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Hi Folks Scans and soundfiles available if needed – just message me to ask. First to pay gets the record. No extended holds please. Postage to be added please – bank transfer or Paypal friends (or please add 4% to cover my fees). (1) Ben & Spence – “Woman, Hang Your Head In Shame” (Bell) EX £20 (2) Billy Frazier – “Could This Be Love” (Needlepoint WD) VG+/EX £65 (3) Billy Frazier – “Oh Baby (Look At Me)” (Music World WD) EX/M- £100 (4) Bobby Black – “Hot Pants” (Axis Enterprise) M- £20 (5) Bobby Montgomery – “Seek And You Shall Find” (Generation) M- £70 (6) Cash McCall – “I’m In Danger” (Checker) EX £30 (7) Chet Ivey – “So Fine” (Sylvia) VG £30 Actually a tough 4; great funk-edged dancer (8) Chuck Carter – “I’ve Done You Wrong” EX £20 (9) The Clovers – “Too Long Without Some Loving” / “For Days” (Josie WD) EX £20 (10) Earl Lett – “Soul Sax” / “The Boston Puppy” (Beantown) VG+ wol £25 (11) Eddie Houston – “I Can’t Go Wrong” (Capitol DJ) VG+ £20 (12) Faye Carol – “Lives” (Hit) M- £40 (13) Flame N King – “Big Bad Shingaling” / “Only Time Will Tell” (Raines) VG/VG+ £65 Rare 45 – 60s funky R&B with absolutely superb mid tempo, soulful flip (14) Gene Willis – “You’ll Get Yours” (Hollywood WD) EX £50 Outstandingly good gritty funk-edged Northern (15) The Hues Corporation – “There He Is Again” (RCA DJ) M- £35 (16) Jarvis Jackson – “The Long Dog” (Sims WD) EX £35 (17) Joe McLean – “Let’s Talk About Love” (Ego) VG+/VG £25 (18) Johnny Wellington – “Paper Heart” (Mutt) VG/VG+ (scuffs DNAP) £50 (19) The Marvels – “Forget About That Mess” M- £25 Great uptempo funky R&B/boogaloo dancer – great potential (20) The Mod Squad – “The Charge” (Tangerine WD) EX £25 (21) Mr Clean & The Cleansers – “Karate” (Camelot) VG+/VG £30 ***SOLD*** Rare funky R&B (22) Nate Holmes – “You’re Still On My Mind” (ABC WD) M- £25 (23) Pace-Setters – “Push On Jesse Jackson” (Kent WD) EX £30 (24) Ricky Allen – “Just Me And You” / “Keep It To Yourself” (4 Brothers) EX £30 ***SOLD*** (25) Ricky Hodges – “Save Me” (Palos) M- £20 (26) Ricky Thomas – “Little Miss Funky Soul” (Veep WD) VG £25 (27) Robert Moore – “Searching For Your Love” (Hollywood) EX £25 (28) The Vanguards – “The Thought Of Losing Your Love” (Lamp - #80 yellow) EX £35

Literally though, these are cracked. They are however rare, so might be useful to some folk. Both play OK (fine for DJing to quote that well-worn cliche). Postage to be added. Paypal F&F or please add 4% to the total to cover my fees. (1) Chanters - "What Are You Doin" (Soul Sound) £100 ***HELD*** very rare 45 and a great mid 60s gritty pounding dancer crack goes from 2 o'clock on the scan from outer edge to the run out Chanters - What Are You Doin.mp3 (2) Lucky Charms - "Bad Loving" (Rubbertown) £75 nothing to do with the Tied To Your Heart poptastic lot - this is proper raw Ohio soul another very tough 45 and another gritty dancer crack goes from just after 3 o'clock on the scan about halfway across the grooves Lucky Charms - Bad Loving.mp3 Sold as seen. No returns on these folks.

Final reductions from my listing last week. UK Postage included (overseas extra) – bank transfer or Paypal friends (or please add 4% to cover my fees). (1) The Four Mints – “You Want To Come Back” / “You’re My Desire” (Holiday) VG now £45 nothing overwhelming on the Desire side - absolute bargain (2) Houston Outlaws – “I Just Got To Be Loving You” (Westbound) EX now £80 Jamaican release – flip is VG+ with red X on label (3) Nancy & The Kintwetts – “Trying To Keep From Crying” (Mercede) EX now £35

