Neil Rushton

I got some great stuff from Bob Mays..

THE ARISTICS GET ME HANDS ON SOME LOVIN' (USA EPIC) SIDE 1 GET MY HANDS ON SOME LOVIN' - 2.20 I'LL LEAVE IT UP TO YOU - 2.05 PATTY CAKE - 2.25 SO MUCH LOVE IN MY HEART - 2.19 I'LL COME RUNNING - 2.00 SIDE 2 THIS HEART OF MINE - 2.30 WHATILL I DO - 2.35 LOVELAND 2.19 I NEED YO0UR LOVE - 2.19 IN ANOTHER MAN'S ARMS - 2.14 ONE OF OKEH'S MASTERPIECES. THIS IS ACTUALLY THE USA EPIC RE-ISSUE FROM SOME YEARS AGO, NOW LONG DELETED OF COURSE. IN STEREO WITH OKEH CALALOGUE NUMBER OKS 14119 AND ORIGINAL 60'S OKEH ARTWORK. NICE CLEAN COPY - HARDLY EVER PLAYED IT OVER THE YEARS, IN FACT CANNOT REMEMBER GETTING THIS, MNIGHT HAVE BEEN IN USA.. £30 INCLUDING DELIVERY.PAYMENT VIA PAYPAL PLEASE. JUST THE 1 COPY, PLEASE PM TO RESERVE. THANKS, NEIL

Last time I spoke to Robert Bateman, both Greg and Jeff were well. Robert showed me a lovely Arista publicity photo of Jeff Perry dedicated to "My Uncle Robert"..how about that for Soul spanning the generations? And it was Robert who produced the demo with vocals by Jeff on his composition "Because Of You" which Robert then shopped to Brunswick for Jackie Wilson to record. Alas, the demo does not seem to exist anymore.

The horrible American who owned the Swan masters and Global in Manchester...was his name Ed Balbier?.. One day before a Ritz All-Dayer they had a sale so we went along and were invited to order from a list., I was wholesaling at the time so ordered (more in hope than anything else) big quantities of titles. He went mad when he saw the amount I wanted and started screaming and swearing at me, I gave him back the same to the astonishment of a watching Pat Brady we had a massive row. He banned me for life there and then. As a parting shot i said "Well if you have only got the one Detroit Sound LP can I still have it" and he went really ballistic. A few years later I released The Four Perfections "I'm Not Strong Enough" on Inferno and as he had relased it already on Cream, he demanded that we cease and desist. Have still got a copy of the telegram from Irving Weinroth to Balbier pointing out that his licence had expired and he should shut up. Funniest dealer has got to Anthony Lewis of Oldies Unlimited in Telford. We used to buy from him all the time and I never get over that if you said you wanted a certain quantity he would not count the quantity, but instead would measure out "two inches worth" or whatever. He was very fair to deal with. I was the very first customer allowed to see him when he moved to Telford from St. Leonards-On-Sea and had memorised on the train all the O-keh titles on Brian Phillips latest list. I got them all and ended up taking loads up to Va-Va's to flog. He appears on TV now as an expert on Massage Parlours.

We brought him over to appear in Blackburn at the Premier of "Srange World Of Northern Soul". He was a bit bemused by the whole Northern Soul thing...refused to go on stage at first, but when he did he blew the place apart. At the time he was working at Toys R US in Los Angeles and he seemed pleased that he had a following in the UK (which he knew nothing about until Ian contacted him) but also upset that it had not led to any financial gain for him. RIP.

STONE MINT...NEVER BEEN TAKEN OUT OF THE COMPANY SLEEVE...BOOKS AT £100 LOVE COOKIN' - THE DUPARS FEATURING VENETTA FIELDS UK CONTEMPO 1973 RELEASE - CS2104 PART OF A COLLECTION I HAVE PURCAHSED OF MINT/UNPLAYED CONTEMPO SINGLES. YOU WILL NEVER GET A COPY IN BETTER CONDITIOIN THAN THIS...40 YEARS OLD AND IN THE SAME PRISTINE CONDITION AS THE DAY IT WAS MADE. £60 ONLY GOT THE ONE COPY SO IF YOU ARE IN INTERESTED PLEASE PM ME. THANKS, NEIL PS ALSO GOT OTHER FUNK SINGLES ON CONTEMPO IN SAME MINT NEVER BEEN TOUCHED BY A STYLUS CONDITION......SEEDS OF THE EARTH, CYMANDE, DYNAMIC CORVETTES, AFRICAN MUSIC MACHINE, BOBBY BYRD, CON-FUNK-SHUN, OLIVER SAIN, ULTRAFUNK...PM IF INTERESTED..

THE BELOW ARE ALL SPARES. ALL IN NICE CONDITION. ALL UK 12". I'M OUT OF YOUR LIFE VOCAL/INST - ARNIE'S LOVE (UK STREETWAVE) £15 (ONE OF THE BEST RECORDS EVER MADE...) BACK IN LOVE AGAIN - L.T.D (UK A&M LIMITED EDITION) £10 (MANCHESTER RITZ 1977 ANTHEM ALERT. WRITTEN BY HANKS/GREY, PRODUCED BY BOBBY MARTIN, SHEER GENIUS) TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT - NORMAN CONNORS (UK ARISTA) £10 (IN 1980 I TOOK AN ACETATE OF THIS UP TO ONE OF BRTAIN'S TOP SOUL DJ'S AND PRETENDED FOR A WIND UP THAT THE GUEST FEMALE VOCALIST WAS FROM WALSALL AND WAS WITH OUR PARTY THAT NIGHT AND MIGHT BE PERSUADED TO DO A SURPRISE PA. THANK GOODNESS THE OFFER WAS DECLINED AS THE GIRL FROM WALSALL COULD NOT SING A NOTE. VOCALS ARE ACTUALLY FROM ADARITHA AND I BET SHE HAS NEVER HEARD OF WALSALL. WHAT A RECORD!) PLEASE ADD £3 POSTAGE AND PACKING. ALL RECORDS SENT OUT IST CLASS POST. PLEASE PM TO RESERVE

Missed all this so bear with me...did the Harthon guys get a shout?

NOW SOLD .... MINT MINUS DATE STAMP - 28 MAR 1969 - AT 6'O'CLOCK ON A SIDE..FEINT SMALL WOL - SAYS ..27 AT 7'O'CLOCK ON B SIDE - SMALL BOTH IN RED sold -GOT TO FIND A WAY / LOVER'S PRAYER - sold CAJUN HEART UK WARNER BROS. YELLOW DEMO WB 7258 £350 PM IF INTERESTED. THANKS, NEIL

IN STOCK TODAY. LATEST SINGLES ON OUTTASIGHT'S R'N'B SERIES . RSV-028 - LOVE MUST BE TABOO - TONY CLARKE / WILLIE KNOWS HOW - WILLIE WEST RSV-029 - I SEE YOUR FACE - JOE SIMON / SEARCHING - LEON PETERSON RSV-030 - I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU - LLOYD NOLAN / BETTY MAE - ROGER GREEN £10 EACH OR ALL 3 FOR £25. PRICES INCLUDE IST CLASS POSTAGE AND PACKING (UK) FOR OVERSEAS POSTAGE RATES PLEASE PM ME PAYPAL - sales@soulvation.biz

ALL MINT/UNPLAYED, NEVER BEEN TAKEN OUT OF THEIR SLEEVES. PURCHASED FROM EX RECORD COMPANY EXEC, THESE WERE STORED AWAY FROM RELEASE. YOU WILL NEVER GET THESE IN BETTER CONDITION. TOTALLY PRISTINE. UK YELLOW STAX LABEL/PYE DISTRIBUTION - ALL DEMOS, BLACK A ON YELLOW LABEL. ALL IN ORIGINAL COMPANY SLEEVE. STXS 2038 (6/2/76) - HAPPY - WILLIAM BELL - £25 STXS 2027 (16/6/75) - AT LAST - TEMPREES - £20 STXS 2008 - SHORT STOPPING - VEDA BROWN - £15 STXS 2039 (5/3/76) I WANNA PLAY WITH YOU - FREDERICK KNIGHT - £10 STXS 2026 (2/5/75) - AIN'T NO NEED OT CRYING - THE RANCE ALLEN GROUP - £10 SOLD - STX2 2031 (11/7/75) - SUGAR DADY - BETTYE CRUTCHER - £10 - SOLD SOLD -STXS 2043 - WHATCHA SEE IS WHATCHA GET - THE DRAMATICS - £20 - SOLD STXS 2029 (13/6/75) - DO THE DOUBLE BUMP - RUFUS THOMAS - £10 STXS 2028 (6/6/75)- I BETCHA DIDN'T KNOW THAT - FREDERICK KNIGHT - £10 STXS 2019 (3/1/75) - WOMAN TO WOMAN - SHIRLEY BROWN - £20 STXS 2033 (8/8/75) - MR BIG STUFF - JEAN KNIGHT - £20 UK CONTEMPO LABEL. ALL MINT/UNPLAYED,ALL IN ORIGINAL COMPANY SLEEVE. SOLD -CS2048 - SWEET SHERRY/CHAINS OF LOVE - JJ BARNES - £20 - SOLD CS2054 - BETCHA IF YOU CHECK IT OUT - THE QUADROPHONICS - £10 CS2061 - DON'T BRING ME DOWN - RITA DACOSTA - £20 CS2076 - SOON EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE ALRIGHT - THE THIRD TIME AROUND - £15 CS2080 - INSIDE AMERICA - JUGGY JONES - £15 CS2062 - I'M LIVING A LIE - BARBARA JEAN ENGLISH - £15 CS 2079 - I'M SPELLBOUND - TAMIKO JONES - £10 CS2036 - HUNG UP ON YOUR LOVE - THE MONTCLAIRS - £30 CS2033 - BLOWING UP MY MIND VOCAL/INST - THE EXCITERS - £10 CS2017 - HOW CAN YOU SAY GOODBYE - MAJOR LANCE - £15 PLEASE PM TO RESERVE. THANKS , NEIL

EDWIN STARR - SOLD

UK TMG TAMLA MOTOWN GREEN AND WHITE DEMOS. ALL MINT/UNPLAYED. PRISTINE VINYL AND LABELS. PURCHASED FROM RECORD COMPANY EXEC WHO STORED THEM FROM NEW. YOU WILL NEVER GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE THESE IN BETTER CONDITION. TMG 714 - NITTY GRITTY - GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS - £30 TMG 707 - CLOUD NINE - THE TEMPTATIONS - £30 TMG 846 - TROUBLE MAN - MARVIN GAYE - £25 TMG 725 - FAREWELL IS A LONELY SOUND - JIMMY RUFFIN - £35 now sold -TMG 675 - I'M IN A DIFFERENT WORLD - THE FOUR TOPS - £40 - now sold now sold -TMG 807 - REACH OUT I'LL BE THERE/ HUNGRY FOR LOVE - SAN REMO STRINGS £35 - now sold TMG 829 - I'LL TURN TO STONE - FOUR TOPS £40 TMG 599 (RELEASED 9/6/72) - THIRD FINGER LEFT HAND/ JIMMY MACK - MARTHA AND THE VANDELLAS - £40 now sold -TMG 813 - JUST WALK IN MY SHOES - GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS - £50 - now sold TMG 711 - I'VE LOST EVERYTHING I'VE EVER LOVED - DAVID RUFFIN - £35 now sold - TMG 840 - TAKE ME GIRL, I'M READY - JUNIOR WALKER & THE ALL STARS - £25 - now sold ALL MINT. ALL UNPLAYED. ALL PRISTINE. PLEASE PM TO RESERVE. THANKS FOR LOOKING - NEIL

Martha Reeves - SOLD

UK TAMLA MOTOWN GREEN AND WHITE DEMOS. ALL THREE ARE ARE MINT/UNPLAYED...NEVER BEEN NEAR A RECORD STYLUS. PURCHASED FROM RECORD LABEL EXEC WHO STORED THEM AWAY FROM NEW. YOU WILL NEVER GET BETTER COPIES THAN THESE LITTLE BEAUTIES - PRISTINE LABELS, PRISTINE VINYL. TMG 843 - NO ONE THERE/ I'VE GIVEN YOU (THE BEST YEARS OF MY LIFE) - MARTHA REEVES THE PROMO LABEL INFORMS US THIS WAS RELEASED 9/2/73, SO OVER 40 YEARS OLD AND IN SAME CONDITION AS THE DAY IT CAME OUT OF THE FACTORY! £150 ------- NOW SOLD TMG 692 - IF MY HEART COULD TELL THE STORY (ONE SIDED) - EDWIN STARR...NOW SOLD NICE ODDITY, GOODNESS KNOWS WHY THIS WAS PROMO'D AS ONE SIDED RELEASE ONLY. EVEN NICER IN THIS AMAZING CONDITION £40 TMG 860 - THE RARE MISSPRESS!! REACHING FOR SOMETHING I CAN'T HAVE - THE MARVELETTES B SIDE LABEL SAYS "HERE I AM BABY" BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW COPIES THAT SLIPPED OUT WHERE THE B SIDE TRACK IS ACTUALLY "MY BABY MUST BE A MAGICAN". £70 I ONLY HAVE ONE OF EACH SO PLEASE PM TO RESERVE.ALL THE BEST, NEIL

MINT.UNPLAYED. NEVER BEEN OUT OF THEIR COMPANY SLEEVES. NEVER BEEN IN CONTACT WITH A STYLUS. ONE OWNER FROM NEW.PURCHASED FROM RECORD EXECUTIVE WHO STORED THEM AWAY FROM NEW. UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO OBTAIN THESE CLASSIC CONTEMPO RARIES RE-ISSUES IN BEAUTIFUL PRISTINE CONDITION. JIMMY CONWELL CIGARETTE ASHES £15 THE INCREDIBLES ANOTHER DIRTY DEAL/THERES NOTHING ELSE TO SAY £25 MAJOR LANCE THE RIGHT TRACK £10 BOB AND EARL HARLEM SHUFFLE voc/inst £10 JACKIE LEE DO THE TEMPTATION WALK £15 BETTYE SWANN MAKE ME YOURS £15 THE OLYMPICS BABY DO THE PHILLY DOG/SECRET AGENTS £10 TAMI LYNN IM GONNA RUN AWAY FROM YOU £15 THE CAPITOLS AINT THAT TERRIBLE £20 JACKIE LEE THE DUCK £10 THE MIRETTES HES ALRIGHT WITH ME £15 JIMMY THOMAS WHERE THERES A WILL [THERES A WAY] £15 UK POSTAGE 1st CLASS RECORDED MAIL £2.50 FOR FIRST RECORD ADD 50p EACH EXTRA ONLY ONE OF EACH,PM TO RESERVE. THANKS NEIL

CONDITION,CONDITION,CONDITION-MINT,MINT,MINT NEVER BEEN PLAYED!!!! NEVER BEEN OUT OF THEIR COMPANY SLEEVES YOU'LL NEVER GET THE CHANCE TO BUY THESE IN BETTER CONDITION CS2013 MELVIN BLISS SYNTHETIC SUBSTITUTION/REWARD £125 CS2104 DUPARS FEAT VANETTA FIELDS LOVE COOKIN/WE ROCKIN £100 CS2036 MONTCLAIRS HUNG UP ON YOUR LOVE/I NEED YOU MORE THAN EVER £40 I ONLY HAVE ONE EACH OF THE ABOVE, SO PLEASE PM TO RESERVE. JUST PURCHASED A VIRTUALLY COMPLETE COLLECTION OF CONTEMPO AND CONTEMPO RARIES SINGLES ALL MINT, ALL UNPLAYED.ANYTHING YOUR AFTER PLEASE ME KNOW. ALL THE BEST NEIL

All of the following seven inch singles are £10 each or any 3 for £25. Both prices include Royal Mail Ist Ist class postage.For overseas postage rates please PM me. All Mint/Brand New. 1960 WHAT?/ ON MY WAY TO HARLEM - GREGORY PORTER (EXPANSION) REAL LOVE - DRIZABONE (INFERNO ONE SIDED, VERSION, RECORDED BEFORE 4TH & BROADWAY) YOUR SHIP OF FOOLS - RAY MARCHAND (JOE BOY PIC BAG) GOTTA BE A FALSE ALARM - THE VOLCANOS (AUSTRIAN RECORD SHACK) I'M THE ONE WHO LOVES YOU / I'M KNOCKING AT YOUR HEART - DARRELL BANKS (OUTTA SIGHT LOOKALIKE GROOVESVILLE) I STILL LOVE YOU - THE SEVEN SOULS (OUTTASIGHT LOOKALIKE OKEH) BABY YOU GOT ME/SLOW FIZZ - THE SAPPHIRES (OUTTASIGHT) BEING WITHOUT YOU - MAURICE WILLIAMS (OUTTASIGHT - LOOKALIKE DEESU) CUZ IT'S YOU GIRL - JAMES WELSH GYPSY BAND (OUTTASIGHT) LOVE SLIPPED THROUGH MY FINGERS - THE OHIO PLAYERS (OUTTASIGHT) IF THIS IS LOVE (I'D RATHER BE LONELY) - THE PRECISIONS (INFERNO MADE IN DETROIT, ONE SIDED, ETCHED FLIP) THE TIME IS RIGHT FOR LOVE - BOBBY REED (EXPANSION) PACKING UP- DAMON FOX (OUTTASIGHT, LOOKALIKE FAIRMOUNT) COMIN' HOME BABY - DEE DEE SHARP (OUTTASIGHT, LOOKALIKE CAMEO) GIRL DON'T MAKE ME WAIT/ FOLLOW YOUR HEART - BUNNY SIGLER (LOOKALIKE PARKWAY) I'M JUST A KISS AWAY - BUDDY MILES (GO AHEAD) PLEASE GIVE ME ONE MORE CHANCE/ ANYONE CAN TELL (WE'RE IN LOVE) - CLYDE McPHATTER (GO AHEAD) YOU BABE/ THIS LOVE IS REAL - DANA VALERY (GO AHEAD PIC BAG) I'M SO HAPPY/ ONE ON ONE - PHILIP MITCHELL (GO AHEAD PIC BAG) KISS MY LOVE GOODBYE / I WANT SUNDAY BACK AGAIN - BETTYE SWANN (GO AHEAD PIC BAG) HE'S THE ONE THAT RINGS MY BELL - SHERRI TAYLOR/ BABY PLEASE DON'T GO - JO ANN HENDERSON (OUTTASIGHT R'N'B) EMPEROR OF MY BABY'S HEART - KURT HARRIS / CHILLS AND FEVER - JOHNNY LOVE (OUTTASIGHT R'N'B) SOMEBODY UP THERE LIKES YOU / A LOVELY WAY TO DIE - JACKIE WILSON (OUTTASIGHT BRUNSWICK LOOKALIKE) MY BABY CHANGES LIKE THE WEATHER / DON'T START NONE (VOCAL) - THE MAYFIELD SINGERS (OUTTASIGHT MAYFIELD LOOKALIKE) HEAVEN IN THE AFTERNOON VOCAL/INST - LEW KIRTON (OUTTASIGHT ALSTON LOOKALIKE) SWEET MEMORIES - ROBERT TANNER/ THE NEW SOUNDS (OUTTASIGHT MEGATONE LOOKALIKE) JUST ANOTHER HEARTACHE - LITTLE RICHIE (OUTTASIGHT SS7 LOOKALIKE) I NEED MY BABY/ A LOVE THAT NEVER GROWS OLD - JACKEY BEAVERS (OUTTASIGHT REVILOT LOOKALIKE) BABY, WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO OUR LOVE - THE RINGLEADERS (OUTTASIGHT M-PAC LOOKALIKE) I AM NOTHING VOCAL/ INST - AL WILLIAMS (OUTTASIGHT LA-BEAT LOOKALIKE) I REALLY LOVE YOU (ALTERNATE TAKE) - JIMMY BURNS (INFERNO) IT REALLY HURTS ME GIRL - THE CARSTAIRS (INFERNO 2012 RELEASE). ORIGINAL VERSION AS ISSUED ON RED COACH PLUS TOM MOULTON MIX NOT RELEASED ON ANY FORMAT UNTIL 2012) ONE MORE HURT - MARJORIE BLACK (HIB DEMO W/DJ LIMITED RUN) IF IT'S ALL THE SAME TO YOU BABE/ EXUS TREK - LUTHER INGRAM/ LUTHER INGRAM ORCHESTRA (HIB) ME AND YOU (DOIN' THE BOOGLAOO) - LOU COURTNEY/ GIVE IN - THE WEBS (HIB SOLID CENTRE DEMO, LIMITED RUN) PAYPAL PAYMENTS - please make to - sales@soulvation.biz or e-mail me - neilrushton2@btinternet.com

New release on Expansion seven inch single. 1960 WHAT / ON MY WAY TO HARLEM GREGORY PORTER (EXPANSION 7" SINGLE) Gregory's signature song on 7" with exclusive 5.50 Jazz & Cole edit. On My Way To Harlem is like Gil Scott-Heron and Jon Lucien crossing that famous 110th Street and having a chat all about it. In stock now. £10 includes Ist class postage and packing. Please make PayPal payments to - sales@soulvation.biz Thanks, Neil (neilrushton2@btinternet.com) Neil

Can Mark Tobin send his address please?

Produced by Baker-Harris-Young before their Trammps/Philly success days.

Brand new release on Go Ahead. Due out next week but got copies early PLEASE GIVE ME ONE MORE CHANCE / ANYONE CAN TELL CLYDE McPHATTER GO AHEAD SEVEN INCH QUITE SIMPLY ONE OF THE BEST DOUBLE SIDERS EVER FIRST TIME EITHER TRACK HAS BEEN LEGALLY RELEASED ON SEVEN INCH SINGLE. UNDER LICENCE FROM UNIVERSAL. £10 INCLUDES IST CLASS POSTAGE AND PACKING PLEASE MAKE PAYPAL PAYMENT TO - sales@soulvation.biz ALSO NEW THIS WEEK ON OUTTASIGHT ALL £10 EACH INCLUDES IST CLASS POSTAGE AND PACKING CUZ IT'S YOU GIRL - JAMES WALSH GYPSY BAND NOT TOO YOUNG - CONTINENTAL SHOWSTOPPERS B/W WHAT DOES IT TAKE (To Win Your Love) - THE ELECTRIFYING CASHMERES ISN'T IT JUST A SHAME- KENY WELLS/ TIME MARCHES ON - LAINIE HILL