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Gene Woodbury Ever Again / That's Not Half Bad Del-Val: DV 1005 (45s) Philadelphia William Lucas & Jos Stevenson project that they also gave Bernie Williams a shot at recording. Bernie's version that came out on Bell is of course something of a legendary Northern Soul classic, very rare today as msany of them have deteriorated over time from the rigors of the inconsistent Northern Soul club sound equipment. A Bernie Williams in today's market that has not been ran through the Northern Soul mill of worn stylus and wrongly weighted arms asnd cartridges.. is a rare thing indeed.. as the Bell styrene in most cases has now had it's sound quality degraded.. So step forward the not as rare but equally as good, sturdy Del-Val VINYL press by Gene Woodbury. This copy I can assure you has never even met a Northern Soul DJ in it's life so far.. and even if it had, the high quality vinyl press would not have suffered like the vulnerable styrene the Bell press was coined in.. "Ever Again" is again triggering those coordinated hand-claps that elevate the atmosphere when ever set into motion. "Ever Again" is one of the very best "Hand-clap" NS dancers in history.. Here is a fabulous copy - in virginal condition - that would love to encounter an enthusiastic NS DJ and the atmosphere, records of this calibre ignite.. It'll be tough to find a copy either styrene or vinyl that in 2017 has spent it's life filed away.. PS do not overlook the flipside - an enhance remix of Gene earlier Del-Val recording - Condition Report Mint - vinyl both sides - two flawless labeks £1,434.00 Sorry, this auction has ended. 23/08/2017 18:04 Listen Intruders Up And Down The Ladder / United London : HL 10069 DJ (45s) The beauty of the British Soul Demo, never ceases to send ripples of delight through my mind. Whether it be the simplicity of the EMI Red & White or the richly enticing yellow London Demo, a colour Decca wisely chose to capture the radio DJ or reviewers attention. It works, as it's captivated British 45 collectors for over 50 years now. This listing is the perfect example of the pioneering club DJ's playing the b-sides, a MOD trait of one-upmanship, so important to drop into casual conversation "I Prefer The B-side" went hand in hand with highly polished Brogues, faded jeans, six button jacket cuffs, and the right make of shirt.. This was of course a Twisted Wheel floor-destroyer, that met every criteria amphetamine had raise the dance-bar to. The a-side is a seamless Philly mid-tempo that would pleasure the Sunday chill-sessions of today.. but back in 1966 when the audience was full of pent up youthful energy, heighten by their weekend treat. "Up And Down The Ladder" was the perfect vehicle to "just let it all go". Perfect Northern Soul Soul driven by those take for granted Intruder tight harmonies, hard drum whacks, jangling vibes, Leon Huff keyboard magic.. all added up to Wheel, Mojo., Nite Owl etc. dancefloor Heaven.. It of course sold nothing upon release, The Wheel DJ's loved that scenario as Decca was notorious for swift deletions, a rarity was born; like so many, to rise up as a British collectors trophy, even though the "silvertop" stock copy seems to be rare.. the Yellow Demo provides a handling experience like nothing else can. Condition Report Lead side vinyl is Ex, has a light surface mark, a couple of tiny blemishes but nothing that affect the stylus, as you can hear both sides play loud, clean and true. Flipside vinyl is a grade better at MInt - . Lead label has the Decca running time stamp of 2 50 + a file # left hand side. "United" label is flawless (see scans) £91.00 Sorry, this auction has ended. 23/08/2017 18:02 Listen Edward Hamilton Baby Don't You Weep / Tell Me Mary Jane: 1005 (45s) An usually unblemished copy of this all-time Northern Soul favourite, that are invariably plagued with varying levels of h2o damage to the labels, here's an a lovely clean one. So important as it is one of Detroit's most eye-catching label vistas. It's those guys again Fred Bridges & Robert Knight along with La Beat label captain Lou Beatty creating a spectacular example of mid-60's Detroit Northern Soul that ignored Motown's commercial stance for the City musical direction.. full of swirling string, rhythmic pattering from the bongos, the Arabians in the background pouring silky harmony into a cauldron of emotion... with the strings reaching a crescendo that would send Northern Soul crowds into ecstatic gyration. The vision from Cleethorpes Pier Stage, Wigan Casino Balcony or being hemmed in on the dancefloor when those strings & horns lift in unison was an unforgettable moment of euphoria... The very reason you'd travelled 100's of miles to stay up all night, to feast on very special music, taking you to places in the mind that for hearing of "This Old Heart Of Mine" did as a schoolboy ... sending up on the never ending chase, for those adrenaline rush experiences, and there were many… surely this one was one of the most thrilling Soul escapes ever.. In all this "Bridges & Knight" brilliance, do not overlook the magnificent flipside.. also breathtakingly simplistic…vocal group excellence. Condition Report Those important checkered label are flaw free, just a mild age-tinge to the white areas. Note this is the slightly rarer NO Mike Terry credit. Vinyl a-side has some light wispy surface hairlines, NOT affecting play. THe B-side vinyl has the same appearance PLUS a light surface play-width scuff. BOTH sides play flawless, check out the soundfiles lifted from this 45... and melt! £786.00 Sorry, this auction has ended. 23/08/2017 18:00 Listen Thee Midniters You're Gonna Make Me Cry / Making Ends Meet Whittier: 511 (45s) L. A.'s Premier Chicano Soul Band with their most-wanted least seen Northern Soul dancer; a potent horn saturated blaster rippling with everything an exceptional All-niter sound demands. Gravel coated lead vocal, icy high-pitched vocal harmony response on the chorus peppered with a relentless army of brass. It's Northern Soul at it's most convincing, at it's most elusive and sadly not enough to go round to make the impact into mainstream notoriety. Not enough DJ's at one time have ever owned knockout tune, if they had Thee Midniters rarest would have been a NS Monster long ago, with 10 different horrid bootlegs to it's credit.. as it is at the moment it has never been bootlegged, so now all it requires is an owner who DJ's regular and believes the real-deal style of Northern Soul should still dominate Rare play lists. A killer! but do not overlook the flip, a gorgeous vocal group mid-tempo, a Low-Rider delight, as these highly regarded guys milk those poignant lyrics. "We Can't Make Ends Meet by leaving Love Out The Middle" with beautifully delivered regret. Two great tunes, one very rare disc. Condition Report Both labels have mild colour fade, see scans. Both vinyls reveal only the merest fine surface blemishes play a clean strong Ex +, visually Ex £721.00 Sorry, this auction has ended. 23/08/2017 18:00 Listen James Bell & The Highlighters Amazing Love / Poppin'Pop Corn Rojam: 001 (45s) For those serious about original "first presses"let us assure Soul collectors...this is a 100% first press of Paul Major's collaboration with talented local musician James Bell and friends. Spawning a fantastic double-sider offering a silky Northern Soul dancer on the lead side, with those adorable horns in a totally different mood on the eat-it-up FUNK side. Top side is street level vocal-group class! The blending of those subtle horns, the delivery of a wicked sax, in contrast to James Bell's meandering approach to the lyrics is executed supremely. The Highlighters purring away in the background with a silky answering chorus, as that persistent sax still blowing away right until the very climax of the song.. is totally mesmerizing. Flip it for FUNK! With James Bell's vocal taking a rest, we a treated to a Jazzy blending of the insistent saxophone who on this side really pushing the boundaries of the instrument. Then the burbling Hammond takes root, right into the depth of the tune; with what I would image a gang of impatient guys perched ready to show their "stuff". So, drummer come on in, sax-man step right back and blow-hard, keyboards drift away and allow the others to finish off the cellar-session on East 30th. Tight cellar room FUNK with a silky harmony vocal Northern Soul groove on top.. ownership beckons. Condition Report Vinyls have some light surface blemishes, visually Excellent playing Ex+. The two yellow labels are bright with the flipside label carries a small set of initials (see scans) £154.00 Sorry, this auction has ended. 23/08/2017 18:00 Towanda Barnes You Don't Mean It / ( You Better ) Find Someone To Love A&M: 1141 DJ (45s) Is this the greatest vocal performance of the all on a Northern Soul classic? Certainly a wake up call, that buries mediocrity in it's wake; authentic uncompromising Northern Soul from the thunderous throat of Towanda (Gloria) Barnes, as Johnny Brantley hands Towanda the microphone to show the Ohio Players what it possible when a woman has an scalding attitude running through her veins.. Driving Bongos are the perfect backdrop to this lady's domination of the lyrics, deliberate "Off-Key" horns add their own charm into this whirlpool boyfriend berating.. no matter how many times I hear it.. AWESOME is the first word that enters my head. But in all this NS glory have we overlooked a real gem languishing on the flipside.. The horns blast away, this time it's the guitar that given the "off Key" nod as Funk invades your space, and Towards strides out with even more attitude, overriding the power of the brass and again stealing the show with her Marva Whitney comparable excellence! TWO GREAT SIDES with the flipside perched and ready to fly on whichever scene you play it on... it's a dance-floor hand-grenade..!! Condition Report two spotless white Promo labels, vinyl is so close to Manship Mint, all complete with A&M sleeve £251.00 Sorry, this auction has ended. 23/08/2017 18:00 Listen Blanch Carter Halos Are For Angels / Halos Are For Angels GSF: 6881 DJ (45s) A listing for those many Northern Soul gatherers of RARE formats of the true Niter classics! Before you today is the unmistakable and ultra rare Mono/Stereo vinyl press PROMO with anti-slip grips around the perimeter of the label. Pressed in high quality vinyl with a rich sound none of those styrene bootlegs can ever give you, also eradicating any doubts of authenticity. Leaving the attributes of rarity and quality of pressing variations aside. This was a turntable choice that catapults you back to visions of those Northern Soul halcyon nights of yore. An all-nighter classic, especially popular with the NS girls of the mid-70's. Dripping with well-earned perspiration, the ladies multi-tasked their dancing incorporating show-stopping spins with well-timed hand-claps. That was a Northern Soul vision that still evokes euphoric recall for me today. If you appreciate the easily identifiable Northern Soul Classics as White PROMO copies, this will be a standout addition to your run, as it's only comes to market on very rare occasions. Condition Report Tiny initials on both labels. Both vinyl are a smidgen off Mint minus a couple of very mild fine hairlines - both sides play perfect. £186.00 Sorry, this auction has ended. 23/08/2017 18:00 Listen Azie Mortimer Lips / Wrapped Up In A Dream London: HLX 9237 (45s) Not only one of the very elusive UK London 45s, but also a slice of 60's New York, that "Big City Brill Building Sound" reputation was built on. The guttural depth of Azie is enhanced by a full orchestra of strings and chirping girl-group choruis.. This is not easy acquisition on the Big Top USA release but 10 times rarer as the 1960 UK release that completely got overlooked at the time, only to emerge years later as a Belgium "Popcorn" choice and ultimately like the majority of our European friends discoveries, they end up on the English turntables for our new appetite for the sulking "popcorn" mover.. Check out the soundfile, in fact check out everything Azie Mortimer has recorded, this gal had a voice to reckon with, most everything has impressive depth and delivery, on this Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller creation she really excels. Very seldom surfaces for sale and this one is a beauty, virtually unblemished. Condition Report 4 prong centre is fully intact, labels are free of any flaws. Vinyl is a neat clean Mint minus on both sides! Pleasing to even the most fastidious British vinyl collector. £115.00 Sorry, this auction has ended. 23/08/2017 18:00 Listen Marketts Bella Delena / Out Of Limits Warner Bros: WB 120 DJ (45s) I remember well how Nev Wherry could take an "Off The Wall" track he liked, fit it seamlessly into a Northern Soul set and turn his choice into a a dancefloor favourite. This is perhaps his most unlikely Cleethorpes "Hit" as it went right against the grain of the "New" sound occupying turntable time in 1976.. The paradoxical tones Brass Construction's - Ha Cha Cha - could not have been further away from the dulcet rhythms of a Califormian 5 man Surf band, a flipside of their popular "Out Of Limits" a great instrumental in it's own right.. (listen) .. surely could be part of a vibrant Cleethorpes get together.. Howe wrong we were, the initial sn*****s evaporated when Nev filled the floor with "something completely Different" rather like a hardcore house crowd could enjoy a chill-out tent. THe Cleethorpes crowd lapped up Nev's fearkless choiice, it stick and even crept into DJ sets across the country.. "Balla Delana" stuck and can still be a surprise drop today, appreciated by those who followed Nev up during the late 70s.. Well here is a 1963 British DEMO with it's head turning label, original birth-sleeve and spanking clean, close to Mint minus vinyl. To a British 45 Soul fan, this is an intriguing piece, to me it is also a tribute to one of the scenes most flamboyant of characters. Condition Report Fine clean labels, adorned with a sparkling silver "A" on the "Out Of Limits" side, both labels are clean, snug in it's birth-sleeve. Vinyl is a smidgen off Mint minus, just a few nothing mild blemishes revealed under strong light! £135.00 Sorry, this auction has ended. 23/08/2017 18:00 Listen Bobby Bland How Does A Cheating Woman Feel / Don't Cry No More Duke: 336 (45s) Resolute Rare Soul Collectors, please go check that run of Duke 45's, perhaps one of the most important areas of your collection. We are thinking you may find #336 is missing. Due to scarely documented riff between Bobby Bland and Duke boss Don Robey (Deadric Malone) over the release. Sir Shambling (the world expert for me on Deep Soul), told a story of Don not liking this release one bit and only an alleged few left the building. Don even went to the lengths of putting an advert in Music Magazines, that someone had bootlegged his product and all distributors were asked return the 45 and all shops must not sell it..even though only a handful and been distributed. Nobody seems to know exactly why Don Robey was so determined this release was taken out of circulation and went to grea lengths to ensure it was. Some opinions think it may have been a short-term private dispute between Bobby "Blue" and himself. Some have even suggested the title "How Does A Cheating Woman Feel" too close to events at the time (for someone) but we don't know who. No matter what the reason, this 45 is certainly no bootleg and today stands proud an Bobby Bland's rarest 45 in his extensive DUKE catalog. And two truly superb examples of Bobby's early 60's recordings.. This 1961 withdrawn 45 is utterly flawless - a record for those of you serious about label runs, iconic artists, and the history surrounding them Condition Report Label and vinyls are store fresh condition, unplayed until we lifted the double sound file for your pleasure. £78.00 Sorry, this auction has ended. 23/08/2017 18:00 Listen

