Dave Thorley

Hi All More stuff gone up 2Day, 'from the hard to find, too the just plain good'. Here's a small selection, all got condition and sound files on the site. Webb People - I'm sending vibrations/Bump with me - TCB £350 Pearl - Is this real - Ambrotype - £55 Cavaliers - Hold to my baby - RCA Issue £150 Young Mods - To say I love her/We can make it - Pork A Lot £175 Premonition - Your love is in the pocket - Insight £200 Little Roger Hatcher - Party over there - Dotty's £120 T.S.U. Toronadoes - What good am I/Getting the corners - Atlantic £35 Expos - your best friend and me - Stall £80 Plus a bunch more on the site. Thanks for looking www.topdogrecords.co.uk Dave & Malayka

His LP 'No Time For Dreaming' was one of the new release high lights of the last few years, a must for any LP collection. It had a rawness that captured the sound of 70's, with current recording values. Hope some of that can be found on this LP !!!

Goes a bit like this. He saw it listed for the sweet side by a guy in Detroit, opening bid $9.99, forgot to bid. Didn't sell so when guy re-listed it, he won it at $$$$. Record came in a jiffy bag broken in two, gutted to say the least. There are at least 4 in the UK, Butch, Marco, George and I think Arthur or Sam also have it. Been a big tune on the West Coast Lowrider scene for many years for the sweet flip, guess there are a fair few in some of their collections

Stunning group sweet soul

Hi All Back from the U.S. with a bunch of new things, a whole load to go up on the site in the next few weeks, northern, gospel, funk, modern and latin including Betty La Vette - What condition my conditions is in - Karen £75 Bits & Pieces - Did I scare you - Nasco issue £50 Marshall Donovan Broomfield - Since I found my baby - Augusta £450 Continental 4 - The way I love you - Jay-Walking £25 Watch Tower - Forever, together - Tower High £150 Dramatics - All becuase of you - Sport £80 Jimmy & Vella Cameron - Lovin' you is such a groove - Reprise £120 T.S.U. Toronadoes - What good am I - Atlantic £35 There just a few of whats gone up 2day, lots more over the next few weeks, sound file and full description on site www.topdogrecords.co.uk Thanks for looking Dave & Malayka

One of the reasons I enjoy this weekender is that it's along the lines of many in Europe, based in a city centre at several clubs. This gives you the opportunity to see the city as well as enjoy the entertainment, unlike a holiday camp. Also it brings many dj from around Europe, which is a real bonus. Europe has many great DJ's that sadly we rarely get the chance to see, unless you travel over the water. These are a few of the reasons I've been a supporter from the get go. Hope a few of you will get along.

Joneses - Who loves you - Epic Demo £45 +P&P (Stone Mint, Company Sleeve) Rarer Demo, copy of this cool Bobby Eli production https://youtu.be/pJGZz7GqUDQ Joy Dan Prince - My heart skips a beat - Prince £25 +P&P (Mint) Oh so hard to find Chicago 80's modern soul dancer https://youtu.be/uzOgyn2crp4 Johnny Daye - Keep on loving you - Blue Star £50 +P&P (Mint) Killa midtempo 60's classic dancer https://youtu.be/HcVE_xHhcmo Newcomers - The whole world is a picture show - Truth £25 +P&P (mint-) Massive tune back in the day at Stafford, midtempo 70's group dancer of the highest order, here on the red label vinyl copy !!!!!! https://youtu.be/gn9WISuxzgQ Nina Simone - My baby just cares for me - Bethlehem £50 +P&P (Mint) Think about it, when was the last time your saw an original copy for sale, hard one to find of this classic https://youtu.be/JsMS5w_nchw O.C. Smith - Double life - Columbia £15 +P&P (Looks VG+, but plays close to mint) His version of this classic 60's uptempo dancer https://youtu.be/EVHJi8V51RA Moses - Sweetest love - Pure Silk £15 +P&P (Mint) Oh so soulful midtempo modern soul, from Detroit's Mose Davis of the Fabulous Counts........... https://youtu.be/Rn0bQF6FSgE

Jimmy Soul Clark - Hold your horses - Moira £25 +P&P (Mint-) Hester & Wylie written and produced, Classic 60's Detroit...same backing as the un-released 'Watch that girl' Jimmy Cliff - Waterfall - A&M Demo £20 +P&P (Mint) Thumpin 60's classic dancer, here on the rarer demo https://youtu.be/4OFspQNgIqU Jerry Washington - In my life I love - Top Pop £40 +P&P (VG+) Much harder local label release https://youtu.be/9OO6HNZGHNo Gene Chandler - Let me make love to you/Does she have a friend £15 +P&P (Mint Company Sleeve) All time classic modern 2 sider from Chicago https://youtu.be/t8Mw21JbKtM https://youtu.be/waZCqmR5C-U Bernard McGee & Co - Back up groove - Rosemont £20 +P&P (Mint) Hard to find funky 70's instrumental, recorded at Malaco.... https://youtu.be/6r9Th6KkYcc Barrett Strong - Love is you - Coup £15 +P&P (Stone Mint) Cool Detroit modern soul from the man, big Stafford tune back in the day https://youtu.be/Tby1Rn1fAFk

