slimharpo

I saw Etta James at The Other End club in New York in 1981. I went with a mate Rob Hughes (Ace Records) to buy records and we spent most of the 2 weeks in Downstairs Records! We found out that Etta was on and went to the first show meaning to explore Greenwich Village afterwards. However, after the first show the waitress told us we could stay free for the 2nd show if we carried on drinking!!! Keith Richard turned up at the 2nd show and Bonnie Rait was also there and they both did a song with Etta. I know this is obvious but she was absolutely fantastic. After the show we went back to the dressing rooms and had a chat with her. She was very charming and signed the club flyer for me - attached. Keith Richard signed another one for me but sadly it has faded. I spent about 15 minutes talking to him and honestly he was just like one of the lads. I told him that I saw The Stones in Chester ABC cinema in 1964 and he told me an anecdote about it. I didn't tell him that I only went because Charlie & Inez Foxx were on the same show although I have to admit The Stones were great. On the way out of The Other End (which was a relatively small club) we bumped into Joe Jackson and he signed the flyer after looking who had already signed it he wrote Joe Jackson (was here too). I bought Somthing's Got A Hold On Me on blue UK Pye about the time of release and Etta was always a favourite over the years. In fact the day before I heard she had died I was playing her take on the old standard Fools Rush In which she made sound like it was especially written for her which I suppose she made happen with everything she sang. Also I Sky Plussed the hour long Etta & The Roots Band from the BBC show the other night so that will be a good memory of her too.

Thanks for the plug mate. I do have a very nice Demo in M- condition £20 inc 1st class postage!

All records condition guaranteed. Postage FREE in UK. £1.50 elsewhere. Payment by Paypal GIFT or cheque please. PM me if interested. Drifters - You Got To Pay Your Dues - Atlantis issue (rarer than Demo!) £55 EX bubble in wax at fade out 2/3 minor clicks price inc Recorded Delivery. Jackie Wilson & Linda Hopkins - Say I Do - original orange Brunswick M- & original sleeve! Brilliant dancer. £25 Jackie Wilson - I Believe I'll Love On - UK Coral M- lovely condition Grt R&B dancer £25 Kim Weston - I'm Still Loving You - Tamla Demo lovely condition just a red pen mark around title on label £85 Irma Thomas - What Are You Trying To Do - Imerial Demo brilliant condition £55 Four Tops - Ask The Lonely - Motown EX to M- £10 Sam Cooke - Sugar Dumpling - RCA EX £10 still great! Isley Bros - Work To Do - T Neck M- £8 Bobby Hutton - I've Got A Memory - Philips EX £25 The Velvelettes - He Was Really Saying Something - VIP M- £12 Tami Terrell - I Can't Believe You Love Me - Motown Demo EX £15 Jerry Butler - What's The Use Of Breaking Up - Mercury - EX £6 Junior Parker - I Can't Forget About You - Duke EX very minor tear on label £5 Earl Washington - Wolf Call - Checker Demo M- R&B Inst £12 Hoagy Lands - Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand - Atlantic EX £25 Four Seasons - Beggin' - Philips EX £20 Betty Everett - I Can't Hear You No More - VeeJay M- £10 IvoryJoe Hunter - Don't You Believe Him - Veep Demo £10 nr EX (some would say EX!) very light paper sleeve marks only. Mongo Santamaria - Lady Marmalade - Vaya M- £15 Nova's Nine - Pain - ABC EX £20 Cool Benny - Wobble Cha - Virgo M- £35 Irma Thomas - What Are You Trying To Do - Imperial Demo looks unplayed £50 Arthur Prysock - In The Rain - Rare Old Town Demo M- £20 Roddie Joy - I Want You Back - Parkway Demo Strong VG+ light paper sleeve marks £8 The Emotions - Boss Love Maker - Volt M- £5 B.B. King - I Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way - ABC one scuff mark at beginning that does not affect play, otherwise M- £10 The Sensations - I Wont Be Hurt - red and white Way Out great Impressions style dance track M- £25 Charlie Rich - Dance Of Love/I Can't Go On 2 great sides Smash M- Demo £10 Cheers, Slim

IN EX TO NM CONDITION. THERE IS A SMALL BUBBLE IN THE WAX ON FADE OUT THAT CAUSES 2/3 VERY MINOR CLICKS. £55 INC RECORDED DELIVERY. PAYMENT BY PAYPAL GIFT OR CHEQUE PLEASE