I think you're right about being a good buy at that sort of money

I think it's the same bloke selling it (John Philipe Kellner of Texas?). Also a new sign up to Discogs. He's used the same photo for his sale on both sites. In fairness to him, I couldn't find that same photo anywhere else

Here goes with the first results on the new JM site! Not sure why some of the pic's are missing. Homer Banks Sweetie Pie / Lady Of Stone Genie Records: 46313 (45s) As a raw youngster just left school, I was fascinated by Homer Banks; Collecting all his British release 45's, particularly treasuring his Twisted Wheel anthems on UK Liberty. 60 Minutes Of Your Love, A Lotta Love, Hooked By Love all life-changes for me, and stepping stones to the fertile vinyl-pastures of the USA to look for more Soul previous unknown to me.. It was not until the mid-70's when I established myself as a full time record dealer I started to receive those wonderfully informative "wants List" from Japan, Belgium etc. that opened my eyes to the realization I hadn't even scratched the surface of the Rare Soul Vinyl that was out there to be discovered. One Japanese listing had Homer Banks "Lady Of Stone" on Genie, a major Deep Soul want for those dedicated guys, it was used as the flipside on his Minit 32020 single with the great "Hooked by Love" heading up the a-side. So I had absolutely no idea the "Sweetie Pie" was granite status Northern Soul, and it was gonna be several years longer before I found out, rarity is the only reason that this 45 never graced the turntables of the destination Soul Clubs of the 70s. So click the soundfile of a truly magnificent slab of Memphis Northern Soul, and unleash what we were deprived of during those long Saturday nights in Wigan or Cleethorpes... this would have certainly been a Monster, saturated in every element, to induce a spontaneous backdrop, an adventurous sweat-sprinkling spin or those timely hand-claps that resounded around those sardine-packed assemblies.. Homer was always a favourite with me, but my first copy of this seldom seen 45 elevated him to demigod status... even though it was long after my juvenile DJ career had stuttered to a halt.. Condition Report A chance to own a Memphis Rarity is truly sublime condition. Both labels are a rich deep full red (a colour notorious for age-fade) Both vinyls are close to Manship-Mint. It don't get no better than this, when you meet up with an old friend after so long apart. £402.00 Sorry, this auction has ended. 16/08/2017 18:04 Listen Clarence Samuels Charlie Loan Me 50c / Crying Because I'm Troubled Sharon: 112 (45s) World renown Brooklyn Rare Soul DJ Micheal Robinson's lusted after cover-up, from his own neighborhood and it's SO RARE! Pumping R&B floor-destroyer from an uncompromising doyen of the sound, strutting like the master of the fearsome R&B growl that he is. Suitably backed by a cocktail of horns, bluesy guitar riffs, squealing girls and approving male teammates... Clarence strolls through his self-penned lyrics becoming more demanding as he begs for 1/2 a dollar, to help pay his rent.. his plight never reaching a conclusion, and do we believe that's what the 50 cents is for, Mr. Samuels paints a picture Brooklyn neighborhood life, embedded into a convincing R&B dance arrangement. Flip it over, and Clarence plies his skilled interpretation of 60's Blues.. he pours out despair and misery by the gallon.. Wanna own an international A-list DJ's cover up? in astonishingly flawless condition..here's a rare opportunity to do so.. Condition Report Both labels retain full depth of orange colour, no age-fade, no ring rub, no stains, tears or writing, not even an X to spoil the view. The vinyl, both sides reflect the purity of this disc not a blemish anywhere from it 5 decades filed away. This is perfection of the rarest level. £462.00 Sorry, this auction has ended. 16/08/2017 18:02 Listen Gene Chandler Mr. Big Shot / I Hate To Be The One To Say Constellation: 172 (45s) I've always been a sucker for labels, especially the variations you least see, the particularly attractive ones, the eye-catching conversation-pieces that outside the norm. Chicago's Constellation label is a series littered with different label designs, some stand out way above the others. This Los Angeles conceived, white curved logo, with the "sky" full of stars and the silver text for the artist and title credits gleaming below; I consider the prettiest of them all, ironically also the rarest variation. So when it's the vehicle for one of the label's best-loved recordings. A Northern Soul juggernaut of immense magnitude, that label becomes even more desirable.. Washington meets Chicago, with "Shrine" pupils Keni Lewis & Carl Kidd writing inspirational lyrics, which Sonny Sanders decorates with honkin' horns, Mike Terry-esque Baritone burps, vibes, split in two by an insane saxophone attack. This is KITCHEN SINK Northern Soul cram-packed with all the instruments we adore, peppered with a qualified lead vocal, considerate male harmony chorus.. proper stomper to remind us what Northern Soul really is.. exciting, motivational, escapism into an unparalleled world of music. So we could easily not both to mention the flipside, couldn't we... Except for the fact, it's simplistic "Eddie Foster" styled intro takes you by the hand to lead through a Northern Soul dancer that is in it's own right, utterly brilliant, I can only describe it as Gene Chandler's second best Northern Soul offering, after "Big Shot" Gene Chandler's two finest NS recordings both conjured up by Carl Kidd & Keni Lewis and saturated in "Shrine" qualities, offered here on a rarely witnessed West Coast press.. What's not to love.. ? Condition Report Flawless West Coast labels, vinyl is unblemished, a fine clean copy £327.00 Sorry, this auction has ended. 16/08/2017 18:00 Listen Dynamics Woman / Because I Love You Brainstorm: 259399 (45s) I think blindfolded every seasoned Soul collector, would declare this recording was from the streets "Chicago" is drips with the very essence of the city, but has sat on the back-burner of Northern Soul prominence for decades now. But the growth of the "Rare and under-played" "Sunday Soul Chill-outs" have ultimately raised awareness in this "sleeper" once again.. surprising has it has all the credentials to grace a top-jocks set, turn heads and fire a dancefloor. Both sides shimmer with raw street-corner charm, after many spins I've decided to lead with "Woman" and it's mosaic of "buddy" vocals that pull you into that dark area of appreciation for under-touched D.I.Y. production. It has everything those big-ticket NS Chicagoan's command and more. Why this has bubbled away on the back-burner for decades is quite baffling... check out the brilliant simplicity of the pitch and counter-pitched vocal Condition Report Both labels althgough free of any flaws, no stains, no writing, no tears, they reveal very light surface rub (see scans of these two Pop-art street designs ) Vinyl few light surface marks on the a-side, flipside vinyl has two surface turntable retrieve marks from a user fingernasil, these are light and in no way effect the stylus. Just a visual flaw, as you can hear both sides play clean & true. £312.00 Sorry, this auction has ended. 16/08/2017 18:00 Listen Ruby Sherry Feminine Ingenuity / Please Don't Go Take 6: 1002 (45s) A most popular Los Angeles double girl delight, an elusive 45 to secure, as universal demand always frustrates the chase. The topside drumroll intro sets the pace for this NS classic that always lifts the room, as Ruby's saccharine voice cuts the air, the percussion and horns cradle her irresistible presence. "Feminine Ingenuity" must refer to her alluring power to seduce.. Northern Soul seduction is what it is.. it shouldn't be allowed; the beauty of the disc is enough but when a singers voice makes your loins quiver..that is so out order.. The equally impressive flipside offers a sultry mid-tempo NS stroller with Ruby in a softer but equally sexy-mood, projecting her voice as a beguiling "Stay With Me" tone fills the air. With her girlfriends heightening the atmosphere with shrill response, this is another flirtatious offering . A top-drawer example of girl persuasion at work, currently crossing over to those "Sunday Chill sessions" for the more discerning ears, feet and libido .. Having said all that you's at least expect a filthy label, a bit of dirt on the vinyl, but no this disc, is squeaky clean... nothing like suggestive lady who's impeccably dressed! Condition Report Near flawless vinyls, reveal only a few wispy surface brushes, plays MINT. Label status, there is tiny, minuscule name on a-side label (see scan and be prepared ti squint) flipside label unblemished £387.00 Sorry, this auction has ended. 16/08/2017 18:02 Listen Bobby O'Brown Searching For My Baby / I Can Feel My Love Growing Single B: 111 (45s) Rattling bongos open up this desperate search for Bobby Brown's baby, aided by an insistent team of male vocals chanting their willingness to locate his lost love. Creating an utterly compelling Detroit-delight with those addictive rhythms so right for today's dancefloor. Gravelly vocal, journeying through funky riffs, punctuated by backing chorus chants, give this dancer a real attention grabbing cutting edge. The style that scythes through all that the night has so far given up to dance to... one of those records that you unwittingly take home in your head. Then chase around YouTube for a closer listen.. But this is no one-trick-left-winger, flip it over for "Low-Rider" excellence in it's rawest form as the pace falls to it's knees on the blanket of harmony. Again Bobby's tortured vocal takes center-stage as he unashamedly spills out every ounce of his despair when he discovers his girl has been untrue. which only makes his love stronger; the uncredited backing boys reach the top of their game, as seamless harmony swells from a trickle to a flood as there sympathies grow. Two enormous tunes, yet to receive the consistent DJ attention they cry out for, perfect for today's dance-floor, with the flip threatening to take venues like "Diggin' Deeper" by the throat and gently squeeze a few tears from the eyes of grown men. Condition Report strong light reveals only signs of play, but no marks whatsoever, strong clean visual Mint minus with audio to match. A-side label is free of flaws, just very mild face-rub, X on flipside label (see scans) £210.00 Sorry, this auction has ended. 16/08/2017 18:00 Listen Lynne Randell Stranger In My Arms / Ciao Baby CBS Australia: CBS BA 221387 (45s) Northern Soul Myths… this timeless New York recorded, whilst taking a day off from her 1967 tour of the US with The Monkees, and going under the wing of the great Herb Bernstien (a man guaranteed to give a production his full attention). This Northern Soul classic has more than it’s fair share of “Fake News” none more than being the misconception that this 1967 Australian is it’s rarest form, far from it once we consult our precise 20 year sales data on this timeless slab of Northern Soul that first came to the fore as it’s rare British press , so we thought we would lift the fog surrounding the with a JM table of it sales history Australian 45 – 12 copies USA 45 stock – 4 copies with picture cover (it's first release) USA 45 Promo – 14 copies with or without Picture Cover British 45 DEMO – 2 copies British 45 release copy – ZERO So far from being the rarest, it is close to being the commonest of its various formats. But what is RARE is this 45’s unsurpassed condition, flawless “like new” mint minus vinyl, utterly unblemished labels, still sleeping in the elusive Oz polythene CBS birth-sleeve. This is one for those of you seeking perfection whilst hunting down the timeless Northern Soul classics. Not forgetting the enviable durability of Australian vinyl as opposed to the frailties o Columbia pressed styrene.. To think Lynne Randell is Australian, or her Australian 45 is it’s rarest form is to “myth” the point that this is surely the greatest Northern Soul 45 ever recorded by a scouser. To consider this killer tune an Australia recording and it's the rarest format and to christen Lynne is Australian by birth is to "myth" the point completely.. Condition Report Condition. Could not be more salivating, perhaps previously unplayed store file copy with perfect label protected for over 50 by it seldom seen polythene CBS Oz sleeve. AS good as it gets condition & NS music<br /> <br /> £313.00 Sorry, this auction has ended. 16/08/2017 18:00 Listen Alfie Davison Love Is Serious Business / Knock On Any Door Mercury: 76001 (45s) Have you grown tired of hearing this Northern Soul anthem yet.. no? Neither have I, like intelligent, witty conversation, it is drenched in that unknown quality of the unexpected that you just don't get tired of hearing. As Bruce Kapler, Alfie Davison & Norman Bergen shun all the crass Disco cliches that surrounded then in 1979, embarking on a slick blend of subtlety and craft. As the trio slowly lift the recording with sweetly caressed horns, swirling strings, sweeping girl choruses, and a skilled sax-break tat right up there with the very best.. and with all this going on Mr. Davison resists the temptation of letting his voice hit "Michael Bolton" pitches that would surely have destroy the whole glorios ease of the moment.. Every component fits so perfectly into place, providing the dancer with a Northern Soul feelgood 3:30 minutes of mood changing 70's dance. So many bad choices in the production could have been made, but thankfully were rejecting; making for a 70's masterpiece we have yet to tire of.. Condition Report A flawless 1979 original copy housed in it's birth sleeve, vinyl has only the slightest signs of play under strong light, audio is perfet. Labels, sleeve are all impeccable condition also. £387.00 Sorry, this auction has ended. 16/08/2017 18:00 Listen © 2017 John Manship Records. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy. Website Made by iWeb |

I noticed that for sale and relisted. The seller has only recently joined ebay, has Zero feedback and when I looked, had no other items for sale.

