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Heads-up and eyes-down for some more 100% originals all in great condition...nothing beaten up! First up a couple of VERY RARE Japanese presses: Hesitations — Is That The Way To Treat A Girl — GWP M- £90 RARE Japanese original press — demo with picture sleeve! Volumes — My Road Is The Right Road — London M- £90 RARE Japanese original press with art sleeve! ************************************** US Originals - label A to Z: Volumes — Gotta Give Her Love — American Arts WD E+ £30 Beautiful copy of this Detroit classic! Montereys - It Hurts Me To - Arwin WD E+ £230 Fabulous and in-demand male group track! Merle Spears - I Want To Know - Atlantic WD vg+ £40 Vinyl has a few marks but plays no problems...sticker on label. Dealers - You Got It - Big Bunny E+ £100 Indemand male group belter! Lou Rawls - Too Much EP - Capitol E- £15 US EP with pic cover (slight H2O mark)...includes Dead End Street Little Beaver — Listen To My Heartbeat — Cat E+ £50 SOLD Fabulous proper 70’s Northern! Bobby Rush — Much Too Much / Sock Boo Ga Loo — Checker D E+ £30 Cracking double-sider…rarer demo! Vontastics - Why Must We Part / I Will Always Love you - Chess D E+ £55 Popular double-sider...rarer demo copy. Jamo Thomas - Must I Holler - Chess WD M- £40 Killer Chicago R'nB Northern...rare one-sided WD. AC Reed - My Babys Been Cheating - Cool E+ £65 Crunching thumping RnB Northern! Roosevelt Grier - Pizza Pie Man - D.Town M- £75 Thumping mid-tempo H.B Barnum production. Tina Britt - You're Absolutely Right / Look - Eastern WD E+ £45 Thumping double-sider...rarer WD. Bobby Jones — Talkin ‘ ‘Bout Jones — Expo WD E- £35 Top notch Chicago mover — rarer WD. Creations - Oh Baby - Globe M- £20 SOLD Fabulous Chicago Soul...both sides Steve Mancha - I Need To Be Needed - Groovesville D M- £20 Rare demo copy! Imperialites - Have Love Will Travel - Imperial E+ £30 SOLD Recommended dancer...love it...great version! O’Jays — Whip It On Me — Imperial WD E- £20 Great Latin Soul dancer Frank Butler - The Love I Need - JV M- £40 Indemand moody mover! Bill St.John — One More Mile — Jet Set M- £30 Rare number on the label — Popcorn/Northern Baltimore & Ohio Marching Band - Condition Red - Jubilee E+ £15 Classic thumper...so good...who hasn't danced to this in their time!?! COD's - I'm A Good Guy / Pretty Baby - Kellmac WD E+ £25 Plays the correct tracks/labels on correct sides! Willie Hatcher - Head Over Heels - King WD M- £25 SOLD Always been popular without major nighter spins Herman H.Harper II - Headed For the Streets - Loadstone M- £25 Always sells quickly...superb 70's dancer! Lou Roberts - Ten To One - MGM D M- £50 Classic underplayed Oldie. Willie Parker - Don't Hurt The One You Love / Salute To Lovers - M.Pac M- £20 Willie Parker - Don't Hurt The One You Love / The Town I Live In - M.Pac M- £20 You need both issues to get the great flip sides! Soul City - I Shot For The Moon - Mercury WD E+ £50 SOLD Superb Northern...same group as on Goodtime! Margie Hendrix — One Room Paradise — Mercury WD E- £50 SOLD Label has a water mark on it otherwise a lovely cop of this Stafford classic Major Lance - Mini LP - Okeh E- £50 Complete with all jukebox strips/pics 6 top tunes: That's What Mama Say Gypsy Woman I'm the One It's Alright Think Nothing About It Little Young Lover Otis Clay - Three Is A Crowd - OneDerful E+ £50 Always indemand...one of the rare ones on this collectible artist/label. Otis Clay — Tired Of Falling In Love — OneDerful WD E+ £25 Lovely mid-tempo…rarer WD Deans - No Not Now - Pannik WD E- £40 Great male group Detroit track...rarer WD copy. Harold Burrage - Say You Love Me - Paso M- £50 Rare RnB...especially in this top condition! Big Joe Turner - Two Loves Have I - Philips French E+ £30 Lovely condition...great track! Sam Cooke - Sugar Dumpling - RCA WD E+ £35 Rare WD plus rarer original picture sleeve! Timmy Shaw - Letter From My Baby - Reel E+ £30 Detroit release for this gritty mover! Freddie Gorman - Take Me Back / There Can be Too Much- RicTic WD E- £25 Detroit classic...flipside is pretty damn good too! Sam Dees - Lonely For You Baby - SSS Int vg+ £375 NOW £330 Plays fine...no hiss or cue burn...has a few marks on the playing surface. Labels have slight ring-wear...but overall a nice copy! Chuck Bernard - Indian Giver - Satellite WD E- £20 Powerful hard hitting Chicago Soul...love it! Ray Pollard - This Time (I'm Gonna be True) - Shrine vg+ £850 SOLD Buyer never paid up, so set selling this to everyone else! Labels: ring-wear...no rips, tears, pen/sticker marks...slight bubbling. Playing surfaces: a few light marks, but nothing serious...plays without cue-burn or hiss. Disc is flat and no styrene pressure crack unlike some copies. Kelly Garrett - Loves The Only Answer - Smash WD E+ £225 Manic stormer...rarer WD. Fuller Brothers - Times A Wasting - Soul Clock E+ £25 All-time classic...super condition vinyl/labels. Jimmy Ruffin — I’ll Say Forever My Love — Soul WD E+ £25 Superb Motown mover. Don Varner - Masquerade - South Camp WD M- £45 Don Varner - The Sweetest Story - South Camp WD M- £30 June Edwards - Heaven Help Me - South Camp WD M- £45 Superb tracks...cult label...all great Northern! 