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I sold it to Pete. Glad it went down well. In addition to the Dells version the Laura Lee outing is also great although not as upbeat. More soulful perhaps.

I grade very carefully and do not sell ‘knackered’ discs as VG+. Postage £1.50 in UK any amount. 1st Class Rec Delivery for items over £50 is free. £4 Europe. £5 elsewhere. Payment by Paypal GIFT or cheque please. PM me if interested Baby Washington — Leave Me Alone — Sue EX £30 one or two very small marks only NAP Young Jessie —I’m A Lovin’ Man — Mercury M- with company sleeve. £60 The Fantastics — That One — Copa M- £110 Holly Maxwell — Only When You’re Lonely — Constellation Demo Def Original stamped M- £60 Dee Clark — That’s My Girl — Constellation M- £45 Bobby Hendricks — Let’s Get It Over — CUB Demo original label EX £20 The Capitols — Tired Of Running From You/We Got A Thing.. Karen EX £12 Gene Austin _ The Whip — Tec M- £10 Betty Everett — Nothing I Wouldn’t Do/In Your Arms — ABC Demo M- swol £30 The Escorts — The Hurt — RCA M- £20 Junior Wells — That Will Hold Me — Bright Star Uptempo R&B vinyl has a ‘dull’ look to it but is M- and plays great £8 Gayle Adams — Baby I Need Your Loving — Prelude Demo M- £20 4 Seasons — Beggin’ — Philips Pic Sleeve Mod dance classic M- £25 Robin Rice — I’ve Had It — Crackerjack Demo my fave version EX swol £60 Debbie Taylor — Just Don’t pay — Arista Demo M- £35 Thanks For L@@king

I know who you mean Joe, BUT despite being a technophobe he does have a fantastic record collection!!

Who's Joe Torquay? It's Joe from Torquay! And I'm not trying to be a smartarse. He now lives nr Wrexham & Joe Dunlop. His ebay ID is amymalabell and his auctions are usually wellwortha look.

I grade very carefully and do not sell ‘knackered’ discs as VG+. Postage £1.50 in UK any amount. Rec Delivery for items over £50 is 90p extra. £4 Europe. £5 elsewhere. Payment by Paypal GIFT or cheque please. PM me if interested Clyde McPhatter — Everybody Loves A Good Time — Amy VG plays loud with v little surface noise £5 Donald Height — Talk Of The Grapevine — Shout EX £30 Travis Wammack — Scratchy — Ara Yellow Issue EX SRW £10 Truman Thomas — After Loving You — Veep Demo EX £8 Ben E King — Let The water Run Down — Rare Atco Demo EX Great £10 The Fantastic Johnny C — Got What You Need — Phil L.A. M- with Co Sleeve £5 Betty Everett — Nothing I Wouldn’t Do — ABC Demo M- swol £30 Jomo — Hanging Out — Checker EX Mod Inst £8 Johnnie Taylor — Rome — Sar M- Great £25 The Raelets — One Room Paradise — Tangerine Looks VG plays EX £8 Arthur Conley — Where You Lead Me — Jotis VG+ slight marks plays fine £6 Henry Lumpkin — Don’t Leave Me — Motown VG+ fine lines only plays great £8 Great Popcorn R&B The O’Jays — Whip It On Me Baby- Imperial M- £10 Eli’s Second Coming — Love Chant — Silver Blue Modern Philly Dancer M- £5 Mark Johnson — The Beautiful Place — Diamond M- £8 Roscoe Shelton — My Best Friend — Battle dancer M- £15 Jimmy Bee — Wanting You — Kimberley original label M- £15 Ruth McFadden — Ghetto Woman — Gamble Demo M- £8 Johnnie Taylor — Rome — Sar M- £20 Johnnie Taylor — Oh How I Love You — Sar Dancer M- £15 Hank Ballard — From The Love Side — Polydor M- £10 Mickey & Soul Generation — Iron Leg — Maxwell Demo M- £30 The Escorts — The Hurt — RCA M- £20 Junior Wells — That Will Hold Me — Bright Star Uptempo R&B vinyl has a ‘dull’ look to it but is M- and plays great £8 Jr Walker — Anyway You Wannta — Soul M- £6 Al Kent — Ooh Pretty Lady — Ric Tic great inst of that era M- £10 The Tams — Shelter — ABC M- £8 Lester Young — Barefooting |Time In Chinatown — Barry Demo M- £12 Gayle Adams — Baby I Need Your Loving — Prelude Demo M- £25 4 Seasons — Beggin’ — Philips Pic Sleeve Mod dance classic M- £25 Robin Rice — I’ve Had It — Crackerjack Demo my fave version EX swol £60 Fantastic Johnny C — Got What You Need — Phil L.A. M- £5 Ben E King — Let The Water Run Down — Atlantic Demo EX £10 Truman Thomas — After Loving You — Veep Demo M- £10 Little Milton — Judst A Little Bit — Checker cracking version M- £6 Henry Lumpkin — Don’t Leave Me — popcorn R&B — Motown £8 Debbie Taylor — Just Don’t pay — Arista Demo M- £35 Thanks For Looking