Kev, what condition was it in back then? I'm sure I've seen someone say it was warped or something.

Royal Oak?

I think he's got a shop in Walsall - Computers/Repairs or something like that.

Was he known as "Rover"? Or am I getting mixed up.

I always have a smile whenever I see a copy of the Millionaires. I bought mine in the queue waiting to go into Wigan. After we had looked through the lad's records, he opened up his leather trench coat to ask if we wanted to buy a hairdryer that he had stuffed in there! Bizarre times and not much need for a hairdryer these days.

I noticed that and the previous buyer left feedback to thank the seller for being understanding (or something like that)!

John Manship Records Unrivalled access to distinctive vinyl Curly Moore You Don't Mean / Don't Pity Me Current Northern Soul DJ support to this New Orleans stomper has sent demand into orbit, as new even stronger than before lease of life takes hold.. Classic style Northern Soul driven by Allen Toussaint’s rattling piano, enriched by vocal-group purrings, bouncing along in even greater intoxicating joy than those Lee Dorsey sessions that brought Allen Toussaint / Marshall Seahorn their worldwide success. Their New Orleans character on this occassion is pushed out of the envelope, into it’s 60’s dance limits.. A dancefloor inflamer, infectious in the extreme dripping with all the qualities to set the night alight.. so no wonder then this 45 has come back with a second wind to knock us out yet another time… Top Jocks like John Vincent bring it back into the public eye.. Leaving me wondering why this slab of NS addiction wasn’t a huge tune in the 70’s.. did will all miss it? or were we to busy to notice? with all the different styles of disco, funk, pop contaminated our minds during that period.. This is pure distilled Northern Soul .. the type that lasts forever in the mind! JUST LOVE IT!! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 476.00 Four Reputation Call On Me / Sorry 1966 first label before they withdrawn, revamped and repressed so to rectify the error of the reversed labels…but not before the back office at Millage records, took a marker to the labels and the re-titling of the labels began. Before you today is a rare example of a CLEAN copy that escape before the mistake was noticed. NO WRITING ON LABEL. Labels are reversed but they are totally free of writing adjustments. Now that is a rare thing to find. The guys at Carlton House Hotel, Philadelphia in 1968 revamped the 45 and AMERICAN MUSIC MAKER took up the task of getting back on the market, this great Bobby Martin created was just too good to pass over. Calling the group The Presentations it was issued on # 0011, did a small bit of business but this release is also no easy disc to find. Top side is of course, just killer Northern Soul, flip it over for a fusion tortured Deep Soul smoothed with a delicate crochet of male harmonies.. Two standout tunes! In it’s rarest form, unsullied by the marker pen most all of this rarity suffer from.. check those glorious labels, then immerse yourself in the remarkable soundfile. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 332.00 Toni Basil Breakaway Perfection awaits the Northern Soul classic collector who snags this Wigan Casino / Cleethorpes Pier anthem. As it is such an impeccable copy. It’s not Christmas, otherwise it would be at the head of our “Manship Mints For Xmas” campaign. Archetypal Casino / Pier from those long Saturday nights in the 70’s when nobody was quite sure who Toni Basil actually was? She was an aspiring 23 year old dancer, who was performing on the Los Angeles based TV music show “Shindig”. Then Herb Alpert & Jerry Moss gave her a one shot 45 chance with the “Tainted Love” partnership of Ed Cobb & Lincoln Mayorga. Who in character forged a thumpin’ Northern Soul dancer that took England’s Soul all-niters by a storm.. If you’re one of the many assembling an enviable run of the Northern Soul classic WHITE PROMO’s.. you will never unearth a more magnificent example than this.. MANSHIP MINT… that catapults you back to those idyllic Saturday nights.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 375.00 Charles Johnson Never Had A Love So Good / Baby I Cried, Cried, Cried in 1980 our mailing list had a section of new releases, this Miami mesmerizer featured in on one list only, 25 copies £1.30 each.. they flew out the door in 2 days.. so we ordered some more.. but received not a single copy. Alston had they’re initial small run, sold them a across the globe and ha no intention of pressing any more as the a-side “Baby I Cried, Cried, Cried” received no recognition from the radio stations in the USA.. It didn’t take long for Northern Soul attention to take hold and he rest is history. Those who missed it as a new release lived in regret, as did the dealer who ordered too few copies.. as this 45 disappeared without trace, with the years rolling by, the value was this beautiful 45 just escalated, leaving us all kicking ourselves. The only copies I ever found after 1980 in the USA were PROMO copies, as good as the Deep Soul treasure Alston led with, is. The promo does not have “Never Had A Love So Good” on the flipside.. How frustrating to watch this 45 become more and more wanted over the decades.. for those who missed the boat in 1980 , here’s a copy in “time machine” condition, just like it was when Andy “Bustin’ Mindsweeper” Cox mailed those first Charles Johnson’s out from our little Office in Nottingham Street, Melton Mowbray.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 411.00 Ray Pollard It's A Sad Thing / All The Things You Are As hard as I try, I cannot find a blemish worth a mention of this 1966 British born Beat Ballad jewel. The Big City Sound brought to you by one of it’s most-respected exponents.. a man who lifts every arrangement once his vocal takes flight.. So typically New York, a monumental blending of of Bass Guitar rhythm, Blaring Brass, searing strings, and the compulsory coven of shrill girls in chorus. But this is so much more than a Beat-Ballad as Arnold Goland & Gerry Granahan turn to tap on, forcing the pace upwards into a Latin infused Northern Soul dancer.. whilst “The Drifter” will stir your emotions, “Sad Thing” stealthily stirs you feet.. Do not pass by - a Ray Pollard in impeccable condition, is just like the artist.. not a thing you encounter very often… Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 155.00 Paul Anka When We Get There A sumptuous Black stock copy of this polarizing Northern Soul dancefloor congestion causer. Without fail Don Costa’s New York creation ignites euphoric-recall at all the Big Hall events, transporting the NS time-served congregation back to those halcyon days of the Northern Soul when all the All-niters hummed to the feelgood tones of Paul Anka. Some love it, some loath it, but most all, forget Paul Anka was no ordinary vocalist, he was so exceptional… Rick Hall paired him with the magical voice of Oadia Coates inviting the duo to record at the fabled Muscle Shoals Fame studios where the tow of them gelled into a pool of soulful excellence.. It is no mistake that Don Costa produce him on this recording, Don had a gift for making the exceptional “white guys” sound Soulful, as did Rick Hall. Yes Paul Anka is not considered a Soul singer by collectors, but by some producers Artie Schroeck, Garry Sherman, Don Costa, Jet Loring, Rick Hall felt enough in his voice to lay tracks down with him, that equally woulds have perfectly fitted a “black” vocal” Let the debate begin, meanwhile that beautiful BLACK STOCKER is singing to your collectable instincts.. Condition is beautiful by the way, just a couple of brief hairlines, otherwise flawless! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 146.00 Strangeloves Night Time 1964 the year Peter Sellers starred in Stanley Kubrick’s wonderful comedy movie, satire about loving “The Bomb”! Well, you gotta love this “Bomb” from “Strangelove’s” and you may well require a “Doctor” after experiencing the dance floor reaction it is currently igniting. The persistent endorsement of this uncompromising MOD stomper from Shaun Chapman, has at long last triggered an explosive happening now hot on the heels of that monster recording “Line and Track”. “Night Time” is the next in line, as the “Garage” record of the moment, to take the Northern Soul scene by the scruff-of-the-neck and shake it to it’s foundations.. Potent in the extreme, relentless, uncompromising and so very effective for the Northern Soul dance requirements… currently being played from the not so rare, USA press on Bang Records. But here is the 1965 British incarnation, not so easy to acquire; in this Mint minus pristine condition, even harder, in fact anything over 50 years old on a British release, to be unused is a rare event, full stop! Jerry Goldstein, Richard Gottehrer, Bob Feldman are a trio widely appreciated by the Northern Soul scene for their string of writing credits for some of NS’s most favoured songs.. but they also knew how to bring excitement to the recording studio, as artists not just a writer/producer trio. Jerry Goldstein, Richard Gottehrer, Bob Feldman collectively in 1964 went under the “Kubrick?” inspired name The Strangeloves recording some homegrown killer tunes. Notably “Cara-lin” “I Want Candy” becoming popular all-time MOD Hipshakers, “Night Time” now bridging the twin-scenes for huge Northern Soul action.. Whilst every other DJ most probably owns the USA Bang 45, here’s a chance to turn heads when the turntable-cam picks up a pristine UK London spinning round… without that annoying inherent surface pimple the Bang pressings have, that emmit a click every time the stylus glides over the USAflaw.. You will not see a finer example of this UK rarity than this listing…perfect sound, perfect label, pristine playing surface NO PIMPLE! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 195.00 Aaron I'm In Love With Someone New Aaron McCarthy with rare 80’s Georgia Soul groove, a D.I.Y. project out of Red Oak, Ga. A classy Boogie stepper dominated by a searing saxophone and Aaron’s positive vocal style, softened by cutting girl choruses. Although personally I don’t consider the 80s or the 90s Soul’s finest decade, but very occasionally I encounter a standout production that makes you halt what your doing for a closer listen. BOTH sides did claim my complete attention, as insistent vocal seeping from a liquid arrangement with so many ear grabbing moments.. This a slab of CLASS! From this Travis Briggs & Aaron McCarthy collaboration, each side giving up qualities for the more discerning event. Top side is cutting-edge 80’s dance-groove, the flip is a chill-out dreamy saturated in unwind characteristics.. 80’s Soul at it’s most captivating… this copy is immaculate. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 101.00 Marvin Gaye This Love Starved Heart Of Mine (it's Killing Me) A stunning copy of Marvin’s most treasured Northern Soul offering complete with picture cover capturing him in full tortured vocal pose..and in contrast the most relaxed picture of Marvin ever snapped on the back cover. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 561.00 Little Reuben In The Name Of Loneliness Soulful Dance does not get any more convincing than this masterpiece.. It is rare to encounter a song that invades your very being from the tips of your toes to the top of your head, stiffening hair follicles on it’s journey before settling right in your heart.. Only the very special Soul moments that capture antithetic despair in motion. Whether an artist is such a skilled interpreter of pain or Little Reuben has just found himself truly alone is not clear, but his palpable anguish manifests itself on every word, as his voice quivers and cracks as lays down the lyrics with tortured oscillation… Rare Soul Dance a contradiction in terms maybe, but Little Reuben inflicts the sweetest pain you feel compelled to move to… This is the very embodiment of RARE UNDILUTED SOUL that just makes you wanna DANCE… ! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 625.00 Millionaires Never For Me One of the biggest Northern Soul revival spins of the moment.. Here is the elusive first British press, not the horrid later 70s silver inkjet release, pressed in Phonogram’s inferior, easy-crack, harsh fidelity plastic the company sadly started to use in te 70’s. This is the paper label, “warm” vinyl first edition. Housed in birth-sleeve, fine clean condition, both labels unblemished, vinyl surface is near Mint minus. So click the soundfile to hear what is jamming up those dancefloor’s of Britain at this moment in time - a current MONSTER.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 167.00 Dorothy Morrison I Can't Go On Without You Part 1 & 2 A Bay Area delicacy from the desk of Marvin Holmes, utilizing the Gospel-honed vocal of Edwin Hawkin Singers member Dorothy Morrison, who’s controlled booming vocal is woven into a classy dance arrangement. Marvin Holmes’s long term studio partner Danny Armstrong again decorates a standout vocal with a compelling fusion of Jazz/Soul/Gospel, molded into a superior 70’s dance recording… Brown Door studios gave up such a wealth of great Soul music, it’s output of quality assured recordings is unparalleled in the Bay Area, in Soul collectors eyes it has elevating itself into a “try and own the entire label run”…status.. With voices like Dorothy Morrison, Jeanne Tracy on your catalog, talented musicians seamlessly entwining Soul into Jazz arrangements the result is quite stunning, as all their sessions have that “never grow tire of” quality… This Dorothy Morrison I’ve never grown tired of it’s company… This copy is immaculate, btw Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 122.00 36 45's To Be Listed 10th. August 36 Titles NEW WEBSITE comes into being on August 10th. For a smooth transition from the old site to the new. Auction ending 9th. August is the LAST auction for this site. 36 new titles will be added in hopefully ONE DAY on the 10th. We shall be keeping you up to date by listing all the artists in these 36 which are being, processed now… so when you see Week two bare, week three with no listings. It is intentional so the switch over from the old site to the new one goes without a hitch.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 1.00 Login Register Hi Guest, Basket Items (0) Total: £ 0.00 GBP Copyright © John Manship Records. Privacy Policy

Good spot !! Someone with either fat wallet or fat fingers! Website looks like it's been adjusted now to £1,200.

