Paul Capon

Anyone There is a VRBO advert with a good sounding track being played on a deck. Is this an actual track or a made up thing for the advert. I think this link works on the first click only. if the link doesn’t work search YouTube for ‘relax dance one key’

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I have a copy - got to check grade -

Hi Keamus i have a M- copy @ £25.

Just two today The Family Connection - Black Pearl RUFUS M- £30 Uplifting big production 70’s dancer https://youtu.be/-LZPNlV2bVw?si=B0z48yq1TXBNxT5y Will Chapron & Stoned Gumbo - Jealous / Hey Girl MARQUEE M- £85 Very overlooked and semi known feel-good dancer yet to have its day. ‘Jealous’ side https://youtu.be/jhHVWH6ym9c?si=xC3a8nbSLoxUPQfz ‘Hey Girl’ side is a nice easy listen ballad/stepper https://youtu.be/iJsiat3Y2aU?si=GpDAVMPqky8JEWNk

Take a listen G.C. Cameron - You're What's Missing In My Life Motown £15 M- Very very nice 70’s dancer. Looking great in original MOTOWN company sleeve. https://youtu.be/pQS-vjNgYpE Cheryl Hunter - Do It Right Budweiser EX to M- £30 Just a couple of scuff marks. Still practically a M- record. Mid 80’s modern soul pacer on this collectible label. https://youtu.be/EDpsnV8LhnI?si=k0byVyYWWU2QN3Zk Carl Carlton - Don’t Walk Away BACK BEAT M- £20 Great cheap crossover tune https://youtu.be/ki6yPf3ohF4?si=_dL56LkEuWcmnjbm Darleen Carr - Anybody’s Girl RCA WDJ promo M- £20 Big production beat ballad Melvin Carter - Teacher Of Love PEACOCK M- £30 Tiny ‘x’ on label Early sounding northern https://youtu.be/9I3q-6lUifA?si=AJ3CekMebSYRRWKN The Carolines - Can’t Stop Lovin The Boy / You’re My Baby ROULETTE WDJ promo M- £60 Looking great in original logo matching ROULETTE company sleeve. Dramatic big production northern soul ‘Baby’ side https://youtu.be/YMPQCJVwSfE?si=RtMT47KW1unIOFo5 ‘Can’t’ side https://youtu.be/Ayu8pU6zOvI?si=lcJAwf6BNDga47pT

