Jim Cafferky

Shading gone "Ms McNair, who we’re meeting for the first time here on Motown Junkies is, one of the more fascinating characters we’ve come across so far in the Motown story. By the time she signed with Motown, she was already famous, a veteran actress and variety performer of stage, screen and TV, and even without the Motown connection her life would make for compelling reading. Here’s some edited highlights: she was one of the first African-American entertainers to get her own televised variety show (the unimaginatively-named The Barbara McNair Show), she flew to Vietnam to entertain the troops (striking up an unlikely friendship with Bob Hope in the process), her showbiz mogul husband was later murdered by the Mafia amid dark rumours of FBI involvement, and — if all this wasn’t interesting enough — she also became one of the earliest black women to pose naked for Playboy. Oh, and she also found the time to cut some records

Nothing better to do for a few minutes so made the list as below Artist Title Label and Condition Vinyl Condition Price King Coleman Down In The Basement Togo vg + 40 Diane Pane What Side Your Bread Is Buttered On vg (plays vg +) 30 Lavern Baker I'm The One To Do It Brunswick (demo) vg ++ 50 Dells Thinkin' About You Cadet vg (plays vg +) 30 Denise LaSalle Love Reputation Chess vg (plays vg +) 25 Persians When You Said Let's Get Married vg + 30 Showmen Our Love Will Grow Action vg ++ 25 Showmen The Wrong Girl Minit vg + 50 Skip Cunningham Have We Met Before 20th Century demo vg + 40 Brown Sugar Game Is Over Capitol vg + 30 Albert Jones 15 Cent Love Kapp vg + 35 Billy Butler Right Track vg + 20 Barbara Cooper What's One More Tear RCA demo vg + 25 Soul Brother Six I'll Be Loving You Atlantic vg + 20 Soul Brother Six Some Kind Of Wonderful Atlantic vg + 15 TSU Torandoes If You Leave Me Atlantic vg + 20 The Legends Fear Not Commonwealth vg ++ 20 The Legends Fear Not Commonwealth demo vg ++ 20 Shirley j Scott Goose Pimples Stephanye vg ++ 20 Lisa Stansfield Eight Three One Sonic Wax vg ++ 5 Robert John Raindrops, Love & Sunshine A&M vg + 40 The Dells Run For Cover Chess (70s issue) vg + 10 Formations At The Top Of The Stairs MGM vg + 10 Jeff Perry Love Don't Come No Stronger Arista vg + 10 Fantastic Puzzles Come Back Right On vg ++ 25 Clarence Carter Messing With My Mind Ichban vg ++ 30 Betty Everett Unlucky Girl UNI vg ++ 10 Bobby Sheen Something New To Do Warner Bros vg + 30 Bobby Womack Home Is Where The Heart Is Columbia vg ++ 20 Al Downing I'm Just Nobody Polydor vg ++ 25 Harold Melvin Get Out Phil L.A. Soul vg ++ Willie Mitchell The Champion British London vg ++ 5 Jesse James If You Want A Love Affair 20th Century vg ++ 30 Etta James Seven Day Fool Argo vg (plays vg +) 15 Gladys Knight Just Walk In My Shoes Motown vg + 5 Major Lance Hey Little Girl Okeh vg + 10 Fascinations Say It Isn't So Mayfield vg + 15 The Jades L-O-V-E I Love You Imperial demo vg + 10 Major Lance Since I Lost My Baby's Love Volt vg + 15 Dramatics No Rebate On Love Mainstream vg + 5 Gloria Edwards (Need Nobody To Help Me) Keep Up With My Man King demo vg ++ 5 Joe Moore I Ain't Verve vg ++ 10 Garnet Mimms Stop And Think It Over Verve demo vg ++ 10 Bobby Womack Take Me Minit vg + 5 Storm She Comes Up Pi Kappa vg ++ 10 Major Lance Without a Doubt Okeh vg + 10 Ruth Brown Mama (He Treats Your Daughter Mean) Phillips vg ++ 20 Jean Wells The Best Thing For You