I like to see playlists. Always interesting. I'm not sue that "Big Name" DJ's would do it. I think it's a good way for people who are not DJing every week to advertise their style and collection. Phil T used to list loads of records played at Grumpy Soul and I'm sure that spread the word and reputation. Also, I understand the point of view "if you want to know, GO!". BUT, I've wasted lot's of nights in the past finding out that a venue isn't to my taste. Now, I would tend to look at the DJ's to get an idea of quality/style/ovo etc. However, as mentioned, that knowledge cost a lot of time and disappointing nights.

John Manship Records Unrivalled access to distinctive vinyl Little Anthony & The Imperials Better Use Your Head To message to all the “Oldschool gratediggers” of Britain YOU KNOW THEFEELING To find this timeless Northern Soul anthem in it’s 1966 British form, in spectacular flawless condition is not only a rare event, it is also a happening that opens the floodgates of euphoric recall, of how myself and thousands of other hopefuls spent their spare time exploring every possible 45 oasis they could locate, no matter which town you found yourself in. From every small town coast to coast in the 60’s and early 70s there were troops of teenage Soul fans bulldozering their way into every corner of junk, running to market stall to get there first, chatting up bubblegum chewing girl Record shop assistants to see if there was any chance.. to look in the store room.. Local rivalries sprung up, dick waving (not at shop assistants) but at your friends if you secured something good whilst he laid in bed late on a Saturday morning…. Trevor Hurd What a great time of your life, the buzz of a finding a want was utterly addictive. I once dreamed of finding a Lou Johnson - Unsatisfied - London, the very next day i did.. the thrill was immense.. But even back in the day when these 45’s were less than 5 years old, finding them whilst on safari was damn hard, you dug through so much garbage to find even a Soul 45, let alone a rare Soul 45. It was mostly a disheartening experience, but then suddenly a 45 would give you an adrenaline rush and nail you to another year of overblown expectations… Today you are looking at a record that was in my “Head” every time I left the house on my weekend teenage quest… I never ever found a copy out there in the vast Savannah of market stalls &secondhand shops.. not in 47 years of trawling.. and if I ever did - and it would have been ludicrous to hope for a flawless, Mint minus copy in a birth-sleeve… Thankfully I never did, as it would surely have imprisoned me in a life of looking for records, all day, every day… eeer LET ME OUT!!! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 301.00 Lou Christie Lightnin' Strikes Here’s a Wigan Casino spin you don’t encounter as it original 1965 UK Red & White Demo, a gorgeous looking critter it is too; sitting in it’s MGMstarburst sleeve, vinyl is could hardly be better… it’s stunning. We know a few purists would call it “non-Soul” but if you grew up in the 60’s, and spent your teen years on 70’s “The Northern Scene” this tune played a major part in our NS upbringing… After all it’s catchy feelgood 60’s dance, vocally commanding, the instrumentation bursting with “backdrop and spin” moments.. there’s always a reason a white guy produces a good song, this reason on this occasion is “CHARLIE CALELLO” a man who sits in the top 5 of all arranger/producers of standout Northern Soul of all time! Charlie on this occasion, Lou Christie is hit with the “Valli-Stick” and what a great job he does, as Calello gathers up all his Four Seasons experience and drops the “Crewe-culture” into this winner.. It’s a magnificent piece of uplifting 60’s, crafted into it’s final state by a genius, Lou Christie write it; but was he really expect the “Calello” treatment of his song… the final result must have been very pleasing, archetypal “Calello”.. But the main point here is it’s a FLAWLESS RED & WHITE that fits the jigsaw of Wigan Casino spins in their rarest form… You may never encounter a better copy.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 146.00 Ivorys Please Stay / I'm In A Groove An astonishing Mint-, utterly unblemished copy! in 2017 how rare is that to see a top-drawer Chicago classic in spotless condition, not a freckle to be found.. The soundfile speaks for itself, it’s reputation for elevating a dancefloor is second to none, with it’s magically haunting ways..but all that quality is for me overtaken by it’s vinyl/label perfectness! Refresh yourself with it’s miraculous qualities - whilst I go and marvel at it’s virginal qualities one more time.. CONDITION! CONDITION! CONDITION! it really counts… Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 1,400.00 Arabians ( Please ) Take A Chance On Me / You Upset Me Baby One of those records that’s never been bootlegged, overplayed or easy to find.. A pedigree 45 that always bring the crowed to the floor.. Classy Detroit delicacy benefiting from Motown, and it’s peripheral players, Cornelius and McKinley Jackson arranged both sides, so little wonder this lustrous recording is so fluid, so slick and so very addictive. Northern Soul at it’s easy-going while being brilliantly effective on the dancefloor… we all love a guaranteed floor-detonator especially one nobody has ever tired of.. Edward Hamilton long time mentor James Hendrix finishes off proceedings and we have two sides dynamic Detroit.. Now, check the condition. Labels are flaw-free, a-side vinyl is perfection, flipside vinyl has a merest brief sleeve brush.. this is as good as it gets..in more ways than one. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 612.00 Pamoja Oooh, Baby / Only The Lonely Know Truly beautiful Northern Soul crossover that has gained so many followers over the years, a 2005 reissue press is now changing hands for 3 figure sums. Proving top quality tunes will always be in demand. Listen how a precise blending of a shrill falsetto lead, knits seamlessly into a tapestry of rattling bongos and tricky guitar picking; instantly delighting the ear and feet. A Chicago mid-70s masterpiece of our sound, a sinuous delivery of really cool laid back Soulful dance. The lead guy, cradled by a gentle chorus, a whistling sound effect breaks up the rhythm in this superior shuffler, that cleverly invites to back into dance mode almost immediately… Flip it over, and the silky falsetto gives up an even more dramatic performance on a satiny-sultry ballad, you’ll find creeping into your senses. Echoing purr away in the background, as the warmness washes over you, eventually sweeping you away of a gentle wave of sleek Soul.. STEREO recording, that will have your ears pricked and intently directed to pounce up every delicious musical-morsel this 45 drops on you.. NOTE. This listing is a perfect copy Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 221.00 Dee Edwards Can You Deal With That / Possess Me The first and by far superior version, snappy, finger-clicking dancer drenched in Sweet-Sister-Sensuality. Dee Edwards is in a sultry mood trying to entice her man with her sexy ways to be a one-girl-guy. Shrill backing girls, echo her desire, while a jazz guitar plucks out a shuffling rhythm for seamless Northern Soul Crossover dance. Flip it over and there lies a gem for the Sunday “Chill-out” sessions as the gathering take there seductive mood to an even higher level and brilliance unfolds on a wave of suggestiveness. Two top-drawer side, or maybe even top-shelf sides as I’m sure every red-blooded man will stir under the purrings of these ladies.. A superior double sider from Detroit, vinyl has a few light marks, a little more on the flipside. But as you can hear both sides play clean & clean. Both labels are are unsullied.. Nice copy - two killer tunes! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 346.00 Blackberries Somebody Up There Stereo / Mono Motown compleatists we are betting you don’t own this “rarest of the rare ” Motown 45, in fact does anybody? Scheduled as a June 1972 Mowest MW 5020F release, also lined up for a Mowest “Blackberries” album Mowest 106, neither press happened. Both withdrawn and now recognized as an ultimate Motown rarity; that we have certainly never encountered before. No, that is RARE! Written by the legendary LA (Mirwood) writer/producer Shirlie Matthews, Marva Holliday and produced by Deke Edwards (Dennis Lussier). This 7 girl team consisted of the familiar California songbirds Clydie King, Shirlee Matthews, Oma Heard, Carlena Williams, H.B. Barnum’s sister Billie, former Ikette / Mirettes Jessica Smith & teammate former Mirettes Venetta Fields…b But only three artists did the vocals Clydie King, Shirlee Matthews and Venetta Fields, still a chorale of Los Angeles Fillies of the highest calibre. A hand-picked Sister-Act Sister act mixing their Gospel Roots with as pinch of Funk. Sadly an act Motown discarded completely, who knows what this thoroughbred dream-team would have accomplished. NO release, no PROMO, No Album! Just this solitary test press one of the rarest 45’s in the Motown jigsaw. With Gospel Funk potential thrown in.. They don’t come any rarer than this! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 243.00 Robert Ward I Will Fear No Evil / My Love Is Strictly Reserved For You Silly RARE white Promo copy! In spectacular condition - a Detroit collectors piece that seldom breaks surface.. especially in utterly flawless condition and glaring WHITE appeal.. Two strong sides from this Soul/R&B guitarist of huge repute, a valued and influential member of the Ohio Untouchables (Lu Pine) after transferring his talents from The Falcons before going it alone on such heralded labels as Thelma. An under-recorded as a solo artist, this Michigan-magnificent gives up a monumental performance on his only 45 that doesn’t credit group back up. Riding a tsunami of horns Ward’s gravel-dusted vocal fits perfectly into arrangement punctuated by his skilled guitar licks, and uncredited vocal-group assistance enriches the session attacked by tortured squeals from an unknown participant. This is killer Motor City Northern Soul that for unknown reason has sat on the bask burner, relieving on collectors tapes, Soul forum accolades to keep it in the Rare Soul collectors sights.. time for some DJ action, and what better way to tease the public than dropping an infinitely rare WHITEPROMO under the turntable-cams.. Almost forgot, the flipside is damn good as will - I wonder if this brilliant under-heard dancer will get dropped into a set or two at the eagerly anticipated DETROIT A GO GO event in October.. I do hope so.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 55.00 The Patrick Bradley Just One More Chance Instrumental / Vocal Black is beautiful, especially when it’s MINT - and offers that elusive instrumental version of one the all time great “niter” instrumentals. That on a Saturday Night / Sunday Morning would electrify Wigan Casino, Cleethoropes Pier, Yate and a multitude of Northern Soul events every across England…simultaneously. The perfect non-vocal production to kick those amphetamines into action, a 1976 to 79 adrenaline-pumping catalyst, along with the likes of Billy Arnell’s “Tough Girl” that had the power to set the dancefloor alight! Billy Arnell and his Sparkles went on to a “Grail”, whilst this equally as effective tune, went into obscurity as the seventies drew to a close.. Rememberi, 95% of the PROMO copies do NOT carry the instrumental side. and the Black stock copy is 100 x rarer than the usually impotent Promo. Today the STOCK is no easy find, especially in immaculate condition… check out the soundfile to be fired back in time to when the Northern Soul all nighter was about steaming atmosphere spins, backdrops and synchronized hand-clapping.. this instrumental just like Billy Arnell, Al DeLory’s - Right On played at the right time, in the right place, to the right people.. would bring the house down.. You can’t beat a killer NS instrumental that you’ve not heard lately, with the power to trigger uncontrollable euphoric recall.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 134.00 Four Tops Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever / I Like Everything About You Some label vistas require no superlatives to catch your attention.. Red & White TMG 500 series just speak for themselves.. Some groups require not a single word from a mere mortal like me, to enhance their unparalleled reputations.. nothing I could say about the Four Tops has already been echoed through the decades, this is one of their very best with a B-side that requires a Northern Soul turntable-drop or two… Condition is blindingly flawless Mint minus in every respect.. Nuff said.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 111.00 Bobby Mandolph Gotta Get You Back / Tell Me Tomorrow A Northern Soul Classic that was meddled with far to early in it’s brief life, after flirting with Wigan Casino’s turntables, with instant dancefloor response. California’s major force behind supplying the Casino with it’s West Coast rarities thought it a good idea to get Arthur Wright to reissue it with an instrumental flipside. The rather aptly name “Double Crossing”.. rather than being the money spinner anticipated, both 45s, the already rare original and the reissue sunk without trace; today both variations seldom surface, with the PROMO 45 being by far the rarest of it 3 incarnations. So sadly a classic style Northern Soul thoroughbred fell at the first fence… and Wigan Casino never took to the “Exus Trek” style instrumental on the reissue. The vocal original never turned up in enough quantities to see it through to the Casino top slot it so obviously indicated it would. So the good news is - the flipside has never been reissued, and it’s unbelievably brilliant.. and yet to receive the Northern Soul adulation it deserves.. So let’s leave standout old-style stompers aside for a few moments, and listen to a Beat Ballad Heaven at it’s most-exquisite! Bobby Mandolph’s “Tell Me Tomorrow” glides seamlessly into your being, a classy hybrid of Crossover Northern Soul with soaring horns, celestial girls, and rich male-harmony choruses mingling on a wave of strings…building to such potent levels Beat Ballad Heaven boundaries are swept aside on a wave of overwhelming Soul. Two for the price of one.. a thunderous stomper that should have been a Monster under different circumstances, backed up with distilled Crossover refined to the ultimate degree… Just TOO MUCH SOUL for one man to take… Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 111.00 Rufus Lumley I'm Standing When I was a kid, this record on UK Stateside was one of the ultimate records to own… soon in to the 70’s those very few Stateside copies became just wishful thinking.. Then those young Brit USA invaders, pioneer diggers turned a few copies up on the original Holton label to feed demand for a few years.. then we endured the “counterfeit” copied to fool,and mislead the collector but missing the machine stamped matrix Today, this classic is following the fabled Stateside 45 into unavailability; before you today a fine clean original press. A copy with machine stamped SK4M 6588 1A and as little discreet signature of an old Cleethorpes DJ“Paul Rowan” Paul you were never one to play “Classic NS Oldies” is that why this copy is in such nice condition..? Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 361.00 GBP Copyright © John Manship Records. Privacy Policy

