Pete S

This is what happens when you try to type while talking to someone on the phone about the Gloria Jones lp!

Did I sell it you?

Anyone else got any info?

PETE SMITH 28 JENKS ROAD WOMBOURNE WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0BL 01902 893569 Pete.smith@freeuk.com PLEASE NOTE THERE IS NO 2% CARD CHARGE ON THESE RECORDS Hi, Just a quick one, this isn't part 3 of the bigger rarities list that I've been sending out but some of my own stuff which I could do with moving on. The big list will be out next Monday or Tuesday. Don't forget to have a listen to the podcasts at www.raresoul.co.uk All the best pete THE VOLUMES - I GOT LOVE - TWIRL DEMO EX 100 Couple of light marks not effecting play otherwise mint KIM WESTON - HELPLESS - GORDY EX- 15 GASOLINE POWERED CLOCK - FOREST FIRE ON MAIN ST - GPC M 20 Bizarre Stafford instrumental BILLY JOE ROYAL - HEARTS DESIRE - COLUMBIA DEMO VG+ 25 FLORENCE DEVORE - KISS ME NOW (DON'T KISS ME LATER) - PHI DAN DEMO M- 60 Best copy I've had - has promo man sticker on label THE CONTESSAS - I KEEP ON KEEPIN' ON - E EX 30 Rarer red label DON RAY SAMPSON - BABY COME BACK - E EX 70 Again, on the rarer red label, West Coast press, first one of these I've seen RED WEST COMBO - MY BABE - SANTO M- 40 Great version of My Babe over Green Onions backing CHUCK CONLON - WON'T YOU SAY YES TO ME GIRL - MARLIN DEMO EX 40 Blue-eyed stomper DIANA NEWBY - WHAT YOU'RE PUTTING ME THROUGH - KAPP M- 40 Rare stock copy MARY SNEED - WHEN I WAS 15 - CAPITOL EX 75 Brilliant girl group sound THE ELGINS - YOU FOUND YOURSELF ANOTHER FOOL - VALIANT M- 40 Superb midtempo JACKIE ROSS - KEEP YOUR CHIN UP - BRUNSWICK EX 40 JIMMY RUFFIN - DON'T FEEL SORRY FOR ME - MIRACLE VG 75 This is a different mix to the one I'm used to hearing - not sure if this is documented JUNE ADAMS - RIVER KEEP MOVING - ROULETTE DEMO M- 30 Beautiful beat ballad STEVE KARMEN feat JIMMY RADCLIFFE - BREAKAWAY - UA DEMO EX 60 Nice copy JAY RHYTHM - SOUL EMOTIONS - LEO M 30 Obscure Detroit LITTLE CHARLES & THE SIDEWINDERS - TALKIN' ABOUT YOU BABE - DECCA EX 125 Superb Stafford dancer, rare stock copy, £200 elsewhere JERRY WILLIAMS - IF YOU ASK ME - CALLA EX 60 The first issue not the common 1973 reissue POSTAGE AND PACKING: 1ST CLASS RECORDED £2.00, SPECIAL DELIVERY £5.00 OVERSEAS SIGNED FOR £6.00 Payment by cash, cheque, I take all credit cards and will take paypal if you pay the 4% charge

Okay coming up, listen right at the starts when he yells "hey baby", it's so far back in the mix that you can't hear it. Listen I might be wrong here but first time I heard it I thought it was different.

Just got another copy of Jimmy Ruffin - Don't Feel Sorry For Me on Miracle. This one is a vinyl pressing which I've not had before and it's a completely different mix to the one I'm used to hearing. It's absolutely bathed in echo, especially near the start - and it definitely not the same version as on the styrene copies I've had lately. Is this a well known fact or have I just discovered it - and would it make any difference to the price? The number in the run off is H-708 but just to the right of that it has a (2) written.

I'll sell it for 25 quid but you'll have to come and fetch it if you're not paying the postage

This is from around spring 1978 and this must surely be the worst time for quality records in the history of the scene, I gave it 3 more months then just stopped going to Wigan, you can add to that lot the likes of Nita Rossi, Stella Starr, Tim Tam...

Oh by the way, I made up the artist names on one of the tracks, bet you can't spot which one

Blimey, I had no idea Mark...good spot!

Probably even less than that mate. I sold a Pageants this week, kept one for myself, don't think I could part with it now.

Since I posted this up I've played it about a dozen more times, absolutely brilliant I reckon...ok who wants mine for £75 then

£40 mint off me last week, listed on here as well...

