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And the results this week are........... Jimmy Vick And The Victors Take A Trip / I Need Someone Who was Jimmy Vick?? We are surprised that the mysterious Jimmy Vick & band only seem to have had this solitary 45 released, whilst recording at The Chime studios Hartford, Connecticut. As both sides are inspired sessions, differing genres and both saturated in energy. Jimmy Vick wrote both sides perfectly suiting his screaming style, The Victors are obviously a highly talented gathering also, as that ear-piercing Vick-vocal rides on a raft of horns, punctuated by a dance prompting bass-guitar breaks. No wonder, in recent time this Boo-Ga-Loo/R&B shouter has risen up into huge demand. Prompting a 2013 reboot… that also pleased Deep Soul scholars as the flipside is a on-your-knees plea for a girlfriend, that all Southern Soul singers would have been proud to put their name to..with The Victor capturing the “Southern” feel so accurately.. this is a 45 to reckon with, offering two memorable sides as Jimmy Vicks vocal bores deep inside.. MORE IMPORTANT in the more than 4 decades I’ve been diggin’ vinyl in New England I’ve never witnessed such immaculate vinyl on this title, on rare occasions I’d be very pleased to find the odd vg copy, with someone named scrawled on both sides, as I knew it would be an instant sell. This is a record we have never found in this sparkling condition before. The vinyl is a true Mint minus not a blemish X on the a-side label. You are not going to find a finer copy - or indeed a finer Soul Singer who only released one single. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 106.00 Sy Hightower I Know You're Leaving Me Stunning label, spectacular vinyl, is the vehicle for one the greatest 70s Soulful dance records ever made.. In-your-face-labels, are complimented by an in-your-heart voice, conveying a man’s most despairing moment; when the realization of losing his love, brings out truly deep emotion, skillfully laced through a seamless Rare-Soul dance arrangement. Sy Hightower is another Soul artist deprived of wider audience due to the financial confines a small independent have to work under. But rescued many years ago by dedicated Soul miners and brought to Europe where instant adulation was waiting. This disc and the few others in its high calibre status, are the lifeblood of the thriving European Rare Soul scene, which over the years has proved to be the umbilical cord for Sy Hightower wider recognition from places they could not have imagined whilst laying down this premiership slice of Soul. Now rightly considered one of the all time greats of the style, proving finely crafted music will always break through to an appreciative audience..and flawless records will always be desperately wanted by discerning collectors. This disc has “it all” including the rarer super-colourful attire… Spectacular for more reasons than one… Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 662.00 George Jackson Talking About The Love Have For You / I Don't Need You No More TOP DRAWER!! Soulful Crossover does not get any finer or more elusive than this Memphis double hitter! Prepare for Soul excellence no matter which side you drop the stylus on. One of Memphis’s important contributors to the Soul community gets up from behind his highly generative desk and picks up the microphone again proving this man is far more than just an innovative lyricist and producer, he has a beautifully honed Soul vocal too. This is a record showcasing REAL SOUL, ready to adorn those decidedly dedicated sets that are wooing the British Soul congregation off their comfy Sunday snoozing couches into the the bars and clubs to be caressed by the very finest Soul vinyl can offer. We lead with the side that offers the Crossover/shuffler sound drenched in emotion that seems so easy for George Jackson to portray, it is his lyrics and the serene delivery that just creeps into your heart…it don’t get no better than this, you’d think.. But flip it over to be ambushed by one of the greatest Soul ballads ever created. It leaves me speechless that such beautiful music, isn’t part of every household.. REAL SOUL delivered by a Memphis-Master At Work! Now, I need to listen to this piece of genius.. one more time… Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 445.00 Tommy Youngblood I'm A Man / Laid Off My Job Too Long An insanely RARE Los Angeles Northern Soul R&B from one of the city’s most impressive 60’s artists, his snarling approach to his recordings always leaves you wanting for more.. Check this “impossible” out; it is without doubt not only one of L.A.’s rarest 45’s of the genre..it is also an inspiring testament of defiance, as Tommy rips Willie McEwen’s composition into shreds, aided by barrage of brass, squealing saxophone and an unaccredited Sister with an equally potent vocal presence; unannouced she jumps into the song “That’s Why I Call You Daddy” then steps out again, leaving you anticipating her return, which is a brief curled up lip, right at the end. Tommy went solo, perhaps not wanting this temptress to upstage his growling pledge to be “A Man” THIS IS R&B Northern Soul as RARE as it can possibly be, and as intrusive as you’ll ever hear.. The flip is great too, but totally eclipsed by the mighty statement of “I’m A Man” .. An exclusive R&B floor-demolisher awaits.. Still in birth-sleeve and most likely unplayed until it emerged from a dusty corner of the stock room… this is the ONLY copy I’ve ever seen or for that matter ever likely to see - especially PRISTINE! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 244.00 Strides I Can Get Along ( Without Your Love ) Vocal & Instrumental One of the very best Detroit Northern Soul dancer that has never thus far, been bootlegged (how refreshing). Even more refreshing is seeing it a few “play lists” lately.. Guided by the steady hands future Motown players Clay McMurray, Mike Theodore & Dennis Coffey construct ideal vocal group Northern Soul, from the hotbed of the sound. The beseeching lead vocal, makes it “good and plain” he can “Get Along Without Her Love” cradled by some superior backing vocal arrangements, of the level you’d expect from these Motor City young-guns about to break into Hitsville. As you listen, like me, you will be puzzled why such a quality tune has not reach the heights of any 4 figure NS Grail you care to mention. The arrangement is Northern Soul dancer perfection, the vocals display Soulful teamwork at it very finest… as the pleading label voice rides on the shoulders of a booming Bass vocal, silky harmonies from the rest of the gathering. Another case of not enough copies in the right place at the right time, for DJ’s to give this class-act the concentrated plays every NS rarity requires to become a Northern Soul classic.. But then you flip it over… WOW! Northern Soul instrumental Heaven awaits.. Two really great sides.. that if, it was just a slightly easier to acquire disc, we’d be looking at a NS Classic today… It’s not too late to shoot the crowd a neglected rarity drenched in instant dancefloor quality.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 240.00 Larry Wright Sweet, Sweet Kisses / It's Ok With Me Now let’s talk serious - the chances of this gorgeous Detroit rarity being found in the wild are akin to encountering a Black Rhino in Tesco’s car park… and that Rhino would have had to have just emerged straight from the “Poodle Parlor” because Larry Wright looks like it has just arrived from the Detroit Columbia pressing plant. Really rare record acquiring is one thing, but to find this wondrous double Motor City hitter in chaste condition, is more than remarkable. Check out the pristine labels, be assured this could easier enter the Christmas Manship-Mint parade.. I’ll never see a finer copy.. Click the soundfile, prepare to be blown-away not once but twice.. then act accordingly.. A listing for those who care about condition and drawn towards validated rarity! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 1,336.00 Cleveland Robinson Work Song / A Man Gets Tired The mighty Cleveland Robinson takes Nat Adderley’s much cloned classic, adding another dimension to an already fabulous song. Few possess one of those richly coated vocals that immediately tunnel into your being, Ray Pollard, Tony Middleton, Jimmy Ricks spring to mind, but after that a comparable to Cleveland stutters in my mind… Take a listen how he stamps his very own brand onto the “classic” song. That controlled rasp deep inside the throat can in an instant morph into a sultry purr..backed by well directed horn and percussion, this song is a behemoth of our sound.. But wait! Flip it over and I think the flipside pips it at the post. A record we have all been guilty of overlooking in our haste to play the “obvious”. “A Man Gets Tired” is 100% a D.I.Y. work from this multi-talented Soul individual. Fresh to my ears and steeped in obvious potential as a “new-drop” with huge possibilities.. Two great sides offering the winner so much to work with.. not to mention the pristine vinyl and label.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 221.00 Toys Can't Get Enough Of You Baby The lure of the British Red & White DEMO. Another Denny Randell and Sandy Linzer creation that ticks all the Northern Soul boxes. Strangely issued as a B-side, quite puzzling as this recording is as good as 60’s girl-group dance gets. Having said that it has for decades sat high in the British collectors appreciation rankings, without ever reaching the dizzy heights of other 45s from that great vintage year of 1966. Take listen, to be reminded of just how dynamic this NS tune is, many will go scurrying after a copy, and probably be lucky enough to snag a USA Dynovoice copy or if your really lucky a clean British Stateside issue…but the turntable cam head turner Red & White DEMO you have to swoop upon if you ever encounter it… Incredibly rare, a oh so beautiful, for a record that once wider known, will rocket in value and demand.. This copy is flawless! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 58.00 Ad-libs I Don't Need No Fortune Teller A flawless copy - with the labels the RIGHT way round! This seasoned gathering draw from their vast harmony experience to serve up one of the finest non-disco recordings to emerge from the “East Coast” after the mid-seventies “Big Apple” demolition of the Soul Sound. The main Ad-Lib John Taylor collaborates with “Super K” producer Jeff Katz bypassing all surrounding “dance” influences, creating a true to Soul dancer of the very highest order. A finger-clicking production, that from the first zing of the piano, sets off on an irresistible journey of Rare Soul Dance. Displaying impeccable harmonies rebounding off each with the level of expertise it takes decades to perfect. The injection of brass enriches the session, with John Taylor unable to resist showing off his extreme talent with the Sax..and that pianist keeps the prompting the mix, the voices blend, the brass blows….oh my… this is BRILLIANT!!! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 392.00 Wallace Brothers Lover's Prayer / Love Me Like I Love You Music to the ears of British Soul 45 collector are two words “Sue” “Mint” We are not talking flavors here, we are the endless quest for SUE completion in the finest possible condition. This elusive number 355 has two “Ariel” clean label not even a speck to avert the eye from it’s crystal clean beauty and vinyl that has not had more than just a cursory play..strong Mint - in both aspects. A highly regarded trio renowned for 7 years of tortured Soul ballads, emotionally conveyed to the nth degree, these guys did Deep Soul to unfathomable levels of despair. Both sides appear on the fable “impossible” Sue Album 950, an LP so rare it’s on “dream” wish lists only. The single in this bar-raising condition is not far behind it. So take a listen to 3 guys who do Soul like no other trio.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 64.00 Teena Marie Behind The Groove / I Need Your Lovin' Collect British Tamla Motown? It’s an incurable addiction once you start accumulating those TMG’s, the recordsickness slowly but surely overwhelms you.. as running the British Motown labels, is a relentless labour of love trying to complete those numbers, some of which, are for no apparent reason absurdly RARE! So now go check your run for TMG 1385, we are betting this space is empty. as TMG 1385 is one of those inexplicable TMG that never sold a bean, and is on the TMG endangered radar. In 1985 UK RCA in their rush to capitalize on the newly acquired Tamla Motown catalog, flooded the market with re-releases of EMI previously successful 45’s. Making available back catalog by the truck load, one such promotion was titled “A MOTOWN CLASSIC SINGLE” gloriously bedecked with an unique special 4 colour sleeve. TMG 1385 was the worst selling of all the 20 singles released under this series. Today it happens to be one of the very rarest TMG’s. This copy is flawless and still inside it’s birth-sleeve. If you seriously want to complete that tantalizing TMG run, this number is imperative and a darn challenging little critter to capture.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 48.00 Miracles The Fabulous Miracles Fabulous is the only word! This 1964 original British press is fabulous on the eye… the laminated flipback cover is as flawless as you could ever wish for, an ultra mild crease top right corner is it’s only blemish. (see scan) you may have to squint… Two Labels are perfection itself, housed in original “birth” rice-paper lined inner sleeve. Vinyls are so close to Mint - A-side vinyls, I’m unable to find ever the lightest blemish to grade below Mint - B-side vinyl, has a very mild surface brush on the last lack “On The Street Where You Live” which does no affect play. Strong Ex + as the rest of the B-side is a totally clean Mint minus. The full group shot front cover, is Album-art at it’s most impressive; Featuring Claudette and all 4 male members, this was to be the last time the full group were to adorn album cover together, and easily the clearest picture of the full group ever featured.. Track listing is impressive, check out the soundfile which includes the highly rated “If Your Mother Only Knew” it’s only issue in the UK was track 3. side two.. An Album about the “art” the Music and of course the stand-out condition.. which we have not encountered in recent memory.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 131.00 Copyright © John Manship Records. Privacy Policy