Plus this classic from back in the day The Fuzz - I'm so glad - Calla £15 +P&P (Mint) Personal favourite of mine, oh so sweet female vocals on this Washington group 70's dancer https://youtu.be/h2A3zU0hDQU

Pat & Pam - Hey love - Daydream £15 +P&P (Stone Mint) Have you got one, why not ???, stunning female Chicago 70's crossover Originals - Good night Irene - Soul £50 +P&P (Mint-) Thumpin' 60's group dancer from the Joe Stubbs and the boys and one of their hardest to find https://youtu.be/-RqN6LaG7K8 Onyx - I could really make you happy girl - Great North West Music Company £40 +P&P (mint) Now hardd to find 70's group dancer https://youtu.be/qlXlGvEoohY Flamingos - Lover come back to me - Polydor £20 +P&P (Mint) Stunning 70's crossover re-make of their early 60's tune, ever home should have one !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! https://youtu.be/BKMy3MniT_k Forest Nelson - I want to test drive your body/I'm a booty bandit - Grand Jury £50 +P&P (Mint) Oh so hard to find west coast killa 2 sided modern/boogie dancer https://youtu.be/svJ-QJaisMw .https://youtu.be/OSF85y02yu8 Mandrill - My kind of girl - Arista £25 +P&P (Mint) Massive tune back in the day at Stafford & Clifton Hall.................. https://youtu.be/sg_-mEWnWgM Maplewood - We got a good thang - Maplewood £80 +P&P (M-) Oh so sweet, hard to find Detroit 70's group soul https://youtu.be/vyGwYqrEe74 Whispers - Flying high - Soul Clock £25 +P&P (Mint) Midtempo group 60's dancer of the highest order, sublime !!!!!!!!! https://youtu.be/QNUat6_IcWc

Plus a couple more Al Kent - The way you been acting lately - Ric Tic £25 +P&P (Mint-) Detroit gets no better, stunning midtempo 60's classic https://youtu.be/185fMEgguyc Winstons - Need a replacement/Ain't nothing like a little lovin' - Curtom £90 +P&P (Stone Mint) Much harder issue copy of this stunning 60's group two sider on the Curtis Mayfield label https://youtu.be/XIu-7G20Lpw https://youtu.be/dbVQz4E_4Yc Andre Williams - You got what I want - Ric Tic £20 +P&P (Mint) Stormin' 60's dancer, same backing as the supa rare Fabulous Apollos - Determination https://youtu.be/j3ABfn2o1_4

The Counts - (Our love's gonna be) Stronger than ever - Yes £180 +P&P (VG+, but plays closer to mint) Drivin' 60's group dancer and a dance floor destroyer Magic Night - If you and I had never met - Roulette Demo £55 +P&P (Mint-) Stunning uptempo 70's dancer from the pen of the mighty Steal Brothers https://youtu.be/Bf5YwE5-sfs Chimes - The beginning of my life - Down To Earth £15 +P&P (Mint) The big daddy of Chicago group crossover https://youtu.be/_Tc5jDaSFUM Target - Give me one more chance - Kama £145 +P&P (Mint-) Classic uptempo group modern soul winner https://youtu.be/VuFHm0R99j4 Occasions - There's no you/Baby don't go - Big Jim £25 +P&P (Mint) Monster tune back in the day at Stafford, mid west group 60's soul comes no better. Stunning sweet flip https://youtu.be/SUlGszr2VSo Sly Slick & Wicked - Sho nuff - People £45 +P&P (VG+) Rarer issue of this cool group crossover winner https://youtu.be/7cMaw3MXmKo Precisions - What would you do - Wild £50 +P&P (Stone Mint) ________________ Bargain Of The Day ___________________ Drivin' 60' group dancer from Boston, Ma https://youtu.be/O8Nk4RFMVx4

I'm with you on this one. Got lots of records, that have other DJ's names in the run out, or the artist has scribbled something on the record 'To a friend' etc. Even got a bunch with influential U.S. DJ's names, E Rodney Jones, Lucky Cordell, Butterball Jr, Billy Soul, Soul Patrol, etc, etc gives em real history and a connection with a time and place.......

I think there is a Detroit connection, got a feeling that one or both have lived there. That would also account for the 'Highland Park Community Choir' release Dave

Jimmy Church - Right on time - Sound Stage 7 £55 +P&P (VG+) Storming 60's dancer from the man, old Guy Hennigan winner. Here on the much rarer black SS7 original, not the later Sound Plus release Five O'Clock - Hold on tight/Watch for the morning - O'Clock £40 +P&P (Mint) Real hard to find killa Detroit modern soul 2 sider https://youtu.be/tz1e1Qj0uBI https://youtu.be/okxqJdoeo3I Tammaraw - I don't want to lose you - On A Star £240 +P&P (Mint) Supa rare Detroit modern soul winner, Arthur Fenn's old Newday C/U https://youtu.be/SauVt112jj8 Sons Of Slum - 16 Miles of plastic ghetto - Gamma £35 +P&P (VG+) Killa Chicago funk instrumental, great group uptempo flip https://youtu.be/bb_isgwmVGM Willie & The Mighty Magnificents - Funky 8 corners - All Platinum £40 +P&P (Mint-) One of the great 'Corners' tunes, vocal or instrumental, it's a killa, you choose https://youtu.be/hjig0w31z7Q Valerie Lamar - Shame/I don't want your lovin - Dee Dee £175 +P&P (Mint-) Sublime Chicago 60's dancer, old Staford Ann Sexton C/U, the flip is a storming dancer as a bonus https://youtu.be/rDpySW7CXyQ Vondells, King Kolax & Combo - Valentino/Lenora - Marvello £100 +P&P (VG+) Same backing as 'Arabia', flip is a cool midtempo 60's group winner. What great 2 sider https://youtu.be/lOqkW9uGv1g https://youtu.be/XYiAR_q_CIE Ron Harrington - It happened to me - Hillside £650 +P&P (Mint) My own copy of this supa rare Ohio spars funky crossover stunner

G.D. & The Big J - Movin on - Good £40 +P&P (mint) Glen Dorsey aka The Joneses on this uptempo modern soul classic https://youtu.be/FQZkmNS7VYo

Plus One More Mongo Santamaria - Now Generation - Columbia Demo £20 +P&P (mint-) Monster tune back in the day, the big daddy of their drivin' latin tinged instrumentals

Rose Battiste - Come back in a hurry/I still wait for you - Revilot £100 +P&P (VG+) Oh so soulful midtempo 60's Detroit 2 sider, now hard to find https://youtu.be/DplgStaWRLI Charlotta Tillman - Baby I'm serious - Josie White Demo £150 +P&P (Mint-) Scorchin' 60's Stafford monster back in the day, real hard to find https://youtu.be/gdrMPhPOR_I Cold Smoke - Don't fall in love - DWP £125 +P&P (Mint) Indemand Ohio 70's group crossover https://youtu.be/kxGntZPU7H8 Alton McClain & Destiny - My destiny - Polydor £20 +P&P (Mint, Company sleeve) Now hard to find, midtempo modern soul stunner https://youtu.be/gA1MG8fJr2o Marilyn Barbarin - Make it last - Virgil £100 +P&P (VG+) Oh so hard to find NOLA modern soul classic https://youtu.be/Dnmo5L9dGOs Al Tiki Hudson - Cry baby - MR £75 +P&P (Mint) Al's first recording, oh so pretty early 70's Detroit crossover https://youtu.be/mZJSb_JBpig 5 Wagers - Come and ask me - Tiara £15 +P&P (Mint) Oh so pretty midtempo sweet 70's group crossover https://youtu.be/GF3EatZ_v6k Ravenettes - Since you've been gone - Shurfine £35 +P&P (Mint) Much rarer, 1st label for this indemand 60's girl group winner https://youtu.be/-SHOTl5UnZw

Ravenettes - Since you've been gone - Shurfine £35 +P&P (Mint) Much rarer, 1st label for this indemand 60's girl group winner Richard C - It's hard to make it - Sho Boat £30 +P&P (Mint) Killa modern soul 2 sider https://youtu.be/LLpKg9aLWaM Rainbow Brown - Till you surrender - Vanguard White Demo £40 +P&P (Mint) Classic modern soul from 1981 https://youtu.be/ZB0kPRaIPdw R.B. Hudmon - This could be the night - Atlantic £20 +P&P (Stone Mint, Company sleeve) Stunning midtempo 70's modern soul classic https://youtu.be/ybrEYCXsbp0 Ralph Young - Cool off the floor - Goldband £45 +P&P (Mint) Last copy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!, funky, indemand southern modern soul dancer https://youtu.be/Oo-J3_4lDCI Ruby Andrews - Wonderful night - Zodiac £75 +P&P (Mint) Some say her best, is a stunner. Bridges, Knight & Eaton doing the business again https://youtu.be/ofjkwXSJD88

