JOE TORQUAY

Bobby Bennett Alone With My Tears / Never Going To Let You Go With the Big Production Beat Ballad on the comeback trail - with events like “Carib-Soul”, facebook pags like” Beat Ballad Heaven” the genres profile has never been more out-there. So presenting the very pinnacle of this style, naturally gives me a warm glow inside..I’ve always been a sucker for the sad-song but when it carries all those well-honed East-Coast characteristics of squealing girls, crisp trumpets, rolling drums, tickling piano cradling a Deep-throated mature vocal… I go weak.. For me this is one of the very greatest records ever made… having a drastic effect on the emotions; delivered with an ease that only a Major-League voice can ever hope to achieve… Beat-Ballad is back with a bang - as over this last few weeks… Sam Fletcher, Kenny Sheppard, Al McCarther, Buddy Smith, JImmy Beaumont, The High Keyes have been played whilst I’ve been out ad about and all stayed in my head, ear-worms of the sweetest kind. Totally adore this approach to 60s Soul music…. and this is one of the greatest & rarest examples.. Listen and prepare to be moved.. look and wonder when we you again encounter a neat clean Blue Stock copy. Oops, as it has just been pointed out to me; I was so engrossed in the delicacy of the A-side I completely forgot to mention the contradictory flipside. You could not find two more contrasting records on one disc. “Never Going To Let you Go” is R&B Northern Soul that devours everything in it’s way. MIGHTY MIGHTY - FLOOR DESTROYER with a sax-playing from the Devil himself. A dominating floor-shaker, saturated in bad-attitude, defiance and controlling-macho-tenacity….formidable R&B hidden away on the flipside of a world-renowned Big-Hitter. Two for the price of one, folks.. one thing is for certain..very few NS R&B jocks will own an original press of this rarity… Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 413.00 Ben Zine Village Of Tears Our aim every week, week in week out now for 16 years is to present a collection of auction items to suit all pockets, all tastes and most of all, make it colourful and interesting. This weeks choice for the Classic Northern Soul 45 with a difference is certainly that… A Wigan Casino & Cleethorpes Pier anthem, in rarely witnessed apparel, the West Coast “staggered” “Two Shields” Los Angeles VINYL press. These clothes are outnumbered by at least 10 to 1, when compared with the rare “straight” logo East Coast press. July 1966, it was promo’d to zero effect, I can never remember seeing a styrene “Monarch” press stock copy, so logically it may never have achieved release or if it did, it certainly never sold a bean. This listing is aimed at both those avid NS collectors seeking perfection and those seeking the very rarest form, the STOCK East Coast being 4 times more difficult to acquire, but I find half as attractive.. We know many collectors trying for a full-house of these eye-catching “Two Shields” Promo NS classics..with Jerry Jackson, Christine Cooper, Chubby Checker being particularly tricky to trap… add Ben Zine to that list.. this is first time we’ve listed it THIS CENTURY in this form. Time is now if your “full-house” dreams are to be realized.. Condition is PERFECT - release date written on flipside label is its only flaw. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 221.00 Channel 3 The Sweetest Thing A 70s modern-soul Northern Scene anthem! In PERFECT previously unplayed condition. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 362.00 Shirley Johnson Too Big To Cry Without question, currently the most talked about 45 on the Northern Soul scene, bar none! Huge tune as the “Bettye Swann” cover-up for Butch, Andy Dyson, Steve Guarnori & Mick H. igniting the dancefloors of “Rugby All-Niter” “Go Go Children” and the legendary “Soul Essence” only this weekend past; as Mick H. and Steve Guarnori manipulated the Rare-Soul devotees with their stand-out rarities…at England’s most respected events. Currently, as you read this Northern Soul Leviathan is guaranteeing dancefloor and Barfly response.. We repeat this is the most-talked about 45 on the scene, spun by some of the most-admired DJ’s on it.. This copy has a few light surface scuffs but as you can hear it plays totally clean and true, as you can see both labels are unblemished Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 1,472.00 Bill Black's Combo Little Queenie The highly seductive YELLOW London Demo lays stretched out before you again.. you’re just gonna have to do ain’tcha. Top 500 Classic Northern Soul not only in it’s rarest and essential form but in also in the type of condition you just never encounter in 2015 - FLAWLESS! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 163.00 Marva Whitney It's My Thing NOTE THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1969 UK press release # 583767 in dream-condition. We are, as you can imagine, very pleased indeed to present one of Britain’s rarest and most wanted original press Soul albums in just eye-popping condition. Vinyl is totally immaculate, labels are perfect, original inner birth-sleeve intact. Both back and front covers are free of writing, stains or tears. The only insignificant flaw I can report on is a very light crease to the front cover, bottom right (see scan) Now to the music: Click the soundfile and get ready for the most-dominant Sister vocal ever committed to vinyl.. Go on unleash Marva.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 131.00 Richard Marks Love Is Gone / Don't Take It Out On Me Crazy About Crossover? How about this Atlanta Georgia killer - yet to be heard by the masses but dripping with everything required to become a “Crossover-Colossus”. Tee Fletcher, an Hotlanta lyricist / producer of some repute again creates something special guiding the “Tuska” iconic vocalist through an inventive but simplistic production allowing the wealth of Richard Marks’s vocal to shine through projecting those poignant words… Mr. Marks singing blossoms from a relaxed stance into cauldron of pain as he recalls what his woman did to him and now “Love Is Gone”. This is Soul-singing at its most convincing woven into a fabulous Crossover-dance arrangement. A real-rarity that is destined for much bigger things is my prediction… Flipside is worthy of your attention also… Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 266.00 Tommy Rodgers I'll Tell It To The Wind / Pass The Word One of the most-wanted 45s on the Northern Soul scene at this moment; as DJ turntable action pushes the demand skyward. With both sides offering impressive Northern Soul dance, we see no end to its growing popularity. This copy is a rarely witnessed stamped DJ COPY with gleaming flawless vinyl on both sides. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 137.00 Dry Well Gypsy / Try A Little Tenderness Also released in 1970 as Ellen & The Shandells on the La Salle label. Before you today is the nearly as difficult to this tune would resounded simultaneously around the cavernous halls of Cleethorpes Pier & Wigan Casino but amazingly this prized “Niter” favourite never received the dubious honor of the Northern Soul bootleg.. Before you today is a reminder of this wild fusion of the hammond organ and electric guitar, ridden and equally untamed lead vocal. Swirling, uplifting and decidedly different NS dancer that has stood the test of time so brightly. Today, its sounds totally perfect for a NS revival, that’s if you can find a DJ with a copy in his box… This copy the vinyl is immaculate on both sides, flipside label a sticker removal mark on the label is its only minuscule flaw on an otherwise perfect disc. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 348.00 Earl Van Dyke Soul Stomp + 3 I’m not one to hold a grudge but ever since the Norman Conquest a while ago, these geezers across the channel haven’t been our best pals… But you gotta give credit where credit is due.. when it comes to 4 track EP’s with picture covers - The French lead the world! I have in protest occasionally avoided the Burgundy Wine, the Camembert fromage, even turned my back on a pair of French Knickers and French Kissing I would rechristen as “Lancashire-licking” but when it comes to 60’s Tamla Motown EP Picture covers I find them irresistible… and my “Stilton Cheese” based bias completely evaporates, FRENCH EP’s…they are unsurpassed. Check out the scans; spy, by far the best image I’ve seen on the driving-force behind “The Funk Brothers..” the cheek of it .. they’ve even made Earl Van Dyke look French.. what next French Pork Pies? To save us from those superior neighbors, it is the obligation for every red-blooded Englishman to buy up all those gorgeous French Soul EP’s and store them away where the wife won’t find them, to thumb through in moments of solitude… EP Porn … ? if there isn’t such a thing ..there is NOW!! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 166.00 Miracles Mickey's Monkey / Whatever Makes You Happy Oriole DEMO’s the ultimate TMG addicts fix! they are so very hard to find! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 180.00 Shirley Lawson One More Chance / The Star Another highly sought after Northern soul floorpacker in by far it’s rarest form - a pristine 1968 UK Soul City press sitting in an authentic straight-top Soul City sleeve! This is record-art at its most-alluring - but the vision is making us forget what lay in those pristine grooves… Sister Northern Soul at it’s very finest - as is the condition of this most-beautiful vinyl-vista..faultless! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 311.00 Dorie Williams Tell Me Everything You Know / Your Turn To Cry Killer New York Big-Mama R&B Northern Soul! A very obscure subsidiary of the Rojac label, Jack Taylor’s New York vehicle for some of the finest Big Apple 60s Soul City ever released. Topside boasts an impressive writing team of Donald Wade penning the R&B side. With Joshie Jo Armstead & Chuck Flamingo writing the upbeat Northern Soul flipside BOTH sides are typically fully dressed Jack Taylor Northern Soul productions. The side we lead with is an especially obstinate matriarch R&B thumper, perfectly fitting today’s NS dancefloor criteria - in the right hands this is a surefire R&B Godzilla in waiting… Flip it over for a classic style Northern Soul dancer that will leave you breathless as this potent vocalist belts it all out at full-throttle.. Seldom if ever seen for sale and saturated in glaring Big-Ticket potential.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 896.00 Carl Holmes And The Commanders Soul Dance No. 3 / Crossin' Over Tie Yourself To Something Sturdy! Carl Holmes & his crew are gonna take you on an over-the-speed-limit Soul-Excursion to Boo-Ga-Loo-Ville. Rattling drums open up, ratcheting through to cruising speed igniting back-firing horns to blast a warning of the dangerous-dance-floor journey that lay ahead. Carl Holmes gnarled-growls take to the air, and all hell breaks loose, as the horns compliment that vicious-vocal. Rhythmic guitar runs the pulsating arrangement Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 292.00

