Dave Thorley

A couple of nice things for sale ............ Lee Mitchell - The economy - Roll Mint £75 (Nice Yellow & Blue original of this indemand reactivation) Jimmie Reed Jr - I ain't going no where - Mercury Mint- £300 (Nice red issue with company sleeve, crossover floor filler) Eddie Foater - Closer together - Ocampo Mint £250 (Rarely seen for sales, stone cold midtempo 60's Stafford classic) Cindy Scott - Time can change a love - Veep W/D Mint £125 (Classic uptempo 60's winner, nice demo) Whispering Shadows - Stop the world - Mr D's Mint- £150 (Another classic Stafford floor filler) Oscar Perry - Main string - Peri-Tone Mint £70 (Mecca magic of the first order)

Kenny Lee & Just Us - Stand Up - Kenbo Mint Recently sold on Ebay for over 400. Only a handful have ever turned up of this pretty midtempo modern soul gem, Here today £350 shipped !!!!! Just the one copy, when it's gone, gone for good, Thanks for looking, Dave

Hi All Another week and a bunch more nice shiny thing. 'From the hard to find, To the just plain good' Including these bits ......................... Grace Love - Higher (Last couple of copies) Cannonball Mint £20 Charles Dawson - Super natural girl - Audiences Adventure Mint £45 Jimmie Reed Jr - I ain't going no where - Mercury Mint- £300 Lee Mitchell - The Economy - Roll Mint £75 Earl Wright - Them love blues - Virgo Mint £45 Tower Of Power - Only so much oil in the ground Warner Brothers Demo Mint £35 Luckey Davis - It's not where you start - Highland (Yellow)Mint £150 Carl Mathis Craig - I be somebody - Blackbird Mint £80 Bobby Patterson - My baby's coming back to me - Jetstar Demo Mint £45 Rahni Harris & Family Love - Inside of me - Emprise W/D £50 Plus a bunch more, full details and sound files on site www.topdogrecords.co.uk Thanks for looking Dave

Hi All Another week and some nice shiny things for sale, 'From the hard to find, To the just plain good' including these T.N.T Tribble Band - I'm just talking to myself - Dayco Mint £30 Lee Moses - Bad girl - Musicor VG+ £250 Eddie Foster - Closer together - Ocampo Mint- £250 Rahni Harris & Family Love - Inside of me / He's my friend - Emprise W/D Mint- £50 Tower Of Power - Only so much oil in the ground - Warner Brothers Demo Mint £30 Fourteen Karat Soul - The trouble with love / Please say you want me - Catamount Mint £40 Connie Clark - My sugar baby - Joker Mint- £1600 Charles Wilson - In the room next to the room - Ecko Mint £40 Blade Family - Sweet Dream / My baby's gone - King James Mint £50 David Martin - You're mighty right - Record (Blue Label) Mint- £100 Sharon Clark & Product Of Time - Mam VG+ £70 Dave Love - Colalined baby - Solid Soul White Demo Mint- £80 Plus many more, thanks for looking, full description and sound file on site www.topdogrecords.co.uk

Grace Love - Higher - Cannonball CBLL013 ........... Here and ready to go £20 +P&P Grace lays down a stunning vocal over lush 70's Philly style track. As always when their gone, their gone for good, don't miss it ........... https://youtu.be/BeUWKzpYoHc

XXXXXXX Rare 45's for Trades XXXXXXXXX Here are a few very rare 45's and an acetate for trades value as an indication. One or two trades per 45's, sorry don't want a long list of low value 45's Nitro - I got myself a jealous lady - Talk Of The Town Mint £400 Super rare Jackson, Ms modern/boogie dancer, one of maybe a handful ever to surface Ron Harrington - It happen to me - Hillside Mint £600 Found one copy in a box, proven rarity from Ohio, super soulful, parse crossover soul Merger - You pick me up - MGR Mint (Pic Sleeve) £250 Another Ohio rarity, stylish uptempo rhythmic modern soul dancer

highlight of a quick look at Juca Records by longtime Soul Source member and contributor Dave Thorley Tap to view this Soul Source News/Article in full

Here we go 25 45's for £50 plus shipping. So what do you get a mix of 60's and 70's my choice, all mint. No major labels, some not available on the web. all quality releases, real value well over double that. Will I list titles, no, the whole point of a soul pack is the surprise, but it's good stuff.