All records condition guaranteed. Postage FREE in UK. £1.50 elsewhere. Payment by Paypal GIFT or cheque please. PM me if interested. Drifters - You Got To Pay Your Dues - Atlantis issue (rarer than Demo!) £70 EX few paper scuffs only Larry Willaims & Johnny Watson - 2 For The Price Of 1/Too Late - Okeh Demo looks VG+ but light marks only both sides play great £40 original sleeve too. SOLD IvoryJoe Hunter - Don't You Believe Him - Veep Demo £10 nr EX (some would say EX!) very light paper sleeve marks only. Mongo Santamaria - Lady Marmalade - Vaya M- £20 Nova's Nine - Pain - ABC EX £20 Cool Benny - Wobble Cha - Virgo M- £40 Irma Thomas - What Are You Trying To Do - Imperial Demo looks unplayed £60 Mr Bloe - Groovin' With Mr Bloe - U.S. DJM - M- £6 Arthur Prysock - In The Rain - Rare Old Town Demo M- £20 Roddie Joy - I Want You Back - Parkway Demo Strong VG+ light paper sleeve marks £10 The Emotions - Boss Love Maker - Volt M- £6 B.B. King - I Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way - ABC one scuff mark at beginning that does not affect play, otherwise M- £10 The Sensations - I Wont Be Hurt - red and white Way Out great track M- £26 Charlie Rich - Dance Of Love/I Can't Go On 2 great sides Smash M- Demo £12 Cheers & Happy New Year Everyone!

Hows about Guys & Gals Tommy Hunt - Loving On The Losing Side -Just played this and it sounds great! Betty Harris -12 Red Roses Spinners - With My Eyes

THE great sax & King Curtis break has to be in Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart plays great vocals from Will Jones & Cornel Gunter. It is really worth checking out - so soulful.

PM me if interested. Payment by Paypal Gift or cheque please. Kim Weston - I'm Still Loving You White Tamla Demo looks unplayed, title has a red felt tip ring around it. £125 inc Special Delivery postage in UK & Signed for elsewhere. Barbara McNair - You're Gonna Love My Baby - Motown. Looks unplayed, label has a black felt tip mark on it. £100 inc Special Delivery postage in UK & Signed for elsewhere. Irma Thomas - What Are You Trying To Do - Imperial Demo Looks Unplayed £65 inc Recorded Delivery Gwen McCrae - 90% of Me Is You Rare UK President Demo Looks Unplayed £20 inc 1st class postage. Jr Walker - Shake & Fingerpop - White/Pink Soul EX £10 inc 1st class postage. B.B. King - I Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way - ABC EX slight RW on label £10 inc 1st class postage. The Sensations - I Wont Be Hurt/Get On Up Mama R/W Way Out M- £30 inc 1st class postage. Mongo Santamaria - Lady Marmalade (great) M- £20 inc 1st class postage. Sam Cooke - Sugar Dumpling - EX £10 inc 1st class postage. Jimmy Delphs - Almos - Karen EX £10 inc 1st class postage. Cheers

I was very lucky to see Otis in The Otis Redding Show at The Liverpool Empire - I still have the programme and the handbill that came with the tickets. On the same show were Sam & Dave, Eddie Floyd, Booker T, Arthur Conley & The Markeys. I still remember it vividly and as good as all the other artists were, Otis did literally stand out physically and by talent, head & shoulders above them all. I particularly remember him doing I've Been Loving You Too Long while playing the piano and there was a bit where the band stopped playing and he stopped singing and the whole theatre was totally silent until he put a finger back on the keyboard to bring everyone back into the song. WONDERFUL. I lived in Wrexham at the time and did not have transport and me and the missus got a train back to Chester and hitched back to Wrexham with a lift who took us right to our door! It seems like it was a totally different universe then!

Thanks for the plug Phil. Somebody should buy it!