Sounds earlier dosen, t it to my ears anyway

Thanks for the info pete, thought it was a bit of a longshot, joe

JENNY WREN - CHASING MY DREAM ALL OVER TOWN just looking at this for sale on pete smith,s for sale item,s made me wonder if this jenny wren is the same one who was on the good old days on tv many years ago, she always got to sing an old music hall classic most weeks or do duet,s with some of the star guests that were on the show ???. joe.

Valentinos boots have been going for £50 and up lately pete, even the plain old white label ones.

WILLIE HARPER ON HARPER SOUL MUST BE A HARD ONE TO FIND

Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell The Onion Song / I Can't Believe You Love Me “the world is just a great big onion” Well, we expect a few tears from those Tamla Motown addicts, who thought they had completed their British Tamla Motown collection, and now realize they haven’t.. Attention TMG aficionados - check out this DEMO - showing off the PROMO only Picture Sleeve, that is so rare I’d personally forgotten it existed. Must be fully 4 decades since I’ve encountered it. Completists and you know you ALL are - the TMG hoarders you will not rest until you own ever conceivable combination, variations and quirks of one of the worlds most compelling vinyl addictions. The labels are perfect as you’d expect if a record has been encased in a picture sleeve all it’s life, vinyl has a couple of insignificant light blemishes; the incredibly import PROMO ONLY wavy-top picture sleeve has had its seams strengthened with cellotape, most like attached as it was received; annoying as it may be, it more than likely saved it from certain “death” as most all copies got torn and discarded. Are you a TMG totalist ? if you are, we are betting this example is one you do need rattling around in your head, losing sleep knowing its out there but not in your collection. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 80.00 Moses Dillard And The Dynamic Showmen I'll Pay The Price / They Don't Want Us Together Here is Richard Searling’s Eddie Jefferson - I Won’t think Twice - Wigan Casino cover-up. In those glory years, at the back end of the 70s when Richard would influence & impress the Casino crowd with most everything he dropped the stylus on… not forgetting the frustration he created among the collectors and dealers who were utterly desperate to find out the real identity of his latest floorpackers. Click the soundfile and relive a little of the twilight years of Wigan Casino and have validated the often heard statement, that Mr. Searling’s exploits in those days, left us all in no doubt that he was the number 1 NS Jock in the world.. Now we are all a little older, the huge Deep Soul production on the flipside may equally excite you.. it did me… an on-your-knees performance that will move you.. Condition btw - could hardly be finer.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 512.00 Patrice Holloway Those D.j. Shows One of Brenda’s Sisters early 60s Motown studio sessions that failed to get past the the acetate stage.. perhaps unique. Click the soundfile and release from those hallowed “Vaults” pure Sister-Motown and perfect Northern Soul. This offering is highly-collectible on so many fronts, other than the obvious. Girl vocal collectors everything by Patrice or Sister-Brenda are essential collection residents. Motown collectors will be fully aware this will perhaps their only opportunity to own a copy.. Northern DJs its potential for club exposure is glaring - and those of you who salivate over all that is RARE will find this acetate hard to ignore.. Listen to an Angelic-songbird who I wish we could have heard so much more of… Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 412.00 Loretta Williams Baby Cakes / I'm Missing You This rare British press, that enjoyed Twisted Wheel turntable time, is again basking in the Northern Soul limelight, as “Wheel-Sounds” ride the crest-of-a-wave of the revival-landscape. Both sides coming from the uncompromising pen of Otis Redding with “Baby Cakes” fulfilling all the Northern Soul requirements and the flipside transmitting “Deep Soul” at it’s most-despairing, as Loretta’s aching vocal is bolstered with Southern-Horns, Bluesy-Guitar, and sympathetic paino caresses. Even on USA release this is one tough-cookie to corner, on UK press as the Original 1966 UK press still sitting in its wavy-top plain white sleeve and so very close to Mint - and two clean labels - we think this a prize.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 225.00 Jackie Wilson That's Why (i Love You So) WOW! it’s a framer…… Original 1958 record-art in the form of an extremely rare Jackie Wilson Motown session Music-sheet. Check out that spectacular art surrounding the artist pose. Shimmering with the everything-50s. A sparkling colour scheme.. and of course the stand-out name of Berry Gordy, Jr. blazoned on the front. Retro Soul-Art at its most eye-catching, a neat conversation piece to adorn your walls - but most of all just a stunning piece of artwork you could live with every day and never tire of… 57 years old and like new! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 25.00