3 Degrees - Drivin' Me Mad - Swan WD E- 35 Rarer and more desirable WD of this fem group killah! Ivy Jo - Sorry Is A Sorry Word - VIP E+ £15 Top notch Motown dancer! Little Willie Jones - You're Welcome To Try - VRC E- £25 Forgotten Stafford spin...was it Guy or Keb on this one?! Cody Black — I Am Particular — Wheelsville E- £150 Styrene has a small pressure crease NAP J.J.Taylor - I'm Not Tired Yet - Yambo M- £25 Original label...original mix...Cross-over magic Counts - Stronger Than Ever - Yes - M- £205 Ex 100 Club favourite...top drawer Blue Eyed Northern. £400 on Manships site. ************************************** ALBUMS: Hesitations - Soul Superman - Kapp E- £80 SOLD Nice clean black label stock copy...sleeve is uncut and has no tears/marks. Vinyl/labels have a few minor marks, but nothing serious. Lou Courtney - Skate Now Shing-A-Ling - Riverside E- £25 Nice clean stock copy...sleeve is uncut and has only minor wear. Vinyl/labels has a few minor marks, but nothing serious. Otis Clay - P.Vine - £50 Includes the previously unissued belter, "I Don't Know What To Do" Vinyl is near mint; sleeve has slight wear; complete with obi and insert sheet. Johnny Sayles - Soul On Fire - P.Vine £50 SOLD Includes the previously unissued thumers, "I'm Satisfied" and "Tell Me Where I Stand". Vinyl is near mint; sleeve has slight wear; complete with obi and insert sheet. McKinley Mitchell - P.Vine £40 Packed with his Chicago recordings! Vinyl is near mint; sleeve has slight wear; complete with obi and insert sheet. Willie & Mighty Magnificents / Willie & West - £20 Two for the price of one - includes "Funky 8 Corners", "The Hurts On You Baby" & "Get Away From me Birl" etc. Sleeve, vinyl, obi strip all E+. PayPal or UK bank transfer Courier P&P £10 per parcel

George Freeman - Down And Out - Valiant 6039 Beautiful purple label stock copy with the gold print...the rarest format for this ultimate Big Beat Ballad Mid-tempo mover! Labels and playing surfaces are all clean with no marks...no distortion or pops...YouTube clip is of the actual disc for sale. £150 (+P&P at cost) PayPal or UK bank deposit. NOW SOLD

Heads-up and eyes-down for some more tasty tunes...100% originals AC Reed - My Babys Been Cheating - Cool E+ £65 Crunching thumping RnB Northern! Frank Butler - The Love I Need - JV M- £40 Indemand moody mover! Soul City - I Shoot For The Moon - Mercury WD E+ £50 Superb Northern...same group as on Goodtime! Major Lance - Mini LP - Okeh E- £50 Complete with all jukebox strips/pics 6 top tunes: That's What Mama Say Gypsy Woman I'm the One It's Alright Think Nothing About It Little Young Lover Harold Burrage - Say You Love Me - Paso M- £50 Rare RnB...especially in this top condition! Big Joe Turner - Two Loves Have I - Philips French E+ £35 Lovely condition...great track! Freddie Gorman - Take Me Back / There Can be Too Much- RicTic WD E- £40 Detroit classic...flipside is pretty damn good too! Chuck Bernard - Indian Giver - Satellite WD E- £20 Powerful hard hitting Chicago Soul...love it! Ivy Jo - Sorry Is A Sorry Word - VIP E+ £15 Top notch Motown dancer! Courier postage is £10 per parcel PayPal or UK bank deposit

Totally indemand Japanese pressed LPs: Frankie Gearing - Frankie - Beale Street - £100 SOLD Japanese only release - Modern Soul classic - rare even over here! Sleeve, obi, info sheet and vinyl all in near mint condition. Peachtree Atlanta Sessions £75 SOLD -incs. Mitty Collier, Jimmy Church and Emory & Dynamics', "Things That A Lady Ain't Supposed To Do", & "Let's Take A Look At Our Life" Sleeve and vinyl are both E+...note this release never came with an obi strip. Otis Clay - P.Vine - £50 Includes the previously unissued belter, "I Don't Know What To Do" Vinyl is near mint; sleeve has slight wear; complete with obi and insert sheet. Johnny Sayles - Soul On Fire - P.Vine £50 SOLD Includes the previously unissued thumers, "I'm Satisfied" and "Tell Me Where I Stand". Vinyl is near mint; sleeve has slight wear; complete with obi and insert sheet. McKinley Mitchell - P.Vine £40 Packed with his Chicago recordings! Vinyl is near mint; sleeve has slight wear; complete with obi and insert sheet. Willie & Mighty Magnificents / Willie & West - £20 Two for the price of one - includes "Funky 8 Corners", "The Hurts On You Baby" & "Get Away From me Birl" etc. Sleeve, vinyl, obi strip all E+. Courier postage is £10 per parcel PayPal or UK bank transfer.

