Dave Thorley

Freddie McCoy - Soul yogi - Prestige Mint- £35 Thumpin 'revived' 60's soul/jazz instrumental. Memories of Kojack Harvey on the wheels of steel Power of Attorney Band - Love for you - Star Island Mint- £240 Killa Philly modern soul produced by the late great Theodore Wing III Other Brothers - Precious memories - Renaissance 76 Mint £15 Unloved 70's modern soul gem outta Detroit, will have it's day Hiroshima - Never, ever - Arista Demo Mint £60 Forgotten Stafford modern soul classic, Charles Johnson style dancer Optimistics - Dig it (She's in the groove) - World VG+ £60 Supa rare heavy down tempo funk from this Mississippi group Johnny Daye - I'll keep on loving you - Blue Star Mint £60 Cool midtempo 60's soulful Stafford winner Jerry Champion - Do it - Clayboard Mint £120 Midtempo 80's soulful dancer Otis Brown - You girl - Ex Spect More Mint £15 Stafford crossover favourite, midtempo Chicago magic Five Miles High - Should have been satisfied - Chess VG+ £20 Indemand funky group dancer All prices plus P&P, Full description and sound files on site www.topdogrecords.co.uk

Yes that was in the last year on a few occasions when Richard couldn't do it, so he asked me.

Also Pep from time to time in the main room

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T.S.U. Toronadoes - What good am I/Getting the corners - Atlantic Mint- £30 Two great sides from the Houston band Toppiks - Give it a chance to grow/Surrender - Larsam VG+ £70 Stained label, but plays close to mint. Killa group 2 sided stunner Youngblood Smith - You can split - Verve Demo Mint- £220 Thumpin' 60's classic Walter Hamilton - Nobody but me - Hi-Q Mint- £40 Killa 60's guitar driven funky dancer outta Detroit Ze-Brass - Feel so good - Atlantic Mint £30 Oh so hard to find on 45, Stafford modern soul winner Barbara Mason & The Futures - Make it last - Buddah VG+ £15 Dance floor winner everytime, pretty Philly classic Edwin Starr - Don't tell me I'm crazy/Who is the leader of the people - Soul Mint- £30 Never easy to find and two of his best 70's crossover sides Dramatics - No rebate on love - Mainstream white demo Mint- £20 Leonard Jones, Hi-C production on this great Detroit modern soul winner Sugar - I want you girl/ Most important thing - True Soul Mint- £75 Awesome, sweet 'Lowrider' classic, flip midtempo crossover wiiner All prices plus P&P, full description and sound file on site www.topdogrecords.co.uk Plus ......................... For sale is a 7" acetate of Bobby King's 'Hip Shakin' Mama' on a Impact Studio disc. Uptempo tumpin 60's dancer that never came out on a vinyl release. Disc is in VG+ condition, open to offers on this...................... This thumper would would grace any 60's Soul & R&B DJ's box and has the potential to be a monster !!!!!! https://youtu.be/YU-HhIgS1iA

Bonus of a great R&B dancer on the flip............................ https://youtu.be/QDfxJ6h0tf0

Hi All For sale 2day is a 7" acetate of Bobby King's 'Hip Shakin' Mama' on a Impact Studio disc. Uptempo tumpin 60's dancer that never came out on a vinyl release. Disc is in VG+ condition, open to offers on this...................... This thumper would would grace any 60's Soul & R&B DJ's box and has the potential to be a monster !!!!!! https://youtu.be/YU-HhIgS1iA

