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Black And White Affair Sweet Soul Lady C/w Until The Real Thing Comes Along Dead-right for today’s funkier club atmosphere. Check out this deliciously rare double helping of Seattle, Washington state Soul. Rhythmic horns lay the path for a JB inspired lead vocalist to sway his way through this beefed up “Who’s That Lady” style arrangement. Taste change, style evolve in this ever-changing rare soul scene, this is the sound of the moment for so may DJ’s and we feel this carries gigantic potential for someone to promote what is an obvious winner. The flip will please old-school Deep Soul fans - as the tempo drops to it’s knees and the horns drag a tortured trough for a pained vocal to fall into.. Seattle is something of a “Soul Dessert” but this 45 re-ignites my belief everywhere in the USA has made a gem of a tune at some point in time. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 125.00 Edwin Starr You're My Mellow C/w My Kind Of Woman an AUTOGRAPHED copy. In the end this larger than life artist became a UK resident, as the British public warmed not only to his pulsating dance music through the decades but also his electrifying stage presence, that graced most every noteable Northern Soul club throughout Britain, establishing as Northern Soul favourite son. Before you today is a double-helping of Northern Soul from the golden era of Ric Tic and real-deal Northern. Top side is a thumping classic-style backdrop inducing stormer - flip it over for a classy mid-tempo groove oozing all the qualities that lifted Ric Tic to an idolized label during the early 70s. The reason for this being auctioned, is the genuine instantly recognizable autograph adorning the “Mellow” side. An enticing piece of NS history of this sorely missed man who sadly passed away, 10 years since. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 174.00 Vala Regan & The Valarons Fireman C/w Living In The Past It’s the Gang From New York yet again! Herb Bernstein penchant for the slick girl-sound raisdes it’s head again. Working within Bob Crewe’s creative team, Herb writes, arranges & produces both sides of this Northern Soul double-up. With assistant G. Weston (who also participated in the Laine Hill - New Voice venture) crafting two real winner Topside has been a classic spin since the embryonic days of the scene in the mid-60s uplifting, bouncy dance production saturated in the feel-good factor. Flip it over and the production takes a turn towards lush, slick and beautiful with an enchanting mid-tempo groove, that Barbara Banks also covered. Two great songs in a very elusive clothes, this 1966 UK press has two perfect labels, Mint - vinyl, really superb flawless condition. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 221.00 Ernie King & Los Fabulous Festivals Can I Change My Mind Phew! We are rescued from the mediocrity of Mick Hucknall’s musical-plagiarism by a 1969 New Wave SOUL from Panama Taken a listen to captivating vocal-group version of the Tyrone Davis classic! Ernie King & his Los Fabulous Festivals take Barry Despenza & Cal Wolfolk lyrics, incorporate the basics of Willie Henderson’s original production and carve out a fabulous Northern Soul 45 from a country where EVERY record is rare, let alone a weird street-level flipside sung in English. It took 33 years to build the Panama Canal, may we suggest it would take a similar amount of time to find another copy of this instant dancefloor pleaser. LOVE IT! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 261.00

Register Celebrites I Choose You Baby Vocal & Instrumental One of the highly esteemed Detroit trophies so very few can boast of owning. An automatic choice for the likes of Soul Sam etc. when he’s doing a proper-solid Northern Soul set, as this ripples with everything we love about DETROIT! Full production incorporating remorseless silky horns, constant dance rhythm all laying down a raft of sound for some glorious male vocals to soak into. Strong lead is elevated by that greatest sound a Northern Soul tune can be decorated with, the high-pitched chorus, “I choose you Baaaaaaaaaby!” is the perfect icing on this big fat uncompromising cake. DETROIT NORTHERN SOUL at it’s most-compelling! This copy is MINT in every way. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 1,771.00 Patience Valentine If You Don't Come (you Better Call) An immaculate PROMO of this benchmark Northern Soul R&B Monster! A dominant Sister performance as she lays down the law with her defiant style. A relentless production just pumps out pure early 60s dance rhythm that has set the Northern Soul floors alight for near two decades now. So when a MINT copy of this 1961 Los Angeles rarity comes up for sale, do not pass by - a finer copy will never come to market. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 361.00 Herb Ward Honest To Goodness C/w If You Got To Leave Me rare ORANGE STOCK copy. Before USA imports littered the streets of Britain the Northern Soul classic was discovered and first played on the scene from the 1970 UK album release “FUNKYBOTTOM CONGREGATION” Later of course the 45 became the format we would strive to own - then the RCA stock copy fanatics it the seldom witnessed STOCK copy was the ultimate goal. Today, we may cause even more interest when you hear the neglected flipside. Wow! what a tune an mighty burning piece of Northern Soul guided by the Philly genius Thom Bell. Dare I say, today, this side sounds even better than the anthem A-side we have become so used to. We predict a possible second lease of life for this impressive double hitter that would perhaps have been lovingy filed along with all those highly coveted RCA stockers. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 313.00 Earl Van Dyke And The Soul Brothers All For You C/w Too Many Fish In The Sea HOW A LEGEND WAS BORN You are witnessing the ONLY known copy of the UNISSUED 1965 USA Soul 35009. “All For You” is a massive statement to the hotshot keyboard brilliance of the man and a MOD/Northern Soul classic that carries incalculable importance for the USA Motown label collector. The history is; this acetate came to the UK along with the Motown Revue Tour and their legendary 1965 “Ready Steady Go” on which Earl Van Dyke swaggered through his instrumental repertoire. Listen to the 7” Original HITSVILLE acetate mix PBMN-0391-DH5 a cleaner richer direct cut mix that instantly catches the ear. Flipside is the AC-LG-118317 mix of “Too Many Fish In the Sea” The acetate never went back to Detroit as it should have done and was consequently forgotten. Whilst British EMI released it on Tamla Motown TMG506 and later in 1970 TMG759 to meet the Northern Soul demand created by club play and his “Six By Six” Thus a legend was born - to this day, we know of nobody who owns or has seen SOUL 35009 as a 45. If this Detroit “Hitsville” cut acetate had not taken that journey to England on a one-way-ticket in1965, the outcome, could well have been different for ghost that is - Soul 35009. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 1,014.00

Ray Pollard This Time (i'm Gonna Be True) C/w No More Like Me SHRINE TIME - in the finest possible condition. To witness Shrine records in this rarely seen state is a joy. Full red flame logo blazing against the electric blue background the label layout, typeset sets the pulse racing as you just hope the vinyl will compliment it. Total joy! The vinyl is flawless also, not a blemish. Sound of these to back-to-back wonders is perfect! So listen to a Soul artist who possessed the power to move hearts of grown men and make ladies weak at he knees. The five-card trick is complete. 1. perfect condition 2. two great sides 3. Ray Pollard’s vocal. 4. it’s SHRINE 5. it could be yours.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 1,466.00 Lovelace Watkins Dreams Island, Popcorn & Northern Soul! All three scenes are chasing this sultry big vocal Beat Ballad, flowing from the pen of the mysterious Rudy “One In A Million” Clark who wrote just tons of great Northern Soul tunes, but there is hardly anything known about him. But we do know so much about this artist! Charismatic in the extreme with the stage presence fitting for the huge star he was, playing all the big theaters worldwide, Lovelace Watkins was a tough act to follow, so witness his stage prowess recreated in the studio. A struttin’ vocal tears into Rudy Clark’s song produced by the great Henry “Juggy” Murray, there cab be only one result, just stand back and let the man’s immense guttural vocal glide it’s way into your heart. Listen and you’ll be left in no doubt why the world’s three most active 60’s Soul collecting scenes are all a-wanting this tune. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 129.00 Wendy Rene 8" By 10" For the collectors of these promo glossy artist picture - this is a very hard one to find! In 1966 a British university student from Reading, Herts hitch-hiked across America, driven by his burning interest in Soul & R&B which took him to Memphis and Stax Records. Upon arriving at 926 East McLemore Avenue, he recollects how greeted by Jim Stewart with open arms and kindness; Jim gave him an arm full of Stax 45s, and some glossy artist 8 by 10 photos. This one in particular is highly desirable and seldom seen. Wendy Rene aka Mary Frierson withdrew from the music industry after working as studio backing recordings for Rufus Thomas etc. Releasing two vocal group recording within two guy two men team The Drapels; and just 3 impressive Stax solo releases, to concentrate on The Church and choir singing. A great loss to Memphis and Soul music in general; when you listen to her heart-moving “After The Laughter” or her equally gut-wrenching “Reap what You So” you realize what an immense talent this lady was. then nearly 50 years on she gains USA nationwide recognition, when most of America heard her Northern Soul classic “Bar-B-Q” for the first, when CHILLI’S Mexican Restaurant chain used it as their backing track for TV adverts. Now Wendy Rene’s work is illuminating You Tube and people are seeking out all her music. Here now is perhaps the very 1st time most-all of us have been able to put a face to that incredible vocal. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 41.00

