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Damn. I only met Phil once in the flesh, but since then he became a big help with supplying scans and info for a couple of my early books, as we had similar tastes. I think I was aware he was unwell recently but didn’t realise how serious it was. Seemed a really nice guy. RIP.

A few Marvin Gaye promos for sale, £20 each and free post. All in great shape. Please note UK buyers only, and PayPal only, on these please. PM to reserve. Marvin Gaye - Chained ex Marvin Gaye - Too busy thinking about my baby ex Marvin Gaye - Your unchanging love ex Marvin Gaye - You ex

A few quick Motown / related promos for sale, £25 each and free post. All in great shape. Please note UK buyers only, and PayPal only, on these please. PM to reserve. David Ruffin - My whole world ended (the moment you left me) ex The Valadiers - I found a girl ex Marvin Gaye - Take this heart of mine ex Four Tops - You keep running away ex

For sale, £20 each and free post. All in great shape. Please note UK buyers only, and PayPal only, on these please. PM to reserve. Marvin Gaye - Chained (ex) Isley Brothers - Just ain't enough love (ex) Willie Hutch - Love power (ex, gold vinyl) Marvin Gaye - Too busy thinking about my baby (ex)

Ex condition John - nice copy, post now updated.

Sunday list - updated US/Canadian Motown rarities and classics. Some new additions and a few reductions- some genuine bargains here. £5 post 24h tracked any quantity. Would also consider offers as a job lot. Please note UK buyers only, and PayPal only, on these please. PM to reserve. Stevie Wonder - Nothing's too good for my baby - Tamla £15 Stevie Wonder - Uptight - Tamla ex £10 Marvin Gaye - Too busy thinking about my baby - Tamla demo £15 Jimmy Ruffin - How can I say I’m sorry - Soul ex £15 The Miracles - Heartbreak road / The man in you - Tamla demo vg++ light scuffs only £15 Isley Brothers - Take some time out for love / Just aint enough love - Tamla demo ex £15 The Valadiers - I found a girl - Gordy promo (promo deleted on label, otherwise ex £30 Jimmy Ruffin - Lonely lonely man am I - Soul ex £10 Choker Campbell - Come see about me / Pride and joy - Motown demo ex £15 Jr. Walker and the All Stars - Tune up - Soul ex £15 Marvin Gaye - Chained / same - Tamla demo ex £15 David Ruffin - My whole world ended / same - Motown demo ex, date stamp on one side £15 Mary Wells - You beat me to the punch / Old love - Tamla (early Phonodisc design) ex £15 Miracles - I’m the one you need - Tamla demo (label stain) £10 Marvin Gaye - Take this heart of mine - Tamla demo vg £10 The Spinners - Truly yours - Motown ex £15 Four Tops - Standing in the shadows of love / Since you've been gone - Motown vg+ £10 Chris Clark - Whisper you love me boy / Beginning of the end - Motown ex £15 Marvin Gaye - Too busy thinking about my baby - Tamla demo ex £15 Marvin Gaye - You / same - Tamla demo ex (another beauty from “In the Groove”) £15 Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell - Good lovin’ aint easy to come by / same - Tamla demo ex £15 Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell - Keep on lovin’ me honey / same - Tamla demo ex £15 Marvin Gaye - Your unchanging love / same - Tamla demo ex £15 Four Tops - You keep running away / same - Motown ex £15 The Marvelettes - That’s how heartaches are made / same - Tamla demo ex £15 Jr. Walker and the All Stars - Walk in the night / same - Soul demo ex £10 Mary Wells - Your old standby / What love has joined together - Motown ex £10 Undisputed Truth - Save my love for a rainy day / same - Gordy demo ex £20 The Miracles - My girl has gone / Since you won my heart - Tamla demo £15 The Miracles - Mickey’s monkey / Whatever makes you happy - Tamla (classic but check out the flip too!) ex £15 The Marvelettes - Goddess of love / He’s a good guy - Tamla demo (heavy wol to flip) vg £10 Jimmy Ruffin - Don’t you miss me a little bit baby / same - Soul demo ex £15

