Guest Posted August 4, 2008 Posted August 4, 2008 Howdy all -- Bunch of soul 45.s for sale here, list taken from my set-sale catalog (URL at bottom) . Prices are in USD; divide by two for an approximate equivalent in GBP. I try to price things gently, and you get extra-double-plus value for your money if you factor in the exchange rate. Grading is scrupulous, but follows the USA system. stVG++ or better should satisfy even the pickiest, VG or lesser can be kinda grim. Everything's guaranteed; full refund (incl. credit equal to the amount of postage) for records returned in the same condition within two weeks. I've been online since 1998, references on request. Payment can be done through Paypal or through the mail. Please e-mail me (address below) with any questions or to place records on hold. Hope to hear from you -- THANKS FOR LOOKING! .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } JOHNNY ACEY - At The Same Time/Don't Deceive Me Falew FAL 105 stVG 5 1963. Nice, bluesy, r&b ballad, builds up to a pretty big screamin' climax. Flip sounds like a country-western tune, weird arrangement and hard to describe. ADORABLES - Be/School's All Over Golden World 10 NM- 20 SASSY uptempo girlgroup two-sider with handclaps. JEWEL AKENS - You Sure Know How To Hurt A Fella/It's The Only Way To Fly Era (USA) 3147 stVG+ 6 1965. Some kinda soul/pop, equal parts blues & early-60's teen-bopper. Midtempo. AL AND RAINBOW - Hold You (vocal/inst) Peppermint PM 0175 NM 3 1987, New Jersey. Synthesizer funk with soul-diva vocalist. Somewhere between early house and Prince. STEVE ALAIMO - So Much Love/Truer Than True ABC (USA) 10805 VG+ 5 1966. Semi-convincing white-soul ballad with sober & dignified instrumental backing -- flip's some kinda indescribable schlager -- prominent banjo in the beginning,and then it morphs into a Vegas-y big-band brass-out. CHARLES ALLEN - God Blessed Our Love/Winterman Dash (USA) 5017 VG++ 8 1975, Miami label, subsidiary of TK. Long, slow, vamping deep-soul with a 60's feel; flipside is midtempo, mid-seventies sound with some quirky keyboards. BBH. RICKY ALLEN - It's A Mess I Tell You/Skate Boo-Ga-Loo Bright Star (USA) 150 @VG+ 4 WLP. 65-style soul, Monk Higgins involvement. Reminds me of the Temps' "Ain't Too Proud To Beg". Flip's a dancy instro. ALICE WONDERLAND - He's Mine/Cha Linde Bardell 774 NM- 20 1963. Pretty basic neighborhood/basement sound to the backing tracks, nice girl-group vocals. Simple-but-attractive vibe. ALLISONS - Surfer Street/Money Tip (USA) 1011 VG 5 1963. Odd one! Horns & thick fuzz soul-punk? Female vocals. VICKI ANDERSON/JAMES BROWN - Nobody Cares/Think King 6091 VG++ 6 ASTORS - Candy/I Found Out Stax (USA) 170 @VG+ 10 1965. Big-beat midtempo two-sider; falsetto sweet-soul vocal group witha punchy rhythm section. FONTELLA BASS & BOBBY MCCLURE - Don't Mess Up A Good Thing/OLIVER SAIN - Jerk Loose Checker (USA) 1097 stVG+ 8 1965. Refreshing uptempo bopper with nifty Chuck Berry guitar licks. B-side's an instro. BBH. BETTY & RAY - You're Too Much/Turn Your Love Lights On Rendezvous (USA) 189 VG++ 25 Uptempo stomper with strong female/male vocals. Strong two-sider. 2SOL. CICERO BLAKE - Shing A Ling/Loving You Woman Is everything Brainstorm 123 NM- 15 Horn-led dancer with female chorus. Flip's a REALLY deep ballad. BROADWAYS - Going Going Gone/Are You Telling Me Goodbye? MGM (USA) 13486 @VG++ 20 Attractive beat-ballad; sweet-soul with big strings on the flip. Trade Martin involvement. BBH. BROTHERS TWO - Boogaloo (Soul) Party/You Got It Crimson (USA) 1011 NM-- 8 Raggedy, shoutin' late 60's funk/soul. Good hooks, solid riffing, very tight band. Flip's kind of a throwaway instro, but I hear some possible samples. JEWEL BROWN - I Must Be Dreaming/If You Have No Real Objections Liberty (USA) 55458 VG 5 Promo label. 1962, sweet early-soul ballad two-sider with a Sam Cooke feel. Churchy smoothness & grit. SOLOMON BURKE - I Said I Was Sorry/Go On Back To Him Atlantic (USA) 2170 NM-- 7 Uptempo, Motown-ish; cute-but-gimmicky arrangement and gritty-but-melodic vocal. Flip's moody/bluesy, with a rich-sounding piano/organ backing track. CLARENCE CARTER - Making Love (At The Dark End Of The Street)/Snatching It Back Atlantic 45-2605 VG++ 4 Early 70's, southern soul with the Muscle Shoals sound. Uptempo A-side, slow-groove flip with spoken vocals and organ. Sounds very much like a minister, cept the subject matter is pretty earthy. CLARENCE CARTER - I Got Another Woman/I'm The Midnight Special Fame 330 NM 5 Copyright 1973, recorded in MUSCLE SHOALS. Deep A-side, funky flip. CASHMERES - Satisfied Pt. 1/Pt. 2 Lake (USA) 705 NM- 15 1960. Ben E King/Drifters-style early-soul vocalist with backup chicks, uptempo frat-rock type dancer groove. GENE CHANDLER - No One Can Love You/Good Times Constellation (USA) 160 VG+ 15 1963. Motownish beat-ballad; punchy rhythm section and brassy horns.Flip's lighter and more appealing. Songwriting credits to Barrett Strong and Curtis Mayfield. GENE CHANDLER - Baby, That's Love/Bet You Never Thought Constellation (USA) C-166 stVG+ 6 1965. Midtempo soul two-sider with some Motown/crossover moves. CHUCK-A-LUCK & LOVEMEN LTD - I'll Always Love You/Whip Ya Tay-Ster (USA) 6019 VG+ 10 North Carolina. Electric soul ballad b/w tough-enough funk instro. JAMIE COE - I Was The One/Good Enough For A King Enterprise (USA) 5055 @VG++ 15 Detroit guy, 1964-65. Pitneyish ballad with big strings. Apparently gets some attention in Northern Soul circles. CONCEPT NINE - When/No Escape Tangerine (USA) 1018 @VG+ 5 WLP. Sweet gal-soul with AOR-60's rhythm section. B-side is funky, fuzz bass with Purple Haze riff. Scarce record, cheap cuz it's damaged. NM but cracked. Plays perfectly. CREATIONS - I've Got To Find Her/Times Are Changing Globe