Detroit Executives Cool Off / Sho-nuff Hot Pants Forget the Orange label “Popcorn” Wylie legit repress or the white label Promo’s sometimes signatured by “The Popcorn” himself - no matter which way to cook it; ignore them both if you only collect FIRST PRESS Northern Soul. This GREEN label press with the telltale “thickeing” on the run in, is the authentic original by, from memory, 10 years or more.. The “lump” on the silent lead-in does not affect play in the slightest and the suggestion that the first-press green label copies are off-center, is again a Northern Soul myth. (although we have come across an off-center copy or two) as you would with any vinyl pressing. This listing plays straight & true. Now, it maybe time to remind yourself of the diverse world of Northern Soul, as against the grain this “funeral-paced” aptly christened “Cool Off” was welcomed into the hearts of every Northern Soul disciple during the 70s…so different to the norm of the time - but who could ever ignore that vocal-abyss as the lead digs so very-deep to make the inventive “Wylie” arrangement even more special… A Northern Soul classic from the top-drawer and in the only colour that will significantly climb in value over the coming years.. FUNK fans, may want to check out the “Temps-styled” lead side, as Richard Wylie borrows heavily from Norman Whitfield for an a-side that failed miserably in the Motor City.. Just in case the a real “White Label” test press exists or indeed someone gets “clever” with Photoshop or colouring pens; always when buying this 45 look for small “bump” on the run-in which shows itself clearly on BOTH sides.. FIRST PRESS! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 315.00 Sir Joe Nobody Beats My Love / If You Give Up Your Love A Northern Soul trophy piece with few rivals… offering not one but two real-deal Northern Soul dancers of the highest calibre. Joe Quaterman’s D.I.Y. creation has sat at the summit of top-collectors & DJ’s wish-lists for what seems forever, we too were salivating at the chance of selling this is the “first-found” copy. My biggest challenge today has been not to keep playing this 45, whilst trying to decide which side I prefer… THIS IS NORTHERN SOUL RAREST OF THE RARE at its most-testing, giving up two truly awesome examples of street-level NS dance. Click the soundfile and expect stiff opposition to stop you owning this treasure …as the condition is utterly impeccable… Take it away Joe… Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 3,186.00 Spank Chank Band Outlaw / No Good For Me Insanely RARE electric FUNKER backed with a slick Sweet Soul delight.. Topside is quintessential for today’s upfront modern Funk scene that has DJ’s migrating from the Northern Soul movement to a satellite of the Rare-Soul dance-culture to “something more challenging” was one quote I received from a devotee to urban Funk sound. Some will love the electric intro, some may consider it out of kilter with what kicks in after the short guitar intro fades..me personally (making the purist wince) I’d skip past the acquired-taste intro, straight into the finely-tuned attitude funk dancer - totally obscure and ultimately near impossible to acquire. Rare Sweet Soul enthusiasts will love the side this enigmatic gathering chose as the a-side. A saccharin stroller adorned with a girl chorus ratcheting up the atmosphere as this session gathers pace, morphing very nicely into a Soul-stepper. Like ‘em Rare? Like them in vogue this listing delivers on BOTH fronts…big-time! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 234.00 Lee Richards I'm Waitin' / I Dreamed A Dream Chicago Bluesman Lefty Bates backs this “impossible” double-helping of weirdness… So out-of-left-field that we debated which side we should list first. Would it be the moody-growling slab of Popcorn/R&B or the crazy upbeat Sax-peppered R&B dancer.. in the end we decided to follow the label’s choice and open with an utterly distinctive ” I’m Waitin’ ” a slow-drag blending a wailin’ Saxophone with a funeral-inspired vocal-group and a lead vocal that would scare the kids to death. For those of you into the exotic rarities, the slow-motion “Tittyshakers” that evoke visions of dingy smoke-veiled Southside Club with ladies-of-the-night hanging on the bar stocking-leg extended and swaying to the rhythm of an oversexed Saxophonist - whilst the man with the mike - teases her imagination with his highly-suggestive vocal… I think it’s so brilliantly off-the-wall! Flip it over - and everyone one in the bar, is startled into action as R&B explodes at a pace reserved for only the nimblest… and that sax-man is at it again, strutting his stuff, spitting out notes only the outrageously proficient could even attempt,with Lee Richards reveling in the challenge.. Do you fancy a futile search trying to find a copy, this is not only very rare it is also so very different… I’ve just pitched the speed down to 43 rpm and it sounds even better than the sound-file provided…I think this “Wanger” in skilled hands could grow to be big.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 91.00 Southside Movement Do It To Me Ever since it was a new release in 1975 I have been in love with this record. So after witnessing the effect the inspired-drop of the “Invitations” - “Look On The Good Side” had on the Soul Essence crowd, early evening as they were filing out of the Raynescourt Hotel to sample the gastronomic delights of Great Yarmouth. They stopped in their tracks, an explosive dance-floor-dash followed, as the 70s Soul classic rose above all the rarities that went before it, triggering pre-dinner euphoria… Before you today is another (slightly harder to acquire) 70s “oldie” (constantly validated by top-Jock Mark Randle)…that will surely detonate the same effect.. a listing for those with not so deep-pockets but have suffered the frustration of this killer eluding them for too long…and we know from phone inquires you are not alone… begging for ownership. Neat clean vinyl, original birth sleeve #4 on label (see scan) I do know one thing if the DJ had followed “Look On The Good Side” with “Do It To Me” nobody would have got to the restaurant on time… A now seldom-heard 70s Chicago vocal-group Northern Soul at it most memorable, as Jimmy “Cheatin’ Kind” Vanleer serves up an exquisite smorgasbord of Dance-Soul! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 129.00 Frank Polk Trying To Keep Up With The Joneses / Welcome Home Baby You are viewing a British near impossible where it be DEMO or stock this 45 never turns up for sale - so forgive my excitement when a near prefect copy lands. Excited because it is pure undiluted Los Angeles Northern Soul from the desk of H. B. Barnum. You are bombarded by H.B.’s influences on every note, and will be wondering why this tune has not risen to Northern Soul classic status as Lester Clark & Andy Fisher’s writing are super-charged by the weight of Barnum’s orchestra… The reason why the 45 is not universally known - is rarity again playing it’s had in the dearth of NS turntable action over the decades. If you think the USA copy is an easy catch - you’d be wrong, but if your thinking the 1965 UK press is Pimpernel-Elusive you be so very right… As a flawless Red & White DEMO this 45, as the Old School Brit-Vinyl-Trappers will confirm, is a real treasure… Click the soundfile and prepare to be impressed - we are hoping this title starts to gets the long-overdue NS Jock attention, it so obviously deserves.. A treasure to the eye & ear… Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 122.00 Sound-masters Lonely Lonely / I Want You To Be My Baby From the top-drawer comes this Los Angeles harmony group Northern Soul not only because it features the standout vocal of Morris Chestnut or because the great James Carmichael did his usual coherent arranging; with the harmony vocals so very tight n’fluid with the lead vocal turning in such a beseeching performance, you do feeling this guy could be experiencing love’s pain in real life… The lyrcs maybe a sorrow but the “kitchen-sink” backing track seemingly using every instrument at their disposal is nothing short of Northern Soul brilliance. The relentless 4 beat to the bar dance rhythm is endowed with blaring-horns, hammond organ, piano, guitar strums delivering from start to finish the perfect 60’s dance tune. The quality of the vocals, speak for themselves, so lush, so expressive you need to hear more from this soulful-throng… so flip it over.. WOW! one of the greatest Soul-harmony recordings ever made awaits your ears.. we did warn Morris Chestnut was no in the most upbeat of moods on this recording to immerse himself so deeply he breaks-down into tears… No wonder he went on to an acting career.. BOTH SIDES BRILLIANT!!! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 386.00 Imaginations Strange Neighborhood / I Just Can't Get Over Losing You Looks gorgeous doesn’t it but what lays in the grooves is even more beautiful. Topside of course has been a Northern Soul Darling for decades and never been easy to trap especially in this fine condition (one reason why it has never been effectively bootlegged) this copy still hugging the original company jacket. Click the double soundfile, not only revealing silky-atmospheric vocal-group Northern Soul at it best but also giving you the pleasure of a 60s harmony ballad from Heaven. The only flaw to can locate of this vision, is a minuscule sticker removal blemish on the flipside label - see scan of B. To attractive to sleep on… Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 358.00 Secrets I Suppose / Such A Pity You are viewing one extremely RARE British 45. Interest from both British MOD-Styles beat-collectors and Northern Soul British completists. We kick off with the side CBS decided to lead with (but never promoted) as its acute rarity bears out. “I Suppose” A guitar-strummer, featuring blue-eyed harmony of a calibre far and beyond the UK norm, an infectious tune you will find turns into an ear-worm. “Such A Pity” is the “value” side as the pace quickens, delivering a “Buckinghams” styled Northern Soul dancer, again shimmering in precise harmonies.. Both sides written by Clifford T. Ward we presume… may we repeat this 45 suffers from severe-rarity indeed. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 63.00 Hollywood Persuaders Hollywood A-go-go This weeks Northern Soul classic PROMO copy - “seldom comes to market” as iconic DJ John Voncent remarked recently, as he relaunched this Northern Soul stomper to great applause for inventiveness.. Well done Johnny-Boy this is one hell of a pick! An ear-piercing whining mouth-organ, so very reminiscent of Jimmy Frazier, frantically-banging drums, Dick Dale-esque guitar, served up in a manner only Mickey Lee Lane’s - Hey Sah Lo Ney - had delivered to the NS fraternity before. Watch this space - as others follow suit and turn this, most likely, into 2015 dancefloor favourite… it has everything. As main participat Paul Buff uses all his previously acquire ear for “Potency” whilst guiding such great 60s instrumental groups as “The Sufaris” and “The Chantays” Before you today is NOT the often seen, twice-bootlegged styrene press or indeed the genuine “black” label stock copy - this is the very seldom seen WHITE PROMO in dazzling condition….It’s only flaw being a minuscule-neat “Ian Gillibrand” moniker in a-side deadwax.. which surely, such an historic NS follower signature will add to it’s value.. a “Gilliband” autograph in itself should be collectable…maybe? TOP DRAWER thumping Northern Soul hot on the comeback trail… get on it and ride! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 291.00

Just before decimilisation records were 6 / 8 six shillings and eight pence or three for a pound, which was a bit less than 45p. When the money changed over it was rounded up to 45p

