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Another mixed bag of great soul tunes.....priced to sell.. Brenda Lee Eager - When I'm With You - Mercury Promo - M- 45 One for the conossieurs...words wouldn't do this justice.....check the clip ! Brenda Lee Eager - When I'm With You - Mercury 45 - Spooner's Crowd - Two In The Morning - Cadet M- 75 Proper R&B tune....so atmospheric....and very hard to find Spooner's Crowd - Two In The Morning - Cadet - Dionne Warwick - I'm Just Being Myself - Warner Brothers VG++ 15 Awesome crossover soul, as you'd expect from Holland, Dozier & Holland & Popcorn Wylie....great flip too...check the clip dionne warwick - (I'm) Just Being Myself - Jimmy Bo Horne - If We Were Still Together - Alston M- 15 SOLD Great crossover soul from '73.....if this was rarer it would be huge.. jimmy bo horne - If We Were Still Together - Sunny & The Sunliners - I'm No Stranger - Key-loc VG++ 30 Great 60's crossover..........deserves some plays Sunny & The Sunliners - Im No Stranger - Key-Loc - Honey Cone - If I Can't Fly - Hotwax M- 15 SOLD Gold Forever Music at it's best......sheer class honey cone - If I Can't Fly - Imperial Wonders - Just A Dream - Day Wood VG++ 75 Great mid-tempo dancer arranged by Lou Ragland......... Imperial Wonders-Just a dream - Ernie Johnson & The Soul Blenders - You Got To Be Faithful And True - Duplex - M- 120 SOLD Great, uptempo Northern semiknown....listen ! Ernie Johnson & The Soul Blenders - You Got To Be Faithful And True - Duplex - Four Tees - One More Chance - Kent WD M- 30 Great group crossover tune......... Four Tees - One More Chance - Dee Dee Sharp - There Ain't Nothin' I Wouldn't Do For You - Cameo DJ M- 30 One of her best from the label... Dee Dee Sharp - There Ain't Nothing I Wouldn't Do For You - Cameo - Z.Z Hill - Universal Love - Columbia M- 20 Great modern soul from '78 Z.Z. HILL - UNIVERSAL LOVE - COLUMBIA 1978 - Marvelows - I've Got My Eyes On You - ABC Paramount VG+ 20 SOLD Great uptempo tune.. MARVELOWS "IVE GOT MY EYES ON YOU" ABC - Jonny & The Expressions - Shy Girl / Now That You're Mine - Josie VG+ 15 Very nice mid-tempo double sider..... johnny and the expressions - Shy Girl - E.K.G - Give Me Love - The Roadunners M- 45 Nice modern soul....to cheap at this price E.K.G. - GIVE ME LOVE - THE ROADRUNNERS RECORDS - Beverly Shaffer - Wher Will You Be Boy - One-derful VG++ 50 One of the better and rarer mid-tempo sides from the logo...... Beverly Shaffer - Where Will You Be Boy? - One-derful - The Incredibles - There's Nothing Else To Say - Audio Arts WD VG++ 120 Classic....rare on promo Randolph Brown - It Ain't Like It Used To Be - IX WD VG++ 60 Great modern soul from '75....recent Soul Sam spin.... Randolph Brown - It Aint Like It Used To Be - Tommy Collins - I Wanta Thank You - Verve DJ VG+++ 30 Superb mid-tempo soul....Tru-Glo-Town no less...flipeed with an awesome deep side... Tommy Collins - I Wanta THank You - Verve - Tommie Young - Hit & Run Lover - Soul Power WD M 100 Brilliant crossover tune......needs more plays... Tommie Young-Hit and Run Lover - Chuck Ray - Please Don't Let Go - Buddah DJ M- 30 SOLD Not quite in the same league as "I Don't Mind"....but still a great tune.. Chuck Ray - Baby Please Don't Let Go - Buddah - Bobby Jones - Talkin' 'Bout Jones / You Gotta Have Love - Expo VG++ 25 Great double sider....another of those tunes that's too cheap to get spins !! BOBBY JONES-TALKING BOUT JONES-EXPO - [rs]49978[/r Bobby McClure - Was It Something I Said / Love Trap - Hi VG+++ 20 Another great double sider.. Bobby McClure - Was It Something I Said - Hi - Judy Freeman & Blackrock - Don't Do It Anymore - RCA DJ M- 15 SOLD Awesome deep soul !!!!! Judy Freeman & Black Rock - Don't Do It Anymore - RCA - Kenny Gamble & The Romeos - Ain't Baby - Arctic WD VG++ 40 SOLD Philly meets Detroit....... KENNY GAMBLE-AINT IT BABY-ARTIC - Vontastics - Never Let Your Love Grow Cold - St Lawrence VG++ 40 Finally receiving some DJ attention..... Postage 1.50 UK, 2.00 Europe, 3.00 everywhere else Payment by cheque prefreerd, but Paypal is fine + 3% to cover charges PM me for details etc.