Friday list - updated US/Canadian Motown rarities and classics. Some new additions and a few reductions- some genuine bargains here. £5 post 24h tracked any quantity. Please note UK buyers only, and PayPal only, on these please. PM to reserve. Stevie Wonder - Nothing's too good for my baby - Tamla £15 Stevie Wonder - Uptight - Tamla ex £10 Marvin Gaye - Too busy thinking about my baby - Tamla demo £15 Jimmy Ruffin - How can I say I’m sorry - Soul ex £15 The Miracles - Heartbreak road / The man in you - Tamla demo vg++ light scuffs only £15 Isley Brothers - Take some time out for love / Just aint enough love - Tamla demo ex £15 The Valadiers - I found a girl - Gordy promo (promo deleted on label, otherwise ex £30 Jimmy Ruffin - Lonely lonely man am I - Soul ex £10 Choker Campbell - Come see about me / Pride and joy - Motown demo £15 Jr. Walker and the All Stars - Tune up - Soul ex £15 Marvin Gaye - Chained / same - Tamla demo ex £15 David Ruffin - My whole world ended / same - Motown demo ex, date stamp on one side £15 Mary Wells - You beat me to the punch / Old love - Tamla (early Phonodisc design) ex £15 Miracles - I’m the one you need - Tamla demo (label stain) £10 Marvin Gaye - Take this heart of mine - Tamla demo vg £10 The Spinners - Truly yours - Motown ex £15 Four Tops - Standing in the shadows of love / Since you've been gone - Motown vg+ £10 Chris Clark - Whisper you love me boy / Beginning of the end - Motown ex £15 Marvin Gaye - Too busy thinking about my baby - Tamla demo ex £15 Marvin Gaye - You / same - Tamla demo ex (another beauty from “In the Groove”) £15 Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell - Good lovin’ aint easy to come by / same - Tamla demo ex £15 Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell - Keep on lovin’ me honey / same - Tamla demo ex £15 Marvin Gaye - Your unchanging love / same - Tamla demo ex £15 Four Tops - You keep running away / same - Motown ex £15 The Marvelettes - That’s how heartaches are made / same - Tamla demo ex £15 Jr. Walker and the All Stars - Walk in the night / same - Soul demo ex £10 Mary Wells - Your old standby / What love has joined together - Motown ex £10 Undisputed Truth - Save my love for a rainy day / same - Gordy demo ex £20 The Miracles - My girl has gone / Since you won my heart - Tamla demo £15 The Miracles - Mickey’s monkey / Whatever makes you happy - Tamla (classic but check out the flip too!) ex £15 The Marvelettes - Goddess of love / He’s a good guy - Tamla demo (heavy wol to flip) vg £10 Jimmy Ruffin - Don’t you miss me a little bit baby / same - Soul demo ex £15

I remember trying to look into this a number of years ago while tinkering with the idea of approaching Dave Bupp / Bob Angelucci to write the group's biography with them. I didn't get very far with either TBH, but I think there were a couple of reasons for the documentary not going ahead. Maybe financial / legal but possibly also group relationships. There was the latter-day live performance video put together by Mike Leash that was supposed to be included in the documentary. When I asked Mike about the documentary all he knew was that it fizzled out. Real shame, as without a doubt there's such a great tale to be told there, one way or another.

Freedom, "the group formerly known as Soul Inc." Sort of. As also mentioned in the Charms personnel listing.

Tuesday list (and post free today)- updated US/Canadian Motown rarities and classics. Some new additions and a few reductions. Please note UK buyers only, and PayPal only, on these please. PM to reserve. Stevie Wonder - Nothing's too good for my baby - Tamla £15 Stevie Wonder - Uptight - Tamla ex £10 Marvin Gaye - Too busy thinking about my baby - Tamla demo £15 Jimmy Ruffin - How can I say I’m sorry - Soul ex £15 The Miracles - Heartbreak road / The man in you - Tamla demo vg++ light scuffs only £20 Isley Brothers - Take some time out for love / Just aint enough love - Tamla demo ex £20 The Valadiers - I found a girl - Gordy promo (promo deleted on label, otherwise ex £40 Jimmy Ruffin - Lonely lonely man am I - Soul ex £15 Choker Campbell - Come see about me / Pride and joy - Motown demo £20 Jr. Walker and the All Stars - Tune up - Soul ex £20 Marvin Gaye - Chained / same - Tamla demo ex £20 David Ruffin - My whole world ended / same - Motown demo ex, date stamp on one side £20 Mary Wells - You beat me to the punch / Old love - Tamla (early Phonodisc design) ex £20 Miracles - I’m the one you need - Tamla demo (label stain) £10 Marvin Gaye - Take this heart of mine - Tamla demo vg £10 The Spinners - Truly yours - Motown ex £20 Four Tops - Standing in the shadows of love / Since you've been gone - Motown vg+ £10 Chris Clark - Whisper you love me boy / Beginning of the end - Motown ex £30 Marvin Gaye - Too busy thinking about my baby - Tamla demo ex £20 Marvin Gaye - You / same - Tamla demo ex (another beauty from “In the Groove”) £25 Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell - Good lovin’ aint easy to come by / same - Tamla demo ex £20 Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell - Keep on lovin’ me honey / same - Tamla demo ex £20 Marvin Gaye - Your unchanging love / same - Tamla demo ex £25 Four Tops - You keep running away / same - Motown ex £20 The Marvelettes - That’s how heartaches are made / same - Tamla demo ex £15 Jr. Walker and the All Stars - Walk in the night / same - Soul demo ex £10 Mary Wells - Your old standby / What love has joined together - Motown ex £10 Undisputed Truth - Save my love for a rainy day / same - Gordy demo ex £20 The Miracles - My girl has gone / Since you won my heart - Tamla demo £25 The Miracles - Mickey’s monkey / Whatever makes you happy - Tamla (classic but check out the flip too!) ex £20 The Marvelettes - Goddess of love / He’s a good guy - Tamla demo (heavy wol to flip) vg £10 Jimmy Ruffin - Don’t you miss me a little bit baby / same - Soul demo ex £20