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I've just spotted a couple on popsike. https://www.popsike.com/RARE-NORTHERN-SOUL-LOVE-SLIPPED-THROUGH-SAM-WILLIAMS/190353335320.html https://www.popsike.com/Rare-Nothern-Soul-Sam-Williams-Original-1967-Tower-DJ-45/391603592616.html

Latest results, a bit delayed at bidders were slugging it out over Eddie Kirk.. Eddie Kirk The Hawg Part 1 & 2 Jamaica does Memphis! Number 6 in Volt series, from the genesis of this quintessential Memphis brand. Like all the early Volt release this one is silly rare, especially in this “time machine” condition. Vinyls and labels are perfection! It took Volt fully 3 years to establish itself whilst recording local talent that most of the time only had at best two shots at releasing a hit single. Eddie Kirk, Deanne Parker, Tonettes, Drapels, Sir Isaac and The Do-Dads etc. Even “Green Onions”, just 4 releases earlier is on the “Volt” imprint ridiculously rare! All the early “Volt’s” are very hard to find, but finding them in flawless condition is even more remarkable..so check out this Eddie Kirk groove. A ground breaking cocktail of Drums, Horns & harmonica years before it’s time. Way before FUNK rhythms were to change dance styles across the world..A mix of Blues, Funk and Soul that’s so littered with breaks, the “mixer” has a plethora of inspiring choices to pick from.. This man’s extreme talent with the guitar & harmonica elevated him into Otis Redding’s band, but sadly deprived the label of an innovative stand alone artist, as we shall now never know just what this artist was capable of. Eddie Kirkland was certainly a creative way ahead of his era..no wonder demand to ownership of this disc is now far reaching, bridging several genres of rare Soul.. May we repeat we doubt we’ll ever see a finer example of this innovative disc.. Current bid: £ 535.00 Time remaining: Approx. 1 second Jimmy Conwell Cigarette Ashes / Second Hand Happiness On July 16th. the long awaited CATACOMBS reunion is taking, for those who attended this groundbreaking Northern Soul Club. It’ll be a standout night and one thing is for certain, this tune will be dropped and the roof will lift off the place.. A Cats Anthem…! It is a very satisfying quest hunting down these timeless Northern Soul classics as the gorgeous White PROMO copies, in the finest possible condition.. This “Catacombs” “Torch” anthem is one brief sleeve contact brush away from a “Manship Mint”, noting also both labels are “Aerial” clean.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 224.00 Yum Yums Gonna Be A Big Thing / Looky, Looky (what I Got) Mailed out by Philadelphia promoter “Matty Humdinger Singer” in 1965 and we are led to believe cocooned in its birth-sleeve since. The impeccable vinyl, the labels and the sleeve goa long way validating that claim. This copy is a real beauty, dripping in provenance an unblemished gorgeousness. One of Northern Soul’s most-wanted, in dream condition. For those who seek OCD perfection. Check out scans their is the faintest surface rub right hand side on the bottom “bar” on the a-side label, (scrutinize scan). B-side label has the “Humdinger” rubberstamp right-hand top. Vinyl is spectacular, having spent it’s life filed, avoiding the riggers of the Northern Soul circuit, where the title has rammed the dancefloors for what seems a lifetime.. THIS IS NORTHERN SOUL in the right condition.. a stunner! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 2,015.00 Steinways You've Been Leading Me On / My Heart's Not In It Anymore A favourite of mine for over 4 decades a double helping of Northern Soul that is hard on the comeback trail.. No matter which side you drop the arm on, a thoroughly delicious tight harmony Northern Soul dancer awaits you. Double siders offering side which I change my mind every time I encounter this highly regarded disc. Today I’m favoring “My Heart’s Not In It Anymore” a mood lifting fingerclicker, but no doubt next week it’ll be “You’ve Been Leading Me On” surely one of the finest girl-gang Northern Soul dancers ever made. Both sides, under-played and utterly refreshing to hear…. This copy has a few mild surface hairlines, not affecting play (listen) both labels are flaw-free, see gorgeous scans.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 211.00 Sonny Craver I'm No Fool / Come Back Mussette Records of San Diego..a long standing Northern Soul collectors emblem of desirability. It’s right up their with the other few California independent 60’s labels that consistently released top-quality Soul. Here’s Leonard Jewel Smith’s prodigy Sonny Craver with a more elusive imprint than the fabled “Teri De” release, offering a different flipside and style. Topside side is a typically seamless Teri De creation, a distilled authentic Northern Soul uplifting dancer, that again it’s attraction heightened by never being made available as a reissue or bootleg. A highly regarded and seldom seen NS rarity.. With the flip elevating the disc yet another notch with the NS beater ‘Come Back” which Sonny also released under the pseudonym “The Phantom”. This Musketeers disc gives the DJ the vinyl-riches of two for the price of one. Flowing authentic LJS Northern Soul dance one side, and a highly-charged mid-tempo NS stroller the other. I adore both tunes, unable to decide which one I love the best… only great 45’s can offer that dilemma Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 161.00 Jack Hammer Swim / Colour Combination A 45 of great interest to several Soul vinyl collecting genres. The first and obvious one is this is a flawless STOCK copy offering the highly desirable TWO sides. The Motown scholar will also be noting NO bb drill hole in the label, and the fact this British recording, like it’s fate in the UK sold nothing, upon an unpromoted release in 1971. Both sides written by the irrepressible Jack Hammer and produced by the highly regarded “MOD” Miki Dallon you would also be right in assuming Northern Soul & MOD interesting in the sound.. Flipside “Swim” not issued on the occasionally encountered promo copy, is a crash-bang-wallop production; the perfect vehicle for Jack Hammer’s battle-gnarled vocal attacking a full orchestra production, featuring insane piano slaps, blaring-brass and an inspired saxophonist injecting distilled adrenaline into his craft. The A-side “Colour Combination” is more of the same, again showcasing Jack Hammer’s intimidating vocal, suggesting a life of whisky and nicotine, as his vocal shimmering with “life” as his snarls his way through another NS dancer.. Most Motown collectors have struggled to snare this “Stock” copy, with MOD DJ’s struggling even harder to acquire a copy for their set.. Here’s a rare window of vinyl-opportunity for both camps to put that frustration to frustration to bed. Not a mark on the play perfect vinyl, but does have a very mild “misting” from a life in storage. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 70.00 Various Artists Piu Ritmo Che Blues WOW !! The pinnacle of all compilation albums. Extremely RARE 1968 Italian release featuring a mix of 60’s Gamble & Calla releases on one heavy duty 12 track album. Check out that impressive track listing: which includes. FRANK BEVERLEY - IF THAT’S WHAT YOU WANTED plus…. Dee Dee Sharp - What Kind Of Lady ** Bobby Marchan - Ain’t No Reason For Girls To Be Vernon Harrell - Do It To It Intruders - Sad Girl Frank Beverly & The Butlers- Love (You’re Pain Goes Deep) ** Sandpebbles - The Garden Of Eden Johnny Thunder - I’m Alive ** Dee Dee Sharp - You’re Gonna Miss Me Vernon Harrell - Can’t Take The Hurt ** Johnny Thunder - Verbal Expression Of T. V . Intruders - Call Me For your pleasure we have soundfile the ones denoted with ** Pressed in top-quality, deep groove heavy-duty vinyl. Fidelity is top-drawer. WEE have never had the pleasure of offering this title before, it’s rarity is extreme only surpassed by one lay in the grooves. Rare Soul Album collecting at it’s most challenging! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 145.00 We The People Ain't No Way / Why The real love is record collecting is to encounter something fresh, something new, something that you have not seen or heard before.. It is for me and most dedicated collectors a happening that triggers another enthusiastic week in the search of the unknown. This Louisiana modern Soul dancer has not been on my desk ever before, and I LOVE IT! It has everything I appreciate in an 80’s Soulful-dance recording..besides genuine rarity .. it is vocally exquisite with the lead having that emotional “crack ” in his delivery, then the lead changes, and then the two bounce of each others intensity.. synth break.. then the group is back in long held high note, a growl and then the end.. ..underlining the obvious potential for Modern-Soul DJ use and elevation. Really good tune, rarity validated and quality oozing from the grooves.. Ballad fans check out the flipside, a cultural message served by the rich lead vocal.. and soothing harmony Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 134.00 Ledgends C/w Earnest King Fear Not / Too Hot To Hold A unique 1970 Chicago engineers direct cut acetate featuring not one but two thumpin’ Northern Soul offerings.. We lead with a side that is currently enjoying persistent NS Jock attention “The Ledgends - Fear Not ” Another killer Johnny Cameron project offering a catchy upbeat feel-good vocal-group harmony Northern Soul that rushes along from one peak to another. Totally top-drawer dancer, that had up until now, been unforgivably overlooked. Flip it and King Earnest will sweep you away on a Tsunami of horns, and his roaring voice.. boy, THIS IS NORTHERN SOUL! A drop of the proper stuff, even includes a trumping bari-tone Sax, thrown into a cauldron of rumbling instruments that only a vocal like Earnest King’s can overthrow.. what a stomper! Relentless… Both are 1970 Chicago cuts, of the highest quality. Engineer’s work before making the master stampers, presumably done on the same day, as the Ledgends side has a wax-pencil squiggle, suggesting a work complete “side done”. This 45 came from Chicago and the feel, the smell and the source and of course the direct-cut sound quality, under-scores it’s undoubted authenticity.. Ledgends is now gonna go BIG - the King Earnest has always been far too rare for its own good, rarely if ever heard as so few own a copy on it’s Mercury release. Click the soundfile and prepare for 1970 CHICAGO to hit you head-on! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 218.00 Otis Redding Shout Bamalama / Fat Girl Where did I put my white gloves? Must be with my car keys, socks, shoes, false teeth and all the other things I “lose” every morning.. I do wish I had those gloves as I gingerly handle a SUE 45 in such virginal condition, I’m hesitant to touch it, when you meet a 52 year old and there are two tiny shards of label paper, still hanging on for dear life from the spindle hole.. This is a listing for the OCD about their British 45’s, seeking impossible perfection in the quest for the perfect run.. SUE is of course one of Britain’s best loved labels, every 45 being held in almost ritual-regard.. all now hard to acquire. The flawless ones just a forlorn dream of ownership.. In 1965 Chris Blackwell’s, now legendary DJ and label manager Guy Stevens was never one to miss an opportunity, as Otis was breaking big, he dug into Mr. Reddings earlier recordings picking on his 1961 first 45 outing from Orbit or King catalog. Hoping to ride on the coattails of “My Girl” SUE also issued the EP both of which failed to register and Decca cleaned up with Otis on their black Atlantic series.. But this listing is about the jaw-dropping condition of the whole thing.. it’s a work of art, portraying Otis’s first recordings and doffing your cap to a MOD with unequivocal enthusiasm for USA R&B - Guy Stevens well remembered long after his untimely passing.. An essential piece in the historical British Soul jigsaw - in immaculate condition! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 40.00 Bobby Guitar Wood It's Mighty Nice To Know The burgeoning band of Northern Soul collectors seeking the classics as White Promo copies…a now venerable quest that just gets harder and harder as some of these simplistic works of vinyl art are near impossible to nail.. Before you today is one of the those “impossibles”. A potent Northern Soul classic rippling with attitude and turntable presence only those private, from the streets projects seem to be able to produce. I did have the pleasure a few years ago to listen to one of the world’s great Soul Sister DJ’s, doing a consistently dynamic run of spins, all punchy, on-the-money dancefloor slayers. When “Jumpin’ Joan” got the place literally jumpin’ when a surprise drop I’d not heard since Cleethorpes Pier shook the room… Loud, brash, imposing with the power to catapult you back to the “Wonder Years” of Northern Soul. Only a towering DJ can do that, it’s the inspired drop that leaves an indelible mark in your memory… Now whether that rousing choice of Joan’s was a white promo I can’t say, a far too modest lady to annouce “Here’s A White Demo of..” But if she had said that I would have run to the decks for a look at such an elusive disc.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 450.00 Login Register Hi Guest, Basket Items (0) Total: £ 0.00 GBP Copyright © John Manship Records. Privacy Policy