For this podcast I thought I'd bring together a bunch of records I've either never played before or maybe just the once, and then forgotten them...you won't hear many of these at your local soul do's or allnighters - but maybe - in some cases - you should...or you may do soon once they get heard by a wider audience. Some of you will know these, some won't...listen with an open mind and you may discover something you like. If you don't like the first few..stick with it...some great stuff here https://www.raresoul.co.uk/wordpress/?page_id=11 click the blue triangle to listen or right click the title to the right of the triangle and click save link as to download 1) THE WOODEN LEG FORMATION DANCE TEAM - FEEL LIKE I'M ON MY WAY Starting out like a folk revival cast-off, this turns into a pleasant boy/girl blue eyed dancer akin to Sonny & Phyllis 2) THE PAGEANTS - ARE YOU EVER COMING HOME This is a truly brilliant group harmony dancer circa 1964 which literally does get better with every play. Note the Stand By Me bass riff which gets stronger throughout 3) SYLVIA THOMAS - AT LAST Thankfully not the standard of the same title, this is a long-forgotten Detroit crossover dancer featuring a great singer and what used to be known as a "Cookin'" band 4) THE ELGINS - YOU FOUND ANOTHER FOOL I was going to play the A side, an excellent beat ballad entitled "Street Scene", but on flipping it over I discovered that this side was even better! 5) GARNET MIMMS - LOOK AWAY Lovely latin-tinged midtempo sound from the great Garnet Mimms 6) MARY SNEED - WHEN I WAS 15 This got a unanimous thumbs-up from the Soul Source panel when I posted it up a few days back and it just grows and grows...typical early 60's girl group sound but with a sprinkling of that magic extra ingredient 7) JIMMY RICHARDS - MY NEW FOUND JOY Not my usual cup of tea at all this, and not really Northern by any stretch of the imagination, but what a rasping, rip-roaring vocal performance by this guy, and those screams - you know he means it! 8) DIANA NEWBY - WHAT YOU'RE PUTTING ME THROUGH Memories of a very early Kent album with this excellent Kapp 45, archetypal femme Northern sound 9) THE MANHATTANS - I BETCHA COULDN'T LOVE ME Sadly a lot of The Manhattans records get overlooked because they are so easy to find - but sometimes that's no pointer to the quality of the recording, and this is a brilliant slice of smooth New York City soul 10) RED WEST COMBO - MY BABE I found this several years ago, though no doubt someone else will tell me they found it in the 60's, anyway I always thought this version of My Babe played over the Green Onions rhythm was a great mod sound 11) CHUCK CONLON - WON'T YOU SAY YES TO ME GIRL Chuck sounds so redneck he must have a restricting order to keep him away from sheep but he's come up with a real stomper here, starts off quite innocently but within 30 seconds it's 100mph all the way 12) DEE DEE WARWICK - DON'T YOU EVER GIVE UP ON ME Standing in the shadows of Worth Every Tear I Cry but taken at the same pace and possibly from the same sessions, this is a pretty good dancer, maybe lacking a really good hook but nice all the same 13) JUNE CONQUEST - ALMOST PERSUADED Nice midtempo track from Fame records which was a perennial cheapie on Anglos lists in the 90's (as was Dotty & Millie!) 14) NELLA DODDS - P'S AND Q'S If the rumours are true that Lillie Bryant's "Meet me half way" was withdrawn due to pressure from Motown saying it sounded too much like "This old heart of mine", if the people from the Motor City had ever heard this track they would have closed down Wand records becayse this is the most blatant rip-off of another tune I've ever heard...doesn't take much working out to hear which one! 15) JOHNNY TAYLOR - ROME (WASN'T BUILT IN A DAY) On Sam Cooke's label and sounding for all the world like Sam himself, this is a good early dancer but is slightly marred by the backing singers doing a chain-gang type routine 16) FIVE STAIRSTEPS - DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME I do love The Shammettes cover of this but this original version is still brilliant 17) GENE CHANDLER - NO ONE CAN LOVE YOU (LIKE I DO) Gene didn't make many bad records and this semi-duet is a good midtempo sound which I've had for years and never even played 18) BOB & EARL - MY TIME IS YOUR TIME Another record which I've had for years and literally never played - this is the early version before the rerecording on Mirwood and it sees Bob & Earl attempting to become the Righteous Brothers. Lovely moody sound to this one. 19) JOHNSON, HAWKINS, TATUM & DURR - YOUR LOVE KEEPS DRAWING ME CLOSER I've been crazy about this record since I furst heard it years ago and I never get tired of hearing it. Early 70's probably. Don't care! 20) RONNIE DYSON - WE CAN MAKE IT LAST FOREVER If this was ever played - and surely it must have been a Mecca spin - it bypassed me completely. The slow beginning is deceptive as a minute in it goes way uptown and uptempo to turn into an excellent 70's dancer 21) HERBERT HUNTER - HIDE NOR HAIR A copy of the Ray Charles hit version, not the Earl Grant Northern stormer. Not a bad vocal though. 22) ANN BYERS - DEAD END I could never understand why this didn't go big, have to come to the conclusion that it's just too fast, but what a brilliant Motown influenced track 23) PEE WEE, SHUCK & HUEY - BESIDE MYSELF This is just fantastic, been championing this for years now, and that's pre-Millionares Only cd release - still not sure if it's a girl or a boy singer though. From Los Angeles and helmed by Miles Grayson..Mick Smith's copy even has the groups contact number written on it 24) HONEY BEES - NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS The sublime vocal version to the track on the flip of Jack Montgomery's "Don't turn your back on me" 25) THE FABULOUS JADES - COME ON AND LIVE A brilliant late 60's dancer which was bootlegged way too soon for it to ever go massive. Utterly superb. 26) BILLIE DAVIS - NOBODY'S HOME TO GO HOME TO From way out of left field, Billie's voice is a bit shrill but this track has a really good chorus 27) THE STER-PHONICS - DON'T LEAVE ME One of my very earliest Ebay buys this...still kicking myself for selling it 28) PATTI AUSTIN - HE'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME A lovely version of a number also cut by mary Wells for 20th century