Admirals Got You On My Mind / King Of Love I love the way that 60s Soul labels not matter how “obvious” they are, always seem to have a couple of releases that are “impossible” to locate.. Check out VOLT 125 - a double-helping of totally obscure Memphis vocal-group Northern Soul, backed up with a rich harmony ballad. Both expertly executed by this mysterious gathering guided by Steve Cropper. Not only unicorn-rare but also sitting inside it’s birth-sleeve, in unbelievable MINT condition.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 177.00 Living Color Gotta Strange Feeling / Thank The Lord For Love What makes the Northern Soul scene the most durable of all underground music scene is the relentless search by DJ’s and collectors for the tunes we missed. Not always because of extreme rarity but sometimes because a stand-out has been obscured by it’s better known “A-Side” Nonchalantly lurking on the flipside of a Wigan Casino / Cleethorpes Pier anthem is a Chicago screamer that is now receiving big attention from the “scratch below the surface” NS jocks.. Now in 2015 this is no easy find, with the a-side considered a NS collection essential, the now in-demand flipside has gone long out of carry-box circulation. Take a listen to a PMT dancer saturated in attitude and animosity - this is perfect for today’s dancefloor as the angry-sister is the flavour of the season… Flipside is timeless Northern Soul - is neat ad tidy condition with the light h2o stain over the “M” being its only discernible flaw.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 141.00 J. W. Alexander Freezin' / Doin' The James Bond Walk From the man who encouraged and later partnered the late, great Sam Cooke comes a potent spring of 1966 Los Angeles D.I.Y. session, giving up everything require for Northern Soul R&B greatness. A James Woody Alexander private session showcasing a bluesy blend of Soul & R&B incorporating squealing sax, burping brass, screeching harmonic decorating the howling rasp of J. W.’s snarling vocal! A far cry from the “Kags Music” releases before Sam Cooke was killed when the pair enjoyed huge worldwide success with their work on Keen Records, SAR and eventually RCA. This 45 was a personally conceived and constructed by “Alexander” alone, and sadly fell into total obscurity, forgotten completely by collectors and historians alike. Take a listen this is one-hell-of-a-tune, as the drum-roll, hand-claps and shrill girls signal DANCE!! with the distance screaming sax adding all the authenticity of the local jamming session, turning into a gem as the enthusiasm of all concerned comes through loud and clear.. What is also loud and clear is how you can one minute ride the crest of a wave, then unexpected fall ..due to circumstance beyond your control… PS the flip is a quirky-jerk that’s worth a listen too… Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 101.00 Darrell Banks Open The Door To Heart / Our Love Check out that label - your pulse is racing isn’t it! Mine raced and then skipped a beat as I noticed London/Decca practice of hand-stamping London DEMOs with the running times of each side of the label in black ink rubber stamper was NOT there.. .What a bonus, that the rather annoying over-sized “225” black-ink stamping has not been executed… the consequence is… TWO PERFECT labels and vinyl that only reveals the lightest of sleeve contact blemishes, under close inspection and bright light. THIS IS A REAL STUNNING COPY! The music - we don’t even have to mention - but do click the soundfile anyway because even after all these years - both still stir my insides… Finding a better copy - would be some challenge, indeed. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 1,117.00 Soul Children Stax Promo Biograhy & Group 10" By 8" Glossy Photo Perfect condition 8” by 10” glossy group shot of this highly accomplished Soul gathering; handpicked by Isaac Hayes & David Porter perform their selected premier creations. Norman West had already shook Memphis by laying down some mighty Deep Soul creations on Hi Records, M.O.C. & Smash usually under the wing of Don Bryant. Shelbra Bennett a local Memphis Sister who cut her Soul-teeth within the Church Community. Anita Louis the youngest of the team, having work her way from being one of Carla Thomas’s starlet backing singers to a mainstay in Soul Children. Last member John Colbert, became noticed after working his trade as a street-corner sing on the street of Memphis for many years until his resilience paid dividends .. Together with the stunning group-photo comes a 5 page insight into the group, its members and the people who drove the Soul Children though to release fully 8 highly-regarded albums ad innumerable 45s. The backbone of the group was its ability to spontaneously change the lead-vocalist between them. crafting some of the greatest “Soul” recordings ever made.. This PROMO KIT is insanely RARE and in perfect condition.. the “Paper-Boys” among you will recognize the importance of this beautiful document.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 31.00

Buddy Smith When You Lose The One You Love In short… The finest 60s Beat-Ballad EVER MADE! and without question one of the most-challenging Big-Ticket Detroit’s rarities to try and own; so very ludicrously RARE! Let’s just let Buddy” do all the talking on this one.. no words from me could ever elevate the importance of this record… as this could possibly be your one and only chance of own what we all consider a masterpiece of it’s genre… Compelling and totally unobtainable Northern Soul ..ad condition wise perhaps the cleanest in existence. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 2,518.00 Ernie King Too Hot To Hold / That's When I Woke Up Silly Rare Mercury # offering up not one, but killer sides from Chicago. I’m curiously wondering just how many serious Soul collectors will be dismissive about this Northern Soul juggernaut of a tune, as it resides on a rather commonly spied label design.. the Oval logo Mercury label.. Think again, this Chicago conceived Northern Soul beast, for whatever reason is super-tough to find and when you unleash the soundfile - the desire for ownership could well become overwhelming. As Nathaniel Meadows pulls together a crammed studio of horns, bluesy guitar (Buster Benton?) and ignites Chicago dance. From the very first note, those honkin’-horns are utterly relentless ripping up all in front of them, decorated by twangy guitar riffs..the power builds. Only a gnarled vocal in the calibre of King Earnest’s could ever hope to make an impression on such a dominant production. Growls, howls, hoots and barks his vocal through a roller-coaster of sound! Something the great Johnny Sayles would have enjoyed getting his teeth into… but hey, could Mr. Sayles have surpassed this uncompromising discharge of energy… capped off with some robust saxophone work at the end !! BRILLIANT.. For those of you who like their Northern Soul without limb-debilitating consequences - check out the cultured flipside, a slow-burn controlled masterpiece that swells, rises and lifts into a special Cross-over stroller of quality …as Earnest gets emotional… Forget the label (which has light water stain) see scan; and treat this double header as one of those major label births that was missed by everyone…. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 236.00 Herb Johnson & The Impacts I'm So Glad (i Found You) / Where Are You This week’s RARE Northern Soul classic on it’s FIRST label is a fabulous piece of 1967 Philadelphia dance-soul.. Presumably Ed Gilreath of “Chips” record “pluggers” had been notified that a deal for a national release through Brunswick had already been struck; leaving the now coveted “Toxan” label, to been adjusted by the marker-pen, but thankfully leaving the flipside label untouched.. As you’d expect, the 1968 Brunswick press failed miserably with the black release STOCK copy being a real-challenge to find; and the Promo copy is no easy platter to apprehend either.. But before you today is its ultimate form, first local label that so seldom comes to market. With the Brunswick copy showing up in the more imaginative DJ sets in recent times; it’s popularity as a neglected oldie growing by the week.. We consider this TOXAN copy a top-trophy for those of you insistent on owning the elusive first labels.. Trigger the impressive soundfile, revealing uplifting, horn-honking vocal group Northern Soul on the lead side; with the flip giving up KILLER Philly Sweet Soul of the highest order.. two most wonderful tunes.. and Dog-Rare into the bargain. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 208.00 Dee Irwin I Only Get This Feeling / Wrong Direction Talking about RARE Records, different labels, different mixes - Northern Soul quirky anomalies that feed the thirst for owning the “distinctive” and rarer 45s standing out from the crowd… how about this truly elusive piece..full orchestral Northern Soul This much-loved string & horn propelled NS dancer did of course go “national” when in 1968 Imperial records released the Wally Roker produced 2.23 mins interpretation as he tweaks Jesse Herring’s arrangement, but in doing so loses a little of the easy flow.. especially on that glorious instrumental break when the horns sadly lose their potency and the accompanying guitar weakens into the background.. Already a very wanted 45 as it’s Imperial 66295 and the Redd Coach version may be only marginally different - but when rarity comes into the equation - Redd Coach 45 provides a chasm of disparity… A Manship Auction debutante in fact.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 186.00 Ray Pollard It's A Sad Thing C/w All The Things You Are Undeniably one of the greatest male vocalists of the last century, the magnificent voice of Ray Pollard never fails but to move you. This example has lived in the shadows of his previous 1966 masterpiece “The Drifter” for far too long. Guided by the same New York craftsmen of the big production Arnold Goland & Gerry Granahan who surprisingly use a British creation from the pens of Les Reed & Geoff Stephens ( No British counterpart who sang these Brit-lyrics jumps to mind).. Potent lyrics they are too, perfectly worded to marry a Brill Building production.. the combination boils up into one almighty “Latin” inspired arrangement as those “Spanish Harlem” horns weld themselves to a full string section, cradling Ray’s muscular stance; with shrill ladies adding the feminine touch, that is so vital when this vocal-juggernaut revs.. trumpet breaks, strings, girls all provide a cushion for Mr. Pollard to spear his voice into…. UTTERLY BRILLIANT. The flipside Pollard’s producers guide him towards a “show” tune… even then Ray’s vocal-prowess explodes.. As a STOCK copy this one tough 45 to acquire. This listing is so very near to Mint minus… as near as it could be, actually. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 144.00 Zeke & The Soul Setters Make My Love A Hurting Thing / Take It And Get That perfect for today sound that is sweeping the Northern Soul dancefloors of Europe… craving the blending of Funk, Jazz & Soul into a compelling dance track, if that’s your bag - that style does not come any more impressive than on this Richmond, Virginia concept…. With David Fitzgerald again utilizing his composition that gave birth to William Cumming Northern Soul status… completely deconstructing that highly regarded rarity, replacing William Cummings vocal with a skilfully delivered sax, prompted by subtle horn blasts in the background forming solid rare-soul-dance… Flip it over and Mr. Fitzgerald gets tougher with his production as a raw Funker spews from the speakers.. TWO GREAT SIDES Note, the label design offers an insight into primitive 60s D.I.Y. street-level productions, as the Artist credit and the running time have been added as an after thought by hand… nice touch.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 282.00 Contours First Look I At The Purse / Searching For A Girl For over 15 years now, our computer files on sales has grown into millions of facts of prices sold for, who bought them, how many copies we have sold etc. etc. For Soul vinyl the sales data it is not only unrivaled, it is also essential to our statements on rarity, demand and availability.. So when we announce today, the TMG 531 as a Red & White 1965 DEMO is one of the very hardest TMG Demo’s to capture. We say it without hesitation, because in the last 15 years our data reveals with have NEVER SOLD or HAD a copy during the whole of that time….and before that we can only guess how few we have handled. This is one of the HARD ONES to find, and as you Motown Junkies rush to your hallow-haul of TMG’s, we are betting you don’t own a copy and if you do it is unlikely to have flawless vinyl, like this baby or indeed sporting labels free of tears, writing stains or other irritating defect. The Demo is Dog-Rare and in OCD kosher condition.. So click the soundfile to unleashed uncompromising Tamla Motown Northern Soul, as Smokey Robinson revisits the importance of “Money” theme that serve Motown so well in the past.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 271.00 Unity If You Ever Need Someone / Sweet Memories This week’s Sweet Soul impossible 45, hails from the streets of Macon, Georgia. Giving up ice-cold falsetto lead, supported by seamless harmony. An impressive syrupy-stroller aided by and unobtrusive piano lighting the way. The lead vocal is an impressively soul voice, but when he rests from singing and the group harmonize, this session leaps into greatness with impeccably tight-teamwork. Fabulous and rare Sweet Soul… Flip it over to hear, what the Record Label considered the best choice to lead with. As so often happens when the label sacrifices quality in the quest for a “hit”, so deciding to lead with a “Michael Jackson style” young voice conveying the reflective lyrics… Although in itself it is a very decent slab of “Sweet” but pales to the overlooked flip..which is stand-out. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 140.00

