Sebastian

I like almost everything The Knickerbockers released, but this track has always left me stone cold. Sounds like third-rate Elvis Presley to my ears. And I like him as well...

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/_W0QQfrppZ50QQfsooZ...QsassZpushkings Some examples: SANDRA WRIGHT on Truth ("Midnight Affair") SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS on Fona DEE DEE SHARP on Cameo JOE MAYFIELD on Excello BOBBY HEBB on Philips ("You Want To Change Me") RALPHIE D on 20th Century JAY JORDAN on Verve BOBBETTES on Mayhew ("Happy Go Lucky Girl") TSU TORONADOES on Atlantic FUGITIVES on Path DARRELL BANKS on Revilot ("Somebody Somewhere Needs You") FRANKIE NIEVES on Speed JIMMY LEWIS on TRC CLYDE BROWN on Atlantic PENNY CARTER on Verve BARBARA & UNIQUES on Arden WESTON PRIM on Brent BETTY HARRIS on Sansu DON GARDNER on TNT IKETTES on UA ...plus more. Thanks for looking! Take care. /Sebastian

I don't get it. What is so dreadful about the Al Johnson 45 on Burt? Sure, the "Sittin' Around" side is pretty bland... but "Soul Time" is so jam packed with punch, energy and overall grittyness that I find it hard not to love it. It hasn't got that "northern" tempo but that has never mattered to me. I love it. Not at £125 though...

I've only read about this compilation earlier. It's called "Voces Negras" and was released on the Impacto label in Spain and a couple of the tracks (but not all) are by Pic & Bill. It's usally seen for sale at £10 or less. As far as I know, only these tracks are by Pic & Bill: THE SOUL OF A MAN ALL I WANT IS YOU SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH MY BABY BABY COME BACK Any chance of you putting up some clips of the other tracks? I CAN'T STAND LIVING WITH HER PUT A LITTLE LOVE WHAT HAVE YOU DONE THE HAVES ARE HIGH TODAY YESTERDAY HERO OH I FEEL GOOD EVERY MINUTE EVERY HOUR THAT FEELING IS GONE Would be nice if any of those are by Pic & Bill as well.

That's "Baby Come Back" by Pic & Bill. LP-only.

The above is "Help Me". The following is "Love Addict" on Arctic (fantastic tune in my opinion ): https://www.soulclub.org/stream/Honey_&_The...Love_Addict.ram

There's loads of stuff. Just grabbed a bunch of 45s from my 70s/80s section of my DJ case and came up with: King Tutt - You've got Me Hung Up - FUN CITY Jackey Beavers - Trying To Get Back To You Girl - DADE South Shore Commission - We're On The Right Track - WAND Las Vegas Connection - Give Me Your Love - HEP' ME Majik - Back Into Your Heart - HI Charles Jackson - I'm Gonna Get Your Love - CAPITOL Grey & Hanks - Now I'm Fine - RCA Honey Cone - Somebody Is Always Messing Up A Good Thing - HOT WAX O.V. Wright - Into Something (Can't Shake Loose) - HI And indeed, Bileo, Curtis, Rare Pleasure, Four Below Zero are all up there as well. Love that pounding stuff.

Two great sides on this one. For those who aren't familiar with them, check these sound clips out:

Due to this being the first release on Tamla and the fact that their distribution outside of the Detroit area at that time wasn't exactly top notch, it was leased to United Artists as soon as it took off locally. Released on January 21st 1959 on Tamla and then released February 18th 1959 on United Artists. The UA issue went on to become a big hit, #6 R&B and #30 Pop.

Flip over that Steelers 45 for the in my opinion superior "I'm Sorry". A very fine piece of soul that perhaps can be termed as "crossover". Worth £2.50 of anyones money.

Here's a soundclip of Noah on Candy-Stix for those of you who'd like to hear it. Utter, utter garbage in my opinion with a dreadful vocal delivery. Is luckily going down in price very fast.

It's usually $75-$125 on eBay. Also, Craig Moerer has got two copies right now at $150 each: https://www.recordsbymail.com/artistPage.ph...+GOLD+REVUE&s=S

Are you serious?

Here you go.

Any chance of a soundclip perhaps?

"I Need You" is a decent pounding tune indeed. The flipside, "So In Love With You", is the better side in my opinion though. Not an easy 45 to find but seems quite unknown so still in the £25-£40 region price wise. By the way, I have a very nice two-part instrumental by Skip August called "Shindig USA" on the TeeVee label. Skip wrote "I Need You". Wasn't there some Skip August 45s on Starway as well?