Johnny Few is (or was) on FB by the way.

Sadly no longer have my copy of the book, but can probably get a hold the relevent pages if no one posts up sooner. The Charms line up over the 5ish year period is big and interchangeable, but not at all unusual for Carolina bands (college, Vietnam, family etc) and there's clearly a big change in personnel by the time of Charms Unlimited.

The pic is from 2013/14. We struggled to find it at first but Nat recognised it as The Rivieras played there loads in the 60s, as did The Tempests and 100s of other local bands we'd be interested in. From memory it was sort of between a parking lot and dwarfed by glass and concrete buildings. Looked a bit out of place TBH. I wonder if it's even still standing now.

Not sure if this complicates things, adds info or is completely irrelevant to the discussion, but may as well throw it in the pot. 'The Charms' 45 on Emblem (as in "If You Got the Notion") were in fact Moses Dillard and pals on most of the instrumentation (he arranged IYGTN, and the band did studio backing for a number of artists at Mark V in Greenville, SC). Johnny Few however was definitely lead singer on IYGTN. The Charms 'Unlimited' "What goes up must come down" 45 on the other hand was recorded at Arthur Smiths studio in Charlotte, NC - Don Strawn (named on credits) was that studio's main sound engineer. Meanwhile, me and Nat Speir of the Rivieras, outside the entrance of The Cellar in Charlotte...

Friday list (and post free today)- updated US/Canadian Motown rarities and classics. Some new additions and a few reductions. Please note UK buyers only, and PayPal only, on these please. PM to reserve. Stevie Wonder - Nothing's too good for my baby - Tamla £15 Stevie Wonder - Uptight - Tamla ex £10 Marvin Gaye - Too busy thinking about my baby - Tamla demo £15 Jimmy Ruffin - How can I say I’m sorry - Soul ex £15 The Miracles - Heartbreak road / The man in you - Tamla demo vg++ light scuffs only £20 Isley Brothers - Take some time out for love / Just aint enough love - Tamla demo ex £20 The Valadiers - I found a girl - Gordy promo (promo deleted on label, otherwise ex £40 Jimmy Ruffin - Lonely lonely man am I - Soul ex £15 Choker Campbell - Come see about me / Pride and joy - Motown demo £20 Jr. Walker and the All Stars - Tune up - Soul ex £20 Marvin Gaye - Chained / same - Tamla demo ex £20 David Ruffin - My whole world ended / same - Motown demo ex, date stamp on one side £20 Mary Wells - You beat me to the punch / Old love - Tamla (early Phonodisc design) ex £20 Miracles - I’m the one you need - Tamla demo (label stain) £10 Marvin Gaye - Take this heart of mine - Tamla demo vg £10 The Spinners - Truly yours - Motown ex £20 Four Tops - Standing in the shadows of love / Since you've been gone - Motown vg+ £10 Chris Clark - Whisper you love me boy / Beginning of the end - Motown ex £30 Marvin Gaye - Too busy thinking about my baby - Tamla demo ex £20 Marvin Gaye - You / same - Tamla demo ex (another beauty from “In the Groove”) £25 Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell - Good lovin’ aint easy to come by / same - Tamla demo ex £20 Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell - Keep on lovin’ me honey / same - Tamla demo ex £20 Marvin Gaye - Your unchanging love / same - Tamla demo ex £25 Four Tops - You keep running away / same - Motown ex £20 The Marvelettes - That’s how heartaches are made / same - Tamla demo ex £15 Jr. Walker and the All Stars - Walk in the night / same - Soul demo ex £10 Mary Wells - Your old standby / What love has joined together - Motown ex £10 Undisputed Truth - Save my love for a rainy day / same - Gordy demo ex £20 The Miracles - My girl has gone / Since you won my heart - Tamla demo £25 The Miracles - Mickey’s monkey / Whatever makes you happy - Tamla (classic but check out the flip too!) ex £20 The Marvelettes - Goddess of love / He’s a good guy - Tamla demo (heavy wol to flip) vg £10 Jimmy Ruffin - Don’t you miss me a little bit baby / same - Soul demo ex £20