Hi Folks Large mix of Northern, R&B, funky and sweet. Some bargains in here. Will listen to sensible offers, especially for multiple purchases. Postage to be added – bank transfer or Paypal friends (or please add 4% to cover my fees). No extended holds please. Quick payments needed. (1) The Arabains – “School Is Cool” (Mary Jane) VG+ £75 ***SOLD*** Big spin for Amanda Cottrell – pounding gritty Detroit, fantastic record (2) The Barons – “Society Don’t Let Us Down” (Shout WD) M- £20 ***SOLD*** (3) Bethea The Maskman – “Ghetto Love” (BBC) VG+ £75 (4) Betty Wilson – “Don’t Give Up” (Dayco) EX £50 ***SOLD*** (5) Duke Turner – “Pusher Man” (Crajon) VG+ £40 ***SOLD*** A couple of marks – weak VG+ but not VG (6) Eddie King – Mae B Mae – “Are You Pushed To Love” / “Please Mr DJ” (Conduc) M- £100 ***SOLD*** (7) The Fabulous Dimensions – “I Can’t Take It Baby” (Sapphire) EX £125 ***SOLD*** Rarer yellow label – rarer than the red, despite what others say! (8) Flint Executives – “Wheel Of Faite” (Star Route) EX £20 ***SOLD*** (9) The Four Mints – “You Want To Come Back” / “You’re My Desire” (Holiday) VG £60 Absolute bargain of the list, plays great – a little noise on the sweet side (10) The Four Puzzles – “Especially For You” EX £20 ***SOLD*** (11) Gary Ferguson – “Mama Come See ‘Bout You Daughter” (Mothers) EX £20 ***SOLD*** (12) George Jackson – “That Lonely Night” (Double R) EX £20 ***SOLD*** (13) Houston Outlaws – “I Just Got To Be Loving You” (Westbound) EX £100 Jamaican release – flip is VG+ with red X on label (14) Jimmy Delphs – “Almost” / “I’ve Been Fooled Before” (Carla) VG+ £30 ***SOLD*** Best label to have this on – you get the Fooled side, brilliant (15) Junior Wells “Up In Heah” (Bright Star WD) M- £20 ***SOLD*** (16) Lola King – “I Got A Good Thing” (Sound Of Memphis Inc) EX £100 ***SOLD*** (17) Monroe Taylor – “Proud Guy” (Chesapeake) EX £80 ***SOLD*** (18) Nancy & The Kintwetts – “Trying To Keep From Crying” (Mercede) EX £50 (19) Rated X – “What You Gonna Do About It” / “Rated X” (Vanco) M- £90 ***SOLD*** In demand top drawer sweet soul with great funk flip - bargain (20) Ricky Hodges – “Save Me” (Palos) EX £20 (21) The Romeos – “Mon Petite Chow” (Loma WD) VG+ £50 ***SOLD*** (22) The Three Strangers – “Find My Baby” (Frantic WD single-sided) EX £50 ***SOLD***

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Albert George - "Soul Baby" (Prince) EX/VG+ (Xs on label) £200 Nice copy of this tough and pretty obscure gritty and raw 60s dancer. Has had plays at Lifeline among other clubs and niters. Great record. Postage to be added - bank transfer or Paypal (F&F or please add 4% to cover my fees)

Albert George - "Soul Baby" (Prince) EX/VG+ (Xs on label) £200 Nice copy of this tough and pretty obscure 60s dancer. Great record. Postage to be added - bank transfer or Paypal (F&F or please add 4% to cover my fees)

Wilbur Reynolds - "Who'll Cry" (Resist) M- £200 Nice super clean copy of this atmospheric, storming Stafford-era classic with "Sweete'n" on the flip getting plays in recent times. Postage extra - bank transfer or Paypal (F&F or please add 4% to cover my fees)

