Illusive

What a fantastic tune. Fabulous arrangement, orchestration and vocals to die for. Soul and then some. Thanks for the Soundcloud share Chalky Gav

Please PM or e-mail me illusiveoldsoul@yahoo.co.uk with any enquiries. I don't have the facilities to offer soundfiles i'm afraid, but i've tried to grade fairly and prices reflect the condition of the discs. If you disagree let me know. I'm open to sensible offers on all records (except George Smith) and multiple buys P&P £2.20 recorded UK, £3.00 Europe (standard mail) Payment by Paypal only please (gift please) George Smith - Ive had it - Turntable Issue - Vg++ (plays great) £90 £80 SOLD and no offers please - never seen it go this cheap especially on issue Needs no introduction, Just fantastic. Albert Jones - Unity - Kapp WDJ- VG++ - £50 £45 SOLD Sublime crossover. King Diamond - A Message to the black woman - Power House - Vg+ (label wear and surface marks but plays fab) £45 £40 Fantastic dancer and cracking flip from Mr Tolbert. Vi Velasco - I don't want to go on - VJ issue - VG++ £40 £35 Massive production Big City northern dancer. McKinnley Mitchell - Gypsy / This place ain't getting no better - Sandman - Vg (plays ex) £10 SOLD Absolute belting dancer with a superb flip side. Sheryl Swope Lets get this show on the road / How you feel - DUO - Vg (plays Ex) some label wear + WOL £20 SOLD Two fantastic sides. Bargain, mint books at £100. Buddy Lamp - You've got the loving touch / I wanna go home - Wheelsville 113 Vg- (some surface noise and dirty label/ wol) £15 £12 Two awesome sides of driving Detroit SOUL - Plays out perfect even though vinyl looks rough. A real Bargain. Roy Hamilton - Let Go MGM VG++ £10 £8 SOLD Willie Hutch - Just another day - Motown VG++ £12 £10 Superb 70's dancer Haunting beat ballad Sonji Clay - I can't wait until i see my baby's face - Songee Vg (scruffy label and disc but plays great) £10 SOLD Quality version Liz Damon's Orient Express - You're falling in love White Whale NM £7 £5 Nice crossover dancer Bobby Cutchins - I did it again - Lasso NM £7 £5 Fabulous timeless dancer Patti Drew - Working on a groovy thing - Capitol - Vg+ (surface scuffs - do not affect play) WOL £7 £5 Cracking mid paced mover Razzy - I hate hate - Aquarius issue - NM £15 £12 Modern anthem Sensations - It's a new day / Two can make it - Way Out NM (unplayed) £10 SOLD 2 Great crossover sides Fred Hughes - You can't take it away - VJ - VG++ £8 £5 Classic northern Ronnie Dyson - I don't wanna cry - Columbia - VG++ £6 £5 (faint WOL). Uptempo version of the Chuck Jackson classic Ted Taylor - I just want to be a part of you girl - Ronn - VG++ £10 £8 (mis-labelled disc, b side lable - going in the hole - on both sides) Cracking crossover dancer, sounds like it should be five times as much. Freddie Scott - Brand New World / I got a woman - Colpix - Vg++ £10 £8 Two slabs of real soul with superb orchestration. Joe Simon - When - Sound Stage 7 - Vg+ (minor surface scratches, 2 clicks during play) £5 How good is this !!!!!! for so little. Tyrone Ashley - I want my baby back - Phil LA - Vg (some surface noise, fine to play out) £10 £8 Oh so good. Darrow Fletcher - Sitting there that night / Those hanging heartaches - Revue (WOL) Vinyl VG++ £10 £8 SOLD Two fantastic sides. Has he ever made a bad un ? The Caesars - (Lala) I Love You / Get yourself together - Lanie - vg (some surface noise and bb hole) £10 £8 SOLD Cracking uptempo dancer with fabulous ballad on the flip. Joe Sampley - Not too long ago - DOT - VG++ £5 Alternate version to his record with the Uniques. Jackie Ross - Selfish One / Tony Clarke - The Entertainer - Eric VG++ £5 Quality double sided oldie reissue Bob Relf - Girl you're my kind of wonderful / Blowing my mind to pieces Trans (pressing) Vg+ (wol) £7 £5 Two fabulous sides The C.O.D's I'm a good Guy / Michael Eric VG++ £5 Two absolute classics on reissue. The Dells - Always together - Cadet NM £8 £5 In the truest sense of the word this ballad is AWESOME. Freddie Hughes - Don't you leave - Greg-uh-rudy NM- £5 Modern dancer from the 'send my baby back' man. William Bell - Trying to love two - UK Mercury VG++ £5 Classy 70's dancer Dorothy Moore - Girl overboard - Malaco NM £5 Lovely modern dancer Lou Rawls - What's the matter with the world - PIR - WDJ NM £7 £5 Modern dancer from the voice Shadow Mann - Come live with me - Tommorrows productions - NM (wol) £5 Big blue eyed production Whatnauts - Help is on the way - Harlem International WDJ VG++ £8 £5 Funky modern two step RECORD GRADING : NM (Near Mint): Like new, looks unplayed. VG++: A few very faint surface marks, nothing that will affect play VG+: A few more marks than a VG++. Used but not abused. VG: Light scuffs and light scratches, there will be light surface wear to the record. Expect some light surface noise in parts or a few clicks or pops here and there. VG-: The record may have some scratches that will be deep enough to feel. Audible clicks and pops may be consistently present, but no skips. G: A record that has been played and not taken care of. Constant background noise will be present. Buyer should view records with this grade as filler copies. Thanks for looking Gav

