Voices List 391RECORDs OF THE LIST
Ben E. King & AWB "Keepin' It To Myself" (Atlantic) £8
In my humble opinion, a brilliant 1977 midtempo winner. Of course, Ben is a superb singer and wallowing in amongst the tripping, see-sawing lavish backing, 1977 personified, the fireworks aren't too far off. Come on, it's Ben E. King !!!!!!!!
The Whispers "Needle In A Haystack" / "Seems Like I Gotta Do Wrong" (Soul Clock) £8 Welcome to the wonderful world of Crossover soul. Arguably their best pre-Janus 45, combining the illustrious and compelling 'just above midtempo' soulfulness of "Needle" - and this really builds too - plus the slow burning intensity of "Seems". "Seems" is your life story only Dee Irvin & Lynn Farr got there before you and set it to words and music. I love these building early 70s beat ballads and the lead singer has just the right amount of taught, anguished restraint before it's all to much for him. Shagged copies seem to be £5 / £15 - ours are mint / unplayed.
Front page recommendations.............
FP332 Lenny Welch "Just What I Need" (Big Apple) £15
Brilliant 1984 'uplifting' Modern Soul. Great production and strong hook. Can't recommend this highly enough.
FP333 Scott Brothers "Top Of The Mountain" (Toddlin' Town) £10
How great is this? Bewitching and compelling Chicago group soul mid ballad from the early 70s. I rate this as a real 'goosebump' raiser and essential front room soul at its best - fantastic vocals and knockout strings. If you like the Knight Brothers, plump up a cushion my friend and apply stylus......
FP334 After Five "Sooner Or Later" (Center City) £20
How left field do you want to go? A 1980 EP that plays at 33 rpm with a solid centre. It's got a nice tick-tock tempo that sounds vaguely 60s, but could be 70s and is strangely compelling. To my knowledge, this hasn't been aired for sometime and would probably be unknown to most now. It's clumpy, chunky and catchy (3 of Snow White's lesser known dwarfs there).
FP335
Aretha Franklin "Integrity" (Arista) £15
Monster and brilliant mid 80s Modern gem - this list only.
FP336
G. C. Cameron "You're What's Missing In My Life" (Motown) £10
Great strident 1977 Modern with his familiar anguished vocals rug cutting over the strings / wah-wah driven backing. Bubbling, lavish mid to uptempo.
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The Top Shelf "Stop & Listen (Open Your Heart)" / "Let Them Keep On Talking" (Spectrum) £10
All action 70s Crossover / Modern from the genius of Patrick Adams, reverberating uptempo; strong group ballad flip.
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The Unifics "Memories" (Kapp) £15
Strong 'thinkin' mans' Crossover / Northern with great gritty lead. Guy Draper & Donny Hathaway stear the lads through churning dancefloor action.
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70's / 80's MODERN SOUL 45s.
MS361 Lynn White "Your Woman Is Home Tonight" / " Love Me Like You Do" (Waylo) £5 Willie Mitchell produced 80s; very soulful; nice tripping midpace flip.
MS362 Earth, Wind & Fire "On Your Face" (Columbia) £5 if you like them, this is knockout 1976 Modern.
MS363 Tavares "Never Had A Love Like This" (Capitol) £8
1978 midtempo heaven..........
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MS364 Futures "Ain't Got Time Fa Nothing" (Phil Int demo) £10 s/bBubbling, popping classic Philly '78.
MS365 Chuck Simmons "Am I Grooving You" (Move) £15
Bit of a find, early 'Modern' mover(sic).
MS366 Bobby McClure "You Never Miss Your Water" (Edge) £8 Great 80s, in my opinion, great singer, strong hook - I played this at Yarmouth - possibly its last exposure.
MS367 Billy Always "I Do Don't You" (Waylo) £8 Strong Memphis punchy midtempo - boogie interest in this now.
MS368 Next Movement "All I Do" (Nuance) £5
MS369 Charles Beverly "Don't You Want A Man Like Me" (Vanessa) £10
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70s Modern Soul 45s.
MS8165 Larry Hobbs "Too Much Lovin' At Home" (Pure Black Soul) £30
Label is the giveaway - old Thorne spin - aching midtempo gem.
