Louise

Northern/60’s Soul Classics For Sale (22) Betty Everette Love Comes Tumbling Down/People Around Me ABC Mint- £60.00 (Number on a-side label) The Mighty Marvelows Talkin’ Bout Ya, Baby ABC Mint- £30.00 SOLD Betty Everette I Can’t Say/My Baby Loving My Best Friend ABC Mint- £20.00 Jimmy Williams I’m Strong Out Over You Baby ABC-Paramount W/D Mint £20.00 The Cre-Shendos You’re Still On My Mind/This Must Be Love Aquarius Mint- £125.00 The Dealers You Got It Big Bunny Mint £125.00 SOLD Dean Parrish Tell Her Boom Mint- £25.00 The Cooperettes Shing-A-Ling Brunswick Mint £250.00 SOLD (Drill hole) Lee Charles Wrong Number/I’ll Never Ever Love Again Brunswick Demo Mint £25.00 The Cooperettes Everything’s Wrong Brunswick Mint- £30.00 (Their cover version of the Chubby Checker song, number on label) Jean Wells With My Love And What You Got Calla Mint- £35.00 The Monterey’s & Grandeurs Come Home To Me Cardinale Mint £40.00 Dan & The Clean Cuts One Love, Not Two Enith International Mint- £30.00 (Local label release before Scepter, some label discoloration) The Expressions You Better Know It/Out Of My Life Federal W/D Mint £50.00 Mary Johnson Hard Forgetting Memories Federal W/D Mint £40.00 Dan Brantley You Got To Prove It Federal W/D Mint £100.00 Jimmy Delphs Almost/Don’t Sign The Paper Baby Karen Mint £20.00 The Darlings Two Time Loser Kay-Ko VG++ £50.00 (Local Detroit release before Mercury, two biro X’s on label) Esko Affair Salt & Pepper Mercury W/D Mint- £50.00 SOLD Bobby Angelle Too Much For You Money Mint- £200.00 SOLD Don Julian What Chance Has A Man/Let Me See You Philly Money Mint £50.00 The Larks The Answer Came To Late/Lost My Love Yesterday Money Mint- £150.00 SOLD Lee Rogers Sweet Baby Talk/Jack The Playboy Premium Stuff Mint £50.00 The Esquires Dancin’ A Hole In The World Rocky Ridge Mint- £30.00 Dan & The Clean Cuts Co-Operation Scepter Mint- £25.00 (Dancer) Judy Clay You Busted My Mind Scepter Demo Mint- £50.00 The Catalinas You Haven’t The Right Scepter Demo £40.00 Exsayveyons I Don’t Love You No More/Somewhere Smoke Mint- £150.00 Ex Sayveyons Running Wild/Where Do I Go From Here Smoke Mint- £200.00 SOLD Debra Dion Don’t Bug Me Baby Sue VG++ £25.00 (Great girlie dancer, biro X on label) Henry Strogin Love Insurance Ten Star Mint £50.00 (Nice West Coast Dancer) The Ethics I Want My Baby Back Vent W/D VG++ £80.00 SOLD Postage: 1-3 45’s = £4.50 (1st recorded, UK) overseas at cost. To reserve: PM or e-mail: david.welding1@outlook.com *Please note the new e-mail address*

Really sorry to hear that Nick, and commiserations to you, you and Jim go back a very along way. Jim was one of life's true gentlemen and will be sadly missed. Dave & Louise

Modern, Crossover, Funk, Sweet Soul 45’s & Albums (RR) The T.S.U Toronadoes What Good Am I/Getting In The Corners Atlantic W/D Mint- £50.00 SOLD Mark Putney Today’s Man Atlantic W/D Mint £40.00 SOLD Archie Bell & The Drells You’re Such A Beautiful Child/I Can’t Stop Dancing Atlantic Mint- £10.00 (Great double sider) Chocolate Syrup Stop Your Cryin’/ The Goddess Of Love Avco Mint £15.00 The Premiers Take My Hand/Just A Penalty Avco Mint £40.00 (Harder issue copy with the excellent b-side) Maxine Brown Picked Up, Packed And Put Away Avco Demo VG++ £10.00 SOLD (Neat little dancer) The Caprells Deep Love/Hey Girl-Why’d You Have To Do It Bano Mint £100.00 The Caprells What Ever Goes Up (Has To Come Down)/I Believe In The Stars Bano Mint £20.00 The Realistics You’re My Sweet (Chocolate Drops) Brunswick W/D Mint- £10.00 The Lost Generation Pretty Little Angel Eyes/You Only Get Out Of Love Brunswick W/D Mint- £60.00 SOLD The Artistics It’s Those Little Thing That Count Brunswick W/D Mint £15.00 Donald Height A Mean Thing Daker W/D Mint £25.00 Otis Leaville Love Uprising Daker Demo Mint- £12.00 (X and sticker on label) Otis Leavill You Brought Out The Good In Me/ I’m So Jealous Daker W/D Mint £25.00 Down Beats Why Do You Love Another Dawn Mint £600.00 (In demand with both Sweet and Funk collectors alike, pristine condition copy) Walter Jenkins Back In My Life Faderkat Demo Mint £30.00 The Harvey Averne Band Love Never Stays The Same Fania W/D Mint £100.00 SOLD (So soulful) Bobby Banks I’m A Bachelor/Reed It & Weep Gil Mint £75.00 SOLD (Excellent Philly dancer with deep flip from Gilda Woods label) Phil Philips It Takes More Hard-Boiled Mint £50.00 SOLD (Old Soul Sam modern spin) Buddy Scott & The Rib Tips Band Never Be The Same I.C.T VG+ £30.00 (Excellent 80’s southern soul, Mint copies usually fetch £60.00) Windy City I Still Love You/Let Me Ride Kelli-Arts W/D Mint- £20.00 The Solars Here’s My Heart King Mint- £40.00 (Great finger clicking crossover dancer, small number sticker on the label) Esther Philips I’ve Never Found A Man (To Love Me Like You Do) Kudu Mint £15.00 Willie Feaster & His Magnificent Six I’ve Been Waiting L Brown Mint- £60.00 Mary Wells I Found What I Wanted/I See A Future In You Reprise W/D Mint £20.00 (Great cover version of the George Jackson song) Young Ladies He’s Gone To Another/I’m Tired Of Running Around Stang Mint- £1600.00 SOLD Linda Jones & Whatnauts “Im So Glad I Found You” Stang Mint- £75.00 The Decisions You Look Like An Angel/I Can’t Forget About You Baby Sussex Mint- £75.00 SOLD Pat Sands & The Pebbles Loving Him/Hot Dog I Love Him So Sussex Demo Mint £35.00 (Nice Philly female crossover) Segments Of Time Memories/Tears Keep Falling Sussex Demo Mint- £15.00 The Notations A New Day/At The Crossroads Twinight Mint £35.00 Johnny Williams Maggie Twinight Mint £40.00 The Notations Just You & Me/I’ve Been Trying Twinight W/D Mint £35.00 The Radiants Don’t Wanna Face The Truth/My Sunshine Girl Twinight Mint £35.00 (Excellent double sider the group’s last 45 release) ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….New: Soul Junction 45 Release: SJ1021 Shirley Diamond & Jesse James You Don’t Know Who You Been Sleeping With £13.00 Recently recorded contemporary modern/southern soul from the evergreen cult artist Jesse James and one of his longtime, backing/session singers Ms Shirley Diamond. Shirley’s who’s voice has been likened by some soul scribes to the great Shirley Brown of “Woman To Woman” fame, not to be missed! Please take a listen to the you tube link: https://youtu.be/7dggRTaSAEA ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Soul Albums: Vinyl grades listed first, cover grades second: Chuck Cissel Just For You Arista Mint-/Mint- £25.00 (Inc: Emergency, Don’t Tell Me Your Sorry, Do You Believe, etc) John Edwards Same: Aware Mint-/Mint- £15.00 (Spread The News, Messing Up A Good Thing, Claim Jumping, etc, etc) Loleatta Holloway Loleatta Aware Mint-/Mint- £30.00 (Inc: Mother Of Shame, So Can I, We Did It, Part Time Lover, Full Time Fool, etc) Marlena Shaw The Spice Of Life Cadet Still Sealed £75.00 SOLD (California Soul, Woman Of The Ghetto, Looking Thru The Eyes Of Love, etc, etc) The Best Of Both Worlds I Want The World To Know Calla Mint-/VG++ £35.00 (Inc: Lost In The Shuffle Of Love, Anyway The Wind Blows, Invisible Flowers, etc) Pockets So Delicious CBS Still Sealed £10.00 (Inc: Catch Me, corner of cover clipped) The Natural Four Heaven Right On Earth Curtom Still Sealed £30.00 (Inc: Love Is Wonderful, Give This Love A Try, etc, etc) Solaris Same: Dana Mint-/Mint- £75.00 (Inc: You And Me, Before Dawn, Right In The Middle Of Falling In Love, You & Me, Before The Dawn, etc great Johnny Brinson produced album, original release) Side Effect What You Need Fantasy Mint-/Mint- £15.00 (Inc: Always There, Keep That Same Old Feeling, Finally Found Someone, etc, etc) (Gatefold cover) The Ultimates Same: Graham International Mint-/Mint- £225.00 SOLD (Inc: Girl I’ve Been Trying To Tell You, God And You, Loving You Is Easy, etc) Linda Jones Hypnotized Loma Mint-/Mint- £35.00 SOLD (Inc: Hypnotized, Last Minute Miracle, You Can’t Take It, I Can’t Stop Loving My Baby, etc) The Dynamic Superiors Same: Motown Still Sealed £20.00 (Inc: Shoe Shoe Shine, Don’t Send Nobody Else, One-Nighter, etc, corner of cover clipped) The Dynamic Superiors Pure Pleasure Motown Still Sealed £20.00 (Inc: Hit And Run Lovers, Feeling Mellow, A Better Way, Deception, etc) The Dynamic Superiors You Name It Still Sealed Motown £20.00 (Inc: Try Some Love, I Can’t Afford To Be Poor, Stay Away, etc) The Softones & First Class Together Park-Way Still Sealed £75.00 (Inc: Just Had To Dance, Carla My Love, Candy, etc original 1979 release) Love, Peace & Happiness Her Tis: RCA Still Sealed £20.00 (Inc: Don’t Knock My Love, You’ve Chosen Mr, If I Owned The World, etc Rob Banks &The Dramatics Dramatically Yours Volt Mint-/VG++ £20.00 (Inc: It’s So Hard Trying To Get Over, Beautiful Feeling, I Made Myself Lonely, etc ) Willie Hutch In Tune Whitfield Mint-/Mint- £10.00 (Inc Easy Does It, Anything Is Possible If You Believe In Love plus others) …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Recent New Soul Junction Album Release: SJLP 5015 Impulse Impulse! £24.00 Previously unissued Soul & Funk album that contain many great tracks: You Changed Me, I Really Love You, Get The Funk Off My Back, Free To Be Me etc, etc limited pressing run of 500 only. Take a listen to the you tube link: https://youtu.be/7c88LIIYNbo ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Postage 45’s: 1-3 45’s = £4.50 (1st/recorded, UK) overseas at cost. Postage Albums: 1st album = £5.75 (1st recorded, UK) plus £1.00 for each album thereafter. To reserve PM or e-mail: david.welding1@outlook.com