Billy Butler & The Enchanters It Does'nt Matter (unissued) C/w Lady Love Seeking solitary exclusive recordings to enhance your DJ set? Prepare yourself for something very special indeed from the renown publishing company Jalynne. Billy Butler’s very first recordings.. An UNISSUED 1963 Chicago session with all the main men in attendance. Both sides written by Billy Butler, arranged by Johnny Pate, produced by Carl Davis, with the immortal Curtis Mayfield co-writing the flip. So ease back and enjoy the impressive soundfile this unique 10” studio acetate reveals as it captures the masters-at-work with 5 guys who are so smooth, it’s untrue. Topside was recorded and released by the highly regarded girl-group The Opals - Okeh 7188 in the same year, their rarest 45 of the three they released for the label, before you now is the original Billy Butler version. As the 18 year old writer of the record he and his high school buddies Errol Batts, John Jordan, Jesse Tilman & Alton Howell; Billy and the Enchanters roll out a infinitely better version of the song - that just screams classy-Northern Soul! Flip it over for another William Butler composition “Lady Love” which was issued on Okeh 7178 with “Found True Love” as the flip - being preferred to “It Doesn’t Matter” This acetate offers up two utterly fabulous examples of Chicago Northern Soul from the beginnings of the City’s Golden Era of Soul, from a production gathering that was to give-up countless cutting-edge recordings that would help mold the Northern Soul scene into what is is today. The topside being a One-Off opens up a huge opportunity for a DJ to puff his chest out in the knowledge he’s spinning something nobody else can… Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 345.00 Miracles The Man In You Seriously RARE 1964 British Red & White DEMO of this Miracles non-hit. Presented here as the seldom seen and highly desirable demo, with a red X on a-side label, still hugging it’s original company sleeve and looking just gorgeous. No need to underline just how hard these Motown British Stateside’s Red & White’s are to secure… we’ve all been chasing them most of our lives… haven’t we. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 53.00 Tony Middleton Paris Blues as the day it left the pressing plant in 1966 this Northern Soul Beat Ballad anthem is pristine! It was the fashion in the 70s especially within the Cleethorpes DJing community for your “last” record of the set to be a “Beat Ballad” stroller style groove. It signaled a new DJ was about to take controls of the turntable and set the pace alight again. This habit broke such great records as Arin Demain - Silent Treatment and of course this now timeless classic “Paris Blues” that rose within just a few weeks from an empty dance-floor of bemused punters - to a fighting a few feet of space to shuffle in… Monster! This copy is especially for you perfection seekers - there is possibly not a finer copy on the planet - UNPLAYED and prefect. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 291.00 Traditions My Life With You I imagine when Peter Orwig named his town 200 years ago he wanted it to be famous for something as the centuries rolled by.. well Peter it is, there is a part of Europe just North of Watford that’s thinks two of your citizens Mr. Ferber & McClain crafted a fabulous slab of real-deal Northern Soul that is rated by everyone who has ever performed a backdrop. Perhaps it was the small town boredom of living amongst only 2000 or so inhabitants, but you put these kids in the studio and the coiled spring, sprung and all hell broke lose! This is what the world’s Northern Soul scene was all about, seeking out, digging up and presenting proper energy driven dance music to the deprived and bored of England in the 70s. THIS IS NORTHERN SOUL - Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania style! …that seems to have disappeared from frontline sales as collectors and DJ’s hold tight to records on this level of potency! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 211.00

R' Nb Scene Issue 1 June 1964 SEPTEMBER 28th. 2013 will be 50 years of Northern Soul! and this magazine proves it! The first in a series of Roger Eagle magazines dedicated to the R&B / Soul sounds and the Northern Club Scene! Dave Godin may be credited with first putting the term Northern Soul to print, but this is where it all started to happen as the R&B/Soul Club scene became big enough with all night clubs opening their doors up and down England, encouraging Roger Eagle to create a dedicated magazine. Quoting the term “The Northern Scene” exactly 6 years earlier than Godin’s terminology on the musical tastes of Northern England. This debut issue has artist picture and profiles on Bobby Bland, Fats Domino, Sonny Boy Williamson, James Brown, John Lee Hooker, Georgie Fame. Iconic All Night Club adverts for The Twisted Wheel, Esquire Club - Sheffield, The Place - Hanley, The Three Coins - Leeds, Club A’Gogo - Newcastle, The Scene - Middlesborough. From an historical standpoint this is undoubtedly the most important documentation of the beginnings of Northern Soul and categorically the rarest. Priceless referencing…as the only publication to document The Twisted Wheel R&B All Niter opening it’s doors for the first time September 28th. 1963 followed by The Place - Hanley opening it’s doors on the Sunday 29th. Truly dates to remember - the BIRTH OF NORTHERN SOUL! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 51.00 Jackie Wilson Somethin' Else!! Original 1961 USA STEREO press still retaining the original shrink-wrap. Condition, Condition, Condition!! everything about this album is just superb. as you can see cover front & back has been protected by the original shrink wrap for nearly 50 years. Both labels are flawless perfection, vinyl one either side just reveals a single light mark in strong light. Jackie collectors this album is a real nice one - track listing adorns the front - clean punch hole bottom right, plain wafer-thin original poly still encases the disc. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 34.00 Various Artists The Motown Revue - Recorded Live The 1964 Fox Theatre, Detroit performance of “The Motortown Revue” caught on vinyl forever on this flawless 1964 British MONO press. Seeking perfection whilst trying to finish this most-collectable label is a Herculean task.. so now check the tick list off. Front cover - Mint - Back cover - Mint - both Labels - Mint - vinyl both sides - Mint - original rice paper lined inner sleeve - perfect! Miss it at your peril or spend the rest of your life looking for an upgrade. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 88.00 Daisy Burris Four Strong Winds C/w In Love To Stay Proper, real-deal SOUL from the streets of New Orleans.. The two hardest working men in town Allen Toussaint & Marshall Estus Seahorn yet again slow-cook a soulful treat with desert to follow. First course is a marination of sax and guitar that Daisy’s sassy vocal shimmy’s through with attitude and pizzazz brewing up a dancer of infinite charm as the lady beckons you onto the floor. Flip it over for a mood changer layered with distilled pain. Listen, absorb and feel a young girls heart in distress. A slow, slow drag into the depths of despair, served cold over a simplistic acoustic guitar rhythm with the subtle horns complimenting her pain. For me this is Southern Soul at it’s most-convincing! RARE IN THE EXTREME offering 2 delectable courses.. that’ll fill you up… Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 627.00

