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A few more nice northern 45's for Sale, 1 relisted and reduced, all with sound files. PM or e-mail benray@sky.com Prophets - My kind of girl - Stephayne 335 M- £25 temp1 2.mp3 Vontastics - Never let our love grow cold - St. Lawrence 1023 Ex £35 temp0 21.mp3 125th Candy Street Store - If you wanna dream - Uptite 0025 M- £15 temp0 14.mp3 Finnegan's Wake - You blew it - Val 1015 M- £15 temp1 3.mp3 Chandlers - Your love makes me lonely - Col Soul 1152 Ex £400 now £350 temp0.mp3 2.75MB 11 downloads UK Postage: £1.20 for 1st Class £2.50 for 1st class recorded (insured £46) £5.90 for special delivery (full insurance) Add 25p each additional 45 Overseas postage on request. 45's sent on receipt of payment, always well wrapped and labeled. Cash, cheque, bank transfers and paypal (GIFT IT PLEASE) accepted. Thanks for looking, Lee

Found this copy of the Destinations - Ando on the bay. Can't see anything that would link the 2 45's, logo, label design, writer, producer, numbering system....all different!

Steve, thanks, thought it may have been more toward Texas, New Mexico, but purely based on label design!

3 more great Northern 45's for Sale with sound files. PM or e-mail benray@sky.com Marlboro's - (My love was a) sunny day - Ando 01 Dj Ex+ HOLD (Not a very common 45 at all, no idea of its origins (anyone?), male group obscurity, take a listen) temp0 25.mp3 Promises - This love is real - BRC 109 Wdj M- £40 (Superb take of the Jackie Wilson classic) temp0 19.mp3 Broadways - You just don't know - MGM 13592 Ex dh HOLD (Excellent male group midtempo, nice on stock) temp0 23.mp3 UK Postage: £1.20 for 1st Class £2.50 for 1st class recorded (insured £46) £5.90 for special delivery (full insurance) Add 25p each additional 45 Overseas postage on request. 45's sent on receipt of payment, always well wrapped and labeled. Cash, cheque, bank transfers and paypal (GIFT IT PLEASE) accepted. Thanks for looking, Lee

2 more sought after 45's for Sale with sound files. PM or e-mail benray@sky.com Chandlers - Your love makes me lonely - Col Soul 1152 Ex £400 (Needs no introduction, ever popular) temp0.mp3 Darrell Banks - I'm the one who loves you - Volt 4014 Ex HOLD (Welcome to dreamsville crossover, title appears to have been stamped twice on the label) temp0 13.mp3 UK Postage: £1.20 for 1st Class £2.50 for 1st class recorded (insured £46) £5.90 for special delivery (full insurance) Add 25p each additional 45 Overseas postage on request. 45's sent on receipt of payment, always well wrapped and labeled. Cash, cheque, bank transfers and paypal (GIFT IT PLEASE) accepted. Thanks for looking, Lee

2 sought after 45's for Sale with sound files. PM or e-mail benray@sky.com M.B.'s - Another day - B-Jet 5822 M- HOLD (Male group winner form Independence, Missouri. Seen around between 350 and 450, here's your opportunity for a near mint copy for much less) temp1 1.mp3 Ralph Graham - She just sits there / You had to hurt someone - Up Front 021 Ex+ HOLD (Only appeared for sale on SS a handful of times over the years, no need to big the top side up, but for those of you who don't know the flip, click on the sound file, sit back and revel in the quality) temp0 10.mp3 temp0 11.mp3 UK Postage: £1.20 for 1st Class £2.50 for 1st class recorded (insured £46) £5.90 for special delivery (full insurance) Add 25p each additional 45 Overseas postage on request. 45's sent on receipt of payment, always well wrapped and labeled. Cash, cheque, bank transfers and paypal (GIFT IT PLEASE) accepted. Thanks for looking, Lee

I have a tape that the late and missed Alan Pollard sent me some years back. I am 100% certain he'd told me he had just cracked a deal for a whole stack of Jobete 10" acetates, most of which he commited to the tape, some great tracks, particularly "Lonely lover" and I only mentioned it today to someone else that there was also a copy of "Abraham, Martin and John". I do remember at the time a lot of these Jobete acetates up for auction, cited as one-offs, maybe John Manship, but I'm not that clear on that bit, but most fetched £100 and more. I will have to dig the tape out to list the other tracks, which if they are all unissued or alternate takes may confirm that what I have on tape is an acetate recording of "Lonely lover". Lee

