Sebastian

£27.

Ashord/Simpson/Winehouse are credited as writers for the "Tears Dry On Their Own" track, the one which sounds a whole lot like "Ain't No Mountain High Enough". So no fishy business going on.

Which issue of "So Much Love" did you get? Congrats if you got the one with "Sock 'Em With A Good Foot" on the b-side.

As with most of Major Bill Smith's labels, the Soft discography is a bit of a mess and the label was eclectic as far as music styles goes and there were soul/funk/r&b releases as well as garage rock, pop, country etc. Here is a rough discography that I have: SOFT 777 - HOWARD CROCKETT - Honky Tonk Man SOFT 780 - BOBBY GALLANT - I'll Kiss Away Your Tears SOFT 826 - BOBBY SKEL - Kiss And Run SOFT 828 - BOBBY SKEL - Baby Doll SOFT 953 - BOBBY SKEL - Queen Of Hearts SOFT 957 - JO JO ADAMS - Mr. Temptation SOFT 983 - BOBBY SKEL - Three Candles SOFT 984 - GABREYS - Down At The Go-Go / If You Really Want Me To, I'll Go SOFT 1003 - SAMMIE JOHN - Boss Bag / Little John SOFT 1005 - BOBBY SKEL - The Soul Of A Man / Say It Now SOFT 1014 - JAMES MOORE - Feet / Cool SOFT 1018 - WILLIE HOBBS - Under The Pines / Cry, Cry, Cry SOFT 1029 - SIRS - Cool SOFT 1030 - WILLIE HOBBS - Action / A Woman Like Her SOFT 1032 - CHAPS - Maybe I'm Amazed SOFT 1035 - MATT BROWN - A Man Without A Woman / The Soul Of A Man SOFT 1036 - MATT & ROBERT - Mr. Pitiful SOFT 1041 - DELBERT MCCLINTON - Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah Lots of stuff missing though so feel free to add to it. James Moore's "Feet" is a version of "My Elusive Dreams" (Moses & Joshua Dillard etc.) with almost identical lyrics. Willie Hobbs "Action" features Pic & Bill on backing vocals.

There was an MP3 file on Manship's auction. Not the entire songs, but parts of them at least.

All of the Numero label releases are worth their prices for the booklets alone! Definitely buy it and throw away the actual CD if you're sensitive about these things. The unissued Eddie Ray track "Wait A Minute" (which recently was issued on a 7" as well) is truly awesome. And I take it that you haven't checked out their first Deep City compilation either? The unissued (acetate only) tune by The Moovers entitled "Darling I'll Go" is an utterly fantastic uptempo 60s dancer. Who's got the original acetate by the way? It seems to be pretty beat up, but would be nice to know.

This is usually somewhere between £50-£75 on UK lists, but you can probably get it cheaper on eBay. I sold a copy a couple of years back for £40.

I have no problem with that people think that the fees are to high or "unfair". It's that they feel wronged or unexpectedly "robbed" with the outcome that I don't understand. The sliding fee scale is the way eBay/PayPal have decided to do their business. We can either accept it or not, the info is there before anyone places an item on eBay. Besides, there is no sliding scale fee for records if you list them on the UK eBay site, it's always 9% regardless of what it sells for.

All four sides on their two 45s are great in my opinion. "Running Back To You", "Give Me Your Love" and "Dancing With My Love Bones" have all had their fair share of plays from myself, Helena and Jonte here in Sweden and I know that at least one of the Oslo guys are playing "Running Back To You" every now and then as well. (just realised that Helena posted at roughly the same time as I did... yes, that break is a bit too party-hardy... but I still think it's great)

I don't get it why some people complain about the eBay/PayPal charges as if they've been wronged in some way. As if their services should be free or cheap. One might have the opinion that the fees mentioned on the eBay and PayPal homepages are too high, but it's all there in plain text for everyone to read and they're not trying to fool anyone. They provide a service and they charge money for their users to use it. If someone don't want to pay the prices or think that they're too high, then they shouldn't use their services. In my opinion etc.

It has probably got more to do with the fact that the small quantity of this title which one major US dealer used to have has dried up, and this was the first copy with a soundclip which came up for grabs on eBay since then. Plus that no internet dealer seems to have it in stock.

I sold a copy of their other Hep' Me 45 for $203.50 a couple of weeks ago on eBay.

Get your web-space from: https://www.one.com They're extremely cheap and the bandwidth is free.