CL-103 VG++ 15 Deep/sweet: very soulful falsetto, a la Impressions, with timid, crossover- sounding backing tracks. Flip's a little crackly. GEATER DAVIS - I'm Gonna Change/I've Got To Pay The Price Seventy-Seven SS-136 NM- 5 Uptempo southern soul with busy bassline b/w smoky, raspy 2 AM blues dirge. Make that FOUR AM. DEBONAIRES - Please Don't Say We're Through/A Little Too Long Golden World 17 NM-- 15 1964. Smooth girl group sides, mid-tempo... DEBONAIRES - Eenie Meenie, Gypsaleenie/Please Don't Say We're Through Golden World 26 NM- 20 Really fun girl-group with nursery rhyme lyrics. DELFONICS - I'm Sorry/You're Gone Philly Groove (USA) 151 stVG++ 8 Early Delfonics ('68 - '73), but total sweet-Philly-sound. Sounds like an early version of "La La La Means I Love You.") DELVONS - All I Did Was Cry/Gone Forever Wells (USA) 1001 @VG++ 15 1966, one member ex-CHANTERS. Sweet soul/deep soul ballad two-sider with an unfocussed, semi-pro, homemade feel. Very nice; b-side has a great, powerful vocal, backed with organ and piano... JAMES DUNCAN - My Pillow Stays Wet/Here Comes Charlie King 5887 stVG++ 18 1964. Passionate, richly soulful vocal w/50's rock-n-b backing tracks. A-side's one of those off-hand street-corner jivin' novelty numbers, but not very similar to that familiar Coasters/Olympics sound. Small wol. DUNCAN BROTHERS - Things Go Better With Love/Satisfaction Guaranteed Capitol (USA) 5240 VG+ 8 1964-65. Sweet soul, kinda sounds like Spinners. Flip is big-beat midtempo sweetness with an Otis Redding riff. ELECTRIC LADIES - King Kong/Nothing Between Us Mainstream (USA) 5556 NM 10 1974. Plodding, elephantine heavy pop-soul. Flip's a smooth-soul instro. Did two people want this one last time I had it? Come in, #2. ELI'S SECOND COMING - Love Chant Part 1/Part 2 Silver Blue (USA) 7302 NM 4 1976. Ooh-ooh vocal-chick-trio disco with phat & funky rhythm section, nice bass/ timbales/wah-wah action. EMOTIONS - Somebody New/Brushfire Twin Stacks (USA) 126 VG 6 1968. Sweet girl trio with big Phillyish sound. Strong vocal presence, almost interesting. EMOTIONS - Smile/Changes Columbia 10791 VG++ 3 1978. Uptempo funk; congas, liquid basslines... Columbia-label record came to me in a TK Records sleeve, and somehow that seems about right. EXUMA - Pretty Woman/Give A Little Inagua (USA) 3 VG++ 4 1977. Promo label. Sweet afro-caribbean balladry; he does a little screaming here and there, but it's not nearly as freaked-out and hair-fried as the Mercury LP.s . Nice long drum break on B-side. FANTASTIC FOUR - The World Is A Stage/Ain't Love Wonderful Ric Tic(USA) 122 NM- 8 1967. Funky Philly-sound group vocals with a deep, thick bass sound and no goddamned strings. OJays-level coolness. 5TH DIMENSION - Another Day, Another Heartache/Rosecranz Boulevard Soul City 755 @VG+/VG++ 6 A pair of JIMMY WEBB tunes, typical sophisticated soul-pop. BBH, B-side plays crackly. 4J's - Dreamin/Love My Love Congress (USA) 6003 NM 15 Northern sound, white group, very smooth and professional. You can hear a bit HERE: https://www.raresoulman.co.uk/d/103632/4_Js...turing_JR._POPE from a guy who wants 25.00 GBP for his copy. Says it's an old Wigan spin. Figures. FOUR TOPS - Ain't That Love/Lonely Summer Columbia 43356 @NM-- 19 1965 reissue of tracks cut in '62. Playing surface exceptional but faint trace of ringwear. BOBBY FREEMAN -C'Mon And Swim Pt. 1/Pt. 2 Autumn 2 stVG++ 10 WLP, 1964-65. Exciting, mastered-loud new-dance-gimmick song with muffled horns, lotta lead guitar, hammond organ... Sure does go on for a long time. GASLIGHT - I'm Gonna Get You/I'm Only A Man Grand Junction (USA) UPT 15 @VG++ 15 Detroit label. Sweet sweet sweet ballad b/w fast dancer, high energy falsetto-guy vocals. Northern spin? BENNY GORDON/ SOUL BROTHERS - Up And Down/(Get It) Come And Get It RCA 8953 NM- 10 1966. WLP. Upbeat 2-sider, electric combo. GOSPEL TRUTH - Uphill Peace Of Mind/If You Give You Can Get Kayvette (USA) 5123 VG++ 10 1975. Disco-ish funk with hand-drums and string synthesizer. Flip's a stripped-down Leon Russell/Billy Preston style piano rocker, and it swings nicely. Hear it HERE: https://www.funk45.com/Index.asp?funk=mp3&index=G BBH.) SONNY GREEN-I'd Like To Be There/I'm Just Your Man MHR 223 stVG+ 6 1974. Bluesy & deep TX soul two-sider on a tiny indie. Low-key, smooth & nice, reminds me of a rawer Four Tops. BIG JOHN HAMILTON - If You're Looking For A Fool (Here I Am)/Take This Hurt Off Me Minaret 148 stVG++ 10 Mid-tempo beat ballad, doesn't strike me as much of a dancer. Flip's a very sweet slow tune. ROY HAMILTON - You Can Have Her/Abide With Me Epic (USA) 9434 VG++ 8 1961. Rockabilly-ish Presl-a-ballad a la "Teddy Bear", gets real gospelly on the chorus... Nice record! Flip's a soul ballad with heavy strings, familiar churchy/ McPhatter style. BRENDA JO HARRIS - Other Side Of Love Is Hate/She'll Snatch Him Better 102 NM- 7 60's. Unusual female deep-soul -- if you compare it to your standard girl-group sound, it's very ... grown-up and 'ghetto' in content. WILBERT HARRISON - Near To You/Say It Again Sea-Horn (USA) SH502 stVG++ 30 1963. Punchy, mastered HOT -- prod/arr. reminds me of the HB Barnum sound. Big-beat rhythm ballad with fascinatingly obvious proto-ska touches, pretty amazing missing- link type record. B-side is pretty strong too, excellent guitar break. HARRISON BROS. - Ain't Love A Sweet Thing/Crying Won't Help You Now Pearltone (USA) PT 8007/8 @VG++ 45 1964-65, AKA Bobby Harris. Funk/ballad; heavy bass, sweet vocals with a lot of call & response gospel-singin' moves. Love the hook on the B-side. Reminds me of Joe Tex overall. RSOL. HEARTS - Dear Abby/instro Tuff (USA) 370 NM 12 Aw, MAAAN! Delicious, booming, echoey girl-group-a-lula from 1963, and the song is based on the playground rhyme