Perhaps ABC had a lot of spare Gold paint ?

I did try and make a list of the titles using the backing tracks of the songs below: The Petersons “Just What I’ve Been Looking For/What’s It's Gonna Be Release Date Monday April 24th 2023 ‘The Petersons’ were a vocal trio from Waycross, GA, their performing name came from their founder, lead vocalist and drummer Kenneth Peterson, along with Keyboard player Salem Chatman and vocalist/bassist Johnny Members. The trio regularly performed shows along America’s East Coast, and it was while working in Philadelphia during early 1973 that the group answered an advertisement in Billboard Magazine quote “Masters Turned Down? We Are Looking for New Acts to Sign, Contact Omega Sound Productions, Philadelphia, PA”. Omega Sound was a fledgling independent Recording Company formed by Frank Fioravanti a budding songwriter and former Encyclopedia Britannica Salesman for the initial purpose of find some extra work for the musicians of The Philadelphia Orchestra who were looking to earn some side money. As a result of answering the Billboard advertisement ‘The Petersons’ found themselves booked into Frank Virtue’s recording studio to record two Fioravanti and the late Alan Felder penned songs, the up-tempo “What’s It Gonna Be” backed by the melodic “Just What I’ve Been Looking For” Mel Omega (1833). With the release failing to make much noise, The Petersons returned to their native Georgia where they continuing to perform and record but under the group name of ‘Toll Darkness’. Fast forward circa 30 years and a couple of copies of this obscure Mel Omega 45 was introduced into the UK by Soul Bowl’s John Anderson where they gained belated recognition initially at the Soul Essence Weekenders through resident DJ Steve Guarnori with “Just What I’ve Been Looking For” being his chosen side. These initial copies had a paper sticker on them crediting the Artist as ‘Toll Darkness’ but the subsequent find of further copies with no sticker coverings, revealed the real artist to be ‘The Petersons’, intriguing? The reason behind the differing artist names is reputedly assumed to be that Ken Peterson took some copies of the Mel Omega 45 back to Georgia and pasted the ‘Toll Darkness’ group name stickers over the Petersons label credits to enable him to sell them at shows with his other ‘Toll Darkness’ 45 “Party/Love Makes Me Do Foolish Things on Alpha Records. The up-tempo backing track of The Peterson’s “What’s It Gonna Be” was a Frank Virtue arrangement that he had great faith in, hence it’s usage on a plethora of other Philly artists recordings, i.e. Fred Mark, Liza Mae, Michael Christian, Cody Michaels etc over different record labels, Melomega, Concept, Fox Century Plaza and Merben. Frank Fioravanti also founded the Sound Gems label which brought us the timeless classic “Your My Main Squeeze” recorded on the New Beford, MA group ‘Crystal Motion’. Omega Sound’s most notable achievement would be William DeVaughn’s 1974 hit “Be Thankful For What You Got”. For further information please contact Soul Junction at: Tel: +44 (0) 121 602 8115 or E-mail: sales@souljunctionrecords.co.uk

Plus Grapevine and Solscape too.

Hi Mal I know Duke well, PM me the title and i'll ask Duke about it. Regards Dave

Appreciate your post, i think we've awaken a sleeper of a crossover gem with this release if the chit-chat on several social media sites are anything to go by, class records always rise to the top and Cam's double sider is sure one of those. Regards Dave SJ

Northern/60’s Soul Classics For Sale (21) The Tiffanys Happiest Girl In The World/Love Me Arctic W/D Mint- £80.00 The Volcanos (It’s Against) The Rules Of Love Arctic W/D VG+ £200.00 (Rarer mis-spelt title, the word Rules has been crossed out and the word Law has been added with a green felt pen. W.O.L, plays perfect) Barbara Mason Ain’t Got Nobody/Oh How It Hurts Arctic Mint- £35.00 Deon Jackson You Said You Loved Me/Hush Little Baby Atlantic Demo Mint- £25.00 (West Coast styrene black and white demo copy) Soul Brothers Six You Better Check Yourself Atlantic Mint £25.00 (Dancer) Clarence Carter Looking For A Fox Atlantic Mint £12.00 (Great 60’s club soul dancer) The Ambassadors We Got Love/Never Get Tired Of Loving You Atlantic Mint- £25.00 SOLD Barbara Lewis Someday We’re Gonna Love Again Atlantic Atlantic Mint- £15.00 SOLD Dee Dee Sharp Deep Dark Secret Cameo Mint £125.00 Dee Dee Sharp Standing In The Need Of Love Cameo Mint £30.00 The Ohio Players It’s A Crying Same/I’ve Got To Hold On Compass Mint £25.00 (Dancer) Don Hart Soldier Comin’ Home/I Can Make It Cool School Mint £40.00 (Two great mid-tempo Detroit sides) Ruby Winters Better/I Want Action Diamond Mint- £100.00 Terri Day I’m So Glad/Hey Fella D-Town Mint £75.00 The Eldees Don’t Be Afraid To Love Dynamics Mint- £60.00 The Objectives Love Went Away/Oh My Love (Come Back To Me) Jewel Mint- £60.00 (The Objectives were a High School group formed by and included Chuck Cockerham of “Have I Got A Right” Mala Records fame in their line-up, recommended dancer) Edward Hamilton & The Arabians Thank You Mother Mary Jane Mint £25.00 (Edward’s least appreciated Mary Jane release, why? Check it out, vocal & instrumental) Roy Hamilton The Panic Is On MGM VG++ £125.00 SOLD Tony Middleton To The Ends Of The Earth MGM Demo VG+ £260.00 (Plays perfect) The Charmaines Keep On Searching Minit Demo Mint- £30.00 SOLD (Great little dancer from Gigi & the Girls on this Simpson, Ashford & Armstead penned song, arranged by Dale Warren and produced by Herman Griffin, pedigree throughout) Alder Ray My Heart Is In Danger/I Need You Baby Minit Mint- £75.00 Jimmy Holiday & Clyde King Ready, Willing And Able/We Got A Good Thing Goin’ Minit Mint $50.00 Earl Cosby ooh Honey Baby Mirwood W/D Mint £50.00 Jackie Lee Do The Temptation Walk/The Shotgun And The Duck Mirwood Mint £12.00 The Performers I Can’t Stop You/L.A. Stomp Mirwood Mint £35.00 (Mint vinyl with some label wear, black label copy) The Olympics Mine Exclusively/Secret Agents Mirwood Mint £15.00 The Olympics Baby, Do The Philly Dog/Western Movies Mirwood Mint £15.00 Cookie Jackson Your Good Girl’s Gonna Go Bad Okeh W/D Mint- £60.00 The Vibrations Pick Me/You Better Beware Okeh W/D Mint- £35.00 (Great double sider from this quality group) Carstairs He Who Picks A Rose Okeh W/D Mint- £100.00 James Bowens & His Agents etc Baby I Want You Roosevelt Lee Records Mint- £75.00 (Stafford) Elaine Hill Is It Really Worth It RSVP Mint- £40.00 (This is Lainie Hill of “Time Marches On” fame) The Fantaisions Unnecessary Tears/That’s Where The Action Is Satellite Mint- £40.00 SOLD Johnny Bartel And The Soul Masters If This Isn’t Love Solid State W/D VG++ £200.00 Judy Street What Strider Mint- £450.00 SOLD Jeanette White Music/No Sunshine Vibrations Mint £30.00 (Local label release before A&M, “No Sunshine” a recent sister funk spin for the funky edged guys) The Superiors What Would I Do Verve Mint- £40.00 (Sticker mark on label does not effect any label credits) Penny Carter We Gotta Try Harder/Sometimes You Win, Sometimes You Lose Verve Demo Mint £20.00 SOLD (Nice girlie soul dancer) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. New Soul Junction 45 Release: SJ554 “Cam Cameron They Say/I’m A Lonely Man” £13.00 Two excellent and currently very much talked about Chicago crossover sides To hear click on the You tube link below: https://youtu.be/yFMAgSt62kM ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Postage: 1-3 45’s = £4.50 (1st recorded, UK) overseas at cost. To reserve: PM or e-mail: david.welding1@outlook.com *Please note the new e-mail address*