Apologies if I have this all wrong but... What appears to be a Flirtations 70's boot with a stick on label has just sold for £250. Here's the link to the eBay sale and also the popsike link to when it was sold last year for £53 (still too much for a boot) https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NORTHERN-SOUL-FLIRTATIONS-STRONGER-THAN-HER-LOVE-45RPM-/253056515524?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=CAds3JbQzmxH%2F9VJDSrU9ZILWbI%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc https://www.popsike.com/THE-FLIRTATIONS-STRONGER-SETTLE-DOWN-FESTIVAL-DJ-COPY/201547031665.html In fairness to the seller, it wasn't described as original and when I asked, they said it could be a 70's boot.

Hi, it finishes on 9th August 2017. Currently £344

John Manship Records Unrivalled access to distinctive vinyl Had trouble copying from the website, so sorry for the delay and poss missing items. Also, no pic's appeared for some reason Barbara Jean & The Lyrics Any Two Can Play / Why Weren't You There A DJ’s dream 45, no matter which side you play on this Detroit delicacy the result is exactly the same.. The writing partnership of Jake Hammond & Johnny Mae Matthews yet again craft a Northern Soul dancer of the highest quality. “Any Two Can Play” which I heard at Newark’s “Feed Your Soul” Sunday chill, resident DJand Detroit aficionado Richard Johnstone play recently, to an appreciative crowded dancefloor. A with the lilting guitar intro, is caught by vocal harmony from the Lyrics. The perfect opening before, a shrill Soul Sister vocal takes to the air. Throughout the tune The Lyrics endow the recording with rich harmonies.. this is top-drawer Northern Soul rarity to drop..but wait! Ernest Burt’s creation whichThelma Lindsey’s recorded for his Magic City outlet, is sitting on the flipside… with the Lyrics once again opening the way for a Soul temptress to follow with a beseeching vocal asking “Why Weren’t You There” Two great sides immense sides back to back… This 45 is totally flawless in every way.. Sorry, this item has already been won!The winning bid was £ 508.00 Willie Tee First Taste Of Hurt / Funky Funky Twist A flawless copy, not a blemish..so hard these days to acquire top-notch Northern Soul in “as good as it gets” condition. Willie Turbinton’s legacy to Northern Soul is a rich vein of pure quality, regularly inflicting frustration, as some of his 45’s are painfully rare! A man ever since his first 45 release in 1962, had a instinctive feel for a fluid Soul flow within his own creations.. Hitting the big time in 1966 with the timeless “Walkin’ Up A One Way Street”, that success was sadly never eclipsed. But boy did he work hard to follow up that whiff of success with a string of Soul pearls to consider.. This is one of those highly coveted Gatur 45s and would be one of the easiest acquisitions from the Gatur catalog; expect rarity is stretched out, with all collectors unwilling to sell such an exquisite tune, that always inflames the dancefloor. Only Allen Toussaint & Wardell Quezergue bettered Willie Tee’s Northern Soul output. Which he thankfully displayed, when he graced the stage at legendary Cleethorpes weekender all those years ago. Much loved, greatly admire, sadly missed, a true standout Soul-man who lives on in the heart’s of all Rare-Soul collectors… Click the soundfle and relive this guy’s wealth of wisdom, passion and poetry… Avoid your “Taste Of Hurt”by not missing this near perfect copy… of brillance Sorry, this item has already been won!The winning bid was £ 351.00 Tommy Youngblood Evil Eve The Los Angeles ruler of R&B kicks ass yet again.. on this near impossible to find YELLOW VINYL neighborhood release. We have only ever seen this rarity for sale ONCE, and this is the first time we have ever had a copy. Even with my deteriorating memory, this startling disc would be unforgettable..with it’s brilliant yellow vinyl and Gold label it’s a real eye-catcher. But this 45 is so much more than just a “Pretty Face” it’s an enraged snarling slab of R&B!! A potential floor-destroyer in the correct hands, with the power to turn a Soul night completely on it’s head.. So unleash the wicked Mr. Youngblood and hear why that Eve… is so evil ! Sorry, this item has already been won!The winning bid was £ 245.00 Celest Hardie You're Gone This 45 needs no words from me to elevate it’s reputation, beyond it’s already high-regard it has enjoyed for the last 4 decades..a record with depth of quality, that prevents you ever growing tired of hearing it. In short …The Greatest female Northern Soul offering to ever emerge from the Bay Area. But if you want to fully appreciate the vocal prowess of Miss Celeste Hardie make sure when the postie knocks on your door, you play the tortured Deep Soul flipside straight after you’ve dance around your kitchen. Soulful dance just don’t come much better than this, the tortured despair on the flip will bring you down to earth. This copy has a couple of wispy surface blemishes, you have to search for on the vinyl… as clean as it gets, and that goes for the labels too. Sorry, this item has already been won!The winning bid was £ 1,162.00 James Lately Love Friends And Money / Tears Running And Falling From My Eyes Chasing Northern Soul Holy-Grails is toughest test of endurance any seroius record collector could ever encounter.. Some are so seldom seem you have to apprehend the Rarest Of The Rare when the opportunity comes along, no matter what price and no matter what condition. In fact condition can in most cases be something to make you wince… but the overriding desire is the ownership.. So what happens when a copy of any Holy-Grail surfaces in near HOLYCONDITION? Not virginal or untouched,or squeaky clean, but a much better example of a record we’ve only encountered before in vg or less? Well before you today is the finest example of this monumental slab of Detroit Northern Soul I’ve seen in memory. Some mild surface blemishes but no scratches or marks that transfer to the stylus, nothing to destroy the sound of this piece of neighborhood magic! Those sprightly strings zip with distilled clarity, the harmony boys in the background purr with silky purity and James Lately’s voice rises and falls with such lucidity, as he states his quest “looking for a woman” to complete his life.. The standout flipside is even cleaner… AT LAST a copy of a NS masterpiece x 2nin cherished condition, allowing you to hear truly sumptuous 60’s Rare Soul from the streets exactly how it was recorded.. A rare chance to own a “Grail” in a condition to admire…compared to the few others I’ve seen. Sorry, this item has already been won!The winning bid was £ 1,414.00 Bobby Bland Bobby Bland Sings Everybody’s favourite R&B artist who’s purring gnarled vocal carried a Soulful elegance drenched in uniqueness. His portrayal of lyrics painted a picture in your head, of his pain, his joy, his defiance, his anger.. the full gamut of emotions he was consummately skilled in transferring to you.. A man at the top of his game, for literally 60 years, after learning trade in Memphis blues areas, well before I was born. Today he is rightly considered a demigod by both Blues & Soul fans alike.. Nobody did it quite like Bobby Blue, as this very elusive 1964 British EPdisplays.. 4 of his best Texas recordings for the year on one disc protected by a unique fully laminated flipback “art” cover. Ain’t Doing To Bad - part 1 Ain’t Doing To Bad - part 2 Black Night Blind Man A real collectors piece from a man who resides deep in our very being.. and always will do. Flawless Labels, perfect cover, vinyl is a whisker off Mint - a couple of wispy hairlines, plays flawless. Sorry, this item has already been won!The winning bid was £ 133.00 Sweet Three That's The Way It Is / Big Lovers Come In Small Packages A double slab of girl-group Northern Soul born from that Philly team of John Madara, David White, Leon Huff, Len Barry & Jimmy “The Wiz” Wisner. Boy these guys in the mid-60’s could do no wrong, already enjoying unprecedented chart success with Len Barry’s string of hits..before he switched camp to RCA. ..whilst also missing chart entries, but creating future Northern Soul timeless classics with the likes of Johnny Caswell, Joey Heatherton, The Formations etc. So enter The Swans who had been building a strong reputation within Philly having already worked with Joe Renzetti & Kenny Gamble. The team decided on a more up to date name christening them the Sweet Three. Their first record was a twee girly flop. This their 2nd. Decca release was a totally different animal. Both sides serving up Philly girl-group Northern Soul in the strongest possible terms. We lead with the Big City Sound “That’s The Way It Is (A Girl’s In Love)” a beautiful sound with essences of the “Barry” sound. Leon Huff on piano, Bobby Gregg on drums, Joe Mack on Bass, Panama Francis banging out the rhythmic percussion at Bell Sound studios New York. What a gathering of talent with Leon Huff taking total charge of the flipside, with the lyrics aimed directly at himself and his diminutive stature. Imagine him standing at the piano banging out the arrangement looking over his should at the Femme-trio with his girls testifying “Big Lovers Often Come In Small Packages” a statement some years later “Prince” validated. Two great sides crafted by a dream-team that would by the end of the decade split to follow solo paths.. This attractive Pink PROMO is utterly flawless! Sorry, this item has already been won!The winning bid was £ 183.00 Miracles You Really Got A Hold On Me / Happy Landing A beyond rare 1962 UK Demo copy. Fabulous clean vinyls, label adorned with that highly coveted silver “A” all housed in the birth sleeve. What a fabulously beautiful thing, which for the UK Tamla Motown disciple this spectacular format is a “Grail” that seldom surfaces. Glistening with 60’s sleeve and label art “Oriole” epitomizes the era, as being the vehicle for Motown’s USA product from 1962 to 1963, with EMItaking up the baton for Motown UK outlet to move to Stateside by 1965 EMIrewarded Motown’s unprecedented chart success with a label of their own.. the rest is history.. Out of all the UK labels Motown enlisted, surely Oriole completely catches the period with exquisite art. The DEMO’s on any of the titles are excruciatingly frustrating to find. Rare in the extreme - act accordingly. Sorry, this item has already been won!The winning bid was £ 143.00 Notations What More Can I Say / Leading Lady As “Low-Rider” sweet Soul fever spreads across Europe and beyond, I’m concerned all these rare independent harmony 45s, may dry up under the demand. Lately the raft of collectors seeking these rarities to play, hear & own this genre has witnessed unprecedented demand outside the USA. Here’s a Chicago sweetener to quench your thirst with. Clifford Curry influenced Soulful stroller benefiting from a mellow lead voice, cradle by seamless vocal-group replies. Giving up a rare level of quality, as all the vocal & the string distill into a whirlpool of Soulful clarity. Flip it over and there’s no escaping the piercing Sweet Soul sound as Te Notation stay in the groove as another “Stepper” hits the air… leaving me unable to chose which side is the best.. A two for the price of one 45, offering exactly harmonies, cradle by strong backing arrangement using real instruments, real emotion to deliver their messages of love.. Validated RARE Sweet Soul at it’s finest Sorry, this item has already been won!The winning bid was £ 139.00 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles I Care About Detroit / Blank The really rare Motown 45s are a constant concern to the Hitsville devotee trying to complete the near impossible full run of Motown vinyl. Not matter how difficult it is, this has not deterred 1000’s from trying. But even why the task nears a possible full set (dream on) there are those horrid condition rarities that need upgrading, the rarities that just never surface in anything better than vg - / writing on label or that dismissive line “warp does not affect play) Here is an astonishing copy of just one such rarity… A 1968 especially commissioned recording words by Jimmy Clark & Jack Combs , sung by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, produced by Al Cleveland & Smokey himself… It’s aim was to put pride back in the City after the devastating spring 1968 riots. This was intended for Radio play, not for commercial sales. This copy I don’t believe had been played until we lifted the beautiful harmonious social statement for you to hear. Whilst your waiting for an Andantes, Nick & The Jaguars or a “Money” 78rpm to surface in your dreams. Capuring pure condition rarities is essential in your collection. Check out the “as new” labels and be assured the vinyl matches that startling label completely. You will not locate a finer copy.. Sorry, this item has already been won!The winning bid was £ 53.00 Elmore James It Hurts Me Too / Bleeding Heart To keep our regular UK SUE collectors happy, here is one of the elusive numbers in stunning condition. Very close to a Mint minus, a couple of feeble sleeve contact hairlines just taking i off that tip-top grade. Both labels a super-clean with no evidence of center-hole spindle intrusions. Besides it’s standout purity the 45 a mood-changing slab of the Blues from one of it’s greatest exponents. Elmore’s trademark groaning vocal decorates this slow-drag of despair. Complimentary piano, exuberant Elmore guitar fusing all three elements into a whirlpool of The Blues! Flip it over and “Bleeding Heart” is every note as good.. Sue 383 from 1965 is one mighty testament to this Hall Of Famer’s work. In the kind of condition that doesn’t present itself very often.. The Sue sleeve is only a replica by the way… Sorry, this item has already been won!The winning bid was £ 35.00 Bid

Crazy Wombat !!!! I hope the buyer is pleased when their 2nd issue arrives in the post. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Northern-Soul-45-WOMBAT-Im-Gettin-On-Life-GEMINI-A-172-HEAR/322592846424?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649 There's a "Buy-It-Now" on ebay for the same issue for £6.79. Also, JM has one for sale at £15.