Two absolute classics to start with Aretha Franklin I Can't Wait Until I See My Baby's Face COLUMBIA Visual VG plays EX £65 Original 1965 release. Play grade is EX. Out of sleeve marks but nothing you can feel with your fingernail etc. Looking great in a less common 'triangles' design logo matching COLUMBIA company sleeve. An all time great soul record!!! https://youtu.be/T4fqmVwtZYE?si=Efa3ncNlYpPRaFr- Aretha Franklin I Can't See Myself Leaving You ATLANTIC M- £12 Looking great in original logo matching ATLANTIC company sleeve. Small neat drill hole and small pen mark on label. Another total classic. Most copies of this are trashed. Here on a M- with M- birth sleeve. https://youtu.be/xaqlINFY65E?si=6WvR09eJJpJNTHVd And another Aretha - cheap as chips!! Aretha Franklin April Fools ATLANTIC M- £4 Looking great in original logo matching ATLANTIC company sleeve. April Fool is a uptempo dancer with the usual top class vocal https://youtu.be/9OAMQWAUCaM?si=BmL20P-dP4Vg8ZQW This is the last of the revisits I’ve been doing this week:- Ella Fitzgerald The Lady Is A Tramp / Misty HMV RED ‘A’ & WHITE DJ copy VG+ £35 One for the label collectors - never seen another copy. Swing classic. I grade this as EX (light surface marks only). Label has a partial address stamp. Looking great in original UK HMV company sleeve. https://youtu.be/Bh7-6OYOirU?si=B5GNJgXC86Y5O4Gg Barbara Jean English You're Gonna Need Somebody To Love / All This ALITHIA EX £20 I grade this as EX (light surface marks only). 'X' on label Just wow - two stunning soul sides. Take a listen ‘You’re Gonna’ side https://youtu.be/BkX_JLuM00o?si=g_y2z8rWOkQ7WEYu ‘All This’ side https://youtu.be/m-FCQ2oLLaM?si=3HUHJNKK6dUtnt5r You can still get great records for less than a tenner. The next few are testament to this!! Barbara Jean English Breakin' Up A Happy Home / Guess Who ALITHIA EX £8 I grade this as EX (light surface marks only). Another great two sides - ‘Breakin’ side https://youtu.be/8kmr8pEqt1k?si=dw97ahZ1_lKsB6xK ‘Guess Who’ side https://youtu.be/Ie8eYkndGzg?si=Jr6Unrln7W3ZsP8g Free Spirit Love You Just As Long As I Can CHESS UK EX £4 I grade this as EX (light surface marks only). A brilliant £4 70’s group soul dancer!! https://youtu.be/hegfz2dmnos?si=BH_UgKYGkiEGbiT5 Enchantment Anyway You Want It / Oasis Of Love ROADSHOW M- £4 Fine 70s dancer https://youtu.be/HrlyP5t2vMc?si=7J8KkUOpZbkuWKeW Enchantment It's You That I Need UA , ROADSHOW M- £4 Initials on centre ring Nice little stepper!! https://youtu.be/cgF7Q48Kn9M?si=5lmii3TlCyWNWKCi The Esquires I Don't Know / Part Angel WAND M- £10 Great finger-snapping Chicago dancer backed with a slick mid-tempo group sound. Looking great in original logo matching WAND company sleeve. Nice on a promo too! TWO GREAT SIDES ‘Don't Know’ side https://youtu.be/VJLFLH_E1ck?si=V77r1ermk6l3adAm ‘Part Angel’ side - I prefer this side https://youtu.be/bqelRMw2Y4Q?si=yKt81_4NVNPhZSwn And two mega funk tracks to finish Lee Fields Funky Screw ANGLE 3 VG+ £70 Mega funky 45. Hard driving funk track. Vinyl looks EX to M-. Has one small feelable mark. Plays great. Small black pen mark on label https://youtu.be/_hkwPudS5Rg?si=MhyfWmtXR_cUFnAd The Explosions Hip Drop GOLD CUP VG+ £100 Ultra punchy funk track here on the original 1971 release. Right from the first line 'Hip Drop cum on and Hip Drop'. Fatback drums and a sax hook. Has a couple of feel-able marks. Plays very strong. Tiny pen mark on label. https://youtu.be/pNo4ICXKUtE?si=EU5302d3IuSG1WRf

Today I have some quality mid priced 45. All of these are good enough to grace anyone’s collection without breaking the bank!!! You wouldn’t go wrong if you bought all of these!!! Click and enjoy!!! SOLD Helena Ferguson The Loneliness (Is Coming Again) / Don't Spoil Our Good Thing COMPASS WDJ M- £25 Surprised I still have this great 45. Loneliness side is the main track - superb big production beat ballad northern soul. Rarest variation. Couple of light surface marks only. Small '*' written on label https://youtu.be/NqoSMMM2ic4?si=jmPgdOOfmd5tSw56 ‘Spoil’ side is also a soulful ballad https://youtu.be/ptQIqMtfEdA?si=eKxgU1kkMRh5VIf1 Darrow Fletcher Sitting There That Night / I Think I'm Gonna Write A Song CONGRESS M- £18 Looking great in original logo matching CONGRESS company sleeve. Great production horn led mid tempo soul https://youtu.be/_U1i6fDaZ8M?si=SDOcUSzoBoqkks5l SOLD Fat Larry's Band How Good Is Love FANTASY WMOT EX £15 Two tremendous mid-tempo soul sides but this side is only on issue copies. I grade this as EX (light surface marks only). https://youtu.be/Yx18ZhmPvpE?si=DPjhkmTaLdp61ubd SOLD The Family Feeling What You Wanna Feel LITTLE CITY WDJ M- £12 Left field modern soul https://youtu.be/hc-dMWGStqI?si=OAcQV2-bqaEMpvj- SOLD Annabelle Fox Getting Through To Me SATIN Rare WDJ VG+ ‘ £20 Red pen squiggle on label. Her first release on the label #400. Just as good as ‘Lonely Girl’ #402 two numbers later but a fraction of the price. Really nice WDJ. Big production mid-paced floater that really kicks in the chorus! https://youtu.be/YqIy3rzw8iY?si=nsTsEXwDdSpK2cPm Marie Franklin You Ain't Changed MAVERICK M- £30 Great crossover with a touch of funkiness https://youtu.be/OV0_Qo2B78k?si=d-O6kGKtOudpNmzp The Futures Stay With Me GAMBLE M- £15 Another slick rare groove tune from a very reliable group https://youtu.be/JeEeLZqG6UM?si=wwSPKJWJ2bsiQn7i Free Form Experience Blowin' My Mind FREE FORM M- £18 Very slick soulful stepper. The only but classy single release on this label. https://youtu.be/DOA5L6wLaBY?si=4xXsRdbbmeDC5NIP SOLD Free Movement The Harder I Try (The Bluer I Get) COLUMBIA EX £10 I grade this as EX (light surface marks only). Looking great in original logo matching company sleeve. Big production crossover soul - group harmonies - a very under-rated record. A great cheap record!!! Take a listen!!! https://youtu.be/qIcBQCiF0OI?si=7I0R4-BD3CT383RR SOLD Funky Communication Committee Baby I Want You FREE FLIGHT demo M- £6 Classy mid-tempo 70s stepper/dancer A great cheap record https://youtu.be/WxHNIuZP008?si=_54gS4Om1NolRaMl

