Bo Diddley

I've never come across a single sided demo. I'd be interested to see one if possible.Do you have one? Is the label layout any different? Are they vinyl or styrene? Cheers. KB

Same here. But I don't think is was in the usual JM spotless condition. The one on Tim Brown's auction that finished today went for more and was in similar condition. Last line of the description "a chance to own a rare disc at an affordable price"! On the other hand, I think the Limitations went for a top price.

Here's this week's results.... Limitations I'm Lonely I'm Troubled / My Baby What and intro to this high octane Northern Soul roadster is laying shoe-sole skid-marks on Northern Soul dance-floors throughout Britain at the moment. Rattling drum-rolls, bongos, plucky Wah- Wah guitar, steer the relentless vocal-group mover, enriched by urgent but still tight silky harmonies. This is real-deal Northern Soul in the true classic style, full of all the ingredients for spins, back drop and synchronized hand claps.. the bollocks!! Vinyl and labels are flawless, check out the crisp soundfile.. The flipside is just as highly regarded as the a-side for Sweet Soul fans, but note there is a lone hairline scratch on the intro that clicks.. for the first few revolutions. A shame as the A-side is a Manship-Mint as is the flip except for this one mark.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 813.00 Spider Turner I've Get Myself Together (before I Lose My Mind / We do try and pride ourselves on the consistent fine condition of our listings - but occasionally we give a green light, to records in lesser conditions if fidelity is strong and clear, and of course if it’s a DJ box essential. This Detroit dancer is one such essential, as demand from the dancers and collection has rocketed in more recent times. Vinyl has multiple hairlines, nothing deep nothing causing distracting clicks or distortion (check the sound-file lifted directly off the copy. There is a minuscule surface flake at the very edge of the run-in on the A-side that does NOT transfer to the B-side. The B-side of course is another stand-out Detroit dancer, the surface on the flipside is at least a grade higher and plays Excellent. One highly in demand Double helping from the Motor City guaranteed to give your set and the night a lift.. And perhaps the chance to own a Rare disc at an affordable price! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 511.00 Detroit Spinners I'll Always Love You / Tomorrow May Never Come Looking for clean TMG’s - they ain’t getting any easier to find Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 100.00 Five Stars Baby, Baby / Blabbermouth This week’s Rare Motown collectable, is a flawless 1961 Columbia Promo copy of a record documenting the beginnings of Berry Gordy writing producing career which incorporates two Five Star members, that would later form the basis of The Originals, with Walter Gaines & C. P. Spencer. Top side is an imaginative harmony stroller highlighting tight vocal rebounds, seamlessly fitting each other crafting harmony of the highest calibre. First issued on New York’s End label which Gordy became disaffected with royalty payment cheques, being so uneconomical he had one George Goldner “End” cheque was allegedly framed and hung on his wall, as motivation to sharpen his competitive edge each morning as he looked at it. This Columbia PROMO is in such fabulously clean condition we thought, with the history, anecdotes, and quality harmony this was a listing to interesting several areas of rare 45 collecting.. Flip it over a Berry & Gwen Gordy steer the group down a “Coasters” inspired production, with a quirky nod to David Seville and His Chipmunks at the intro, underlining Gordy’s ear for current trend and his skill to be able to hook into it.. Five Stars became the “Voicemasters” on Anna, before laying a couple of brick into foundations of my favorite Motown group “The Originals” Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 34.00 Constellations I Don't Know About You If anyone ask me “come on play me a record that showcases the very best of Northern Soul to you” I’d have to play my unconverted friend this 45. As for me being terribly biased towards the vocal-group Northern Soul productions, this tune is the “dogs” From the very first syllable of those soaring vocals.Oh and then the deep-as-you-like it Bass vocal burbles a few words.. and I’m hooked, tied and totally enamored to this sound, that continues to rise in it’s glorious arrangement into a masterpiece of the genre.. Whether a NS-music-infidel would actually experience the same feelings as me as the song plays out, is rather doubtful. As shivers, pulse quickening rushes, neck-tingling are possibly emotions reserved for those disciples who have spent a lifetime devoted to Soul music… THIS IS A TUNE A tune you may secure at an afford price, as although both labels are totally the vinyl has surface marks visually vg. Plays better so listen carefully to the full sound file provided. Oh I almost forgot in my unbridled enthusiasm… It is of course, one of the BIGGEST most popular Northern Soul 45s, that a DJ could possibly drop.. to trigger the wildebeast dancefloor stampede.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 962.00 Little Anthony Burns Do Right Man / Try Me Darling RAREST OF THE RARE Deep Soul ! Both sides of this Southern Soul “impossible” conveys despair, pain and an aching need in equal amounts; as Little Anthony Burns borrows from a few Soul Classics, amalgamating some well know phrases but stamping his own identity on each track. A funeral paced Hammond pulls the session deeper into misery, with a sympathetic guitar riff twitching away in the background. An abyss of sadness unfolds. Flipping it over Anthony’s mood does not get any brighter.. This time drawing in from James Brown’s Deep Soul classic, but adjusting the lyrics enough to lift it away from plagiarism…but this Soul Man’s exquisitely tortured vocal dispels all comparisons. As this is a truly individual performance displaying neighborhood Soul at it’s most moving.. Top of the Tree Deep Soul and insanely rare! Condition throughout, could hardly be finer! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 112.00 Ringleaders Baby What Has Happened To Our Love / Let's Start Over One of the most exquisite male vocal group Northern Soul sounds to ever grace all-niter turntables.. even after all these years, every time I hear this ring out.. shivers run down my neck! Certainly heading up my DJ sets of the mid-70’s, a game changer transforming the dancefloor into a “sardine can” at the drop of a needle.. ..but for today I think the flipside would knock a Sunday chill session crowd “dead” utterly sublime harmony awaits, with a sexy sax taking to the air as the seamless voices take pause for breath.. Two drop-dead gorgeous tune from this highly accomplished gathering.. This copy has a couple of mild hairlines.. strong clean Ex + that plays mint! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 312.00 Len Watson Dancing With Your Memory A BEAT BALLAD HEAVEN - MONSTER !! From Romance Watson… Prepare for something completely off the wall, a cocktail of the the Big City Sound spiked with Popcorn. Driven down the hatch by a Henry Jerome “Wall Of Sound” (Phil Spector wasn’t the only kid on the block capable crashing juggernauts through your cochlea) Get ready for a monumental vocal performance from Len, bolstered by a fantastic kitchen-sink production, as Henry Jerome throws everything into the full orchestra surroundings. Girls, guys, strings, prompting Hammond, and a rhythmic riffs borrowed from early Motown.. Wow! This guy has a voice to move mountains, easily rivaling the greats Ray Pollard, Tony Middleton or any other Soul gargantuan who attacks the mike.. A 45 that has long been a “Popcorn” play, now surely some enterprising UK Northern Soul Jock with a penchant for the Big City Sound could take this tune right off the scale in this country too. Noting, condition could hardly be more perfect! Spy the gorgeous label vista then unleash LEN! Additional info from Graham Cooper Shirebrook ace DJ at “Something Different - Shirebrook” Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 135.00 Duke And Leonard Just Do The Best You Can / You've Lost Your Soul Is May the month for spectacular labels? Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 191.00 Blues & Soul Calendar 1968 12 Month Artist Picture AGAINST ALL ODDS - 1968 SURVIVOR!! So very rare this is the very first we have offered this 12 month Soul Icon Pictured 1968 mail order only calendar. By the very nature of this piece of memorabilia, calendars are invariably discarded or the perforated sheets ripped off as the month ends. This is complete, complete examples got thrown the moment the New Year kicks in. For one person at least this pictorial tribute to the greatest Soul stars of the year, was just far too precious to dispense with. Boy am I pleased to thumb through vintage pictures of: January - Lou Rawls. February - Isley Bros. March - Betty Harris. April - James Carr. May - Aretha Franklin. June - B. B. King. July - Maxine Brown. August - Little Milton. September - Jimmy Holiday. October - Billy Stewart. November - Gene Chandler. December - Little Richard. See January, February, March, April example What an array of splendid black & white pictures to treasure! This calendar is a card/thick paper construction attached in place to a spiral top ring, with the hook for wall hanging. And what a wall hanger too. All pages are free of tears, stains or writing. They are in excellent condition with only the front January having mild creases to the very edge. First time we have ever listed it - and we are not anticipating ever seeing another. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 59.00 John Drevar's Expression The Closer She Gets Before you is an old school Northern Soul boy’s heart-stopper! An Off-The-Scale Rare Stock copy! John Drevar’s Expression just back from a tour supporting Jimi Hendrix in Paris, when Lance Barrett presented the group with a Richie Adams, Victoria Pike, Teddy Randazzo creation. Lance was hoping for another big hit like he had with The Troggs a year earlier with “Wild Thing”. Assisting proceedings was “Soul” orientated Johnny Harris, who arranged the song with imposing instrumental breaks. According to band member Derek Edmond the party atmosphere was in full swing, especially when an enthusiastic couple of backing singers add “Ba Ba Ba Ba” into the huge horn break, clapping hands elevating the song up yet another notch.. The “Ba Ba Ba Ba” backing singers were Tony Blackburn and the distracting gorgeousness of Tessa Wyatt, playing a vital part of this great Northern Soul song’s fabric! But unfortunately, for all this enthusiasm from accomplished players, the expected “hit” was not to be, this 45 fell at the first hurdle, selling virtually nothing and so the legendary saga of a future Northern Soul trophy begins… Such a cool tune, was at some point in it’s life gonna be discovered, and the most likely source would be a Northern Soul pioneer unearthing a copy from his local vinyl graveyards… We are not sure who the first DJ to debut this 45, but it rocketed to the top of everyone’s wish list, as the very few pink and silver Demo copies hit the turntables of of England’s premier all niters! The rest is history, so rare at the time, a copy never fell into the hands of the bootleggers, casual Northern Soul collectors had to be content with a vastly inferior remake on Destiny records, who cheekily put a 1968 date on the label. A record I’ve thankfully not heard since it’s actual 1979 release.. HERE IS THE REAL DEAL the 1967 STOCK copy, rarer than the DEMO in our experience of the last 20 years at a 4 to 1 ratio. This copy has two clean labels, no writing, stains or tears. The vinyl surface is marked, strong gloss but lots a light surface hairlines. Listen to the soundfile lifted directly of the “near impossible” disc. and wait for that mighty instrumental break towards the end, when apparently Tessa Wyatt seductively stooped towards the microphone and Tony Blackburn’s “Ba Ba Ba Ba” morphed into a lip curling “BAAA!! BAAA!! BAAA!! BAAA!!” I feel your desire Tony B. as I find every aspect of this song is seductive… including the label. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 463.00 Marketts Stirrin' Up Some Soul A Northern Soul instrumental classic in by far it’s most desirable clothes. 1967 British Yellow DEMO! in fine clean condition! Irresistle! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 86.00