about going out in the garden to eat worms. THIS IS THE STUPIDNESS THAT TRANSCENDS GENIUS! Flip is a version -- hello, Jamaica! Pre- JAYNETTS, same lineup; Artie Butler, Abner Spector involvement. HIGH KEYES - Que Sera Sera/Daddy Ooh, Long Legs Atco (USA) 6268 NM 20 1963-64. Convincing soul/boogaloo reading of Doris Day's signature tune, classic Ben E King-style latinisms. That's two or three superimposed layers of campy oddness happening... Flip's an okay dancer. Bob Crewe involvement. WILLIE HOBBS - Cry, Cry, Cry/Under The Pines Soft 1018 NM 20 1969, Ballad two-sider with deep, confessin' vocal on A-side. Very strong. James Brown cover, isn't it? HOLIDAYS - I'll Love You Forever/Makin' Up Time Golden World 36 NM- 15 Sweet, Motown-sounding soul, a bit like The Miracles. Flip's an uptempo instro. HOLIDAYS - Never Alone/Love's Creeping Up On Me Revilot (USA) RV 205 stVG 12 Slick but emotional mainstream-soul a la Temps/Miracles/Spinners. Flip's high-energy, uptempo, deep vocal. ELDREDGE HOLMES - Humpback/I Like What You Do Jet Set 1006 NM- 25 Fast dancer with a raucous, raw, semi-pro vibe. Wash. DC label. Flip's a bluesy slow-dance with weird horn charts. MICHAEL HUDSON - Girls Are Made For Lovin'/Sweethearts For Now Chimneyville CH NO 441 NM- 4 WLP. 1971. Late Motown style, Michael Jackson-ish vocals. TOMMY HUNT - The Biggest Man/Never Love A Robin Dynamo (USA) 101 VG 4 1967, ex-FLAMINGOS. Soul ballad; appealing semi-deep vocal, pompous Warsaw Concerto arrangement. Flip's uptempo mid-sixties style pop-funk. Luther Dixon (and Inez Foxx?) songwriting. LUTHER INGRAM - Ain't Good For Nothing/These Are The Things Koko (USA) 721 stVG++ 5 LUTHER INGRAM - I Like The Feeling/I'm Gonna Be The Best Thing Koko (USA) 725 VG++ 5 LUTHER INGRAM - Do You Love Somebody/How I Miss My Baby Koko (USA) 728 stVG++ 5 1976-77. Wah-wah and hand-drums funk-soul, mostly free of disco-flavor additives. 725 has a strong arrangement with dramatic wah-wah guitar, 728 is a bit more discofied than the others, but still palatable. 728-B is classic Quiet Storm- styled stuff. CHUCK JACKSON - (You Can't Let The Boy Overpower) The Man In You/Girls Girls Girls Motown M-1118 bbh o/w NM 7 1968. Hard-edged electric soul edging toward funk, a la Temptations. CLIFF JACKSON/JELLEAN DELK - Blues Walk/Frank This Is It Midnight Sun #1 VG++ 17 OR VG+ 10 Soul/blues instrumental, 'Quiet Storm' classic. CLIFF JACKSON/NATURALS - Nine Below Zero/Up The Wall Midnight Sun (USA) MS-2 VG++ 15 Second of two 45.s issued on short-lived label. Sonny Boy Williamson tune b/w instro. Chicago-blues; well-played, but clean and 'produced'. Not horrible. Just a little sterile-sounding. JR. JACKSON - L-O-V-E Spells Hurt P. 1/P.2 Raintree (USA) 2203 NM 15 No date, 70's? Testifying funk. Wasn't mastered to have much oomph or volume, but everything else is very nice, precise & elegant polyrhythm funk grooves. MARV JOHNSON - I Love The Way You Love/Let Me Love You United Artists UA 208 VG+ 8 1960. Sol. Proto-Motown, with Barry Gordy's fingerprints all over it. Quite nice. MARV JOHNSON - Merry Go Round/Tell Me That You Love Me United Artists (USA) 294 NM 15 Churchish Motown ballad -- Barry Gordy involvement makes it sound like early Smokey. Flip is standard teen-and-b, but it's fresh and lively-sounding. RUBY JOHNSON - Here I Go Again/Jerk Shout Neb's(USA) 505 @VG++ 15 1965. Testifyin' ballad with backing group, lead vocal reminds me a bit of early Tina Turner. Flip's a fast Isley-ish rave-up. PAUL JONES - Hey, You, Get Down/The World is Coming To An End Minaret (USA) M-7603 NM 8 Funky two-sider from Bay area, pret-tay thick and nasty. Some Rick James vocal moves, slight disco damage on A-side. KASANDRA - Don't Pat Me On The Back And Call Me Brother/Just Look At My Face Capitol (USA) P-2342 VG+ 8 Promo label. Message two-sider from the heightiest of the Black Movement -- RUDE real-deal funk on the A-side, as good as any 300-pressed local Savannah GA bar band. Flip's a bluesy/soulful deep-ballad. Male vocalist, not female. Like new, except for one deep scratch that ticks some. KINFOLKS - Mustang/Melody Monkey Duo Disc 106 NM 15 1964. Slow-drag instrumental with honkin' sax and guitar break. Flip's guitar-led. JAYSON KING - Bamboo Man/Heartaches Bell (USA) 604 VG+ 10 Rough, minimalist soul/funk with tough instrumental textures, pop hooks & handclaps. Rocks. Flip is a piano ballad; vocal goes kinda deep but the whole thing is too lounge-y to get excited over. BOB CREWE involvement. Small XOL. KINGPINS - Don't Wait Pretty Baby/Believe In Me (It's Gossip - It's A Rumor) Federal (USA) 12480 stVG++ 15 Mid-tempo dancin' two sider; Temptations-style vocal group with raw, shoutin' lead. PATTI LA BELLE/BLUEBELLES - Down The Aisle/C'est La Vie (So Goes Life) Newtown (USA) 5777 NM 10 1963. Rococo, excessive girl-group doo-wop with piercing lead & grandiose arrangement. Flip's a loveable calypso/ska-tinged bopper. First label, "pressed by King" variant. BOBBY LACOUR - Commandments Of Love/Hippie Joe Hep'Me (USA) 104 VG 3 Sweet-soul arrangement on the A-side, with flute and female choir. Singer reminds me a bit of Little Willie John. Flipside is heavy 60's funk with some scary screams, whoa. Senator Jones involvement, if that means anything. RW. PAULA LAMONT - A Beatle Meets A Ladybug/Greatest Lover Under The Sun Loadstone (USA) 1605 stVG++ 22 1964, San Francisco label. Twelve-bar blues b/w ballad, lots of lead guitar on both sides. Beatles/novelty content is almost nonexistent. XOL. MAJOR LANCE - The Matador/Gonna Get Married Okeh (USA) 7191 VG+ 15 1964, follow-up to Um Um Um Um Um. Crisp & simple uptempo dancer with that "roots of proto-ska" sound. Flip's a ballad with punchy rhythm section. perennial Northern pick. WOL. NATE LANDRUM - I Told The Wind/No-One