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Latest results... Ruby Andrews Just Loving You / The Love I Need Condition, Condition, Condition!! We make no apologies for continually shouting out the genius of the Detroit-dream-trio of Fred Bridges, Bobby Eaton and Richard Knight. Or indeed the importance of acquiring your records in the best possible condition, as in 2017 the word Mint is a rarity in itself, especially whilst reviewing a much-loved Northern Soul classic that has “sardined” the NS dance floors for decades.. Here’s a fresh copy from the USA, yet to encounter the rigours of the Northern Soul circuit, perfect fidelity, so exhilarating to hear this Angel-of-Soul in crystal clarity.. A recording that yet again validates the Demigod status these three writer/producers hold in my world… So when the demigods join hands with an angel, the result is Northern Soul Heaven… as clean, crisp and clear as you could ever wish to own. Current bid: £ 429.00 Time remaining: Approx. 1 second More Info Listen Starting Bid £ 1.00 Bid Increment £ 11.00 Minimum Bid £ 440.00 Current Bid £ 429.00 Bid Charles Allen Music We Got Love For those of you who seek the rare street level birth of great dance tunes, that are invariably seen on their larger label releases.. Here is the very first label, Miami, Florida street level press of a recording that is being chased hard on it’s release. A seen-life, whiskey-worn, nicotine coated beseeching vocal sweeps you away aided by a trumpets, male vocal-group Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 133.00 Marv Johnson I Miss You Baby ( How I Missyou ) / Bad Girl Sadly one of the last “real” Tamla Motown Northern Soul appreciated productions to be released in the UK just before Motown was gripped by Jackson 5 and Noman Whitfield fever. Listen to fabulous Detroit Soul with that wonderful dancfloor pull. This October 1969 Green and White Promo is one of the tougher “NS” TMG’s to acquire as DEMO, and this copy is in sublime condition Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 236.00 James Carr A Man Needs A Woman This is universally heralded as one of the most important 60’s Soul albums ever made..to touch it, see it as a 1968 Radio Station WHITE DEMO is very special experience..for it to reside in your record room, is another level of soulful-satisfaction.. James Carr the purist Soul Singer of them all, who never achieved, not nearly as much as his extreme talent warranted. His Bipolar episodes restricted his longed for live performances to a trickle. His recording sessions, likewise sadly impeded, depriving the Soul fan of his unrivaled consummate ease of delivering tortured despair. Listening to this album as I type, makes you realize this gifted Memphian was unique in his effortless portrayal of pain. The master of the Deep Soul sound, surely tracks like Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham’s “Dark End Of The Street” will be held up as the shining example of Real-Soul at it’s very best..for decades to come. …having said that, EVERY track on the beautiful promo, has the power to change your mood, your day, as you can’t help reflecting on your own problems, are not problems at all.. James Carr had that capability.. because he himself was a wounded-man, that comes through on ever syllable he mouths.. it would be challenging to find a more poignant 2 minutes than listening to “Life Turned Her That Way” There is no better SOUL album on Planet Earth… owning it as a PROMO is exceptional collecting.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 211.00 Howard Tate You're Lookin' Good / Half A Man This great man’s first, his rarest, his best and most-wanted 45. This rare 45 a collaboration between iconic producer Jerry Ragovoy and the highly regarded DJ and helmsman of Philadelphia’s Arctic records, provides the Northern Soul collector with not one, but two spectacular NS dancers to consider.. We lead with the classic styled, no punches-pulled horn-saturated stomper “You’re Looking Good” proper real-deal Northern to sweep you off your feet, and drive your dancing prowess to it’s limited. Relentless, uncompromising displaying all the attributes that fuelled the necessity of outside help, to dance to records of this calibre all night.. whilst the flip side is influenced more by New York’s kitchen-sink productions with Bob Elgin influencing Jerry Ragovoy’s potent journey into Beat-Ballad Heaven! A creation that suited Howard’s rich vocal tones perfectly, and would prove to be the birth of a long and successful “Ragovoy/Tate” with Verve, with “Half A Man” being one of the primary Soul releases for this eminent vehicle for Jazz. “She’s Looking Good” never enjoyed a Verve release, the private press on the beautifully designed Utopia label, was it’s one and only outing. Over the decades the torrent of Northern Soul was never available enough to recieve the constant turntable action it so blatantly deserved; another cases of elusivity depriving the mass audience but also depriving the parasitical bootleggers, who never got their hands on this beauty… the UTOPIA 45 is the only way ownership is possible.. Spy the label-art, click the soundfile and stand back as this juggernaut runs over you, then relax as “Hald A Man” replishes your emotions. As one of the world’s greatest Soul men delivers the right-stuff, guided by innovative mind of the great Jerry Ragovoy… What a tune! Twice over… Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 203.00 Blues & Soul # 14 November 1968 Rare # 14 A fabulous example that amazingly still retains a unused Green Paper Blues & Soul Poll sheet. To vote for your favourite Female, Male Soul artist, Soul Album, Soul Single etc. etc. This sheet is invariably missing or written upon.. Includes Bobby Womack profile and full page artist photo, same with the seldom reported Cliff Nobles. Godin’s musing as enthralling as ever and much, much more Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 31.00 Mickie Champion What Good Am I (without You) / The Hurt Still Lingers On A record that simultaneously shattered the dancefloors of Wigan Casino Cleethorpes Pier.. Take one searing vocal, cutting through barrier of bludgeoning brass, rolling around in relentless thundering beat, add an insistent saxophonist planning to steal the show, you’ve go a seriously intrusive recording. THIS IS NORTHERN SOUL - proper Northern that always propels you onto the dancefloor… But do not in the whirlpool of sound, overlook the moving hunk of BEATBALLAD HEAVEN hiding on the flip side. Two killer tune presented as an immaculate, utterly immaculate original first pr/ess. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 633.00 Prez Kenneth I'm The Man Downstairs / I'm Looking For My Baby Wild R&B shaker, totally relentless! It seems every record I’ve ever found by “Prez” is ridiculously obscure and totally off the scale rumbling R&B. This man does not do anything by halfs, he’s a foot-to-the-floor navigator of runaway-truck productions.. …and I know very little about the man, don’t we vinyl-nuts just love obscurity..and this and his other 45 we auctioned last year is drenched in it. Shimmering with potential, offering the R&B jock a record unlikely to be heard out, before he takes the controls. Rarity assured 45 that could steal the night.. “Prez” you are one explosive artist.. I need to hear and find more of your recordings.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 230.00 Timi Yuro It'll Never Be Over For Me Not just NORTHERN SOUL, it’s an anthem, a mantra, it’s a maxim the NS scene was built upon and still lived by. Not ever being issued in the USA as a single, has driven demand for ownership of the disc soaring, leaving it today as the most-wanted British 45 by NS collectors.. No surprise as it’s brilliance is there for all to hear, it’s power to instantly switch your mood on just the opening notes.. and leave you by the end, emotionally drained, wrung out of Timi’s heart-shredding voice, and Ian Green’s British constructed production.. Sitting at the very pinnacle of British collecting, at the summit of Northern Soul All Nighter dance appreciation…and in the hearts, minds, language and culture of Northern Soul for way past my lifetime.. Condition is beautiful, two flawless labels, but obvious marks on the laying surface, PLAY MINT under strong light, forensic scrutiny reveals the finest of hairline wisps, none of which transfer to the stylus.. As good as it gets in all ways… Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 966.00 Sue Lynne Don't Pity Me Still as popular as ever, like Timi Yuro NO USA release as a 45 and demand for ownership and DJ play is huge!! Proper all-nighter tune, the whoo-hoo-hoo choruses and Ms. Lynne’s shrill vocal, bouncing of blaring trumpets is the an addictive uplifting cocktail of sound.. floor-filling, room-igniting drop, from the desk of the highly talented Chris Andrews who never fails but to serve up exciting lyrics peppering full orchestra arrangements.. THIS IS NORTHERN SOUL This copy has a few mild surface blemishes but plays, as you can hear totally crystal clean.. both labels are unblemished, housed in original RCA cover.. Ownership awaits… Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 311.00 Briant Holland ( Where's The Joy? ) In Nature Boy / Shock The beginnings of a Soul genius adding his shovel of cement into the footings of Hitsville… an 18 year old Brian Holland leads this Joe Howard composition with an attitude driven vocal featuring some exquisite Blues guitar riffs and rich vocal group harmonies. Those slick male group choruses thicken the session and the guitar hook creeps under your skin, culminating in a fine solo break.. Brian Holland displayed enough vocal prowess on this session, to get noticed by the brother writing team of the flipside “Shock” - Berry & Robert Gordy, who also demonstrated their writing gifts on a wailing Blues screamer..again enriched by a soothing vocal group presence… So the dawning of Motown was taking shape, Briant Holland formed a lasting and and highly successful writing/producing relation with Robert Bateman and the “BrainBert” would start to appear on so many Motown recordings.. This disc was also issued as a 10” 78rpm but as the 45 it is a crucial part of the Motown historical jigsaw and insanely difficult to acquire… Note we do no expect to see another anytime soon, this only the second time in my life I’ve had the pleasure of it’s company.. Condition of labels and vinyl is a strong clean ex and plays beautifully… So go listen to Motown in the womb.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 86.00 Mary Wells You Beat Me To The Punch / Od Lve (let's Try Again) Time-served Motown aficionados will not need any reminders that th are today looking at one of Motown’s most-elusive picture covers! So rare in fact we have no file data of ever having the Picture Cover in stock in the last 25 years. Yes, for us at least, this vision of Motown’s leading lady elegant pose, high-heels, hip huggin’ dress is a seldom seen artist vista. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 43.00 Privacy Policy