Only sold a copy of this last week. Dave

Had a few of these over the years, but alot of the copies have reversed labels Dave

Sorted Steve, enjoy your trip Downunder. HNY from all at Soul Junction

Glad to hear it arrived safely and you are enjoying it Thanks for your purchase Dave Soul Junction Music

Yes but i kinda had to use a certain amount of poetic license with the sleeve notes there was some very dubious goings on back then which although mentioned to me were omitted from the published piece. I'll send you a PM Fred did mention that Ben Knight also sang on the 2 B.O.S Shock 45's due to Richard Knight being in the 'Pen', i did speak with Ben he too had been a one time member of The Royal Jokers and if memory serves me right was also a friend of the late Stanley Mitchell. I did have cause to speak with Ben a couple of years back but his phone number had been disconnected and when i asked around people realised they had seen him around for awhile, so maybe he had passed ? Dave

Hi Graham RE: The 21ST members her's my CD Sleeve notes: The 21ST or as they were briefly known The 21ST Century were a vocal quartet founded by former Royal Joker, Willie Cornelius Jones. Willie, the elder statesman of the group at the ripe old age of 33 years, was instrumental in mentoring his three younger charges. Firstly Kurt Jefferson Sr a former G.I. who for a period of time had been wheelchair bound due to the combat injuries he sustained while serving in Vietnam. Kurt or as he was fondly known as ‘Fats’ due to his svelte like physique, was introduced to the group by his old neighborhood friend Dwight Cabean. Following Dwight’s approach to join The 21ST, Kurt curtailed his shift as a fork lift truck driver at Chryslers, grabbed his walking cane and walked out on his factory job forever. Willie, Kurt and Dwight, who was often jokingly referred to as “The Ladies Man” would also be joined by Rubin ‘Chico’ Davenport a former work colleague of Willie Jones at the Detroit Diesel Engine Plant. Eventually the 21st signed on with the Joy label which was owned by the well connected business man Joe Terrell, who placed them under the musical direction of Andrew ‘Mike’ Terry whom he had employed to run his label. The 21ST would go on to record three excellent songs. Their first release being the Mike Terry, Mikki Farrow and James Semahaj penned “I Just Can’t Forget Your Name” backed with the Mike Terry and Don Mancha penned “The Sun Came Out” (Joy 672) recorded in 1972 at the GM studio’s with Mike Terry’s arrangements being interpreted by the musicians of the Detroit Symphony. The popularity of this initial release would soon bring the group into conflict with a New York group of the same name. So to avoid any possible legal disputes the Joy group reverted to the abbreviated name of ‘The 21ST”. (N.B. On some of the initial 45’s pressing you can still see where the word century has been scored out with a black felt pen). “I Just Can’t Forget Your Name” was later issued again with a different flipside the Fred Bridges and Richard Knight penned “The Thought Of Me Losing You” again released on Joy 672. The name of the publishing company for Joy records was ‘Cangem’ a derivative of Candy and Gem the pet names Joe Terrell gave to his wife, Hazel. Due in part to the popularity of their Joy recordings The 21ST would regularly tour the Canadian provinces of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia often performing to French only speaking audiences who couldn’t understand a word they sang but really digged their exciting stage shows. They toured with a regular seven piece band, in a hired 12 seater camper van affectionately christened as ‘The Love Train”. This period of success would eventually come to end when the trappings of success began to turn some of the younger member’s heads, prompting Willie Jones to leave the group. So during 1974 The 21ST finally disbanded with Rubin later marrying a Canadian girl and settling in Toronto. Dwight also married and moved down south signaling the end of both of their performing careers. While Kurt briefly sang with a group called the 5 Phases, before later joining the group ‘The Solid Solution’ who recorded the popular album “Loving You” on Silver Spoon Records in 1978. Willie Jones did return to Canada a a year later with a short lived ensemble by the name of ‘McArthur’. McArthur were an all male vocal quartet founded by Willie Jones Following the disbandment of The 21ST during 1974 Willie vaguely remembers that the other group members of McArthur were Cheslawn Vickers at the time a serving Police Officer who timed his annual leave to coincide with the groups tours. A guy called Larry and a fourth member who Willie couldn’t recall his name. Willie again was the lead vocalist and elder statesman of the group then aged 35. Willie’s new ensemble needed a name and they finally chose what they perceived to be a strong and instantly recognizable name when they became ‘McArthur’ in honor of the United States Supreme Commander of the Allied Pacific Forces during World War II, General Douglas McArthur. Through his previously made connections as part of The 21ST, Willie returned to Canada with his new ensemble ’McArthur’ securing two performing dates at The Arrows Club in Halifax, Nova Scotia. ‘McArthur’ finally broke up after a period of circa 18 months together with their lasting legacy being a solitary 45 single “It’s So Real/I’ll Never Trust Love Again” which gained a release on the New York based Mainstream subsidiary label, Brown Dog (BD9006) in 1975. Both sides of the 45 were produced in Detroit by Clyde Clay and Charles ‘Teddy’ Johnson for Funhouse Associates, with Teddy Johnson being an old High School friend of Willie Jones. The A-side “It’s So Real” was written by the late legendary baritone Saxophonist Andrew ‘Mike’ Terry and William Marvin Smith a respected bass guitarist and one time child protégé of Johnny Mae Mathews and Dave Hamilton. William had previously been a member of Lou Beatty’s La Beat labels house band, The LPT’s (La Beat Production Team) and was later briefly associated with the ill fated Lemon’s families Gold Records. Mike Terry had previously worked with Willie Jones during his time with the 21ST over at Joy Records as a songwriter and arranger but it is the former owner of Joy Records Joe Terrell who is credited as the arranger on McArthur’s ”It’s So Real” side ? The B-side had begun its life under the working title of “If I Live For A 100 Years” but was eventually released using the second part of the hook line “I’ll Never Trust Love Again” written by the songs co-producer Teddy Johnson and late former lead singer of the Falcon’s (Big Wheel) Carlis Sonny Munro. The String arrangements on both sides were provided by The Detroit Symphony. The result is two excellent mid 70’s soulful ballads that have of late been gaining some belated attention and has now become very sought after. Words By: Dave Welding. With acknowledgments to: Willie Jones & Kurt Jefferson.