Baby Calla (wol) vg (plays vg +) 5 Major Lance Too Hot To Hold Okeh vg ++ 20 Pageants She Is Your Girl Groove demo (sol) vg + 5 Al TNT Braggs Out Of The Pan Into The Fire Peacock vg + 10 The Valons You're Something Special Mark lll vg (plays vg +) 20 Occasions There's No You Big Jim vg + 10 Dee Clark She's My Baby Constellation vg + 15 Flamingos I Know Better End vg + 20 Bobby Moore's Rhythm Aces Try My Love Again Checker vg + 5 Mary Ann Fisher Forever More Seg-Way vg + 10 Ruth Brown I Burned Your Letter Atlantic vg (plays vg +) 10 Carol Fran You Can't Stop Me Port (label stain) vg + 10 Kenny Martin Heart Storm Bigtop vg + 20 Johnny Nash Moment Of Weakness Warner Bros vg (plays vg +) 15 Billy Butler & The Chanters My Heart Is Hurting Okeh vg + 25 Sam Cook Sugar Dumpling RCA vg ++ 15 Maxine Brown Let Me Give You My Loving Wand demo vg + 15 Chuck Carter I Can't Help Myself Brunswick wol vg + Walter Scott Brand New Girl Ivanhoe vg ++ 10 J J Barnes Please Let Me In Ric-Tic vg + 10 Willie Tee Walking Up A One Way Street Atlantic vg (plays vg +) 5 Artistics This Heart Of Mine Okeh vg (plays vg +) 25 Garland Green Girl I Love You Revue vg + 40 The Tymes Here She Comes Cameo Parkway vg ++ 25 Paul Anka I Can't Help Loving You British RCA (74) vg + Bobby Bland Call On Me Duke vg (plays vg +) Classiv Sullivans Paint Yourself In The Corner Kwanza vg + Jo Armstead A Stone Cold Lover Giant wol vg + Jackie Payne I Found Myself (When I Lost You) 1st Flight vg ++ Lou Johnson Unsatisfied BigTop (blue) vg + Linda Jones & The Whatnauts I'm So Glad I Found You Stang vg + Jelly Beans You Don't Mean Me No Good Pye (french picture sleeve) vg ++ 30 Don Covay It's Better To Have (And Don't Need) Mercury vg ++ Bobby Patterson What A Wonderful Night For Love Jetstar vg ++ Marlena Shaw Let's Wade In The Water Cadet (hole) vg + 40 Darrell Banks I'm The One Who Loves You Volt (label shot) vg (plays vg +) 20 Esther Phillips Catch Me I'm Falling Atlantic (british, small tear) vg (plays vg +) Rosco Robinson That's Enough Wand vg ++ Deon Jackson Ooh Baby Carla demo (wol) vg ++ Maurice & The Radiants Baby You've Got It Chess (hole) vg ++ Radiants Hold On Chess (hole) vg ++ Spyder Turner I Can't Make It Anymore MGM (hole) vg ++ Van McCoy Sweet and Easy Share vg + Platters Sweet, Sweet Lovin' Musicor vg ++ Bobby Patterson Sock Some Lovin' At Me Jetstar vg ++ Maurice McCallister Baby Hang On Chess (hole) vg + David Ruffin & Eddie Kendrick I Couldn't Believe It RCA vg ++ Gene Chandler There Goes The Lover Brunswick (hole) vg ++ Ronnie Walker You're The One Phillips (hole) vg ++ O'Jays I Dig Your Act Bell (blue) vg + 10 Ben E King The Record Atco vg + The Tymes What Would You Do MGM demo vg + 30 The Shirelles Last Minute Miricle Scepter (hole) vg + Five Stairsteps Stay Close To Me Curtom vg + Baby Washington Leave Me Alone Sue (hole) vg + 25 J J Barnes Real Humdinger Ric-Tic vg + Roy Hamilton Crackin' Up Over You RCA (orange label) vg + Marvin Smith Who Will Do Your Running Now Mayfield vg ++ 50 Charles Wright Keep Saying (You Don't Love Nobody) Philips vg ++ Du-Ettes Every Beat Of My Heart Mar-V-Lus vg ++ Parliaments Don't Be Sore At Me Rivilot (coloured) vg + Jive Fyve If I Had A Chance To Love You Decca demo vg + 35 Jackie Lee Oh, My Darlin' Mirwood vg + 20 Jimmy Castor Just You Girl Smash vg ++ Mamie Galore It Ain't Necessary St Lawrence vg ++ 10 Ramsey Lewis Wade In The Water Cadet vg + 5 Al Kent