Jean & Donnella - One more step - Carrie W/D Mint- £30 Rare Demo, Cool 60's crossover soul/gospel Darrow Fletcher - Rising cost of love - Atlantic Demo Mint- £35 One of his best 70's recordings, stepper magic Target - Give me one more chance - Kama Mint- £160 Classic Ohio modern soul winner Bobbie Robinson - Don't turn your back/Don't leave me - Bolivia Mint £65 Much rarer release of the The Founders 45 under the lead singers name Travis Phillips & His Wonder Boys - Do the every thing - Jax Mint £25 Popular 60's dancer from San Antonio Satin - Give all your love to me - Good Mint £120 Glenn Dorsey produced Pittsburgh modern soul magic Dillard & Johnson - Here we go lovin again - Piedmount Mint £25 Much harder first label with the best mix of this classic Andre Williams - You got it I want it - Ric Tic Mint £20 Fabulous Apollos at a fraction of the price, Same great Detroit backing track Jimmy Cliff - Waterfall - A&M Demo VG+ £15 Cool demo of this 60's thumper Full descriptions and sound files on the site www.topdogrecords.co.uk , All prices plus shipping Thanks for looking Dave & Malayka

Hi All All are blue design, all are mint/mint-, all are £5.00 plus P&P, all 13 45's just £35 +P&P RT 122 Fantastic Four - Ain't love wonderful/The whole world is a stage RT 125 Wille G - Meet me halfway/(Loving me is like) Money in the bank RT127 Al Kent - Where do I go from here/Instrumental RT 128 Fantastic Four - Romeo and Juliet's, I don't wanna live without you/You gave me something (And everything's alright) RT 129 Flaming Embers/Wingate Strings - Let's have a love-in (Cause everybody needs love)/Let's have a love-in RT 132 Flaming Embers - Hey mama (What'cha got good for daddy)/Let's have a love-in (Cause everybody needs love) RT 133 Al Kent/Al Kent Orchestra - Finders keepers/Ooh pretty lady RT 134 Fantastic Four - Goddess of love/As long as the feeling is there RT 135 Detroit Emeralds - Show me / Instrumental RT 137 Fantastic Four - Man in love/No love like your love RT 139 Fantastic Four - Win or lose/I've got to have you RT 140 Flaming Embers/Al Kent - Bless you/Bless you RT 143 Flaming Embers - Children/Instrumental

Thanks all for that, collective good set of answers.

Anyone got a yellow issue, I've never seen one, althought the demo's all have a label design that is the same as yellow Seventy Seven. Equally I've never seen a white demo for the later label design !!!

Hi All Another bunch of shiny new things on the site, including this little selection Sissie Houston - Don't come running to me - Kapp W/D £75 Jolly Airs - I don't know why - D-Vine £55 Speck and The G.H. Outlaw Gang - I wonder about myself / Hell girl - Faces £150 Le Frank 'O - Keep on gettin' down - M M-M Gold £50 Johnny LeMac - Mama take care of your baby - Brewtown £35 Jimmy Jules - Ten carat fool - Abet £50 Billy Taylor Trio - I wish I knew how it would feel to be free - Tower £35 Fred Johnson - I feel the soul - Shi-Lush £175 Grier Bros. Weeping baby all the time - Melody Disc £200 Ronnie Dyson - Lady in red - Columbia £40 Dotti Wright - Eclipse of a lover - F-M £60 Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes - Where are all my friends - PIR £12 Johnny Hunter - If the things in my room could talk - Liberty £120 Ann Sexton - I still love you - Seventy Seven £45 Old (M) Pressions - Right On - Brooks Brothers £150 Sound Of Experience - Easy come, easy go - New Stars - £160 Freddie McCoy - Soul Yogi Prestige £45 Full description and sound file on our site www.topdogrecords.co.uk Thanks for looking Dave & Malayka