All records condition guaranteed. Postage £1 any amount in UK. £1.50 elsewhere. Payment by Paypal GIFT or cheque please. PM me if interested. IvoryJoe Hunter - Don't You Believe Him - Veep Demo £10 nr EX (some would say EX!) very light paper sleeve marks only. Mongo Santamaria - Lady Marmalade - Vaya M- £20 Roddie Joy - I Want You Back - Parkway Demo Strong VG+ light paper sleeve marks £10 The Emotions - Boss Love Maker - Volt M- £5 Gene Chandler & Barbara Acklin - Teacher To The Preacher Rare Brunswick Demo in M- condition £12 B.B. King - I Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way - ABC one scuff mark at beginning that does not affect play, otherwise M- £10 George Duke - I Want You For Myself (one of my all time favourite modern soul dance tracks with Lynn Davis on vocals) Epic Demo same song both sides £12 The Sensations - I Wont Be Hurt - red and white Way Out great track M- £25 Charlie Rich - Dance Of Love/I Can't Go On 2 great sides Smash M- Demo £12 JACKIE Moore - Both Ends Against The Middle - Atlantic £20 Jesse Fisher - Your Not Loving A Beginner - Multi Way Out M- £75 Roy Brown - Baby It's Love - Gert Strong VG light marks only £30 Joe Moore - I Aint - Verve Demo EX £15 Lulu Reed - Lovin' - Argo M- £25 Gwen McCrae - 90% Of Me Is You - UK President Demo M- £20 Jimmy Delphs - Almost - Karen EX £20 Sam Cooke - Sugar Dumpling - RCA EX £12 Spinners - I Just Want To Fall In Love - Atlantic Demo M- £30 Arthur Prysock - In The Rain - Old Town Demo M- £15 The Moonglows - You've Chosen Me - RCA Demo M/S M- £5 Black Ice - Blind Over You - HDM M- £5Mr Bloe - Groovin' With Mr Bloe - U.S. DJM M- £5 Junior Parker - I Can't Forget About You - Duke EX great £5 Tommy Ridgley - I Can't Wait Any Longer - Hep Me EX £8 Billy Paul - Me & Mrs Jones - UK Epic M- £5 Creative Source - Pass The Feelin' On - Polydor M- £5 Chuck Jackson - Lovelights - All Platinum M- £6 Cheers, Slim

I have it on Lu Pine 801 with I Tried on the flip but it has also come out on Tru Sound with a different flip and possibly re-recorded? Also has the Lu Pine issue been booted/reissued? Ta

That's precisely why I prefer the Bessie Banks Pete. It's raw and spontaneous which is often a key element of many great soul tracks, no multiple retakes and 'cleaning' up that squeezed out any rawness from most of the UK 60s releases. 'No ad libs, screams, wrong notes, mixed up vocals etc in UK pop/attempts at soul. A great U.S example of spontaneity is Brook Benton & Dinah Washington 2 top stars who completely messed up Rockin' Good Way at one point but made it even better by leaving it in the final issue! I can think of others but no similar U.K examples, but no doubt you will!

All records condition guaranteed. Postage FREE in UK. £1.50 elsewhere. Payment by Paypal GIFT or cheque please. PM me if interested. IvoryJoe Hunter - Don't You Believe Him - Veep Demo £15 nr EX (some would say EX!) very light paper sleeve marks only. Mongo Santamaria - Lady Marmalade - Vaya M- £30 Billy Stewart - Look Back And Smile - Chess M- 8 SOLD Roddie Joy - I Want You Back - Parkway Demo Strong VG+ light paper sleeve marks £15 Drifters - Drip Drop - Atlantic Reissue M- £8 SOLD The Emotions - Boss Love Maker - Volt M- £8 Gene Chandler & Barbara Acklin - Teacher To The Preacher Rare Brunswick Demo in M- condition £15 B.B. King - I Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way - ABC one scuff mark at beginning that does not affect play, otherwise M- £10 The Intruders - A Nice Girl Like You - UK PIR strong VG+ sol £5 SOLD Joe Turner - Boogie Woogie Country Girl (incredible) - Atlantic strong VG+ light marks only plays great £12 George Duke - I Want You For Myself (one of my all time favourite modern soul dance tracks with Lynn Davis on vocals) Epic Demo same song both sides £15 The Sensations - I Wont Be Hurt - red and white Way Out great track M- £30 4 Seasons - Beggin' - 4 Seasons M- A reissue and a superior cut to the original IMO, handclaps up in the mix! £10 Temptations - Aiming At Your Heart - Gordy M- £8 Charlie Rich - Dance Of Love/I Can't Go On 2 great sides Smash M- Demo £18 Cheers, Slim

Sorry Tony but the Moody Blues was a typical UK bland, note for note attempt on quality Soul stuff regularly being issued by UK artists at the time, hoping very few people would get to hear the original. And they were right, few ever did because of the stranglehold 'Tin Pan Alley' had on the radio playlists at the time. It was only possible to hear obscure soul on the pirate stations, if you could receive them, which was very difficult where I lived, in the welsh mountains. Nevertheless, I bought Bessie Banks 'blind' and it oozed soul then and still does, whereas The M.B. version is a pleasant oldies radio filler. Georgie Fame did at least 'know' his Soul and was very good live ( I saw him in the Tamla Motown tour of 65) but didn't usually hit it on vinyl for me, EXCEPT for his version of Last Night (the flip of 'Sitting') which I should have put on my list!