Trial And Error Featuring Rupert Blaize Thruway On the rise as Soul Sam / Bob Snow currently spin this rarity, that is slowly unfolding into Monster-status!! Rupert Blaize & team ignore all the overwhelming “disco” influences flooding New York in 1976 this gathering conjure up a exquisite blend of Soul/Jazz peppered with Latin influences that also surrounded them. The uplifting jangling arrangement is collared by Rupert Blaize, who’s vocal rasp fits perfectly into the Northern Soul crossover presentation, with skilled musicianship, expressive vocal and a wailing sax, “Thruway” is the best new tune on the block at the moment. It’s a “grower” creeping under your skin, hooking into you, and lifting your spirits. The parts when the lead vocalist’s voice gently cracks on the high notes, goes against the fluid flow of the session but adds a depth of authenticity to this D.I.Y neighborhood production..and the Sax breaks of pure quality, fitting so perfectly into what is happening at the forward thinking Rare Soul events across Europe at the moment.. CLASSY & RARE!! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 807.00 Parliaments Heart Trouble / That Was My Girl Does it matter which side you drop the arm on, with this much-loved Detroit vocal group Northern Soul masterpiece.. a record that has everything! The credit listing is a dream-team of the Motor City talent; George Clinton, Sidney Barnes, Joe Hunter, Bert Keyes & Mike Terry, so no wonder these musical-magicians achieve vocal group perfection. Blending a full orchestra arrangement peppered with Mike Terry’s burping Baritone sax, shrill songbirds launch a prolonged “Hearrrrrrt Trrrrrouble” at opportunity, a male bass vocal Doo-wops in the background of a blanket of harmony, whilst the lead voice pleads his lovesick case.. BRILLIANT Flip it over and you’re torn! As a finger-popping delights floats out the speakers.. a mid-tempo stroll into everything that’s good about Detroit 60’s Soul…. a lost art .. as likely to be replicated as a Chippendale cabinet during woodwork class at school… Ownership, will allow you a window into the greatest Soul ever made at any time of your choosing!! Northern Soul? It don’t get much better than this stunner. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 416.00 L. Allen Can We Talk It Over A perennial floor pleaser that has not diminished a jot, in it’s power to delight the dancefloor and frustrate those collectors seeking ownership.. SOLID NORTHERN SOUL! That lone piano intro ringing out signals the “Park Your Drink” “Rush The Floor” experience only witnessed at Northern Soul events; even before Larry Allen gets a word out of his mouth, the floor is congested as that relentless piano fights for elbow room with an off-key organ and the effect is endemic; as Larry just saunters through the lyrics, a weird high-pitched vocal occasionally pops up with the chorus… So decidedly different, the cocktail stirs into an befuddled mix of addiction.. Utterly BRILLIANT in it’s distinctiveness.. This copy is a beauty, vinyl has not a flaw in sight and plays perfect. Both labels are spankers.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 862.00 Blues & Soul No. 22 September 1969 Our data for the last 20 years indicates this is the mos elusive of all the A5 early Blues & Soul magazines - only our 2nd. copy this century… Rare indeed and this example retains a Mint 8 page “ON DISCSUPPLEMENT” insert for the current new releases albums and 45’s. Such an interesting insight how John Abbey viewed for example, Bobby Bland’s new Action release “Honey Child” or Darrell Bank’s “I’ m The One Who Loves You” the supplement also asks “Where Is Chess Going” as their releases slowed down after being a major force in UK Soul vinyl from 1965 to 1968. Soul City Chart, USA Top 50 R&B singles etc.. And that is only the insert supplement… Blues & Soul 22 itself is as riveting as all those that went before it. Featuring black & white artist pictures & bio’s on: Billy Preston; Friends Of Distinction; Drifters + discography more black & white pics of The Temptations, Jerry Butler & David Ruffin plus artist pictures and sadly obituaries for Roy Hamilton; Shorty Long untimely deaths. plus the unmissable Dave Godin column, talking about cancelling his intended Deep Soul label release with Doris Troy, who had just signed for Apple Records and wanted to avoid any misgivings of his intentions behind the release.. all very interesting stuff from our hero. If that wasn’t enough for you to have you diving to the mouse… There’s a spectacular black & white FULL CENTRE PAGE spread of THEDELLS. 22 the best of all the A5 Blues & Soul’s IMHO - this copy is in flawless condition - the supplement is MINT Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 47.00 Invaders The Best Is Yet To Come / Just A Little Understanding It doesn’t not matter which side you drop the needle on this Chicago rarity. Both sides give up strong burping horns the perfect underlay for a impressive James Holvey styled lead vocal, delivering expressive lyrics with a muscular voice. We lead with the punchier “The Best Is Yet To Come” drum rolls, jerking piano prods punctuate the blaring brass arrangement as the “unknown” vocalist gets to work. A slab of elusive Northern Soul with a cult following that has appreciated the Stafford era dancer for decades. Over that time we can count of one hand the number of times we’ve had the pleasure of presenting it for sale. One of those simmering away on the back burner 45s that has never been over presented to the dancers as so few Jocks possess a copy, like all good Northern Soul 45s, it’s reputation glowing from it’s validated obscurity. I hadn’t heard the flipside in an age, and was pleasantly reminded of it’s addictive charm as a mid-pace stroller, benefiting from all the ingredients of the lead side side unfolded. RARE SELDOM SEEN and shimmering with revival potential for the rare &underplayed events. A-side 95% of the vinyl is Mint - the a-side has a light scuff at the beginning that is only cosmetic not transferring to the stylus. Flip side vinyl for the NSstroller has unblemished vinyl… Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 233.00 Willie Pickett On The Stage Of Life Vocal / Instrumental Crazy About Crossover… this is rare Crossover Northern Soul at it’s most Soulful. A convincing D.I.Y.project where Willie writes, arranges & produced this serving of homegrown Detroit Soul. Click the soundfile and from the first note you are hoping for a memorable listen, then as soon as Willie Pickett’s vocal takes to the air you can’t wait to hear what 3.45 minutes bring… It brings passion and class together, as the zipping strings melt into a whirlpool of heavenly girl-group choruses, as the imploring vocal solicits your attention and waterboards you under the weight of truly spectacular Soul! My type of sound… Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 211.00 Darrell Banks Open The Door To Your Heart / Our Love A legendary disc…you’ll never feel the need of an upgrade. In astonishing condition, the finest copy I’ve ever seen, with the added bonus of both labels somehow escaping the in-house “black rubber-stamping” of the running time on the labels. Squeaky flawless labels, vinyl with only the faintest of minor hairline revealed under strong light. We doubt we’ll ever see an equal copy at this condition level again. If your seeking the Rarest Of The Rare in the finest possible state; Spy the enticing scans, as if you need reminding, go listen again to one of the greatest offerings to Northern Soul ever committed to vinyl.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 930.00 Georgia Hinton With Little Mack I Play For Keeps / I Need Love R&B DJ’s checkout this rare double delivery of roaring Chicago R&B Northern Soul, that seldom turns up for sale, especially in this clean play perfect condition Georgia Hinton is backed by prolific Chicago blues man Little Mack Simmons who’s famed electrified energy comes through on ever note; as his sassy partner Georgia Hinton-Simmons belts out an uncompromising R&B screamer, with her space piercing voice. A top drawer Bluesy stroller emitting girl-power by the ton. Flip it over, you’ll collide with Little Mack’s potent take on Willie Dixon’s answer to Berry Gordy’s “Money That’s What I Want”. A tweaking of the lyrics from “Money” to “Love” and a familiar tune rings out, featuring some fabulous guitar work, decorated with a shrill girl-group chorus. It actually transcends Motown’s hit, as a better dance recording. A meatier-mover you just can’t help but dance to.. Two great R&B shakers no matter which side you lead with, condition is superior to anything listed this century..just a few mild surface hairlines, not affecting play and two flawless labels.. Killer songs, in impressive condition. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 69.00 John Lee Hooker The Journey The truly dedicated British Soul vinyl collector’s biggest challenge has always been completing the run of the desirable labels; with fine conditions EP’s being frustratingly difficult to a acquire. The UK Chess series EPs with their attractive covers, sit at the summit of this testing vinyl-quest. Along with UK Vocalion, there is not a more difficult run to complete. Here is a Gold Text 1965 4 track EP in sublime condition complete with an equally unblemished laminated cover, that most reading this review will not own. Only very occasionally coming to market and hardly ever in flawless condition. Gaze at the inviting scans, and ask when was the last copy you saw in perfect condition.. Labels reveal a previously unplayed perfect state with not a sign of spindle entry. Vinyl is unblemished, cover likewise, this is an extreme copy, that’s been cherished and filed only. The chance to own perfection is a rare thing indeed.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 67.00 Verma Lewis You Do I’ve always been drawn to sweet girl vocal enriched by male backing choruses. Add a fanfare a trumpets, an enthusiastic drummer and you’ve got the makings of an uplifting “Niter” sound with all in ingredients that punters take home in their heads, an enslaving ear-worm that just won’t go away.. Is it her voice, is it the backing group, is the keys changes, or those soaring trumpets that make this tune so indelible? Or is it the skill of putting all those components together into a fluid flow of joyous 60’s dance.. Whatever it is, it’s still whirling around in my head, begging for another drop of the stylus… the vinyl is Mint - so I don’t mind if I do.. Go on Verma, turn me on just one more time.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 155.00 Van Dykes Save My Love For A Rainy Day THIS IS NORTHERN SOUL! Simultaneously a monster-spin at all the all-nighters in the mid-70s. Some some sadly have paid the price for continuous turntable action through the years.. Be assure this copy has just arrived from the USA and has never seen a Northern Soul stylus in it’s lifetime.. Want to collect Classic Northern Soul in the finest condition - this listing offrs your the chance! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 412.00 Garnet Mimms Warm And Soulful Rare 1965 UK press considered today as one of the most desirable of all the elusive 60’s Soul album released in Britain. Issued to coincide with his fabled British tour when MOD band The Senate were his acomplished &enthusiastic backing band. You will realize this album is so much more than just RARE challenge to own. when you check the 14 track listing… ** Looking For You ** ** It Was Easier To Hurt Her ** ** Prove It To Me ** ** As Long as I Have You ** ** Look Away ** included in the line up, no wonder his UK Tour was a grand-stander… everyone I know wishes they had witnessed. This copy has a few mild hairline revealed under strong light..original EMIlined inner sleeve. Flipback laminated front cover is clean (mild corner-tip bump) see scan. Back cover has a discreet name top left (see scan) One of the most important of all the rare 60’s UK issued Soul albums and arguably the best.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 200.00

Also, the European issues are (mostly?) the LIVE version which, in my opinion, are not half as good as the STUDIO version on the UK issue.