Today’s selection. Take a listen Jokers Y-ilde Very Special Love GOLD SPILL VG £100 Vinyl has some marks. Plays strong with the occasional pop and background crackle. Nothing major - no sustained ticks or anything nasty. This a semi - known monster stepper - I found two copies in the 90’s. Check out the video. I can’t believe there is a recording of the band (miming but still!!!). https://youtu.be/uoQ4nLBjF9w?si=msX_nhBLWglKoFfh Crosswind 12" Fire (Getting Hot Baby) Harbor City Records 12” M- £45 Comes in original plain red card sleeve it was issued in. Amazed this hasn’t really taken off. A great modern soul tune that I’ve always loved. https://youtu.be/fH_VqhoB2DI?si=fJDGuMaoFvFhJ0E7 Norma Mendoza The Girl On The Beach / Incredible Decca DJ promo £20 Very cool café jazz. A side VG+ and plays EX, B Side looks G grade as has an area of marks that don't affect play. B side plays strong VG+ Very Good Plus (VG+) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IDBDW_0pHwA Dan Folger The Way Of The Crowd ELF WDJ M- £150 Huge production northern soul beat ballad. Big horns, big strings and a great vocal. Here on a lovely WDJ. Looking great in original logo AMY-MALA-BELL distributor logo matching company sleeve (cut corner) https://youtu.be/_jeBe24H_xo?si=0Yt91EyO76gdiIQR The Four Mints Can't Get Strung Out / In A Rut CAPSOUL M- £15 Really classy mail group harmonies. Lovely production on this great mid-tempo. Simply a brilliant £15 quid record!!! https://youtu.be/mK7-oLZ9Uio?si=YQ0Idt0Dn3tsIsWW The Four Sonics If It Wasn't For My Baby JMC M- £170 Tiny pen mark on label A top notch late 70’s dancer https://youtu.be/FuVzourPsf4?si=N_zcqF5__SiY-_5Y The Four Sonics + Plus One Tell Me You're Mine SEPIA M- £50 Punchy northern soul dancer with a hint of funk to it. Great group harmonies. https://youtu.be/bIbqNnWEL-g?si=kMaPC_P0kYI0tpQ4