Has Done Wrong Bangar (USA) 618 @VG++ 10 No date, early 60's. Black pop/folk singer-songwriter in a Belafonte/Kingston Trio direction. Small local label best-known for blues/r&b. STACY LATTISLAW - Love On A Two Way Street/Baby I Love You Cotillion 46015 @VG++ 3 1981. I don't know, don't even ask me why. These things happen sometimes. But hey, actually, it isn't bad. Uptempo side/ballad side, vocal manouevres straight out of the 60's songbook. BRENDA LEE - It Takes One To Know One/Ain't Gonna Cry No More Decca 31970 NM 25 The grown-up Brenda here -- songwriting and arrangement point toward a sultry, 'cool' Dionne Warwick vibe, but the vocals are a little more raw & gutsy than that. Northern Soulsters want this title, yes they do. WARREN LEE - Climb The Ladder/Ever Since I Been Loving You Deesu 315 @VG++ 10 1967, Uptempo two-sider; A-side's a nice dancer. Looks NM-, plays less. "CLEAN ME"? GERALD LEVERT - Baby Hold On To Me/School Me Eastwest (USA) 98577 NM 2 1991. "Contemporary R&". Oh boy. How'd that get in there? BARBARA LEWIS - Hello Stranger/Think A Little Sugar Atlantic (USA) 2184 NM-- 10 1963. Bubbling-under soul classic, one of those records a casual fan might not remember till s/he heard it. Mighty sophisticated for the year... LITTLE BEAVER - Wish I Had A Girl Like You/Six Foot Hole Cat (USA) 1991 VG+ 5 1973. TK records subsidiary. 70's-sound deep-soul; strong, strong vocals and smooth- jazz/quiet-storm backing track. George Benson-ish guitar. A-side is nice, flip is not as engaging. LITTLE MILTON - I Know What I Want/You Mean Everything To Me Checker(USA) 1194 VG++ 12 Promo label. Tough electric soul moving toward funk, gritty & deep vocal. Flip has the desolate, late-night Chicago blues guitar moves. BBH. LONNIE & FLOYD - You Got To Feel It/What You Gonna Do Jewel 781 NM 6 Stax-styled funky soul with horns. 1967. LOVE CHAIN - The Sun/Somewhere Over The Rainbow United Artists (USA) 50582 @NM- 12 AOR-soul/flowerpsych; trippy efects deep in the mix, testifyin'-gospel shouts at the song's climax; on the flip, soul-gals turn pop standard into deep-soul lib- eration-gospel, like "somewhere over the rainbow there's a Free State I can escape to." Like that. Damage to spindle hole, doesn't affect play. Yet. LOVE CHAIN - John And Mary/Sensitive Vibrations United Artists (USA) 50621 VG++ 12 Deep-soul ghetto love-song, seems to be about breaking up with a boyfriend because he's too heavily into drugs. Beautiful chorus. Flipside's got everything but a song; nice handclaps & call-n-response vocal arrangement, weird guitar... TEDDY VANN involvement. LOVEJOYS - It's Mighty Nice/Payin' (For The Wrong I've Done) Tiger (USA) 105 VG 8 1964. Straight-up churchy girl-group, very gospelly and HOT. Short-lived Leiber & Stoller label, but no L&S involvement on this one. BBH. LOVELITES - How Can I Tell Mom And Dad/Karaoke version Uni (USA) 55181 stVG++ 10 Philly-style too-sweet soul-gal trio, with hints of sorta-deep deepishness in the vocal style. Sorta. A little. BBH WILLIE MABON - That's No Big Thing/Just Got Some USA (USA) 735 @VG++ 20 Crude blues vamp with really blatant drug innuendo. Awful cute. Flip's a punchy midtempo blues/rocker with Hammond lead. Billy Emerson (and also Willie Dixon?) songwriting credits. MANHATTANS - I'm The One That Love Forgot/Searchin For My Baby Carnival (USA) 509 stVG++ 20 1965. Funky/bluesy soul, southern-style but sweetened up a bit. Flip is a ballad, all mood & atmosphere. PAUL MARTIN - Don't Hustle Me/I've Got Another Mule Ascot(USA) 2190 VG+ 12 Dark minor-key southern soul with Chicago moves. Flip's happier and dancier, still very blues-flavored. On Ascot? COOL!! MATADORS - Wobble Wobble/Let Me Dream Forbes (USA) 230 stVG++ 20 Mexican frat-rock dumbo charmer a la 96 Tears/Farmer John. Long guitar break. Flip's a slow-drag doowop-style ballad. Second label -- earlier version on Chartmaker is QUITE rare. BOBBY MCCLURE - You Got Me, Baby/Peak Of Love Checker (USA) 1152 stVG++ 20 Stax-flavored funk. DON MCKENZIE - I'll Call You/Whose Heart (Are You Gonna Break Now) Miracle (USA) M-10 VG++ 60 1961? Dance-pop R&B, proto-Motown...with really big drums. Bit of a Northern vibe. It's said The Supremes sing back-upon this'n... BBH. GAYE MERRITT - Mr. Right Guy/This Is The Kiss Pillar (USA) 1 stVG 25 1959. Torchy, bluesy take on early soul; B-side's a doowop-ish ballad with backing group. Quite scarce. MERGING TRAFFIC - Bit By Bit/Deep In Kentucky Decca (USA) 732489 stVG++ 15 Top-40 rock/pop with vaguely bossa moves. Blaring horns. Getting some hype from soul people. BBH. MESSIAH - Alpha Waves/Easy Livin' Magic Minstrel (USA) 3001 NM 20 From FLA, Rude, jazzy funk instro with lotsa organ and a bad-ass wah-wah riff. B-side's not as minimal, extreme, or interesting... but still okay. Tough one. MIGHTY HANNIBAL - Hymn No. 5/Fishin' Pole Shurfine (USA) 021 @VG+ 12 1966. Deep, deep soul ballad with apocalyptic lyrics, gets truly spooky toward the end. Flip's uptempo, nice dance-craze dancer to bring you back to earth. Later reissued on (Jamie?) ... BOBBY MOORE'S RHYTHM ACES featuring CHICO - Try My Love Again/Go Ahead And Burn Chess (USA) 1156 stVG++ 10 OR BBH VG++ 8 Soulful beat-ballad with ska-flavored horns, halfway deep-ish. Flip's a discotheque/frat-rock/ mambo raver. JACKIE MOORE - Precious, Precious/Willpower Atlantic 45-2681 stVG++ 6 Early 70's. Very emotional and 'deep' female vocals over solid Muscle Shoals soul/ funk groove. JAMES MOORE - Feet/Cool Soft (USA) 1014 NM- OFFERS WLP. A-side is midtempo with punchy horn charts, flipside is a three-chord rock-n- roll instro with honking sax & guitar leads. Seen elsewhere for 60-75 GBP, but I don't necessarily need that much for it -- best offer takes it. IDRIS MUHAMMAD - Turn This Mutha Out P 1/P 2 