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Quick Volt 45 job lot total bargain here....all vg+ or better, take the lot for £20. Pm me if interested Cheers, Mark. Did my baby call / You repair my heart Don't have to shop around / Tearmaker Make Room / So nice Come closer to me / Sugar sugar

I've got rhe 45, the vocal seems ok to me but there is a high pitch background noise in the mix, almost like feedback which doesn't seem so bad when played out

Any Frank Guida / Norfolk Va experts here? Always frustrated me this: I know the Rockmasters were Frank Guida's Norfolk Va outfit (and "Raining Teardrops" was penned by Guida and partner Joe Royster). I assume, but don't know for sure, that the session musicians who originally made up the Church Street Five played on this (I know who they were and have tried to track them down but most if not all have now passed away to ask), but any clues as to who the vocalists were? And as an aside the Rockmasters - Sapphires similarity in parts - any possible connection or just mere coincidence? Did Guida / Royster have any connection with Swan or credited individuals on "Who do you love"...

The Q - Thats the way - Hound £150 Awesome sound! Soulsource grading a very conservative Vg++ this is nice copy and plays faultlessly Scan below. Pm me if interested Thanks, Mark.

Sold now sorry folks!

Tricky on this I guess - for the styrene, would say vg++ no scratches, no scratches no hiss and plays without fault. For the label maybe a vg for WoL and sticker on flip. So vg+ overall?

Johnny Guitar Watson - Ain't gonna move - Jowat £120 SOLD Bit of WOL (see scan, also flip has sticker), but plays as excellent. PM me if interested. This is a true bargain! Scan below...

Kell Osbourne - Quicksand / Lonely Boy Song - Titanic (White promo copy) Excellent condition £350 Beautiful condition copy of this truly fantastic double sider. The Q - Thats the way - Hound. Excellent condition £150 Pm me if interested. Cheers, Mark.

Cheers for that, just what I was after....

Cheers Peter will try him...

Jerry Butler - I stand accused / I don't want to hear anymore - VJ SORTED Need this cheapie quick - I have the pic sleeve but need the 45 to go with it! Can get one including postage easy for a tenner from the US on ebay, so if anyone can equal or beat that sending from within UK and including postage - my money is theirs! Needs to be vg+ minimum. Cheers, Mark

Just picked up nice early group soul (62ish?) thing, The Furys on a French Columbia EP. Was aware of a couple of their Mack IV releases, some which appear on this. One track in particular on the EP 'If there's a next time' I'm convinced I've heard before maybe in 80s post Stafford etc? Any background info on who these guys were?

David Coleman - Drown my heart / My Foolish heart - Barry issue £100 Excellent condition, both sides. Youtube clip for ref only.... PM me if interested, Cheers, Mark

I have! PM'd you Seb

Okeh picture sleeve 45s wanted, must be vg+ minimum (cover and vinyl), please state condition and price. Ideally need a scan too of picture cover Thanks, Mark

For sale, some R&B and latin indemanders here, all excellent condition. Pm me if interested in anything. Prices in GBP. Cheers, Mark. David Coleman - Drown my heart / my foolish heart - Barry 100 Thee Midniters - Chicano power / never gonna give you up- Whittier 100 Jimmy Ricks - Daddy rolling stone / Homesick - Atco (Canadian black & silver) 120 Betty Lavette - Witchcraft in the air - Lupine 30 Help Truth & Portraits - Emotions - True Love (White demo) 30

For sale, 2 fantastic Ruby Johnson tracks. Excellent condition. As priced or have em both for £40, bargain! Please note though can only post Saturdays, Cheers, Mark Ruby Johnson - Weakspot - Volt £25 Ruby Johnson - Keep on keeping on - Volt promo £25 For ref only....

Fab Volt 45s for sale all ex cond : Ruby Johnson - Keep on keeping on £25 Ruby Johnson - Weakspot promo £25 Four Shells - Reputation / Hot dog £20 Dramatics - Your love was strange £15 Mad Lads - Did my baby call £20 Charmels - Please Uncle Sam promo £20 Jimmy Hughes - Chains of love £15 Dino & Doc - A woman can't do what a man do £25 Pm me if interested in any cheers Mark

Going back to original post re the humble french Soul Records / SR series, anybody got an idea when these were manufactured?

I have excellent condition copies of: Ruby Johnson - Weak spot (Volt demo) £30 Ruby Johnson - Keep on keeping on (Volt issue) £30 Pm me if interested. Please note can only post Saturdays. Cheers, Mark

Was just posting some stuff up on my facebook page tonight on Scotty Todd, and also came across this archaic thread. Just for historical completion's sake, I can add that Scotty Todd (of "Cry with me baby" / "Aint no big thing") was vocalist on Two timin' lover.

Johnny Nash - Strange feeling - Pye acetate / advance pressing £40 (inc. postage within UK) Nice collectors item here for british collectors etc., and generally just a great record! Excellent condition. PM me if interested. Scan below. Cheers, Mark

Nat has just sent this.... Mark, "Look My Way" was done a year or so after the Bobby/Danny Robinson New York trip. I am the bari sax, I do remember that session at Arthur Smiths in Charlotte. I remember how nervous these sessions made me because there were no overdubs, and usually one or two takes for the band. Woefully, I remember being a little out of tune on this track and out of sync (couldn't hear the drums well enough) on another. "What A Man Can Do" is from another time- It is a better band, including brass, (a good trombone maybe Ivan Hall local jazzer). I don't know much about "Return". I now remember hearing something about The Robinsons refusing to release the New York tunes- not long after, one or both of them died I think. Still, there might be promo copies around, they were big on promos.

Some extra info from Nat - was at the recording studio (Beltone studios?) above Small's Paradise in Harlem. The sessions were booked by Danny Moore, Count Basies trumpet player, on behalf of Bobby& Danny Robinson (Fire/Fury etc) and Marshall Seahorn. They rehearsed for several weeks, it was a real big deal. Gladys Knight, some of the Pips were there (as Steve says they provided backing vocals for the Seahorn release - so this 45 did come from this session then) and King Curtis was there at one point. Jimi Hendrix was the rhythm guitarist added to beef up the bass. Also whilst they were there Bob Meyer recorded three (demo) tracks with the Zodiacs, and Nat played sax on a demo for The Charts and Betty Boothe. All kinda ties in. The Charts and King Curtis had 45s on Everlast in 63 and 65 respectively (was the 63 Desiree a remake of the 57 orig, or just a straight reissue? The Wand version seems much later in the 60s). Its feasible that the King Curtis 45 was kept in the can until then. This is really intriguing me!

Hi Steve, thought you'd come through with something cheers for that. I have some other bits and bobs around the session I'll post up later. So looks like Return / My baby's gone came from this session, as I suspected. How about the unreleased stuff that we know?