Agreed, the last time Wombat was on John's auction I think it made LOT'S more. Also, you may well see Luther at a set sale price for that amount. A nice copy of the Bell Boys (apparently) signed by the group sold on eBay last week for much less I'll be interested to see how the Yum Yum's and Timi finish.

JM Auction results for future reference. Cheers. Frankie Alexander No Seat Dancing A personally dedicated copy of this translucent Memphis mover.. delicately superb mix of horns, girls and skilled synth, which Frankie’s pleading vocal style suits completely. Two Tennessee Soul greats join hands in the studio, to craft an 80’s delight.. ex-Bar-Kay and Otis Redding air crash survivor pulls in the rhythms and horns whilst neighbor from Nashville calls upon his vast studio experience to arrange this impressive Rare Soul Dancer. Currently in the play-box of a few A-list DJ’s Pat Bleasdale, Soul Sam etc doing the business in particular. Apart from the unique “personal dedication” on the label the was obviously played by “Girlfriend” Doris, the vinyl surface is visual vg+ plays as you can hear, crisp clean & true… Rare disc, currently owned by a few privileged NS jocks… Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 402.00 Luther Ingram If It's All The Same To You Baby / Exus Trek No words from me could ever elevate this work of genius any higher that it already sits… No vignettes of memories of how I was mesmerized not only by the whirlwind of strings, zipping in and out of a dynamic Detroit production, or by the footwork of “Brillo” a man who completely nailed the Northern Soul art of dance…before my eyes. You’re heard it all before… and even though you’ve heard the record many times before … I defy anyone not to want to hear it again… and again..and again..!! THIS IS NORTHERN SOUL at it’s outrageous best! Condition of this”Vinyl Promo Jewel” is impeccable - just a few very mild hairlines blemishes, plays MINT! Labels are flaw-free … No need for stories… Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 656.00 Ralph Johnson Have Your Fun Vocal / Instrumental Crazy About Crossover? Check out this premier-division Soulful cruiser. A truly fabulous Chicago floater version of the magnificent old-school stomper of The Topics version on “Dream” a NS Holy Grail. Johnson utilizing the lyrics but transforming it from a wild frantic NS storm, into the most sublime of heartfelt “I Told You So” reminders a man has ever sung to his wayward partner.. This is a record that creeps up on you, starting as “Oh This Is Really Nice” and by the last note..you’re ready to shout out “WOW what as tune!” Classy strings, gentle precise bongos and considerate horns lay a raft for Ralph Johnson to state his case; that she had been advised, and now he’s dismissive of her gamble, that she seems to have lost… The age-old moral of “The Grass Isn’t Greener On The Other Side” is again underlined by beautiful poetry, woven into a brilliantly understated arrangement, allowing all the artist’s mixed-emotions from smugness and hurt to flood out of this stand-out production.. Crazy about Crossover? This is Northern Soul Crossover at it’s most exquisite!! This copy is FLAWLESS! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 410.00 Helen Shapiro He Knows How To Love Me / Shop Around A flawless copy of Helen’s hardest to acquire Columbia Northern Soul recordings. Helen, the British answer to Timi Yuro, with their very own Italian signorina the owner of an equally distinctive voice. Two vocal heavyweights of the Big Production genre. Ironically Helen was often the topic of conversation at Beck Recording studios in Kettering during the early seventies, when a steady stream of Northern Soul youngsters would take their cassettes tapes, borrowed 45s, LP’s the affable chain smoking Derek Tompkins to have an acetate cut, a 7” copy to play in your DJ set. No Soul Police in those naive years, OVO standards as distant, as Orwell’s 1984. It was an eduction, as Derek would demostrate how an acetate cut was made, and explained to me, how his cutting machine would not be able to cut my buddy Wilkie’s Ty Karim - You really made it good to me - onto an Arctic promo disc with a blank b-side, I brought along with me.. “Stupid boy” He was also the engineer for many Helen Shapiro sessions, and would tell us stories with love in his eyes, how he considered her the greatest Brit-girl singer of them all. Reflecting upon, if it wasn’t for her gentle personality, non-pushy persona she would have risen to lasting international stardom. Such a nice guy Derek, I often wondered if his shop would be there the next week, as he casually lit one cigarette after another, even after he had demonstrated the explosive power of the acetate “wool” the cutting process curled up into an innocent looking ball of black fluff… visions of an Ealing Comedy sketch of total devastation would run through my mind as I headed back to Melton Mowbray.. Today, I wholeheartedly agree with Derek, Ms Shapiro’s consummate vocal should have elevated her to worldwide stardom, but she has, and always will hold a very special place in the hearts of the Northern Soul community… Both sides of this elusive disc, reveal as much explosive material as Derek Tompkins’s ash tray filled, acetate debris littering that fabled office in Kettering.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 233.00 Tommy Navarro I Cried My Life Away Top Tune - Tip Top Condition! So close to a Manship-Mint two X’s on label…vinyl with a perfect mirror finish.. Latino Northern Soul with dangerous qualities of addiction, that have held the need for ownership amongst the DJ’s and the NS collectors it seems for forever, without bursting through its perceived price barrier… But in the last few years, the dearth in availability of a really spectacularly clean copy, leaves us anticipating an upward spike in value…is this about to soar? A big Northern Soul want that has over the decades has been a title…that has had very few owners willing to take to market… One click of the soundfile reveals exactly why, another reminder of the impeccable state of the vinyl and we expect a bit of a rumble to claim this slice of Northern Soul perfection… as we have no expectations of another squeaky clean copy popping up any time soon.. Conition, Contition, Condition…. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 395.00 Buck And The Sixteenth Movement Fool, Fool / Trust Me This Night (1st Mix) Beyond Rare Sweet Soul, before Raymond Buckner broke through on the “Playboy” label, he promo’d with “Trust Me This Night” backing it up with “Fool, Fool” a delicious Soulful Stepper of the very highest calibre, heavly inspired by fellow Chicagoan group “The Impressions” As quality Sweet Soul, Low-Rider, the Chill-out tune, features stronger in DJ set it is becoming one of the most collectable genre in the spectrum of “Rare-Soul”.. and it’s a worldwide thing, everybody is chasing these real top-drawer recordings… Raymond Buckner from this demo session went to a contract with Playboy, to re-record “Trust Me This Night” and to choose a different flipside entirely for the Playboy release.. Leaving this single the only way to own “Fool,. Fool” and indeed the first mix of “Trust Me This Night”. Two highly polished Soulful Steppers and dead-right for today, no matter what corner the Soul globe you operate in. Love BOTH sides.. top-drawer vocal group indie Soul from Chicago.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 406.00 Bobby Bland A Touch Of The Blues Utterly flawless vinyl - perhaps unplayed since birth.. label perfection suggests that with no spindle trails to be found. Front cover it like NEW not a laminate vein, wrinkle or hairline to be seen! Back cover is flawless, although there is the tiniest of bumps of the very middle of the opening only visible from the back. This is British Soul album collecting at it’s most satisfying!! Especially when you browse the salivating track listing; Shoes, Getting Used To The Blues, One Horse Town, Set Me Free etc. etc. Rare in the extreme, in this condition.. mission impossible! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 91.00 Brenda Holloway Tell Me Your Story For Motown Madness this week we have California Angel Brenda Holloway with a unique 10” Jobette acetate delivering Northern Soul! Motown’s two Roberts again craft Motown with a difference with a horn crammed mid-tempo giving Brenda an early chance showcase her impressive vocal range as brass resounds all around her. After the unusual intro, it snaps straight in Motown with Brenda’s word closely monitored by a shrill girl gathering. The combination of Brenda’s reassuringly flawless vocal, supported by the imperative Motown girl-congregation fires the Motown-Sound as good as we’ve selfishly come to expect.. but the ingredient of “The Roberts” Staunton & Walker, like they did with The Hit Pack “Never Say No To Your Baby” …added in an anti-Motown edge to the session with brass riffs hinting and attitude and defiance.. Maybe they wanted Brenda to perform with a little more “sugar” because the committee rejected it for release completely, whilst years later becomes a Northern Soul beast of a tune… Here is the March 127th 1965 ORIGINAL 10” acetate we “reject” and “recoat” written on the label by the powers in the office of Motown… Killer Northern Soul has always slipped by decision makers no matter what the label.. The chance to own “unique” .. do not pass by Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 182.00 Wombat I'm Gettin' On Life ORIGINAL and it’s a Manship Mint!! first press, so darn hard to acquire especially in this unsurpassable condition. Let’s pop back to my personal experience of “Wombat” as a Northern Soul 45 that entered my life like a Juggernaut loaded with house bricks crashing into my granny’s front room one school holiday morning whilst “Housewife’s Choice” was merrily playing Perry Como “Magic Moments” Back to 1972 and the Catacombs, were have a quick oldies spot of 15 minutes playing just a single minute of each song, without pause and with no DJ introduction…that low ceiling shuddered, the condensation dripped like an Asian shower and the place went MAD!! Bobby Hebb’s – Love, Love, Love followed by Frankie Valli – You’re Ready Now then Rufus Lumley I’m Standing … 15 solid oldies ratcheted the place up into fever pitch… I have no idea who the DJ was but he had the place kickin’ …he then pulled off a stroke of genius.. just as we were expecting Johnny Wyatt’s _ This Thing Called Love .. without warning a totally new sound with a rattling drum intro, a thrumming Bass guitar rhythm broke the steaming atmosphere.. a strange echoing vocal pierced the air.. then magnificent change of pace and wailing horns joined in.. then back to that intro, more horns.. the guy next to me shouted “What The Fuck is this?? Not a single dancer stopped dancing.. THIS WAS NORTHERN SOUL!! At it’s most electric I’ve never witnessed that inventive way to introduce a new tune and keep the club adrenaline pumping, he followed it with Ben Aiken - Sat-is-fied … Some Northern Soul “Magic Moments” just stick with you forever, the very best of times, the very best of DJing techniques lifted that string of records into a state euphoria I never witnessed since…. Smart DJing… here’s a smart immaculate previously unplayed 100% authentic original.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 225.00 Little Hank Mister Bang Bang Man The Rare almost mythical 1966 STOCK copy of a Twisted Wheel favourite, that over the years has been the subject of some very inaccurate conversation.. It was alleged at one stage, that the STOCK copy is so impossibly rare because it was hurriedly withdrawn, to champion the launch the new UK Monument label. Unfortunately that theory is over 3 years out of date..as it took that long for Monument UK to be born. The other theory was “Mister Bang Bang Man” was too risque for the British public.. but it was only 3 years later when Lulu gyrated to “Boom Bang A Bang” was representing the “prude” British in the Eurovision. More likely as Decca, who were notorious for deleting 45’s after a very small window of no sales, that it simply got missed by everyone before the “Wheel” DJ’s turned it into the country’s most-wanted club-tune. Leaving everyone exasperated that Decca had deleted such an in-demand tune…so quickly.. Whatever the reason, it became over the years, a legendary British Northern Soul dance classic to find.. So very much more challenging to acquire than the DEMO and a beautiful vista fir the Old-School.. This example is a fine clean play perfect copy, a few mild surface blemishes a strong Ex + vinyl & labels Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 162.00 Jimmy Ricks Oh What A Feeling The man with the “Liver-quivering” boom, serves up “Beat Ballad Heaven” and then some.. If you can avert your eyes from that exquisite label design for just a second or two; click the soundfile to be taken over by the warmest, coolest vocal to ever grace a Northern Soul turntable. The former major component for The Ravens vocal group, flexes his muscular singing prowess on a typically “Titus Turner” slow drag oozing a richness that very few other recordings can give. Listen, submerge yourself into a unique style that will have you captivated.. so much in fact I could not resist recording the flipside, as Jimmy deconstructs a Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein’s standard, giving it another aspect and us another listen to an incomparable artist… Two killer tunes… on one utterly irresistible label…pressed into that durable New York vinyl. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 311.00 Bell Boys I Don't Want To Lose You / Woman In Love A truly spanking copy of a Northern Soul timeless classic that has so much more to offer than memories…you only have to flip it over to witness a record that left Keb Darge crowing “all you dicks have been playing the wrong side for years”. We of course could never tell the man he was right but “Woman In Love” opens the doors for an inspired drop, as that side is the gatherings own creation, as producer Paul Sferro pull no punches and takes no prisoners on the Northern Soul batteringram. First, travel back to the halcyon days of Wigan Casino, Cleethorpes Pier, Yate etc and hear the Bell Boys rework the Jackie Wilson song, and inject even more stamina into it… forging an instant Northern Soul success story as the guys inject even more vitality into an already great song. Then that time to digest what we all missed whilst lapping up the “obvious” danceflloor prowess of the A-side.. as Keb quite rightly pointed out to me as he slapped my ear after I inquire on it’s purchase, if he was playing “oldies”? “Stupid Boy” …”“all you dicks have been playing the wrong side..ffs” that snarling Scottish gruff accent deterred me from making a reply… A listing for those seeking perfection whilst gathering Northern Soul’s anthems… But also a fabulous capture for those of you who are finding real-deal Northern Soul “underplayed” gems hard to come by.. This 45 ticks every single box… including clipping your friends ear when they ask stupid questions about it.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 336.00

I had this happen once at home. Only a cheapo European issue. I was more concerned that the deck was knackered! I only use about 1.5g tracking weight. I think what happened to me was that the record was a bit tight on the center adaptor and wasn't sitting flat on the mat properly. Not happened since as I make sure the records are flat. Cheers KB

I was watching The Dogs - Soul Step from when it was first listed and thought about bidding just because it was a new sound when I was a regular. I was well out on my valuation!! Rare and doesn't come up very often but it certainly isn't the best musically and .......$2,197.