Kudu (USA) 940 NM 8 1977-78. Funk jazz fusion, extended long-form jam. Has vocals. MICKEY MURRAY - Shout Bamalama/Lonely Room SSS International (USA) 715 NM- 8 Fast, funky, southern, b/w deep ballad. MICKEY MURRAY - Hit Record/How Many Breaks Can One Heart Take SSS International (USA) 727 @VG++ 8 Loose & funky, naked groove with no song underneath -- B--side is an uptempo beat- ballad. BBH. JOHNNY NASH - Too Proud/The Wish ABC-Par. 10060 VG++ 14 TEDDY NEELEY FIVE - You Must Believe Me/Love Her Capitol (USA) P-5781 VG+ 8 Promo label, 1966. Smooth & solid pop-soul, reminds me of The Temptations. Ernie Freeman, Nick Venet involvement. FREDDIE NORTH - Taking Her Love Ain't Gonna Be Easy/same Mankind (USA) 12020 NM 3 Promo label. My notes say "blue-eyed soul/country".... but all other sources treat it like a straight-up soul record... OJAYS - Don't You Know A True Love/Peace Astroscope AS-110 VG 3 1972. Mayfield-ish wah-wah funk. Slight warp, bbh, A-side plays VG++. OLYMPICS - Dooley/Stay Where You Are Arvee 95031 VG++ 35 1961. Fast Northern shouter b/w straight doowop ballad. Looks scuffy, plays almost NM. ALLEN ORANGE - Forever/Just A Little Love Minit (USA) 615 stVG+ 5 Sweet MOR ballad with strings, 1959 style -- only "soul" by association. Flip is a Drifters-style bopper-ballad. OUT CROWD - Get Yorself Together Part 2/part 3 Omen (USA) 11 VG++ 30 1966? WLP. Discotheque/fratsoul instro based on "The In Crowd". Popular Mod spin these days? Pricier elsewhere. SO2L. GEORGE PERKINS & SILVER STARS - Crying In The Streets Part 1/Part 2 Silver Fox #18 @VG++ 8 1969. Loose, gospelly falsetto over a long slow vamp. Lotta exciting SINGING going on, but not much songwriting. Very southern. POPULAR FIVE - Tomorrow Night!/Sh-Boom Rae-Cox 1001 NM 30 OR VG++ 20 1967, Doowop-flavored soul. Smooth, warm, soulful lead vocal on A-side ballad. Flip's more of a jumper, and it jumps pretty good. Bass solo, some nice group passages... BOBBY POWELL - Hold My Hand/I'm Gonna Leave You Whit 716 NM- 12 OR stVG++ 10 Both copies WLP. Bluesy 'rocker' b/w DEEP, bluesy, southern-soul ballad. BOBBY POWELL - Why (Am I Treated So Bad)/Thank You Whit (USA) 730 NM- 15 Dark & moody riff-based southern soul. BOBBY POWELL - Question/Just A Matter Of Time Whit (USA) 731 NM- 15 Uptempo Stax-soul horn-funk b/w horn-led blues-soul shouter. PREACHERS - Till The Dawn mono/stereo. Challenge (USA) 501 VG 1 1968, promo label. Female vocal 60's soul. PRIVATES FIRST CLASS - Instant Chops Pt. 1/Pt. 2 Jamco JAM 103 NM-- 8 OR stVG++ 6 1963. Fast, drivin' piano/sax-led rock-a-beatin' boogie instro. NOE PRO - Yesterday's Dream/Come Along My Baby Mercury (USA) 72341 VG++ 35 1964, I think. Promo label. Tejano soul -- stroll rhythm, teen/Freddy Fender/ swamp elements, some fairly non-black soul-styled testifying. Flip's a FAST one with handclaps, frat-soul funnishness. QUINTET PLUS - Shop Around/Grits N Grease SVR P 1003 stVG++ 30 Chipping at spindle-hole, playing surface NM. Uptempo instrumental two-sider. 100 USD at Mansfield's site. RAELETTS - I'm Getting Long All Right/All I Need Is His Love Tangerine (USA) 984 stVG++ 15 1968. Deep & bluesy ballad, uptempo flip sounds like it'd be a good dancer. REAL THING - International Love Song/It Took A Little Church Girl Whiz (USA) 613 stVG++ 12 Uptempo two-sider; heavy-duty funk on the topside, flip is gospel/soul with acoustic piano and churchy back-up chorus. Comes with promo flier, courtesy of Mr. "Promotion In Motion", Adolf Zucker. REALITY - Make Love Not War/Standing Beside You Jupiter (USA) 905 NM 25 1977, CA label. Killer funk private with Rick James-soundalike vocals. Samples galore, LISTEN-a that shit! B-side is sweeted-up disco with a string section, but the riddims still are flowing pretty okay. JUGGY MURRAY involvement. RED BEANS & RICE - Happiness/Mess Around Epic 5-10482 @NM 5 WLP,1969. Loose, jammin' hard funk with some moments of real swampy ooze. With RAY DRAPER, should I know who that is? EIVETS REDNOW - Alfie/More Than A Dream Gordy G 7076 @VG++ 8 1968. Instro two-sider, big-orchestral-production with harmonica solo. VIVIAN REED - I Feel The Earth Move - mono/stereo Epic (USA) 10752 NM-- 4 WLP. Gotta be, what, 1971? Almost note-for-note remake of original, strong black contralto. About two degrees tougher than C.K.s version. ESKEW REEDER - A Tear/Johnny Little Everest(USA) 2025 stVG++ 40 Appealing NOLA-style bopper b/w a tough, shoutin' testify with call&response girl group. PRISCILLA ROBBINS - Letter From Miami/Obeah Woman Roulette R-7148 stVG++ 7 1973, EXUMA side-project. A-side's cute nursery-rhyme salsa-funk-pop and the flip is in their usual santeria/spookiness bag. Pretty neat little record. DAVID ROCKINGHAM TRIO - That's All/Dawn Josie 913 stVG 3 1963-64. Jazzbos backing up a solid soul vocalist.Flip's a rockin' instro w/ lots of solo guitar. MAXWELL ROMER - Giving Up/Some Ain't All Ford (USA) 163 @VG++ 20 Loose & raunchy funk with some wild-ass screaming. B-side's a Van McCoy ballad, big melodramatic production. ROUZAN SISTERS - Dance Every Dance/Men Of War Frisco 113 @VG++ 7 Nice girl-group sound with a slight touch of raunch.Looks fairly clean, plays a bit noisy.New Orleans label. ROYAL FAMILY - Show Me/Cinderella 4 Star 1024 NM 3 1977. Radio-friendly black-MOR from Tenn. Light funk on one side, pop reggae on the other. SO NICE to see musicians in that year not playing disco. K C RUSSELL - How Tired I Am/Younka Chunka Uptown 701 NM 7 Orig. Fact. Sleeve. ALLEN TOUSSAINT production, moderate funk with pop/rock touches. Lively but superficial. RONNIE SAVOY - Sally Blue/Little Rascals Epic (USA) 9708 @VG 10 WLP. McPhatter/Mathis early-soul ballad. B-side's a mighty cute, boppin' shuffle/ stroll. Popcorn beat? FREDDY SCOTT - No One COuld Ever Love You/Loving