I've just checked eBay (should have done that to start with!) and can see loads of them with "Wear It...." on the other side. On a previous thread, someone mentioned the LP version which is a bit longer. Check it out on Youtube, there in an extra instrumental break which does add something to the track.

Sorry to get in the way but I didn't know it had been re-issued. Is it a recent one? Is it getting enough attention/plays to make it worth while re-issuing? Just interested as I've liked the tune for ages.

I've just had a quick look on eBay and there are a couple of White Demo's, a slightly tatty Blue-ish issue and is a seller with Mint very light/pale issue's. These are described as " New and unplayed, old store stock". from a USA seller who look reputable. I can see what you mean about it looking like a boot but I've no reason to think it is. I'd feel more settled with a Blue 'Un as well !!

Hi, Thanks for getting back. Good luck with the sale, great record.

Regarding Kenny Smith. It's a top price but the record was presented very nicely in that company sleeve. I understand that Rare old books sell for much more if they have their dust jacket!! I seem to remember Pete Smith trying to sell one for £200 then dropped down not that long ago.

OCD - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. It refers to people who are obsessive or obsessed about about something. In this case, he's referring to a collector who must have been obsessive about keeping their records in super clean condition.

This weeks results are.... Aggression Come And Be My Freak / Starship Rare Washington, D.C. private press. an Eddie Perrell project giving up “aggressive” funk one side, subtle innovative Sweet Soul harmony the other side. Take a listen as the lead vocal attacks the punchy psyche/Funk arrangement as he does a “Vernon Burch” with the lyric and the honkin’ horns respond over the top Norman Connors inspired synth and guitar rhythms, so typically back end of the seventies styled.. Confirming writer Terry Scott’s admiration for Micheal Henderson/Norman Connors collaborations the group perform a beautiful version of “You are My Starship” on the flipside. Tight mellow harmonies sown into meandering jazzy instrumentation that is completely hypnotic as different beseeching vocal fill the atmosphere.. A double helping of impressive local endeavor .. Current bid: £ 241.00 Time remaining: Approx. 1 second More Info Listen Bid Otis Rush Homework 1963 UK original release in birth sleeve, vinyl and labels in stunning condition! For me this is the greatest R&B dancer to ever get a release in Britain with unequaled turntable presence, guaranteed to generate a down n’ dirty atmosphere. I lay this in may sets from it’s Duke release.. without except it is received with a change up the mood.. opening a dance opportunity only those “special” classics can spark.. After near 55 years you really don’t expect to encounter this 45 in Mint - condition.. it was a 45 to be partied with, to be constantly on the Dansette spindle stacked in the midst of 7 other 45s.. This unblemished copy must have spend a life on a OCD collectors shelve.. Time to set the Texas leviathan free.. listen to the soundfile and keep still is you can.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 216.00 Supremes Your Heart Belongs To Me / (he's) Seventeen Continuing our series of not often witness USA MOtown, here is the label’s 27th. release complete with the awesome PROMO Picture Sleeve, that just hardly ever comes to market. (our first example this century) Without question one of the most glamorous poses captured on a picture cover by this persistently photographed trio.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 261.00 Kenny Smith Lord, What's Happening To Your People The beauty of the Northern Soul original does not get more charismatic than this Blackpool Mecca anthem, as the seldom seen “label-art” stock copy. At the time of it’s airings at The Mecca by the serial vinyl-adventurer Colin Curtis; a DJ who didn’t give a hoot about the initial dancefloor opinion. The Mecca crowd initially didn’t quite know what to make of the meandering intro, with a one finger piano accompaniment… a far cry from the Tomangoes start.. Colin, as always stuck with this diverse play…that quickly changed up a gear with a bass guitar break, squealing girls and Kenny Smith gravel-coated vocal scything through a production that just gets stronger and more inventive by the minute… Take a bow Mr. Curtis, in 1975 your foresight and taste was way ahead of it’s time, validated by this song escalating to the turntables of Cleethorpes Pier, Wigan Casino, Peterborough Wirrina, Yate, St. Ives… in fact every Northern Soul club of the 70’s with a DJ lucky enough to own a copy, would take pause on that iconic intro, then mesmerized, slowly melt into that kaleidoscope of Soul. I adore every moment of this groundbreaking tune, with only Lou Edwards - “Talkin’ Bout Poor Folks” getting anywhere close to it’s uniqueness… Here is, it’s by far rarest garb and what a garb it is, ready to illuminate even the most precious collection of Northern Soul.. An eye-popper triggering euphoric recall of the days when DJ’s of the magnitude of Colin Curtis influenced the scene when no style of Soul was not investigated and played if Colin Curtis thought it appropriate by his ear…. This copy is utterly flawless btw.. the silly Rare Stock copy in heart-stopping condition! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 558.00 Jock Mitchell And The Fabulous Agents No Mad Woman The mighty vocal of Jock Mitchell hooks into an infectious Aaron Neal arrangement, an addictive cocktail of “Far East” rhythms, rich male harmony choruses, swinging from silky smooth to outrageous screams; all perfectly timed allowing Mr. Mitchell to flex his ease spearing the lyric. Deliciously moody, sultry Northern Soul that very few other Soul recordings have imitated. Only the Master Four, Stewart Ames come to mind whilst comparing this individualistic style.. ALL copies of this 45 are “low-fi” presses, so it is imperative to acquire a copy as flawless as you can possibly find it.. Well this copy just happens to be a mere smidgen off a “Manship Mint” finest example of this disc we’ve encountered in memory. You will not find finer vinyl, A-side label is perfect, flipside label has a tiny sticker removal mark. (see scans) Listen to the killer Detroit Northern Soul in unblemished condition.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 236.00 Supremes You Keep Me Hanging On / Remove This Doubt Holland - Dozier - Holland exceed even their unparalleled standards to create a song for Diana & the girls that has spanned 5 decades and triggers an internal reaction whenever heard.. Before you today is the 1966 British green & white Demo of this truly timeless Motown classic.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 96.00 Richard Marks Don't Take It Out On Me / Love Is Gone Richard Marks now here’s singer of real note.. It matters not a jot which side the Rare Soul DJ drop the stylus on, both sides give up high-quality Rare Soul Dance! Banbury’s Baron of the turntables “Eddie Hubbard” is currently championing the splendid “Don’t Take It Out On Me” whilst the flipside ” Love Is Gone ” gets an outing most every sets I do. Both benefit from the inventive abyss of Atlanta’s main Soul man Thomas “Tee” Fletcher, the creator of so many truly preeminent Northern Soul recordings; all carrying his trademark of uplifting dance arrangement s peppered with meaningful lyrics. On this highly elusive disc he delivers just that, but twice over - two exquisitely constructed dancers and more importantly current plays.. The artist himself can also do no wrong, every one of his 45’s are rare and highly sought after, some achieving eye-watering values when they seldom surface.. This Shout release right up there along side his very finest.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 208.00 Blues And Soul # 21 July / August 1969 Soul Historians here is the seldom seen July 1969 issue 21 in spectacular condition, even retains the Blues & Soul ON DISC supplement where John Abbey rated new UK Soul releases for July/August 1969. (makes very interesting reading) With the 1966 UK Philips release, The Flamingos - Boogaloo Party - being the most-wanted 45 on the All-night scene for three years. Blues & Soul dedicate two pages to the group, as Philips re-issued this dance-floor destroyer to meet the unprecedented demand. A rare peek into the story of this fabulous New York gathering. There is of course the consistently controversial, but essential read of the Dave Godin column. Which sparked debate in previous issues whether the Dave Godin column should be curtailed.. but readers letters in this edition give the “Sou Governor” 100% support. Spy the centerfold spread of a stunning Smokey Robinson & the Miracles stage shot. + Bios and pics on: The Flamingos, The Drifters + the discography & Al Wilson.. Eye-catc hing record company adverts include. Soul City, Action, Tamla Motown, MCA Soul Bag (hence Jackie Wilson on the front cover) and of course Atlantic pushing Otis Redding - Love Man, Major Lance - Follow The Leader etc. Here is a fundamental window into the burgeoning British Soul scene prior to the 70’s “lift off” I’ve personally never encountered a Blues & Soul early number A5 style mag in finer condition.. and this edition is such an enlightening read.. plus of course the front cover is a “framer” Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 30.00 Chubby Checker Everything's Wrong / Cu Ma La Be-stay “The Roof