Great interview Graham, as mentioned Fred was as adamant with me about Fred and Skeets (Mutt ) not being him or any other B.O.S members. I've just checked my notes but no names given by Fred he just state two random guys he'd never met before. I couple of other things which i thought maybe of interest Fred wrote "Baby Don't You Weep" with the working title of "i'm Coming Home" but was persauded to change it to "Baby Don't You Weep" by Ted Harris Sr the guy who administered Lou Beatty's publishing company Mums BMI. Fred also told me that he originally wrote the song "Candy" with James Shorter in mind, Shorter turned it down and as we know the B.O.S recorded it themselves. Fred also told me that that songwriter D.Quick Silver credited on some of the Aquarius releases was a pseudonym of Don Mancha's. Also Fred told me that he met Roy (Cortez) Butler from Eastpointe MI, through one of his (Fred) former girlfriends, he was a family relative of hers. Fred told me two of his favourite B.K.E productions/songs were "Candy" and Chuck Bernard's "Bessie Girl" so the last time i met him in a hotel in Birmingham (UK) he was touring with the then line up of the 'Four Tops' i gave him a copy of each he was chuffed to bits and spent the whole night showing them to all the Four Tops touring party even waking his wife up who had gone to bed early to show her. He actually bought me a pint of bitter as a thank you (my claim to fame LOL!) Joe Terrell was quite a notorious local character, he cut those Joy singles on 'The 21ST' (Also credited as '21st Century' before they dropped the Century due to a name clash with another group) of Which Willie Jones was the lead singer. we licensed the Joy 45's off Joe's Widow Hazel Terrell for a Soul Junction compilation a few years ago, a very lively woman (for her advancing years) to say the least she periodically rings me up from time to time trying to persaud me to release some of her Grandson's Hip Hop offerings !! Willie Jones later formed the group McArthur cutting "It's So Real" Brown Dog Records which Joe Terrell somehow credit's himself as the arranger on humm! Dave Welding

Modern, Crossover, Funk & Sweet Soul 45’s (QQ) Sharen Clark & The Product Of Time I’m Not Afraid Of Love/Mama Did’t Lie (Sho Come True) APT W/D Mint £75.00 SOLD The Moving Violation Spinin’ Top Atlantic Demo Mint £20.00 SOLD (Vince Montana Philly Dancer) Majestic Arrows One More Time Around Bandit VG £75.00 SOLD (Record plays in VG+ condition, vocal & instrumental) Bettye Jean Plummer You Don’t Know/I Remember Well Bell VG++ £40.00 Betty Jean Plummer How Can We Save It/Make It Together Bell VG++ £30.00 Cynthia & The Imaginations Hey Boy (I Love You)/Love Is Real Blue Rock WD Mint- £200.00 SOLD (2 X’s on Love Is Real side) Willard Burton & The Funky Four Funky In Here Capitol Demo Mint- £40.00 The Congenial Four You Played The Part (Of A Loser) Capitol Mint £100.00 The Sound 70’s I’ll Be Waiting Capitol Demo VG++ £30.00 Leroy Hutson Love O’ Love Curtom Mint- £10.00 SOLD Leroy Hutson So In Love With You Curtom Demo VG++ £25.00 Earl White Jr Very Special Girl Cygnet VG++ £1100.00 SOLD (Plays perfect) The Donations I’m Going To Treat You Good Dee’O Mint £25.00 (Cleveland, Ohio sweet soul) Johnny Washington Oh Girl Delite Mint £25.00 Electrified Action Love Foundation Delite Demo £20.00 Skip Jackson & The Shantons I’m On To You Girl/Promise That You’ll Wait Dot-Mar VG+/VG++ £325.00 SOLD (A few scuffs on the vinyl but plays perfect, distributor sticker on label) Betty Everett Danger/Just A Matter Of Time Till You’re Gone Fantasy Mint- £15.00 SOLD The Creations Just Remember Me Globe Mint- £75.00 (Label slightly off center, does not effect play) The Creations I’ve Got To Find Her/Times Are Changing Globe Mint- £25.00 The Creations Oh Baby/Plenty Of Love Globe Mint- £40.00 (All 3 Creations 45’s are recommended crossover soul) Billy Sha-Rae Do It/I Found The One Hour Glass Mint £20.00 (Detroit funk with deep soul flip) Chocolate Syrup You’re Off An Runnin’ Ira Mint- £60.00 The Continental 4 The Way I Love You Jay-Walking Mint- £40.00 Catch Mr. Nice Guy LKK Records Mint- £20.00 Jay Rhythm Wouldn’t It Be A Pleasure/Soul Emotions Leo Mint £30.00 Louis Curry A Toast To You/I’ll Try Again Tomorrow M-S W/D VG++ £35.00 SOLD Louis Curry Captivated M-S W/D Mint- £75.00 Louis Curry God’s Creation/I’ve Got To Get Away From Here M-S W/D Mint- £40.00 Wilton Crump Think It Through/Give Your Love To Me Olive Branch Mint £40.00 SOLD (Gary, Indians sweet soul) Sly, Slick & The Wicked Surely, Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t My Baby/Stay My Baby Paramount Demo VG++ £60.00 SOLD (Unfortunately the record has a small tight crack in the runout groove which encroaches on to the playing surface approximately 5mm causing a couple of light clicks as the record finishes, hence the reduced price) Gloria Walker My Precious Love People Mint £25.00 David Morris Snap, Crackle, Pop Plush Mint- £20.00 (Philly dancer) Brenda Devlin Were You Ever Lonely Road VG++ £20.00 (Philly sister funk) Holly Maxwell Winter Go Away/Never Love Again Smit-Whit W/D Mint £25.00 The Thoughts Plain As The Nose On Your Face/Walk On Brother S.O. Records Mint- £40.00 (Philly Sweet soul with funk flip) Nolan Chance I’ll Never Forget You Thomas Demo VG++ £35.00 SOLD Bobby Womack Daylight United Artists Mint £15.00 Clay Hammond Part Time Love/Women Are Human Versepto Mint- £20.00 SOLD The Radiations Love Be Not A Stranger/Shaking Up The Nation Valise Mint £20.00 (Sweet soul with funk flip) Postage: 1-3 45’s = £4.50 (return by recorded delivery, UK) overseas at cost. To reserve PM or e-mail: david.welding@blueyonder.co.uk

In the post tomorrow morning Steve

Many thanks for your kind words guys and a big thanks to all the people that have supported the label through purchasing the album yo've all made this project so worth while. Regards Dave Soul Junction Music

Northern/60’s Soul Classic’s For Sale (20) Lee Williams Lost Love/Peepin’ (Through The Window) Carnival VG++ £125.00 SOLD Harry Caldwell Please Come Back/Nobody Loves Me Carnival Mint £40.00 (Clown label design) Harold And Connie Bugaloo Party Carnival Demo Mint- £25.00 Don Hart Soldier Comin’ Home/I Can Make It Cool School Mint £40.00 (Great Detroit double sider) Jackie Verdell Are You Ready For This Decca Mint- £25.00 (Texas dancer) Bunny Sigler For Cryin’ Out Loud Decca Demo Mint- £200.00 (Stafford classic) Ray Pollard Lie Lips Lie Decca Mint- £35.00 Ray Pollard Wanderlust Decca Demo Mint- £75.00 The Entertainers IV Temptation Walk Dore Mint- £15.00 The Superbs My Heart Isn’t In It Dore Mint- £40.00 (Purple label) The Entertainers IV Getting’ Back Into Circulation/My Garden Of Eden Dore Mint- £200.00 (Slight label wear) The Commands Don’t Be Afraid To Love Me Dynamic Mint- £150.00 Tommy Tucker That’s How Much! Festival Demo Mint- £75.00 Soul Gents Wonders Of Love/If I Should Win Your Love Fros Ray Mint £80.00 The Drapers (I Know) Your Love Has Gone Away Gee Records W/D VG++ £135.00 SOLD Harry And The Keyavas If This Is Goodbye IPG VG++ £125.00 SOLD Billy Young The Sloopy/Same Thing All Over Jotis VG++ £30.00 Lee Harvey & The L.A. Untouchables My Assurance Kris W/D Mint £80.00 Johnny Moore What More Can I Do/Let’s Get It Together Larry-O Mint- £40.00 SOLD Edward Hamilton & The Arabians Thank You Mother Mary Jane Mint £25.00 (One of Edward’s most underrated sides) The Compliments Beware, Beware/Borrow Til Morning Midas Mint- £125.00 The Cheers I Made Up My Mind/Take Me To Paradise Okeh W/D Mint- £75.00 Major Lance Sometimes I Wonder/I’m So Lost Okeh Mint- £20.00 Major Lance Too Hot To Hold/Dark And Lonely Okeh Mint- £40.00 Major Lance It’s The Beat/You’ll Want Me Back Okeh Mint- £40.00 Christine Cooper Heartaches Away My Boy Parkway W/D VG+ £375.00 SOLD (Several very light marks from not being kept in a sleeve but plays great, clean labels) Nikki Blu (Whoa, Whoa) I Love Him So Parkway W/D Mint- £30.00 Melvin Carter Teacher Of Love Peacock Demo Mint- £30.00 Benny Harper Don’t Let It Happen To You Phil-L.A. Of Soul Mint- £30.00 Ila Van You Made Me This Way/My Mother Said P.I.P VG++ £325.00 SOLD James Bryant Hey There You Girl Renee W/D Mint £40.00 The Illusions Shake Your Mini/The Funky Donkey Showtime Mint- £60.00 (X on b-side label) Bobby Bradshaw Show Me A Man Wand Demo VG++ £20.00 Diplomats Love Ain’t What It Used to Be/I’ve Got A Feeling Wand Mint- £25.00 Maxine Brown One In A Million Wand Mint- £30.00 SOLD (Date stamp on label) Postage: 1-3 45’s = £4.50 (1st, recorded UK) overseas at cost. Reservations: PM or e-mail: david.welding@blueyonder.co.uk