There must be some difference in the run-out groove details, they can not have pressed both versions with the same stamper.

Check out eBay if you're after a copy. There seems to be practically no, or extremely slim demand for either of the sides. An issue copy sold less than a week ago for $11.20 (yes, an issue with "Refuse..." on one of the sides and "Cissy" on the other). This has happened quite a lot in the recent past with this 45, issue copies hardly ever sell for more than $25 on eBay.

About £5-£10. Try AngloAmerican, I know they've had loads of copies at £6 each. Good artist.

Here's the complete list of tunes for those of you who are interested: 01. Cleo Randle - Big City Lights - STA-SET 02. Gino Parks - Fire - TAMLA 03. Al Johnson - Soul Time - BURT 04. Jon Thomas - Tizzy - JUNIOR 05. Jackie Milton - Step By Step - DE-VEL 06. Johnny Copeland - Slow Walk You Down - BOOGALOO 07. Moses - I Got My Mind Together - PIEDMONT 08. Willie Rogers - Everything You Touch (Turns To Love) - AMG 09. Sam Cooke - You Send Me / Bring It On Home To Me (live) - RCA LP/CD 10. Cleo Jackson Randle - Life In Heaven Is Free - CHECKER Both 01 and 10 are by the same artist.

Paul is totally right (apart from Moses being dreadful... ). 06 is Johnny Copeland's fine flipside to "Danger Zone" on Boogaloo (a Huey P. Meaux label and a quite obscure 45 it seems). No cash prizes, I'm afraid... But here's an updated list: 01. Cleo Randle - Big City Lights - STA-SET 02. 03. 04. 05. 06. Johnny Copeland - Slow Walk You Down - BOOGALOO 07. Moses - I Got My Mind Together - PIEDMONT 08. Willie Rogers - Everything You Touch (Turns To Love) - AMG 09. Sam Cooke - You Send Me / Bring It On Home To Me (live) - RCA LP/CD 10.

Thanks for the comments! Track 01 is indeed Cleo Randle on Sta-Set, and that clip of her on "The!!! Beat" is great, definitely check it out. Track 06 is not James Carr. The Sam Cooke track is taken from his newly re-released and remastered "One Night Stand - Live At The Harlem Square Club" CD on RCA/LEGACY. It's a truly revelatory and absolutely excellent listen and one of my favourite albums of all time. It's got that same kind of energy all the way through and it sounds nothing like his studio recordings from that time. Just full-on bust-it-open screaming and shouting for 35 minutes. Definitely do check it out. I love it!!! Can be had cheap from Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B...9699114-8657206 OK, so far: 01. Cleo Randle - Big City Lights - STA-SET 02. 03. 04. 05. 06. 07. 08. 09. Sam Cooke - You Send Me / Bring It On Home To Me (live) - RCA LP/CD 10. Some more guesses/suggestions or shall I reveal the rest?

Just prepared this part-quiz part-sharing thingie for another soul/funk forum I'm on and thought that perhaps someone here is interested as well... I just threw up ten MP3s on my server of some 45s (and one album cut) that I've been playing a lot lately. I'm not claiming that these are my "discoveries", that they're the best things since sliced bread (not that I'm a big fan of sliced bread, I prefer to slice it myself, but you get the point...) or anything like that. Just some tunes I enjoy. Not much of it, if any, is straight "northern", but it's all soul in some shape and well... Here they are if you'd like to check them out: 01. Moody, moody, big voiced Chicago soul. [HERE] 02. Frantic r&b with proto-funk breaks. [HERE] 03. More frantic southern stuff. [HERE] 04. Instrumental, organ-heavy mayhem. [HERE] 05. Mellow, mid-tempo crossover. [HERE] 06. Moody, deep soul from a well known artist on a tiny label. [HERE] 07. Uptempo, slightly funky early 70s with a slightly annoying intro. [HERE] 08. Pounding early 70s soul dancer out of Ohio. [HERE] 09. One of the most influential soul/r&b artists ever. You need to hear this if you haven't. [HERE] 10. Moody, brooding gospel ballad. [HERE] That's it. Hope you like some of them. I'll post the artists/titles later if you're interested