Leaks The Floor Creaks…” “Everything’s Wrong” .. in the case of this listing “Everything Is Right!” in fact dead-right ! Vinyl condition is perfection, most likely UNPLAYED before we lifted the impressive double soundfile. Still housed in it’s birth-sleeve, label stamped with ATV music library. So right, we can’t imagine ever listing a better copy. Top side is one of Chubby’s sublime offerings to the Northern Soul scene, seamless 60’s Philly Northern Soul from the prolific desk of Wes Farrell. Chubby’s milky vocal sits perfectly within the flowing arrangement, producing a great song that has steadily climbed in popularity; with the easy to dance characteristics, prompting requests.. As for the flipside, we have to regress back to the Twisted Wheel era when “Cu Ma La Be-Stay” was such a huge play, it sparked a 1968 British bootlegs B.J.D and the beloved Soul Sounds series. Here’s the real deal in unbeatable condition, offering two great sides, one for today’s turntable, one to reminiscing about the scene origins. Check the scans, hear the double soundfile… you are about to be impressed Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 141.00 Rhonda Davis Can You Remember In short… one of the finest Sister Crossover Northern Soul tunes ever committed to vinyl. Rhonda’s beseeching pleas woven into the seamless NS dance production is just to die for.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 555.00 Tommy Neal Going To A Happening TOMMY NEAL revealed. The puzzling evolution of a USA flop that went on to become a British 60’s Soul Club & MOD anthem…stayed available for almost 4 years in Decca’s catalog, as it’s dance-floor reputation reached fever pitch.. “Get Your Car Or Your Motorbike…..” The mystery of why this instantly infectious 60’s Soul dance masterpiece was not a hit in the USA may never be 100% clear but we thought to document it’s timeline of different label releases in Richard Popcorn Wylie’s quest for the hit, may be interesting to our auction readers.. First release was pink labeled Pameline 200 with the Nashville Matrix and PAM 200 etched in deadwax - received poor sales 2nd. release was Palmer 2024 with P 5024 etched in the deadwax P 5024 Bell Sound & ARP stamped achieved even worse sales, underlined that many seasoned collectors thought it was never issued, as Promo copies were the only ones that ever seemed to surface. 3rd. Issue was the Yellow label Pameline using the Palmer master-stampers with the exact same P 5024 etched in the deadwax P 5024 Bell Sound & ARP stamped in the deadwax. Seems to have been triggered by Pittsburgh club plays from the trendsetting DJs like Mad Mike etc. This yellow label pressed fed that brief local demand…that never transferred back to the Motor City 4th. issue, when all failed in Michigan, but a spark of hope in Pittsburg, was a shot at California; In November 1967 Vault Records, 6430 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, California 90028 with a Delta # 69126 in the deadwax. This too failed to make few sales register even after being highlighted in Billboard. One good thing came out of the Californian call, was Vault Records who also had faith in this infectious song leased the recording to UK Decca and the rest is history, A Twisted Wheel anthem that is still as popular with the dancefloor and the collectors as it was back in 1968.. Before you today is an elusive and pristine White PROMO of that 4th. and final endeavor to make this a nationwide hit.. it sadly never happened.. The final piece in the jigsaw is Tommy Neal’s real identity as the Tommy Mealy acetate on Bell Sound singer, is widely believed to be Thomas Mealy from Detroit group The Majestics who recorded on Chex. Additional information by Jason Thornton, Dennis O’Brien, initial research from Richard Johnstone, many thanks to all who helped unravel the life story of one of Britain’s best loved Club Classics… Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 185.00 Detroit Spinners Detroit Spinners Two STEREO first test plate press, in heavy duty vinyl, white labels with handwritten black labels and blank vinyl on the flipside. Perhaps unique, we have certainly never come across this variation of the 1967 UK press before. The laminated cover is the same as the elusive regular shop release. We could easily have soundfile all the tracks on this debut album for Motown, but in the end we went for only five, with the other 7 still giving up Motown vocal-group Soul at it’s most riveting. I’ll always love you truly yours sweet thing I cross my heart I just can’t help but feel the pain With an album TEST PRESS sound is infinitely superior to the masterplate that whacks out 100’s or 1000’s of platters. This very rare offering is in unblemished condition throughout Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 94.00