This iconic Washington DC double sider produced by Eddie Singleton has maintained its elite cult status amongst Northern fans for over 40 years. Generally copies turn up in less than excellent condition and it remains a very elusive 45. This is a first press and like Pete Smith's recent sales copy "Don't let the door hit your back" has some minor distortion in the louder parts of that track. Pete said this can be heard on the Soul City 45, which I have checked and can confirm, so perhaps the Soul City issue was dubbed off the first press. Similarly you can hear the same distortion on the Edgewood acetate via you-tube, so I am assuming after the first run the imperfection was spotted and the first press replaced by a cleaner re-mastered recording. Of course someone more knowledgeable about the history of this release may know better? Both sides are visually vg+, good gloss, with some light marks, mostly not affecting play. "Show Stopper" plays excellent whilst "Don't let the door" plays vg+ with those minor patches of distortion, which when rarity, demand and pure Soul quality are considered can't be a show stopper! Looking back I have traced excellent condition copies selling on Soul Source (Jan 10), Anglo-American (Jun 11) and Pat Brady (Jul 11) for £1000, 1250 min and 2000 respectively, which has guided my valuation of this copy. Set sale £850, paypal fees and special delivery included. Never been a problem for me to help with payments spread over time. Always well packed and labeled with satisfaction guaranteed. PM or e-mail benray@sky.com Thanks for looking, Lee temp1 33.mp3 temp1 32.mp3

Some lable scans, Lee

I sold a copy for £670 in November. in addition to the buyer who was delightd with his near mint demo copy, I had 6 other callers, 2 of which enquired with me to sell it to them at higher than my asking price. These 6 are well known serious Dj's and collectors who were genuinely gutted to have missed out on an elusive 45 for them. It may well come up for sale with the major dealers a few times a year, but you'd expect that as their own stock or an auction item for a private seller, but generelly it's not common at all so you have to get first dibs on it when it does turn up. Regards, Lee

Dave, many thanks, Lee

Can anyone shed some light on a current value for the La Niers / Angels - More than ever now - River City. TVM, Lee

45's for Sale. Happy to provide scans or sound files that aren't included. Always prepared to arrange easy payment on bigger items. PM me or e-mail benray@sky.com Conservative grading. UK Postage: £1.20 for 1st Class £2.50 for 1st class recorded (insured £46) £5.90 for special delivery (full insurance) Add 25p each additional 45 Overseas postage on request 45's sent on receipt of payment, always well wrapped and labeled. Cash, cheque, bank transfers and paypal (GIFT IT PLEASE) accepted. Thanks for looking, Lee ***************************************************************************** McKinley Mitchell - You know I've tried - Chimneyville 10219 dh M- £20 £15 Hayes Cotton - Love plays funny games / I'll be waiting - Claire 700 NM £450 HOLD (2 absolutely fabulous sides that I can't split apart, near mint copy) temp1 12.mp3 2.08MB 26 downloads temp1 13.mp3 2.8MB 16 downloads Fuller Brothers - Moanin', groanin' and cryin' - Keymen 110 Wdj Ex £25 £20 Bobby Garrett - I can't get away - Mirwood 5508 M- £75 £65 (Beautiful plum colour label copy of this all time classic, has that manufactured dusty look and feel) Al Kent - The way you've been acting lately - Ric-Tic 123 M- £20 (Someone paid £25 for a copy on here the other day, pays to look around) Syl Johnson - Do you know what love is - Special Agent 200 Ex dh £300 HOLD Virgil Henry - You ain't saying nothing new - Tamla 54121 M- £100 HOLD (May not be hard to find but I never see them better than vg+) Johnny Noble - You're so smooth - Veep 1249 Wdj NM £20 HOLD (Hold on to your hats, R&B for the motorway fast lane!!!) George Jackson - I found what I wanted - Verve 10658 Dj M- £100 £85 (Sublime crossover dancer)