There are different "final value fees" on ebay.co.uk and on ebay.com On eBay.co.uk the final value fee for "media products" (i.e. records) is always 9% of the closing value. On eBay.com the following applies: Item not sold - No Fee $0.01 - $25.00 - 5.25% of the closing value $25.01 - $1,000.00 - 5.25% of the initial $25.00 ($1.31), plus 3.25% of the remaining closing value balance ($25.01 to $1,000.00) Equal to or Over $1000.01 - 5.25% of the initial $25.00 ($1.31), plus 3.25% of the initial $25.01 - $1,000.00 ($31.69), plus 1.50% of the remaining closing value balance ($1000.01 - closing value)

Yes, there was. And also a Supremes item: Topics - Booking Up Baby - Mercury promo - £320 Supremes - 1966 USA Tour Program - Raydell Publishing - £58

And it wasn't even a MONO copy!

Looking good, Jens! Nice with a club like this in Stockholm. I'll try to make it to one of the February or March dates.

As far as I can see, the printing on this label has been made using the "dot matrix" system. Look at the letters, they are made up of tiny dots, as if the label has been scanned from a book, then printed out and stuck onto a white label 45. It wouldn't surprise me if this is just a vinyl carver 7" which someone has stuck a home made label on.

The 7" goes for £15-£25 on eBay these days. All copies comes from JD himself. It was £100+ only about 6 months ago. There are two different pressings though...

I don't know much about it, but I like the Pyramid 45 on Moe. A heavy out-and-out "deep funk" dancer to my ears. It seems to be very obscure and because of that hasn't really got a set "value" as far as I know.

WOW! Have never seen this before. Lovely!

Yes. That is the usual procedure as far as I know.

I know. And it's superb!

No, Mickey Newbury wrote the tune and there's a version of it on one of his LPs as well. The First Edition (with Kenny Rogers on lead vocals) had the big hit with it. There are loads of versions of this tune out there. The First Edition version is, in my opinion, without a doubt the best version of this track and a true classic. I also really like Sharon Jones version.