The Way You've Been Acting Lately Ric-Tic vg ++ 5 Anthony & The Imperials It's Not The Same Veep demo vg ++ Fantastic Four Can't Stop Looking For My Baby Ric-Tic vg (plays vg +) 30 Madeline Bell Picture Me Gone Philips (hole) vg ++ Fantastic Johnny C Don't depend On Me Phil-L.A. wol vg + Gene Chandler Such A Pretty Thing Checker wol vg ++ 5 Otis Leavill Glad I Met You / Why Why Why Dakar demo vg + 10 Jackie Wilson Nothing But Heartaches Brunswick wol vg ++ 10 Vontastics Never Let Your Love Grow Cold St Lawrence vg + 15 Jackie Wilson I've Lost You Brunswick (hole) vg ++ 10 Gene Chandler & Barbara Acklin From The Teacher to The Preacher Brunswick (hole) vg ++ 10 Moments Nine Times Stang vg ++ 10 Laura Lee To Win Your Heart Ric-Tic vg ++ 30 Williams & Watson A Quitter Never Wins Okeh vg + 15 Vernon Garrett Slow & Easy / Running Out Kent demo vg ++ Billy Butler & The Chanters Nevertheless Okeh vg (plays vg +) The Carltons Ooo Baby Argo vg ++ Al Haskins You Got It Sure-Shot demo vg ++ Intruders All The Time Excel vg + Tony Tyrone Please Operator Atlantic (british, small tear) vg + Jackie Wilson I'm So Lonely Brunswick vg ++ Roni Hill I Wouldn't Give You Up Roulette vg ++ Skip Mahoaney & The Casuals Running Away From Love Abet vg ++ Southside Movement Do It To Me 20th Century demo vg ++ Holland - Dozier New Breed Kinda Woman Invictus demo vg ++ 35 Ace Spectrum Don't Send Nobody Else Atlantic vg + 25 T.S.U. Toronadoes What Good Am I Atlantic vg ++ 25 Barbara Lewis Straighten Up Your Heart Atlantic demo wol vg + 15 Leroy Hutson Love O' Love Curtom vg ++ 10 Jimmy Radcliffe Long After Tonight Is All Over Pye vg + The Whispers Remember Soul Clock (tear) vg + Platters Don't Hear, Speak, See No Evil Musicor vg (plays vg +) Barbara Lynn Take Your Love And Run Atlantic vg + Mary Wells If You Can't Give Her Love (Give Her Up) Reprise demo vg ++ Major Lance Your Everything I Need Osiris vg ++ Continental 4 The Way I Love You Jay - Walking vg ++ 20 Joe Tex Under Your Powerful Love Dial vg ++ Dave Love Colalined Baby Solid Soul vg ++ Kenny Hamber Never Found A Girl PES vg ++ Leone Thomas Thank You Baby DON vg ++ 10 Silk Storm Baby, Don't Say No Pawn demo vg + 20 Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose Too Late To Turn Back Now UA vg + 10 G. Q. Make My Dreams A Reality Arista demo vg + 5 The Voices Of East Harlem Cashing In Just Sunsine vg ++ 25 James Fountain Seven Day Lover Cream (wol) vg + Charles Mann It's All Over ABC (German P/S) wol vg ++ 25 The Poets She Blew A Good Thing Symbol vg (plays vg +) Darrell Banks Open The Door To Your Heart Rivilot (wol) vg + 10 Al Kent You've Got To Pay The Price Ric-Tic vg + Donnie Elbert Run Little Girl Gateway sol vg + 25 Precisions If This Is Love Drew (hole) wol vg (plays vg +) 15 Barbara Mercer Hey Golden World vg+ The Entertains Love Will Turn It Around Steel Town vg++ 20 Superlatives Lonely In A Crowd Westbound vg+ 5 Danny White Cracked Up Over You Decca vg+ 15 Willie Parker Don't Hurt The One You Love M-Pac vg++ Vanguards I Can't Use You Girl Whiz vg++ 10 Jimmy Robbins I Can't Please You Jerhart vg++ 15 Barbara Lynn Your Losing Me Atlantic vg++ 10 Diane Cunningham Someday Baby Fontana demo vg++ 15 Jackie Wilson Whispers Brunswick vg+ 10 Ethics There'll Still Be A Sweet Tomorrow Vent demo vg++ 20 The Enticers Calling For Your Love Cotillion demo wol vg (plays vg +) 10 Phyllis Hyman You Know How To Love Me Arista UK vg++