Hi All Here are a few very rare 45's and an acetate for trades value as an indication. One or two trades per 45's, sorry don't want a long list of low value 45's Tyrone Edwards - I did it / Main Ingredient - Olam Mint £650 (Proven over 30 odd years to be one of the toughest of Detroit modern soul sides, plus the bonus of a stunning ballad flip) Kenny Lee & Just Us - Stand up - Kenbo Mint £500 (Only and few copies of this oh so soulful midtempo 45 have ever turned up) Angela Davis & Father - Barefoot boy / Black gold - Flaming Arrow Mint £350 (Detroit street level funk, that has only recently seen the light day, Nice and rare recording of Eugene Davis on flip) Liza Mae - If these people could hear my story - Fox Century Plaza Acetate VG £450 (Complete one off funky 70's dancer)

James & Truitt with Black Smoke - What's wrong with it - Juca Records. The label was based from a record store at 1119 Broadway, West Memphis, Arkansas. This was the home of several labels over the years including Delta and 8th Avenue. The store was run by one of the Craft brothers, the other ran the mastering service Craft Sound. Situated on the western side of the Mississippi river across from Memphis proper, this little sleepy town was also home to legendary radio station KWEM, which for a while was home to one Howlin Wolf who worked there as a DJ. But back in the 50's and early 60's this was a happening place, with many all night clubs playing blues and dance R&B. One reason for this was that Memphis it's self had night time curfews that restricted the running of clubs, where as the sheriff of the town on the opposite side of the river was more tolerant of the venues and the people it attracted from around Arkansas and the city of Memphis. A young Danny Craft who plays on this record and was the son of the store owner remembers as a young boy sitting in his dad;s shop and watching Howlin Wolf walking by on his trips to the radio station to do his shows. With so much music around it was no surprise that he would follow the family path to music. For many years he work in the house band in the small studio producing soul and R&B records. The Juca record label was a short lived affair and to my knowledge had just three releases, Al Danner, John Bladwin and the aforementioned 45. Today you could drive through the town and if you blinked you would miss it, but for a short moment in time this was an active little centre for R&B music. In the 1980's this little 45 saw popularity at the Stafford allnighters, a great drivin number with a funky edge, that has always been a tough one to find. https://youtu.be/tcydX0RVZzI

Hi All Another day of shiny stuff, including these Angela Davis & Father - Barefoot boy - Flaming Arrow Mint £250 Time - This town - E. Groove VG+ £150 Jetton & Prinz - Judge and jury - Pilot Master VG £35 Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Prayin - Source Mint- £15 High Voltage - Country roads - Columbia W/D Mint- £45 Impressions - Love me - Curtom Mint - £25 Tommie Young - That's all a part of loving him - Soul Power Mint- £50 Southside Movement - Do it to me - 20th Century Demo Mint £100 Sonny Harris & The Soul Reflections - The vibration / You were only - San-El VG+ £200 Roddie Joy - Come back baby - Red Bird Mint £25 Reggie Garner - Half a cup / That's ain't the way - ABC VG+ £45 Little Samson - Don't take your love - El D Mint- £250 Midwest Franchise - I'll be around - MCA Demo Mint- £120 Cecil Lyde - Money's funny - Aladdin VG £75 King Sound Interpreters - You've got soul - Talent of Music Mint- £500 XXXXXXXXX Liza Mae - If people could hear my story - Fox Century Plaza Acetate VG £450 XXXXXXXX Unissued version of this hot track from Philly, cool female version of the funky rhythm driven uptempo dancer. A one off, hear sound below Thanks for looking, full description and sound files on site www.topdogrecords.co.uk