For this podcast I thought I'd bring together a bunch of records I've either never played before or maybe just the once, and then forgotten them...you won't hear many of these at your local soul do's or allnighters - but maybe - in some cases - you should...or you may do soon once they get heard by a wider audience. Some of you will know these, some won't...listen with an open mind and you may discover something you like. If you don't like the first few..stick with it...some great stuff here https://www.raresoul.co.uk/wordpress/?page_id=11 click the blue triangle to listen or right click the title to the right of the triangle and click save link as to download 1) THE WOODEN LEG FORMATION DANCE TEAM - FEEL LIKE I'M ON MY WAY Starting out like a folk revival cast-off, this turns into a pleasant boy/girl blue eyed dancer akin to Sonny & Phyllis 2) THE PAGEANTS - ARE YOU EVER COMING HOME This is a truly brilliant group harmony dancer circa 1964 which literally does get better with every play. Note the Stand By Me bass riff which gets stronger throughout 3) SYLVIA THOMAS - AT LAST Thankfully not the standard of the same title, this is a long-forgotten Detroit crossover dancer featuring a great singer and what used to be known as a "Cookin'" band 4) THE ELGINS - YOU FOUND ANOTHER FOOL I was going to play the A side, an excellent beat ballad entitled "Street Scene", but on flipping it over I discovered that this side was even better! 5) GARNET MIMMS - LOOK AWAY Lovely latin-tinged midtempo sound from the great Garnet Mimms 6) MARY SNEED - WHEN I WAS 15 This got a unanimous thumbs-up from the Soul Source panel when I posted it up a few days back and it just grows and grows...typical early 60's girl group sound but with a sprinkling of that magic extra ingredient 7) JIMMY RICHARDS - MY NEW FOUND JOY Not my usual cup of tea at all this, and not really Northern by any stretch of the imagination, but what a rasping, rip-roaring vocal performance by this guy, and those screams - you know he means it! 8) DIANA NEWBY - WHAT YOU'RE PUTTING ME THROUGH Memories of a very early Kent album with this excellent Kapp 45, archetypal femme Northern sound 9) THE MANHATTANS - I BETCHA COULDN'T LOVE ME Sadly a lot of The Manhattans records get overlooked because they are so easy to find - but sometimes that's no pointer to the quality of the recording, and this is a brilliant slice of smooth New York City soul 10) RED WEST COMBO - MY BABE I found this several years ago, though no doubt someone else will tell me they found it in the 60's, anyway I always thought this version of My Babe played over the Green Onions rhythm was a great mod sound 11) CHUCK CONLON - WON'T YOU SAY YES TO ME GIRL Chuck sounds so redneck he must have a restricting order to keep him away from sheep but he's come up with a real stomper here, starts off quite innocently but within 30 seconds it's 100mph all the way 12) DEE DEE WARWICK - DON'T YOU EVER GIVE UP ON ME Standing in the shadows of Worth Every Tear I Cry but taken at the same pace and possibly from the same sessions, this is a pretty good dancer, maybe lacking a really good hook but nice all the same 13) JUNE CONQUEST - ALMOST PERSUADED Nice midtempo track from Fame records which was a perennial cheapie on Anglos lists in the 90's (as was Dotty & Millie!) 14) NELLA DODDS - P'S AND Q'S If the rumours are true that Lillie Bryant's "Meet me half way" was withdrawn due to pressure from Motown saying it sounded too much like "This old heart of mine", if the people from the Motor City had ever heard this track they would have closed down Wand records becayse this is the most blatant rip-off of another tune I've ever heard...doesn't take much working out to hear which one! 15) JOHNNY TAYLOR - ROME (WASN'T BUILT IN A DAY) On Sam Cooke's label and sounding for all the world like Sam himself, this is a good early dancer but is slightly marred by the backing singers doing a chain-gang type routine 16) FIVE STAIRSTEPS - DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME I do love The Shammettes cover of this but this original version is still brilliant 17) GENE CHANDLER - NO ONE CAN LOVE YOU (LIKE I DO) Gene didn't make many bad records and this semi-duet is a good midtempo sound which I've had for years and never even played 18) BOB & EARL - MY TIME IS YOUR TIME Another record which I've had for years and literally never played - this is the early version before the rerecording on Mirwood and it sees Bob & Earl attempting to become the Righteous Brothers. Lovely moody sound to this one. 19) JOHNSON, HAWKINS, TATUM & DURR - YOUR LOVE KEEPS DRAWING ME CLOSER I've been crazy about this record since I furst heard it years ago and I never get tired of hearing it. Early 70's probably. Don't care! 20) RONNIE DYSON - WE CAN MAKE IT LAST FOREVER If this was ever played - and surely it must have been a Mecca spin - it bypassed me completely. The slow beginning is deceptive as a minute in it goes way uptown and uptempo to turn into an excellent 70's dancer 21) HERBERT HUNTER - HIDE NOR HAIR A copy of the Ray Charles hit version, not the Earl Grant Northern stormer. Not a bad vocal though. 22) ANN BYERS - DEAD END I could never understand why this didn't go big, have to come to the conclusion that it's just too fast, but what a brilliant Motown influenced track 23) PEE WEE, SHUCK & HUEY - BESIDE MYSELF This is just fantastic, been championing this for years now, and that's pre-Millionares Only cd release - still not sure if it's a girl or a boy singer though. From Los Angeles and helmed by Miles Grayson..Mick Smith's copy even has the groups contact number written on it 24) HONEY BEES - NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS The sublime vocal version to the track on the flip of Jack Montgomery's "Don't turn your back on me" 25) THE FABULOUS JADES - COME ON AND LIVE A brilliant late 60's dancer which was bootlegged way too soon for it to ever go massive. Utterly superb. 26) BILLIE DAVIS - NOBODY'S HOME TO GO HOME TO From way out of left field, Billie's voice is a bit shrill but this track has a really good chorus 27) THE STER-PHONICS - DON'T LEAVE ME One of my very earliest Ebay buys this...still kicking myself for selling it 28) PATTI AUSTIN - HE'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME A lovely version of a number also cut by Mary Wells for 20th century p.s. no need for anyone to pipe up with "ooh that one isn't obscure, I used to play it when I was still in my cot"