Sheila Ferguson Heartbroken Memories / Signs Of Love Oldies DJ’s let’s have a Spring Bar-B-Que, Burger-melts with Sam & Kitty, The Snake as toppings … so there’s a little room for truly magical Northern Soul oldies like this underplayed jewel.. Click the soundfile, and like me you’ll be wondering why we get so many “repeats” an evening when there are 45s of this calibre to drop the needle on.. Condition of this Richie Barrett Philadelphia creation could NOT be finer - could have been “made yesterday” springs to mind… Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 234.00 Ambassadors Too Much Of A Good Thing Ridiculously fine condition! Ridiculously fine Northern Soul, it is one of those example recordings, you can use to explain that age-old question… “What exactly is this Northern Soul sound” point them in the direction of this urgent horn-guided, “vintage” style stomper, with enthusiastic men cooing and doo-wahing in perfect unison to an unstoppable full-throttle production.. THIS IS NORTHER SOUL Then, if you do not want to enlighten again, point the inquisitor towards “Cool Off” or “Destination Unknown” all will muddy his ears into confusion… as the classic retort of “If You Have To Ask You’ll Perhaps Never Understand” would have been the perfect response…. in the beginning Or if it moves the SOUL and makes you want to dance… then you could well have a new convert on your hands. If any tune is gonna turn the lights on, to the novice, this is an ideal candidate. Condition is blinding btw Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 555.00 Honey & The Bees Baby, Do That Thing / Sunday Kind Of Love Fabulous Sister-Funker! These usually oh-so-sweet Philly-Ladies drop their elegant wasy and find some real attitude as they rip into and tear up, Jimmy Bishop, Billy Broomer & Norman Harris’s tit-bit, Winfield Parker had tackled just a few months earlier.. Love “The Sisters” sassy take on this uncompromising horn-honking Funker. The the lead of this 4 girl gathering, punches holes through the hard-line Bobby Martin arrangement with her forceful serving of the lyrics.. Proper 60s Funk Dancer in fine clean condition Flip it over, for the side Arctic chose to lead with and they revert back to the style they made their highly-regarded reputation from. Soul as sweet as it gets.. tight harmonies, expressive vocals, rise and fall twist and turn from a cocktail of pitches into one delicious mix… Condition of this PRMO is blinding - btw Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 88.00 Gene Mcdaniels A Hundred Pounds Of Clay The lure from the British release UK Soul collector of the “Yellow” London DEMO only gets worse as you get older.. Personally being “Old-School” my pulse still gallops at the sight of a British 60s PROMO. But there is something about a “London” demo I find irresistible. Unlike the serious London label completist, they adore the Gold or Silver text releases. Each to their own, but I think with this example, most of you fanatical homeland Soul collectors, discover they will not own a copy. Our sales database born in the last century reveals this is our first DEMO copy in at least 15 years.. Yellow is so mellow - the vinyl is flawless - as are the two labels.. What’s not to love..? It couldn’t ever be Eugene McDaniels rich velvety & utterly booming vocal Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 33.00 Chris Clark Love's Gone Bad / Put Yourself In My Place Not only one of the tough TMG500s to snare but also offering up two fine Northern Soul offerings…into the bargain. The multi-talented Chris Clark comes under the spell of Holland-Dozier-Holland’s genius with a less-commercial A-side that just screams Northern Soul; as Chris Clark’s vocal treated to a light “Echo” as it snarls its way through a mountain of horns, persistent guitar rhythm, rattling percussion and whirling keyboard work… All the time Ms. Clark’s vocal gathers strength as she acts out the lyrics of despair so beautifully. Flipping it over, Chris gives her own interpretation of the much-loved Motown classic, The Isley Brothers, The Elgins, The Supremes etc. covered… But just like the a-side Chris Clark again stamps her own perception of those all-too-familiar lines, with perfect timing & delivery of the lyrics. The result this white Goddess sounds “Blacker Than Hell” with all that Soul… lushly decorated by some impressive Sax interludes. Today before you, is a neat clean, small hole solid-center TMG591 that plays perfectly, these two fine offerings from an under-recorded Chris Clark. But for the distraction of her film-making talents; we would have heard much more of her vocal that always paints-the-picture of lyrics so vividly. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 96.00 Graig Douglas Don't Mind If I Cry By 1964 this British chart-toppers career was in decline by 1969 his record company PYE could not even spell his name correctly.. crediting this real-rarity to GRAIG Douglas, not that it made any difference no airplay was ever enjoyed on this Tony Hatch production of “Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head” with overwhelming competition from Sacha Distel & B. J. Thomas, Craig, it never stood a chance and his studio recording was all but over… If you gotta go, why not go out with a record that today is vey highly sought-after, as the flipside has an enviable underground following from the Northern Soul British release collectors, and rightly so, as the soundfile is about to underline. Haunting string intro throws you into thinking “what the hell is this?” then slowly but surely the recording stirs, builds, swells into one mighty Big City Beater… take a listen to this fine, fine sleeper from the most unlikely of sources..hidden away on the B-side of an insipid version of a B. J. Thomas hit, lay what I’d describe as a Brilliant-Brit-Belter… LOVE IT and it is so very elusive! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 86.00 Bobby Angelle It's Just Gotta Be That Way Shredded Wheat? Yes, we all ate “Shredded Wheat” in our teenage years; in the car park of Wigan Casino, the seafront Of Blackpool, the darkened areas of Temple Street, Wolverampton. No doubt if you peered through the rows of parked car windows, you would more than likely see teenagers munching away madly devouring enough “Shredded Wheat” to get them through the rigors of an “All Nite”Soul-dancing session. If you didn’t have any Shredded Wheat with you, there was always somebody who knew somebody who may have some spare to sell you. SW was essential.. “Shredded Wheat”… it made your head buzz with euphoria, gave you the energy to dance all night - even made the most mediocre record, sound damn FANTASTIC! Whether you agree with the amount of “Shredded Wheat” consumed on the Northern Soul scene or not; the atmosphere of these now iconic Clubs would have been so much duller without it. As for late night “Shredded Wheat” dining making you younger in your twilight years… there is strong evidence to consider that statement to be a slight exaggeration… as 100s of our compatriots are now sadly meeting a premature departure from the scene…”Shredded Wheat” I’m just glad I only swallowed the “Blue” coloured ones.. Click the soundfile and enjoy yet another Northern Soul tune that has promoted Corporate products.. this example however being perhaps the obscures and hardest to find. Condition of this now nationwide favourite is utterly flawless by the way.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 136.00