Banks & Hampton - Caught in the act - Warner Bros Mint £25 Rare issue of this stunning 1976 Crossover stepper T&T - Simple girl - Artx Mint £15 True Soul related label for this 80's modern soul winner Reggie Milner - Music in my soul - Ron's VG+ £120 Supa rare Detroit uptempo 60's dancer from Ron Murphy Lou Wilson, Charlou & The Living Ends - We need to get togethers - Big 8 Mint £30 Killa funk duet from Detroit Velvet Hammer - Happy - Soozi VG+ £145 Plays close to mint, rarer multi-coloured issue Twilights - You're the one - Aqua Mint- £120 Uptempo 60's group dancer Lou D. Washington & The Professionals - Stay of execution - Steeltown Mint £25 Over looked stunning midtempo 60's group dancer John Gates - Tell me you love me - Dellwood Mint £50 Oh so good midtempo Tony Camillo Produced slice of 78's East Coast soul Occasions - There's no you - Big Jim Mint £25 Big production midtempo 60's group dancer, love it !!!! and bit of a Stafford classic All prices plus P&P, soundfiles on the site www.topdogrecords.co.uk

Mandrill - Two sisters of mystery/Love song - Polydor Mint £25 Rare mis-press, plays 'Never die', killa ballad flip Bobby Bland - Yum yum tree - Duke demo VG+ £20 Bobby on one of his trips to Detroit, Andre Williams produced, nice pink Demo Constellations - I didn't know how to - Gemini Star W/D Mint £140 Never seen a needle, stone mint, still fills the floor every time Ronnie McNeir - You better come on down/Saggitarian affair - Prodigal Mint £15 Uptempo Mecca classic, cool midtempo flip Sai Whatt?? - Same old song - Stache Mint- £45 Oh so soulful midtempo modern soul winner Masqueraders - How big is big - Bell R/W Demo VG+£40 Pretty red & white demo of this group harmony classic I.N.D. - You just be you/I'm not ready - Momisey Mint- £50 Midtempo Memphis modern soul, with the bonus of a killa falsetto stepper flip Reparata & The Delrons - The kind of trouble I love - RCA W/D VG+ £15 White Demo, Old school 60's girl group dancer Rough & Ready - Music man - Black Kat Mint £50 Neil Hemphill produced Birmingham, Al modern soul 2 sider Lee Rogers - Craked up over you - Wheelsville VG+ £25 Detroit 60's classic dancer Intrepids - After you've had your fling - Columbia Demo Mint £20 Evergreen uptempo sweet group 70's dancer All plus P&P, soundfiles for all on site www.topdogrecords.co.uk

Mike Jemison - You'll never get my love - Lake - Mint £20 Richard Searling 'Men In The Moon' C/U, truely stunning Detroit 70's dancer Jeanette White - Music - A&M W/D VG+ £25 Thumpin up tempo 60's classic Joey Irving - Do you love me - Granprix Mint £50 Recorded a few years after his Vincent recording. Oh so pretty midtempo modern soul, only 500 pressed Royal Jokers - Love games (From A to Z) - Wingate W/D Mint £25 You'll never see a cleaner copy, hard to find white demo, 60's Detroit classic Kenneth & Delroy - Let me hold you close - Steeltown Mint £50 Hard to find 60's funky group dancer from this great Indiana label George Perkins - Baby I love you / Keep on loving me - Royal Shield Mint £20 Killa funky uptempo dancer (Same song as Fred Hughes), flip pretty midtempo crossover Bill Wright - You can't let your left hand know - Smoke City Mint £35 Local release for this cool midtempo modern winner, only release for the stunner ballad flip 7 Days Unlimited - Dirt (In the sky) - Acacia Street Gang Mint £200 Supa rare West Coast release for this old Keb Darge modern midtempo killa Sound files for all on the site www.topdogrecords.co.uk

Ideals - Mighty Lover /Dancing USA - Boo-Ga-Loo This is a stunner, unlike most, supa clean labels, no hiss. Mint £120 Antonio - Don't you want my love - Waylo Now hard to find number on the label, pretty 80's modern sou. Mintl £25 Curtis Wiggins - Stand upwhen I talk to you - Palm One time member of Louisville's Heartbreakers. On the fours, soulful funk. Mint £50 Herman Kelly & Life - Share my love - RCA Italian only 45 release for this modern soul stunner, Jelly (Fu-Ja fame) on vocals. Mint £45 Dwight Franklin - Foxy Lila - Franklin Hard to find original first press, on this rhythmic modern soul classic. Mint- £100 Ravenettes - Since you've been gone - Shurfine Much hard to find first label for this 60's girl group midtempo thumper. Mint £45 Magnificent Perception - You know where I'm coming from - Known Artist Supa hard to find 80's male boogie group mover from Alabama. Mint £25 All prices plus P&P, sound files for all on site www.topdogrecords.co.uk