CREATING A TREND: THE TOM DORSEY STORY. The mid 60’s Chicago vocal group, The Trends were responsible for a fine body of work that never achieved the measure of success it richly deserved at the time of its creation. Although later well documented the group has always been credited with an all male line up with no mention of its husband and wife founding members Carolyn and Tom Dorsey. The article below will now hopefully right this long overdue wrong. Lucius Thomas Dorsey was born August 31, 1937, the oldest of five sons raised by their parents Lucius Sr and his wife Sara. The struggling Dorsey family later migrated north from their Augusta, Georgia home in 1943 to relocate on the west side of Chicago, Illinois. Tom was a sickly child who struggled with an inconsistent memory due to a serious head concussion he received at the age of 12. An average student in school with his favorite subjects being Science and Art, Tom was a victim of bullying that used his reasoning and inquisitiveness to better understand why and how life worked to earn more respect and success for himself as no adult at that time was there with needed help. Feeling confused, isolated and stressed while knowing the law, Tom dropped out of High School at 17. He joined the U.S. Air Force in 1954 to be trained as a radar operator for the next 4 year and credits his military life for giving him the discipline and mental maturity to develop an appreciation for education. Gaining a GED Diploma, he began in college to study psychology to help others with mental issues like his. It was during this time in school that he met his wonderful wife of 58 years, Carolyn! Even though attaining top grades in his chosen subject, Tom’s curiosity caused him to conclude that psychology was being used by corporations and politicians to ’control’ the public for selfish gain and not to help as promoted, again causing him to quit school! Although with no formal music background, Tom taught himself how to play the guitar to begin constructing songs for fun. Initially working part-time for the U.S Postal Service while studying psychology, Tom’s first live performance was with a fellow part-time postal worker and budding songsmith and performer Bobby Miller. Miller and Tom made a pact that whoever landed a recording contract first would bring the other with him. Miller got his break first with the 60’s dance crazy hit “Uncle Willie Time,” (Constellation-111) but reneged on the agreement. Miller went on to become a Chess Records Staff writer composing numerous songs for the mighty Dell’s such as “Stay In My Corner” and wrote Gene Chandler’s outing “Bet You Never Thought” (Constellation -166). Tom’s chance meeting with another fellow part-time postal worker during this time would eventually lead him into the recording world of popular music. This second postal worker was Emmett Garner Jr. who was a member of a live performing singing group who told Tom that he was good enough to make a few bucks on the weekends playing guitar behind Emmett’s group. After agreeing, the group rehearsed at Tom’s home on the Westside of Chicago each weekend. One group member, Eddie Dunn, was without personal transportation which caused him to hitch a ride home with Emmett after rehearsals. Emmett, a lead and background singer, had hopes to audition for a solo recording contract in the future and knowing that Tom was attempting to compose original songs, he suggested they could both benefit from Emmett learning and singing Tom’s material for the audition. Because Emmett was somewhat nervous about his anticipated solo audition, he asked Tom, Carolyn and Eddie (Dunn) to vocally accompany him with what he became comfortable hearing from them during his rehearsals each week. Emmett eventually gained an audition with Eddie Thomas (then Chicago’s promoter for ABC-Paramount record label and manager of the Impressions) with the hope of being signed to a record label. It was after Emmett’s failed audition with Eddie Thomas (who did so out of not being interested in another group sound) that the idea to pursue a contract together with Tom, Carolyn and Eddie Dunn at several Chicago based record labels was born! By 1963 Eddie Thomas and The Impressions were at the height of their powers following their #1 hit “It’s All Right” for ABC. They followed this up in 1964 with hit popular singles “Talking About My Baby”, “I’m So Proud” and “Keep On Pushing” culminating with their “Keep On Pushing” album reaching number 8 in the pop charts. The arranger on these recordings was Johnny Pate. Pate a successful jazz bassist (with his own Trio during the late 1950’s) had come to prominence three months before as the arranger for Carl Davis at Okeh records. This occurred when he was contracted to arrange in place of his out of town mentor Riley Hampton on a recording that spawned Major Lance’s hit record “The Monkey Time,” thus introducing Pate to Chicago as its newest hot arranger on the strength of Lance’s hit! ABC opened an office in Chicago after contracting Johnny Pate as their new A&R Director for the Midwest that included among other artists, Curtis Mayfield and The Impressions! Tom Dorsey had introduced his groups’ sound to Johnny Pate prior to Pate’s popularity when Pate was working in a local record store to supplement his income as a musician. Tom Dorsey’s group (to be named “The Trends” later) live auditioned, but also included a two song tape recording that was left with Chess Records which got their attention. Chess offered a contract that required Tom’s group to tape record their mixture of original ballad and blues to determine which ones would be used for their session. The only request by Tom was that Johnny Pate arrange the music which Chess agreed to and gave Pate the original two song tape to listen to. The next day Tom received a phone call from Pate declaring that he had a signed cheque in hand from Mercury Records to produce Tom’s group as soon as their contract was signed! The group decided to sign with Mercury Records’ sure offer over Chess’ promise and was in the studio by the end of the week! Mercury Records released The Trends on their subsidiary label Smash with two 45 singles of “Dance With Me Baby/ (To Be) Happy Enough” (Smash 1914) followed by “Get Something Going/That’s The Way The Story Goes” (Smash 1933). Unknown to The Trends, Pate also informed Mercury Records that ABC planned to sign The Trends once they were released from their one year contract causing Mercury Records to not promote their records and gave them an early contract release. Needless to say, The Trends did finally arrive at ABC in early 1965 with their first 45 release of the Tom Dorsey penned “If You Don’t Dig The Blues/Not Too Old To Cry” (ABC10731) in the fall of the same year. Tom although signed to ABC as a recording artist also continued to work as an independent songwriter and publisher. The Trends second 45 outing came during the following year with the Tom Dorsey penned “Gonna Have To Show You” backed with a joint composition between Tom and Earl Smith (who happened to be Jerry Butler’s brother-in-law) titled “A Night For Love.” (ABC 10817) This association would also be prevalent in another independent 45 release by a local teenage group the ‘Ivory’s’. At the time Johnny Pate had a secretary working for him by the name of Jan Despenza whose brother Barry operated three independent Chicago labels, Contact, Despenza and Dispo. A subsequent introduction would lead to, two of Tom Dorsey’s songs “Please Stay” and “I’m In A Groove” being recorded and released on the Despenza label. The co-producer on the project being the aforementioned Earl Smith, The Ivory’s did also provide some backing vocals on some Jerry Butler recording sessions before their parents pulled the plug on their burgeoning recording career feeling that it was interfering with their school work. The Ivory’s 45 was later signed to the national distributed Wand label of which Tom had no idea about! The Trends third ABC release came in 1967 again with two Tom Dorsey compositions “No One There/That’s How I Like It” (ABC-10881). This was the group’s last release to feature Tom’s wife Carolyn who left the group due to being pregnant with the couple’s first child. The Trends briefly tried working with a female replacement singer on several live shows, but didn’t include her on future recording sessions. Continuing as a male trio for a little while longer with Tom’s last performance with the group in a live show in Gary, Indiana where The Trends performed as one supporting act behind featured performer Major Lance. For The Trends next 45 release of 1967 “Check My Tears/Don’t Drop Out Of School” (ABC-10944) Emmett and Eddie brought in two members from their original group that they had originally performed with, Ralph O’Neill and Jerome (Jerry) Johnson (later of The Notations on Gemigo and The Channel 3 on Daker). The group’s third 45 release of 1967 was the Tom Dorsey penned song “I Never Knew How Good I Had It” backed with “Thanks For A Little Lovin” (ABC-10993). Two subsequent Trend’s 45’s followed in 1968, the Van McCoy penned “The Big Parade/The soul Clap” (ABC-11091) and a final Tom Dorsey composition for the group “You Sure Know How To Hurt A Guy/Not Another Day” (ABC-11150) with The group breaking up for good not long after. As good as the group’s records were they never secured that elusive hit, although further belated recognition did arrive in the UK and beyond when The Trends body of work found favor within the Northern Soul Scene. Throughout the Trends recording adventure Tom had continued to work for the U.S Postal Service. He learned the mechanics of the music industry while signed as a recording artist to ABC, but he remained an independent songwriter keeping control of his songs and started his own publishing company, Rascal Music, BMI. Controlling 32 songs recorded by various artists which he still receives royalties on to this day, he earned a platinum award when Erykha Badu sampled Maurice Jackson’s “Lucky Fellow” on her two million selling album “Baduizm”. Tom’s songwriting credits can be found on a plethora of Chicago artist’s recordings besides the Trend’s. Tom’s close friendship with Johnny Pate would also lead to Tom being considered as Pate’s choice to replace him when Pate was promoted to ABC’s New York headquarters, a position Tom turned down because he and his wife Carolyn agreed that a healthier and happier balance was needed between their family and the music finance related stress! They cancelled their active involvement in the music industry with Tom working full time with the US Postal Service. A further career and life change would follow when at age 35, Tom felt unaccomplished. Together he and Carolyn agreed for him to quit the Postal Service and use his G.I Bill benefits to attend the School of the Art Institute of Chicago initially to secure a degree in painting while she financially supported the family. But during his first semester courses, he was strongly attracted to photography causing him to not take any painting courses before earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in photography! Tom developed his own eye-hand coordination technique to alter and enhance color photographs before today’s computers and image altering Photoshop. This new found skill secured Tom a job at a prestigious non-minority photographic studio that allowed him to learn their approach to the camera portrait business, which Tom used as his business model to start ‘Beautiful Memories By Dorsey’ (aka Camera Portraiture by Dorsey) with each print being embossed with the gold Dorsey logo which was officially registered. Their venture into photographing black families in their homes exclusively exploded from word-of-mouth advertising! In 1977 following Tom’s continuing sinus infections from Chicago’s dirty air, the Dorsey Family reluctantly relocated to Atlanta, Georgia. After joining Atlanta’s Chamber of Commerce, Tom taught photography in Clark College’s Art Department for 1977-78 to learn more about how Atlanta worked. Atlanta families did not think like Chicagoans and business did not take off as expected even with costly advertising and marketing thereby causing Carolyn to again pay the bills with a secretarial position at BellSouth. Tom fanned the fire for business, but began to question his worth as a photographer trying to support his wife and their two children who were attending school in 7th and 9th grades! After hearing on the radio about a government School of Carpentry being offered, Tom enrolled for two days a week until completion that secured him a job as a full-time Carpenter apprentice! The contractor was supportive of Tom’s aspiration in photography and encouraged him to go take care of his few occasional photo assignments and then come on back to work. This worked fine for 6 months, but the photo shoots were beginning to cause too many interruptions even though not enough to support a full income, Tom shook hands with his employer for the last time and quit! A blessing came in the form of a high school senior requesting cap & gown photos to replace those she was not satisfied with taken by the official school photographer. Tom’s ego only accepted the request because her family and his became friends years ago after Tom photographed her family when both lived in Chicago. The photo session went off well with Tom’s sensitivity to his subject and his use of the beautiful outdoors for a few casual poses. The day after the final order was delivered calls started coming in from students requesting what they saw from the photo shoot. All calls were graciously refused because of Tom’s lack of respect for the standard craft of cap and gown photography. Carolyn overheard Tom turning down these requests and insisted he change his attitude to not refuse any photo job he could perform because they needed the income! Tom reluctantly started scheduling appointments, but soon felt he should respect his clients with the best he knew how to do. Before long, word-of-mouth promotion by students from over 35 different high schools brought many high ranking parents and personalities both locally and from out of state to the Dorsey Studio! After 32 years of sharing their photographic sensitivity to the value of family togetherness with pride and dignity in both Chicago and Atlanta, the Dorsey’s retired in 2003! Tom and Carolyn’s blessings received in life became blessings to be shared with others. Since 2007 they continued to work together to become known for the Brother 2 Brothers TEAM MENtoring Method of Atlanta, helping some confused mid-teen males in Atlanta Public Schools improve ethically to stay in school and graduate with respect and success in life! The program’s ethos is “it’s easier (and cheaper) to build strong children than to (attempt to) repair broken men” by Frederick Douglass. In circa 2015, Tom’s recording industry past came back to haunt him when I contacted him about some of the songs owned by his publishing company, Rascal Music, which was administered by his wife Carolyn. Tom a very courteous and humble man was a little bemused by an Englishman’s inquisitiveness about the songs he wrote and recorded way back in the mid 60’s. But during our many subsequent conversations and growing friendship Tom mentioned a master tape from his last ever, self-produced recording session that he still had. The session was of four songs, two of which had been released at the time of their recording and two which had not. Sadly, Tom was to suddenly lose his beloved wife in 2017 which meant my idea had to be put on hold to allow Tom the necessary time to grieve and readjust. After a suitable time of mourning, we reignited the project, leading to the recent release of the two unissued Willie Williams songs of the delightfully soulful “Give It All I Got” backed with the funky, social conscience themed “Do You Understand” on the UK Soul Junction label, harking back to the days of Chicago Soul’s golden age. Blind, Chicago soul singer Willie Williams was first discovered performing in clubs around the Windy City. He was signed to ABC Records by their A&R Director for the Midwest, Johnny Pate. Pate chose one of Tom Dorsey’s songs for Willie to record as the flipside of his initial ABC release “Have You Ever Been Played For A Fool/With Al My Soul” (ABC-10860). Recorded in 1966, “With All My Soul” became a popular radio play of the time with Willie becoming known locally as Willie “Soul” Williams. Williams went on to record two further ABC 45’s under Pate’s guidance, “It Doesn’t Pay/Just Because” (1967) and “I’m Through With You/Strung Out” (1968). In 1969 Willie’s next 45 release again recorded in Chicago under Pate’s supervision was placed with another major label RCA, although credited as a GWP Production (Gerrard W. Purcell). Both sides of this RCA release are two excellent Tom Dorsey penned songs “Just To Be With You backed with “Name It”. Throughout his career Williams worked the clubs with his own band led by his musical director, confidant and bassist Bradley (Brad) Bobo. Bobo featured on many recording sessions for other artists too notably the creation of the acclaimed Notations album on Curtis Mayfield’s Curtom subsidiary label, Gemigo. On The 22nd of December 1970 a recording session was held in RCA’s Studio B, on North Wacker Drive, Chicago with sound engineer Russ Vestuto. The session was arranged and financed by Tom Dorsey flush with song writing gratuities received from the three songs he had composed and contributed to the popular blue-eyed hit group The O’Kaysions “Girl Watcher ABC album. The results of this session yielded four Willie Williams songs. Tom provided the arrangements, Brad Bobo played bass, and Tom’s wife Carolyn joined he and Brad on backing vocals. The fruits of this session were offered to Chicago stalwart Eddie Thomas. Thomas picked up two of the songs for release on his Lakeside label. Eddie’s choices were “Must Mean Love” later renamed as “The Baa Baa Song” and “Psyched Out”, leaving the two other songs to mature like fine wine in the can. Williams now sadly deceased, in later life once the opportunities for a performing artist began to dwindle chose a different path, gaining a Doctor’s degree he became a College Lecturer. As previously mentioned, Tom too turned his back on the music industry and over the realms of time lost much of his musical memorabilia but luckily for us, he did hang on to the master tape of Willie’s session and so after a 50 year wait Willie’s songs have found the ears of an appreciative audience. N.B Two Willie Williams credited 45’s also appeared on the Gamma label which at the time of writing this article I’m unsure if they are the same Willie Williams in question, as there was also a renowned Chicago Blues artist of the same name. The Tom Dorsey Song Book: A Night For Love The Trends ABC -10817 (45) Baa Baa Song (Must Mean Love) Willie Williams Lakeside-3100 (45) Bad But Beautiful Bag Cicero Blake Tower-494 (45) Blue Bird believed to have been recorded by Geraldine hunt but not released. (Come On) Let’s Get Something Going The Trends Smash -1933 (45) Dance With Me Baby The Trends Smash -1914 (45) Do You Understand Willie Williams Soul Junction -545 (45) For Lovers Only Geraldine Hunt ABC -10859 (45) Give It All I Got Willie Williams Soul Junction -545 (45) Gonna Have To Show You The Trends ABC -10817 (45) Hey, Hey, Girl The Marvelows ABC -11139 (45) How Are You Fixed For Love The Tams ABC-664 (LP) (Girl Watcher) I Need A Change Betty Everette Uni-73048 (LP) (There’ll Come A Time) I Never Knew How Good I Had It The Trends ABC -10993 (45) If You Don’t Big The Blues The Trends ABC -10731 I’m In A Groove The Ivory’s Despenza -470 (45) It’s Gotta Be Love The Kittens ABC-10835 (45) Just To Be Loved By You Willie Williams RCA 47-9736 (45) Love Butterfly believed to have been recorded by The Kittens but not released. Love Machine The Tams ABC-11153 (45) & ABC-664 (LP) (Girl Watcher) My Baby’s Love The Tams ABC-664 LP (Girl Watcher) Name It Willie Williams RCA 47-9736 (45) No One There The Trends ABC-10881 (45) Not Too Old To Cry The Trends ABC-10731 (45) Please Stay The Ivory’s Despenza-470 (45) Psyched Out Willie Williams Lakeside-3100 (45) So Much Better Emmett Garner Jr Maxwell -802 (45) That’s How I Like It The Trends ABC-10881 (45) That’s The Way The Story Goes The Trends Smash-1933 (45) (To Be) Happy Enough The Trends Smash-1914 (45) With All My Soul Willie Williams ABC-10860 (45) You Sure Know How To Hurt A Guy The Trends ABC-11150 (45) Words By: David Welding & Lucius Thomas Dorsey. My acknowledgements to Tom and his late wife Carolyn for sharing their most cherished memories with me and also to the recently departed Emmett Gardner Jr. and Eddie Thomas may they rest in peace.

