I have no idea how e-bay U.K. is set up but in the U.S., once I select R & B / Soul 45's and 7 inch - I can another use another filter with the following options in Item Location- within ____ miles, U.S. only, North America and Worldwide.
I noticed the same thing a few weeks ago- suddenly most of the R& B/ Soul 45's were from the U.K. If you scroll further down on the page, you can pick another filter "U.S. only" if you don't want to look at all the U.K. listings.
I think you're looking at Carole through the wrong lens. She was on tv today and was commenting on this clip. In her interview, she mentioned
Aretha rarely if ever played the piano in her later years, when Carole saw this she was astounded and went into complete fan girl mode!