Sebastian

That test pressing sure is rare, but I think there was only one bidder because the opening bid was fairly high compared to what an actual issue copy costs. In my experience most people seem to prefer actual issue copies of tunes that reached issue stage instead of test pressings or acetates.

"Keep The Faith" is superb as well (although Mark James version edges it in my opinion).

It's just called "Mel & Tim" (STAX STS-5501).

I should probably have added that with "search result" I don't necessarily mean useful results (discussions/reviews/etc.), I mean ANY mention at all of that record - as an out-of-stock item, as part of a discography, on someones want list, a past sale on eBay, well... anything really. Perhaps we just have different experiences about this.

I agree with Benji. I sell and buy a lot of records and research every one of them and it's incredibly rare the times I've come across something that doesn't throw up ANY search results. The folk-psych LP by Malc Sayer (out of Carnforth, Lancashire!) that I sold yesterday was one of those examples, I couldn't find ANYTHING ANYWHERE, but that doesn't happen a lot. Records not turning up as search results may not mean that they are RARE, but it more often than not will turn out that they are obscure.

Only about 3-4 hours left on these auctions now. Thanks for looking! :-)

Billy Preston - Greazee part 1 & part 2 - Soul City demo - £80 Little Stevie Wonder - Workout Stevie, Workout - Stateside Demo - £57 Marvin Smith - Have More Time - Coral demo - £63 Smith Brothers - There Can Be A Better Way - Soul Dimension - £659 Contemplations - Alone With No Love - Dontee 101 - £484 Alice Clark - You Hit Me ( right where it hurt me) - Warner Bros promo - £260 Brand New Faces - Brand New Faces - Lujuna - £938 Ducky & the Glowlighters - Over & Over - Uptown promo - £892 Soul Bros. Inc - Pyramid - Golden Eye - £744 Bessie Banks - Don't You Worry Baby the Best Is It To Come - Quality - £282 Detroit Soul - All Of My Life - Music Town - £222 Crystal Clear - Stay With Me - Polydor promo - £422 Sonny Craver - I'm No Fool c/w I Wanna Thank You - Terri De - £235 Falcons - Love Look In Her Eyes - Big Wheel - £252 Debonaires - Headache In My Heart c/w I'm In Love Again - Solid Hit - £141 Johnny Dynamite - The Night the Angels Cried c/w Everybody's Clown - Minaret - £332

This 45 almost never comes up for sale these days and there is massive demand for it from all corners of the soul/funk collecting fraternity. $640 is about £425... considering who the seller is and how much many of his auctions usually fetch, I actually thought it would go even higher. Fantastic tune! And so is "September" by Earth, Wind & Fire.

There's about one day left on these auctions.

Very poor vocal delivery on the Little Willie Faulk version compared to Ree Flores to my ears. Ree Flores just rips from beginning to end! One of my all-time favourite uptempo soul tunes. Has anyone ever tracked down Ree Flores?

I have a one minute clip of the ballad one if that's of any use?

No, that's a different record. The First Family on WASHINGTON is a powerful mid-70s funk tune. The exact same recording was also issued as by Sugar Hill on the same WASHINGTON label.

Great tune! https://www.fileden.com/files/2008/11/6/217...28CUSTUM%29.mp3 By the way, it's on CUSTOM, not CURTOM.

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It sure does. Here are scans of all four releases lifted from around the internet:

T.N.T. - Whip You Lovin' On Me / Everyday Fun - GM 710

Also available on the dark/light blue design:

I don't know... does it? About 60%-70% of the tunes are Motown-related, almost as if Motown = northern soul. And that's not right.

They were Tony Johnson and Tyrone Pickens out of Detroit. Apart from the "Please Operator" 45 they also recorded two more tunes for Atlantic, "Detour" and "Honest I Do" but those remain unissued. Tony was originally a member of The Magnetics, but can only be heard on their "Where Are You" / "The Train" 45 on ALLRITE (same label as Danny Moore).

Hello! I've listed a bunch of 45s on eBay. There are label/sleeve scans and soundclips to all records. Check them out at: https://shop.ebay.com/merchant/pushkings ___SOUL / FUNK / NEW BREED R&B 45s___________________________ CLYDIE KING on Lizard DUSTY SPRINGFIELD - In New York - Philips UK EP (inlc. "Live It Up") EXOTICS on Pye UK (version of The Masqueraders!) FREDDY KING on Sue UK GENO WASHINGTON on Piccadilly UK ("I've Been Hurt By Love") JACK HAMMER on Tono Denmark JEAN WELLS on Calla LONNIE SATTIN on Warner Bros. RAY AGEE on Celsete RAY CHARLES - About To Lose Your Clown +3 - ABC Spain EP ROOSEVELT GRIER on Action UK ROOT & JENNY JACKSON on Beacon UK SHORTY LONG on Tamla Motown UK TMG 663 SOUTHLANDERS on Decca Denmark ("I Wanna Jive Tonight") TED TAYLOR on Ronn TOMMY TUCKER on Funckler Holland WOODY HERMAN on Cadet ("Hush") ___AFRO BEAT / CALYPSO 45s___________________________________ BLACK BEATS BAND - Black Beat Melodies - Decca UK EP JOHN MWALE on CMS Kenya MAHLATHINI on Motella South Africa Thanks for looking! Take care. /Sebastian

Shirley Lawson was a bit of a shocker! Percy Milem - Call On Me c/w Crying Baby, Baby, Baby - Stateside France PS - £56 Jesse Davis - There's Room For Me - Jaboth - £933 Platters - Devri (take 2) - Bell Sound Acetate - £53 Clausel - Let Me Love You - Up Right - £181 Shirley Lawson - One More Chance c/w the Star - Soul City - £529 Charles Johnson - Never Had A Love So Good - Alston - £271 Percy Stone and the Explosions - Chained - Ram - £664 Derek David and the Barons - 9100 - Pagan - £262 Martin Luther King - I Have A Dream + The price Of Freedom +2 - Gordy promo GEP 906 - £134 Melba Moore - The Magic Touch - Kent promo - £72 Joseph Moore - I Still Can't Get You c/w I'm Lost Without You - Mar-v-lus DEMO - £1462 Majestics - (I love her so much) It Hurts Me - Linda - £500 Saxie Russell - Psychedelic Soul part 1 & 2 - Tomas - £184 Karen Striblin - We're Not Too Young (to fall in love) - Jaber - £252 John Wilson - Ain't Enough Lovin' (vocal & instrumental) - Sweet City - £132 Lee Fields and the Spontaneous Generation - Take Me Back c/w Tyra's Song - Angle 3 - £231

And here you have The Beatles covering "Some Other Guy" live at The Cavern in 1962: ">

All of these were sold by the same seller during the past year: 2007-08-12 - $3050 2008-02-25 - $2025 2008-03-05 - $1575 2008-03-18 - $1179 2008-03-26 - $1136 2008-03-31 - $917 2008-04-18 - $1120 2008-04-26 - $1128 2008-05-02 - $1075 2008-05-09 - $889 2008-10-30 - $918 2008-11-09 - $841 There were lots of copies sold during May-September as well, but I don't have the price info on those. These were from other sellers: 2008-03-11 - $869 2008-10-15 - $820

T.J Williams and Two Shades of Soul - Baby, I Need You - Josie - £284 Windy City - Hey Its Over - Warner Bros - £255 Cobblestone - Trick Me, Treat Me - Mercury - £248 Jerry Jackson - It's Rough Out There - Parkway - £217 7 Miles per Hour Band - Playing Your Games c/w Latin Freak - Music City - £795 Oracles - I Ain't Got Time - Om - £809 Louis Paul - The Change Will Do You Good - Intro - £622 Mellow Dawns c/w Mar Vic's - Baby I'm Sorry b/w The Track - Condor - £538 Ster-phonics - If You Don't Do Right c/w Roamin' Heart - Enjoy - £629 Vince Apollo - I Bear Witness c/w I Can't turn My Back - Pentagon - £332 Just Bros. - Sliced Tomatoes - Lupine - £402 Paul Anka - I Can't Help Loving You - Rca Canada + Picture Sleeve - £88 Originals - Good Night Irene - Tamla Motown - £68 Darrell Banks - I'm the One Who Loves You - Stax - £151 Dee Dee Warwick - Worth Every Tear I Cry - Mercury - £202 Carol Friday - Everybody I Know - Parlophone demo - £61

I know what you mean!