Neil Rushton

Just read this and am totally in shock. Spent a lot of time with Chris in the 70's, he was a big supporter of our All-Dayers at The Ritz and Blackpool Mecca and used to come round to see us on lazy Sunday afternoons and talk music. He came up with a Darrell Banks demo on London with the titles typed on, not printed, told me for ages he had it and I told him no way, one day he duly turned up and sold it to me. Apart from his love of Soul Music he was a lovely human being! R.I.P. Any plans for a memorial night? Neil

THE GREATEST GIFT/LOVE SHOPPING - RICHARD LACKEY (SOLID FOUNDATION) £350 BLUES IN THE NIGHT - JOHNNIE TAYLOR (FRENCH STAX EP) £150 SHE BLEW A GOOD THING - THE AMERICAN POETS (UK LONDON) £90 SAVE IT - MELVIN DAVIS (UK ACTION DEMO) £60 TRYING TO BE GOOD TO YOU - LINDA CARR (UK STATESIDE DEMO) £75 I DIG YOUR ACT - THE O'JAYS (UK STATESIDE) £150 BETTER - RUBY WINTERS (UK STATESIDE DEMO) £170 HIP TEENS DON'T WEAR BLUE JEANS (UK BLOW UP MINT) £70 RHYTHM & BLUES BLUE BEAT STYLE - LULU REED/SYL JOHNSON (UK EMBER EP) £60 IT WILL BE DONE - EDDIE CARLTON (SWAN W/DJ) £150 THE CHEATER - BOB KUBAN AND THE IN-MEN (CANADIAN BARRY) £30 YOU ASK FOR ONE GOOD REASON - LARRY WILLIAMS (O-KEH W/DJ) £90 I'M GONNA RUN AWAY FROM YOU - TAMMI LYNN (ATCO W/DJ) £25 YOU BETTER SAY YES - WILLIE TEE (ATLANTIC W/DJ) £50 A DREAM/GIVE ME ANOTHER CHANCE - PEARL JONES (JOE BOY/SIDRA LOOK A LIKE RED VINYL) £20 SUCH MISERY - TIMMY WILLIS (SOUL HQ) £10 YOU'VE GOT THE POWER - THE FALCONS (JOE BOY) £10 PRESSURE - DRIZABONE (JOE BOY) £10 GONE WITH THE WIND (IS MY LOVE) - RITA & THE TIARAS (JOE BOY PIC BAG) £10 IT REALLY HURTS ME GIRL - THE CARSTAIRS (SOUL HQ) £10 TAKE ME BACK - CROSSFIRE (VIRTUE) £20 BE'S THAT WAy SOMETIMES - BOBBY WELLS (GRAPEVINE DEMO) £20 SAVE THE YOUTH - MELLOW MADNESS (KAY-DEE) £10 POSTAGE AND PACKING £1 FIRST DISC, 50P EACH EXTRA. CAN TAKE PAY PAL,CHEQUE OR CASH. PLEASE PM ME TO RESERVE

YOU'VE GOT THE POWER - THE FALCONS (JOE BOY) £10 THAT'S WHAT LOVE IS - THE HESITATIONS (SOUL SERIES) £10 PRESSURE -DRIZABONE (JOE BOY) £10 COOL OFF - THE DETROIT EXECUTIVES (PAMELINE) £30 I CAN'T FIGHT YOUR LOVE - THE MODULATIONS (UK BUDDAH) £15 I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING - JACKIE WILSON DUET WITH ERMA FRANKLIN (JOE BOY/SOUL HQ) £15 PLAYGIRL'S LOVE - THE FIVE STAIRSTEPS (WINDY C) £10 TRYING TO GET BACK TO YOU GIRL - JACKEY BEAVERS (JAY BOY MINT/UNPLAYED!) £25 IT REALLY HURTS ME GIRL - THE CARSTAIRS (JOE BOY/SOUL HQ) £10 SUCH MISERY - TIMMY WILLIS (SOUL HQ) £10 BE'S THAT WAY SOMETIMES - BOBBY WELLS (GRAPEVINE DEMO MINT/UNPLAYED) £20 postage and packing £1 Ist disc, 50p each extra disc. Can take PayPal/cheque/cash. Please PM to reserve.

