HOLD
Della Reese “It was a very good year” (ABC) £50
Dede Soul & The Spidells “Soul chills” (Julmar) £20
Eddie Burns “Mean and Evil” (Harvey) £40
Herbie Hancock ”Wiggle Waggle” (Warner) £20
Betty Griffin “Free spirit” (Mopres) £10
Might Tom Cats “Dance Girl” (Paul Winley) £20
3rd Avenue Blues Band “Come and get it” (Uni) £10
Orgone “Funky nassua” (Nuffrope) £10
King Ernest Baker “Somebody somewhere” (Funk) £10
Ike & Tina Turner “Wake up” (Sue) great gritty 60’s RnB, top stuff £10
Sammy Gordon & The Hip Huggers “ Upstairs on Boston Road” (Archives) £15
Mack Rice Baby “I’m coming home” (Lu Pine) £15
Soul Diggers “Soul Dig” (Saucy) £5
Robbie Montgomery “Crazy in love” (Teena) £10
Johnny Watson “Broke and lonely” (King) £15
The Triumphs “Burnt Biscuits” (Volt) £10 HOLD
Jimmy Lynch “There was a time” (La Val) £10 HOLD
Flamingos “Heavy Hips” (Ronze) £10
Eli “The Prophet” “Take a little give a lot” (Ala) £25 HOLD
Lowell Fulsom “Lady in the rain” (Jewel) £10
The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band “65 bars and a taste of soul” (Warner) £15 HOLD
1619 B.A.B “World / For your love” (Chess) Ever green funk winner £20
Little Joe Mixon “What you see is what you get” (Duo) chunky RnB funk £15
Reggie Lamont "How lonely" (Blue Rock) meaty RnB £40
The Lyrics "Down in the alley" (Mid-south) £50
Sonny 'Til & The Orioles " Hey, little woman" (CP Parker) Just fantastic RnB £50
Sonny Daye Dave "Merry go round" (Ring-o) Getting spins! Great bluesy RnB mid-tempo £50
Johnny Williams "Honey child" (Cinema) stupendous RnB indemander £150
Nappy Brown "Coal Minor" (Savoy) V. Cool RnB staple spin £50 HOLD
Eddie Holman "Four walls" (ABC) £20
Jimmie Ellis "Work with what you've got" (Ride) reduced £80 opening tune from Frank’s 1st CD swap
Fabulous Dimensions "I can't take it baby" (Sapphire) £60 (inner ring damage, plays perfectly)
Judson Moore "Everybody push and pull" (Capri) £40
Jay Mitchel "Goombay bump" (Penns) £50 Ian’s edit remains best organ instro on funk45.com IMHO
Tommy Hunt "The work song" (Scepter) Great RnB version £30
Richard Wylie "Money" (Motown) Rocking RnB, slightly unhinged, love it £40
Sharon Clarke & The Product of Time "Mama didn't lie" (Yodi) Sister funker, good bass £30
Sunburst "Good for me, good for you" (Big Apple) Quality funk £20
Ohna Truth "If it feels good do it" (Roulette) Slow but grinding funk cheapie £15
Russ Lewis "Brand new recipe" (Sharp) Aggressive funky RnB winner £35
The Lovelettes "I can't forget about you" (Cap City) Great femme group funk £20 HOLD
Sweet Cherries "Don't give it away" (T-Neck) A break that goes on far too long! £10
Hank Marr "The Out Crowd" (Wingate) Cracking organ instro £20
Billy Garner "Brand new girl" (BGP) One of the best funk records of all time £40
Ikettes "Watcha gonna do" (London) Rocking grown up sister funker £30
Lee Fields "She's a lovemaker" (Norfolk Sound) His best funk release? £30 HOLD
Tommy Louis & The Rhythm Rockers "I love you so" (Muriel) Superb RnB with harmonica break outs £50
LJ Mitchell "The cream" (InSight) Steamrolling sister funk pounder £150 HOLD
Nelson Sanders “This love is hear to stay / Tired of being your fool ” (La Beat) two phenomenal sides funk / deep £60 HOLD
Wee Willie & The Winners “Get some” (Shotgun) £15
Hoctor “The Gold Coast” (Hoctor) £10 HOLD
Anna Belle Ceasar “Little Annie” (Calton, red wax) 70’s repro, £50
Xplosions “Wait a minute / tell me face to face” (Funk City) £15
Kahuna Kawentzmann “GoGo Sitar” (Stark Reality) £10
Little Daddy Walton & Sons “Highway blues” (Big Hit) VG+ £10
The Wanderers “Shadrach” (Cub) £20
Billy Watkins “I’m tired” (Chartmaker) £35
Anna King “Mama’s got a bag of her own” (End) £30
Johnny Adams “Spunky Onions” (Pacemaker) £50
Betty La Vette “What condition my condition is in” (Karen) £40 HOLD
Betty James “I’m a little mixed up” (Chess) Phenomenal, fun, beat heavy club RnB £40
Sonny Forest “Travelin” (Verve) £20
Baby Little & The Playboys “Big Time Playboy” (Watts Way) £20
Wounded beauties
Buddy Ace “Screaming please / What can I do” (Duke) VG- £10, plays above grade but not much above it HOLD
Kool Blues “Can we try love again” (Capsoul) £20 G-, plenty of marks, no skips, but noise at beginning and mid parts, plays through alright with bearable noise but not for playing out, then finishes fairly clean for the last minute or so HOLD
Billy John & his Continental "Slap it to me" (Jin) Phenomental funk instro £75 (reduced, looks VG- but plays strong, VG++)
Herbie Williams “Now that the war is over” (El Toro) VG, has a mark that cause low thump for several rotations, £40, killer funk, same arrangement as Carla Whitney
Lee Rogers “Troubles” (Mah’s) £5, g+, has a mark that causes a thump for a few rotations the clean
Fats Domino “If you don’t know what love is” (ABC-Paramount) looks VG, plays clean, £15 (second copy on this list, above is a mint one) HOLD
Jackie Opel “You’re no good / Tears from my eyes” (Wirl) VG-, some noise, £15, superb ballad
Edited by Daddy