Updated - Embers SOLD - Thanks Soul Source

Meanwhile back at the decks. 3 45s issued in the UK in the R&B 'era' Slim Harpo - Shake Your Hips John Lee Hooker - I'm Leaving Guitar Red - Just You & I 3 U.S. ones E Rodney Jones - R&B Time (couldn't resist it ) The Utopians - Aint No Such Thing Luther Thomas - Upset The Town

You got a Hotline to Soul Heaven then Pete?

Gradings as per Soul Source guide. No quibble return in rare event of not being satisfied. Postage £1.50 in UK any amount. Rec Delivery for items over £50 is 90p extra. £4 Europe. £5 elsewhere. Payment by Paypal GIFT or cheque please. PM me if interested The Embers — Watch Out Girl — MGM Issue VG+ plays great light marks only £100 Bobby Adams — You Got Next To Me Baby — Pilma VG+ light marks only plays virtually M- £35 Hard to find. Ray Sharpe — Help Me — Atco M- £30 sml bubble at edge of record does not affect intro in any way just being totally accurate. The Hesitations — Is This The Way To Treat A Girl — GWP M- Slight Ring Wear on label. £70 Little Carl Carlton — Competition Aint Nothing — Back Beat VG plays great £10 Debbie Taylor — Just Don’t Pay — Arista M- £40 The Raelets — One Room Paradise — Tangerine VG+ £10 Sounds Inc — On The Brink — Liberty Demo VG++ £35

Hi Robb. I.ve had a look at the CD booklet. It just says MB was brought to Juggy by Bob Bateman and describes how the song was written. Listening to the record it sounds very much like a Detroit recording, that has to be Benny Benjamin on drums? I am not an expert though. There has long been speculation as to whether Marjorie Black was a pseudonym for someone else, even one of the Soul Sisters. I found this entry on a blog not long ago re who was Marjorie Black. 'As far as I know this is my dad's little sister. Back in the day she preformed by the names Marjorie Black, Mary Black or Mary Johnson. Again... I am not sure but if this is my aunt, I was told her biggest selling 45 was "These Tears" by Mary Johnson. It sold over 500.000 singles'.

I saw the show in the ABC Chester. There were so few there that the compere came out and asked those in the cheap seats at the back (me and my mate) to move to the front and clap our hands! The show was great and every artist gave their all. Fancy Martha Reeves kicking off with Nowhere To Run. Stevie Wonder did a duet with his manager at the time, Clarence Paul. The Miracles included Claudette and the highlight for me was Smokey on his knees singing Ooh Baby Baby. Soul Sam then known as Martin Barnfather was at the show with mates whom I also knew and they gave us a lift home as my mate and I had no money to pay for a train/bus!

Further to London2013 post, I have just seen your post too. I was at The Otis Redding Show at The Empire, Liverpool. The Stax/Volt show in all but name. A whole 7/6 to get in! I still have the programme and the flyer that was sent with the tickets which in effect was a mini poster for the show. I can send you scans if you are interested.

Me again. After last post I remembered I have the 4CD Sue Records Story issued on EMI about 20 years. A great compilation with a superb booklet containing info, photos and label discgraphies. Sure enough it had One More Hurt on there and it is the Demo version with Marjorie's voice upfront! What is even better is that Mike Terry's bass sax is up there too. Heaven!

Thanks for that. I had always thought that Marjorie's voice was 'buried' by the backing but I love the backing esp Mike Terry's burbling sax, my issue is a good quality actually with a loud volume to it. However, I will have to try and get the Demo as well because you are right, MB's voice is great and deserves to be to the fore, then I can play one after the other for the best of both worlds!