Also got played a fair bit at Stafford in the 80's

Hi All Another week of pretty, shiny things, which included this small selection Black Zodiacs - Put your money where your mouth is - Solar £175 Winstons - Need a replacement - Curtom £75 Gerald Simms - No doubt about it - Nike £65 John Simeone - Who do you love - TNT £275 Kevin 'Fresh K.C.' Patterson - Flirts - Totally Hot £75 Mt. Pleasant Choir - Come sinner come - Memorial £15 Electrifying Cashmeres - What does it take - Sound Stage 7 £65 Collaboration - Where is love/Forgive me - Mohawk £80 Jimmy Castor - Magic Saxophone/Just you girl - Smash £65 Michael Smith - A love that is heavenly inspired - Pharoah £300 Soul Liberation - Come together - Creative Arts £180 Arlene Bell - Talkin' bout love - Velvet £50 Full description and sound file on our web site www.topdogrecords.co.uk Thanks for looking Dave & Malayka

Nice to see The Outsiders there Pete, does seem to get forgotten nowdays due to it being LP only

Hi All Got a copy of this supa rare modern soul 45 for sale. Memphis sweet midtempo stunner that rarely comes up for sale MICHEAL SMITH - A LOVE THAT'S HEAVENLY INSPIRED - PHAROAH - MINT £300 + P&P

Same as backing as The Fabulous Apollos for a fraction of the price Uptempo Philly girl group dancer

Denise LaSalle - I'm so hot - MCA - Mint £55 Andre Williams - You go it and I want it - Ric Tic Mint £25 Don Scott - Loving you - noD ttocS - Mint £400 Chuck Bernard - Indian Giver - Satellite - Mint £15 Gordon Keith - Look ahead - Steeltown - Mint £50 Spec & The G.H. Outlaw Gang - Hell girl/I wonder about myself - Faces - Mint £140 Weapons Of Peace - This Life - Playboy - Mint £15 Epics - I want to be your guy - Zot - Mint £120 Vernon Steve Weakley - Is it love or is it lust - V.S.W. - Mint £25 Persionettes - Call on me - OR W/D - Mint £120 Ron Harrington - It happened to me again - Hillside - Mint £500 Bits & Pieces - Did I scare you - Nasco Demo - Mint £35 Jackie Ross - I got the skill - Chess - Mint £10 Ruby Andrews - I got a bone to pick with you - ABC W/D - Mint £35 Mandrill - My kind of girl - Arista - Mint £25 All plus P&P, sound file and full descriptions on site www.topdogrecords.co.uk Will consider trades on some, but only one to one same value

Barbara Howard - I don't want your love - S.Reece - Mint £240 Counts - Our love's gonna be stronger than ever - Yes - Mint- £200 Karen Striblin - We're not too young - Jaber - Mint £120 George H. Franklin - That's how it is when you're in love - Faces - Mint £45 Edwin Starr - I have faith in you - Ric Tic - Mint £20 Love Devotion & Happiness - Joy sweet joy - P.E.U. Jadan Mint £25 Electrifying Cashmeres - |What does it take - Sound Stage 7 - Mint £60 Donnie Jacobs - Proud Man - Maison De Soul - Mint £50 Dave Love - Colalined baby - Solid Soul - Mint - £15 Five O'Clock - Hold on tight - O'Clock - Mint £60 Advanced Workers with the Anti-Imperialist Singer - Better Red - Peoples War - Mint £50 Richard Brown - Sweet & Kind - Steeltown - Mint £45 Full description and sound files on the site www.topdogrecords.co.uk