Modern, Crossover, Funk & Sweet Soul 45’s (PP) Wilson Williams Faith Will Bring It Home/Up The Down Stairs ABC Mint £75.00 SOLD Denise LaSalle I Get What I Want ABC Mint- £20.00 The Caprells What Do You Need Baby/Dotty’s Party Ariola America Mint £20.00 Love Committee Am I Wasting My Time/Heaven Only Knows Ariola America Mint- £20.00 (Number on label) Ace Spectrum Don’t Send No Nobody Else/Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight Atlantic Mint £60.00 Ace Spectrum Live & Learn Atlantic Demo Mint £15.00 SOLD (Lived in the shadow of the previous record for far to long, this is a damn good soul record) Archie Bell & The Drells I Can’t Stop Dancing/You’re Such A Beautiful Child Atlantic Mint- £10.00 (Two class sides for the price of a posh pint of lager) Black Nasty Cut Your Motor Off Big Hit Mint- £25.00 The Epics We Are Made As One (Part 1 & 2) Bridge Town Mint £30.00 (Same song as The Manhattans on Carnival Records) Gwen Owens You Better Watch Out Casablanca VG++ £15.00 The Vibrations Shake It Up/Make It Last Chess Demo VG+/VG++ £250.00 SOLD (The ‘Shake It Up” Side is VG+ and plays with a couple of feint pops, the “Make It Last side is VG++ And plays perfect, hence price reduction) Lou Ragland & Hot Chocolate I Can’t Take It/What The Doctor Prescribed Co-Co Mint £25.00 Hot Chocolate We Had True Love/Good For The Gander Co-Co Mint- £30.00 (Mid-tempo Cleveland soul with funk flipside, Lou Ragland on lead vocals) Darrow Fletcher Sitting There That Night Congress Mint- £15.00 SOLD (One of Darrow’s less appreciated sides) The Mayberry Movement I Think I’m In Love Event Mint- £75.00 SOLD Dee Dee Sharp The Bottle Or Me Gamble Demo Mint £30.00 SOLD (Nice looking west coast Demo of this great song) Jackie Ross A Woman (Get’s Nothing From Love) GSF W/D Mint- £15.00 Joe Johnson Perfect Love Affair/The Blind Man GSf Mint £15.00 The Hesitations Is This The Way To Treat A Girl/Yes I’m Ready GWP Mint £80.00 Joey Dee Baby Don’t You Know Janus Records W/D Mint £20.00 Lee “Shot” Williams Baby, Baby/Checking Out Jewel Records Demo Mint- £75.00 Sam Dees It’s All Wrong (It’s All Right) lo Lo W/D Mint- £15.00 SOLD Bobby Womack Tried And Convicted Minit VG £15.00 (Plays great) Krystal Generation Ain’t No Way To Live Mister Chand Mint- £15.00 Bill Brandon & Lorraine Johnson Let Me Be Your Full Time Groover Moonsong Mint £150.00 (Original with 3 x W stamp in the run out groove) Chocolate Syrup Who You Trying To Fool Girl/Everybody Party MVTH Mint- £80.00 SOLD Little Dooley (It’s Got To Be) Now Or Never North Bay Mint- £15.00 (Two ‘X’s on label) Bobby Hutton Lonely In Love/More Today Than Yesterday Philips VG++ £65.00 SOLD (Bobby at his soulful best backed with a great version of The Spiral Staircase classic) Weapons Of Peace This Life (About To Get Me Down) Playboy Records Mint £15.00 Citation Inspiration Of My Life/We’ve Come A long Way Baby Red Line VG++ £125.00 SOLD (two excellent Ivy Jo Hunter sides now very sort after group soul) Mary Wells I Found What I Wanted/I See A Future In You Reprise W/D Mint £20.00 (Excellent cover of the George Jackson song by Mary) Whirlwind Don’t Let Him Get The Best Of You/Full Time Thing (Between Dusk And Dawn) Roulette Mint £25.00 The Love Foundation Let One Hurt Do/What’s The Matter Baby Spot Records Mint- £15.00 The Originals Baby, I’m For Real Soul Mint- £10.00 (The ultimate ballad) The Courtship It’s The Same Old Love/Last Row, First Balcony Tamla Mint £20.00 August If He Makes It Good (I Can Make It Better) 14KT Gold …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. New Soul Junction 45 Release: Reggie Soul & The Soul Swingers “My World Of Ecstasy/Mighty Good Loving” SJ553 First released on the local Chicago ‘Capri’ label in 1968, this is a first time reissue of this perennial Chicago crossover favourite which came to prominence during the late 80’s that has risen in price and popularity over the ensuing years backed with the underappreciated up-tempo dancer “Mighty Good Loving”. Take a listen to the you tube link: https://youtu.be/YrrmbFEk0zI ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Postage: 1-3 45’s = £4.50 (1st recorded, UK), overseas at cost. To reserve PM or E-mail: david.welding@blueyonder.co.uk