Barry White And The Atlantics Tracy (all I Have Is Yours) The summer of 1963 was a historical music-moment for Mr. White, as Barry’s name graces a record label as an artist for the very first time. Apparently after his vocal impressed bubbling along in the background of the Majestics - Strange World. Chick Carlton & Bobby Gross entrusted him with the lead role of another of their collaborations. What an inspired choice as Barry booming vocal is unleashed on this indomitable R&B dancer inspired by an “Hit The Road Jack” arrangement, creating transitional R&B dance Northern Soul at it’s most effective - an irresistible floor shaker of huge proportions. Condition is flawless! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 449.00 Darryl Stewart Name It And Clain It Yes the very RARE miss-spelled title “Name it And CLAIN It” Billy Terrell & Ray Dahrouge’s fluid New York session just drips with Northern Soul class. Who from the old-school can forget listening to Pye’s Disco Demand album and thinking what great records te likes of Curtis Blandon - In The Long Run, Mel Wynn’s - Stop Sign and this Darryl Stewart’s - Name It And Claim It - were, but amazingly to this day none of the three have been re-issued or bootlegged. Always loved this tune, and I always will. Long overdue revival for these under-played but outrageously good Wigan Casino classics, that would surely reinvigorate us “O.D.’d” on Sam & Kitty pensioners… So what better way to own it? Than the quickly replaced and rarely seen “spelling” error PROMO only press - “CLAIN IT” Condition could hardly be better … Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 221.00 Robert John Raindrops, Love And Sunshine RARE 1971 UK DEMO! in fine clean condition. It may have started life as an after-thought for Michael Gately & George Tobin as this uplifting beauty lay hidden away on the b-side. But after years of nearly making it big, it is at last currently a favourite reactivated Northern Soul oldie, a crowd-pleasing dance-floor filler. Presented here in it’s most-desirable form. This must have been inspired by Spiral Staircase’s “More Today Than Yesterday” carrying the same stimulating horn arrangement, lead vocal high notes, key changes leading to the crescendo! Perfect happy-go-lucky NORTHERN SOUL! and so collectable when it looks like this. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 142.00 Evie Sands Picture Me Gone The scan says it all! Here is the really hard to acquire 1966 British original press complete with it’s original “birth” sleeve. The first version of this great song, which Madeline Bell covered in the UK and made into her own Northern Soul classic, but it has to be said the USA production of Chip Taylor & Al Gorgoni composition puts Evie’s take way ahead of the Ms. Bell’s slightly inferior backing track. A highly coveted Northern Soul classic that those serious about rare soul on British labels, in the type of dream condition you so rarely come across - will not be able to resist… “Picture it Gone” Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 161.00

i see it's also listed in pete savory's price guide £3

Bobby Treetop So Sweet So Satisfyin' FLAWLESS not a blemish on either labels or the vinyl! The mysterious Bobby Treetop, a man who was credited with only two 45s and both had the power to demolish the floor with their chockablock productions, where all and sundry are skilfully whisked up into a blancmange of quivering Northern Soul. From the first piano note you know this is gonna be a special, quickly joined by vibes, then blaring brass, wild fuzz guitar intrudes ad refuses to go away, girls answer the irrepressible lead vocal. Who but Abner Spector’s could conjure up this mix of instruments & make it work so well. Just like “Wait Til I Get To Know You” this was a firm early 70s fave, but maybe the scarcity of the original and the repro have limited it turntable airings. Oldies DJ’s this is the way to go, turn heads of the punters who had like me forgotten just how darn good this is. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 410.00 Gerri Hall Who Can I Run To C/w I Lost The Key Not only Fantastic New Orleans Northern Soul but also the sought-after “bongo” mix deadwax 174-1719 GOS Nashville Matrix 86. Two of the NOLA’s VIP’s collaborate on this relentless NS Dancer, Mr. Barefootin Robert Parker and the inimitable Wardell Quezerque pump up the proceedings with a drumming intro blaring horns, doubling up on the lead vocal and remorseless piano driving it all at a unforgiving pace. Fine example of raw street-level New Orleans and we need not remind you how hard it is the find fine vinyl within the area after the tragic events caused by “Katrina” and the wise THIS IS NORTHERN SOUL! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 876.00

on Who Can I Run To C/w I Lost The Key George "gino" Washington Another One C/w I Love You Oh So Much This listing is especially for the serious about Detroit and artist discographies. An extremely rare Gino Washington 45 carry all the traits of the Motor City at he start of the 60s, a rippling R&B shaker reminiscent of Berry Gordy’s early Motown recordings. We can find no evidence of this 45 on artist or label listings before this copy was discovered. A collectors piece for the Detroit historian/compleatist who needs to own the starting point of this great Soul artist’s colourful career. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 25.00 Syl Johnson Do You Know What Love Is (sp-1 Mix) A stunning WHITE PROMO copy with the long intro SP-1 mix, high pitch scream and abrupt ending mix. Burgess Gardner & Chuck Bernard craft the perfect piano led arrangement for Syl’s growling vocal snarl at..punchy brass prompts and the piano breaks soothe, to great effect as a Northern Soul stroller takes shape. Syl has one of those memorable vocals that when you own a record by him, you find yourself trying to hear and collect every his has recorded. If he has got you searching you’ll this is hid most elusive 45 by a long, long way. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 500.00 Moses Smith The Girl Across The Street C/w Hey Love (i Wanna Thank You) Old School Northern Soul at it’s very best! A timeless masterpiece that sits in everyone’s top 10 of all time. So here is the ultimate way of owing it a RARE WHITE DEMO inside it’s sleeve and in dream condition, small distributor’s sticker a-side label is the only “flaw” For all the indelible memories this tune has left with me, I could kiss it! THIS IS NORTHERN SOUL! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 296.00 Johnny Hendley My Baby Came From Out Of Nowhere C/w I'll Tell The World When it comes to Los Angeles Northern Soul you are looking at one of the very rarest examples. and a STOCK copy with two sides! Since it’s discovery in 1976, falling out of a miscellaneous Bob Catteneo 100 count soul pack, this 45 has remained ridiculously hard to find, and if you are one of the elite who actually a copy the likelihood is it’s a promo with the blank flipside. So let’s talk about Johnny Hendley singing without “The Weirdest”; he must have been inspired by “Billy Stewart” as flies through a full arrangement of vibes, sax, horns and chirping girl group choruses punctuated with perfect Ululation at the very best moments. Unique in it’s make-up, unforgettable in it’s style, with Joey Jefferson again showing off his skills in the studio building with Ray Jackson a fantastic backing track. Flip it over, and your treated to a slab of Los Angeles Boo-Ga-Loo, an horn-packed instrumental that kicks ass.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 1,280.00

