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Hi everyone For sale - this hard Detroit girl group sound. So much rarer than their release on Sound City. Sharp-etts - Keep Looking (But I Guess I'll Never Find Him) (Perma-Hit). Price is £300 please. Plus £2.50 UK Recorded Delivery. This is a rare record and like most copies, has been well-used. However, it is a really great playing copy Listen to the soundfile. The record was bought from a big time seller in the US as VG+. I'm providing as much info as I can so you can see for yourself. I'm attaching a scan (label condition same both sides), a soundfile and a couple of photos from the actual record. Recorded on an ION USD turntable - straight to laptop without adjustments - so should sound even better on a decent system. Payment by PayPal as 'gift'. No quibble money back guarantee if not happy. As reference, John Manship book price is £500. Please PM if interested. Cheers Richard

Last call folks - offers close 8pm tonight Cheers Richard

Last call for offers on this folks - closes 8pm tonight SOLD - Thank you. Cheers Richard

Right on Pete! Lists certainly do rule Richard

Think we tried that a while ago - can't quite remember - it was the alternative 500. Might even be mentioned above in the thread Cheers Richard

Which one mate Richard

Just added a couple of photos - thought had already done so but just spotted it CURRENT HIGH BID £380. OFFERS CLOSE 9PM WED 13TH NOV. Updated thread here: Cheers Richard SOLD. THANK YOU. WINNING BID £400.

John Manship's website has a lot for sale in the sleeves section. Many of the descriptions have info on which sleeves fit which record label design - e.g if there were different designs used by a manufacturer in different countries or at different dates. Cheers Richard

Hi everyone For sale - this legendary Detroit Northern Soul classic. Danny Woods - You Had Me Fooled (Correc-tone 1052) Asking for OFFERS on this please. SOLD. THANK YOU. WINNING BID £400. If you don't know the flip-side then please check it out as it is a Detroit masterpiece in its own right. Like most, this copy has been used, and has seen better days - but ... This is a truly superb playing copy - it plays almost as good as my mint minus copy!! I would visually grade this record VG but the play quality is superb. When I bought this it was graded excellent - but it certainly is not. Scans and soundfiles from the actual record are attached - both sides - plus a couple of photos of the A-side. Recorded on an ION USD turntable - straight to laptop without adjustments - so should sound even better on a decent system. Please PM an offer if interested. Cheers Richard

Just a quick reminder that offers close on this one tomorrow night - Sunday 10th - at 8pm folks Cheers Richard

Offers closing tomorrow night - Sunday 10th - at 8pm on this one Cheers Richard

Hi everyone For sale, a lovely copy of this Northern Soul classic double-sider - both sides are brilliant. Billy Hambric - She Said Goodbye/I Found True Love (Drum 1204). Record is a beautiful copy in M- condition. Price is £300 please Plus £2.50 UK Recorded Delivery. Payment by PayPal as 'gift'. No quibble money back guarantee if not happy. Scans and soundfiles taken from the actual record for sale. Please just PM me if interested Cheers Richard Click on picture to see larger image

Thanks Robb, understand. So just to be absolutely clear ... it's a New York artist - on a New York label - arrangement, recording and production all done in New York by people who were mainly New York people, and when they were in New York - and the songwriter was working in New York at the time that the song was written and/or recorded, even though they also worked at other times in Detroit - plus while some of the other people involved with the record also worked in Detroit at other times, this was not the case when this record was done in New York. So the only Detroit connection, as you said, is that Don Juan Mancha was a big figure in Detroit - but he was not working in Detroit at this time and in relation to this particular record. Not therefore like some the Mike Terry stuff on Okeh which was essentially 'bought in' Detroit talent. So Billy Hambric is not really a Detroit-related record - but Don Juan Mancha was Detroit-related songwriter Not meaning to sound overly picky in any way - just trying to be really clear on the background to the record before I sell my copy which I have had for donkeys years (c. 1979) and bought it thinking it was a Detroit record. Cheers Richard

So Billy Hambric is definitely out as a Detroit record, even Detroit-related. Cheers Richard

One record that many seem to think is a Detroit record, but which I think was done in New York is Bill Hambric - She Said Goodbye/I Found True Love (Drum). The Detroit connection is through song writing credits to Don Juan Mancha - although I believe he worked in New York and several other locations as well as Detroit. Also, the record featured in Rod Dearlove's A Collectors Guide to Detroit , which has probably helped to sustain the assumption it is a Detroit recording. 'I Found True Love' does sound a bit Detroit, having said all that. So - is it in or out for inclusion in a Detroit collection? Cheers Richard

Hi everyone For sale a rare Promotional Copy of this modern soul anthem from 1975. Benny Troy - I Wanna Give You Tomorrow (De-Lite 1572) - much rarer Promo. Record plays brilliantly and is graded in excellent condition. Clean labels both sides. Scan and soundfile taken from the actual record for sale. Price is £150 - plus £2.50 UK Recorded Delivery please. Payment by PayPal as 'gift' please. No quibble money back guarantee if not happy. Just PM me if interested Cheers Richard Click on picture for a large image

Hi everyone For sale, a lovely copy of this modern soul anthem in its rarest format. Bileo - You Can Win (M.T.U./Watts City) Orange First Issue. Record in M- condition. Scan and soundfile taken from the actual record for sale. Plays perfectly. Price is £250. Plus £2.50 UK Recorded Delivery please. Payment by PayPal as 'gift', cheque or cash please. No quibble money back guarantee if not happy. Just PM me if interested. Cheers Richard Click on picture to see larger image

Yes, but that was off John's drop-down auction which is focused on records in lesser condition. The record is Ray Pollard "The Drifter" by the way Cheers Richard

Here's an EMI distributed issue on eBay: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161141273853?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2648 Calling that condition 'Excellent' is shocking Richard

An original on red Impact - styrene with stick on label - books at £400 and the white demo £500. Cheers Richard

Keeping offers open until 8pm Sunday night on this one folks, 10th November Cheers Richard

Going to keep offers until 8pm Sunday night - 10th November on this one. Cheers Richard

Hi everyone For sale - Dickie Wonder - Nobody Knows - Sound of Soul (#5002) Demo. This is the Cameo Parkway distributed copy with girlie backing vocals. Asking for OFFERS please. Very nice copy. Grade this at VG+. Slight noise just on bongos intro which then disappears. Attaching a scan of the main side and a soundfile. Please check the soundfile which is just from an ION USB turntable straight to laptop - so should sound much, much better on a decent system. As reference, Manship book price £450. Please PM me if interested. Cheers Richard Nobody Knows.mp3

Hi everyone For sale a total Northern Soul classic. The Furys - I'm Satisfied With You (Keymen 104). Definite original with 'diamond' Keymen label and 'H' stamped matrix. Asking for offers on this please - just PM me. SOLD - Thank you. Has seen better days but plays brilliantly Please check out the soundfiles from the actual record - both sides. Recorded on ION USD turntable - straight to laptop without adjustments - should sound much, much better on a decent system. Also attaching a photo and scans showing sticker mark etc. Other side has a similar but smaller sticker mark. Manship book price is £200. Please PM if interested. Cheers Richard

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