Has anybody mentioned Jimmy Seals yet? https://www.sealsandcrofts.com/sealscrofts1.html

Hi, Is that an Issue you have of sale or a Demo? I'd be interested in an Issue. Thanks

Ray Merrell....... (picture obtained from the internet as I don't have the "Disco Country Style album )

Lamont Cranston...

James W and his buddies....

Also, to try to dodge incoming flack, I'll mention James Walsh Gypsy Band. Also, Lamont Cranston Band. (I could post scans of the L.P's if anyone is keen!!)

Reading some of the recent comments reminded me of these guy's/Station Road. Tim Tam and the Turn-On's.

The picture on ebay looks like the picture used on Discogs https://www.discogs.com/Eula-Cooper-Let-Our-Love-Grow-Higher-Have-Faith-In-Me/release/3887735 and the Wllie Kendrick is from 45cat https://www.45cat.com/record/479212

The picture of the one for sale doesn't look the same as the picture sent as proof of ownership. The label on the one above isn't even round!! Needs more practice with the scissors.

I think John Manship posted a reply on a similar thread a few years ago that there were no demo's of the above, and Bobby Sheen - Dr.Love.

As "No Baby" is written first and in bigger font on the picture sleeve, I've always assumed it was as the intended A side by the record company.

Any chance of posting scan's/Pic's gents?

It was interesting that Robert Thomas sold for a similar amount that you often see it as a Set Sale price and didn't disappear off "in orbit" ! p.s. - It had never occurred to me that the "In Orbit" demo was so rare.

I have a copy of this and have always thought of it as an original 60's release. I think that there are a few 60's releases in Europe and not the UK. I'd have liked to have seen the Metro's on a UK 60's release!