You Is Killing Me Shout S-238 VG+ 3 1967. BBH. Deep southern soul. PEGGY SCOTT/JO JO BENSON - Let's Spend A Day Out In The Country/It's The Little Things That Count SSS Int'l 805 VG 3 1968/69. Deep-soul male/female shouter with rock/funk touches. Exciting, uptempo two-sider. SEDATRIUS - Joey Was The Last Boy/Just One Earring Clayton 70401 NM 8 No date but late 70's, jazzy, electric-combo soul, kinda Phoebe Snow style. SHALONG - I'm In Love With You/Lady Red Coach (USA) RC-803 @NM 35 1973, smooth, big-production, halfway between Jackson 5ive and the Philly sound. ELLIOTT SHAVERS/BOSSMEN - Toe Jam/Gator Tails And Rice Checker 1079 VG 3 BBH, WOL. Sax-led, Chuck Berry-riffin' instro pounders. SHELLS - When I'm Blue/Whiplash Conlo (USA) 879 VG- 4 Funky soul dancer with lots of frat-rock moves. JERRY BUTLER produced. JOE SIMON - No Sad Songs/Come On And Get It Sound Stage Seven 2602 NM 5 Solid funk driver b/w propulsive, Motown-y vibe. JOE SIMON - Pool Of Bad Luck /Glad To Be Your Lover Spring 124 @VG++ 4 1972. Gamble & Huff/Philly-sound, a bit MOR-ish, but dark-sounding and solid. Some damage to spindle-hole JOE SIMON - River/Love Never Hurt Nobody Spring 141 NM 5 1973 sides. SKYY - This Groove Is Bad/Same Salsoul S7-2107 VG++ 3 WLP, mono/stereo. Earthy 70's disco/funk. LEN SNIDER/JOKERS - Everyone Knows/I'll Be Coming Home Tonight All Boy (USA) 8507 NM-- 15 WLP. 1963. Sweet teenaged slow-dance ballad in triplets. With group. JIMMY SOUL - Treat Em Tough/Church Street In The Summertime S.P.Q.R. 3310 stVG++ 8 1962. Uptempo, blue-beat flavored hand-clapper, sounds a lot like his 'happy for the rest of your life' song. Very incorrect male-chauvinist lyrics. Flip's an r&b/teen-rocker like Gary US Bonds or Frankie Ford. SOUL RUNNERS - Spreadin' Honey/Grits N Corn Bred Mosoul 101 NM 35 Primitive-sounding, raw swamp funk; voodoo sound so thick it reminds me of dub reggae. Love it. Pre-WATTS 103RD STREET BAND. SPICE - Sweet Norma Jones/Can't Wait Till The Morning Comes Sound Gems (USA) 101 NM 20 1974, Philly label. Bunny Davis, if that means anything to you. Classic Philly sound, but a little stronger and more muscly than usual; semi-tough funk moves and a really strong F. vocalist with a harsh edge to her voice & deep, testifyin' style. Northern guys, get your freak on... Flip's a reciting/singing ballad with blatant late-Supremes moves a la Ain't No Mountain High Enough. SPIRITS - Get A Job/I'll Be Strong Toot (USA) 603 VG 4 Updated, contemporary-1967 funk/soul version of doo-wop classic. Flip's a southern ballad with a teeny lil bit of bluesy guitar. Trade Martin involvement. EDWIN STARR - Agent Double-O-Soul/instr Ric Tic (USA) RT-103 NM- 20 1965. Dance-floor classic. Flip's a version, makes you think about where the reggae habit of dubwise b-sides came from. SURPRISE SISTERS - La Booga Rooga/Gimme Some Of Your Love RCA 10620 NM- 3 WLP. 1976. Smokey, atmospheric, funk-tinged, reminds of LaBelle, Pointers, Rufus. SWORDSMEN - Oh My Soul/Seems I'm Never Tired Loving You Ninandy (USA) 1014 stVG+ 7 1968. Deep-soul vocal group with lots of church-sounding interaction, dramatic arrangements. LITTLE JOHNNY TAYLOR - Double Or Nothing/Sometimey Woman Galaxy 764 @VG++ 6 1963-66. R&B proto-funk jam b/w strong, hollerin' bluesy dirge. Looks NM, plays VG. LITTLE JOHNNY TAYLOR - How Can A Broke Man Survive/Make Love To Me Baby Ronn RONN 48 VG++ 4 Nice deep side.Looks clean, plays crackly. LITTLE JOHNNY TAYLOR - L.J.T./I Should Have Known Ronn (USA) 92 VG++ 4 1979, WLP. 50's r-n-blues singer tries his hand at 70's funk. Heavy wah-wah and fretless bass groove. Flipside is warm, 60's-sounding deep-soul. TED TAYLOR - River's Invitation/Long Distance Call Atco 45-6408 @VG+ 3 1965-66. Uptempo soul 'rocker' with powerful falsetto vocals. Flip's a blues. TED TAYLOR - Very Truly Yours/Days Are Dark Jewel 748. @VG+ 4 1963. rockin' R&B/jump blues, teen-style rocker on the flip. Clean and attractive, but plays noisy. TED TAYLOR - You've Been Crying/Close Your Eyes Jewel 759. @VG+ 3 1965. With group. B-side's a blues. Looks very clean, one side plays noisy. TED TAYLOR - Everywhere I Go/Keep Walking On Jewel 774 VG++ 5 1965. Two-sided rocker. Nice. TERRY AND THE TYRANTS - Weep No More/Yea, Yea, Yea, Yea, Yea Kent 399 VG++ 10 1964. Simple, poppy, bluebeat-flavored dancer with rock-n-roll guitar b/w testifying, prayerful sounding deep-soul. B J THOMAS - Bring Back The Time/I Don't Have A Mind Of My Own Scepter 12154 VG++ 20 '66/'67. BBH. Neil Diamond style macho ballad flowerpop on A-side, well-known Northern dancer on the flip. JIMMY THOMAS - You've Tasted Another's Lips/I Love Nobody But You Sonja (USA) 2004 stVG 5 1963. Bland ballad two-sider; deep vocal on the A-side, B-side is mostly spoken. Ike & Tina involvement, but you can't really hear them. RUFUS THOMAS - Can Your Monkey Do The Dog/I Want To Get Married Stax (USA) 144 @VG++ 12 Delicious pounding 60's funk. B-side is a little more polite but it still rocks. BERTHA TILLMAN - What Am I Trying To Prove?