Carol King is a dreary dirge I think. I did feel guilty about Mary Wells. I saw her in a Toronto night club, The Speakeasy, in 1987 with a couple of dozen others and I thought she was great. Plus I got to hear Cecil Womack, her husband at the time, sing solo! What a voice he had.

A few IMO; Original First Edition (Kenny Rogers) Just Dropped In. Cover Betty Lavette Original Barbara Lewis - Hello Stranger. Cover Capitols Original Mary Wells You Beat Me To The Punch. Cover Alpha Zoe Original Isaac Hayes Shaft. Cover 20th Century Steel Band!! Original Timi Yuro What's The Matter Baby. Cover LJ Reynolds Original Eddie Floyd Never Found A Girl. Cover(s) Al Green & Esther Phillips Original Carol King Too Late. Cover Bill Deal - rousing typical Bill Deal treatment. Original Wilson Pickett If You Need Me. Cover Solomon Burke

Mine was 1964 maybe early 65. I used to buy the Record Mirror which was great for Soul about then. In the ads there was a list available from Crown Records in the USA. My knowledge of soul and R&B was limited to what was issued in the UK. When it arrived the list was of Crown LP's and you could buy 2 for one so I sent off to L.A. for a John Lee Hooker and a mate bought a Brook Benton. To this day I always wonder where I got the dollars from. They must have been fairly cheap because I was earning next to nothing at the time and I lived in a small village in the Welsh mountains. Anyway the LPs were disappointing, very early stuff not full of tracks like Boom Boom. Dimples etc which I was expecting! Anybody beat this?

Condition guaranteed my EX is close to M-. 1st class Postage FREE in UK £1.50 elsewhere. Payment by cheque or Paypal GIFT please. Recorded extra. PM me if interested. Cheers. Buster Brown - Don't Dog Me Woman - Fire great R&B dance EX 10 Tammi Terrell - I Can't Believe You Love Me - Motown Demo with B side EX 25 Gwen McCrae - 99% Of Me Is You rare UK President Demo M- 30 The Velvelettes - Really Saying Something - VIP EX 20 Tammi Lynn - I'm Gonna Run Away From You - Cotillion Demo M/S M- 30 withdrawn? Del Vikings - Bring Back Your Heart - ABC Demo M- 25 Temptations - I Couldn't Cry If I Wanted To - Gordy M- 10 Chi Lites - Living In The Footseps Of Another Man - Brunswick M- 15 James Brown - Dooley's Junkyard Dogs Long/Short versions- Polydor M- 8 Ruth Brown - Sugar Babe - UK President M- 5 Mildred Clark - Cant Change Myself - ABC 5 Alvin Cash - Party Time - Seventy Seven - EX 10 Prince La La - Getting Married Soon - AFO sml tear on lbl EX 10 grerat N.O. dancer Shades Of Blue - Happiness - Impact Demo sml felt tip mark on lbls and v small tear on flip vinyl M- 15 Shades Of Blue - With This Ring - Impact EX 12 Marlena Shaw - Mercy Mercy Mercy/Go Away Little Boy - Cadet EX 8 Percy Sledge - Baby Help Me - Atlantic 10 Isley Bros - Work To Do - T Neck M- 15 Bobby Hutton - I've Got A Memory - Blue Rock with sleeve EX 30 Carl Douglas - Crazy Feeling - Okeh Demo M- 20 Sweet Inspirations - Atlantic 4 track Promo EP inc Watch The One Who Brings You The News sleeve has slight wear at top, vinyl M- 12 Bull Moose Jackson - Aw Shucks Baby 7 Arts R&B M- 12 Jimmy Delphs - Almost - Karen Ex great 15 Sam Cooke - Sugar Dumpling - RCA EX 15 Little Johnny Taylor - Somewhere Down The Line - Galaxy M- 20

Hasn't Bob Cattaneo left this mortal coil? I used to buy records from him in the 70s but heard some time ago that he had died?

Whiskey Heaven - Fats Domino Goin' Where The Lovin'Is - Jimmy Radcliffe & When The Party Is Over - Robert John

This autograph is Ronnie Spector who was in the audience at a doo wop show in a club in New York in 1982. She was GORGEUS! In the show were Randy & The Rainbows who did the original version of Denise covered by Blondie, The Capris, The Mystics, The Harptones (A Sunday Kind Of Love) but best of all were The Jive Five with Eugene Pitt who oozed class.

Ruth Brown in NY 1990, Clips from the show were on YouTube. I've also got Johnny Adams from the same show and the great Charles Brown

Garland Green * Ray Pollard

My Jackie Wilson on a Lonely Teardrops EP.