Today’s outings Al James Socka-Ting / Groove City (U.S.A.) / BIG BEAT wdj l M- £65 Rare black & white promo copy Two great sides ‘SOCK’ is a Northern soul dancer https://youtu.be/wC4Mijl5VAY?si=2Vz164dFKuulV9JN ‘Groove City’ is R&B https://youtu.be/YO0aQob-qtA?si=ibm9XNHY49B77uh7 Barbara Lynn - Thankful for what I’ve Got ATLANTIC M- £25 Vinyl is pretty much perfect. Tremendous femme crossover dancer. Here on a rare Canadian release https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=tFeosPZjFPWNzEmh&v=dwV44YpHmxQ&feature=youtu.be Jessie Lee Ferguson And The Outer Limits New Shoes METROMEDIA £20 M- Looking great in original rare METROMEDIA logo matching company sleeve. Uptempo northern https://youtu.be/9sLP14hL8Jc?si=atNXBdk6nnOeSjRM Johnny Maestro Before I Loved Her / Fifty Million Heartbeats United Artists VG+ £30 Plays VG++ to EX. Vinyl has light marks all over and looks G+ but plays miles better. Looking great in original logo matching company sleeve Big production beat ballad from the man that brought you ‘I’m Stepping out of the Picture’ https://youtu.be/cevT69pvhto And a couple of revisits:- LP Toby King - “Toby Kang” Chelsea M- £325 Contains fantastic LP only dancers ‘I just want to love you’ https://youtu.be/3C8vA-Tp3t0?si=s7pUV0QxC44haplW And just as good ‘Were in love with each other’ https://youtu.be/qkqNmoYTiN4 Al Hudson & The Partners My Number One Need / Alone She's Gone Atco M- £10 Looking great in original logo matching ATCO company sleeve. Two decent 70’s mid-pacers https://youtu.be/AVTR70yjmP8?si=oIfpSfS7DU8oU6kK & https://youtu.be/InhagzdNzzQ?si=p-JyV-9ZKW16Sz4I Clay Hammond Women Are Human / Part Time Love Raushan M- £12 Two outstanding and very much overlooked sides. Here on the second label with the A & B sides flipped. Just a great £15 two for one45! ‘Human’ side https://youtu.be/gbkLE98EG0s ‘Part Time’ side. NB this link is the 4min LP version. This is 45 is the same take 2:46mins without the extended ending. https://youtu.be/GhaoPyZgYc4?si=HIsEvBLoPLuWRWrZ Al Hudson & The Partners When Your Gone ATCO Vinyl M- £70 Looking great in original logo matching ATCO company sleeve. Vinyl is M- Label has 'Sydney' written in marker pen. The superb ‘B side only dancer on the much rarer issue copy. What were the studio thinking to make a mediocre ballad the ‘A’ side!!!! Proper uplifting soul dancer!!! https://youtu.be/vRWRR7FnDlI?si=nszOeXrzVSEVS0zP And a last new top tune!!! Changing Tymes - You Live Only Once / Try It Once Again AMG M- £185 Tremendous and rare version of the Imperial Wonders modern soul dancer backed with outstanding soulful soul stepper. ‘You Live’ side New City sound - You Live Only Once (AMG 8054-39) ‘Try it’ side https://youtu.be/x98GIoSFJQk?si=1A1U8wZwA3CjIv2A

A few quality 45s from last month with reduced prices Bud Harper Let Me Love You / Mr. Soul Peacock Promo EX £75 I grade this as M- to EX (very light surface marks only). Classy 60s soul pacer ‘Let me love you’ side https://youtu.be/rTN_nr9sVuI?si=ZLHzKm8bo8DNS-oM ‘Mr Soul’ side https://youtu.be/3J9TiG7ZfiQ?si=eLHp71YKuhQPr4sI Billy Harner What About The Children Mel Omega M- £25 A stunning slab of gut wrenching deep soul. https://youtu.be/MXgirtd25WE?si=XrmxdLzSsGyNjtna SOLD Roger Hatcher We Gonna Make It MINT RECORDS M- £6 Immaculate copy Just a superb soul record!! On a pretty much perfect UK release https://youtu.be/3Sv4BdGBDZw?si=ou0e1NgiqX3G6YYj SOLD Will Hatcher You Haven't Seen Nothing Yet Wheelsville (sky blue original) M- £85 Immaculate copy Tasty mid-paced crossover dancer in stunning condition. Version without piano intro https://youtu.be/gA_bxxijJ84?si=NLgmUpOel7BOHo97 Roy Hamilton Heartache (Hurry On By) RCA Victor VG+ £50 Huge production 60’s beat ballad and oooh that voice!! https://youtu.be/gjjPh-Uh0sw?si=RNcZMlr7WkyJ-MD5 Corky Hale So Much In Love Stash Inc. UK Promo M- £40 Modern soul stepper/dancer from 1985. Promo only UK release on 45 although it came out the following year on a US 12”. https://youtu.be/4Cb5wpt_7-M?si=Jc1MH-al9h-93WNF Bobby Hendricks Let's Get It Over MGM Promo VG £25 Looking great in original logo matching MGM company sleeve. Big production early northern https://youtu.be/rtMLRSCXb9E?si=B-4TUbDZC5e5qKCw Hearts Of Stone If I Could Give You The World V.I.P. wdj PROMO £18 I grade this as EX (two surface scuff marks only). Feel good crossover from 1970. Nice little wdj! https://youtu.be/HRGv0f57Cmc?si=7iqNrtqrUyiKpngC Al Hudson & The Partners I'm About Lovin' You / Almost Ain't Good Enough ATCO M- £125 Looking great in M- original logo matching ATCO company sleeve. Absolutely fabulous top drawer 70s dancer https://youtu.be/GU56r7pGvsw?si=2FCgmwZsFNQEsYe-