Here's this weeks results..... Birds Of Harmony The Birds Of Harmony GREG BELSON says “Just over an hour left on John’s latest auctions, featuring the modern soul rarity by the Birds of Harmony on ILM. Big tune, tough pull….and an obscure club banger of the highest order!An infectious Sweet Soul Harmony Boogie groove, from the streets of Baltimore! RARE as… John says.. An enthusiastic Charm City gathering deliver an uplifting hand-clap saturated Gospel infused dancer ,enriched by full team of silky harmony vocals. An addictive dancer with several alternate lead voices taking their turn, as the backing rises up into their Gospel roots. (which the flipside ballad confirms) That groundbreaking much-loved Globetrotting DJ Greg Belson has set the bar high for this style, that’s not only a tough challenge to find but also sweeping the clubs all over the planet as Jocks respectfully follow Greg’s example. This copy has super clean vinyl, tiny X on label is it’s only blemish… Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 456.00 Joy Lovejoy In Orbit ( Promo ) You are viewing one the RAREST Northern Soul classic PROMO’s it is possible to own.. we are not ashamed to admit this is our first copy in memory! In our own experience, rarer than “Landslide” “Please Let Me in” “The Way You’ve Been Acting Lately” “Love You Baby” “Stubborn Heart” or any other Northern Soul time-served classic you care to mention. Only “Gwen Owens” Velgo white Demo is rarer. Why this anomaly occurred is hard to answer, but believe it or not this is the very “first” Joy Lovejoy I’ve found in the USA, stock or promo! As all the stock copies seemed to have been dumped in Europe at the very end of the 60’s. It rose from that import supply to become a much-loved Northen Soul anthem, one of the label’s failed attempts to harness the “Motown Sound” hoping to trigger chart-success with the “In” dance sound of the moment. The only “hit” it achieved was monstrous adulation from the congregation frequenting the British Soul clubs of the 70’s. Since then, its popularity has bloomed into one of the dance-floor “certs” to get the night off to a banging start.. If you’re serious about owning the very rarest forms of the true NS “classics”, this baby was a jaw-dropping, heart-stopper when it popped up after decades in hiding, on a recent dig.. Condition is just as breathtaking…as the label vista ! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 652.00 Ambassadors Bear With Me / I Need Someone Delicious!! Vocal group harmony Northern Soul offering not one but two delights for those of you who warm to highly honed vocal that seamlessly fuse into a simplistic dance groove - this is a Sunday stroller of the highest quality! Which has made it a Carib Soul want both sides of the Atlantic.. Flip it over to a be ran-over by a much heftier Northern Soul screamer, urgent dancer again displaying tightly knitted vocals, this time rising to a rattling dance arrangement with a screaming lead being smoothed over by relentless arrhs and oohs, then the teammates come through with weighted choruses, lifting the session another notch. Producers Edward Wright & Harry Hanson again deliver a superior Northern Soul sound as they did with Delettes, O’Jays etc. Not a well-know producing duo, but a pairing that consistently turn out superior harmonious Northern Soul. This is the very scarce STOCK copy, with Northern Soul seeping from every note, no matter which side you choose to play.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 222.00 Rex Garvin & The Mighty Cravers You Don't Need No Help( Uyou Can Socl Part 1 & 2 So rarely comers to market .. the authentic original vinyl press. The “Sock It To ‘Em J B” team of Clayton Dunn, Holman & Rex himself are “sockin’” it at’cha again, as they conjure up another compelling dance session that simultaneously shuddered the foundations of Wigan Casino & Cleethorpes Pier as Walter Synder’s lone 100 count box fed the DJ boxes around the country circa 1978. Since that time this 45 has been most elusive with very few being found, as this failed to impact in New York, unlike their earlier recordings.. It’s current new century rarity is underlined with few “original” label scans being posted by the world of record collecting on the web. A funkier stance than their previous “hit” releases and fitting perfectly into the Cleethorpes late 70’s itinerary and perfect for today as that meatier edge Northern Soul is once again the flavour to get ‘em up dancing.. Like meeting an old friend, this rarity is back … long time no see Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 160.00 Flamma Sherman Where Is He Rare and flawless 1969 British Demo! Of this unusual but very well received Northern Soul spin from the outside-the-box thinking of the such inspirational DJ’s as the late Nev Wherry, who almost on a weekly basis would pull in a turntable gaggle of enthusiasts jostling for position, their heads in synchronised rotation following some weird and wonderful British Demo around the decks, trying to read the title. This was one of the most “off-the-wall” spins ever dropped at Cleethorpes Winter Gardens by Liberiera’s answer to the “Von Trap’s”? 4 teenage sisters taking their family name as their moniker and fooling all us young novices into thinking this was a single artist recording. From the moment the vocals sweep in, it is obvious that this is a girl-group but one of really intreging origins, apparently 4 daughters of an ambassador based in Britain..well I never knew that fact, as Nev wafted another rare find under my nose. This enlightening choice grew into a dance floor favourite, drawing synchronised hand-clapping, spins and all the usual NS peacocking an accepted tune would garner. Spreading south to St. Ives all nighters, the search of the local vinyl-hideaways was on. Very few copies ever surfaced, and the song became dormant as Northern Soul went into its now well documented hibernation in the early 80’s; with only Stafford’s Top Of The World club and MOD revival keeping the rare Soul scene in a now dimming spotlight. Flamma Sherman stands as a statement to those youngsters on a never ending quest to own and play 45s nobody else had or even heard of. When it came to the obscurist British 60s releases nobody did it better or more often than than the ledgendary Nev Wherry (who would have rubbed his hands in delight at the condition of this gorgeous pinky) Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 48.00 Torch All Nighter Poster The Torch! A Metre of Magical Memories - Northern Soul art on a different level. Forget every piece of Northern Soul memorabilia that has ever been offered for sale in the past, here is a lovingly “lifted” original poster from the walls of the the Tunstall-Temple itself, in 1972. Nothing but nothing, gets anywhere near to the importance of this HUGE 39 inches by 27.5 inches authentic original Torch Poster. Insanely rare (we only know of two in existence) the other will never come to market. Featuring Keith Minshall + his Kingspinners and the “Drifters” live! The “Torch” of course was the most influential all-night Northern Soul club ever. Whilst Northern Soul hung on to it’s underground scene status, this club was the driving force behind breaking more timeless NS classics than any other.. Today the scenes mantras of “Torch Classic” “Torch Anthem” adds more kudos to a 45 than any other phrase…No Lenny Gamble’s, Lorraine Silver’s or the like played here. The Torch DJ’s were responsible for bringing the very finest of obscure non-hit USA Soul dance 45’s to the English teenager, setting the root system and the benchmark for all newcomers to follow. This authentic “Torch” poster is the most important historic piece of memorabilia a Northern Soul disciple could ever wish to have hanging pride of place in his man cave.. …we seriously doubt we shall have another for sale ever again… a unique window of opportunity for spectacular NS memorabilia to treasure.