Hi Folks Postage to be added – bank transfer or Paypal friends (or please add 4% to cover my fees). No extended holds please. (1) 1984 Love Machine – “You’re Breakin’ My Heart” (CBS International) VG- £40 ***SOLD*** Gritty raw mid-tempo which has had plays in the past (100 Club for sure – Stafford maybe?) Looks rough – plays well enough for the grade (2) The Astors – “More Power To You” (Stax WD) EX £40 ***SOLD*** Great dancer (3) The Barons – “Society Don’t Let Us Down” (Shout) EX £25 (4) Bobby Brown – “I Gotta Have You” Jacklyn EX £25 (5) The Four Puzzles – “Especially For You” EX £25 (6) Gary Ferguson – “Mama Come See ‘Bout You Daughter” (Mothers) EX £25 (7) George Jackson – “That Lonely Night” (Double R) EX £25 (8) Harold Burrage – “More Power To You” (M-Pac) VG+/VG £25 Absolutely brilliant record for the money, sounds like £250 not £25 – proper gritty Chicago pounder More Power is decent condition – mid tempo flip has scuffs (9) Hot Earth Band – “Hard Times” (Rekan) EX £25 Powerful funker – bargain price (10) Jackie Avery – “I Got Love” (Tail-Gate) VG+ wol £80 ***SOLD*** Top grade gritty growling New Orleans mid-tempo dancer I cannot understand why this hasn’t sold before (11) Jean Wells – “With My Love And What You Got” (Calla) VG+ £25 ***SOLD*** (12) Joe Hockaday & The Soul Bandits – “Bump It” (Georgetown) VG+/EX £40 ***SOLD*** This has lots of potential for the funk-edged DJs – copies seem to have dried up (13) King Floyd & The Three Queens – “Times Have Changed” (Pulsar WD) VG+ warp DNAP £40 ***SOLD*** Just upgraded as this copy has a definite warp but doesn’t affect play Seems some demand on this after years getting plays on and off from some great DJs (14) Marvin L Sims – “Get Off My Back” (Revue) VG/VG+ £20 ***SOLD*** Plays great (15) Wess & The Airdales – “There’s Gonna Be A Revolution” (Durium pic sleeve) EX £20 ***SOLD*** Spare copy of this fabulous 45 – stuff the other things on this label folk rave about, this is best by far Pic sleeve is in great nick as is the record

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Hi Folks A dozen cracking tunes here – all under a ton, one for each day of Christmas. Postage to be added – Paypal friends or please add 4% to cover my fees. No extended holds please. (1) Bobby Brown – “I Gotta Have You” Jacklyn EX £30 (2) The Esquires - "Henry Ralph" (Hot Line) EX £25 ***SOLD*** double-sided demo release - Soul Funktion spin (3) The Exceptionals – “Unlucky Girl” / “What About Me” (GRT) VG/VG+ £25 ***SOLD*** Crossover classic with superb sweet flip Couple of scuffs take grade down but plays absolutely spot on – bargain (4) The Fugitives – Archie – “Funky You” (Sandman) VG £20 ***SOLD*** (5) Jackie Avery – “I Got Love” (Tail-Gate) VG+ wol £90 top grade gritty growling New Orleans mid-tempo dancer (6) Lil Willie & The Rockin' Imperials - "A Man Don't Last Too Long" (Golden) VG+ £50 ***SOLD*** (7) Marvin L Sims – “Get Off My Back” (Revue) VG/VG+ £20 Plays great (8) The Mystics - "Steppin Stones"/"I Really Do" (Olympia) EX £40 ***SOLD*** great funk side plus stunningly good sweet flip (9) The Soul Rockers - "If The Shoe Fits Ya Baby" (Buddah demo) VG+/EX £50 ***SOLD*** (10) Sugar & Sweet – “Cool It Baby” (SSJ) EX £80 (11) The Windjammers – “Poor Sad Child” (Boola-Boola) VG £30 ***SOLD*** First label release – plays great

Reductions on list leftovers from the other day plus additions. Feel free to make sensible offers. Postage to be added – Paypal friends or please add 4% to cover my fees. No extended holds on these please. (1) Baby Love – “Is Your Love Real” (De Mo Rr Is) EX £135 ***SOLD*** (2) ESP (Experimental Soul Project) – “Not A Satisfied Mind” (Part Three) EX £90 (3) The Esquires - "Henry Ralph" (Hot Line) EX £30 double-sided demo release - Soul Funktion spin (4) The Experts - "My Love Is Real" / "Shing-A-Loo & Boog-A-Ling Big Mama!" (Jo By) VG+ wol £80 ***SOLD*** (5) Jackie Avery – “I Got Love” (Tail-Gate) VG+ wol £90 (6) Lil Willie & The Rockin' Imperials - "A Man Don't Last Too Long" (Golden) VG+ £60 (7) Monroe Taylor – “Proud Guy” (Chesapeake) EX £75 (8) The Mystics - "Steppin Stones" / "I Really Do" (Olympia) EX £50 great funk side plus stunningly good sweet flip (9) Ricky Williams - "Discotheque Soul Pt1" (Citadelle) VG/VG+ plays absolutely great £30 ***SOLD*** (10) The Soul Rockers - "If The Shoe Fits Ya Baby" (Buddah demo) VG+/EX £60 (11) Sugar & Sweet – “Cool It Baby” (SSJ) EX £75 (12) Third Wish – “You Gotta Believe” (LeCam) EX £180

