Pete S

The owner shouldn't have to pay the sellers vat for him though, if he sells it for £1000 the owner gets £800.

I honestly thought he was white, I might be thinking of someone else, did a load of singles on Diamond Records, some pretty good beat ballads.

Neil are these coming out as regular issues in the next few weeks?

Betty Boo Suspicion Melba Moore - Magic Touch one that Penny mentioned, Hattie Littles, the original mix not the one that was issued on Motown cd Who Are You trying To Fool blimey there's so many

I see. Yes I guess so, it's ok. I thought you meant we should all go out and dance to it, apologies for misinterpreting. You'd be surprised what I listen to to be honest...though to be fair, it doesn't include a lot of soul music. Lot of Northern maybe.

Will do

THE BEL AIRES - SEVEN DAYS / THE EYES OF A CHILD - BRUT ISSUE NM £18 ARTISTICS - IT'S THOSE LITTLE THINGS THAT COUNT / BEING IN LOVE - BRUNSWICK STOCK COPY 50 ON JM NM £30 BROTHERS OF SOUL - HURRY DON'T LINGER - BOO NM STUNNING COPY £22 MARK BARKAN - PITY THE WOMAN - DECEMBER DEMO NM £20 JOHNNY COPELAND - I AIN'T GONNA TAKE IT - ATLANTIC NM £20 JOHNNY GREENWOOD - I'M CRAWLIN' BACK - ATLANTIC DEMO NM £20 CHUCK JACKSON - I CAN'T BREAK AWAY - ABC ISSUE NM £25 ERMA FRANKLIN - ABRACADABRA - EPIC DEMO EX+ £110 HUNDREDS MORE ADDED HERE: https://www.discogs.com/seller/pete.smith?genre=Funk+%2F+Soul

Pile of sh*te Why would anyone into Northern want to hear stuff 'similar' to this played?

JOHNNY THUNDER - I'M ALIVE / VERBAL EXPRESSIONS OF TV - CALLA 161 NEAR MINT £40. I nicked this description from an Ebay sale as I'd never set eyes on it until I found it 2 minutes ago. JOHNNY THUNDER A: I'm Alive B: Verbal Expressions Of T.V. [CALLA 161, US] Listen to this below if you don't know it! When it all comes down to it, this is the ULTIMATE and only version of "I'm Alive" that matters. All other versions (Don Fardon, The Clique, Tommy James, Blue Swede, Claude Francois, E.R. & The Rough Riders etc.) are weak, wimpy and pale into insignificance when compared to this version. Johnny Thunder screams his head off over a fuzz-drenched punchy backing track. Truly essential stuff that always fills the dancefloor. Equally good flipside as well. Don't miss out! In absolutely jawdropping M- condition. Vinyl condition: M-

Just listed around 50 original Atlantic label 45's, most USA, some UK, 99% are 60's, most pretty common but a few obscure ones and a couple of rare ones in there - all are, of course, bargains :-) https://www.discogs.com/seller/pete.smith

I had One Minute Every Hour come on during a random itunes session recently and it sounded fantastic, someone went out of there way to get a real 60's sound on that one. Happy youth club memories.

Not true mate, I Didn't Know How To was a Stafford tune and most people heard it via one of the Northern Soul Story LP's back in 1988, it was always more sought after to start with. Then the other one overtook it.