45's for Sale. Happy to provide scans or sound files that aren't included. Always prepared to arrange easy payment on bigger items. PM me or e-mail benray@sky.com Conservative grading. UK Postage: £1.20 for 1st Class £2.50 for 1st class recorded (insured £46) £5.90 for special delivery (full insurance) Add 25p each additional 45 Overseas postage on request 45's sent on receipt of payment, always well wrapped and labeled. Cash, cheque, bank transfers and paypal (GIFT IT PLEASE) accepted. Thanks for looking, Lee ***************************************************************************** McKinley Mitchell - You know I've tried - Chimneyville 10219 dh M- £20 Hayes Cotton - Love plays funny games / I'll be waiting - Claire 700 NM £450 (2 absolutely fabulous sides that I can't split apart, near mint copy) temp1 12.mp3 temp1 13.mp3 Fuller Brothers - Moanin', groanin' and cryin' - Keymen 110 Wdj Ex £25 Gladys Knight & the Pips - Stop and get a hold of yourself - Maxx 334 Ex £45 Bobby Garrett - I can't get away - Mirwood 5508 M- £75 (Beautiful plum colour label copy of this all time classic, has that manufactured dusty look and feel) Mary Love - Let me know - Modern 1020 M- £25 (Great artist and in my reckoning this track is on a par with "lay this burden down") temp1 19.mp3 Al Kent - The way you've been acting lately - Ric-Tic 123 M- £20 Syl Johnson - Do you know what love is - Special Agent 200 Ex dh £300 Johnny Taylor - Changes - Stax 186 Ex ON HOLD, Thanks (Just what the doctor ordered, real soul dancer at the right price) 07 Track 07.mp3 Virgil Henry - You ain't saying nothing new - Tamla 54121 M- £100 (May not be hard to find but I never see them better than vg+) Johnny Noble - You're so smooth - Veep 1249 Wdj NM £20 (Hold on to your hats, R&B for the motorway fast lane!!!) temp1 28.mp3 George Jackson - I found what I wanted - Verve 10658 Dj M- £100 (Sublime crossover dancer)

Actually listed it at 30 quid, the phone's been hotter than fire since then but sadly I can't keep abreast of every up and down value on the scene so out it goes tomorrow to the very first caller, when all's said and done I had to stick by my original listing price even if a ton sounds more attractive!!! Could have sold 5 copies of the Little Joe Roman I had as well, no one quibbling with the 700 on that, no economic gloom when vinyl is involved, Regards, Lee

45's for Sale. Happy to provide scans or sound files that aren't included. Always prepared to arrange easy payment on bigger items. PM me or e-mail benray@sky.com Cheers, Lee Conservative grading. UK Postage: £1.20 for 1st Class £2.50 for 1st class recorded (insured £46) £5.90 for special delivery (full insurance) Add 25p each additional 45 Overseas postage on request 45's sent on receipt of payment, always well wrapped and labeled. Cash, cheque, bank transfers and paypal (GIFT IT PLEASE) accepted. ***************************************************************************** Danny Woods - You had me fooled – Correc-Tone 5052 M- £600 SOLD (Recent auctions by Manship and Brown have seen this 45 go for £715 & £650 respectively. The vast majority of copies turn up in VG or less, getting harder to find in this shape by the day) temp1 9.mp3 Sam & Bill - I’ll try - Decca 32143 Dj M- xol flip £30 SOLD (Fantastic male duo the source of much interest in recent years, get it before it dries up) Elsie Dickson - I’m a big girl now - Domino 200 Ex £100 (As was pointed out on a previous post, this is a potential biggie with all the ingredients. Very obscure, female vocals that I would liken to Big Maybelle, superb backing with breaks on a small, possibly one off label, some minor writing hard to detect on blue label) temp1 7.mp3 Volumes - That same old feeling / The trouble I’ve seen - Impact 1017 Wdj M- £200 SOLD (Awesome Detroit double sider, no box should be without one, name on flip label, hardly noticeable) Skyliners - Everything is fine - Jubilee 5506 M- £20 ON HOLD (Laid back male group soul, what a classy tune and for this price you can’t go wrong) Cookie Jackson - You’re good girls gonna go bad - Okeh 7279 Wdj M- £30 (Classy R&B tinged belter, superb voice and lyrics on a backing track that simply bounds along) Garland Green - Ain’t that good enough - Revue 11030 Dj M- £100 (Sheer genius, mouthwatering ball room soul) George Jackson - I found what I wanted - Verve 10658 Dj M- £100 (Sumptuous Northern gem that’s perhaps not as well known as you would think. Plenty of promise for tunes like this) temp1 8.mp3

Also on album "Ella" Reprise 6354.

