Sebastian

No, it's not unknown, but few people seems to know about it. I've been looking for a copy for a while and let me know if you want to sell yours or if you find another. I think "Bad News" is a good tune. By the way, shouldn't it be Cappy & StAnewall?

WHAT A SUPERB TUNE! Decently priced as well, not their easiest Tamla 45 to find. https://www.soulclub.org/stream/The_Isley_B..._I_Love_You.ram

I'd like it ALL to be released, really. Either as seperate CDs or in a big box of CDs. Release all unreleased material. Don't be skint, the demand for this stuff will probably be slim in 25-30 years time. At LEAST release a complete Jimmy Hughes 2CD compilation, all of the Dan Penn recordings including the 10 unreleased sides, the 5 unreleased Art Freeman recordings, the 2 unreleased James Barnett tunes (one of which is a version of "It Tears Me Up"!), plus all the 30-ish unreleased tunes by Linda Carr, Spooner's Crowd, Terry Woodford, Del-Rays, Entertainers etc. That would be nice.

First white artist on Motown (in fact Tamla) was Nick & The Jaguars from August 1959. They were not signed to the label, but did a one-off 45. Great pounding surf instrumental backed with a rocker.

Not exactly northern... but YELLOW and GREEN Smash 45s... can't say I've seen too many of those...

Only about 5 hours left on these auctions now. Thanks for looking!

Eddie Floyd! Love him. "Things Get Better" is one of my fave Stax cuts. The track you posted, Pete, was as far as I know never issued on a 45. I really like one of his Safice 45s entitled "Baby Bye", punchy 60s dancer. Have a listen.

I've put together an MP3-mix featuring tracks from my current auctions for those of you who don't have the time to dig through all of the eBay listings. And even for those of you who aren't interested in buying anything it should make for some 40 minutes of nice listening. SOUL / FUNK / R&B MIX [listen here] Johnnie Taylor - Blues In The Night - ATLANTIC FRANCE Dorothy Berry - You Better Watch Out - DOT DENMARK Joe E. Young & The Toniks - Sixty Minutes Of Your Love - TOAST FRANCE Derek Martin - Sly Girl - ATCO FRANCE P.P. Arnold - Everything's Gonna Be Alright - COLUMBIA FRANCE EP Joe Kennedy - Slick Trick - ATLANTIC SWEDEN Bobby Bennett - Baby, Try Me - CBS FRANCE Lee Moses - How Much Longer (Must I Wait) - CBS FRANCE Ed Robinson - Hey Blackman (part 2) - DISQUES ESPERANCE FRANCE Sweet Inspirations - Get A Litte Order - ATLANTIC GERMANY Tommy & Cleve - I Don't Want To Share Your Love - CHESS HOLLAND Larry Williams & Johnny Watson - A Quitter Never Wins - COLUMBIA UK Nashville Cat - Just In Case - HICKORY DENMARK Rocky Roberts - Leave My Kitten Alone - DURIUM ITALY Dorothy Berry - Ain't That Love - DOT DENMARK Lee Charles - Wrong Number - DECCA SWEDEN Solomon Burke - Keep Looking - ATLANTIC SWEDEN Dorothy Berry - I Say You're Driving Me Crazy - LITTLE STAR Tymes - Roscoe James Mcclain - CAMEO PARKWAY DENMARK Aretha Franklin - Lee Cross - CBS GERMANY Tommy & Cleve - Boo-Ga-Loo Baby - CHESS HOLLAND Bobby Bennett - Big New York - CBS FRANCE Martha & The Vandellas - I'm Ready For Love - TAMLA MOTOWN HOLLAND Frankie Valli - The Night - RARE EARTH HOLLAND Deon Jackson - Ooh Baby - ATLANTIC GERMANY Maskman & The Agents - Yaw'll - CBS NORWAY Maxine Brown - Yesterday's Kisses - WAND Rocky Roberts - Don't Play That Song - DURIUM ITALY Lee Moses - I'm Sad About It - CBS FRANCE

Well... have you heard this particular 45? The b-side is a ballad. The a-side is an uptempo strings-and-things tune that I can imagine have had spins on the popcorn scene. "It Might As Well Rain Until September" is a decent and well constructed pop tune performed and written by one (actually two!) of the most talented song writers ever. Doesn't make it a soul record ofcourse, or northern soul for that matter. But... I could find worse examples.