I kind of know what you're saying abount black wannabe Dean Martin tunes, and there's been more than few of those played when people should have known better. It's a bit too simple a definition to say that beat ballads are all in that bag; how would you define a tune like Johnny Burton - Slave Girl, too slow to describe as mid-tempo, but it's a million miles away from a Dean Martin sound alike.

Nice version Blake, though I prefer Vickie Anderson's version

Don't recall, it could have been Alan or Richard, though very unlikely to have been Winstanley.

Orignally a Mecca play though definitely played at Wigan...big at St Ives at the time too

With you on that Jock, plenty of the tunes listed are worth plays, and there's a few that I regularly drop into sets. Don't hear too many down beat tunes played out nowadays which is a great shame 'cos plenty are far more soulful than some of the uptempo plays. It seems that Northern has become a term for uptempo 60's, and ok whilst the majority of Northern tunes are, Northern has always been far more of a broader church. I'm also with Chalky, I'd describe quite a few of the tunes listed on the thread as mid-tempo........though to a lot of people Northern mid-tempo is now crossover . As far as beat ballads go, here's some that do it for me...... Charades - Never Set Me Free - MGM Vonda Marie - I Feel Complete - Phil LA of Soul Tommy Collins - I Want To Thank You - Verve Reginald Day - Lost Love - Midas It Use To Be - Jimmy Burns & Fantastic Epics - Tip Top

Here's some more info............... Group line up : Rico Thompson (lead), Nathan Robertson, Jon Foster, Lesley La Palma 65 I Can't See Your Love / Part 2 - Wee 66 I Can't See Your Love / Part 2 - Vee Jay 67 God Bless Our Love / ? - Soul Trip Right Track/ Part 2 - Soul Trip (as The Fabulous Ballads) 68 My Baby Knows How To Treat Her Man / God Bless Our Love - Soul Trip My Baby Knows How To Treat Her Man / God Bless Our Love - Venture You're The One / I Love You, Yeah - Venture Goodnight My Love / Hey Diddle Diddle - Venture 69 The Gift Of Love / I Wish I Knew - Venture 72 Baby I'm For Real / Dizzy World - Kimberly 73 Wait / ? - Happy Fox 75 Loving You Isn't Enough / I'm Gonna Show You How To Do The Bump - Music City Confessing The Feeling / Butterfly - Music City Confessing The Feeling / Butterfli - Balja 76 Wait / Your Love - Balja 82 Treat Me Like Your Woman / Don't Touch That Dial - Soul Beat..........Chris Page joined the line up on this 85 Three Times / Your Love - Balja I Wish I Knew is totally awesome..........see if you can get Rico to sing a few lines... ...it would be good to find out if Leon Ware was ever involved in the line up too. Good luck with your interview

"Do What You Feel" - massive everywhere as a new release and was as big a "Northern" anthem as Sitting In My Class, and which for me captures a time when the scene's main rooms were awesome mixing pots of all styles and diversity was cool. Yeah of course it's funky, so what.............loved it then, and still love it today..........AWESOME

Thanks for the CD's received so far............some great tunes added to the ever growing wants list I've been having a few technical problems.....no honest I have..... Kept getting errors through iTunes, and getting only one CD completed for every five attempted. I've reverted to Nero now, and so far so good, so aim to have all CDs sent out next week

With you on that Eddie..............corker of a tune...

It's a pop record and this is a soul site

I'll use it sparingly ...........you can have too much of a good thing......

66 years old, better hold on to the CD and do him a tape from your dansette

Paul....you're mate sounds more blinkered than some on here .........anything by the Sapphires on ABC, most things on Ric-Tic and let him work that one out......

Using the mic when DJing is part of this scene's culture, and IMO when used well a DJ can add to the atmosphere of the room, and I think it really helps when playing something fresh (or fresh to most) to encourage and inform. Although there's been times when the DJ just rambles on, and inside I'm screaming ffs just put the needle on the record ..... and then there's the DJs that say no more than "this is", and "that was", fine occasionally but not on every record.........it's just dull. On the whole I'm definitely on the side of use the mic if you're DJing........it's what DJs do.