/You Had A Good Thing Going Jocko 599 @VG+ 4 Sassy girl-group soul, lousy production. Moderate water stain on label. Plays VG. looks better. TIM - I Need Your Love/My Side Of The Track Celtex 102 WLP NM 17 Bluesy deep-soul w/intense, testifying vocals. J J TOBIN - You Name It (I'll Do It)/Dancing To The Beat Of My Heart Claridge (USA) 310 VG++ 15 WLP. Pounding beat, handclaps... Northern? Hutch Davie involvement. RSOL. IKE AND TINA TURNER - The Argument/Mind In A Whirl Sue 772 stVG 5 1962, solid New Orleans style rockers with wild, shoutin' vocals. This is the one where Ike says "I should hit you upside your head... I might give you a black eye..." SAMMY TURNER - Lavender Blue/Wrapped Up In A Dream Big Top 3016 VG+ 5 Produced by Leiber & Stoller. Silly song with a remarkably soulful (for 1959) vocal. SAMMY TURNER - Paradise/I'd Be A Fool Again Big Top (USA) 3032 @VG+ 5 1960. Leiber & Stoller two-sider, bit of a departure for them; lotta jazz influence here. They were experimenting, trying to come up with a new twist like the Spanish Harlem sound? TYRONE (THE WONDER BOY) - Suffer/Try Me 4 Brothers (USA) 4B447 VG++ 20 1965, Tyrone DAVIS. Minor-key bluesy southern ness with horns -- like Stax but darker in mood. Flip's midtempo, nice beat. Belgian sound? UNTOUCHABLES - Do Your Best/Raisin' Sugar Cane Madison (USA) 147 NM- 7 Unauthorized REPRO of a 1962 doo-wop/soul hybrid. Midtempo/ballad two-sider, Sam Cooke-styled lead. Pretty nice, and a legit orig. can run in the low three digits. BOBBY WADE - Blind Over You/Funny How Time Slips Away Deluxe 128 WLP VG+ 4 Two deep-soul testify's. Looks better than VG+, doesn't play so hot. WALLACE BRO.S - Go On, Girl/One Way Affair Sims 220 VG++ 4 WALLACE BRO.S - I'll Step Aside/Hold My Hurt For Awhile Sims 227 stVG++ 5 Both 45.s are concise, poppy mid-60's soul, solid but nondescript. WALLACE BROTHERS - I Need Someone/Airborne Shuffle Jewel (USA) 792 @VG+ 4 Sweet southern soul on the edge of deepness, kinda reminds me of The Miracles. Flip is funky. RW. JOHNNY GUITAR WATSON - Superman Lover/We're No Exception DJM 1019 NM-- 3 1976. Disco/funk with lengthy, melodic guitar solos. Slight noise on b-side. MARK WAYNE - Tell Me It's A Lie/See-Saw Warner 5256 NM 8 Teen-pop, 1962, with strong soulful vocal on one side. WEDNESDAY'S CHILDREN - Cross Each T With Your Kisses/Red Is The Rose Sunflower (USA) 104 VG+ 5 WLP. Ballad two-sider, orchestrated songwriter pop-soul. LENNY WELCH - It's Just Not That Easy/Mama, Don't You Hit That Boy Cadence 1416 VG+ 8 1962, White-label promo. A-side is lovely teen-pop, sounds like a black Dion in ballad mode. Flip is a JUMPING soul-n-b rocker in a kind-of Gary US Bonds style. Much fun. WHITE FAMILY BAND - I'm A Little Bit Smarter Now/Miss America, Stand Up Duke (USA) DK-479 NM- 10 WLP. 1974-sound Philly/Isaac Hayes black-AOR. ANDRE WILLIAMS - Cadillac Jack/Mrs. Mother USA Checker (USA) 1205 @NM 10 Pimp-ass novelty, blues-vamp instro with storytelling on top, Stag-O-Lee type melodrama. Flipside is incoherent patriotic stuff of some kind. Doesn't make a bit of sense. WITNESS - Go Right Ahead/All God's Promises. Lection 877472 NM 3 1990, religious-themed contemporary 'r&b/soul'. BRENTON WOOD - Some Got It, Some Don't/Me And You Double Shot 130 NM 6 OR VG++ 4 BRENTON WOOD - Boogaloosa, Louisian/Need Your Love So Bad Double Shot 150 NM- 5 GAIL WYNTERS - Snap Your Fingers/Find Myself A New Love Hickory 1453 @NM 5 1968, WLP. Another genre-f***; semi-rockin' c&w sides with a SEVERELY soul- inflected chick singer. Not quite unpleasant, but the only times I could imagine playing it would be when company's over, to give them something to goof on. BETTY YOUNG - The Way Of Love/Too Bad For Us Rising Sons (USA) 703 @VG+ 3 1967, WLP. Little-girl-voice first version (?) of song that later was big hit for Cher. DEE DEE YOUNG - Tell Me Tonight/You Haven't Seen Nothing Challenge (USA) 59225 @NM 8 Nice teen girl bopper/ballad with all the right 1963 moves. Ed Townsend involvement. Hope to hear from you -- Hugo M. PocaMadreEnt@hotmail.com https://free.hostdepartment.com/P/PME
Guest Posted August 5, 2008 Posted August 5, 2008 SOLD or ON HOLD: Ricky Allen Concept Nine Geater Davis Exuma Bobby Freeman Benny Gordon Red Beans & Rice Wallace Brothers (all 3)
Guest Posted September 22, 2008 Posted September 22, 2008 I can't figure out how to post a new message, and the moderators aren't answering my pleas for help, so I'm going to present this update and hope the message gets out. The list below is new titles in my catalog, all available IN ADDITION TO the old titles in the list you can read elsewhere in this thread. Got it? Please tell me that makes sense. Do I hate technology? Well maybe a little bit... at times like this. Howdy all -- Bunch of soul 45.s for sale here, list taken from my set-sale catalog (URL at bottom) . Prices are in USD; divide by two for an approximate equivalent in GBP. I try to price things gently, and you get extra-double-plus value for your money if you factor in the exchange rate. Grading is scrupulous, but follows the USA system. stVG++ or better should satisfy even the pickiest, VG or lesser can be kinda grim. Everything's guaranteed; full refund (incl. credit equal to the amount of postage) for records returned in the same condition within two weeks. I've been online since 1998, references on request. Payment can be done through Paypal or through the mail. Please e-mail me (address below) with any questions or to place records on hold. Hope to hear from you -- THANKS FOR LOOKING! NEW ARRIVALS BARBARA ACKLIN - Someone Else's Arms/Is It Me Brunswick (USA) 755433 NM 12 Promo label. Phillyish, sweeeeeet and sloooow. ARTHUR K ADAMS - She Drives Me Out Of My Mind/Gimmie Some Of Your Loving Modern (USA) 1034 VG++ 30 Blues-based hollerin' with guitar and horn section b/w strong and very credible James Brown styled funk tune. BBH. RAY BREWSTER - The Worlds Of White And Brown/The Love Song Diamond (USA) 199 stVG 3 1966. Promo label. Orchestrated sweet-soul with strong vocal. Strings, harpsichord(!)