I just put my copy of the Johnnie Taylor "Blues In The Night" ATCO France 45 on eBay. Feel free to check it out if you're interested: https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=230035633587

Hello! I've listed a new batch of records on eBay. All of them has got sound clips and label scans. Check them out at: https://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZpushkingsQQhtZ-1 Some examples: JOHNNIE TAYLOR - Blues In The Night - ATCO FRANCE 45!!! P.P. ARNOLD - Everything's Gonna Be Alright - french EP! DOROTHY BERRY - You Better Watch Out on Dot Denmark! LARRY WILLIAMS & JOHNNY WATSON on Columbia UK demo BOBBY BENNETT - Baby, Try Me on CBS France LEE MOSES - How Much Longer on Columbia France JOE E. YOUNG & THE TONIKS on Toast DEREK MARTIN - Sly Girl on Atco France FRANKIE VALLI - The Night on Rare Earth Holland RONETTES - Be My Baby - RARE Denmark picture sleeve EARL-JEAN on Colpix DEON JACKSON - Ooh Baby on Atlantic Germany JOE KENNEDY - Slick Trick on Atlantic Sweden SOLOMON BURKE - Keep Looking on Atlantic Sweden DOROTHY BERRY on Little Star MAXINE BROWN - Yesterday's Kisses on Scepter TYMES on Cameo-Parkway Denmark NASHVILLE CAT on Hickory LEE CHARLES - Wrong Number on Decca Sweden TOMMY & CLEVE on Chess Holland ROCKY ROBERTS on Durium ...plus more. Thanks for looking! Take care. /Sebastian

About 5-6 hours left on these auctions now. Thanks for looking!

Didn't "Beggin'" by Timebox have plays on the northern scene? As for The Eyes... "I'm Rowed Out"... what a tune!!!

WOW! That sure is one hell of a twee version of a tune which otherwise is one of my all-time "black rock'n'roll" faves... Here it is by Bobby Lewis instead: (love the Wanderers tune by the way, great Bert Berns produced Brill Building r&b/pop/early soul hybrid).

The above auctions ends in about 48 hours or so and for those of you who don't have the time to scroll through and listen to all the soundclips on the actual auction pages, I've put together two MP3-mixes featuring many of the tunes I have up for sale on eBay at the moment. There's one mix for the freakbeat/garage/mod type stuff and one mix for the more soul/r&b/funk oriented tracks. If you'd like to have a listen, click on the below links: SOUL / FUNK / R&B MIX [listen here] Herman Kelly - Share Your Love - RCA ITALY Impressions - Love Me - CURTOM Barbara & Brenda - If I'm Hurt You'll Feel The Pain - DYNAMO Equals - I Can't Let You Go - STATESIDE SWEDEN Junior Gordon - Call The Doctor - JAY-PEE Merit Hemmingson - Watermelon Man - SONET SWEDEN Jack Hammer - Swim - TAMLA MOTOWN SWEDEN Kaloum Star - Maliba - SYLIPHONE FRANCE Roy Meriwether - The Seventh Son - COLUMBIA Dennis Coffey - Theme From Black Belt Jones - WARNER BROS. Lillian Offitt - Miss You So - EXCELLO Nate Holmes - You're Still On My Mind - ABC Shirley Matthews - Private Property - ATLANTIC Steve Marshall - Maintain - REYNOLDS Roy Roberts Experience - Let's Wrap Up Tonight Baby - HOUSE OF ROTON Syl Johnson - I've Got Love - FEDERAL Northernaires Of Akron, Ohio - People Who Live In Glass Houses - UNITED AUDIO GARAGE / FREAKBEAT / MOD MIX [listen here] Namelosers - But I'm So Blue - COLUMBIA SWEDEN Countdown Five - Shaka Shaka Na Na - POLAR SWEDEN Red Squares - You Can Be My Baby - COLUMBIA SWEDEN Namelosers - Land Of A 1000 Dances - COLUMBIA SWEDEN Jerry Williams - Boogaloo Baby - SONET SWEDEN Shocking Blue - Send Me A Postcard - I.M.A. SWEDEN Love Affair - I'm Happy - CBS SWEDEN Merit Hemmingson - Watermelon Man - SONET SWEDEN Jack Hammer - Swim - TAMLA MOTOWN SWEDEN Equals - I Can't Let You Go - STATESIDE SWEDEN Juicy Lucy - Who Do You Love - VERTIGO GREECE Namelosers - Susie Q - COLUMBIA SWEDEN Nashville Teens - Tobacco Road - DECCA UK Aphrodite's Child - Air - MERCURY FRANCE Cheetahs - Russian Boat Song - PHILIPS UK Roy Meriwether - The Seventh Son - COLUMBIA Fabulous Four - For You And For Me - HEP HOUSE SWEDEN Shakers - All I Want Is My Baby - ODEON SWEDEN Even if you're not interested in buying anything, that should make for some pretty decent listening, I hope.