Sorting out loads of old stock, found a few copies of PRESSURE - DRIZABONE (JOE BOY) £10 I'LL HOLD YOU - FRANKIE & JOHNNY (INFERNO) - £10 HOW TO MAKE SAD MAN GLAD - CAPREEZ (GRAPEVINE DEMO) - £10 all mint/unplayed. Add £1 postage and packing Ist disc, 50p for each additional. Can take PayPal,cheque or cash. PM me to reserve copy. Thanks, Neil

DANCING ON A DAYDREAM - FLORA WILSON/THE SOULVATION ARMY BAND (SOULVATION ARMY) £20 YOUR SHIP OF FOOLS - RAY MARCHAND (JOE BOY PIC BAG WITH SOUVENIR POST CARD £10_ STOP (DON'T GIVE UP YOUR LOVING) - THE TWO FELLOWS (FRED & SKEETS) (MUTT) £10 THE WAY YOU BEEN ACTING LATELY - AL KENT (RIC-TIC) £10 SAVE THE YOUTH - MELLOW MADNESS (KAY-DEE) £10 GIVE ME ANOTHER CHANCE/A DREAM - PEARL JONES (SIDRA LOOK A LIKE/JOE BOY ISSUE) £10 TAKE ME BACK - CROSSFIRE - (VIRTUE) £20 IT REALLY HURTS ME GIRL - CARSTAIRS (INFERN0 - ONLY 500 PRESSED!) £20 BETTER - RUBY WINTERS (STATESIDE DEMO) £180 I REALLY LOVE YOU - JIMMY BURNS (TOP DOG/TRENTHAM SOUVENIR) £10 JANICE (DON'T BE SO BLIND TO LOVE) - SKIP MAHONEY (SOULVATION) £10 MY OH MY - BILLY FLOYD (ARCTIC 2ND ISSUE) - £15 PRESSURE - DRIZABONE - £10 (JOE BOY) RUNAWAY LOVE - LINDA CLIFFORD (CRC) £10 HOW TO MAKE A SAD MAN GLAD - THE CAPREEZ (GRAPEVINE DEMO) £10 BECAUSE OF YOU - JACKIE WILSON (TRENTHAM FINALE) £10 DON'T FIGHT IT - MAJOR LANCE (SOUL SERIES) £10 BRILLIANT O-KEH DANCER BY THE MAJOR, RECORDED IN THE 60'S BUT STUCK IN VAULTS UNTIL THE 9O'S. FLIP IS HIS 60'S VERSION OF "NOTHING CAN STOP ME" YOU DON'T MEAN ME NO GOOD (ORIGINAL PLUS PEVIOUSLY UNRELEASED EXTENDED VERSION) -THE JELLY BEANS (SOULVATION) £10 SIMPLY GRATEFUL - KIM ENGLISH (suSU SEVEN INCH) £10 SO SOON - DONNIE ELBERT (JOE BOY PIC SLEEVE, GREEN LABEL WITH X ON IT TO DENOTE EXPORT EDITION) £15 I DIG YOUR ACT - THE O'JAYS (UK STATESIDE) £150 ADD £1 POSTAGE AND PACKING FIRST DISC, 50P FOR EACH EXTRA DISC. ALSO ON TWELVE INCH - £10 INCLUDES POSTAGE AND PACKING AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH - MARVIN,TAMMI AND DIANA (MASH-UP EDIT) PayPal easiest way to pay, my PayPal address is - sales@soulvation.biz Or can take cheque/cash. Please PM me to reserve. Thanks, Neil