Im on it .........30 minutes

Another mixed bag of sales all priced to sell.... Billy Hambric - She Said Goodbye / I Found True Love - Drum M- 200 Classic Detroit double-sider Verna & Rob - I'm In Love With You - Way Out M- 75 Very rare number....nice crossover tune too Tommy Collins - I Wanta Thank You - Verve DJ VG+++ 30 Superb mid-tempo soul....Tru-Glo-Town no less... Tommie Young - Hit & Run Lover - Soul Power WD M 100 Brilliant crossover tune......needs more plays... Chuck Ray - Please Don't Let Go - Buddah DJ M- 30 Not quite in the same league as "I Don't Mind"....but still a great tune.. Greg Perry - It Takes Heart - Alfa VG+++ 40 Classic modern soul choon... Andy Butler - Coming Apart At The Seams - Tangerine VG+++ 15 Bobby Jones - Talkin' 'Bout Jones / You Gotta Have Love - Expo VG++ 30 Great double sider....another of those tunes that's too cheap to get spins !! Bobby McClure - Was It Something I Said / Love Trap - Hi VG+++ 20 Another great double sider.. Freddy Butler - I'm Not Afraid - Samo VG++ 70 Great Detroit Judy Freeman & Blackrock - Don't Do It Anymore - RCA DJ M- 15 Awesome deep soul !!!!! Kenny Gamble & The Romeos - Ain't Baby - Arctic WD VG++ 40 Philly meets Detroit....... Drake & The En-Solids - Please Leave Me - Alteen M- 80 Magical 60's Chicago....... Temptations - Stay - Motown M 50 Classy modern soul choon.......very, very hard to find on 7", which of course is the only way to have it, yep. Steeplechase - Never Coing Back - Polydor M- 40 Great crossover.. Gene Chandler - There Was A Time - Brunswick DJ VG+ 35 Classic oldie....nice to have on promo.. Joy Lovejoy - In Orbit - Checker VG++ 30 Another from back in tha day....... Postage 1.50 UK, 2.00 Europe, 3.00 everywhere else Payment by cheque prefreerd, but Paypal is fine + 3% to cover charges PM for details, sound files etc.

This is awesome.............proper soul 2009..........it's still out there

Not a great ratio, but plenty on here have a broad appreciation of all things soulful, though you'll find them mostly on the media threads listening rather than bitching Take me to the mothership............or Lifeline, Boomerang, The Attic, Dab of Soul, Soul Essence and other like minded planets of enlightenment.......

Another mixed bag of sales all priced to sell.... Billy Hambric - She Said Goodbye / I Found True Love - Drum M- 300 Classic Detroit double-sider Verna & Rob - I'm In Love With You - Way Out M- 75 Very rare number....nice crossover tune too Tommy Collins - I Wanta Thank You - Verve DJ VG+++ 30 Superb mid-tempo soul....Tru-Glo-Town no less... Tommie Young - Hit & Run Lover - Soul Power WD M 100 Brilliant crossover tune......needs more plays... Cookie Scott & Chevelles - Mislead / Prince Shell & Orchestra - Instrumental - Orr VG+++ 150 Much harder release with great instrumental flip Chuck Ray - Please Don't Let Go - Buddah DJ M- 40 Not quite in the same league as "I Don't Mind"....but still a great tune.. Greg Perry - It Takes Heart - Alfa VG+++ 50 Classic modern soul choon... Jobell & Orchestra de Salsa - Never Gonna Let You Go - Jan M- 40 Rare 1st release...olive green label, different mix.... Andy Butler - Coming Apart At The Seams - Tangerine VG+++ 15 Bobby Jones - Talkin' 'Bout Jones / You Gotta Have Love - Expo VG++ 20 Great double sider....another of those tunes that's too cheap to get spins !! Bobby McClure - Was It Something I Said / Love Trap - Hi VG+++ 20 Another great double sider.. Mitzi Ross - I'll Do More For You Baby - Cougar VG+++ 70 .....and the following reduced..... The Strides - I Can Get Along - M-S WD VG++ 170 Awesome Detroit Curtis - How Can I Tell Her - Charm City VG++ 75 Timeless modern soul Freddy Butler - I'm Not Afraid - Samo VG++ 80 Great Detroit Chicago Pete & The Detroiters - Do You Remember - Mojack M- 40 Postage 1.50 UK, 2.00 Europe, 3.00 everywhere else Payment by cheque prefreerd, but Paypal is fine + 3% to cover charges PM for details, sound files etc.

I heard the new Stevie Wonder the other day on 2....middle of the road music, so far removed from soul Never been a fan of Stevie..........not much of a soul output in the past 30 odd years... ...though I was taken by Sensuous Whisper from his Conversation Peace album in '95...quite a choon...

Every home should have one The 45 should be taken for what it is....a later limited issue, not contemporary with the LP release, but nice to have for $10. If you want proper.....it's the LP

No need for encouragement Barry ...........you just have to check out the naff merchandise at Prestatyn to know that the worst is already available

Top CD John..........right up my street Didn't know the Step By Step tracks......LP I guess ? Now I know why Chris posted the Ovations as a want recently.....good choice Mine's still in production....gotta get the excuses in early

......and no doubt will again very soon.......... ....and then again after that..... ......first time I've heard House For Sale called middle of the road Northern...so at least that was interesting... ...Millie wil be pleased