Not had a natter about JM auction results for a while. Thought I'd kick it off. Seemed to stop after the sad passing of Joe Torquay. I liked the idea of recording the results for future searches and reference. Anyhow, if Mike or the Mods feel it's inappropriate, please delete. Holly St. James That's Not Love A perfect copy of the biggest Northern Soul dance floor filler for the last 40 years. A New York teenage girl who unknowingly crafted an all-time classic, that would endure fully 4 decades of turntable tantalizing, triggering a worldwide search to find a copy, which proved decidedly daunting for all vinyl-hunters, no matter which century you were digging through. Today in 2017 to have an opportunity to acquire a flawless copy in a birth-sleeve is a RARE event, not only is it an elusive 45, but made even rarer by the fact few collectors or DJ’s are willing to part with explosive dancefloor crammers. Even though it now seems an age since I first heard it at Cleethorpes Pier, that potently unique kettle-drum-roll intro still has the presence of power to trigger a cocktail of goose-bumps, spine-tingling and neck-hair erecting involuntary emotions.. The mixed of naive young girl vocals gliding on a wave of a full orchestra is one of the most-inspiring moments of Northern Soul.. but if you’re a serious collector of the NS classics; the mirror-like sight of the vinyl as it slides from it’s birth-sleeve as you eagerly open your registered packet, will probably inspire you at your front door, even more than the cauldron of emotion fired every Saturday at Cleethorpes Pier or Wigan Casino as the intro rumbles in. “As good as condition gets” whilst hunting down the timeless classics! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 2,513.00 Jack Montgomery Don't Turn Your Back On Me / Never In A Million Years Today’s question is: “If Northern Soul ever existed” Let’s consider for a moment, that there was never ever a British Northern Soul scene, it never existed and the whole Soul Dance scene was based on the major company new releases… Shudder the thought, and give praise… so we don’t have to ponder the unthinkable, of what would have become to masterclass Soul Music or indeed the legacy of singers like Marvin Tyrone Jones (Jack Montgomery) who’s richly crooned vocal has pleased millions of ears over the decades, whilst selling virtually zero in their homeland, solely because of the Northern Soul scene Before you today is the very reason the Northern Soul scene is so vibrant and every year springs from strength to strength whilst records of this calibre are being played by DJ’s fortunate enough to own a copy. This is Detroit 60’s Soul at it utmost classiest, a recording nobody has ever grown tired of hearing and showcasing everything that sets the Northern Soul scene apart…shunning commercial Soul from the very genesis of All-Night-Clubs. Scouring the world for undiscovered monumental Soul treasures that originally passed for the last 50 years.. and today this recording is still causing dancefloor congestion wherever it is played, like all truly remarkable 45s, Jack Montgomery is held so very dear in the hearts all Rare Soul fans… What if their was no Northern Soul Scene, ever! To lose voices of this power of presence like Jack Montgomery would be have been more than a crime.. when your breath returns flip it over for a Detroit conceived Fred Bridges instrumental that is also jamming up a quick way to the dancefloor… How would these geniuses of Soul Music have been remembered Jack Montgomery, Don Mancha, Fred Bridges, Bobby Eaton, Richard Knight etc etc if it wasn’t for Northern Soul… let us wonder..? Listen to this masterpiece, even though it does reveal light surface marks to the eye, to the ear this virgin to the Northern Soul circuit plays crystal clear… Both labels are flawless.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 612.00 Isley Brothers Why When Love Is Gone / Take Me In Your Arms (rock Me A Little While) The greatest Northern Soul double offering the “Brothers” released in the UK and ironically sold the least. Most missed the April 1968 surrounded on both sides with Radio spins and hits from Stevie Wonder & The Supremes. This Isley Brothers double trailer Northern Soul juggernaut was passed over, in fear of Tamla Motown airwave domination in the spring of ‘68. Didn’t take long though for the Soul Club DJ’s to latch onto both sides as being spectacular dancefloor ingiters. Today it still matters not a jot which side you drop the stylus on, the result is always the same, Northern Soul Motown mayhem, with Ivy Jo Hunter steering the “Why When Love Is Gone” and the trusty trio of Holland-Dozier-Holland at the helm of “Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me A Little While) already a monster Twisted Wheel anthem for Kim Weston. Here is this double serving of Motown dance at it’s best in it’s most-wanted form. A 19th. Of April 1968 green & white DEMO in fine clean condition, no flaws on the vinyl or those two coveted labels. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 144.00 Kim Weston Your Mother Called On Me Today Only occasionally do I hear a record that demands you drop everything your doing and give an artist you complete and utter attention. This unique acetate already had my pulse quickening, the stepping “unknown” always does…with no artist credit on the label I wasn’t quite sure what to expect.. WOW I wasn’t disappoint as Kim’s isolated vocal sends tingles down my back as Motown’s Angel demonstrates why many consider her effortless pitching as Motown’s most-accomplish Sister vocalist. Not a single note is played on the intro to distract from her exquisite execution of the lyrics, discouraging this young girl from dating her son… You can feel her teenage pain on ever word as she utters, so delicately delivers.. The is a Motown balladeer right at the top of her game, and at this very Motown a better Motown Deep Soul ballad does not spring to mind, as I’m cloaked in a Soulful excellence… Got play it again, again and again..Ms Weston has me completely enthralled..by her voice, her backing singers serve up unmistakably Motown harmony choruses, whilst a considerate keyboard avoids intruding on those heavenly voices.. MOTOWN Real Soul at is most inspiring.. Perhaps, far too Soulful for release by Motown as vinyl, Before you today is an authentic Jobette acetate and the ONLY way to own this session in it’s original form…. Motown SOUL!! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 63.00 Soul Injection Stay Off The Moon / Girl Full Of Charm Very Rare small Northern California release, a creation saturated in superior-silky vocals as Arthur Smith seamlessly kneads together delicious harmonies over a Hammond prompted rhythm. Soaring doo-wahs coat the session, as they answer the rich lead-voice asking, in such a typically California way “Get Off The Moon”. Punctuated with some highly-inventive breaks resulting in Northern Soul Crossover at it’s sumptuous best and of course it’s rarest. Our first copy since October 2003, that copy caused more than a ripple, as several DJ’s left their contacts details for when the next copy turned up.. We always knew it would be a seriously rare 45, you only have to flip it over to hear “Low-Rider Heaven” as the rap intro prepares you for an icy-falsetto cutting the air as his teammates soften his searing edge.. Sweet Soul don’t get no better, Crossover side speaks for itself, classy in the extreme perfect for today’s thirst for top-drawer mid-tempo NS strollers.. But the Sweet Soul side is completely OFF-THE-SCALE in both rarity and quality.. “Dreamers” Do no pass by or be so ludicrous as to leave your phone number for when we get another copy… Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 813.00 Larry Williams & Johnny Watson A Quitter Never Wins / Mercy, Mercy, Mercy Continuing our British release, timeless classic listings in standout condition. This week again teleports me back to my enthusiastic days of embarrassing ignorance whilst relentlessly digging for Soul 45’s around Leicester. Circa Autumn 1969 I’d just heard of a new record shop opened on the Narborough Road, discouragingly named “Elvis Presley Fan Club”. I couldn’t get there quick enough…for a new dig. It was a fair distance from my Aylestone Road training workshop, but I ran there in my lunch break anyway. I’d spent the morning painting steam heating pipes grey and listening to Radio One’s insistence on playing the Archies - Sugar, Sugar - on the hour every hour, made doubly worse by a choir of “testicles fully attached” 16 year old Leicester apprentice gas fitter divvies singing the “Sugar, Sugar” chorus at the tops of their voices… Oh to get out in the fresh air at lunchtime, nice day for a run. I got to Narborough Road completely out of breath, only to find the vinyl-cache was at the other end of quite a lengthy road. By the time I got there I only had 15 minutes to look at what seemed to me at the time a mountain of 45s. He must have had at least 1000 records… I’d never seen so many before. First box I found nowt, same with the second box and I was getting frustrated with seeing black RCA’s of “The King”. I had to find something - I’d be quizzed by my piss-taking apprentice mates upon my return. Then staring at me was this Columbia label with the text “SOUL SUPPLY”. Sounds interesting! The title “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy” evoked visions of a Sam & Dave style winner and the artists’ names kinda sound familiar..so I took a chance. Got back to the college, had the piss taken out of me the rest of the day for running so far for one record, and I couldn’t even tell “The Divvies” anything about it… let alone how it went, as one smart-arse asked “How’s it go Manny? Sing it to us!” In retaliation I said it’s got to be “Soul” it says so on the label “Soul Supply” and it will sound perfect because it also states on the label it’s an “Okeh” recording… I did think, “What a strange way to spell O.K.” Just when you’re sure you’re a teenage record expert, something new to learn popped up daily. 47 years later it still happens today and every day.. the never ending quest to find an antidote to recordings like “Sugar Sugar” “Lily The Pink” “Boom Bang A Bang” in 1969 and we’re still relentlessly diggin’ today in the fight against banal music .. PS When I got home and played it I thought WOW! I love that! “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy” played it 10 times in a row like I always did, in my bedroom partly to learn the words, and partly to annoy my Dad… Then I flipped it over…within seconds that pounding dance intro, and those elastic vocals rebounding off each other…the “Northern Soul barbed hooks sank in…” I was never to wiggle free from a life of Soul vinyl ” A Winner Never Quits - A Quitter Never Wins” How true… Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 82.00 James Lately Love Friends & Money / Tears Are Falling From My Eyes It matters not which side you drop the stylus on this Detroit “Killer” what matters is this is one of Northern Soul’s most-wanted and opportunities to own a copy are so seldom, you cannot afford to miss the beyond-rare window of opportunity when it presents itself.. Neighborhood Detroit don’t get no more emotionasly moving than this.. more later.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 1,575.00 Joe Quarterman & Free Soul Joe Quarterman & Free Soul BEYOND RARE! 1973 BRITISH press - yes BRITISH press Anyone reading this who has spent the last 45 years digging through vinyl in the UK was like me beginnng to think NO album can be this rare, and questioning whether this New York Funker was actually issue on these shores, like the # 4 45 press remain totally unobtainable. This is NO reissue, this is the 1973 real-deal release that sold NOTHING! Machine stamped matrix and vinyl that that flows from one track to another, skillfully showcasing Joe Quarterman’s extreme musical talents, seamlessly covering “Black Oppression” “Dance Funk” and “Soul” Check out the soundfile lifted from this exceptional album and gaze most probably up the cover & labels of the mythical 1973 BRITISH press… in flawless condition. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 89.00 Willie Mcdougall Don't Turn Away / I Can't Wait I’ve always be a sucker for that Bobby Blue Bland, Little Milton style snarling purr.. Check out Willie’s equally bludgeoning vocal on an uncompromising thumpin’ slab of elusive Northern Soul, a growling horn-drenched floorshaker that has never been bootlegged or re-issued. A real-hunk of a tune that has nowhere near received the turntable time it so obviously deserves (rarity, depriving the masses, can be the only possible reason) this knockout tune has not risen up into affordable stratosphere. Killer Northern Soul but do expect some stiff opposition from the Deep Soul aficionados as the Deep Soul side sits right along side some of the greats, with Fred Tanner flexes the same muscular approach to Soul as he did when guiding that lauded duo Sam and Bill through their magnificent Decca recordings. TWO single-mind highly motivated recordings, two different Soul genres but both every note as good as one another….. tunes!!!! Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 246.00 Skull Snaps My Hang Up Is You / It's A New Day RARE 1973 UK press is the just as rare British GSF sleeve.. what a vinyl-vista of real beauty that makes. Top side was a strong Northern Soul 70’s play, that now is on the comeback trail just as availability has evaporated..and don’t it sound so damn good today.. George Kerr trickery and the cultured experience of The Diplomats deliver, what is “unique” style Northern Soul that takes you off the “same old-same old” tedium and sits you right in the middle of NS Oldies euphoria.. But it’s the flipside “It’s A New Day” that triggering just as much demand, as Funky Soul is flavour of the time no matter what venue you attend.. Two very wanted tunes, together in it’s rarest shirt & jacket.. looking gorgeous and sounding totally terrific… Condition is a smidgen off Mint minus through out.. Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 222.00 S. O. U. L. Soul Part 1 & 2 Infuriatingly RARE Funker by one of the East Coast innovators of the sound. A Jazzy-Funker with a huge cult following and a deserved reputation for being and “impossible” to find disc, offer a vocal a-side with a solid message, and an instrumental flip that has been deconstructed and reworked into a fabulous “Flute” driven dancer. No wonder this addictive double offering has sat high on the wish-lists of all into the Jazzier side of Funk for what seems decades, and at last we have the pleasure of opening the window of DJ opportunity for those who have yearn ownership for so long.. a 45 that surfaces so seldom it is not a disc the serious collectors should pause over, we do not expect any “Shall I or shall I not..” deliberation…certainly not after it’s addictive power enters your brain.. LOVE IT!! both sides… Sorry, this item has already been won! The winning bid was £ 186.00 Copyright © John Manship Records. Privacy Policy