Had a few people querying the artist credit? The singer is David Rhodes butr Danny Leake wrote and produced it, and it his name on the acetate. All the best, Neil

THE PRECISIONS - THE COMPLETE SIDRA/DREW RECORDINGS 1966-68 (JOE BOY/INFERNO CD ALBUM) The definiive Precisions CD. Fab Joe Boy artwork Sleeve notes include foreword by Detroit legend George McGregor. TRACK LISTING 1 - SUCH MISERY 2 - A LOVER'S PLEA 3 - SUGAR AIN'T SWEET 4 - WHY GIRL 5 - WHAT I WANT 6 - IF THIS IS LOVE (I'D RATHER BE LONLEY) 7 - YOU'LL SOON BE GONE 8 - INSTANT HEARTBREAK (JUST ADD TEARS) 9 - DREAM GIRL 10 - A PLACE 11 - NEVER LET HER GO BONUS TRACKS 12 - I DO, DON' YOU 13 - SUCH MISERY (FEATURING PAUL MERRitt) 14 -SEND ME A SIGN - (ROGER FLUKER) 15 - BABY YOU'FRE MINE (LOU RAGLAND) Absolute brilliant compilation. £10, 2 copies for £15, 3 copies for £20. Can take PayPal/Cash/Cheques. Thanks, Neil

Lovely vinyl and sleeve One of those chic French EP's BLUES IN THE NIGHT - JOHNNIE TAYLOR (FRENCH BLUE STAX) Also includes OUTSIDE LOVE,TOE HOLD, I HAD A DREAM £140 Happy to take PayPal. cheques, cash. All the Best, Neil

Have always found this a hard one to get. I DIG YOUR ACT - THE O'JAYS (UK STATESIDE SS 2073 ISSUE) £150 Happy to accept PayPal/Cheque/Cash Neil

LOVELY UK STATESIDE DEMO IN GREAT CONDITION. BETTER/I WANT ACTION - RUBY WINTERS (STATESIDE SS 2090) £175 Happy to take PayPal/cheque/cash One of the best on Stateside.

THE STREETS GOT MY LADY - BILL BRANDON (PIEDMONT) £225 Happy to take PayPal/Cheque/Cash

A legendary part of Blackpool Mecca history. HUNG UP IN MID AIR - DANNY LEAKE (PYE RECORDING STUDIOS CUSTOM DISC CUTTING SERVICE ACETATE) When Danny Leake came over to the UK he had made just 4 acetates of this Mecca awesome floater classic - two on 12" and two on 7". This is one of the two 7" ever made ....Highland Room history!! Acetate still smells as good as when it was played at the Mecca!! Awesome rarity and archive piece. £500

Serious offers invited for - SLICED TOMATOES /THINGS WILL BE BETTER TOMORROW - JUST BROS (LUPINE) Thanks, Neil

Does anyone have a copy of the Emperor Rosko compilation on (I think) UK Atlantic which he fronts but is made up by tracks by various artists? I don't want the album (!) but am desperate for front cover of it for book I am working on. If anyone could scan me the front cover, needs to be 300 dots per inch, and e-mailed to me neilrushton2@btinternet.com I would be grateful and will happily give a credit on the book. Alternatively if the scanning to this spec is diifficult,can someone please loan me the album or I will buy it from them. Thanks in advance, Neil