Precious Three I Need A Man Awesome Nashville girl-group groove dripping with soul! As you’d expect from Robert S. Riley, a producer writer name that keeps cropping up on near-all Nashville rarities along with Ted Jarrett the pair crafted so many limited press greats, especially on the Ref-O-Ree label which has evolved into quite a collectors label on the back of their outstanding work. This record seems to be the second most-elusive in the series. So listen to gathering of sisters guided by a man who has no interest whatsoever in making anything remotely commercial - just great soul is his only motivation. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 344.00 Paul Sindab I Was A Fool C/w Yeah, I Never Knew WOW! First label before Powertree! Stick Evans manages to create studio rivalry on this Big City Latin influenced Northern Soul / Popcorn groove, caused whilst a booming vocal, lifts itself to screaming pitch, as he jostles for position over the horns & bongos and the battle makes for an unavoidable dance-floor rush! Totally irresistible hipshaker, as right today as it was at it’s height during that Golden “Stafford” era. A Stand-Out Tune…on this label it a Stand-Out trophy-piece. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 255.00 Sharon Tandy Now That You're Gone C/w Hurtin' Me South Africa’s answer to Dusty Springfield! with an Extremely RARE 1965 UK DEMO and in my humble opinion an overlooked Northern Soul gem! Also very rare on it’s USA ABC 10650 release this sneaked out over here as her 2nd. UK release. Why this solid slab of Northern Soul has never had any turntable exposure at the clubs is a mystery. When you consider the weak girly dross that was played at Wigan Casino & Cleethorpes Pier during the 70s, I can only presume the jocks never had this to play, as it knocks the socks off, Liz Christian, Barry St. John, Lorraine Silver and the like. Sharon’s vocal-prowess of course took her to greater things at Atlantic records recording in Memphis with Isaac Hayes who exposed her muscular voice to even greater effect. So now listen to two sides from the mid-60s and you too will be wondering how the vinyl foragers of the 70s and the Jocks they supplied with all manner of Northern Soul vinyl-wannabees, missed this one. TOTALLY SUPERB! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 132.00 Joe E. Young & The Toniks Soul Buster London 60’s British Soul band with their family roots in Jamaica. The Toniks were formed in 1966 and comprised of: Anthony Barman, Oscar Knight, Sam Southwell, John Seally & Joe E. Young. Later growing into a 6 man outfit who played most-all the renown All-Nite London Clubs on the circuit - receiving particularly good reviews in “Home Of The Blues” who’s writers were regulars at “The Tiles”, “The Scene” etc. Before you today is an example of their work that actually went to vinyl. The 5 tune soundclip reveals stunning MOD style versions of such “Wheel” greats “60 MINUTES OF YOUR LOVE” “OPEN THE DOOR TO YOUR HEART” etc. We have chosen 5 tracks from the 12 but could easily have filed all of them. As this group who boasted two saxophonists, capture the “Soul” mood of Britain in the 60s, if you want to be able to hark back to those formative MOD years, this very rare album will take you there. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 54.00 Dean Parrish Tell Her British Red and White’s is there anything more alluring to the over 55, British Soul-Boy? So when it is in the form of an enduring “Twisted Wheel” anthem, many Brit-collectors will find it all too seducing. Both labels are flawless, vinyl is magnificent with only the very lightest possible signs of use. Gaze on the scan then unleash the power that is Mr. Parrish’s vocal onto a Bert Russell composition that all the other versions get nowhere near Dean’s booming vocal! Stay with the recording because we think the previously passed over flipside, is a strong candidate for “Beat Ballad Heaven” Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 127.00

Earl Van Dyke And The Soul Brothers Soul Stomp C/w Hot N' Tot One of the extremely elusive UK Stateside Motown release and a MOD instrumental anthem from the pens of Richard Street & Berry Gordy, Earl gives it his unparalleled keyboard wizardry. This copy in the 1964 non-hit UK press in fine clean condition. Both labels are perfect, vinyl inspection only reveals the briefest light sleeve brush hairline blemishes in strong light. You couldn’t hope for, in 2013 to acquire a finer copy of this record that is still an annoying gap in most-British Tamla Motown 45 collections. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 168.00 Starvue Upward Bound Immaculate and still snugly tucked inside the shrink wrap. Includes the wonderful - non-45 track - “Put The BS Aside” plus stand-out tracks “Body Fusion” & “Love Affair” Created in Chicago in 1980 whilst British soul was just started to embrace the Jazz-Funk phenomenon. Other than the more discerning pure-soul venues “BS” has not really broken though to the public, despite it’s blinding quality, but that will change, as we’ve said before, everything that’s great on the rare soul scene eventually goes viral; “Put The BS Aside” fits that category. Condition of cover, labels and vinyl could not be finer! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 49.00 Tokays Baby, Baby, Baby (you're My Heart's Desire) My five favourite words! Detroit vocal-group Northern Soul! Uplifting finger-clicking mid-tempo, rich in soulful vocals and vibes. Some years back this was a very-real dance-floor pleaser, in recent times I can’t remember hearing it, at all. I’m so impressed by this tune after it’s unwarranted absence, I dug my collection copy out and put it straight into the DJ box. For my personal style of set, it fits in perfectly as too it would for so many others. A possible Northern Soul renaissance for this Tony Clarke & McKinley Jackson beauty would seem likely, as occasional backtracking to find true quality has always been a smart Northern Soul DJing policy. Click the soundfile and once again enjoy a rare feelgood mover… Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 367.00 Shuwr Hi, Hi, Hi, Hi, C/w Music Master Extremely obscure off-the-wall 1980 Boogie! Both sides give up weird and wonderful mixture electro / disco / funk packed with beats, special effects that giving the impression of pre-historic House on a label i’ve never encountered before. Obviously not remotely anything to do with rare-soul-dance but of it’s genre they don’t come any obscurer than this super-rarity! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 66.00

Willie Johnson What I'm Going To Do (without Your Love) C/w It's Me A record with that rare quality of making all your murky troubles and woes become crystal clear, as Mr. Johnson voice convinces you, he is a man who has seen harder times than anyone who may be listening to this great work. REAL SOUL is about to enter your life. Topside is a beautifully constructed early 80s Georgia dancer, starts with heavenly girl vocals decorating a string driven dance production, with Willie’s vocal snoozing away in the background, then he lets loose with that colossal voice, the contrast of the two is a heady cocktail mixing dance music with a tortured soul. Flip it over and you about to experience, I kid you not, one of the greatest soul recordings ever made. Again the girls relax the atmosphere so Willie Johnson can stroll into the arrangement and slowly but surely tear your heart from your chest with his palpable pain coating very note. Willie Johnson you are just an awesome soul artist right up their with the very greats of all time, this record proves that fact. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 77.00 Grover Mitchell What Hurts Len Barry Philadelphia 1976 session with the most-soulful under-recorded Grover Mitchell was missed by everyone at the time. WOW what a cracking slab of 70s Northern Soul Len & studio partner Sherman Marshall created. Take a listen to this uplifting dancefloor-pleaser. and gaze upon the perfect image of flawless DEMO still snugly wrapped in it’s original birth-sleeve. Irresistible! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 141.00 Jimmy Andrews Big City Playboy Let’s get serious! You are viewing the New York Big City Sound Of Northern Soul in it’s VERY RAREST FORM. From the desk of the Herb Bernstein a man who’s reputation for the full production is recognized both sides of the Atlantic. With regular brainstorming studio sessions with the likes of Bob Crewe, Gary Knight, Charlie Calello, Bob Gaudio etc. Herb’s name on the credits virtually guarantees a top quality tune. This listing is easily the rarest example of his work, typically mountainous lead vocal is fully backed by an uncredited male vocal who literally scream & shout out the choruses, as all vocalists push n’ shove to outweigh those blaring horns. When it comes to punchy big productions from the East Coast this is most-elusive and we are not ashamed to admit this is our FIRST copy in over 43 years of messing around with rare soul! There are not too many Northern Soul 45s that can boast of making a debut appearance in our stock. An ultimate rarity of it’s type…in fine clean condition. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 2,216.00