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 634.00 Robert Thomas Salvation Margaret Thatcher once famously told the Houses Of Parliament “You Can’t Buck The Market” Has proven year on year for the past 50 years by the Northern Soul collectors market, driven by the force and desires of an estimated 100,000+ vinyl collectors. So when those foot in the mouth comments flood the Soul media; “It’s not worth anything like that!”, “It’s Not Even Rare” or the famous “I had a copy and sold it for £5” … those comments over the history of Northern Soul have been applied to the likes of, Frank Beverley - Sassy, Epitome Of Sound, Gerri Hall - Hot Line, Maurice Williams - Deesu, Doni Burdick - Bari Track..etc etc.. NONE of these multiple finds affected the long-term value in the slightest. In fact these records today are in some cases worth over 100x more than they were initially sold for. It seems few on this vibrant scene fully realize just how heavily populated with collectors it really is..So when multiples briefly turn up it does not mean a jot, when potentially 100,000 worldwide buyers are out there, eager and waiting.. Margaret Thatcher were you a secret rare record buyer? Because you’re insight into the buying and swelling markets was truly visionary… Robert Thomas is currently enjoying unprecedented popularity with a guesstimate of 1000’s of collectors longing for ownership..Northern Soul dancefloor crammers always spark that effect, so where does the value stop? When so many are clambering for ownership. ‘“You Can’t Buck The Market” especially when the buyers outstrip supply by 10000 fold.. Today Robert Thomas stands as a testament of just how the “Supply vs Demand” factor triggers colossal swings in record values, especially when a scene is so heavily colonized.. Now click the soundfile that instantly generates that so sought after “Dance Floor Rush” effect. Two flawless labels, strong clean play-perfect vinyl, the OCD collector, will need to be aware previous owner name & initials in deadwax.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 150.00 Joe Hinton Funny ( How Time Slips Away ) You are looking at perhaps the rarest SOUL album ever issued in the UK and this copy is pristine! Only Sam Cooke could challenge Joe Hinton for the crown of Soul balladeer of the 60’s. A Texas crooner with a consummate approach to his songs that made him stand head and shoulders above the competition. This is a listing for the British collecting Soul connoisseur who appreciates extreme rarity, impossible condition and the art as well as this great man’s music. Again, we are not ashamed to state this is the ONLY copy we have had for sale in near 50 years of digging, dealing, collecting, relentless hunting for vinyl across the breadth of England. The USA Back Beat counterpart is so very hard to acquire, this British press we’d tag as an album “impossible”, certainly in this time-machine condition! Texas Deep Soul at it’s silkiest - listen to a Soul crooner at the very top of his game.. the sample soundfile we’ve lifted just says it all… Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 56.00 Suzanne Goddard Anything Can Happen / It's Too Bad The record that launched a fabled label full of great collectible releases, including killer 60’s garage some achieving huge money if and when they ever surface. So you just gotta check out this MOD-GIRL screamer that started it all… A hybrid of the girl-sound peppered with “Garage” moment of defiance that make it such a cool MOD tune.. Everything released on this Florida independent label is RARE and defiant, this sweet voiced lady gets guided by Stuart Hemingway into the edgy recording that Eric Schabacker envisaged when he wrote both sides.. The fusion of the mid-60’s girl sound that itself itself from twee sweetness to a mighty honkin’ horn dancer makes this rarity a really cool tune with serious potency.. Flip it over and Suzanne is caught in a web of searing guitars and male vocal group back-up. A real Girl/Garage screamer “I Wish You Were Dead!” underlining the writer/producers penchant for a defiant tune.. the late guitar break is spectacular.. and is probably the best of the two sides.. RARE & flawless and the springboard for a label that offers the serious collector of 60’s indies so much to chase.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 109.00 Hot Tamales Chicken - Backs Have some Boo-Ga-Loo! - Have Some Funk! A wonderful 60’s blend of the two genres, coming out of Springfield, Massachusetts. Same guys who did “Love’s Intentions” on misleadingly named Detroit label. The Hot Tamales were obviously highly accomplished musicians, highlighted on this 45 as the team ratchet up the dance sound. A demonstrative lead singer nailing his lyrics with varying levels snarls, screams & growls.. prompted by an extrovert Saxophonist, who by the end is mimicking a Rooster as his insane solo careers off the scale..guitarist was not gonna be out-done, tricky plectrum skills applied and that brazen Sax-man jumps back in.. This is superior D.I.Y. private 60’s dance, that seldom surfaces, and if it does it is never experienced in this FLAWLESS condition. Mint 0- vinyls and perfect “Rite Sound” labels. TUNE!!! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 74.00 Lee Moses Bad Girl Part 1 & 2 The original version of a truly great song that Herman Hitson also covered, after Lee Moses, Herman is perhaps the only Soul singer who could have down it justice… as both have that gift of a expressive rasping vocal that stays in tune.. WOW! this 45 carries a punch! A record to make you sit up and take to to the floor, it’s immense power of both the production and the voice does not allow you to rest and just listen. A relentless brass-barrage, crashing drums from Johnny Brantley & team, is the ideal vehicle for that outrageously magnificent voice to ride in.. This is just a brilliant tune that for some unbelievable reason has yet to drive into the heart of the Northern Soul.. but it will.. This copy is flawless, previously unplayed! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 179.00 Moses Smith Girl Across The Street In short this masterpiece sits comfortably in the Top Ten greatest ever Northern Soul 45’s ever made.. As a white promo it is of course a NS classic collectors Grail… in flawless condition is a Holy Grail Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 324.00 Copyright © John Manship Records. Privacy Policy