OK now all the madness has died down, I have one copy left of this £300 Unknown Detroit Blue Eyed Crossover James - What is happening to my life - Cristin Mint https://youtu.be/iosWqZz_pKM

Hi All Another week and more nice things, 'From The Hard To Find, To The Just Plain Good' Intimate Cyrcle - Someday - Chetwyd W/D VG+ £250 Jerry (Count) Jackson - The band doll - Tear Drop VG+ £75 Sunny Ozuna & The sunliners - Hopeless case / Smile now cry later - Key-Loc VG+ £75 Bobby Patterson - What goes around, comes around - Paula W/D Mint £30 Percy & Them - All day & Night / Scoping you - Fee Mint £50 Lenny Welch - Hundred pounds of pain - Mainstream Mint £45 Stormie Wynters - Life saver - Mercury W/D Mint- £2300 Sunny & The Sunliners - Saving my love for you / When my baby cries - Key-Loc Mint- £150 Africa - Here I stand / Window - Ode Mint £25 Alexander Techniques - Let's talk - Lu Jun M- £250 Specials - I can't find another - Satch Mint £400 Ballads - Dizzy world / Baby I'm for real - Kimberly VG+ £30 Plus loads more, full description and sound file on site www.topdogrecords.co.uk Thanks for looking Dave

All LP prices plus shipping to your location, all are sealed Mint copies Charles Berry - Neighbor Neighbor - Crazy Cajun £35 Includes Cool deep and crossver soul, with 'Half a man, Time, Neighbor Neighbor' Reginald Forch & Jesse Harrison - The Same £50 Stuffed full of crossover and funky dancers all produced by Huey P. Meaux, including 'No man is an island, When will it all end', and the stunning 'There ain't nothing wrong with me' Savoir-Flair - The same - Soultex £100 Iconic modern soul and funk set from this great Dallas, Tx label, includes the killa 'Happy hour' and 'Keep holding on, Your the best, You can touch the sky'

Afternoon All Here a bunch of nice things you may find interesting. All prices + shipping to your location Mighty Lovers - Mighty Lover - Boo-Ga-Loo - Mint £220 Popcorn Wylie & Co on my favourite version. This is stone mint, never seen a needle Last Generation - Just a chance in life / You're all i need - Last Generation - Mint £100 Here is stone mint condition and the original press with pic sleeve. Two of the best modern soul sides around Main Ingredient - Instant love - RCA Demo - Mint £80 The much rarer demo version with the long version, the one to have, not available on issue, indemand everywhere Billy Preston - The girl's got it - Capitol Mint £150 Filling dance floors again, Billy at his thumpin' 60's best Pace-Setters - Push on Jessie Jackson - Kent Demo - Mint £60 Much rarer white demo of this current dance floor destroyer Rollin Thunder - Dance - Thunder VG+ £75 Supa rare boogie modern soul from Augusta Darrow Fletcher - Try something new / It's no mistake - Crossover - Mint- £275 2 of there most sublime crossover tracks around Jimmy & Vella Cameron - Lovin you is such a groove - Reprise Demo Mint- £250 All ways a floor filler on this evergreen 60's thumpin' duet, nice white demo Tip Watkin - You deserve the right to be called father - Flower Mint- £75 Under the radar crossover, but in the box of many a discerning DJ, Arrange by the mighty Riley Hampton Bobby Patterson - I'm in love with you - Jetstar - Mint- £80 Mint, but does have 2 red X's on label, hence grade Truth & Soul - God's getting tired - Memorial - Mint £50 Only a few left then there gone, one of the best deep soul/gospel tracks out there, sells for more on The Bay As always more info and sound files on site www.topdogrecords.co.uk