Contacts You Gonna Pay C/w Why Little Girl Rare as rocking horse poo - A PROMO COPY! Apparently this was covered-up as the Silhouettes? I’ve had a long think about this pulsating piece of Northern Soul which I personally discovered in the late 70s and played at Cleethorpes All nighters, my aged brain doesn’t remember playing it covered up - but I do remember that this pumping tune never quite hit classic status due to a premature and needless poor sound quality bootleg, but has since over the decades grew in reputation and demand. Not only as a Northern soul rarity but also as a Sweet Soul trophy for the masterpiece that sits on the flip. Having found and played the first copy of this 45 that hit the turntables within breathing distance of that persistent cold draft from North Sea, it actually focused me even harder to discover unknown gems on weird and wonderful label, that I’d personally never experienced before in those naive days of discovery back in 1977/78, not hard to do as this label as you can see, sticks out like a sore-thumb amongst you 1000’s of major label we had to trawl through back then. Spectacular street level soul from 1971 that delivers on BOTH sides. Vinyl has a couple of light surface marks but play clean & true. Both labels are clean, with a USA lead side sporting that coveted “D.J. PLUG” rubber stamping! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 236.00 Twisted Wheel Mail Shot The Twisted Wheel - Members Mailshot 31 July 1969 As the day it was mailed out from Manchester 31 July 1969 this 4 part statement is in perfect condition and just steeped in Northern Soul history. We think the four pieces all speak for themselves, even the naivety in the artist spelling on the “forthcoming attractions” mailer just adds to the mystique of a club that never skimped on the acts they presented; just imagine an Autumn’s night watching Carla Thomas walk the stage. The “10 bob” to get in summer offer catches the eye, most MODS had left for the seaside..plus a debut item for our auction in the form of a “free pass” to it’s sister club in Blackpool with a street map on the reverse. Cast iron 100% provenance is validated by the franked 2nd. class postage marked envelope. Northern Soul memorabilia doesn’t get any finer than this 4 part offering. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 39.00 Knights I've Got The Feeling C/w Forgive Me Northern Soul vocal group excellence in it most attractive clothes. An eye-popping presentation of one of Northern Soul’s most alluring of labels, complete with the seldom-seen company sleeve! A short tinkling piano intro the Thwack! We are straight into stomping Northern Soul led by a warbling rasping lead, relentless harmony group back-up, hard drum rhythm shows little remorse for pushing the high-powered dance-beat forward, then the crazed pianist has his moment of fame with a jaw-dropping instrumental break. Proper-raw street level vocal-group Northern Soul with guts. But do not whatever you do overlook the flipside, an emotive slab of vocal-group Deep Soul straight from a foolish heart! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 271.00 Beverley Ann You've Got Your Mind On Other Things Beverley Ann maybe a vivacious blond bombshell… But BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL when it comes to this Wigan Casino anthem. One of the very most difficult ones to apprehend.. We know beauty is in the eye-of-the-beholder - but is anything more admirable than a run of Black RCA’s imprisoned inside the Northern Soul record room, we assure you many RCA’s addicts will have this one missing. Condition is impeccable! Food for thought, if your one of the NS bigots who don’t collect “white” artist recordings; remember this is yet another stunning “Jimmy Wisner” session. Jimmy “The Wiz” had the studio-power that could’ve transformed Ken Dodd into James Brown…maybe? Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 476.00

J. D. Abram & The Handicappers Let Me Tell You What I Want C/w Doctor Of Love A double helping of thumping Los Angeles, Northern Soul. “Doctor Of Love” received some strong Top Of The World - Stafford, turntable action in the early 80s, so what a pleasant surprise to hear the much better flipside for the first time recently, why I’d passed this solid dancer by in the past I just can’t explain, because it is a glaring drop of the “good stuff” The “overlooked” flip is a fusion of Soul & Garage sprinkled with moody bluesy undertones. Tricky intro is the signal for J. D.’s rich vocal to weave a mean and dirty track through this haunting tune, enriched by unobtrusive hammond wailing’s,, with a down-right sensual sax gently purring away away adding another layer to this tapestry. A defiant guitar break and the whole thing gels together, into a disc you need to drop the stylus on more than once. In an era where “grungy” 60s dance tunes are in vogue, this one sits right up there with the very best. The better know “other” side is of course a Stafford-cult item that has been ridiculously hard to secure for over 3 decades now.. Two strong sides, giving a mix of rare-classic to potential Monster newie.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 297.00 Marvin Gaye Pride And Joy 1963 UK original is just stunning condition. Exactly how you fastidious British Motowners like it - original company sleeve, two Mint - labels and vinyl I’m struggling to find fault with. The second of his two only Oriole releases before Motown jumped ship to EMI and Marvin was launched on the Stateside label. Personally out of all Tamla Motown British releases I find the Oriole’s the most tempting - in this condition utterly imperative. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 92.00 Garnett Mimms As Long As I Have You - Lp Has this song, overtaken “Looking For You” as Garnett’s most wanted Northern Soul offering? We think it has. Never issued as a single in the USA but re-recorded in 1967 in the UK featuring British R&B band The SENATE for the backing track and issued on British United Artists 1186. Tak a listen to the difference on this 1964 original take, 3 years earlier using a New York studio band directed by the writer. This original 1964 New York session arranged & produced by the highly accomplished Jerry Ragovoy is a spectacular Northern Soul dancer only available on vinyl this rare album or on an insanely elusive the French 4 track EP. At this moment we’d venture to say this is a Northern Soul DJing essential, and this example is in as good a condition as you could ever hope to own. For those of you who appreciate Mr. Mimm’s magical vocal, the other 11 tracks ripple with the same unbridled passion that “Cry Baby” was drenched in. Unlining that the pairing of Jerry Ragovoy & Garnett Mimms was a studio marriage made in heaven. Condition is heavenly too, not a blemish on the label or the cover. With both sides of the vinyl flawless also. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 150.00 Willie Tee First Taste Of Hurt C/w Funky Funky Twist The likelihood of ever acquiring the blue label first take of this superb slab of soul is so very remote; that the green label remix of this captivating New Orleans gem is now realistically the only way to own it. Willie Turbinton embraces the keyboards inviting in the horns, then the distinctive “…One Way Street” vocal we all grew up with glides into the arrangement in his easy-going signature style. Willie Tee’s exacting lyrics tell the story of a man who is different from the other men this lady has messed around, Willie’s gonna put her down, so she should get ready for your “First Taste Of Hurt”. Soulful poetry that couldn’t have easily been delivered with anger and revenge in his voice, but no it’s served up with cool calculated indifference and a whole lotta soul. Just like every tune this man has recorded, this is class, pure class that is rising value and falling in availability. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 203.00

Rubin You've Been Away What was Wigan Casino like in 1974? Just click the sound file.. to take your senses on a trip to a steamiest Club sensation of the 70’s decade. The focal point for a Saturday countrywide pilgrimage to Lancashire to dance all night on cocktail adrenaline, amphetamine & sheer enthusiasm created explosive dancefloor detonators such as this one! Rubin take it away …. THIS IS NORTHERN SOUL! Condition of vinyl, labels & company sleeve is irreproachable! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 372.00 Lloyd Williams I'm In Love With You C/w Little School Girl UK Northern Soul on a highly collectable UK Reggae label! First thing you do when encountering British Ska or Reggae is hold your breath whilst removing it from the sleeve and just hope that your find has not been “danced on” or “Slept with the Pet Cat” - most are in scratchy condition with labels torn or wrote upon. As you can see this rare ‘un has two near perfect labels, and the vinyl is in extremely pleasing condition also. Just two very light insignificant surface, otherwise Mint - . So click the sound file to reveal a delicious mid-tempo soul groove from the Coxone studio. C. S. Dodd skilfully steers this beauty with a blend of heavy duty strings and subtle hammond keyboard swirlings and a masterful lead vocal. Clement then adds heavenly girls that hover unobtrusively in the air. Creating an entirely delicious piece of music that creeps under your skin and into your heart. Jamaican SOUL at it’s best! … the flip of course is Reggae and good Reggae at that.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 120.00 Miracles Hi We're The Miracles the highly sought after 1963 British press with laminated cover. The Miracles very first UK album release with back cover notes explaining to the unaware British record buying public; exactly who The Miracles are, how they were formed. the cover notes I found remarkably modest as this group were enjoying worldwide recognition after their monster hit “Shop Around”. Interesting is the undocumented on the WWW is the St. Louis concert riot caused when a full house and a lock-out had to be quelled by Police & dogs as fans tried to gatecrash the show. Pieces of information like that is why 60s albums are so appealing, fabulous pop-art fronts, high quality notes, laminated covers, flipback sealed and altogether historically tactile. This album is so tough to acquire, most-all have long been snared and filed in the finest record collection in the UK by the mid 60s. Now rarely coming to market especially in fine clean condition like this is. Vinyl has only the occasional fine light hairline surface blemishes, as you can hear, NOT affecting play. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 411.00 Lena Junoff Yesterday Has Gone It’s that man and his able assistant being covered yet again. Teddy Randazzo & Victoria Pike’s song that Little Anthony recorded so beautifully and te English group “Cupid’s Inspiration” had a smash hit with a worthy rendition. But this is the rarest, least heard, seldom seen female take on this great song. The one that the serious about British rare soul are chasing…on a mysterious 13 release UK label that very few, including me know too much about, other than it is one of the most-colourful eye-catching 60s Brit-labels you could ever wish to witnessed, and the late great Roy Castle had a release on it too! This copy has two pristine labels and vinyl to match & 100% British press with the OLE prefix, as apposed to the SOH prefix used by the Olga label in the Netherlands and of course this copy has the “Made In Great Britain” text on te left hand side. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 31.00