Heavy funk version and the group harmony version of the Reggie Garland song, both groups were outta Flint Michigan

Michael Cloud - Check your direction - HoMark £25 +P&P (Mint) Stunning soulful midtempo 70's Atlanta dancer https://youtu.be/CDP_nj5R8q8 Merger - You pick me up - MGR £250 +P&P (Stone Mint) with picture sleeve Rare uptempo Ohio group modern soul dancer https://youtu.be/jgLBGs8ZQz0 Mercy Men - Fifth street/ You made it thunder - Bee Gee £40 +P&P (Stone mint) Dance floor destroying funk, plus cool 60's group dancer flip https://youtu.be/YMGyPsxOQ0c https://youtu.be/awZqDNDDWHQ Perfect Touch - Keep on loving you - Creative Profile £35 +P&P (Mint) Oh so hard to find uptempo sweet Detroit 70's group dancer https://youtu.be/FFG3L6VEppA Phyllis Hyman - You know how to love me - Arista £15 +P&P (Stone Mint Company Sleeve) All time 70's classic, great James Mtume production https://youtu.be/16Y8FsE8AVA

Richard Brown - Sweet & Kind / Don't listen to the grapevine - Steeltown £45 +P&P (Stone Mint) Popular tune again, with the bonus of the equally good flip, killa 60's , soulful dancers https://youtu.be/qj1AKK_rvQo Joe Tex - Under your powerful love - Dial £25 +P&P (Mint) All time modern soul classic, 'Joe checks into Detroit's 20 Grand Motel' you know how it goes...................... https://youtu.be/hSqpn01jlgw Joyce Lawson - Love uprising - Mutt & Jeff £20 +P&P (Mint)... OLd Stafford modern soul monster, oh so pretty soulful west coast winner https://youtu.be/x8azhm-_Hws Kings Of Soul - Girl what have you done - Down To Earth White Demo £40 +P&P (VG+) A storming dancer in it's own right and not so easy to find now https://youtu.be/8zKXQHo_kbs Lloyd Price - Love music - LPG £15 +P&P (Mint) First label for the original version of this modern soul stunner https://youtu.be/Zy5H2C4PlZU Robert Thomas - Crazy about you - Hawk £12.00 +P&P (Mint) Killa soulful Chicago modern stepper https://youtu.be/Whn2ppp7C-g

Roy Lee Johnson - Boobaloo #3 - Josie £15 +P&P (Mint) One sold, One left Sage - I'm alive - Head £250 +P&P (Mint) SOLD

Sage - I'm alive - Head £250 +P&P (Mint) SOLD Uptempo modern soul monster from the West Coast https://youtu.be/ahJUIl1obxQ Today Soulful Sound Of Detroit LP, including Funk Factor - Give it what ya got - Che £18 +P&P (Mint)......... Killa uptempo modern soul stunner that blows away everyone that hears it. Cly McMurry production, Gerald Mallory on vocals, it's a stunner, plus 7 other cool tracks.......... https://youtu.be/Se1l_VQPRoA Love, Devotion and Happiness - Joy Sweet Joy - P.E.U. Jadan £20 +P&P (Mint-, wax mint, label has slight H2O stain) Killa sweet soulful 70's dancer from Chicago, at a bargin price https://youtu.be/5pTLV0xaSgM Bill Coday - A man can't be a man/I don't want to play this game - Epic £250 +P&P (Mint) Supa rare issue of this killa modern soul two sider, only available on the issue https://youtu.be/vAABYnhfm4U https://youtu.be/4W-RRsQHkdA Jimmy Hudson - Sometimes a lie, sounds better than the truth - Cle An Thair £75 +P&P (Mint) Oh so hard to find funk winner from Chicago on Cleveland Eaton's label https://youtu.be/OYnzmcEe7k4 Jimmy Holiday - Give me your love - Minit £20 +P&P (VG+) Pretty midtempo 60's dancer https://youtu.be/RPy_546podY Roy Lee Johnson - Boobaloo #3 - Josie £15 +P&P (Mint) One sold, One left Thumpin' 60's dancer doin' the rounds again https://youtu.be/17Ayu16g3zA Danny Moore - Somebody new - Allrite £60 +P&P (Mint) Original ZTSC stamped copy of this 60's stunner https://youtu.be/goOwDFW0I8M

Thanks Pete But having listened to the other track, I do think the instrumental MM&Y is a mis-press. On the other B side, the whole chat is about how good the session was, thanking each other for their work, etc, etc so people chating after a session. The idea that they would just change the pressing half way through doesn't stack up. If, as seems to be the case, a 45 that wasn't selling anyway, it would hardly sell any better by changing the B side and then why not change the label details. Plus then there would be the cost of new mastering and pressing plates, which they wouldn't do on a none hit, un-less there was a pressing fault.