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Couple of classics, lesser knowns, obscurities for sale. R&B/Northern/Crossover. Youtube videos only for reference and not from the actual records! ROBERT RAMSEY - LIKE IT STANDS - KENT W/D - EX - 10 midtempo crossover, nice white demo. comes original promotion letter. sol both sides. price tag on flip side https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yn_ZtbA0cyU MARV JOHNSON - WHAT BECOMES OF THE BROKENHEARTED - DUTCH TAMLA MOTOWN - VG++ - 5 comes with original pic sleeve (vg+). small writing and stickers on both sides. SSO ORCHESTRA - WON'T YOU TRY - DECCA GERMANY - EX - 5 Fantastic crossover record. Released in 1977 but sounds much earlier. No US 45 release. Comes with colour copy of orig pic sleeve https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2Vlk-H6wFM CHESSMEN - WHY CAN'T I BE YOUR MAN - CHESS - VG++ - 30 Close to EX. drill hole, small sticker on flipside. Speaking of flipside, "nothing but you" is also pretty good! AL VANCE - HAVE YOU SEEN JEAN - GOLDWAX - EX - 30 catchy R&B. seen listed for much more https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t13FYzM3xY BOBBY RUSH - GOTTA FIND YOU GIRL/GOTTA BE FUNKY - ON TOP - VG++ - 8 Bluesy funk doublesider. Couple of visible but not audible minor scratches https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlZJGgfVUFU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXsx-tKfdPY HENRY BRODIE - ALL NIGHT JUMP - DAN - EX - 15 Catchy 50s Jump blues. Very obscure. No discogs entry. Youtube vid plays flipside first, "all night jump" starts at about 2:14 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-w0-Dstkjw VIRGIL BLANDING - YOU TURN ME AROUN' - VERVE D/J - VG+ - 10 very small writing on flip. HELENA FERGUSON - MY TERMS - COMPASS - VG++ - 6 minor crackles overpowered by the music. clean labels. nice copy SOUL-JERS - BETTER AS WE GO ALONG - STEPPING STONE - VG++ - 8 blue eyed crossover. small warp. definitely not affecting play! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r85EWTuEb3A WALTER JACKSON - ONE HEART LONELY - OKEH - VG+ - 5 bit crackly but music overpowers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoroENZo8Js PRINCE LA LA - SHE PUT THE HURT ON ME - AFO - VG - 6 umptempo R&B. looks rough but plays really fine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGCDOse4jBk ------------------------------------- postage Germany to UK - 10 flat low value customs declaration. tracked post available at cost Paypal only.

RIP Must admit, I own only one album by her. But what a fantastic record it is. Here's just a few of the tracks on it:

It seems there are card covers in different sizes on the market. The ones with the cut-out on top side that seem to be sold only in the UK are a bit smaller than the ones w/out cut-out that are sold on the continent. You can easily fit standard company/paper sleeves in the "continent" ones. Whereas you have to trim if you use the cut-out covers.

german 45 in EX cond. Best fiver one can spend.

Beware of the lookalike US issue boot! https://www.discogs.com/de/release/7862712-Tony-Colton-And-The-Big-Boss-Band-I-Stand-Accused-Further-On-Down-The-Track

Awful record IMO. But as they say “One man’s Lavern Baker is the other man’s Helen Shapiro”. Or so.

Anyone got #43 on Randy’s list? Rancid Polecat

Not Northern but just an unexpected soul classic: Locker room at the local gym. Background music usually horrible euro trashy house music. Suddenly, without a warning: It's alright - The Impressions. Followed again by horrible euro trashy house music.

Does anyone know how and why Sweet Temptation appeared on the UK Cascade compilation. According to the liner notes, one Lindi Waters compiled the record. Who was/is Lindi Waters? And how did they got hold of the track? Based on the sound quality it wasn't dubbed from tape but from a record.

I'm still an absolute learner when it comes to Lowrider sounds. From what I understand not everything that is slow(er/ish) would fit into the Lowrider drawer. Many classic Northern Soul beat ballads don't. Others do. Which would explain the price increase for many 45s. Imagine not just one but two collectors scenes chasing the same tunes. I'd start with checking out the countless Lowrider comp's these guys did over the years. Many of them are on Discogs. Check the tracklistings and I'm sure you'll get a better understanding.

Lowrider spectrum is much broader than just obscure sweet soul 45s from the 60s and 70s. The whole scene started in the 50s. And just like the Northern Scene, anything that would fit in is/was accepted, even if it wasn't Soul at all. And that would include tracks like like Santo & Johnny - Sleep walk.

CLARENCE GREEN - DOIN' IT - AQUARIUS 1002 Funky crossover dancer. Not that easy to find. Last copy on Soul Source went for 150 in VG. Lovely yellow issue. Just one tiny visible but not audible scratch shy of EX grade. Labels clean. 175 GBP plus post from Germany. Please PM for further details.

It wasn't. The Discogs pics were taken from a copy that sold for 2.2k on Ebay in 2019.

don't know. The scan on Discogs looks quite convincing and 3 users claim to own a copy

Having a senior moment, what's the track starting at 04:11?