Some records at set sale prices here. PayPal payments only, please. E-mail me at fonzeus@telia.com if you're interested in anything. ------------------------------------------------ NEW ADDITIONS: First... a couple of LPs: v/a - The Sunday Gospel Open House - CHECKER - EX+ - £30 (rare and great Checker gospel LP which includes the superb in-demand dancer "Lend Me A Hand" by Kindly Shepherds, as well as plenty of other nice tunes) https://www.soulclub.org/stream/The_Kindly_...e_Your_Hand.ram v/a - San Francisco Sampler, Fall 1970, Presenting... - SAN FRANCISCO - EX+ - £20 (includes the pounding funk classics "Tuane" by Hammer and "Shop Talk" by Cold Blood, plus early tracks by Tower Of Power, Victoria and David Lannan) https://www.shingaling.com/Hammer-Tuane.mp3 https://www.shingaling.com/ColdBlood-ShopTalk.mp3 Spinners - The Original Spinners - MOTOWN - EX+ - £25 (fantastic LP in stunning condition, includes "Sweet Thing", "I Just Can't Help But Feel The Pain" etc. lower right corner cut off) https://www.soulclub.org/stream/The_Spinner...Sweet_Thing.ram https://www.soulclub.org/stream/The_Detroit...el_The_Pain.ram Four Tops - On Top - MOTOWN - EX - £10 (mono copy, slight ring wear on cover, includes "Then", "I Got A Feeling", "There's No Love Left", "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever", "Shake Me, Wake Me" etc.) https://www.soulclub.org/stream/The_Four_To...t_A_Feeling.ram https://www.soulclub.org/stream/The_Four_To..._Me_Wake_Me.ram https://www.soulclub.org/stream/The_Four_To...Tops_-_Then.ram and now... over to 45s: Aretha Franklin - Integrity - ARISTA (germany) - EX- - £15 (in-demand modern dancer, some clicks on the intro, but plays great from then on) https://www.shingaling.com/ArethaFranklin-Integrity.mp3 Flirtations - Change My Darkness Into Light / Natural Born Lover - JOSIE - EX- - £20 (two fantastic 60s dancers, "Change..." plays great, "Natural..." plays with cue burn during the first 18 seconds then with the odd click here and there but no problems for DJing) https://www.soulclub.org/stream/The_Flirtat..._Into_Light.ram https://www.soulclub.org/stream/The_Flirtat..._Born_Lover.ram Eddie Hope & Manish Boys - Lost Child / A Fool No More - MARLIN - M- - £150 (ultra rare double-sided monster r&b disc) https://www.shingaling.com/EddieHope-LostChild.mp3 https://www.shingaling.com/EddieHope-AFoolNoMore.mp3 Claude Huey - If You'll Be My Witness - GALAXY - EX+ - £50 (mid-tempo funky tune, most likely Claude "Baby" Huey's rarest 45, very seldom turns up) https://www.shingaling.com/ClaudeHuey-IfYou...BeMyWitness.mp3 Walter Hawkins And The Family - He Brought Me / I'm Going Through - LIGHT - M- - £20 (two obscure uptempo modern soul dancers) https://www.shingaling.com/walterhawkins.mp3 The Mob - I'd Like To See More Of You - POLYDOR (uk) - EX+ (noc) - £8 HOLD (crossover goodie which is picking up plays at the moment, nice UK vinyl copy) https://www.shingaling.com/MOB-I'DLIKET...SEEMOREOFYOU.rm Change - The Glow Of Love - WEA (uk) - EX+ - £8 (utterly superb pounding early 80s dancer, Luther Vandross delivering one of his best vocal performances ever, listen to this if you don't know it, essential) https://www.shingaling.com/Change-TheGlowOfLove.mp3 Smokey Robinson - Ever Had A Dream - TAMLA - M- - £10 (in-demand 70s dancer) https://www.shingaling.com/SmokeyRobinson-E...verHadADream.rm Sharon Redd - Half As Much - VEEP w/demo - EX+ - £15 (pounding mid-tempo, one of Sharon's first records,) https://www.shingaling.com/sharonredd.mp3 3 Degrees - Drivin' Me Mad - SWAN - EX (sol) - £10 (stomping 60s girl group dancer) https://www.soulclub.org/stream/The_Three_D...