Guy Allen Changes / You're The One Imagine a spring Saturday afternoon, rain pouring down, surrounded by like minded friends and a few cool Guinness’s. But the conversation is muted as the music is playing… not ordinary music, but a tapestry of hand-picked vibes lovely pulled from vinyl filled caskets it’ has taken a lifetime to assemble into a statement of personal musical taste.. given one hour each these purveyors of exquisite Soul music take pride in lining up their 24 or so choices in an order, that will not only stop conversation but maybe even “well-up” a few eyes and flutter a few hearts… as Real-Soul dance music is the order of the day.. This is of course the annual pilgrimage to Great Yarmouth to dowse yourself in the pleasures of SOUL ESSENCE weekender.. The record in front of you, is of it’s type - Rainy-Day afternoon brilliance that brings the faithful from far and wide.. maybe it’s time you the crowd, joined in the adoration of truly fine and decidedly RARE SOUL!! Like this Guy Allen…and his brothers creation. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 557.00 B. J. Stanton Trust In The Lord / Mama Do record labels get any more obscure than “LUZZLES” or indeed artists such as the under-the-radar B. J. Stanton. Perfect for today’s upfront DJ’s seeking the serious RARE modern soul dance offerings. And this is exactly that; A 1982 “private” double helping of 80s Soul-dance wisely pressed at 33RPM so the long 4.49 & 3.57 cuts, play LOUD and clean. This is D.I.Y. studio work at it’s outer-most obscure, so now click the soundfile to hear why this 7” recently sold for a small fortune…Yes, it hits all the current forward-thinking DJ parameters head-on. Condition by the way - is nothing short of perfect! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 824.00 Charles Simmons Save The World / You've Got It All This Ohio creation is a current Monster dancefloor detonator saturated in all the craved-for characteristics for today’s prevailing NS scene.. The deceptive shout-intro holds you for a split second as the horns pause - then erupting brass takes to the air.. and feature so strongly throughout the session, making it a near 3 minutes of impossible-to-ignore Soul-Dance! Charles frenzied-vocal-attitude seamlessly marries with the horns as frenetic guitar rhythms drive the session home. This is perfect dance-food.. IRRESISTIBLE RARE SOUL DANCE! driven by a horn section from Hell.. The copy before you, you will have noted comes complete with the extremely rare “Picture Sleeve” with Charles brandishing a rather cool hairstyle for the day… the sleeve has light water stains but the disc is totally pristine. Mint vinyl both sides and two labels to match. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 487.00 Blues & Soul # 11 August 1968 One of the very elusive of these iconic A5 early designs. This example being #11 in the series from August 1968 featuring the recently deceased and by then christened “The Immortal” Otis Redding on the front cover. BUT CHICAGO FANS you especially need this edition: James Benholm article entitles “I’M IN CHICAGO” with picture of McKinley Mitchell and bio’s on Johnny Sayles, 5 Dutones, Syl Johnson, McKinley Mitchell * Maurice & Mac - an unmissable account of 1968 and the Chicago Soul scene. Inside with have the standard-set editorials & biographies on Soul Artist & their music. The edition features: Lou Johnson - Picture & Bio Chuck Edwards - Picture & Bio Dave Godin column - talking about “Pirate Radio” with a neat picture of Radio “Soul” DJ Mike Raven and thanking him for his support for the recently released “Pigmeat Markham - Here Comes The Judge” with Raven’s help pushing it into the Top 50 charts. Sly & The Family Stone - Picture & Bio The eye-catching Record Company adverts include Soul City, President, Joy etc. 45 & Lp reviews + The Charts It’s all here documenting the summer of ‘68 and Britain’s Soul Scene of the time Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 68.00 Patty Stokes Is It True / Good Girl (can You Be?) Yes, you are forgiven for looking twice, thrice or as many times as you like at this spectacularly RARE label variation of the MIR-A-DON label - it is the never-witnessed “RITE” sound pressing and do i hear a slightly different mix..? What a top-value 45 this is - with my choice of lead side, giving up impeccable Sister-led Northern Soul Crossover; mid-tempo drenched in young-girl anguish as Patty gives up an hands-clench, half-bent-over, looking-at-the-floor performance, as she spills her insides out in front of you - REAL GUT WRENCHING SOUL.. served with the intensity only witnessed on the truly great Soul achievements. Flip it over and Patty shifts the gears through to uplifting Northern Soul. Joined by (we assume) The Ascots who bring their vocal-bounty to the session. This is really a male-vocal-group session led by an outstanding girl-vocalist.. then the “Vibe-Break” and proper real-deal Northern Soul jells… It is records of this standard that beg the question - why £30 why £300 why £3000 ..this tune for me delivers from the top-drawer on BOTH sides… The rarity of this single, in this form, in this “as new” condition - is the equivalent of treading in Unicorn droppings, whilst running the mid-field for Barcelona vs the Dog & Duck Pub team on a Sunday morning in the Tahiti & district knockout Footy cup… Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 438.00 Chris Morgan Who Am I / Now I Taste The Tears Time for this under the surface mighty-leviathan to make waves after decades of barstool adulation and predictions of great things ahead. You don’t need a crystal ball to predict its time in the sun cannot be very far away, just click the soundfile and unleash….. a massive Bill Medley production being met head-on by an equally imposing vocal. Little wonder this house-quaking tune has evolved into a 45 enjoying a towering-reputation - growing at the same rate as it’s rarity. Bill Medley penned and produced, arranged by Bill Baker the two provide a real-sense-of-power, that’s invading your ears at this moment. As the producers favourite instrument the “Tuba” times its profound belches perfectly; just as it did on Jerry Ganey’s treasured MGM anomaly… treasure this example of Bill Medley studio prowess too.. this 45 has vanished in recent times, sounding better today than it ever did.. NOTE: don’t forget about the highly prized Deep Soul journey hidden away on the flipside… that could well become rooted inside you also. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 168.00 Les Chansonettes Don't Let Him Hurt You / Deeper SHRINE TIME! The all too common Girl “warning” to her friends, “Don’t Let Him Hurt You” “Like He Did Me” delivered with such velocity you do get the feeling the lead singer is preaching from recent experience… and Dale Warren is thinking he’d better come up with a production to do this ladies agony, some justice! Dale piles on the drums, unleashes the horns, the shrill girl chorus steps to one sides, leaving the dominant lead to deliver the “Caution” with unparalleled conviction.. she takes a brief break and Dales horns wade in at full-throttle! THIS IS NORTHERN SOUL - the REAL NORTHERN SOUL that triggered back-drops, spins, splits and synchronized hand claps… This SHRINE at it’s most persuasive, it’s most convincing, it’s most memorable.. Flip it over and these gals are again not in the best of moods, as they spit out ferocious Northern Soul…. in an almost scary way.. two fine examples underlining Shrine’s passion for bypassing anything sweet & twee.. Note. no flaky labels, no water damage just a faded X on label to guide the mid-60s Washington “Jock” to which side to drop the needle on… if he dared. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 1,466.00 Jack Montgomery Dearly Beloved / Do You Believe It We were gonna save this new arrival straight from our MINT USA source for “MANSHIP’S MINTS” for Christmas - but we figure “Mints” are just as tasty at Easter. Before you are two flawless labels - vinyls almost certainly unplayed before our soundfiles were harvested, snugly hugging its original birth-sleeve. Collecting the real-deal Northern Soul classics in perfect condition doesn’t get any more pleasing than owning this Detroit masterpiece… One for those who consider CONDITION the most important factor whilst buying rare records… we are 8 months away from another “MANSHIP MINTS” Auction, here’s an early taster of things to come… we don’t ever expect to see another in “virgin” condition, that’s f’sure. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 358.00

JUST FOUND MY COPY, IT'S NOT THE ONE THAT SOLD ON HERE IT'S THE ONE WITHOUT GOLD AT THE TOP JUST SWISS MOVEMENT WRITTEN ACROSS THE TOP, THIS MADE ME WONDER WHICH CAME FIRST, I DID THINK IT WAS THE ONE IN THIS AUCTION BUT I'M NOT SURE NOW . ANYBODY KNOW FOR SURE ???

now it's been talked about on here i expect it will get re-pressed and be on ebay before long.

A lot of the media seem to think n. Soul started in the 70s, always call it a 70, s craze that started at wigan.

SOMEONE SCRATCHED THERE INITIALS IN THE RUN-IN AND THE FIRST FEW SECONDS, PITY ISN'T IT, WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT. STILL YOU WOULDN'T KNOW IF YOU WERE DJ-ING WITH IT. DEFFINATELY SOUNDS BETTER PLAYED OUT LOUD SOMEWHERE, LIKE A LOT OF RECORDS DO.

I PUT MY SWISS MOVEMENT ,THE SAME AS THIS ONE BUT WITH A SLIGHT BIT OF NOISE ON EBAY FOR ABOUT 3 WEEKS AND HAD NO BITES, THIS IS THE RARER OF THE TWO ISSUES AS FAR AS I' KNOW. MAYBE I SHOULD TRY IT AGAIN, JOE.