Tommy Payton All The Love I Know C/w I'll Give You A Ride Oh the mystery and wonderment the double sided USA promo copies have sparked over the decades. Does it or don’t it exist as a STOCK copy - if it did, we were then left to ponder what the other side sounds like. Before you today is one 45 that ignited those long debated questions that only more recent times we have been able to answer. Here is the ultra-rare Tangerine - Tommy Payton STOCK copy boasting a supremely soulful outing on that mysterious flip most have never heard. It is one of course for the “Soul Essence” minded collector, who seeks both the mint & the impossible whilst seeking out, and securing the very best undiscovered soul offerings… click this sound file and crumble.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 61.00 Jackie Wilson I Get The Sweetest Feeling Very RARE 1968 Australian Coral press in utterly flawless condition. near perfect vinyl, flawless labels and a unique cover that just immaculate. Jackie fans and seekers of the rare Soul albums with adore this tactile offering. Tracks includes: I Get The Sweetest Feeling You Brought About A Change In Me Nothing But Blues Skies Since you Showed Me How To Be Happy etc. etc. Hi Fi buffs will also appreciate the consistent high quality of Australian pressing, which by definition are in variably elusive! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 128.00 Drifters You Got To Pay Your Dues C/w Black Silk Continuing with our weekly quest for listing the real Northern Soul classics in perfect file condition - here is another timeless anthem that has never been introduced to a NS DJ or collector. Still retains that essential 43 years of microscopic dust that so lovingly falls between the flaps of the sleeve, creating a vivid picture of vinyl virginity. The growing band of OCD 45 collectors seeking total perfection - 43 years old never been played - soundfile has been lifted from a UK COPY. We’ll let the winner admire the decades of inactivity.. and lovingly wipe the dust off himself… True vinyl lovers will understand this sentimentality .. for the classic tune in unplayed condition. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 143.00

Royalettes The Elegant Sound Of Not that anyone has ever doubted the extreme talents of studio-supremo Teddy Randazzo, but I can assure you, you will hold him in even higher regard after listening to the 6 track sample we’ve pulled for your consideration from this magnificent 1966 UK 15 track album. baby are you putting me on (also recorded by Linda Carr) love without an end it’s a big mistake I don’t want to be the one it’s better not to know I can’t stop running away (also recorded by Timi Yuro) These 6 chosen by no means outclass the other 9 girl group pearls on the album, these choices exhibit the sheer genius at work in the studio; and behind the scenes were such great lyricists as Bo Gentry, Bobby Hart, Bobby Weistein, Lou Stallman, Victoria Pike, Larry Kusik all regular contributors to the “Razzle Dazzle” productions. Not often do you find a 60s album when every track is a winner, so to get 15 of this quality is really something special. For those of you album fans who are neurotic about condition, the cover back and front is flawless, as are both labels, vinyl is a strong clean immaculate Mint - Sublime music, in sublime condition, in it’s rarest form… Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 142.00 Sweet Pearl You Mean Everything To Me C/w While We Are Together The soundfile itself will be a far stronger testament to this most-soulful Memphis dancer, than any words i can muster. Again it’s the flipside that does the business, as this Memphis independent chases the burgeoning Boogie scene of the early 80s with the frantically fast a-side. Sweet Memphis horns purr away prompting the lilting production into action, an at-ease Sister vocal cruises her way through a mid-tempo arrangement of real class, plenty of lengthy instrumental breaks showcasing the level of skill in the studio as the lady builds her way up to a wonderful ending. Top quality! The side the team decided to lead with is a run-away-track experience that will delight European Boogie enthusiasts. The side the rare-soul will gush-over is a stand-out track indeed, yet to break into the greater NS scene - but drenched in all the class required to do so. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 211.00 Uncredited Artist True Love C/w Suzette (double Vocal) Unissued & unique Frankford & Wayne acetate that remains uncredited to any artist or group. Personally I’m fascinated by these mysterious recordings, this one from circa 1966, offers up two totally contrasting side. The Northern Soul side is a THUMPER! slow short intro then Wack! The lead vocal disappears to be replaced by a thumping beat, a persistent bass guitar that drives the production, highlighted by not one but four horn or sax breaks the longest one break being a totally special Saxophone experience.. . The flip is not Northern Soul but a worthy Psyche / Garage session with strong Fuzz guitar and wild violin antics! Not a bit a brass in hearing distance and the whole thing comes together perfectly as an atmospheric mind worm that just sticks in your brain. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 426.00 Eddie Horan City Life From the label that gave use the seriously elusive Thompson Brothers, comes the “other” WMOT “impossible” in the form of a punchy Jazzy Soul groove, from Los Angeles. . This recording is puzzlingly difficult to acquire, as Eddie Horan and Hadley Murrell handing the distributed to the Philadelphia based label, who were perhaps preoccupied by their biggest hit Fat Larry’s Band - Zoom - because in 1982 the Eddie Horan 45 just fell through the cracks and into the depths of obscurity. If your bag is exquisitely soulful jazzy strollers, they don’t come finer executed than this “creep under your skin” tune. I’ve just spun it 4 times in a row, as I too become addicted… if that’s a measure of it’s charm? Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 61.00

Del Jones Postive Vibes Afro-funky-isms C/w Big Feet From the artist who 3 years earlier released the ultimate rare FUNK album on Hikeka. Comes this double helping of attitude driven Funk showcasing insane guitar work littered with JB inspired chants and shouts. An artist of obvious outrageous talent, as he writes both sides of the 45 for his four man team, who hand out two potent “Brass Construction” style dancers. Philly Funk and it’s most inspirational! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 108.00 Motown Distributors Booklet It's What's In The Grove That Counts Simply the greatest piece of 60s Motown memorabilia it is possible to own. 1964 12 page booklet featuring all the current artists (including a mention of LINDA GLYNER!”) Japanese printer maybe? the eye-popper sample will have Motown & Soul historians blood-pressure rising.. to hold, browse and re-browse this RARE booklet sent to DJ’s, One-Stops & Distributors only, as thank you for their support! Check out those impressive sample scans - it’s a must own isn’t it! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 111.00 Wayne Fontana Give Me Just A Little More Time The almost mythical 1970 withdrawn UK STOCK copy. What a great song the gathering of Ron Dunbar & Edyth Wayne (Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Edward Holland, Jr. pseudonym) crafted for Norman Johnson’s new group. Meanwhile, back in England Michael Aldred was plotting to take the soulful vocal of Wayne Fontana to the studio and snatch a hit from under the noses of Invictus, who were yet to launch their new venture in the UK. But all didn’t go well, Invictus with the power of EMI got, the then unknown Chairmen Of The Board straight onto the radio and the single blasted it’s way to no. 3 in the British Charts within weeks. The Philips version never received to my knowledge any air time whatsoever, withdrawn and instantly killed dead. Years later to emerge as a British Soul collecting trophy. Unlike the Chairmen Of The Board version Wayne Fontana didn’t have the privilege of “The Funk Brothers” backing him, but all the same this is a really superb version.. rippling with all the naivety these irresistible UK productions give. Beautifully clean condition and RARE in the extreme as all seasoned UK Soul collectors will testify. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 100.00 Ruby Feminine Ingenuity C/w Deceived Yes the release with the bonus Northern Soul dancer on the flipside also. Two immaculate label, like new vinyl - minuscule slow storage warp only noticeable if you scrutinize it as it turns on the decks.. Otherwise this is a fine, fine copy indeed straight from file in the USA no DJing use or fatigue whatsoever, most likely unplayed until it reached these shores. Note the PERFECT labels not a blemish anywhere. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 586.00