Grapevine 2000 Collectors List (New Additions) All in mint/unplayed condition. Electric Express Hearsay (Vocal & Instrumental) G2K 101 £10.00 (Modern Soul favourite which has remained hard to find) Electric Express Hearsay (Vocal & Instrumental) G2K 101 Demo £20.00 (Excellent Modern Soul Dancer that still remains quite elusive on it US label) Bobby Wayne Long Hard Road/Do I Love You Indeed I Do G2K 103 £10.00.0 The Magnetics (Feat: John McKinney) The Look On Your Face/You Were Made For Love G2K 104 Demo £40.00 Two great previously unissued crossover sides first played by Richard Searling on a one-off acetate. Matt Brown Thank You Baby/Sweet Thing G2K 107 £15.00 Little Hank Try To Understand/Mr. Bang Bang Man G2K 108 £25.00 George Hobson Let It Be Real G2K 109 £15.00 (Great Northern, now so hard to find on the original label) Ernest Baker Alone Again G2K 110 £40.00 Fortson & Scott/Robby Fortson Sweet Lover/Are You For Real G2K 111 £50.00 Sex It’s You (Baby It’s You) G2K 113 £15.00 (Great New Orleans Modern Soul, and very hard to find on it’s US label). Sex It’s You (Baby It’s You) G2K 113 Demo £50.00 Archie Hodge I Really Want To See You Girl G2K 115 £15.00 (Another holy grail 45 on a original copy, modern soul perfection) The Servicemen Are You Angry/I Need A Helping Hand G2K 116 £50.00 Bill Coday/Sandra Wright A Man Can’t Be A Man G2K 117 £15.00 Original UK release for as a 45 for both of these songs. Swiss Movement I Wish Our Love Would Last Forever G2K 118 £15.00 The Magnetics I’ll Keep Holding On G2K 119 £20.00 (In demand oldie that would cost several thousand on the original label) Don Gardner Cheatin’ Kind G2K 120 £45.00 The Springers Nothing’s Too Good For My Baby G2K 121 £25.00 The Four Dynamics Things A Lady Ain’t Supposed To Do G2K 122 £30.00 The Jones Brothers Good Old Days/Lucky Lady G2K 123 £15.00 (Shares the same backing track as Nathan Williams “What Price”). Melvin Brown & James Mathews Love, Stormy Weather G2K-124 £25.00 Melvin Brown & James Mathews Love, Stormy Weather G2K-124 Demo £50.00 The Carbon Copies Just Don’t Love You G2K 125 £25.00 Eddie Billups Ask My Heart G2K-126 £30.00 C.P Love Trick Bag/Plenty Of Room For More G2K 127 £15.00 (C.P’s previously unissued version of Earl King and The Excuses dancer Trick Bag backed with Southern Soul rarity “Plenty Of Room For More”). Willie Tee I’m Having So Much Fun/First Taste Of Hurt G2K 128 £40.00 L.V. Johnson Trying To Hold On G2K 129 £15.00 Ron Henderson & Choice Of Colour Gemini Lady G2K 131 £40.00 Percy Stone & The Explosions Chained GSK 132 Demo £40.00 Matt Brown Everyday (I Love You Just A Little Bit More) G2K 133 £15.00 Bobby Rich There’s A Girl Somewhere (For Me) G2K 139 £25.00 Bobby Rich There’s A Girl Somewhere (For Me) G2K 139 Demo £50.00 Sly Johnson All I Need Is Someone Like You/Do You Know What Love Is G2K 140 £25.00 Gerri Hall Who Can I Run To/ The Jades Lucky Fellow G2K 143 £75.00 Corey Black How Can I Go On Without You G2K £75.00 Bobby James/The Lovelites I Really Love You/I’m Not Like The Others G2K 145 £75.00 The Vines After The Rain/So Be It G2K 146 £15.00 Two previously unissued Lee Silver produced sides, “After The Rain” shares the same backing track as the currently popular Minnie Jones “Shadow Of A Memory”) The Saints I Let You Slide/Cal Brandon I Kept On Smilin’ G2K 148 Jerry Williams When You Move You Lose G2K 151 £15.00 (Jerry’s previously unissued northern dancer) The Saints/Cal Brandon I’ll Let You Slide/I Kept on Smilin’ G2K 148 £25.00 Dottie Pearson A House Made Of Love/Bring It Over Baby G2K 152 £125.00 Chuck Brooks Last Minute Plans/Anita Robbins I Can Stand A Little Bit More G2K 153 £30.00 The Precious Three/Wendell Watts I Need A Man/You Girl G2K 154 £40.00 Storm Can’t No Body Love Me Like You Do G2K 156 £35.00 Eddie Holman Sweet Memories Are Haunting Me/Grooving At The Go-Go G2K 160 £20.00 (Previously unissued as a 45). The Detroit Magnificents Is This A Woman’s Way G2K 161 £15.00 The Detroit Magnificents Is This A Woman’s Way G2K 161 Demo £40.00 (Previously unissued northern dancer which shares the same backing track as Youngblood Smith’s “You Can Split”) SJ100 Series: Jimmy Ruffin Leading Lady/Take My Hand SJ 105 Demo £20.00 (Two excellent previously unissued Philly modern soul dancers that deserve more airplay) Postage: 1-3 45 records £4.50 (1st recorded, UK), overseas at cost. To reserve PM or E-mail: david.welding@blueyonder.co.uk