Please PM or e-mail me illusiveoldsoul@yahoo.co.uk with any enquiries. I don't have the facilities to offer soundfiles i'm afraid, but i've tried to grade fairly and prices reflect the condition of the discs. If you disagree let me know. I'm open to sensible offers on all records and multiple buys P&P £2.20 recorded UK, £3.00 Europe (standard mail) Payment by Paypal only please (gift please) George Smith - Ive had it - Turntable Issue - Vg++ (plays great) £90 £80 and no offers please Needs no introduction, Just fantastic. Albert Jones - Unity - Kapp WDJ- VG++ - £50 £40 no offers please Sublime crossover. King Diamond - A Message to the black woman - Power House - Vg+ (label wear and surface marks but plays fab) £45 £35 Fantastic dancer and cracking flip from Mr Tolbert. Vi Velasco - I don't want to go on - VJ issue - VG++ £40 £30 Massive production Big City northern dancer. McKinnley Mitchell - Gypsy / This place ain't getting no better - Sandman - Vg (plays ex) £10 SOLD Absolute belting dancer with a superb flip side. Sheryl Swope Lets get this show on the road / How you feel - DUO - Vg (plays Ex) some label wear + WOL £20 SOLD Two fantastic sides. Bargain, mint books at £100. Buddy Lamp - You've got the loving touch / I wanna go home - Wheelsville 113 Vg- (some surface noise and dirty label/ wol) £15 £10 Two awesome sides of driving Detroit SOUL - Plays out perfect even though vinyl looks rough. A real Bargain. Roy Hamilton - Let Go MGM VG++ £10 Haunting beat ballad Sonji Clay - I can't wait until i see my baby's face - Songee Vg (scruffy label and disc but plays great) £10 SOLD Quality version Liz Damon's Orient Express - You're falling in love White Whale NM £7 Nice crossover dancer Bobby Cutchins - I did it again - Lasso NM £7 Fabulous timeless dancer Patti Drew - Working on a groovy thing - Capitol - Vg+ (surface scuffs - do not affect play) WOL £7 Cracking mid paced mover Razzy - I hate hate - Aquarius issue - NM £15 Modern anthem Sensations - It's a new day / Two can make it - Way Out NM (unplayed) £10 SOLD 2 Great crossover sides Fred Hughes - You can't take it away - VJ - VG++ £8 Classic northern Ronnie Dyson - I don't wanna cry - Columbia - VG++ £6 (faint WOL). Uptempo version of the Chuck Jackson classic Ted Taylor - I just want to be a part of you girl - Ronn - VG++ £10 (mis-labelled disc, b side lable - going in the hole - on both sides) Cracking crossover dancer, sounds like it should be five times as much. Freddie Scott - Brand New World / I got a woman - Colpix - Vg++ £10 Two slabs of real soul with superb orchestration. Joe Simon - When - Sound Stage 7 - Vg+ (minor surface scratches, 2 clicks during play) £5 How good is this !!!!!! for so little. Tyrone Ashley - I want my baby back - Phil LA - Vg (some surface noise, fine to play out) £10 Oh so good. Darrow Fletcher - Sitting there that night / Those hanging heartaches - Revue (WOL) Vinyl VG++ £10 Two fantastic sides. Has he ever made a bad un ? The Caesars - (Lala) I Love You / Get yourself together - Lanie - vg (some surface noise and bb hole) £10 Cracking uptempo dancer with fabulous ballad on the flip. Joe Sampley - Not too long ago - DOT - VG++ £5 Alternate version to his record with the Uniques. Jackie Ross - Selfish One / Tony Clarke - The Entertainer - Eric VG++ £5 Quality double sided oldie reissue Bob Relf - Girl you're my kind of wonderful / Blowing my mind to pieces Trans (pressing) Vg+ (wol) £7 Two fabulous sides The C.O.D's I'm a good Guy / Michael Eric VG++ £5 Two absolute classics on reissue. The Dells - Always together - Cadet NM £8 In the truest sense of the word this ballad is AWESOME. Freddie Hughes - Don't you leave - Greg-uh-rudy NM- £5 Modern dancer from the 'send my baby back' man. William Bell - Trying to love two - UK Mercury VG++ £5 Classy 70's dancer Dorothy Moore - Girl overboard - Malaco NM £5 Lovely modern dancer Willie Hutch - Just another day - Motown VG++ £12 Superb 70's dancer Lou Rawls - What's the matter with the world - PIR - WDJ NM £7 Modern dancer from the voice Shadow Mann - Come live with me - Tommorrows productions - NM (wol) £5 Big blue eyed production Whatnauts - Help is on the way - Harlem International WDJ VG++ £8 Funky modern two step RECORD GRADING : NM (Near Mint): Like new, looks unplayed. VG++: A few very faint surface marks, nothing that will affect play VG+: A few more marks than a VG++. Used but not abused. VG: Light scuffs and light scratches, there will be light surface wear to the record. Expect some light surface noise in parts or a few clicks or pops here and there. VG-: The record may have some scratches that will be deep enough to feel. Audible clicks and pops may be consistently present, but no skips. G: A record that has been played and not taken care of. Constant background noise will be present. Buyer should view records with this grade as filler copies. Thanks for looking Gav