Hello! I've listed a new batch of records on eBay. All of them has got sound clips and label scans. Check them out at: https://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZpushkingsQQhtZ-1 Some examples: BARBARA & BRENDA on Dynamo JACK HAMMER on Tamla Motown ("Swim") WILLIE HIGHTOWER on Capitol ("Because I Love You") MIRACLES on Tamla ("Shop Around", ORIGINAL WITHDRAWN version) HERMAN KELLY on RCA Italy ("Share Your Love") SHIRLEY MATTHEWS on Atlantic ("Private Property") LORD KITCHENER on Melodisc ("Drink-A-Rum") DENNIS COFFEY on Warner Bros. ("Theme From Black Belt Jones") JUNIOR GORDON on Jay Pee JAMES DUNCAN on Federal ("Too Hot To Hold") IMPRESSIONS on Curtom ("Love Me") IMAGE on Verdy NORTHERNAIRES OF AKRON, OHIO on United Audio STEVE MARSHALL on Reynolds ("Maintain") LILLIAN OFFITT on Excello ("Miss You So") NATE HOLMES on ABC SYL JOHNSON on Federal ...plus more... and a stack of rare and obscure FREAKBEAT / GARAGE / PSYCH 45s for those of you who are into that kind of stuff as well. Thanks for looking! Take care. /Sebastian

Bit of an obscure Motown question here... I have The Magic Disco Machine's instrumental version of Sisters Love "A Better Man Than You" on an italian Tamla Motown 45 from 1975. A storming piece of funky 70s. Was it ever released on a 45 in the US? The only US Magic Disco Machine 45 I know is: Magic Disco Machine - Control Tower / Scratchin' - MOTOWN 1362 The vocal version by Sisters Love was issued on the flipside of "Give Me Your Love" on Mowest.

He's got 4 copies in stock at $150 each.

That's one damn awful sugar-coated vocal delivery on that tune. The backing is nice though, so I guess you could take the instrumental flip and record a decent vocal over it...

It seems to be selling for £150-£200 going by UK lists from the past year or so.

That's one hell of a decently priced monster of a 45. Not easy to find.

Good tune. The version released as G.D. & The Big J alternatively Glenn Dorsey & The Big J on GOOD is the best version in my opinion. . Scans of 4 of its issues:

Yes, I'm starting to be able to laugh about it. Wasn't exactly "cheap" though. It was Dee Edwards "Oh What A Party" on D-Town. A bit ironic that the record playing on my turntable when the postie turned up was Slim Harpo's "Don't Start Cryin' Now" on Excello. Even more ironic that I just happened to stumble upon this 45 about 20 minutes prior to the end of the auction and there was me thinking "ah, i really like that tune, have wanted to have it for ages, one of the first obscure Detroit tunes i fell in love with, i'll put in a bid and hope i win it"... If I had only logged onto eBay 30 minutes later...

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Are you thinking about "Blues In The Night"? An otherwise LP-track which slipped out on a french Stax 4-track 7" EP and also on a regular 2-track french Atlantic 45.