100% originals...most now with reduced prices. Montereys - It Hurts Me To - Arwin WD E+ £250 Fabulous and indemand male group track! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4e-fWqvoME Merle Spears - I Want To Know - Atlantic WD vg+ £50 Vinyl has a few marks but plays no problems...sticker on label. O.V.Wright - Love The Way You Love - BackBeat D E+ £25 ON HOLD Hard driving gritty Northern...super clean demo copy. Dealers - You Got It - Big Bunny E+ £105 Indemand male group belter! Young Holt Unltd. - California Montage - Brunswick YD M- £20 Blackpool Mecca ender...clean demo! Soulful Strings - Burning Spear - Cadet D E- £20 Northern / Rare Groove / Funk...it crosses over all scenes...rare demo. Lou Rawls - Too Much EP - Capitol E- £15 US EP with pic cover (slight H2O mark)...includes Dead End Street Vontastics - Why Must We Part / I Will Always Love you - Chess D E+ £55 Popular double-sider...rarer demo copy. Jamo Thomas - Must I Holler - Chess WD M- £40 Killer Chicago R'nB Northern...rare one-sided WD. Chambers Brothers - I Can't Stand It - Columbia WD M- £65 SOLD So indemand...fantastic Northern bursting through! Halos - Do I / Keep On Loving Me - Congress WD M- £25 Forgotten Oldie...was bootlegged too soon! Leroy & Drivers - You Picked The Wrong Time - Coral D M- £35 Stafford minor spin...his rarest and most Northern track...recommended. Roosevelt Grier - Pizza Pie Man - D.Town M- £80 Thumping mid-tempo H.B Barnum production. Chet McDowell - I Guess You Don't Know - Dart E+ £45 Rare R'n'B rumbler...highly recommended. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_vObdEa1lA Lada Edmund Jr. - The Larue - Decca E+ £425 Original 60's JAPANESE press...plus pic cover...stunning...RARE! Bernie Williams - Baby I Want To Thank You - Del Val E+ £450 So rare...so good...not in all the price guides! Ruby Winters - In The Middle Of A Heartache - Diamond D E+ £20 Her rarest release...big mid-tempo heartbreaker! Rocky Roberts - I Know You'll Come running Back - Dick Charles acetate E- £175 No US or UK release for this Cross-Over killer that builds and builds...recommended. Superlatives - Lonely In A Crowd - Dynamics WD E+ £105 Incredibly rare on a WD...great way to own this killer Detroit double-sider! Tina Britt - You're Absolutely Right / Look - Eastern WD E+ £45 Thumping double-sider...rarer WD. Exotics - I'm Gonna Never Stop Loving You - Excello M- £15 Exotics - Let Me be A Part Of You - Excello D M- £15 Stacy Lane - I'm Out To Win You Over - Excello M- £15 Avons - Since I Met You Baby - Excello M- £15 Kelly Bros. - Sound Of A Cryin' Man - Excello M- £15 Arthur Freeman - Played Out Play Girl - Excello D E+ £20 A luverly bunch in their factory bags...all recommended moovers! Art Freeman - Slippin' Around With You - Fame M- £105 SOLD Near mint black label stocker...stunning! Creations - Oh Baby - Globe M- £20 Fabulous Chicago Soul...both sides Steve Mancha - I Need To Be Needed - Groovesville D M- £20 Rare demo copy...Detroit classic. Mike & Censations - Baby What're You Gonna Do - Highland WD M- £25 LOVE this track...superb clean production mid-tempo beauty...recommended. Imperialites - Have Love Will Travel - Imperial E+ £30 Recommended dancer...love it...great version! Charley Wynn - Action Time - Jim Gem M- £275 Sold a copy last month...this should be a monster...solid Northern! Baltimore & Ohio Marching Band - Condition Red - Jubilee E+ £15 Classic thumper...so good...who hasn't danced to this in their time!?! COD's - I'm A Good Guy / Pretty Baby - Kellmac WD E+ £25 Plays the correct tracks/labels on correct sides! Willie Hatcher - Head Over Heels - King WD M- £25 Always been popular without major nighter spins The Other Ones - The