How about this: ARTIST - TITLE - LABEL - COND - PRICE 5 WAGERS - COME AND ASK ME - TIARA - EX - 15 AL GREEN - DON'T LEAVE ME - HOT LINE - VG+ - 7 ALDORA BRITTON - NO COOKIES IN MY BAG - DECCA - M- - 7 ALTON MCLAIN - COME BACK BABY - FORWARD - VG+ - 5 ANITA MAY - WHEN IT'S DARK - AUDIO ARTS - M- - 20 ARETHA FRANKLIN - APRIL FOOLS - ATLANTIC - EX - 7 ARETHA FRANKLIN - TAKE ME WITH YOU - ARISTA - M- - 7 ARTISTICS - LOVE SONG - BRUNSWICK - M- - 15 BAD BOYS - YOU'RE NOT ALONE ANYMORE - BELL - M- - 20 BARBARA GREENE - I SHOULD HAVE TREATED YOU RIGHT - RENEE - VG++ - 7 BARBARA LEWIS - HELLO STRANGER - ATLANTIC - EX - 5 BARBARA LYNN - THIS IS THE THANKS I GET - ATLANTIC - M- - 15 BARBARA MASON - KEEP HIM - ARCTIC - VG - 10 BILLY MCGREGOR - FALL ON MY KNEES - FLASH - EX - 12 BILLY STEWART - WHAT HAVE I DONE - CHESS - M- - 7 BOBBY HUTTON - I'VE GOT A MEMORY - PHILIPS - M- - 15 BOBBY WILLIAMS - EVERYBODY NEEDS SOME LOVE - R&R - M- - 10 BRENDA & ALBERT - TALKING ABOUT LOVING YOU - CLARAMA - VG++ - 7 BRENDA AND THE TABULATIONS - A LOVE YOU CAN DEPEND ON - TOP AND BOTTOM - EX - 10 BRENDA HOLLOWAY - YOU'VE MADE ME SO VERY HAPPY - TAMLA - EX - 7 BRENDA HOLLOWAY - GIVE ME A LITTLE INSPIRATION - WHITE LABEL - EX - 5 BRENTON WOOD - GREAT BIG BUNDLE OF LOVE - DOUBLE SHOT - EX - 7 BRENTON WOOD - BABY YOU'VE GOT IT - DOUBLE SHOT - M- - 10 BRUCE FISHER - AT THE END OF A OVE AFFAIR - UA - EX - 25 C.O.DS - MICHAEL - KELLMAC - VG - 5 C.O.DS - I'M A GOOD GUY - KELLMAC - M- - 10 CAROL ANDERSON - WE'VE GOT ENOUGH - SOUL O SONIC - VG++ - 7 CATE BROS - WHERE CAN WE GO - ASYLUM (UK) - EX - 5 CB OVERTON - SUPERSTAR LADY - SHOCK - EX - 10 CHARLES ALLEN - WINTERMAN - DASH - M- - 5 CHARLES JACKSON - I'M GONNA GET YOUR LOVE - CAPITOL - M- - 7 CLASSMEN - DOIN ME RIGHT - CLASSIC - M- - 40 CONSERVATIVES - WHO UNDERSTANDS - EBONIC SOUND - M- - 10 CONTROLLERS - FEELING A FEELING - JUANA - EX - 7 CREATIONS - I'VE GOT TO FIND HER - GLOBE - M- - 15 CREATIONS - PLENTY OF LOVE - GLOBE - EX - 15 CURTIS JOHNSON - TRYING TO WIN YOU OVER - PELICAN - M- - 10 DANE BARKER - MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT - HIGH NOTE - M- - 25 DARROW FLETCHER - CHANGING BY THE MINUTE - UNI - M- - 30 DAVE AND VEE - DO YOU LOVE ME - DELUXE - M- - 7 DAVID OLIVER - LOVE SO STRONG - MERCURY - M- - 5 DAVID SEA - BELIEVE IN ME - SHOTGUN - M- - 7 DAVID SEA - I'D BE A MILLIONAIRE - SCORPIO - M- - 20 DE BLANC - GUAVA JELLY - ARISTA - VG+ - 5 DYNAMIC SUPERIORS - NOBODY'S GONNA CHANGE ME - MOTOWN - M- - 7 DYNAMIC SUPERIORS - ONE NIGHTER - MOTOWN - M- - 10 ECSTASY PASSION AND PAIN - I'LL DO ANYTHING FOR YOU - ROULETTE (FR) - M- - 10 EDDIE FLOYD - I'VE NEVER FOUND A GIRL - STAX - M- - 5 EDDIE HOLMAN - THIS WILL BE A NIGHT TO REMEMBER - SALSOUL (WOL) - EX - 10 EDDIE HOLMAN - I NEED SOMEBODY - ABC - EX - 15 EDWIN STARR - THERE YOU GO - SOUL - VG - 7 ENCHANTMENT - HOLD ON - DESERT MOON - M- - 10 ENCHANTMENT - SUNNY SHINE FEELING - ROADSHOW - M- - 10 EPICS - HOLD ON I'M COMING - SAGE - VG++ - 10 ESQUIRES - GET ON UP - BUNKY - EX - 5 ESQUIRES - BABA-DABA-DOP - B&G - M- - 15 ESQUIRES - YOU'VE GOT THE POWER - WAND - M- - 15 ESQUIRES - I DON'T KNOW - WAND - EX - 10 FERGUSON DAVIS AND JONES - I THNK I'M GONNA CRY - EPIC - M- - 10 FESTIVALS - GIVE HER UP - COLOSSUS - M- - 10 FESTIVALS - MUSIC - SMASH - M- - 15 FIESTAS - SOMETIMES STORM - RESPECT - M- - 10 FINAL TOUCH - I'M READY TO GIVE UP MY LOVE - EPIC - M- - 50 FOUR TOPS - MAMA YOU'RE ALRIGHT WITH ME - ABC - M- - 7 FRED HUGHES - LOVE ME BABY - VEE-JAY - M- - 7 FRED HUGHES - CAN'T MAKE IT WITHOUT YOU - CADET - M- - 7 FRED HUGHES - CAN'T TAKE IT AWAY - VEEJAY - VG - 10 FREDDIE HUGHES - SEND MY BABY BACK TO ME - WAND - VG++ - 7 GARLAND GREEN - RUNNING SCARED - COTILLION - EX - 8 GEATER DAVIS - WHY DOES IT HURT SO BAD - 77 - M- - 7 GEATER DAVIS - DON'T WALK OFF - LUANA - EX - 7 GEATER DAVIS - WRAPPED UP IN YOUR LOVE - HOUSE OF ORANGE - M- - 8 GENE CHANDLER - I STILL LOVE YOU - CURTOM - M- - 7 GENE CHANDLER - THINK NOTHING ABOUT IT - CONSTELLATION - M- - 20 GENERAL JOHNSON - DON'T WALK AWAY - ARISTA - M- - 10 GIVE KEYS FEAT RUDY WEST - STOP - LANDMARK - EX - 15 GLENN WATTS - MONEY GIVES DIGNITY - BUNKY - M- - 15 HOWARD TATE - HALF A MAN - VERVE - VG++ - 10 INFORMERS - MEMORIES - BLACKJACK (WHITE VINYL) - M- - 15 INTRUDERS - TURN BACK THE HANDS OF TIME - GAMBLE - VG+ - 10 INVITATIONS - GIRL I'M LEAVIN YOU - MGM - M- - 15 IVY JO HUNTER - RUNNING THROUGH MY FINGERS - MOTORCITY - M- - 7 JACKIE WILSON - I'M THE ONE TO DO IT - BRUNSWICK - M- - 10 JACKIE WILSON - IT'S ALL OVER NOW - BRUNSWICK - M- - 10 JACKIE WILSON - I DON'T WANT TO LOSE YOU - BRUNSWICK - M- - 15 JANET DEANE - I'M GLAD I WAITED - MASTADON - M- - 7 JERRY BUTLER - LET'S MAKE LOVE - PIR - EX - 7 JESSE JAMES - I NEED YOU BABY - ZEA - VG - 5 JESSE JAMES - BELIEVE IN ME BABY - 20TH CENTURY - M- - 5 JIMMY GRAHAM - LOVE CAN'T BE MODERNIZED - REVUE - M- - 15 JJ BARNES - SAY IT - RIC-TIC - EX - 10 JOHNNY BRISTOL - DO IT TO MY MIND - ATLANTIC - M- - 7 JONES BROS - YOU'RE GOOD LOVIN - SILVER - M- - 25 JONESES - BABY DON'T DO IT - MERCURY - M- - 10 KETTY LESTER - PLEASE DON'T CRY ANYMORE - RCA VICTOR - EX - 20 LADY - NUMBER ONE - MEGA - M- - 7 LARRY MARKS - EYE TO EYE - PALA - EX - 30 LAURA LEE - REMEMBER ME - INVICTUS - M- - 10 LEE MITCHELL - BEST SHOT - FULL SPEED AHEAD - M- - 5 LEE MOSES - SHE'S A BAD GIRL - GATES - M- - 15 LEON COLLINS - I JUST WANNA SAY I LOVE YOU - ELF - M- - 15 LEON HAYWOOD - YOU AND YOUR MOODY WAYS - EVEJIM - M- - 20 LEZLI VALENTINE - I WON'T DO ANYTHING - ALL PLATINUM - EX - 10 LITTLE DOOLEY - MEMORIES - NORTH BAY - M- - 15 LITTLE JIMMY GANDY - COOL 13 - ROULETTE - VG+ - 15 LITTLE MILTON - SO BLUE - CHECKER - M- - 7 LITTLE ROYAL - I DON'T WANT NOBODY STANDING OVER ME - BLACK PRIDE - M- - 10 LONNIE GIVENS - HOLD ONTO THE BLUES - REAL SIDE - M- - 10 LONNIE YOUNGBLOOD - LET MY LOVE BRING OUT THE WOMAN IN YOU - CALLA - M- - 15 LOST GENERATION - YOU'RE SO YOUNG BUT YOU'RE SO TRUE - BRUNSWICK - M- - 10 LOU RAWLS - A WOMAN WHO'S A WOMAN/BRING ME ALL YOUR HEARTACHES - CAPITOL - M- - 15 MAJOR IV - ALL OF MY LOVE - VENTURE - EX - 25 MAJOR LANCE - I JUST CAN'T HELP IT - OKEH (WOL) - M- - 20 MASTERPIECE - THE GIRL'S ALRIGHT WITH ME - WHITFIELD - M- - 5 MAURICE AND MAC - USE THAT GOOD THING - BROWN SUGAR - VG+ - 15 MIKE & THE CENSATIONS - DON'T MESS WITH ME - HIGHLAND - M- - 15 MIKE & THE CENSATIONS - BABY WHAT'RE YOU GONNA DO - HIGHLAND - M- - 15 MOMENTS - MY THING - STANG - EX - 10 NATURALS - CRYSTAL BLUE PERSUASION/COLOR HIM FATHER - SHOUT - EX - 15 NICOLE WILLIS - IF THIS AIN'T LOVE - TIMMION - M- - 10 NORMAN CONNORS - ONCE I'VE BEEN THERE - BUDDAH - M- - 7 NOVA'S NINE - PAIN - ABC - M- - 15 ODDS AND ENDS - LET ME TRY - TODAY - M- - 5 OJAYS - I LOVE MUSIC - PIR (UK) - M- - 7 PAT LUNDY - ONLY MAMA THAT'LL WALK THE LINE - DELUXE - M- - 5 PHYLLIS HYMAN - LEAVING THE GOOD LIFE BEHIND - PRIVATE STOCK (UK) - M- - 7 QUAZAR - SAVIN MY LOVE FOR A RAINY DAY - ARISTA - EX - 10 RADIANTS - VOICE YOUR CHOICE - CHESS - M- - 10 RALPH GRAHAM - CHANGING UP MY LIFE - RCA - M- - 20 RAY GANT/ARABIAN KNIGHTS - I NEED A TRUE LOVE - JAY-WALKING - M- - 12 RIMSHOTS - DO WHAT YOU FEEL - STANG - M- - 7 RONI HILL - I WOULDN'T GIVE YOU UP - CREOLE (UK) - M- - 5 SAMONA COOKE - SUBWAY - EPIC - M- - 10 SHALONG - LADY - RED COACH - EX - 7 SKYLINERS - DON'T HURT ME BABY - JUBILEE - M- - 15 SOLARIS - YOU AND ME - DANA - EX - 7 SONJA GRIER - RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW - SPIRIT - M- - 10 SOUL TWINS - SHE'S THE ONE - BACK BEAT - EX - 30 SPYDER TURNER - GET DOWN - WHITFIELD - VG++ - 8 STEVE MANCHA - DON'T MAKE ME A STORYTELLER - GROOVESVILLE - M- - 20 SUGARPIE DESANTO - LOVIN TOUCH - BRUNSWICK - M- - 15 SUPREMES - YOUR HEART BELONGS TO ME - MOTOWN - M- - 10 TAMIKO JONES - LET IT FLOW - CONTEMPO - M- - 7 TEMPTATIONS - LONELINESS MADE ME REALIZE IT'S YOU THAT I NEED - GORDY - M- - 7 TERY HUFF - COME ON AROUN D - CIRCLE CITY - M- - 10 THE BLUE NOTES - HOT CHILLS AND FEVER - UNI - VG+ - 7 THE C.O.DS - I'M A GOOD GUY - KELLMAC - M- - 10 THE CAESARS - LA LA I LOVE YOU - LAINE - EX - 25 THE DRIFTERS - THE STRUGGLER - STEELTOWN - M- - 7 THE ETHICS - THERE'LL STILL BE A SWEET TOMORROW - VENT - VG++ - 20 THE MOMENTS - I WON'T DO ANYTHING - STANG - VG++ - 10 THE PUR'SWA'DERS - YOU'RE MINE - MICA - VG+ - 100 THE RADIANTS - FEEL KIND OF BAD - CHESS - M- - 7 THE SUPERBS - BABY BABY ALL THE TIME - DORE - VG+ - 5 THE TRIBULATIONS - MAMA'S BABY - IMPERIAL - M- - 10 THE UNIQUES - NOT TOO LONG AGO - PAULA - M- - 20 THE YOUNG FOLK - LONELY GIRL - MAR-V-LUS - M- - 12 THEE MIDNITERS - CHICANO POWER - WHITTIER - M- - 30 TIMMY SMITH - EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT THE DEVIL - STARVILLE - M- - 12 TONY FOX - I'VE BEEN SEARCHIN - TRI-SPIN - EX - 15 TRUE ADDITIONS - WHO'S COMPLAINING - GRASSROOTS - M- - 25 TYRONE DAVIS - CAN I CHANGE MY MIND - DAKAR - VG++ - 7 TYRONE DAVIS - NEED YOUR LOVIN EVERYDAY - DAKAR - M- - 7 TYRONE DAVIS - WHAT GOES UP - DAKAR - M- - 10 UNDISPUTED TRUTH - A FOOL FOR YOU - GORDY - M- - 7 UNIFICS - WHICH ONE SHOULD I CHOOSE - KAPP - M- - 10 UNIFICS - SENTIMENTAL MAN - KAPP - M- - 15 WEAPONS OF PEACE - THIS LIFE'S ABOUT TO GET ME DOWN - PLAYBOY - M- - 10 VERSATILES - CRY LIKE A BABY - STAFF - M- - 25 WHISPERS - I CAN'T SEE MYSELF LEAVING YOU - SOUL CLOCK - VG - 5 WILLIAM BELL - TRYING TO LOVE TWO - MERCURY - M- - 7 WILLIAM BELL - HAPPY - STAX - M- - 7 WILLIAM DEVAUGHAN - HOLD ONTO LOVE - TEC - M- - 7 YOUNG HEARTS - COUNT DOWN (HERE I COME) - MINIT - M- - 10