There is a MB Demo for sale on Ebay with a sound clip. I just clicked on it just to hear it while surfin'. I was surprised to hear what I think might be a different take or mix. Marjorie's voice is far more prominent on the Demo clip than on my issue where the band, particularly Mike Terry is very much to the fore front. It might be my computer speakers or my imagination but can anyone else hear a difference?

OK Pete. We'll leave it at that.

OOoohh. From your previous excellent inputs into this site I thought you might be a bit more scholarly in your reply Pete. 'Smartarse' seems a bit trite. Have I hit a raw nerve?

If an EX doesn't have any noise on it, what will an EX+ have?

Hi. I have experienced the very same problems which prompted me to start this thread. Since when were records play graded only? Visual grade is important to me too and I think dealers should visually grade and if the play grade is better or worse the should note this in the listing. Not too hard is it?

Gradings as per Soul Source guide for you to refer to. No quibble return in rare event of not being satisfied. Postage £1.50 in UK any amount. Rec Delivery for items over £50 is 90p extra. £3.50 Europe. £4.50 elsewhere. Payment by Paypal GIFT or cheque please. PM me if interested The Fabulous Emotions — Number One Fool — Nico (original label) VG+ condition, light hair marks only plays virtually M- £70 Al Kent Orch — Finders Keepers — Ric Tic still a great Northern inst M- £12 Gayle Adams — Baby I Need Your Loving — Prelude Demo M/S M- £30 Jr Walker — Anyway You Wannta — Soul M- 310 The 4 Seasons — Beggin’ _ Philips Pic Sleeve EX/M- £30 Clarence Wheeler & Enforcers — Doin’ What I Wanna — Atlantic Demo M- £10 Ray Bryant — Up Above The Rock — Cadet Demo M- £100

As stated above, pretty much all of their stuff is worth getting. However, having bought Little Latin Lupe Lu as a new release and still play it, that is for me my favourite. At the time it was just so different from anything else and you never heard it on the radio so I bought it blind going by my trusted method that names like Righteous Brothers, Jr Walker & All Stars etc would not be bland and British. It still sounds incredible, how they get from controlled to hysteria in just over 2 minutes. Then when I heard Lovin' Feeling for the first time, I was blown away. Cilla Black's 'version' was already out and climbing the charts but thankfully for once class told and the Bros had the bigger hit. The story of this song was on TV not long ago, 10 All Time Biggest Sellers (I think) and Cynthia Weil described the writing of the song and said that they took it to Phil Spector telling him that they were stuck for a 'bridge' between verses and Spector came up with the 'OhOh Whoah Woah'. Barry Mann was appalled apparently and didn't want such a trite phrase included in one of his songs but eventually went ahead with it, it became the hook for the song and the rest is history. Cynthia Weil said she thanks Phil Spector everynight for his intervention as it paid for the house she was now sitting in!

Hi. But you can follow up if you want to as you have a clear grading system to refer to in the U.S not the apparent plethora of grades you can get in the U.K. And if I might arselick Swifty this does not apply to your listings/gradings.

Personally I find US sellers to be far more accurate and consistent regarding the vinyl grading of records when selling. They invariably tend to use the Goldmine grading system and very rarely have I had to return anything that has not matched their grading. This is particularly true of dealers. However, in the UK it seems far more inconsistent to me. Each seller/dealer seems to use their own grading system and there is no independent means of checking their accuracy. Even on Soul Source sellers rarely seem to use the system suggested by SS. In my experience anything graded below EX+ (whatever that is) and even that have significant marks on the vinyl and VG (very good remember) is usually knackered. However to many collectors the state of the vinyl is an important consideration when buying the record. The SS grading system is simple and easy to follow as is the ‘bible’ Record Collector system. A fair number of dealers use systems outside these without providing a matrix to explain what they mean. I have seen gradings on SS Sales that include VG Vg + Vg++ VG+++ E- E E+ E++ M- M sometimes in the same listing. What is the difference between these?!! To my mind it would be helpful if sellers/dealers stated what grading system they were using in their listings. At the very least it would then give buyers some confidence when ordering so that they can refer to the grading system if there is a problem. Anyone have the same issue or am I just being an anal vinyl nerd? OK I am

I think you jumped in feet first mate. I was supporting your post and suggesting that Lennon/McCartney were nearly as good as the the people I mentioned but I wasn't trying to start an argument. I happen to agree with you regarding Gamble & Huff and Leiber & Stoller (my favourites) and any of the other songwriting duos mentioned. They're all great!