Hi All Another Northern night in Dubai on Thursday 26th September at Carters Some new faces expected as well as more visitors from Abu Dhabi All are welcome Next pending Abi Dhabi night Thursday 17th October - details to follow I will ask Ollie to do the soul in the sun playlist (apologies to Eddie Edmondson) about the title Jim

Thanks Mike Not to worry I will buy you a pint when you get here!

Love the top 10 from Carty, especially the way it looks like the side of a pyramid on Tezza's reply Just trying to get a few people together who like some good music - met some great new friends already. Thanks for the good wishes from Shimmy 45.- much appreciated. Next events An extra soul night at Carters on Sunday 8th September Abu Dhabi night on 19th September - details to follow - thanks to Gerry and the guys who came over from Abu Dhabi to Dubai last week Carters 26th September All are welcome

Hi Russ Good to hear from you. The northern nights have only been going a few months so early days yet and trying to get known so that crowd builds up. No vinyl at the moment but Ollie is trying to get something arranged with the venue. Lots of northern and Motown played - northern classics and oldies would be most popular - but Ollie will play any requests for all types of northern if he can get it The events are last Thursday of each month Hope to see you soon If you are coming across send a message in advance ( number t the top if needed) Regards Jim

Hi AndreasB Good to see your reply Look forward to meeting you when you come over - See Ollie's earlier post about the Xmas event and special DJ

Update Upcoming northern soul and Motown events at Carters WAFI Mall DUBAI Thursday 29 August Sunday 8 September - extra night - special Fred Perry promotion for Twisted Wheel range Thursday 26 September Anyone getting to the event say hello via Ollie the DJ - sorry Ollie I don't know how to load the NS fist images Special welcome to the guys from Abu Dhabi who hope to travel over on Thursday And then every last Thursday of the month And as Richard said So, if your are here on holiday, working or just passing through, do come and join us !!!! Jim and Sylvia from Droylsden to Dukinfield to Dubai

Thanks for the tip on the soul night in Dubai - generally hard to find a decent music night for our tastes in this part of the world although we have met quite a few people who are into Northern soul. Just managed to find out some more information from the venue manager The next soul/ northern night will be on Thursday 27 June at Carters Bar in Wafi Mall - this will be the 3rd night and the last night had just over 100 people at the venue. They hope to make a regular night on the last Thursday of the month. Giovanni is the manager at Carters Bar and Olly is the DJ - I don't know many details of the music but Giovanni says it is a combination of Motown and Northern Soul - "bring your own tracks if you like" he said. The DJ is currently looking at finding a set of turntables so that he can play vinyl records but may not have this by this week. We will definitely be giving it a visit with a few friends (Peter and Janet - used to go to the Torch, John and Sally (Wigan Casino) plus a few who are generally soul fans (and anyone else we can ripe into it so that it gets the numbers up). We hope it will be a good night. Anyone else on Soul Source who is planning to go give me a call or say hello if you get there - my number is Dubai 055 280 5649 = Jim mobile. Jim and Sylvia Jumeirah Lakes Towers Dubai

Hi Can only agree wholeheartedly re this CD - some tracks wre played by richard searling on his radio show when it was released New favourite each time I play it Current best track would be Dee Dee Warwick kept on talking - gets better every time you play it Jim