Honey & The Bees Dynamite Exploded / Together Forever Does Sister-Northern-Soul get anymore compelling than this Philly “impossible”? Not only potently unchallenged but also shimmering with rarity exceeding any other “Arctic” listings on this auction this century so very, very hard to acquire. So strap yourself in, and let Honey & The Bees whip the your feet from under you, as Morris Bailey’s meteoric-lyrics send this rocketing Northern-Soul-Stomper skyward. Real-Deal Northern Soul.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 585.00 Swiss Movement I Wish Our Love Would Last Forever A thing of beauty! But a gorgeous vision unfortunately blighted by most-all known copies suffering from varying levels background noise with only a few copies that play clean and true. So click the soundfile and discover one of the few “good” copies that not only draw the eye to the beautiful coupling of label & vinyl but also serve up subtle clarity with the beautiful harmony vocals. (one of the early few off the press) only a brief couple of very distant pops can be detect if you concentrate. So now enjoy this string & horn driven floater in its full glory.. Delicious …. just delicious. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 302.00 Embers First Time / I Wanna Be (your Everything) Those North Carolina Boys with their most elusive Northern Soul offering. Bobby Tomlinson’s gathering have provided the British Northern Soul scene with a rich vein of dance-tunes but this we feel is their least-seen, especially in this flawless condition. Two mint labels, and two vinyls only revealing the merest of sleeve contact blemishes under strong light. So to the music - this is no “Watch Out Girl” ..as the start is a floorshaking attention seeking intro!! The slick-vocals provide an infectious uplifting unforgettable dancer - lyrically brilliant delivered by sweetly-honed harmony vocals.. then a scintillating Sax-break welding this awesome tune together.. IMHO their best and their most difficult to capture.. Flip it over and these Soul-addicted boys rework the Carnival Records Manhattans classic - stamping their own style to an already stand-out tune.. Two great sides, bristling with real rarity, in unbeatable condition.. just irresistible. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 184.00 Barbara Lynn I'm A Good Woman / Running Back STONE MINT!! Is there a more wanted Sister-R&B dancefloor-detonator than this Texas-talk-terminator from the Star-States Queen of Soul. From the first note, this conversation stopper triggers drinks-down and find a little space on the dance floor. So if you want to own this winner - how about perhaps the finest condition examnple on Planet-Earth!! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 120.00 Stevie Wonder Stevie Wonder 6 in this highly coveted British Tamla Motown EP series. This example is certainly one those annoying elusive releases. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 75.00 Clarence Reid You Got To Fight / Three Is A Crowd Two meaty Funk grooves from Florida’s main Soul Man! 1971 the dynamic-duo of Clarence Reid & Willie Clark were at this time very Funk-Focused but with very little success - “but if at first you don’t succeed try, try again..” as the Alston label had only just hit big with “Funky Nassau” this prolific pairing rolled out this protesting Hunk-of-Funk; but the sales failed miserably for it to become one of the labels “hard-to-finds”. But couple stayed on course to craft Betty Wright’s “Clean Up Woman” which as we know became the label’s “evergreen” FUNK recording and their best-know much loved Funk recordings. But these pages are not about “best sellers” they are about gems that pasted unnoticed whilst stablemates hit the big time. Within “You Got To Fight” you can hear a “blueprint” for “Clean Up Woman” another dance tune shimmering with defiance as Clarence “Union-style” vocal calls upon his workmates to bolster his plea welding a potent arrangement, enriched by their bellowing male-group chorus. In ya face FUNK! Flip it over for a deliciously delivered, slightly mellower FUNK infused dance-groove as the strings take it towards a Crossover-delight.. Two great sides .. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 71.00 Floyd W. Henley & The Swayettes Anywhere You Go / It Was I Leon Huff’s “first” composition provides an “unknown” upbeat Northern Soul winner with Leon Huff bashing the keys, instantly pulling you straight into that euphoric world of Northern Soul serious-rarities…as a gang of squealing girls lift their spirits, the strings zip and zing and Floyd’s vocal-mood rockets ever skyward. Leon gets carried of with his piano, whilst waving at the string section to please try and keep up… The flip is a must for the serious Soul collector, giving up a Deep Soul experience dripping with shrill girls and such an heavily burden male lead vocal…this side may well change your mood… This 45 is not rare - but way, way beyond rare - check out that glorious label scan and you’ll immediately know if you’ve seen this 45 before…and I certainly haven’t. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 101.00

Auctions Auction Help Register Jack Hammer What Greater Love What greater love hath a man who dedicates his life to Northern Soul..? In contrast to the wonderful Little Anthony original version served with that honeyed falsetto we love so much… Brits Mike Vickers & Noel Walker choose the booming vocal of Jack Hammer to convey the momentous lyrics of Teddy Randazzo, Richie Adams & Victoria Pike lifting the production into Northern Soul territory. Note this adaptation never achieved a USA release and today is receiving regular NS Turntable excursions, that in past times had been sadly all too infrequent… Good to hear DJ’s dropping the needle on tunes like this, because they are instantly familiar and this version being an instant crowd-pleaser. Condition is flawless, throughout. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 77.00 Delreys Incorporated Destination Unknown / Crying In My Sleep One of a few rare Northern Soul classics enjoying a turntable renaissance, but NOT as oldies play, just the opposite, as this an essential rarity perfectly fitting the dancefloor-demands of the recent “Funk” invasion being triggered across Europe. This former Blackpool Mecca & Cleethorpes 70s Anthem has everything it takes to sit snugly into the upfront DJ sets and is doing just that, whilst also igniting euphoric recall within the Old-School Cleggy and Highland Room hearts. It’s ear-pricking subtle intro, suddenly explodes with a lead vocal howling out a quest to find “A Home”…convincing delivered, riding a marvelous wah-wah propelled arrangement as his teammates scream the chorus in the background.. Killer! I can vividly remember the East-Coast dancefloor response, as the stylus cut into those exclusive opening bars.. I also recently witnessed and even stronger response .. perfect for today and back BIGGER THAN EVER! This is of course the authentic original FIRST press in blinding flawless condition, so very near STONE-MINT! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 869.00 Hoagy Lands The Next In Line If you’re gonna chase the true classic Northern Soul treasures, we think you’ll find this USA Promo copy one that seldom turns up in such perfect condition. Almost since it’s release this tune has graced the turntables of Britain’s Soul clubs and remember Nottingham’s legendary BRIT CLUB playing this to a very appreciative crowd as early as 1970. Perhaps that one was on the impossible UK Stateside label, but I hasten to add this 1967 New Yorker as a PROMO copy is no easy catch either.. From the man who Doo-Wopped the lyrics “Under The Boardwalk” so deeply on the Drifters hit comes compelling Northern Soul that failed miserably on both sides of the Atlantic… how did that happen? It just a awesome tune.. that today sounDs better than ever.. This seldom-seen PROMO is as near perfect condition as you could ever hope to witness… Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 361.00 Linda & The Vistas She Went Away /bad Apple If condition is not the most important factor whilst hunting for Rare Soul - look away now! Calling all vinyl & label perfectionists it’s SHRINE TIME!! We believe the first time this record was played was near 50 years after the labels were lovingly hand-glued on by a Shrine employee, of this now world-renowned Washington vehicle for neighborhood Soul. The serious Shrine collectors will agree the most horrid aspect of seeking out Eddie Singletons cottage-industry, was the fragility of these 6o’s labels. As under the adverse air-conditions and poor storage surroundings, the labels faded, cracked and peeled off. Before you today is both vinyl and label exactness..without getting too anal or sounding utterly obsessive, the sight of unscathed glue around the label and a couple of finger prints in the deadwax when it was held for label-attachment… actually turned me on…. “Mr. Manship please take your medication, the nurse will push you around the grounds later on, if the sun comes out…” Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 207.00 Sapphires Gotta Have Your Love / Gee I'm Sorry Baby The scan says it all !! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 236.00 Child's Of Friendship Train Robbers Jackie (my Old Fashioned Girl) Does Sweet Soul get any more necessary that this act of perfection. We think not, not only one of the finest examples of the genre but also one of the most elusive.. VERY RARE and oh so sweet! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 155.00 Jr. Walker & The All Stars C/w Supremes Walk In The Night / Automatically Sunshine This weeks offering to the serious TMG collector is a more than interesting 1972 unique British acetate of TMG 823 and 821 respectively from the office/studios of the “Carlin Music Corporation” We thought this Carlin Music Corporation, Of 17 Savile Row, London W1 would suit you nicely Sir; especially as you already own most all of the TMG series and are now looking for those real oddities to keep your Tamla Motown heart beating. Cast your eyes over this discs uniqueness and like me one “quirk” will stand out above all other. The office typist got rather carried away after hearing Jr. Walkers latest creation and typed in capital letters “FANTASTIC” in the middle of the label. Don’t know about your thoughts, but with me it evoked a vision of a young girl typist (most likely wearing stockings and suspender belt) taken aback with the brilliance of “Walk In The Night” and just couldn’t help but type.. “FANTASTIC” on the label…making this acetate a magnificent one-off, glittering with provenance that only that office-girl’s spontaneity could have given it… One for those of you, who know you’ll never see another copy like it as it disappears into the Blackhole of British Tamla Motown collecting. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 72.00

You, re probably right chalky, a lot of people won, t post there any more, there, s a few european countries on the won, t send to list, I posted a record 3 times to italy because he didn, t put the right address, I got the blame as well, at least the italian p.o. sent it back twice and my po reposted for free,

I heard the spinners , " I, ll always love you " the other day by the gladiators , thought they murdered it.