... Teddy Vann involvement. ALDORA BRITTON - When A Woman Has A Baby/Feelin' The Need Decca (USA) 32752 NM- 15 Promo label. Sweet soul, dynamic vocal. Flip's kinda funky. BROTHERS OF LOVE - I, You, We (Go Together Perfectly)/My Heart's In Trouble Intrepid (USA) 75032 @VG+ 20 1970. Fast and tough, hotshit funk two-sider with hand-drums and killer wahguitar. Small crack in outer lip, NAP. CARL CAYTON - It's A Sin To Tell A Lie/Whispering Grass (Don't Tell The Trees) Demo Ristic (USA) 777 VG++ 20 Jazz/standards type singer with electric combo; enough drums & guitar to bring it close to rockin/r&b style. Flip's early soul with piano triplets & backing group. Echoey, kinda crude production. Rare Detroit label. CHERRIES - You Know You Gonna Need Me/Make My Life Worth Living Della (USA) 1215 VG++ 20 Crude & weird-sounding, echoey arrangement & production, sounds almost like bluebeat. Midtempo bopper b/w gospelly ballad. Mississippi label -- looks and sounds "rare". JOHNNY COPELAND - Blowing In The Wind/Dedicated To The Greatest Wand (USA) 1114 @VG+ 6 ON HOLD Promo label. Shufflin' uptempo with light horns, credibly soulful/churchy vocals. Flip's a tribute to Sam Cooke. Huey P Meaux involvement. WO2L. TYRONE DAVIS - We Got A Love No One Can Deny/You Keep Me Holding On Dakar (USA) 626 VG+ 6 Mainstream 70's soul -- smooth but propulsive. Not sweet, not funk, not southern... DIPLOMATS - Here's A Heart/He's Got You Now Arock (USA) 1004 VG 5 Deeply church-y sounding and soulful group-harmony ballad b/w an excellent midtempo pop-tune dancer. Great hook in the chorus. LOWELL FULSOM - Why Don't We Do It In The Road/Too Soon Jewel (USA) 802 stVG++ 15 SOLD BUT ... I have another copy coming soon KILLER heavy-psych pounder by 50's bluesguy updating his sound for the post-Hendrix era. Record proved that black men can be two-chord neanderthals too. Flip's a laid-back blues-lounge ballad that won't knock anybody out. LOWELL FULSOM - Sleeper/How Do You Want Your Man? Jewel (USA) 805 VG++ 8 Heavy, funky postblues with tough guitar and minimalist horn section. LOWELL FULSOM -Lady In The Rain/Letter Home Jewel (USA) 801 stVG++ 8 Dark & depressing socially-aware funk b/w lighteharted number that sounds half Chuck Berry, half Buck Owens. LOWELL FULSOM - Change Of Heart/Every Second A Fool Is Born Jewel (USA) 827 stVG++ 8 1972. Blues with some funk moves, none of the Hendrix-y guitar that some of his 45.s featured. BENNY GORDON & SOUL BROTHERS - It Comes And Goes/A Kiss To Build A Dream On RCA (USA) 9270 stVG+ 10 Another Godlike piece of soul songwriting -- Benny G's the God of loveable pop hooks. Flipside is badass live-sounding funk with SCARY party noise in the background. JOHNNY JAY AND THE GANGBUSTERS - You Get Your Kicks/Gangbusters Blues Josie (USA) 980 VG 5 1967. Blue-eyed soul, northern sound, sorta like a tougher Tommy James & Shondells. Flip's a version with overdubbed guitar leads. GLADYS KNIGHT - Operator/I'll Trust In You Fury (USA) 1064 VG++ 20 WLP. Deep-soul performance of teen/girl-group songs. Kinda disorienting; for me, the vocal doesn't mesh with the material. She sure can sing, though. Small WOL. BOBBY MARCHAN - Rockin' Pneumonia/Someone To Take Your Place Cameo (USA) 489 VG+ 10 WLP. Midtempo N'Orleans funk with horns. '65 sound? Wild vocal, screamin' and carryin' on. Flip's a blues-ish deep-soul ballad. TONY MIDDLETON - Send Me Away/I Need You Tonight Philips (USA) 40151 VG++ 20 1963, WLP. Fast & swingin' Northern-style pop-soul b/w doo-wop style ballad with piano triplets and backing girls. 2RSOL. PRETTY PURDIE - Blow Your Lid (But Watch Your Cool)/Soul Clappin' Date (USA) 2-1606 VG+ 12 WLP. Discotheque/Go-go/soul instro. CAROLE QUINN - What's So Sweet About Sweet Sixteen?/Good Boy Gone Bad MGM (USA) 13265 @VG++ 40 Girl-group/teen-pop with elements of Spector & Motown; traces of an appealing "Little Eva" vibe are buried under fancy but unsympathetic production. Apparently a popular record on one of the club circuits -- popcorn? JIMMY RADCLIFFE - (There Goes) The Forgotten Man/An Awful Lot Of Crying Musicor (USA) 1024 VG 3 1962-63. Super-dramatic Brill Bldg Orbi-style overblown soul ballad, written by Bacharach & David. Flip's uptempo Sammy Davis Jr. hokum. BIRD ROLLINS - Here He Comes Drunk Again/Do It Do It Calla (USA) 178 VG++ 15 Blue soul ballad b/w rockin' three-chord instro. JOHNNY SAILS - Don't Turn Your Back On Me/You Told A Lie Mar-V-Lus (USA) 6000 stVG+ 15 1965. Tough early-style funk, day-umm. Flipside's something bluesy, sorta reminds me of Screamin' Jay. BBH. SANDY AND THE SOPHOMORES - I Trust You Tommy/Walk Away Girl Columbia (CAN) 4-43089 stVG++ OFFERS Appealing white-girl group, closer to the Lesley Gore style than any other. B-side has a good beat and a delightful hook in the chorus, should really be a mod-club dancer... if it isn't already. Mansfield puts his Ex copy at 75 GBP, but this is a Canadian pressing, so ... OFFERS. SANTELLS - So Fine/These Are Love Courier (USA) CR 115 NM 35 Crude, handclappin' girl&b with way too much echo. Flip's a lush ballad; primitive sound completely muffles the desired effect. Los Angeles label. SPRINGERS - Why/Last Heartbreak Wayout (USA) 2799 stVG+ 15 1966? Deep-soul ballad two-sider, heavy on the churchy emotion. Small WOL. TERRY & THE TOPICS - Where's My Pussycat/Just A Gigolo Coral (USA) 62509 VG++ 50 Gogotheque instro: horns, some chuggin' B-3, long guitar break. Apparently, it's a popular spin among yer Mod-type of disc jockeys. I liked the b-side a lot better, frat-rock version (w/vocal) of 30's standards. If I were dj.ing in clubs, I'd probably play the hell out of it. Manship has this at 50 GBP, this copy's a bargain in comparison.VONTASTICS - Day Tripper/My Baby St Lawrence (USA) 1014 NM- 15 Hot 60's-funk with James Brown style horn section. Flip's like a ska ballad, pretty durn bluebeat-sounding. FREDDY WATERS - Love Is A Two Way Thing/I've Got A Good Love Tee Jay (USA) 8700 VG++ 20 Sweet 70's sound with a light tenor lead. Philly-stylin', but no disco elements. Flip's Curtis Mayfield-styled funk. Also issued on Ref-O-Ree. Hope to hear from you -- Hugo M. PocaMadreEnt@hotmail.com https://free.hostdepartment.com/P/PME
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