#39;_Me_Mad.ram Casinos - I Still Love You - FRATERNITY - EX - £8 (classic uptempo group sound) https://www.soulclub.org/stream/The_Casinos...ll_Love_You.ram Lou Rawls - You Can Bring Me All Your Heartaches - CAPITOL - EX+ - £8 (nice atmospheric mid-tempo 60s dancer) https://www.soulclub.org/stream/Lou_Rawls_-..._Heartaches.ram Little Milton - If Walls Could Talk - CHECKER - EX+ - £8 (pounding fantastic uptempo dancer) https://www.soulclub.org/stream/Little_Milt..._Could_Talk.ram Kai Winding - Comin' Home Baby - VERVE - M- - SOLD (uptempo instrumental version of the Mel Torme classic) https://www.shingaling.com/KaiWinding-Comin...#39;HomeBaby.rm OLD STUFF (WITH REDUCED PRICES): Shirley Matthews - Big-Town Boy / (You Can) Count On That - ATLANTIC w/d - EX- (wol) - SOLD (two superb uptempo girlgroup-type dancers! labels look a bit scruffy due to water stains, but not too bad) https://www.shingaling.com/ShirleyMatthews-...-Big-TownBoy.rm https://www.soulclub.org/stream/Shirley_Mat...unt_On_That.ram Major Lance - Without A Doubt - OKEH - M- - £40 (mid-tempo heaven, one of his best, this is the very rare vinyl copy - NOT styrene!) https://www.shingaling.com/MajorLance-WithoutADoubt.rm Shine (Alvin Robinson) - Sho 'Bout To Drive Me Wild - PUSLAR w/d - EX- - SOLD (absolute bloody monster tune!!! one of the best records ever released. written by Alvin Robinson, Mac Rebennack, Jessie Hill and King Floyd! rare white demo credited to "Shine". some clicks here and there, no problems to DJ with though. GRITTY GRITTY GRITTY!!!) https://www.shingaling.com/AlRobinson-Sho...oDriveMeWild.rm Lenny O'Henry - Across The Street - ATCO w/d - EX (sol) - £20 (great 6Ts dancer, rare white demo) https://www.soulclub.org/stream/Lenny_O'..._The_Street.ram Rodge Martin - Lovin' Machine - BRAGG - EX - SOLD (fantastic gritty r&b dancer) https://www.shingaling.com/RodgeMartin-Lovi...'Machine.rm Continental 4 - The Way I Love You - JAY-WALKING - EX+ - SOLD (awesome in-demand dancer!) https://www.soulclub.org/stream/The_Contine..._I_Love_You.ram Erroll Gaye And The Imaginations - Love And Affection - STEEL TOWN - EX+ - SOLD (two great, slightly funky mid-tempo sides) https://www.shingaling.com/ErrollGaye&TheIm...ndAffection.mp3 Ray Jay & The Eastsiders - Love Doll - COTIQUE w/d - EX - £35 (monster latin soul / boogaloo dancer which is getting spins) https://www.shingaling.com/RayJay&TheEastsi...rs-LoveDoll.mp3 Debbie Taylor - Don't Let It End - GWP - EX+ - £25 (ABSOLUTE MONSTER UPTEMPO 60s DANCER! listen if you don't know it! absolutely superb!!!) https://www.shingaling.com/debbietaylor.rm Blue Bull - I'm A Loser - UNI d - EX+ - SOLD (quite amazingly, a great new breed r&b type tune on the Uni label! very seldom comes up for sale, produced by Willie Mitchell) https://www.soulclub.org/stream/Blue_Bull_-...9;m_A_Loser.ram Pockets - Come Go With Me - COLUMBIA - M- - SOLD (sublime banging boogie dancer) https://www.soulclub.org/stream/The_Pockets..._Go_With_Me.ram 'Enry Moore - The Things You Do - LLUVIA - EX - £40 (mega rare r&b stormer out of Louisiana with a nice deep soul flip) https://www.shingaling.com/enrymoore.mp3 Dey And Knight - I'm Gonna Love You Tomorrow - COLUMBIA w/d - EX+ - £8 (atmospheric mid-tempo tune) https://www.shingaling.com/Dey&Knight-I'...eYouTomorrow.rm William Bell - Monkeying Around - STAX - EX- - £15 (early and very rare dancer) https://www.soulclub.org/stream/William_Bel...ying_Around.ram Shelley Black - No Turning Back - VIGOR w/d - M- - SOLD (feelgood, uptempo early 70s dancer) https://www.shingaling.com/ShelleyBlack-NoT...oTurningBack.ra Incredibles - Crying Heart - AUDIO ARTS - M- - £10 (classy mid-tempo dancer) https://www.shingaling.com/INCREDIBLES-CRYINGHEART.rm Willie Parker - Don't Hurt The One You Love - M-PAC - EX+ - SOLD https://www.soulclub.org/stream/Willie_Park...ne_You_Love.ram Vicki Anderson - Answer To Mother Popcorn - KING - EX - SOLD https://www.raresoulman.co.uk/sounds/exists..._MOTHER_POPCORN Jimmy Robins - Lonely Steet / Once In A Lifetime - TRC - EX+ - £15 ------------------------------------------------ Thanks for looking!

A fantastic tune in any case and sold within minutes.