Tony Hestor Just Can't Leave You C/w Watch Yourself Those of you serious about Detroit Northern Soul, please take note this record is perfect UNPLAYED! Labels are “as new” also.. Tony Hestor on Giant has sat around here for many years I couldn’t bring myself to sell it after finding it at a record fair in Lansing, Michigan. Thinking what are the chances of anyone finding a perfect copy of this supreme example of Detroit Northern Soul. Chances are nil of course, reluctantly I’m selling it as I can’t bring myself to play it - sound file has been lifted from a “Karate” copy we have n stock. Real-rarity and perfection will of course come at a price! So listen to a few musical geniuses at work;both sides written and sung by Tony himself, arranged by Sax-God Mike Terry, produced by the unsurpassed PIED PIPER production team. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 870.00 Little Stanley The Stran C/w Wanted Bay Area Northern Soul from the desk of Rick Vance an Oakland musical entrepreneur who’s Vance label released 3 Little Stanley Lippett 45s all of which are seriously sought after and it’s not hard to see why. Without exception all 9 or so VANCE 60s 45 we’ve encountered have all proved rare and highly collectable no matter what genre. When it comes to Northern Soul this 1967 recording is spilling over with energy propelled by a studio crammed full of blaring horns enriched by a persuasive bass guitarist delivering the perfect dance-inspiring-breaks, as an insane drummer gets carried away with the session. THIS IS NORTHERN SOUL - spontaneous and unstoppable. Flip it for a DEEP SOUL ballad from the pen of the unrecorded Little Stanley, Deep Soul in the style of Memphis and James Carr… as the horns lower and drag along with the artist’s obvious despair. This copy is in perfect condition, throughout. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 415.00 Lovers Without A Doubt C/w One Way To Love Vocal group Northern Soul at it very best! Everything on the label is RARE and sought after with records coming from as far afield as Boise, Idaho or small town Oroville, North California make this an indie label of substance. This is the only Northern Soul offering on the label but what an offering it is! Brutal dance production tamed by fluid precise male harmony. Like their other 4 recordings as “The Emotions” on Vardan & Philips the team are guided by Arvey Andrews through two utterly sublime recordings. Topside has been a real-deal Northern Soul trophy for decades now, I remember unable to contain my joy at finding a copy in Stockton, California was back in the early 80s. Listen, and it will all come flooding back to you just how convincing this seldom heard rarity is. Flip it over, and I’m in heaven as the pace drops and this Bay Area group sound like they’ve been under he tutorship of Curtis Mayfield. Smooth as silk mid-tempo for a special moment radio or afternoon chill-out set. Two awesome tunes on one very rare & pristine Californian platter… Irresistible on both the ear ad the eye! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 839.00 Tom Green Endless Confusion Take a listen, I think you’ll agree that it is hard to believe this recording was released UK ONLY and was missed by everyone, as it sat on the flipside to an electric Funk tune; far too rocky to sell to soul fans, so another towering-tune lay hidden on a flipside, to be discovered in other decades by those pioneering DJ’s seeking fine “lost” soul. Apparently 1973 PROMO only in the USA on Evolution 1082 but without the good side. So this is it, the only known way to own “Endless Confusion” a stunning slab of early 70s soul, a dance groove that has graced the turntables of most every British Club that pride themselves on delivery the best of crossover & 70s soul-dance music. But yet to catch a ride on the wider audience of the Northern Soul culture, we think it has everything to take that off-shoot by a storm also. This rare 1974 UK press is just immaculate… Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 174.00

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Merry Clayton Gimme Shelter C/w Good Girls Merry Clayton 1790 soul take on the Rolling Stones 1969 “Let It Bleed” album track, Gene Page & Lou Adler transform it into a attitude driven soul/funk track that has over the decades acquired a healthy cult following.. The rich production blends Soul/Rock/Gospel into a knock-you-over blast of passion, as this daughter of New Orleans gives the song a Diva make over. Before you today is an immaculate 1970 UK DEMO easily the most desirable way to own this cult-classic. PS the flip written and produced by brothers Billy & Gene Page is also worthy of your attention.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 47.00 Charades Key To My Happiness C/w Weeping Cup Consummate Northern Soul - the real-deal with everything required to detonate the dancefloor and ignite the house - like it has now for near 4 decades every time the needle drops on it. But how many of you have taken the time to check out the neglected flipside - just begging for an enterprising DJ to give a long overdue spin to. OK the a-side could never be surpassed - but the flipside comes pretty close - with both sides benefitting from uncompromising writing from Robert Maxwell and equally potent arrangements from Horace Ott & Benny Golson respectively. New York Northern Soul that’s just kicks ass twice over…in the standard of condition the the OCD vinyl-visionary would probably moth-ball for future masturbatory inspiration… . Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 387.00

Mary Saxton Losing Control Until more recent times this Northern Soul stomper was thought to only available on Mary’s Birchmount 511 album along with the BIg City Beater flipside. Discovered as a 45 in the unlikely location of Ohio this Canadian only release was soon heading all the Northern Soul wants lists, but still to this day only a handful of copies are known. Click the sound file to unleash Mary “Take My Heart” Saxton’s outcome of spending time in the presence of iconic producer Gary S. Paxton, the man Phil Spector feared most of stealing his “producing crown” “Losibng Control” is exactly that - it is searing Nortern Soul totally out of control, an acrobatic inducing slab of the proper-stuff. Flip it over for “Beat Ballad Heaven” as a tidal wave of atmosphere rises up and slowly overwhelms. This copy has some light surface marks, but as you can hear that trusty high-fidelity Canadian vinyl plays without flaw. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 324.00 Richard Caiton I See Love Girl In Your Eyes C/w I Wonder Will You Always Love Me A record that validates what this worldwide Rare Soul scene is all about. Finding great music from the streets of America and presenting it you Soul Fans in Europe. “Soul Essence” Great Yarmouth weekender has been championing this phenomena for decades now, so much so last year we all had the pleasure of seeing Richard Caiton sing live, a memorable sight. Before you today is one of, it not the best session that Richard cut to vinyl, a New Orleans collaboration with the great Joe Broussard crafts perfect early 70s crossover Northern Soul. Listen to Mr. Caitons unblemished falsetto navigate uplifting arrangement. I sometimes wonder if it wasn’t for Northern Soul at all it’s branches didn’t exist would artists of this calibre remain unknown outside their neighborhood …how sad would that be? This is rare soul collecting at it’s most rewarding.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 250.00 Jackie Stoudemire Invisible Wind Ridiculously rare 1980 New York 12” “Holy Grail” a disc reserved for the turntables of some of the World’s elite DJ’s of dance, Dimitri, Dj Murk, Con & Amir, Joey Negro have been documented for championing this serious rarity! From the desk of the highly regarded New York producer Gene Redd; never one to skimp on a his arranging he give Jackie a lush full orchestra backing to weave her ease of vocal through. You can understand why this 12” is considered a real trophy piece as after one listen yo will need a retake as it’s creeps under your skin. This copy is utterly flawless still retaining shrink wrap on the cover, vinyl forensics reveal only the lightest occasional sleeve contact brush. One of the ultimate 12’s to boast ownership of… Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 303.00 Spidells Find Out What's Happening C/w That'll Break My Heart Another super-elusive 45 on Britain’s most-collectable record label. Before Jerry Crutchfield became a prolific writer/producer of Country and Western music, he was involved in many great Soul & Northern Soul. So this mid-60’s session with the vocal group he recorded onto Coral,an association that provided the Northern Soul collector with two highly rated tunes and flip-sides to match. Jerry Crutchfield at the controls, Billy Lockeridge on lead vocals, the chemistry works beautifully. This great double-hitter was issued on USA Monza and is in my humble opinion an overlooked NS goodie as BOTH sides give up strong vocal group performances, to own it on UK SUE is it’s ultimate prize! Rare in the extreme and the condition is two light sleeve brushes away from perfect. UK SUE, who can resist..? Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 87.00