Cracking list of funk-edged, gritty rarities and semi-known dancers. Good prices on these as well, so don’t dither. Soundfiles available if you can't find anything online. Postage to be added – Paypal friends or please add 4% to cover my fees. I won’t be able to hold for extended periods on these. (1) Alphonso Hamilton – “I’ll Let You Go Free” (Gate-Way) VG/VG+ £300 ***SOLD*** rare and in-demand Michigan mover most are pretty knackered, this one is pretty good (2) Baby Love – “Is Your Love Real” (De Mo Rr Is) EX £150 (3) Bobby Dee – “Sweet Thing” (Demoristic) M- £80 ***SOLD*** (4) Bobby Thomas & The Afros – “Please Mr Lovemaker” (Lyndell WD) EX £80 ***SOLD*** much harder on the demo (5) Chuck Ray – “I Go For Love” (Five-O) EX £50 ***SOLD*** has had plays from the likes of Arthur Fenn and is a great funk-edged dancer (6) ESP (Experimental Soul Project) – “Not A Satisfied Mind” (Part Three) EX £100 apparently got plays some time back – bags of action in this (7) Jackie Avery – “I Got Love” (Tail-Gate) VG+ wol £100 top grade gritty growling New Orleans mid tempo dancer (8) Lee Harris – “I’m Gonna Get Your Thing” (Forte) EX £150 ***SOLD*** do not overlook the wonderful version of Don’t Let Your Love Fade on the flip (9) Lewis Clark – “Green Power” (Fuller) EX label creased £70 ***SOLD*** (10) The Mellowettes – “I’m Tired (Of Being Second Choice)” (VRC) EX £150 storming funk-edged Northern (11) Monroe Taylor – “Proud Guy” (Chesapeake) EX £80 Stafford classic (12) Raw Soul with Frankie Beverley – “Open Up Your Heart” (Eldorado) VG/VG+ £100 proper banging early 70s funk – pounding beast of a tune (13) Rodger Collins – “I’m Leavin’ This Place” (Galaxy) EX £120 ***SOLD*** in-demand and a surprisingly tough 45 to track down (14) Sonny Harris & The Soul Reflections – “The Vibration” (San-El) VG+/EX £150 ***SOLD*** (15) Sugar & Sweet – “Cool It Baby” (SSJ) EX £80 (16) Third Wish – “You Gotta Believe” (LeCam) EX £200 Marc Forrest spin from a few years back but not widely known at all superb Latin infused dancer with loads of action in it

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Paypal F&F (or please add 4% to cover fees at my end) or bank transfer. (1) Bobby Eaton - "We Gonna Do Our Thing" (Galaxy) VG+/EX £50 ***SOLD*** (2) Withdrawn from sale (3) Jackson Bros - "Love" (JBE) VG £100 ***SOLD*** rare and obscure gospel tinged crossover - great record (4) Jimmy Lomax & The Vows - "Come On Home" (Cab) EX £100 ***SOLD*** (5) Reese & The Thrillers - "Try It" (One Way) EX £300 ***SOLD*** obscure funk-edged dancer - had some plays but remains pretty unknown (6) Rodger Collins - "I'm Leavin' This Place" (Galaxy) EX £150 lots of buzz on this in-demander - tougher record than people might think (7) Sugar & Sweet - "Cool It Baby" (SSJ) EX £100 underplayed, overlooked atmospheric and very good Northern (8) The Telenaires - "Good Time" (Virtue) VG+ £300 ***SOLD*** brilliant rare gospel/R&B dancer (9) The Tornadoes - "Won't You Forgive" (Magic Touch) EX £175 ***SOLD*** bargain price on this storming funk-edged Northern rarity (10) Willie Hamilton & The Counts - "She's All Right" / "Cheer Up" (HRP) VG/VG+ £75 ***SOLD*** fantastic double sided stormer - both are great Northern/R&B style uptempo dancers; had plays over the years

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Rare Greg Belson spin and great semi-known gospel-edged crossover as played by Kevin Higham in one of his online Facebook sets last weekend, so get onto this if you want to be hip. Seriously though, this is a really good tune and very danceable. Condition is VG. Plays solid enough. Soundfile here - JAckson Bros - Love.mp3 Price is £150 plus post ONO Paypal F&F (or add 4% please) or bank transfer.

I have an upgrade coming so this is spare. Rare and great semi-known gospel-edged crossover. Condition is VG. Soundfile here - JAckson Bros - Love.mp3 and scan below. Paypal F&F (or add 4% please) or bank transfer. Price is £200 including post anywhere.