45's for Sale. Happy to provide scans or sound files. Always prepared to arrange easy payment on bigger items. PM me or e-mail benray@sky.com Cheers, Lee Conservative grading. UK Postage: £1.20 for 1st Class £2.50 for 1st class recorded (insured £46) £5.90 for special delivery (full insurance) Add 25p each additional 45 Overseas postage on request 45's sent on receipt of payment, always well wrapped and labeled. Cash, cheque, bank transfers and paypal (GIFT IT PLEASE) accepted. **************************************************** Artistics - I'll always love you - Brunswick 55326 M- dh £20 Radiants - Whole lot of woman - Chess 1939 M- dh £15 Jerry Williams - Shipwrecked - Cotillion 44002 Wdj M- £15 (Quality x-over) Sam & Bill - I'll try - Decca 32143 Dj M- £30 (Belter) Dynamite Singletary - The same way you love your man you can love me - Dynamite 6807 M- £175 (In-demand and not surprised) Gifted Four - Are you choosing - Hamito-Semitica 104 M- £75 (70's floor filler) Volumes - The same old feeling / The trouble I've seen - Impact 1017 Wdj M- (Detroit brilliance) £200 Tee Fletcher - Tahnk you baby - Josie 970 Wdj M- £30 Skyliners - Everything is fine - Jubilee 5506 M- £20 (Class) Majestics (I Love her so much) it hurts me - Linda 121 Dj M- £320 (Red & Yellow) Walter Jackson - After you there can be nothing - Okeh 7256 M- £20 Cookie Jackson - You're good girl's gonna go bad - Okeh 7279 Wdj M- £30 (Catchy R&B winner) Major Harris - Loving you more - Okeh 7314 Wdj M- £45 Admirations - Don't leave me - One-derful 4851 M- £25 Clarence Murray - Don't talk like that - SSS International 756 Wdj M- £20 (Rare Wdj) Joe Johnson - Do unto others - Tee 101 Ex £75 Benny Troy - Baby I love you - Today 1527 M- £12 (Mid-tempo heaven) Chris Bartley - Truer words were never spoken - Vando 14000 Wdj M- £12 Oddball: R. Dean Taylor - There's a ghost in my house / Let's go somehwere - Motown 25042 M- ON HOLD (Red maple leaf Canadian Motown on a snazzy blue label)

BUY ONE GET ONE FREE PM me or e-mail benray@sky.com Cheers, Lee Conservative grading. Paypal, I will accept charges. Cash, cheque or bank transfers. Postage Included. **************************************************** FOR SALE Majestics - (I love her so much) it hurts me - Linda 121 Dj M- or better £350 (Never fails to get the feet movin', in superb condition) Majestics.mp3 THROWIN' IN THE FOLLOWING FOR FREE Puzzles - My sweet baby / I need you - Fat Back 216 M- Freebie with the Majestics (2 unbelievably good sides on a 45 that can be found at £75 on SS) Puzzles.mp3 Puzzles (2).mp3

Rare and affordable Northern for sale. Label scans attached. Some sound files attached. Happy to e-mail scans or sound files. Always prepared to arrange easy payment on bigger items. PM me or e-mail benray@sky.com Cheers, Lee Conservative grading. UK Postage: £1.20 for 1st Class £2.50 for 1st class recorded (insured £46) £5.90 for special delivery (full insurance) Add 25p each additional 45 Overseas postage on request 45's sent on receipt of payment, always well wrapped and labeled. Cash, cheque, bank transfers and paypal (GIFT IT PLEASE) accepted. **************************************************** Puzzles - My sweet baby / I need you - Fat Back 216 M- £40 (2 unbelievably good sides on a 45 that is often listed for double) Ida Sands - Start all over again / Don't lose a good thing - How Big 202,129 M- SOLD (Semi-known double sider out of Virginia) Ida Sands.mp3 (3.28MB) Number of downloads: 22 Ida Sands (2).mp3 (3.14MB) Number of downloads: 15 Majestics - (I love her so much) it hurts me - Linda 121 Dj M- £375 £350 (Never fails to get the feet movin', in superb condition) Major Harris - Loving you more - Okeh 7314 Wdj M- £60 £50 (May play second fiddle to "Call me" but stands on it's own two feet as an uptempo dancer) Joe & Mack - Don't you worry - One-derful 4830 M- £60 ON HOLD (Hard label number, slick R&B mover, laden with horns) Joe & Mack.mp3 (3.31MB) Number of downloads: 20 Cookie Scott & Chevelles - I don't care (what the people say) ORR 1015 Vg+ £250 ON HOLD (Upwardly mobile in value and demand, good price for a decent copy of this Chicago gem. Sound file added, plays better than a few marks suggest) temp1.mp3 (3.35MB) Number of downloads: 27 Jades - I know the feelin' - Poncello 7703 M- £200 (Offbeat but very catchy male group dancer that's getting attention) Jades.mp3 (2.72MB) Number of downloads: 34 Arcades - There's gotta be a loser - Triad 501 M- £350 ON HOLD (In superb condition)

Hi, just posted a copy in the best condition you'll find. Sales post titled - Bank Holiday Soul Bonanza, or follow link below Regards, Lee