Grapevine 2000 Collectors List (New Additions) All in mint/unplayed condition. Electric Express Hearsay (Vocal & Instrumental) G2K 101 £10.00 (Modern Soul favourite which has remained hard to find) Electric Express Hearsay (Vocal & Instrumental) G2K 101 Demo £20.00 (Excellent Modern Soul Dancer that still remains quite elusive on it US label) Bobby Wayne Long Hard Road/Do I Love You Indeed I Do G2K 103 £10.00.0 The Magnetics (Feat: John McKinney) The Look On Your Face/You Were Made For Love G2K 104 Demo £40.00 Two great previously unissued crossover sides first played by Richard Searling on a one-off acetate. Matt Brown Thank You Baby/Sweet Thing G2K 107 £15.00 Little Hank Try To Understand/Mr. Bang Bang Man G2K 108 £25.00 George Hobson Let It Be Real G2K 109 £15.00 (Great Northern, now so hard to find on the original label) Ernest Baker Alone Again G2K 110 £40.00 Fortson & Scott/Robby Fortson Sweet Lover/Are You For Real G2K 111 £50.00 Sex It’s You (Baby It’s You) G2K 113 £15.00 (Great New Orleans Modern Soul, and very hard to find on it’s US label). Sex It’s You (Baby It’s You) G2K 113 Demo £50.00 Archie Hodge I Really Want To See You Girl G2K 115 £15.00 (Another holy grail 45 on a original copy, modern soul perfection) The Servicemen Are You Angry/I Need A Helping Hand G2K 116 £50.00 Bill Coday/Sandra Wright A Man Can’t Be A Man G2K 117 £15.00 Original UK release for as a 45 for both of these songs. Swiss Movement I Wish Our Love Would Last Forever G2K 118 £15.00 The Magnetics I’ll Keep Holding On G2K 119 £20.00 (In demand oldie that would cost several thousand on the original label) Don Gardner Cheatin’ Kind G2K 120 £45.00 The Springers Nothing’s Too Good For My Baby G2K 121 £25.00 The Four Dynamics Things A Lady Ain’t Supposed To Do G2K 122 £30.00 The Jones Brothers Good Old Days/Lucky Lady G2K 123 £15.00 (Shares the same backing track as Nathan Williams “What Price”). Melvin Brown & James Mathews Love, Stormy Weather G2K-124 £25.00 Melvin Brown & James Mathews Love, Stormy Weather G2K-124 Demo £50.00 The Carbon Copies Just Don’t Love You G2K 125 £25.00 Eddie Billups Ask My Heart G2K-126 £30.00 C.P Love Trick Bag/Plenty Of Room For More G2K 127 £15.00 (C.P’s previously unissued version of Earl King and The Excuses dancer Trick Bag backed with Southern Soul rarity “Plenty Of Room For More”). Willie Tee I’m Having So Much Fun/First Taste Of Hurt G2K 128 £40.00 L.V. Johnson Trying To Hold On G2K 129 £15.00 Ron Henderson & Choice Of Colour Gemini Lady G2K 131 £40.00 Percy Stone & The Explosions Chained GSK 132 Demo £40.00 Matt Brown Everyday (I Love You Just A Little Bit More) G2K 133 £15.00 Bobby Rich There’s A Girl Somewhere (For Me) G2K 139 £25.00 Bobby Rich There’s A Girl Somewhere (For Me) G2K 139 Demo £50.00 Sly Johnson All I Need Is Someone Like You/Do You Know What Love Is G2K 140 £25.00 Gerri Hall Who Can I Run To/ The Jades Lucky Fellow G2K 143 £75.00 Corey Black How Can I Go On Without You G2K £75.00 Bobby James/The Lovelites I Really Love You/I’m Not Like The Others G2K 145 £75.00 The Vines After The Rain/So Be It G2K 146 £15.00 Two previously unissued Lee Silver produced sides, “After The Rain” shares the same backing track as the currently popular Minnie Jones “Shadow Of A Memory”) The Saints I Let You Slide/Cal Brandon I Kept On Smilin’ G2K 148 Jerry Williams When You Move You Lose G2K 151 £15.00 (Jerry’s previously unissued northern dancer) The Saints/Cal Brandon I’ll Let You Slide/I Kept on Smilin’ G2K 148 £25.00 Dottie Pearson A House Made Of Love/Bring It Over Baby G2K 152 £125.00 Chuck Brooks Last Minute Plans/Anita Robbins I Can Stand A Little Bit More G2K 153 £30.00 The Precious Three/Wendell Watts I Need A Man/You Girl G2K 154 £40.00 Storm Can’t No Body Love Me Like You Do G2K 156 £35.00 Eddie Holman Sweet Memories Are Haunting Me/Grooving At The Go-Go G2K 160 £20.00 (Previously unissued as a 45). The Detroit Magnificents Is This A Woman’s Way G2K 161 £15.00 The Detroit Magnificents Is This A Woman’s Way G2K 161 Demo £40.00 (Previously unissued northern dancer which shares the same backing track as Youngblood Smith’s “You Can Split”) SJ100 Series: Jimmy Ruffin Leading Lady/Take My Hand SJ 105 Demo £20.00 (Two excellent previously unissued Philly modern soul dancers that deserve more airplay) Postage: 1-3 45 records £4.50 (1st recorded, UK), overseas at cost. To reserve PM or E-mail: david.welding@blueyonder.co.uk