Let the acrobatics begin. Not heard that for over 25 years Magical.

Try and scan em whilst in white sleeves and reduce the area to be scanned just to the sqaure around the label

Bargain price for the Ruby Andrews

Cracking CD album from Betty and a bargain buy on Amazon for less than 8 quid.

Thumbs up. Cracking mix which'll no doubt piss off the purists.

What a bloody marvelous tune.

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/KURT-HARRIS-EMPEROR-MY-BABYS-HEART-DIAMOND-LABEL-/260963201249?pt=UK_Records&hash=item3cc29e70e1#ht_500wt_1202 For a pressing !!!!!!!! Am i missing something; this seller is really extracting the urine isn't he ? He has other discs on sale for similar inflated values and no mention of the words 'pressing' or 'reissue' anywhere to be seen. If i was cynical i'd think he was trying to dupe someone into thinking they were getting a real deal !

16 years ago a certain Mr Dyson gave me the same advise. I ignored him and visited him and a chap in Todmorden and sold up. I got what i considered to be fair prices. WHY ? I wanted a change and to move forward. 16 years later i have a t-shirt with Malia '96 and fond memories (blurred) of an insane 2 weeks in the sun. 16 years later I deeply regret ignoring the advice. I could never afford to by back many pieces, if i could find em! But i'm now back collecting and beating myself up over my bloody stupidity. My advise ..... leave em alone for a couple of years. You may be glad you did. 16 years........ there's a song in there somewhere.....

Great thread and brings the memories flooding back. It's certainly got me chuckling to myself on reflection. For me it was off the rail clobber in my youth club days in the mid 70's until I left school in '78. Then I remember going straight from work with my very first pay packet (£21.28 take home) to Churchill's tailors (Doncaster) and handing over £5 deposit on my first pair of made to measures (£25 all in) Presenting the tailor with my hand drawn design and measurements. 42" bottoms, four reverse side pleats, double zippers on the waist band, 2 tab front pockets, and the crowning glory being the pockets on the back. Four false double zigzag pockets above two patch pockets again with the zig zag tabs, all of which were trimmed with 72 buttons !!!!!!!!! "Clown pants" I recall my parents calling them. For a while i thought i was the dogs nads irrespective of the 'old folks' views! They weighed a bloody ton and as they were made from a good heavy grade cloth, after an hours dancing, they'd be wet through and twice as heavy. The tragedy was that by the time i'd arrived at the KGB (Sheffield) for my first nighter, having jumped from my bedroom window, in defiance of my parents, my bubble was burst as the times were changing and bags were on their way out and pegs were coming in. I don't think anyone's mentioned Pods and i had several pairs of those over the years. The soles weren't dance friendly but i loved em. How times change - couldn't even get my waist into the bottom of one of those legs nowadays !!!!!!

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Sublime tune. Watching the lottery to snap this one up !

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