Sorry if there are some missing, I seem to be having prob's with the website. Patti & The Emblems I'm Gonna Love You A Long Long Time / My Heart's So Full Of You Frank Bendellini & Leroy Lovett had so much faith in this 1966 Philly Girl Group recording that they had two attempts at attracting radio station support. First presenting the PROMO copy with the Big City vocal group production ” My Heart’s So Full Of You” as the lead side, when that side slipped past the radio Jocks unnoticed. This talented pairing rejigged the promotion, switching the blazon “Pink A” to the more upbeat beat sides “I’m Gonna Love You A Long Long Time” Again this great double sider was mostly ignored by media, but still received a release which sold virtually NOTHING.The Black stock copy is so very rare I’ve not had a single example since I found 3 copies grouped together in a Pennsylvanian garage in 1976. This example of an adored Wigan Casino anthem, is the first promo attempt at success, displaying the “Pink A” on the “flipside”. How frustrating it must have been for Frank Bendellini & Leroy Lovett to have such a fine girl-group recording shunned by the local DJ’s, especially as the British Jock were scrambling for ownership the moment it hit those fabled turntables.. An instant Northern Soul hit that has enjoyed a run of over 40 years of Northern Soul esteem.. This PROMO as you can see has two unsullied labels and fine clean vinyl that has not been been fatigued by Northern Soul circuit of turntable love.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 520.00 Supremes Where Did Our Love Go A Motown Stateside Red & White that so very rarely comes to market, and this copy is a beauty! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 171.00 Spellbinders Help Me ( Get Myself Back Together Again) To the delight of the mid-60’s British MOD Van McCoy & Ken Williams inspired by the Motown Sound, produce 60’s Soul dance perfectly. A Twisted Wheel anthem that for two years sat at the top of every DJ’s wants list. Selling virtually nothing upon release, and swiftly deleted was the very scenario the 60’s Niter DJs thrived upon. Playing records to a dance-crowd who were unable to fulfill their desire fort ownership. It only took two years for CBS service that demand with a back to back reissue on their newly launch SOUL dedicated label “Direction” slipping the “Spellbinders” other All Niter hit “Chain Reaction” onto the flip, allowing local jocks to spin two of the most-wanted rarities. This listing of course id the first 1966 press of a record that provided the pace and energy required to lift the club…now considered a timeless classic to that very reason, still receiving requested turntable time more than 50 years after it’s initial release. So to present a copy that has somehow avoided all this adulation, still in near shop fresh condition, is a rare occurrence indeed. For the OCD about condition - we doubt we’ll be able to acquire a more flawless copy… vinyl, labels and sleeve are beautifully clean British release Northern Soul anthems, the value will always hinge onCONDITION, CONDITION, CONDITION! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 397.00 James Bounty Prove Yourself A Lady / Life Will Begin Again CLASS OF 1972! A Golden Torch anthem in glorious condition. It does cloud authenticity of this Northern Soul anthem, when “Discogs” correctly lists the original 1967 release file, then someone posts a label scan of the bootleg, then a misguided seller lists their “presumably” repro copy on that file because the scans matched.. No confusion here, be assured before you today is the AUTHENTIC 1967 Promo copy in fine clean condition, just shy of Mint minus, with one tiny light non-audible light scuff. THIS IS NORTHERN SOUL crafted by a team of Philly young-guns embarking on their successful careers as writers, producers. Bobby Eli, Jeff Prusan,Ross Matico & Erwin Gripman could have no way of knowing when they took their recently discovered Philly singing talent into the studio, he would unleash such a torrent of enthusiasm into this production it would electrify the dancefloor of Britain’s most respected all-night Soul club 4 years later.. A “Torch” hymn that sent it’s congregation into aerial back-drops, floor-drilling spins,and frantic footwork that Fred Astaire would have marveled at. This inspiring recording emerged in Stoke at dead the right time, as the lust for frantic Soul had reached an all time high. A song that fuel every dancer to their limits, buoyed by amphetamines and the heated atmosphere of a packed-club brimming with eager followers of the Northern Soul Sound! It’s a NS classic that converted droves into a Teen to grave dedication of an underground phenomenon that has now spread all over the world… Click the sound file, and spend a moment imagining how as a working class teenager fed on a works radio diet of Donny Osmond “Puppy Love”, Terry Dactyl & The Dinosaurs- Seaside Shuffle, Lieutenant Pigeon - Mouldy Old Dough felt when entering THE TORCH colliding headlong into James Bounty’s gnarled vocal riding a rollercoaster of rhythms conjured up by Philly’s hopeful-youth.. No wonder Northern Soul is still alive kicking hard after over 50 years of inspiring turntable bombs… Owning the original is the only way, especially a fine clean example Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 393.00 George Johnson & The Mondells Just Because You're You / That's The Kind Of Man I Am Former cover-up - extremely Rare 60’s Philly Soul offering up two opposite Soul genres. Topside George Johnson’s beseeching grainy vocal rides the persuasive dance rhythms of a guitar, whilst distance horns hum away discreetly in the background. Unusual but highly effective support, allowing George’s standout vocal to be clearly heard; as he mood plummets deeper into despair, thinking about an impending journey will take him away from his girl. Exceptionally Soulful, and decidedly different… Flip it over and George Johnson again flexes his vocal-prowess on a Deep Soul masterpiece, with the guitarist dropping the pace to a crawl, George raps the intro… Then WHAM!!! The man shows exactly what he’s all about, the guitar picks morph into a Southern Soul style as George suddenly gives up a “fall to your knees” squeal before serving up an abyss of “Deep Soul”. This is moving as any performance I’ve heard, the musician fall headlong into the imploring mood, knocking out a few drum-rolls, guitar strums to enrich the session.. THIS IS DEEP SOUL!!! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 253.00 Brothers Of Soul Hurry Don 't Linger / Can't Get You Off My Mind If like me you’re drawn to the seldom seen label variants presenting one of Soul’s best-loved teams. This Fred Bridges, Richard Knight & Bobby Eaton in the company of Mike Terry will tempt you, especially as the 45 is the really rare condition of flawless Mint -. The Brothers Of Soul were incapable of delivering anything but distilled Soulful excellence when they went to press, this Chicago created pressing does not disappoint as it serves up two exquisitely constructed vocal group tunes. Displaying a cocktail a snarling lead vocal, luxuriously smooth backing, sympathetic horns with an inspired delivery of the chorus that nudges of being a resounding chant but staying inside the boundaries of harmony - PURE GENIUS! Flip it over, for confirmation that “The Brothers Of Soul” were in a class of their own in a city saturated with standout Soul talent, these guys came through as consistently THE BEST.. How sad then that it is only outside the USA that their extreme accomplishments were appreciated.. Fred Bridges, Richard Knight & Bobby Eaton I adore you, as much as I adore rare labels and flawless conditions.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 111.00 Imaginations Strange Neighborhood / I Just Can't Get Over Losing You The sound of the Big City given up by fluid vocal group vocal and and relentless soaring horn production. One of the very best examples of the highly regarded genre of Northern Soul, that has surprising dodged the “bootleg-bullet” through all those years of turntable and collectors adulation, that you would have expected an attempt at a repro, but there is none making this sumblime slab of Northern Soul even more desirable. Before you today is the much rarer STOCK copy posing inside a arty Fraternity cover. Labels are free of, writing stains, sticker marks or stains. The VINYL has some surface marks, but as you can hear it plays without disturbance, not our usual impeccable standard on the vinyl but a rare chance to own a rare piece of superior Northern for an affordable price. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 261.00 Tempos I'll Never Forget / Disc Jockey Suprise Not the guys of “Countdown Here I Come” fame but mighty-slab of killer Detroit vocal group Northern Soul, that seldom surfaces for sale, in fine clean play perfect condition. Yet another fine Jimmy Riley project, guiding in house gathering the Tempos through a silky horn floater, fortified with a gravel-coated lead vocal, cradled by seamless vocal-group harmony backing. With shiver inducing Motor City Northern Soul that embodies the very essence of that Soulful Detroit sound that we all crave to own.. Flip it over for a deliciously simplistic instrumental jam (which was used for the backing track to “Lonely One” Tempos / Stepstones, that again encapsulates a never to be repeated time in the development of Detroit Soul music.. This copy has a few very light, mild surface hairlines, the rich vinyl plays beautifully, listen to the sound-file and be prepared to be wafted to a unique place in time when perfect Northern Soul was crafted.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 679.00 Marva Whitney Given Up On Love / This Is My Quest The Queen of Kansas City Soul given Chicago assistance! Very few true Soul Divas over the decades brandished a glass shattering vocal so controlled as Marva’s. No vocal-Olympics with this lady, unlike the 80’s and 90’s “Divas” Martha saw no need to take her naturally potent vocal to it’s limits and turn it into an annoying screech.. this lady seamlessly ratcheted up the power whilst retaining consummate purity in for voice.. Without question one of the extreme vocals of the last century..and here is her most elusive 45, offering not one but two sides showcasing her quaking presence.. We lead with the B-side a Fuzz Guitar drench FUNK wailer delivered with attitude and defiance, as she gives up on love.. all her experienced garnered at King, floods the session as the mighty indomitable singing subdues the backing in a silky dance rhythm.. Flip it over for the A-side a Soulful stroller begging for a Sunday Chill-Out drop A conversation stopper of the strongest kind, a testament to this lady’s unparalleled control of the lyrics, listen how Marva drops her vocal to an abyss of a whisper then effortlessly raises up into a tsunami of determination.. Listen one of the greatest of all-time, at the top of her game, on ironically her hard to snare 45’s.. Play perfect vinyl condition has hardly a blemish, but do check out the labels scans, lead side is flawless. Flipside label has light water stain and flake at the edge of the label top right (it’s only flaw) Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 65.00 Julien Covey A Little Bit Hurt UK 1967 FIRST PRESS in impossible condition still birth-sleeve. Note this is not the 1970 release with the white “I” logo, note the left hand side Red, Black & Pink logo denotes 1967, whilst the “Palm Tree Logo” press is 1978. It seems all releases are hugely sought after, this 1967 release is never witnessed in such astonishing unblemished perfection. It is after all one of the most played Club Classics of it’s time and indeed all-time! Guaranteed to receive rapturous responses when ever played even now - it’s crowd pumping rhythms igniting euphoria every time. The hardest part of collecting the timeless classics, the imperatives of the Oldies DJ box is condition… condition at this level only surfaces from cherished British collectors who have never DJ’d.. CONDITION, CONDITION, CONDITION! How often can you quote that line on this record.. ? Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 177.00 James Carr You Got My Mind Messed Up RARE 1967 Stateside British press All time-served-dedicated cratediggers can recall all their memorable finds, no matter much time passes… Those memories just never fade, the thrill of a find is what keeps you hooked; like weeks and weeks on a riverbank fishing, only to be rewarded with a few tiddlers. Then suddenly your reel screams away on the clutch, your rod bends double, your heart lifts up into your throat and pounds away, until your catch is safely in the net.. Vinyl for me triggers the exact same affect, I can remember big Tench I caught as a 11 year old. I can remember snagging a James Carr LP on Stateside as a 21 year old digging in Kettering with the fun duo of Wilkie &Rug ferreting around a corner junk shop. This was an equivalent of a big 7lb tench on a Cambridgeshire Fen with my Dad talking me through the thrill.. and my Mum almost knocking the picnic basket into the water in sheer panic, as the fish’s shovel shaped fins broke surface. My James Carr find was decades ago, I can remember the shop, the feeling as I walk out on the street with it firmly held under my arms.. I’ve never since that day, found a UK James Carr LP in the “wild”. I’ve also not caught another 7lb Tench…I don’t expect to either. One of, if not THE greatest real-Soul albums ever made in it’s rarest form. The vinyl has a few sparse hairlines under strong light, plays beautiful clean.. Laminated cover has a some creasing a corner tip bumps, but no discernible flaws to detract from it’s beauty.. Rare encounters that stay in your mind… End price £101. Little Richard Get Down With It So in-demand and NO USA RELEASE as a 45. For this favoured Northern Soul dance floor hit, presented here as a 1967 Spanish vinyl press complete with the eye-catching picture cover. Richard Penniman takes another outrageous Soul singers creation, stamping his very own personality on Bobby Marchan’s 1964 original. Visionary Northern Soul DJ Nev Wherry did feature this 45 in his fabled British dominated Cleethorpes Winter Garden sets of the late 70s. But a bemused audience back then, never quite took it into their hearts. .. in contrast, more recent times “Get Down With It” has straddled the NSgenres from R&B into Northern Soul mainstream; today considered a huge impact record, a floor-rescuer for the DJ as Little Richard transfers all his energy to room.. The picture sleeve capturing the very being of this provocative performer… Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 82.00