In response to enquiries - all above are mint/unplayed. Neil

ON ORDERS OF £50 OR MORE TAKE £10 DISCOUNT . ON ORDERS OF £100 OR MORE TAKE £30 DISCOUNT Runaway Love - Linda Clifford (CRC) £15 Make Me Yours (great 1980 version) - High Inergy (Gordy WDJ) - £10 The Ladies Choice - Boby Franklin (Fee)- £10 It Really Hurts Me Girl - The Carstairs (Soul HQ/Joe Boy) - £10 Dancing on A Daydream - Flora Wilson/Soulvation Army Band (Soulvation Army) - £20 Pressure - Drizabone (Joe Boy one-sided vinyl in Advance Sampler bag) - £10 The Way You Been Acting Lately - Al Kent (Ric-Tic) £10 (can you ever spend a tenner more wisely?) Stranger in My Arms - Lynne Randell (Columbia Spdecial Producs) - £10 Captain Of My Ship - Seventh Wonder (Grapevine demo) £30 Save The Youth (Kenny Dope Mixes) - Mellow Madness (Kay-Dee) £10 If This Is Love - The Precisions EP (Pic Bag Joe Boy/Drew lookalike label,also contains Such Misery,Sugar Ain't Sweet & Baby You're Mine) £10 My Oh My -Billy Floyd (Arctic 2nd issue) £15 Making My Daydream Real - Frances Nero (Charly pic bag) - great version of We The People -£15 You've Got The Power - The Falcons (Joe Boy/Uptown Down South) lovely version of The Esquires, unreleased until this 1997 Joe Boy limited edition, lead vocals reputed to be Deon Jackson on the Ollie McLaughlin composition. Lovely sweet Detroit,every record box should have a copy) £15 Take Me Back - Crossfire (Virtue) - £20 All Over The World - Chuck Jackson (Strange World Of Northern Soul) - £10 Gone With The Wind (Is My Love) - Rita & The Tiaras (Joe Boy pic bag plus Dore gems from The Superbs and The Vel-Vetts) £15 Trying To Get Back To You Girl - Jackey Beavers (Jay Boy) £25 Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) - Eddie Foster (In) £30 Janice (Don't Be So Blind To Love) - Skip Mahoney (Soulvation Anniversary 45) £10 You Don't Mean Me No Good (orig and previously unreleased longer version) - The Jelly Beans (Soulvation Anniversary 45) £10 Trouble - Ronnie Walker (Impact pic bag) £10 Trouble - The Agents (Grapevine demo) £25 Because Of You - Jackie Wilson/Let Me Come Back - Walter Jackson (Trentham Finale All-Nighter 45) £10 Back By Popular Demand - Jean,Scherie & Lynda (Formerly Of The Supremes) w/The Originals (Motor City) £10 Hurting - Eric & The Vikings/My Baby Ain't No Plaything - Willie Jones (Wylie/Hester at their best)/In The Pocket - Detroit Stings (Kool Kat) £15 Soul Galore/I Get The Sweetest Feeling - Jackie Wilson (MCA) £10 That's What Love Is - The Hesitations (Soul Series) £15 I'll Hold You - Frankie & Johnny (Inferno) £10 If That's What You Wanted - Frank Beverly & The Butlers (Inferno) £10 It Really Hurts Me Girl - The Carstairs (Inferno) £20 Postage and Packing - £1 first disc, 50p each extra disc. PayPal - sales@soulvation.biz Or can take cheque. PM me to reserve discs. Thanks, Neil

AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN (HIGH ENOUGH) MARVIN,TAMMI...PLUS DIANA ROSS (MASH-UP RE-EDIT) MASSIVE TWELVE INCH. £10 EACH, POSTAGE FREE sales@soulvation.biz Can take cheques - PM me for details.

Mint 12's, all brand new. £10 each, including postage and packing. PayPal - sales@soulvation.biz Or can take cheque. PM me to reserve records. AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH - MARVIN GAYE,TAMMI TERRELL PLUS DIANA ROSS (EDITS) (MASSIVE MASH-UP RE-EDIT THAT IS GOING MASSIVE) CRAZY WORLD - KENNY THOMAS (suSU) (LAST FEW LEFT LET IT GO - SOUL BROTHERS FEAT. JOI CARDWELL (DEEP SOUL/INFERNO 500 COPY LIMITED EDITION UK RE-PRESS) HIGH ON LIFE - EAST WEST CONNECTION FEATURING DANIEL VACCHIO (CHILLIFUNK PICTURE BAG) (SO-SOULFUL HOUSE, MODERN ROOM ANTHEM, SOUNDS LIKE A BRITISH SLANT ON CLASSIC BLAZE.) THE BOTTLE - GIL SCOTT-HERON/BRIAN JACKSON (INFERNO)