£4.50 about £5 to be sure, one thing I, ve learnt is to double check the address is right, or it will be returned to sender so make sure you put a return address on the back

J. J. JACKSON # OH MY LIDDI # PRELUDE / STORM HI, DOES ANYONE KNOW IF EITHER OR BOTH OF THESE LABELS WAS BOOTED IN PHILADELPHIA OR ANYWHERE IN THE US BACK IN THE 60,s / 70 s, ( ANY PICTURES WOULD BE APPRECIATED IF THERE'S ANY, ) THANKS IN ADVANCE, JOE.

O. V. Wright Can't Find True Love Uk Ep When the word RARE is totally inadequate.. 1965 British 4 track EP of mythical rarity; I’ve ridden more Unicorns at Aintree , than encountered this fabulous testament to Texas Soul. Now I encounter this vision of beauty in 2015 in just shimmering condition. Hardly a blemish on the vinyl, both labels are perfect; front and back covers as you can see are flawless too. After your eyes adjust to normal, after the glow of such brilliance; check out the impressive seizure of one of the last century greatest Soul vocalist on British vinyl… PS I just adore the 60s “Art Sleeve” framing O.V. in confident pose.. This is British Soul Vinyl collecting at it’s most satisfying…oh I did feel good when this dropped into my hands.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 261.00 Blues & Soul June 1968 Editon # 9 Summer of ‘68 at the very height of the MOD Movement.. as this edition of Blues & Soul illustrates by highlighting three of the most popular MOD tunes of the time. Showstoppers (front cover pic) - Ain’t Nothing But A House Party’s energy epitomized the vibrant movement and its love of Soul-Dance music. It had everything to become a top favourite; as Roger St. Pierre points out, the previously unknown group’s first record was also the first release for the launch of UK Beacon label.. Robert Knight - “Everlasting Love” - although the plagiarist group the “Love Affair” - were having chart success with it at the time, and those guys even dressed like MODS. But the movement ideology for the “authentic”, proved strong asthe “Love Affair” were shunned by taking Robert Knight into their hearts..so much so it actually charted in the UK @ # 40 totally on the back of MOD support for the original. J. J. Jackson article prompted by the club popularity of his “Sho’ Nuff Got A Good Thing Goin’” another MOD Club choice. Showstoppers was played in every club & Youth Club in every town from 1968 onwards… Robert Knight I can remember playing on the “Double 5” coffee bar jukebox, a continuous spin, as I hid myself away in the corner hoping I could join the In-Crowd at some point… but my Mum wouldn’t let me out later than 10 o’clock - so not a good springboard to leap from, be part of the all-niter scene… then there was J. J. Jackson’s “Sho’ Nuff..” Which I first heard when my best-mate Eddie Paszynski (later a Casino regular) borrowed his elder sisters record collector for an illicit night of cheap cider, No. 10 ciggies & the stacking of the Youth Club Dansette. For me this no. 9 edition captures the very essence of my youth ..for others it will illustrate their “Golden MOD years” so very perfectly.. Note of interest. our data reveals we have only had this elusive edition once before in 2008… Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 61.00 Inez & Charlie Foxx Inez & Charlie Foxx The Darlings of the Twisted Wheel on a SUE produced album that Decca first presented to the UK public in 1965, with truly trifling sales. It was not until “Mockingbird” & “La De Da I Love You” rose to become Twisted Wheel, Flamingo, Mojo, etc classics that Decca/London reissued this compilation of the duos “Sue/Symbol” recordings, incorporating the black label with the silver-boxed logo circa 1967/68… when this Sister/Brother pairing became recurrent Twisted Wheel stage guests. No “boxed” logo here - this is the rare 1965 press with the “Plum” label and silver text. Extremey hard to find - and the condition is blazing near perfect. Front & back covers are as you can see flawless; You can’t see it but it also has the factory-crafted “tapered spine” Two impeccable labels, the vinyl sitting snugly inside the original inner sleeve only revealing a few, lightest of hairline wisps under strong light. None of which effect play. This is THE FIRST PRESS and so very hard to find.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 134.00 R. Dean Taylor There's A Ghost In My House / Let's Go Somewhere AUSTRALIAN DEMO! We do have a passion for offering the weird & wonderful. The Rare and the distinctively peculiar releases of Northern Soul ANTHEMS. So what about this circa 1974 Australian stickered DEMO of one of Northern Soul evergreen floor-rammers. R. Dean Taylor’s 1966 USA only non-hit that sprouted from a cheap 1972 EMI British album to become an early 70s Northern Soul Giant. I’m not sure why 1974 in Australia EMI thought it may hit, because back then OZ had an almost non-existent Northern Soul following…. well of course it didn’t sell but what it did provide is an opportunity in 2015 giving those of you who hunt down these rare NS deviations something to chase. Doesn’t it look stunning today, in it’s utterly unique clothing. Bet you can’t wait for the turntable-voyeurs to cop a peek of this spinning round at the club….. No this is not a photoshop April Fools Day trick.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 88.00 Gladys Knight & The Pips Feelin' Bluesy Gladys and The Boys are feeling far from Bluesy on this 12 track album; They are actually feeling upbeat and thoroughly feisty as she delivers some of her finest stand-out Northern Soul dance tracks that were never issued as 45s. She tinkers with the huge Marvelettes unissued Northern Soul favourite “The Boy From Crosstown” they also deconstructed the Marvelettes Album track only “I Know Better” doing a fine catchy reworking. But by far the star of the album and yet to receive a prolonged Northern Soul airing worthy of its brilliance is the compelling LP only “AIN’T YOU GLAD YOU CHOSE LOVE” …Motown Northern Soul at it’s very finest, saturated in real Detroit Soul with hardly a commercial note in it… Remembering this is the much RARER 1968 UK MONO press in immaculate condition retaining the original birth-inner-sleeve. You do occasionally bump into a STEREO press but seldom in this flawless condition - with the MONO pumping out a much-richer uncomplicated sound - ideal for the challenges of the club atmosphere.. Our tip is “AIN’T YOU GLAD YOU CHOSE LOVE” will be a monster before the year is out.. exposure is all it needs… oh and a DJ with great taste..of course. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 110.00 Barbara English & The Fashions Fever Fancy some Popcorn? This girl gathering butters-up Little Willie John’s 1956 classic stroll adding some smooth class to Otis Blackwell’s much recorded song. No matter who tackles this enduring classic it darn good, Peggy Lee, Willie John, Helen Shapiro etc. But nobody “Popcorn’s it” like these gals.. A New York production from the desk of the consistent Henry Glover always a man to inject a little extra something into his productions. “Fever” by these ladies just slots so easily into that “I’m Comin’ Home” groove that is so very popular with the dancers.. LOVE IT! and this Promo copy is flawless still sitting in it’s birth-sleeve. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 56.00 Four Below Zero Tell Me Why (can't We Be Friends) Part 1 & 2 OOPS we attatched the WRONG soundfile CORRECT one now attached and Auction extended for TWO WEEKS so you can absorb it’s brilliance. instead of listening to a unique girl-group tune - sorry ‘bout that. This week’s “Sweet Soul” offering comes from the desk of one of the most-important soul/dance producers of the last century. Patrick Adams pre-Disco-era work gave up some killer Soul tunes; this session with Lonnie Johnson gives up tormented-harmony-Soul with an icy-cold falsetto piercing the air.. “Tell Me Why We Can’t Be Friends” A vocal suffering badly from rejection, delivers a despairing rap intro. Then in comes an arrowed-falsetto, soaring high, cradled by 3 other vocals. A rich but tortured atmosphere unfolds, as the leads inter-change and the session becomes even more beseeching.. This is Sweet Soul at its most-convincing..rarely seen for sale and totally essential 45 to own - if vocal-group-harmony is your thing … Top drawer example of this highly collectable genre.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 61.00 Janie Grant My Heart, Your Heart A listings to satisfy the lust of the rare STOCK copy stalker. This seldom seen colourful STOCK copy is in “Perfect” condition still residing in its birth-sleeve. This interesting aspect of this release, is that the “White” Promo copy was “Counterfeited” using the promo label design as the template. A very convincing piece of forgery work, that has led to the promo “fake” being sold as the original on several occasions. By owning the infinitely rarer and more attractive stock release, all doubt of authenticity evaporates and when it’s a flawless example like this one… you can see why those rare STOCK copy addicts got hooked in the first place. Click the soundfile to be hurled back in time to the vintage-years of Wigan Casino and Cleethorpes Pier.. …happy days, indeed! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 156.00