Bottom & Company Gonna Find A True Love / You're My Life Time to relish Soiul magnificence. Here’s a beautifully clean copy of one of the very greatest 70s soulful dance 45s ever made, pre-disco and dripping with the quality that only great teams can create. Step forward Muscle Shoals trained Terry Woodford (aka Clayton Ivey) with another great song to add to his already impressive discography teaming up with another familiar name Jimmy Helms and grafting brilliance with the prolific Mike Lewis crafting the impressive arrangement, for the rare Soul followers to drool over.. Amazingly this gem, started as a flipside, which makes it even more challenging to land, as the promo “You’re My Life” does not carry the magnificent flip. Having said that you can hear why at the time “You’re My Life” was preferred to lead with, it is also is a darn fine dance tune in it’s own right.. But falling short of the uplifting dancer on the flip, which in recent times has disappeared from view, demand is rising on the back revitalized DJ spins, I’ve heard this beauty a few times recently, the dancefloor appreciation was huge, the bar-leaning chin stroking older folk (me) just lapping up it’s second lease of life.. Top-quality will always rise up again, a replay that is perched to go bigger than ever before…an AWESOME 45 that like good red wine, it has been enhanced by being laid down for a time… Click the soundfile to savor… Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 361.00 Patti Austin Take Away The Pain Stain / Take Your Time an unbelievable 1966 South African tri-centre press INSANELY RARE!!! and in sublime condition! What really matters to a dedicated vinyl-collector is to elevate his collection to the highest possible degree, by securing those records that so rarely come to market, the window of opportunity for ownership maybe just a once in a lifetime fleeting chance. Some Northern Soul classics can be art of startling beauty, quality and stunning rarity. Before you today is a showstopper to be proud of, an eminent timeless classic of the highest order that on any of its 60’s original imprints is a record to be treasured within your collection…but a tri-center South African press takes NS original archiving to the summit of possibilities. With there never being any U.K. 45 releases of Patti’s highly regarded teenage sessions with Henry Jerome in New York any variations on the USACoral 45s are considered fundamental goals to attempt to reach. This copy is in glorious condition, some fine faint surface hairlines only revealed under strong light, original tri-centre fully intact, brandishing two unique unblemished labels. A breathtaking testament to a young lady who provided not one, but s string of 45s that wowed the youth of Northern Soul during the 70s, this title being considered the Jewel-In-The-Crown… Listen to the two sides that arrowed Patti Austin into the hearts of The all-niter congregation, embedded there for over 40 years… Wishing to own top-NS-classics in their Beyond-Rare attire … it don’t get any more satisfying than this. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 562.00 Primitive Sister Africa / You Are Everything To Me Unlike the very few other copies of this South Carolina indie that have surfaced this century, this example does not have edge warps or vg- gouged vinyl. Before you is a clean copy, that if angled under light reveals a few hairlines none of which register on the stylus on the A-side. The gentler flipside an occasional tick but nothing to divert you ears. So now the condition is confirmed as beautiful by comparison we need to introduce this slab of Charleston FUNK n’ SWEET! An inventive fusion of Psyche, Jazz & Funk; Norman Whitfield inspired maybe but within the Wah-Wah, blasting-Brass and vocal chants, the recording carries some standout moments of pure genius; setting this session apart from anything that has gone before it. In the 3:15 of this potent dancer there’s a instrumental break, that stopped me typing, fantastic meltdown of guitar picking, burping horn, then a trumpet intrusion of the finest quality, elevating the tune to new heights… Having said all that, i adore the mellow flipside, a gentle vocal-group trip introducing different leads cradled by the rest of groups harmony choruses. A superlative Soulful love testament of the sweetest kind.. Inspired Funk backed with as Sweet Soul trip of real strength.. LOVE IT! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 100.00 Velvelettes Needle In A Haystack / Should I Tell Them The autumn of 2006 was the last time this iconic Twisted Wheel anthem adorned these pages as a 1964 British Red & White DEMO. We all knew the words off by heart, as “Doodle lang, Doodle Lang” rang out in every “Youth Club” nationwide on a Friday night.. one of the motivational signposts the journey defining our musical direction and nailing many of us to a lifetime of searching for that neck tingling sensation we all felt as soon as we entered the club and Motown resounded around the room… Motown and Soul were the only things, as a 15 year, that had the power to divert my mind away from French Kissing, double hook bra’s and fantasies about the gorgeousness of our new Geography teacher’s legs.. Motown was the cure for everything… back then. So welcome back you beautiful Red & White, the sight of you always catapults me back to those wonder years, that nurtured my musical taste.. Remember.. finding a “Good Thing Girl..” like this elusive Red & White Demo is akin to…”Finding A Needle In A Haystack..” an 11 year absence from these pages underlines that age-old saying.. This copy has fine clean vinyl, housed in a birth sleeve. A small mild rub scar just above the title on the A-side (see scan), light faded name on the centerpiece on the flipside are this offerings only pimples on this face of vinyl-artistry. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 168.00 Chain Reaction Search For Tomorrow / Say Yeah Horns and guitar riffs dominate the intro until a congregation of male vocals glide into your ears on a mission to make you dance. That mission is never in doubt, as the two brothers Harold & Silver Sargent guide Chain Reaction the same way they guided “Hot Ice” through another fine Blue Wave Studios production. From the first note to the last, this energy drenched session promotes “dance” by blending Soulful vocal into a Funk infused production. Hidden on the flipside of a Funky Kool And The Gang inspired session, is a little less “obvious” gem..that has featured across Europe on the rare soul clubs for quite some time.. an initial handful suppled just the right amount of DJ’s for the disc to become very in-demand and sought after as plays blossomed.. Today it’s a record that is not so easy to acquire, brimming with potential for another ceiling to be lifted, we got a feeling this tune still has another life to go.. This copy is in sublime just off Mint condition.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 570.00 Natural Four Hanging On To A Lie / Twelve Months Of The Year This great gatherings rarest 45 and ironically their finest offering to Northern Soul. Their Oakland, California based mentor Willie Hoskin’s guides the “Four” through a searing slab of late 60s harmony dance; crafting fluid, potent, precision Northern Soul from his most accomplished team. A highly coveted record that has never had the compliment of being reissued, counterfeited or bootlegged, even though it’s standing within Rare-Soul circles would have made it the perfect candidate for a spot of parasitical prophet, but gold coloured label are notoriously difficult to replicate, so it’s pure unsullied status as a summital collector piece remains stronger than ever. This rare piece as you can see has two squeaky clean labels, and play perfect vinyl to match, just a few fine sleeve contact hairlines reveal themselves when angled under strong light… plays flawless. A finer copy we’ve not encountered in many, many years .. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 448.00 Marvellettes I'll Keep Holding On Unique Motown Grail, recorded 22nd of April 1965 cut onto a 10” Hitsville studio acetate the next day 23rd April; released nearly two weeks later 11th. May in Motown’s golden year of 1965. This was the dawning of one of the greatest Motown gifts to Northern Soul, from the desk of Ivy Jo Hunter & William “Mickey” Stevenson came the compelling music sheet for Norman Whitfield to craft into the perfect mid-60’s Soul dance recording. , This acetate captures the AY-VX-L-134312 2:22 seconds session, whilst the Tamla release on 45 was a marginally different take AY-VX-R-134321 at 2:27 seconds long, which in comparison there is no obvious contrast between the two. How could you improve on this girl group masterpiece? Norman Whitfield hey left the body of this recording virtually untouched from studio to pressing plant… But for Motown disciples it is ever so slightly different… Scheduled for a LP release that never happened, see “Picked From LP” office scribbling top right hand side of the label… the label makes such interesting reading, with (L.T.H.) - Lawrence T. Horn renowned Motown mixer being asked to finish the session off. Historic in the extreme, a porthole in the happenings at the heart of making Motown music spring 1965… In contrast to those rather yawn inducing “Gold Discs” so often captured in the backdrop of some Record Executive’s office interview, this 10” acetate is a conversation triggering framer whilst still being imperative for those DJ’s who want to turn heads.. with an exclusive play. The disc itself suffers a little from over 50 years in storage, mild “misting” on the surface, a few very light marks.. listen to the soundfile lifted directly of this archival jaw-dropper… then ogle the scan Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 286.00 Arin Demain Silent Treatment Created May 1966 in Los Angeles, not discovered by Northern Soul until 1977 in Pittsburgh. It went on to featured as one of the famous “Last Record” of the set, a down-beat mood changer. The DJ “joke” at the time was to play something slow (but good) to leave the next Jock with an empty dancefloor to play to. Just like the “Paris Blues” scenario, “Silent Treatment” was soon gathering a small following of dancefloor shufflers that within a month had swelled to a cram-jammed full floor. Then the search was on, every DJ wanted to spin it, every collector dreamed of owning it… I personally never ever did find another copy whilst diggin’. Over the next 40 years, only a very occasional copy would break surface, a scramble for ownership would be triggered. Today this record for me is the “King” of that “last record” in your set choice, and of course today the Beat Ballad Heaven sound has an enviable congregation of followers. Now perfect for any part of your set, as the dance-pace has slowed, with quality dictating the DJ’s choice. A top-drawer 45 with a proven rarity pedigree, that is more suited for today’s scene than 1977 Cleethorpes… but so few own a copy it is rarely heard.. to me it sounds fresh, evoking euphoric recall of those halcyon days when legendary DJ “Poke” would deliver a gruff mumble “Thanks, For An Empty Dance-floor Again, Manship…” He was only able to say that, for just a few weeks though.. This copy has fabulously clean vinyls, flawless A-side label, tiny sticker removal scar left hand side middle of the flipside label (see scan) for its only flaw. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 2,522.00 Little Archie I Need You / I Am A Carpet Listen ad Weep This 45 has everything going for it, answering “Yes” to every question your mind triggers, with an affirmative Yes Rare?… It most certainly is..one of the most challenging UK Atlantic’s to apprehend. Is it good ? I consider this record beyond “good” .. everything the man from Huntington, West Virginia was involved with is a superior slab of Soul. Check out the a-side for heart-piercing Deep Soul, with Archie Himmon’s extraordinary vocal cradled by considerate horns that whine and moan in timely sympathy with Archie’s declaration of love. So what about the flipside? … as you’d expect from the inspiration behind The Parliaments - This Is My Rainy Day, Magnificent 7 - Never Will I (make My Baby Cry) this man is no stranger to cutting edge self created Soul. A pleasing Funky edged Northern Soul dancer await you.. What’s The condition? - the condition could not be finer, vinyl I cannot locate even the smallest blemished no matter how hard I look. The label is adorned with the coveted pre-release Poydor promo date stamp -6 SEP 1968.. still retains original wavy-top birth-sleeve (see scan) This is a listing aimed at those who are truly dedicated to collecting British release 60’s Soul in unsurpassed condition; and of course for those of you who appreciate standout real-deal Soul.. The A-side being one of the most magnificent 60’s Soul ballads ever committed to vinyl..Little Archie was unfortunately unknown both sides of the ocean, sales in the USA never happened and in the UK the 45 did even worse. Left, like so many wondrous recordings to be discovered years after it’s deletion becoming not only one of UK Atlantic’s Rarest Of The Rare, but also arguably the finest Deep Soul 45 to be released in the UK. Perfection, is so many ways, awaits the new owner.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 68.00 Tempos A Little Togetherness / Beginning Of The End Before you today is the near “impossible” FIRST and DIFFERENT mix of this NS anthem credited to the TEMPOS Matrix details for this TEMPOS initial press is 67-C-506A - RE Matrix details for corrected 2nd mix press for the YOUNGHEARTS JC 67C-506A - RE - 1 Both releases carry the sale Monarch pressing Delta # 64811 just in case you were wondering.. DJ’s do you want to swivel a few heads, cause as ripple of “Look at that!!” mumblings as the turntable cams project this stunning label vista onto the big screen … the fabled “A Little Togetherness” credited to THE TEMPOS with subtle but noticeable differences in their make-up Without reservation one of the rarest variations of all the Northern Soul anthems.. and boy this is an ANTHEM!! Condition is blinding! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 712.00 Arthur Alexander You Better Move On If you collect British release albums you will not need me to tell you just what an iconic platter this 1962 original is.. Vinyl is absolutely unblemished and the coveted MINT grade was tempting to give, but this album has been played by a very meticulous previous owner perhaps only a handful of times. Labels are likewise flawless, only faint spindle trail or two near the hole, this jewel is housed of course in it’s birth poly-lined inner. (see scans) The cover front and back are free of any discerning flaws, such as splits, crease, tears, writing etc. (see scan) Back cover reveals mild age-browning (see scan) The music we’ve selected a sample of this great man’s work, the man who’s hits cemented the financial base for Muscle Shoals to emerge as one of the most prolific and respected recording studios on the planet. So listen to the man who influenced so many emerging British bands in the 60’s.. We doubt we’ll ever encounter a finer copy. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 56.00 Samantha Jones Surrounded By A Ray Of Sunshine Wigan Casino Monster!! Presented here as an immaculate 1967 UK Green and White DEMO! Condition could not be finer - perhaps unplayed before we lifted the sound file Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 191.00

Sounds odd, but that name has been raised before, not sure of the outcome.. Another thread, not saying any connection..

I really must pay more attention, particularly to my own records! I've just checked and my "Somebody.." demo is the single sided one. However, while the label is just blank white, it actually plays "Somebody.." on both sides. I also have the Pink Issue. The numbers are Stamped on the Issue and Hand-Written on the demo. As mentioned previously above, different credits. Jobette is on my issue and TM Parmailer on the demo