MY FIRST EVER MOTOWN COMPILATION AND FOLKS I HAVE TO TELL YOU, IT'S AN ABSOLUTE SCORCHER! UNISSUED TRACKS, RARE 45's, LP CUTS AND SOME CLASSIC SINGLES, ALL IN ALL, A DETROIT DANCE PARTY THAT'S ONE OF THE BEST PODCASTS I'VE EVER DONE - I THINK! THE CONTOURS - DO THE SEE SAW FUNK BROTHERS - THERE'S A GHOST IN MY HOUSE (INST) BARBARA MCNAIR - HERE I AM BABY MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS - SPELLBOUND BRENDA HOLLOWAY - CRYING TIME LABRENDA BEN - BETTER UNSAID MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS - NO MORE TEARSTAINED MAKEUP BARBARA RANDOLPH - YOU GOT ME HURTIN' ALL OVER BRENDA HOLLOWAY - WHO YOU GONNA RUN TO BRENDA HOLLOWAY - HOW MANY TIMES DID YOU MEAN IT CAROLYN CRAWFORD - MY SMILE IS JUST A FROWN THE MIRACLES - MY OH MY WHAT A GROOVE MIKE & THE MODIFIERS - THE LYING KIND OF GIRL CHRIS CLARK - DON'T BE TOO LONG LINDA GRINER - GOODBYE CRUEL LOVE EDDIE HOLLAND - I'M ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN TOMMY GOOD - I'VE GOT TO GET AWAY CHRISTINE SCHUMAKER & THE SUPREMES - MOTHER YOU, SMOTHER YOU THE FOUR TOPS - IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO THE MARVELETTES - FINDERS KEEPERS LOSERS WEEPERS BRENDA HOLLOWAY - LONELY BOY REUBEN HOWELL - YOU CAN'T STOP A MAN IN LOVE BARBARA MCNAIR - BABY A GO GO KIM WESTON - I'M GONNA MAKE IT UP TO YOU THE SUPREMES - THOSE DJ SHOWS MARV JOHNSON - SAVE MY LOVE FOR A RAINY DAY CAROLYN CRAWFORD - UNTIL YOU CAME ALONG LEE & THE LEOPARDS - WE DON'T WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL BRENDA HOLLOWAY - KEEP ON ROLLING PATRICE HOLLOWAY - THE TOUCH OF VENUS FREDDIE GORMAN - I'M GONNA MAKE IT TO THE TOP GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS - HERE ARE THE PIECES OF MY BROKEN HEART THE MONITORS - SHARE A LITTLE LOVE WITH ME FUNK BROTHERS - GET READY (INST) THELMA BROWN - DANCE YEAH DANCE FUNK BROTHERS - WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO (INST) JJ BARNES - (TELL ME) AIN'T IT THE TRUTH BOBBY TAYLOR - OH I'VE BEEN BLESSED THE SUPREMES - IN MY LONELY ROOM https://www.mixcloud.com/mayfairmenthol/the-thinking-mans-motown/

I'll plead the fifth

I'd have thought everyone who wanted it would have already got it, it's been big for 15 years, amazed he got more than £300 for it - plus their other one is miles better

Nowhere near as good and sounds half finished, rarity over quality again.

I think thats the only USA Jay Boy release

Can't find a clip of this anywhere but it's a great uptempo dancer from '68: LITTLE JIMMY BALLARD - LOVE IN THE FIRST DEGREE - ABC DEMO. EX £25. cheers Pete

Sussex

What! It's even got it's centre knocked out. I'd pay £5 tops for that. In fact I wouldn't touch it with no centre. I sell it regularly for £15. Maybe someone heard me play it on the radio or on my podcast on sunday / monday and it's gone mental

If you get a minute could you check out my Discogs site, I've added over 100 UK label soul 45's, Northern, Modern, Sweet Soul, most from the 70's though some 60's originals. I'll be adding USA originals of a similar type this afternoon and for the next few days so it may be worth checking back. Thanks for reading. https://www.discogs.com/seller/pete.smith?genre=Funk+%2F+Soul

Dave that's not quite correct, I've had a few early 60's Decca's with solid centres, at first glance I thought they were from Hong Kong or somewhere like that but they were definite UK pressings - possibly for overseas market, but to all intents and purposes, they were the same as the push out centre ones. I think one was by Karl Denver! * nb also had solid centre demos - I had John E Paul as a solid centre demo

Paul, bits of it sound like Man Oh Man by Walter & The Admerations/Admirations

Well this is what happens in the real world, I tried for weeks to sell an issue of Life and took £75 in the end.

It does, though you could have used a better example like Heartache Avenue LOL but the difference is, that was produced commercially in quantities of thousands and got in the charts, Four Vandals ORIGINALLY was known by 2 or 3 copies hence it being included on the NS scene due to it's "rarity"