Revisiting these Cottonmouth Treat You Kindly RCA M-/EX £30 Vinyl is M- apart from a single long scuff mark which doesn't affect play so grade is EX. Looking great in original RCA logo matching company sleeve. Feel good 70s dancer https://youtu.be/KRnAl2mLQqI Jerry Cummings All I Do Is Think Of You Mecca M- £6 Modern soul mid-tempo https://youtu.be/CxGfXdr3O0A Cacaras - My Woman ROCKY ROAD M- £20 Great uptempo disco with a jazzy twinge https://youtu.be/f6LevWHYqlE Calif. Malibus - Love In My Life M&M M- £260 Top notch dancer https://youtu.be/HIean3q9X1Q?si=4IaRd0LByR-0J8Bn Mary Wells / You Lost The Sweetest Boy / What's Easy For Two Is So Hard For One U.K. STATESIDE red/white promo £65 Visually VG but plays great - VG++ player. Label has a sticker mark that has been expertly recoloured (see pics). No centre. Looking great in original logo matching company sleeve (sleeve taped). Two great Motown sides here on the original first release with ‘Sweetest Boy’ on the A side https://youtu.be/6TkmnDwzG8I https://youtu.be/2Da_LTzKy2I Danny Day - This Time Last Summer / Please Don't Turn The Lights Out V.I.P. 25009 M- £25 (small drill hole - not touching text or logo) Two great Motown sides https://youtu.be/f0DxcK2s024 https://youtu.be/GVLS-yxJTuI The Fantastic Puzzles Come Back UK RIGHT ON! M- £55 Feel good northern soul classic. https://youtu.be/vrEyV_K7-gc?si=2smtGze-_Q__k5Jr Five Special The More I Get To Know You T.E.A.I. INDUSTRIES M- £35 Ace 70's group mid-tempo. Small pen mark on label. https://youtu.be/g0Z7fFpEE10?si=vrPaVrkACdOb0IQd

Calif. Malibus, Caesars, Candy & Sweets, Nate Calhoun Calif. Malibus - Love In My Life M&M M- £300 Top notch dancer https://youtu.be/HIean3q9X1Q?si=4IaRd0LByR-0J8Bn Nate Calhoun - Jazz Freak GLADES M- £20 Swinging classic dancer with a touch of jazz TK distributor sleeve. https://youtu.be/POnNXlV8G9M?si=U8Cg8gcnB-w_66W6 The Caesars - (Lala) I Love You LANIE M- £45 Classy group sound- all the harmonies https://youtu.be/qSciVUAYaRs?si=GSqyTYVxO46AoXQN Candy & Sweets - I Want To Give You My Everything 20th CENT EX £45 I grade this as EX (couple light surface marks only). Brill dancer https://youtu.be/bHm0hZPASjc?si=ik6xhRwgoEYir46N https://youtu.be/HIean3q9X1Q?si=4IaRd0LByR-0J8Bn

SOLD Starvue - ‘Upward Bound’ LP MIDWEST INT. EX original 1980 £275 I grade this as EX (just a few very light light surface marks only). Contains the monster stepper ‘Body Fusion’ and the fantastic LP only mid-tempo dancer ‘Put the BS Aside’ ‘Body’ ‘BS’

Spaceark - ‘Spaceark Is’ COLOR WORLD M-/M- £325 Still in shrink! Original 1978 release of this rare LP. Contains two monster LP only tracks ‘Phantom Lover’ & ‘Sweet Hitch Hiker’. Soul with a jazz hit!!! ‘Phantom’ https://youtu.be/2bS1wOQLn0M?si=uZU_VDIzOL1aLg3s ‘Hitch Hiker’ https://youtu.be/FbNLquqm-sA?si=J_tUzBIKlRudsxsh