Richi Corbin Trio Featuring Barbara Trent A Woman Was Made For A Man Be prepared to witness a mostly unknown Soul Diva blow you away! What a vocal this sadly under-recorded lady has, give her the platform of a funky arrangement provided by The Richi Corbin Trio and you’re treated to blood n’ guts Deep Funk! Wild ear-piercing Sister vocal, is backed up by a male vocal-harmony group who are quickly joined by a girl choir, but it’s Barbara’s mighty voice that rips it way through the session with crushing power. DEEP FUNK at it’s most convincing! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 141.00 Rudy Love And The Company Soul Suffering Wrath C/w Life Ain't So Bad It’s that man again Monk Higgins with his deafening signature horns intro he so often adopted. Even though this was Monk’s way, on this recording he’s goes another yard when delivering the message with this pounder! Wow, the man is able to mix a thunderous brass, with every word of the lead singer and the harmony chorus loud and clear, producing what is one of the most-powerful dance experience you could ever wish to collide with. Mid-70s it enjoyed brief Cleethorpes Pier success only to lay forgotten and unloved until more recently some intrepid DJ gave it a long overdue revival. Taking off big and sounding miles better than it did back in the 70s. This is NORTHERN SOUL at it’s utmost-potent - like nearly all Monk Higgins creations are! the more subtle flipside is worth a listen too.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 259.00 Blues & Soul #32 April 24th. - May &th. # 32 Edition 32 is considered one of THE most important publications for the Northern Soul fan who likes to reference some of the scene’s major events. This edition covers the tragic death of Darrell Banks in March 1970# Jerry Butler’s award presentation with Blues & Soul readers artist of the year 1969 with two full page pictures of this iconic. Dave Godin bio on Chris Jackson who had just released his one and only 45 in the UK. Also includes all the usual features, Dave Godin column, USA & UK charts, new release reviews and interesting record company adverts. Plus the one and only article I’ve read on the SAR RECORDS great writer/producer J. W. Alexander. Yes this is one of the most important issues of this unrivaled Soul publication. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 31.00 Saints Tell It To Your Love Smooth as silk, rare as hell, North Carolina sweet soul groove. Effortless falsetto opens on a raft of guitar, vibes and piano that’s just too dreamy, then his team-mates deliver the harmony chorus, lead vocal switches and the smoothness heightens, rapping break, then the icing on this slick session is and in-keeping with the mood sax break. Lush, comfy, emotional sweet soul…from a small town with less than 20,000 surrounding population… Sweet Soul from the sticks doesn’t come any better. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 149.00

Sammy I Never Found A Girl Some songs have the gift of being great no mater who sings them. This Eddie Floyd classic for Stax is one such song, covered by a few ground-level artists riding on the back of Floyd’s & Booker T. Jones’s writing gifts. But Sammy Acuna can not only be forgiven, he has got to be applauded, as his rendition on this beautiful song strides past Eddie Floyd’s and all other takes to the winning post of “Best Version By Far” Taking up the pace, enriching it with horns, flutes, girls ad a jazzy arrangement and “the bring in on up” chants rockets this 45 into another stratosphere of rare-soul-dance, leaving all in its wake. LOVE IT and it’s so darn rare - an yet to grace any Northern Soul event where we think the response would be astonishing.. NS DJ’s this is perched ad ready to go after a lifetime in the special Soulful events arena.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 300.00 Royal Robins Something About You Sends Me C/w Roller Coaster A short-lived 10 only release label, that left a lasting legacy to Northern Soul collectors as every release is considered essential rare Soul collecting. Jerry Herring & Ed Townsend the driving creative forces behind the label along with Gloria Toote crafted some fine sessions to seek. But this one stands head and shoulders above the rest, as not only incredibly rare but also offering not one but two sides of blinding vocal-group Northern Soul. The side we lead with is quintessential upbeat street-level Northern that has for decades enjoyed a cult following with it’s irresistible mix of upbeat dance soul occasional pulling from a previous doo-wop era with the Bassist injecting sparse “Doo-Wah’s” after his initial ear catching intro. Stomping proper-on-the-money NORTHERN SOUL of “lifeline” quality! but tat’s not all. Recently I’ve started to enjoy the previously overlooked flip side. “Roller Coaster” is an all together smoother experience but still carrying the same qualities as the a-side. Smoothly served vocals all inter-twining into a big bowl of harmony-blancmange. Two sides of utter quality - two sides that very, very few NS collectors can boast of owning. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 915.00 Rose Battiste Hit & Run C/w I Miss My Baby An astonishingly near perfect copy of this timeless “Golden Torch” classic. Quintessential Northern Soul, a frantic, spin and backdrop inducing stomper; An adrenaline igniting Detroit dancer with few if any Peers. Then as if that wasn’t enough, the consummate Northern Soul recorded in confirmed when you flip it over to be overwhelmed by Mike “Sax God” Terry and his colossus baritone. Two sides of the right-stuff presented in the most bewitching form possible.. A near perfect WHITE DEMO! In 2013 you just don’t find records of this standard…do you? Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 445.00 Eddie Bo Fence Of Love Eddie Bocage with chunk of New Orleans Northern Soul rattling with funky attitude and uncompromising angst. Instant dancefloor attention grabbing intro, is met by Eddie’s earthy vocal style riding a primitive but highly effective rhythm track which hits a peak with an amazing piano break cast aside by an insane sax. This is the bollocks! Everything in the studio is jumping to the instructions of Eddie then a touch of genius has his replicates that mad instrumental break to end it all. Shrill girl-group choruses are usually my favourite additive in a production, but this New Orleans street style instrumentation just blows the ladies away into insignificance.. LOVE IT! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 155.00

Cindy Scott I Love You Baby C/w In Your Spare Time Cindy Scott’s long association with Leon Huff went right back to the Priscilla Thomas 45 on Winner 7 11, a Philadelphia session that strangely surfaced on a Norfolk, Virginia independent label in 1965. Two years later Cindy came under the wing of one of greatest writing & producing teams to ever assemble on the East Coast. John Madara, David White, Leon Huff & Len Barry - were joined by Joe Renzetti and often Jimmy “The Wiz” Wisner for brainstorming sessions, that provided the Northern Soul scene with so many staggeringly great tunes. .. and this is one of the very greatest - proper full-on classic style girl Northern Soul that has never been trumped. Not only the anthem status A-side but also the flip - which is a nano-note behind it. A drop of the PROPER stuff offered here in astonishing near perfect condition..check out the label scans and drool - check out the soundfile - and move the chairs back - ‘cause you’re about to dance! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 314.00 Sammy Ambrose Welcome To Dreamsville C/w Monkey See - Monkey Do Life after Wigan Casino - Stafford “Top Of The World” was a essential stepping stone into the 80s - but what force took it beyond and into near immortal status? Not enough has been said about the 100 Club Pioneers and the southern contribution to, not only Northern Soul but also for championing from it’s inception Latin, Big City beat ballads that their revered predecessors had unwittingly passed by. Before you is one such tune, from the Musicor catalog that provided so many great tunes that became 100 Clubs favourites. We think this one is the hardest to secure of that ilk; having said that this is not the damn rare USA Musicor release… This is the insanely RARE British 1965 release in eye-popping flawless condition. A UK trophy piece, an 100 Club anthem, in a form you would normally only dream of encountering. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 358.00 Nolan Chance Just Like The Weather C/w Don't Use Me Golden Torch classics for the over 60s, there is nothing to touch them! How lucky the 50s British-Born were to have their teenage live influenced by dance records of this quality! A Chicago born Northern soul masterpiece that has stood the test of time by being an ear-warming joy every time you hear and dance to it. Timeless, perfect Northern Soul in near perfect condition. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 272.00