Rare and affordable Northern for sale. Label scans attached. Some sound files attached. Happy to e-mail scans or sound files. Always prepared to arrange easy payment on bigger items. PM me or e-mail benray@sky.com Cheers, Lee Conservative grading. UK Postage: £1.20 for 1st Class £2.50 for 1st class recorded (insured £46) £5.90 for special delivery (full insurance) Add 25p each additional 45 Overseas postage on request 45's sent on receipt of payment, always well wrapped and labeled. Cash, cheque, bank transfers and paypal (GIFT IT PLEASE) accepted. **************************************************** Puzzles - My sweet baby / I need you - Fat Back 216 M- £40 (2 unbelievably good sides on a 45 that is often listed for double) Ida Sands - Start all over again / Don't lose a good thing - How Big 202,129 M- £60 (Semi-known double sider out of Virginia) Ida Sands.mp3 Ida Sands (2).mp3 Majestics - (I love her so much) it hurts me - Linda 121 Dj M- £375 (Never fails to get the feet movin', in superb condition) Major Harris - Loving you more - Okeh 7314 Wdj M- £60 (May play second fiddle to "Call me" but stands on it's own two feet as an uptempo dancer) Joe & Mack - Don't you worry - One-derful 4830 M- £60 (Hard label number, slick R&B mover, laden with horns) Joe & Mack.mp3 Cookie Scott & Chevelles - I don't care (what the people say) ORR 1015 Vg+ £250 (Upwardly mobile in value and demand, good price for a decent copy of this Chicago gem. Sound file added, plays better than a few marks suggest) temp1.mp3 Jades - I know the feelin' - Poncello 7703 M- £200 (Offbeat but very catchy male group dancer that's getting attention) Jades.mp3 Arcades - There's gotta be a loser - Triad 501 M- £350 (In superb condition)

I can recommend the Dennis Jones on Plug, underrated class.

Rare and affordable Northern for sale. Label scans attached. Always prepared to arrange easy payment on bigger items. PM me or e-mail benray@sky.com Cheers, Lee Conservative grading. UK Postage: £1.00 for 1st Class £2.00 for 1st class recorded (insured £46) £5.40 for special delivery (full insurance) Add 25p per additional 45 Overseas rates on request. Sent on receipt of payment, well wrapped and labeled. Cash, cheque, bank transfers and paypal (gift it please) accepted. **************************************************** Rita Dacosta - Don't bring me down - Pandora 7050 M- SOLD (Unbelievably rare original label in pristine condition) Nancy Wilcox - My baby / Coming on strong - RCA 9233 M- £50 (Rarer ISSUE copy, 2 great sides) Benny Mahan - She knows how - Scratch 5882 M- £40 (Awesome R&B dancer, so catchy, first label) Arcades - There's got to be a loser - Triad 502 M- £350 (Wonderful track in superb condition)

Rare and affordable Northern for sale. Label scans attached. Always prepared to arrange easy payment on bigger items. PM me or e-mail benray@sky.com Cheers, Lee Conservative grading. UK Postage: £1.00 for 1st Class £2.00 for 1st class recorded (insured £41) £5.40 for special delivery (full insurance) Add 25p per additional 45 Overseas rates on request. Sent on receipt of payment, well wrapped and labeled. Cash, cheque, bank transfers and paypal (gift it please) accepted. **************************************************** Idle Few - People that's why - Blue Book 1 M- SOLD (Stamped original DEMO copy) Dobie Gray - Out on the floor - Charger 115 M- £15 (Stamped original - Anthem) Silky Hargarves - Keep loving me / You're too good - Dearborn 583 Ex SOLD (Striking blue ISSUE copy, 2 superb Detroit winners, light ringwear, mark 2/3 in on top side, plays through, 3-4 light clicks and slight fade, sound file attached) temp1 24.mp3 Rita Dacosta - Don't bring me down - Pandora 7050 M- £700 (Unbelievably rare original label in pristine condition) Nancy Wilcox - My baby / Coming on strong - RCA 9233 M- £60 (Rarer ISSUE copy, 2 great sides, relisted after being let down) Benny Mahan - She knows how - Scratch 5882 M- £40 (Awesome R&B dancer, so catchy, first label) Bobby Joy - You sweet devil you - Tangarine 981 Ex £25 (Another great track from a respected stable, light ringwear) Arcades - There's got to be a loser - Triad 502 M- £400 - ON HOLD (Other interest can be registered) (Wonderful track in superb condition) Major IV - I don't believe in losing / All of my love - Venture M- SOLD (Superb 2-sider, brilliant group Soul) Dave Blocker - Just like a ship - Verve 10613 Dj M- HOLD (Robert Banks produced, big voiced soul) Linda Evans - A woman has taken her place - Watts Sound M- £25 (Smooth femme midtempo soul, decent flip as well)