Not many left so if you want one order now ....instant classic .....sounds amazing loud on 12" Neil

I'm publishing a book in October and interview with Casblanca is in there. He tells great stories of the scams they had to do to get Ric-Tic and Golden Word records played on the Radio stations. He also recalled how after Motown bought the company, tens of thousands of singles were dumped to be used as ballast in Highway construction sites all over Detroit! He had 1,000's of Ric-Tic singles which he had kept in his garage,Guy Hennigan and Chris King had been there before me, and I still bought maybe 5,000 from him. Popcorn Wylie took me to meet Casablanca and listening to the 2 of them talking about the old days was priceless. Casablanca said they used to work closely with some of the Philly labels, I guess they worked each other's records in cities they did not have any clout in with the Radio guys, and sold me 2 copies of the Arctic promo only album with Deroit and Philly stuff on. Guy had missed these when he was at Casablnca's but instantly bought my spare copy when I got back to the UK. Casablanca gave me one of his business cards from the 60's, was a plastic see though kind of thing in blue Ric-Tic style, I cannot find it but am hoping it will turn up to go in the Book.

About 20 years ago I interviewed Casablanca, the legendary promotion man for Golden World/Ric-Tic, at his home in Detroit, He said Motown put lots of pressure on radio stations and distributors not to support GW,Ric Tic. He vividly recalled Motown buying the company, and said one reason was definitely to take out the opposition label.Ed Wingate being in the numbers name was well connected and had loads of money and was not intimidated by pressure from Motown. Acquiring the Golden World studio would have been an asset for Moown though - Sidney Barnes says that when George Clinton got him to Detroit to set up Geo-Si-Mik Productions alongside Mike Terry, Golden World was a much better studio than anything Motown had. Don't think it would have compared to Don Davis's United Sounds though, went to the downstairs studio there and it was awesome. Neil

Managed to scrounge a few copies of the 12" re-edit mash-up that's been creating a dancefloor buzz - AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH - MARVIN GAYE, TAMMI TERRELL...... AND DIANA ROSS flip is re-edit of WHAT'S GOING ON - MARVIN GAYE Going to go down as a classic 12" Available @ £10 including postage and packing, Can take PayPal or cheque. Please PM me if you want a copy. All the Best, Neil

Sorting through old sales stock. Following all UK releses and stone MINT,never been near a stylus WHY CAN'T WE BE LOVERS - HOLLAND,DOZIER,HOLLAND (H-D-H) 10 RELEASED BY DEMON, ONE OF THE GREATEST SOUL RECORDS EVER. SHE SAID GOODYBYE - BILLY HAMBRIC (GRAPEVINE DEMO) 15 TRYING TO GET BACK TO YOU GIRL - JACKEY BEAVERS (JAY BOY) 25 IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANTED - FRANK BEVERLY & THE BUTLERS (INFERNO PIC BAG,CLEAR VINYL) 15 I'LL HOLD YOU - FRANKIE & JOHNNY (INFERNO) 15 COMPARED TO WHAT - MR FLOODS PARTY (INFERNO DEMO) - RED A ON WHITE LABEL, VERY SMALL PROMO RUN SO QUITE A HARD ONE 20 MAKING MY DAYDREAM REAL - FRANCES NERO (CHARLY PIC BAG) 15 GREAT COVER OF WE THE PEOPLE ROCK ME IN THE CRADLE (OF YOUR LOVING ARMS) - PENNY LANE (CBS 1970 IN PIC BAG) 10 UK VERSION OF INVICTUS GEM,OLD YOUTH CLUB CLASSIC POSTAGE AND PACKING ADD ONE POUND PER DISC Can take cheque or PayPal. PM me to reserve. Thanks, Neil