Hi All Some great new things this week, 'From the hard to find, To the just plain good', including these fine things Voices - Soul Clinic / An imitation of life - Marlu VG+ £120 Sammy - I never found a girl - Sly Mint £175 Tones - One more time/Do it light - Criminal M- £20 4th Kingdom - Why do you think they call it dope/Gotta get to you - Congress Of Racial Equality VG+ £150 Marva Whitney - Daddy don't know about sugar bear - Excello Mint £50 Larry Whittington - Count on me Fun City Mint £100 Larry Davis - I've been hurt so many times - Kent Demo VG+ £250 Kenny Lee & Just Us - Stand up - Kenbo Mint £500 High Voltage - Country roads - Columbia Demo Mint £45 Avatarr - Depression - Mystic Insight Mint £40 Gino Washington & Davis Sisters - I'm so in love - Atac VG+ £230 Larry Houston - Let's spend some time together - HFMP (HFM-001) Mint- £55 Full description and sound files on site, thanks for looking www.topdogrecords.co.uk Dave

Hi All Some nice new shiny things just arrived, 'From the hard to find, To the just plain good'. Including this nice 45's Tymes - What will I do - MGM Demo VG+ £100 Wilson Love - (The money song) Funny money - NS Mint £350 Johnson Brothers - All of my life (I dreamed of a castle) Mint- £160 Jim Mancel - Easy life - People City Music VG+ £70 Avatarr - Depression - Mystic Insight Mint £40 Stormie Wynters - Life saver - Mercury Mint- £2500 Billy Preston - The girl's got it - Capitol Mint £150 Art Tarus - I know the time is right - Exuma Mint £500 Puzzles - My sweet baby/I need you Fat back VG+ £100 Lenny Welch - A hundred pounds of pain - Mainstream Demo Mint- £50 Yusef Lateef - Bishop school - Atlantic Demo Mint- £45 Toni Ross - Hurry back - Har-Town VG £1350 Eddie Holman - I surrender - ABC £90 Tony Clarke - Landslide - Chess VG+ £70 Plus many more new things on the site full description on site www.topdogrecords.co.uk Thanks for looking Dave

Hi All, another week and a whole bunch new shiny things for sale, ‘From the hard to find, To the just plain good’ including these · Oliver Christian – Dissatisfied man – Legrand Mint- £450 (The epitomy of class crossover soul from Virginia) · Tickled Pink – Reach Out – Pink VG+ £2200 (one of the hottest records on the planet right now, awesome Texas funk, VG+, but play close to mint) · Johnny D – Strange Love – GMC VG+ £100 (Thumpin good uptempo funky early 70’s dancer} · Cindy Scott – Time can chage a love/I’ve been loving you too lone – Veep W/D Mint £125 (All time classic uptempo 60’s fem dancer, equally good flip) · Sir Guy & The Rocking Cavaliers – My sweet baby/Funky Virginia – D.P.G. VG+ £150 (VG+ plays close to mint, what a 45, stunning crossover backed by a funk classic) · Bobby Womack – Home is where the heart is – Columbia VG £45 (no introduction need, but although VG, plays better) · Bell Brothers – Super lady – super girl – Bell-O-Soul Mint £70 (Dreamy, pretty modern soul soul winner) · Main Ingredient – Instant love – RCA Demo (Long Version) VG+ £80 (Plays mint, but has Marker on label) · Tyrone Edwards – I did it – Olem Mint £650 (Just the stupidly hardest Detroit modern 45 to find, killa modern soul dancer) · 300 Years – Can’t get arrested – Chuckles Mint- £150 (70’s funk dancefloor destroyer) · Cherish – For you/Tomorrow’s child – DT Mint- £80 (Oh so hard to find uptempo Detroit modern soul, flip midtempo winner)

Thanks Mike, delete where you think appropriate

Back on the radio Tuesday nite. Crossing The Tracks Radio Show. Usual mix of 'The hard to find, To the just plain good' Includes, The Sweet N' Low selection and the 8 O'clock Bangers. All kicks off 7pm to 9pm on the wonderful little GFM radio, but also streamed live on the web, see all links below .................... For this week we have a selection of tracks from some pretty tuff LP's in the mix Live Stream On Web https://tunein.com/radio/Gloucester-FM-966-s55312/ GFM Main Web Site https://www.gloucesterfm.com/

Hi All Need to get a better copy, anyone got a mint/mint- copy for sale ............. Fishburn And Francis - Give Me Some Love - AIP International