Hi Rob, Is this it? I didn't know it but was intrigued so did a little looking. Side 1 is JB and side 2 is BB. Both sides are on the same youtube song below. Both very short I hope it is the one. All the best Kev Bod

Didn't JM auction some of these a little while back? Just done a search and found a thread with a couple of scans and mentions.

As I recall, a number of things seem to have been "speeded up" at Wigan. Including the attendees!!

I've never been too keen on the intro to Willie Dale - Let your love light shine. It just seems to go on for aaaggggeessss!!!!!!!!!

Joe Hicks - Don't It Make You Feel Funky Frank Beverly - If That's What You Wanted. Ted Taylor - Somebody's Always- Barbara Lynn - I'm A Good Woman Delrays Inc - Destination Unknown I love a distinctive or dramatic into. It doesn't hurt to revisit this type of thread as new members join and also tastes change over time

I'm sorry to see Brian leaving the show. Tony Blackburn is a good replacement as he was around at the time. Also very disappointing the show will be on at 6 am. It was a disgrace on the 11 am Radio 2 news that it was announced "after 27 years Brian has decided to step down for health reasons". From various interviews he's given, he's made it VERY CLEAR that he has been elbowed out and that he was disappointed by his treatment and keen to carry on. Shabby treatment and shabby news reporting. Best wishes to Brian and I look forward to any other broadcasts he does.

Hi, pm sent

Is the instrumental Gerry and Paul - The Cat Walk

Thanks for posting. Brilliant. Isn't it Billy Sha Rae that is announced and played and not Eddie P? Cheers

I was watching the Sam & Kitty on the same list. The soundfile sounded AWFUL but it still achieved a decent end price.

Hello, Thanks for the reply. I'm just waiting for a couple of folks to get back to me. I'll let you know on Monday. All the best KB

Hello again All, Just looking for the 3 now. Lester Tipton Sam & Kitty Duke Browner Kaddo Strings Thanks to those that have chipped in so far.

Hi Jim, I've OK for the Larry Clinton thanks. I'm sure that would fly out If you put it in sales or if anyone else reading the thread fancies it. Thanks again for adding to the thread KB

Hi Gray, Thanks for replying to the topic. I've just (earlier tonight) found one and paid for it. All the best KB