Three nice 'left-fielders' for reluctant sale. Paypal F&F (or please add 4% to cover my fees) or bank transfer please. Post extra. Soundfiles available. Both are on You Tube for reference purposes. PMs please. Cheers folks. (1) The Invaders - "The Best Is Yet To Come" (Brewtown) VG/VG- £250 *****SOLD***** Fabulous Northern group sound and rare; just made £425 on Anglo American auction. This copy looks rough but there are no major marks and the record plays absolutely fine. (2) Price Exchange - "Deception" (Smash WD) VG+/EX £100 *****SOLD***** Been getting some attention lately and rightly so. Mid tempo funk-edged and moody, this builds and builds. Superb record and will go up in value. (3) The Tornadoes - "Won't You Forgive" (Magic Touch) M- £200 Storming funk-edged Northern in lovely condition.

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Interesting. Was going to message you myself but was thinking along the same lines as the other guy - I reckon £250. Tough one, on a fair few wants lists. Days of being a 50 pound record long gone.

Scans and soundfiles available on request folks. Open to offers especially on multiple purchases. Postage to be added. Paypal F&F (or please add 4% to cover my fees). (1) The ATOs – “Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet” (Pato) VG+ £150 *****SOLD***** rare Detroit kiddy funk - £250 on Manship (2) Al Trahan – “Funky Lu” (Spindeltop) M- £75 *****SOLD***** tough one (3) Baby Little & The Playboys – “Big Time Playboy” (Watts Way) VG+ £20 (4) Carol Hudson – “No No More” (Vel-Vee) VG+/EX £75 *****SOLD***** very very obscure and rare; only ever come across one other copy (5) Earl Lett – “Soul Sax” / “Boston Monkey” (Beantown) VG+ £25 (6) Earles Inc – “Close To You” / “Does Your Mother Know” (Zudan) EX £30 deep funk classic / killer deep flip (7) Flint Executives – “Wheel Of Faite” (Star Route) EX £35 (8) The Fugitives – “Funky You” / “Rich Man, Poor Man” (Sandman) VG wol (plays well) £30 simply brilliant double-sider; I have a minter in my playbox; reissued by Tramp a few years back and yet to have its day properly (9) George Butler – “Betty Lou” (Million WD) M- £30 *****SOLD***** (10) Gus “The Groove” Lewis – “Let The Groove Move You” (Tou-Sea) EX £60 *****SOLD***** classic deep funk (11) Hot Earth Band - "Hard Times" (Rekan) EX £30 (12) The Inticers - "Don't Settle For Less" (HLS) EX £50 *****SOLD***** great obscure mid-tempo funker and seems rare (13) Jimmy Castor Bunch – “It’s Just Begun” (Kinetic) VG wol (plays great) £50 deep funk classic (14) Joe Hockaday – “Bump It” (Georgetown) VG+/EX £50 in demand funker from 1974 (15) Lee Fields – “She’s A Love Maker” (Norfolk Sound) M- £25 classic (16) Les Parson – “Music Turns Me On” (Monmore) VG+ £75 *****SOLD***** seen this on a couple of playlists lately; great dancer (17) Mad Dog & The Pups – “Look Into My Eyes” (Magic City) EX £150 tough 45 to track down; one of the rarer on the label and a brilliant psych-funk dancer (18) Manuel B Holcolm – “I Stayed Away Too Long” (Diamond Jim) EX £20 Soul Funktion spin – Detroit funk classic (19) Mr Clean & The Cleansers – “Karate Part 1” (Camelot) VG/VG+ £50 atmospheric mid tempo 60s funk – tough one too (20) The Mystics – “Steppin Stone” (Olympia) EX £50 (21) Sammy Taylor – “Something The Devil’s Never Done” (Red Lite WD) VG+ £50 pounding late 60s/early 70s gritty funk (22) Sugar Hill – “What’s The Matter Baby” / “Women Can Do It” (Down Home) VG+ £50 great girlie funk-edged double-sider (23) The Young Senators – “Jungle” (Innovation) VG £30

Soundfiles available on request. Paypal F&F (or please add 4% to cover fees) or bank transfer. Postage to be added (1) Big Ella – “Too Hot To Hold” (Salem) EX £120 £110 *held* (2) Charles Farren – “You’ve Changed My Whole Life Around” (Hawk) VG+ £160 £150 *****SOLD***** tough on a demo - record is pretty clean, some biro and label ageing (3) Dr Soul – “Left Eye Jump” (Mon’Ca) EX £90 £80 GoGo Children anthem; superb funky soul