What £25? Tightarse

Well I don't know - my Auntie Sherry lives in South Bend, Indiana. She's not my real auntie, my mom chose her as a penpal in 1955 and they've been in touch ever since, visited each other, gone on holiday etc. Anyway Sherry's Auntie & Uncle are the foster mother of - wait for it - Halle Berry

No Rich it's been done and dealt with - I lodged my complaint january 21st. I heard nothing, and I mean nothing for 3 weeks, I rang them and all they would say that it is in progress though nothing ever came through on email, after a month I checked and they had closed the case without even telling me what the result was! I got no refund and no explanation so I put in an official complaint, which they said they would respond to within 30 days. They did not respond. I had a look today at this closed case and there was a note on it saying they have now found in the sellers favour and that I should refund the refund he gave me!!! Except he never gave me a f*cking refund! I have to say it's one of the worst cases of a company not caring about their customers thats happened to me.

Too late but I'll be watchful if there's any new sellers registering from Gary, Indiana.

Don't think so. He emailed me and said he was sorry he hadn't sent my record (that's record not records, there were three) but he was trying to get back on ebay and would I not leave him negative feedback I tried to but it wouldn't let me, anyway I have to say I am more angry with paypal for doing f*ck all about this

Right it is not diggersgoldrecords and I apologise for even mentioning his name, on ebay the seller name was 35dustbunny from gary, Indiana, and of course he is no longer a registered user.

Listen I could be wrong about that username, I'll go back again and check just to be sure, don't want to accuse the wrong person!

Think it was diggersgoldrecords. Can't go back far enough to find out where he was from though. This was the case that paypal never even responded to. N.B. IT IS NOT DIGGERSGOLDRECORDS

Here you go. Did me for nearly $100. Total crook. Even admitted it but still didn't send them. Leonard Steward, diggerscoalition@comcast.net

Look at that label design - anyone else have a Spirograph when they were a kid?