Two Of Us - Knoll M- £205 Popular late Wigan spin that always sounds fresh! Lenis Guess - In My Room - LeGrand WD E+ £30 Sinister stuff...really haunting...beware the slowed down YouTube clips!! Herman H.Harper II - Headed For the Streets - Loadstone M- £25 Always sells quickly...superb 70's dancer! Lou Roberts - Ten To One - MGM D M- £50 Classic underplayed Oldie. Willie Parker - Don't Hurt The One You Love / Salute To Lovers - M.Pac M- £20 Willie Parker - Don't Hurt The One You Love / The Town I Live In - M.Pac M- £20 You need both issues to get the great flip sides! Sherri Taylor & Sammy Ward - Lover - Motown E+ £25 SOLD Superb R'n'B...pink stripes! Otis Clay - Three Is A Crowd - OneDerful E+ £50 Always indemand...one of the rare ones on this collectible artist/label. Tobi Lark - I'll Steal Your Heart - Palmer WD E+ £205 Cracking Detroit dancer - cult artist - cult label - rarer WD! Deans - No Not Now - Pannik WD E- £40 Great male group Detroit track...rarer WD copy. Jades - I Know The Feeling - Poncello M- £150 Stormer...stunning male group vocals! Lee Rogers - Jack The Playboy / Sweet Baby Talk - Premium Stuff #4 E+ £30 Fabulous and recommended Detroit dancer both sides. Sam Cooke - Sugar Dumpling - RCA WD E+ £35 Rare WD plus rarer original picture sleeve! Robert Walker - Stick To Me - RCA WD E+ £25 Forgotten Detroit dancer on a major label...superb! Timmy Shaw - Letter From My Baby - Reel E+ £30 Detroit release for this gritty mover! Sam Dees - Lonely For You Baby - SSS Int vg+ £375 Plays fine...no hiss or cue burn...has a few marks on the playing surface. Labels have slight ring-wear...but overall a nice copy! Kelly Garrett - Loves The Only Answer - Smash WD E+ £225 Manic stormer...rarer WD. Fuller Brothers - Times A Wasting - Soul Clock E+ £25 All time classic...super condition vinyl/labels. Sweet Bobby & Honey Boy - Watch The One Who's Talking - Sound-O-Riffic M- £45 SUPERB...100% RECOMMENDED...Soulful male duet oozing with Soul, brass and chopping guitar! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IymIYVNcRdY Don Varner - Masquerade - South Camp WD M- £45 Don Varner - The Sweetest Story - South Camp WD M- £30 June Edwards - Heaven Help Me - South Camp WD M- £45 Superb tracks...cult label...all great Northern! 3 Degrees - Drivin' Me Mad - Swan WD E- 35 Rarer and more desirable WD of this fem group killah! Little Willie Jones - You're Welcome To Try - VRC E- £25 Forgotten Stafford spin...was it Guy or Keb on this one?! Victoria Williams & J.B.Ledbetter - Show Some Sign - Verve D M- £150 150mph screamer...indemand...clean demo copy. Youngblood Smith - You Can Split - Verve D M- £225 SOLD Stunning condition...total stomper! Charts - Living The Nightlife - Wand D E+ £400 One of the rarest and best Northern tunes on this classic label J.J.Taylor - I'm Not Tired Yet - Yambo M- £25 Original label...original mix...Cross-over magic Counts - Stronger Than Ever - Yes - M- £205 Ex 100 Club favourite...top drawer Blue Eyed Northern. £400 on Manships site ...and a couple of albums: Hesitations - Soul Superman - Kapp E+ £80 Nice clean black label stock copy...sleeve is uncut and has no tears/marks. Vinyl/labels have a few minor marks, but nothing serious. Lou Courtney - Skate Now Shing-A-Ling - Riverside E- £25 Nice clean stock copy...sleeve is uncut and has only minor wear. Vinyl/labels has a few minor marks, but nothing serious. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGic8bkflAA Courier service P&P is £10 per parcel PayPal or UK bank transfer are OK.

Is there a vocal version to Young Holt Unlimited's "Straight Ahead" found on the flipside of "California Montage": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbZSWvEKVfE