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One good way of repairing cracks is to go over the B-side crack with the flame of a cigarette lighter for a couple of seconds. That seals the crack, but just be careful not to do it for longer than a second or two, because it starts to warp the vinyl and burn through to the other side. This method will make the B-side useless, so it's only a good idea if just one side is worth playing.

P&P in UK - £2, P&P outside the UK - £6 (all sent registered). I accept PayPal, cheque or PO. Please PM me to reserve any items, which will be held for three days. Open to reasonable offers on all items if you think prices are too high. ALL UK 45s UNLESS STATED RUDDY & SKETTO: ABC Boogie (Dice) VG+ £8 RUDDY & SKETTO: Hush Baby (Dice) EX £15 THE SUPERBOYS: Ain't That A Shame (Giant) GOOD+ (label tear) £4 DESMOND DEKKER: Israelites (DUTCH Green Light) EX £4 JOYCE BOND: Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da / Robin Hood Rides Again (Island) EX-/VG+ (wol) £5 THE RULERS: Don't Be A Rude Boy (Rio) EX-/VG+ (light water damage on label) £10 THE KINGSTONIANS: Winey Winey (Rio) GOOD+ (noc) £5 WILFRED EDWARDS: Whenever There's Moonlight (Starlite) VG+ £5 THE PIONEERS: I Believe In Love (Trojan SINGLE SIDED DEMO) EX £5 THE ETHIOPIANS: Lot Wife (JAMAICAN Move & Groove) VG+ £5 PAT KELLY: How Long (JAMAICAN Pama) VG- (wol B side) £5

Not your usual Northern Soul sales list this one! Here is a small list of soul related 45s, maybe one or two Northern bits here and there. P&P in UK - £2, P&P outside the UK - £6 (all sent registered). I accept PayPal, cheque or PO. Please PM me to reserve any items, which will be held for three days. All are UK releases unless stated. GEORGE FREEMAN: Why Are You Doing This To Me (US Shout) VG+ £20 A-side label has initials, and the serial number scratched out. There is a scuff on the B-side which, although can be felt, cannot be heard. £50 - -£75 elsewhere. SISTER SLEDGE: Love Don't You Go Through No Changes On Me (Atlantic) EX- £8 Woule be EX, but for a scuff on the A-side which cannot be heard. THE IMPRESSIONS: Choice Of Colour (Buddah) MINT £3 KIKI DEE: I'm Going Out (The Same Way I Came In) (Fontana) VG+ £4 THE OLYMPICS: Well! / Western Movies (HMV) VG+ £4 Sellotape on the "Western Movies" label, plus a name writen on the centre JIMMY CLIFF: Give And Take (Island) MINT- £5 THE DRIFTERS: Dance With Me / True Love, True Love (London) VG+ £4 FRANKIE VALLI & FOUR SEASONS: The Night (Mowest FIRST ISSUE - MW 3002) EX (NOC) £15 Lovely first issue - pity it doesn't have its original centre. FELICE TAYLOR: I'm Under The Influence Of Love (President) EX-/VG+ £4 Couple of light marks on the A-side, can't be heard THE FOUNDATIONS: Where Were You When I Needed Your Love (Summit) EX £4 ON HOLD Very nice bit of '70s dancy-soul EDWIN STARR: Time (Tamla Motown) (TMG 725 - solid centre) EX- £10 THE VELVELETTES: Needle In A Haystack / Exception To The Rule (Tamla Motown TMG 806) EX £4

Very sad news...... https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7665594.stm

Susan Maughan's version is excellent. Love the way the lyrics were 'sanitised' for the UK market (they used "Are you thinking of that other place...when you hold me in your arms", rather than the suggestive "what you been getting in that other place....that you ain't been getting here")!

Yep - Craig is a top dealer with many years behind him.

I remember having a dark green label boot on really thick vinyl as well.

Hi Des, Hope you're well mate. I can confirm that Keb did cover it up as "I'm The Only One" by Jimmy Raye, and was played around Sept - Dec 1984. For a month or two, Keb actually used it as the starter record for his spots! At the time, and for a good few years after, it was thought to be a one-off. Strange how the only two known releases on GoGate are unbelievably rare!

Nice story Pete. In fact, I remember phoning you up just as you'd got home from buying Rise and Fall those years ago! A brilliant record - only got it as an album track though. Completely innocent song about how to eat boiled sweets!

Thought "Key To My Heart" (the B-side of Thunderball) got plays somewnere recently? Or has someone spiked my alcopops?

Point taken Ady - and I consider my wrists slapped! So, which one do you want for the Queen label thingy???

Here Ady, I'll trade you any one of these EPs or the demo 45 for the record on the Queen (something) label in the first pic. Don't know anything about it, but the label looks lovely.......And what are the Carios like? Don't know it, but looks intrsting inturesting entresting good. Fancy a trade on the British HBR EP here?

I'll keep a look out for those Charlie Drake 45s Mark - have you got his version of "Volare" yet? The other side is a cover of "Itchy Twitchy Feeling" by Bobby Hendricks! I've a spare somewhere which I know is in nice nick - give us a shout if you're keen. Pictured below is my all-time fave Brit Comedy record - sadly, it's only available on 78, and the few versions of this on compilations are all '70s re-recordings:

Last chance before most of these get thrown in the 'bay'!

Last chance before most of these get thrown in the 'bay'!

Bump - many prices reduced....

Bump - all but one still available.

P&P: UK recorded delivery £3.50. Rest of the world £8. I accept PayPal, cheque or PO. Please PM if you wish to reserve any item - all items held for three days only. Thanks! ALL LPs ARE USA ORIGINALS UNLESS STATED. COVER GRADED FIRST, THEN RECORD THE METROS: Sweetest One (RCA Victor) EX/EX+ £50 Includes Since I Found My Baby, I'll Never Forget You, 'Til The End Of Time (Joe Buckman) etc. THE TEMPESTS: Would You Believe! (Smash) MINT/MINT- £75 Is there a duff track on here? Doubt it! LARRY WILLIAMS/JOHNNY WATSON: Two For The Price Of One (Okeh WHITE DEMO) EX-/MINT- £60 Includes Too Late, A Quitter Never Wins, Takin' No Chances etc. BOBBY BLAND: Touch Of The Blues (Duke - '70s Stereo issue, dist by ABC) EX/EX+ £20 Includes Sweet Lips Of Joy and Shoes RUFUS LUMLEY: Rufus Luck (STEREO RCA Victor) EX/MINT- £20 SOLD The only legitimate way to get Stronger Than Me RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS: Souled Out (Verve) EX-/MINT- £15 ON HOLD Includes It's Up To You - covered up at Stafford as "Make Your Mind Up" by Jack Montgomery SAM AND DAVE: Sam & Dave (UK King) VG+/VG+ £30 Includes You Ain't No Big Thing Baby, She's Alright VARIOUS ARTISTS: This Is Blues (UK Island) EX/MINT- £15 Blues comp from 1969 with Elmore James, Sonny Boy Williamson, Junior Wells etc LITTLE WALTER: The Best Of Little Walter (UK Pye International) EX-/MINT- £30 Includes My Babe, Juke, You Better Watch Yourself, You're So Fine CISSY HOUSTON: Think It Over (UK Private Stock) EX-/MINT- £10 1978 LP, includes the brilliant Love Don't Hurt People - comes with lyric sheet THE DRIFTERS: I'll Take You Where The Music's Playing (UK Plum Atlantic) EX-/MINT- £25 Includes The Outside World, Chains Of Love, Follow Me, Come On Over To My Place BOOKER T & THE MGs: Green Onions (UK STEREO Atlantic - 1966 issue) VG+/EX- £8 Writing on back cover and on label - small scratch at start of A-side, light ticks for about 3 revs. GLORIA LYNNE: By Popular Demand (STEREO Paul Winley) VG+/MINT- £10 Includes You Don't Have To Be A Tower Of Strength ROY C: Sex And Soul (UK Mercury WHITE LABEL TEST PRESSING) EX/EX- £8 There is a long mark on the A-side which cannot be heard - only thing preventing it from being Mint. CISSY HOUSTON: Think It Over (UK Private Stock 12") EX £5 DRIZABONE: Real Love (UK 4th & B'Way DEMO 12") EX £8

Monday morning bump!

P&P: UK recorded delivery £2. Rest of the world £6. I accept PayPal, cheque or PO. Please PM if you wish to reserve any item - all items held for three days only. Thanks! PIECES OF EIGHT: Come Back Girl (A&M WDJ) MINT- £10 SOLD THE IMPALAS: Whip It On Me (Bunky) MINT- £8 FATS DOMINO: Work My Way Up Steady (Broadmoor WDJ) VG £5 Couple of scratches at start, but plays through THE SPANIELS: Jealous Heart (Calla) EX+ £10 MAURICE WILLIAMS: Don't Be Half Safe (Deesu WDJ) EX+ £8 KENARD: What Did You Gain By That/My Garden Of Eden (Dore DJ) MINT £15 This is the mid '70s legitimate re-issue - delta matrix stamped etc BONNIE & LEE: The Way I Feel About You (Fairmount) MINT- £10 LEROY JONES: Some Day (Hit) EX+ £20 This is actually Thomas Henry, and is the same cut as on Spar HERB & DORIS: Somebody Somewhere Needs You (Hip) EX- £35 There is a very tiny speck of paper pressed into the vinyl towards the end, causing a few background ticks during the last few seconds and fade-out JOE SIMON: I See Your Face (Hush) VG+ £40 A couple of small scratches on last 30 secs, very light background ticks JACKIE PAINE: Go Go Train (Jet Stream) MINT- £15 SOLD LOU ROBERTS & THE MARKS: Ten To One (MGM YDJ) MINT- (xol) £30 SATINTONES: A Love That Can Never Be/Tomorrow & Always (Motown WDJ) G+ (wol) £25 Plays OK, but visually loooks like a skating rink THE INTENTIONS: Don't Forget That I Love You (Philips WDJ) EX+ (wol b side) £35 THE GLOBELITERS: The Way You Do (Philtown) MINT- £10 JIMMY BOWEN: The Golden Eagle (Reprise WDJ) EX+ £15 THE MIRACLES: I Care About Detroit (Standard Groove SSDJ) VG+ £25 JEFF LANE: You Put A Hurt On Me (United International) EX £35 THE TRIPPS: Give It Back/Here Comes Those Heartaches (Victoria) EX-/VG+ £20 ON HOLD Light scratch on "Heartaches", plays through OK without a problem ED TOWNSEND & THE TOWNSMEN: Stay With Me (Warner Bros) MINT £10 DARLENE LOVE: Lord If You're A Woman (Warner Spector Mono/Stereo DJ) MINT- £12

Ady, I'll follow that up with Hold Me Tight from With The Beatles - has the makings of a stomper!

Bump - a few items sold, and some price reductions.

P&P: UK recorded delivery £2. Rest of the world £6. I accept PayPal, cheque or PO. Please PM if you wish to reserve any item - all items held for three days only. Thanks! US 45s DEON JACKSON: Nursery Rhymes (Atlantic) EX £10 SOLD THE (GEORGIA) PROPHETS: I Got The Fever (BSP - 1979 issue) MINT £5 BOBBY DAY: Don't Leave Me Hangin' On A String (Class DEMO) EX (x on B-side lbl) £20 MIKE WILLIAMS: You Don't Want Me Around (King) Ex-/VG+ £8 FOUR TOPS: Ask The Lonely (Motown) EX+ £8 CHRISTINE COOPER: SOS (Heart In Distress) (Parkway) MINT- £10 THE UNIQUES: Not Too Long Ago (Paula) EX (wol) £5 TROY DODDS: Down In Tennessee/Let's Do The Anniversary Twist (Pent House) EX £5 BONNIE & THE TREASURES: Home Of The Brave (Phi-Dan) MINT (2 x ½" surface cracks from label into run-out, does not touch playing area) £8 ROSE BATTISTE: Hit & Run (Revilot RE-ISSUE) EX £20 (The decent early '70s re-issue which does NOT miss the split-second of the intro of I Miss My Baby) SOLD SYL JOHNSON: I Got To Get Over (Tmp-Ting) MINT £8 (sounds quite like Knock On Wood by Eddie Floyd!) JR WALKER & THE ALL STARS: Tune Up (Soul) MINT £10 THE ELGINS: Heaven Must Have Sent You (VIP) EX- £10 (1st issue - VIP 25037) THE DEBANAIRS: Feel All Right (W-BS) EX (½" crack repaired on B-side rim) £5 UK & OTHER 45s LITTLE STEVIE WONDER: Fingertips/Contract On Love (FRENCH Barclay EP) COVER: VG (writing on back). RECORD: VG+ £20 SOLOMON BURKE: Stupidity (NEW ZEALAND Atlantic) EX- £10 DRIFTERS: Up In The Streets Of Harlem (Atlantic) EX+ £8 DRIFTERS: Baby What I Mean (Atlantic) EX (wol) £8 KENNY LYNCH: My Own Two Feet (HMV) MINT- £10 SOLD CHRIS FARLOWE: Don't Just Look At Me (Immediate) MINT- £12 MAXINE BROWN: Oh No Not My Baby (Pye International) MINT- (wol) £18 MAJOR LANCE: The Beat (Soul City) EX-/VG+ (no centre) £6

I always thought these guys and Miles Grayson may have been influenced by the Jackson Five - certainly has that sort of feel. Whatever, I absolutely love it!

Other funny names: Nappy Brown (reverse the order of the names) Marion Sodd Custer's Last Band