MS8166 Blue Notes "Standing By You Girl" / It's Over" (Glades) £30
Monster 70s dancer plus great midtempo flip. Deservedly taking off.
MS8167 Joe Simon "One Step At A Time" / "A Trace Of Your Love" (Spring) £5
No-nonsense uptempo throbber from '77 plus one of my current big home spins - a spine-tingling smokey atmospheric killer ballad - arranged / prod by Teddy Randazzo.
MS8168 Evie Sands "One Thing On My Mind" (Capitol / Haven) £15
Uptempo stormer from Lambert & Potter.
MS8169 Art Webb "You Can't Hide Love" (Atlantic promo) £15
Slick femme midpacer from '77 - old Thorne spin this, very classy.
MS8170 Barbara Hall "You Brought It On Yourself" (Innovation 2) £15
MS8171 Jesse Anderson "Let Me Back In" (Thomas demo) £15 s/b Chicago Crossover in a punchy vein ala Tyrone Davis - this is firmly slanted in "Can I Change My Mind" territory. Sounds great to me.
MS8172 Chris Bernard "Mother" (Revue) £20 Old Thorne spin - the usual lavish big production from this label; swirling strings a go-go.
MS8173 Ann Bailey "Sweeping Your Dirt Under My Rug" (Wand demo) £25 s/b.
MS8174 Ronnie Dyson "I Don't Wanna Cry" (Columbia) £15
Fantastic big production Crossover.
MS8175 Gloria Gaynor "Come Tonight" (MGM) £8 For a laugh, Tim Brown covered this up at Thorne - the only side that was covered - as a dig at the nonsense of the practise and to prove it's what they sound like not it's who they are. Suffice to say, I've road tested this down the phone and the 'Really???' response to the artist proves the point. A really good and quite different churning 70s dancer from 1974. If I told you it was unissued Margie Joseph, you'd believe me. (You need to stop this, look at all the other stuff I've told you!!!!).
MS8176 Lady Nicole "I Can See Everybody's Baby But Mine" (Jemkl) £25
Robust and beefy 1977 Miami from this interesting label; very good vocalist and if you think 'chunky' Betty Wright style 70s, you won't be far wrong.
MS8177 King Floyd & Dorothy Moore "We Can Love" (Chimneyville) £10 From my old dj-ing playlist, superb 1975 mid to up; great 'trade off' vocals, strings, the biz.
Coffee break ....Sorry for the break, been ill since January but now thankfully back to normal (fill your own gag in here)...you know you're on the mend when you are listening to an original cassette of the 4 Tops "Night Lights Harmony' LP on your walkman on the riverbank when a hailstorm arrives and your dog, previously the lightest shade of gold but now a suspicious shade of brown with similar strange odour pitches up for the ride home wagging his tail and has a look of "It's shit, it's brilliant and I've rolled in it!" about him and you think "Is This The Price" - how brilliant is that, ignoring the wet, cold and dodgy smell....wet dog and cow dung....goes well with "7 Lonely Nights" too...so, how have you been....
Collector's 45's.
CS031 Chamberlain "Tease" (CEC) £100 Monstrous 80s in Europe.
CS032 Frederick Wells "A Crush On You" (Honey Scoop) £50
Rare 1985 Modern soul.
CS033 Kevin Johnson "You Walked Out On Me" (Family Star) £50
Rare 1983 Modern Soul.
CS034 Chuck Corby & Quiet Storm "Stop & Think" (Ciorra) £25
Midtempo 1987 Modern.
CS035 J. Reddick "When You Call My Name" (Alcove) £60
Strong 80s femme Modern obscurity.
CS036 Lee Morris "I Have Love For You" (Starville) £50 Modern soul.
CS037 Candi-Bars "I Believe In You" (Candy-Stix) £200
Rarer red and silver 1st issue of this Crossover gem - with labels correct way around*
CS038 Tommy James & Shondells "Crystal Blue Persuasion" (Roulette) £5
CS039 Chuck Bernard "I'm Lonely" (Zodiac) £20
Stunning Crossover style beat ballad.
CS040 Eddie Kendricks "If You Left Me" (Tamla) £5
Great early 70s tripping midpacer.
CS041 Sacto "Headed To the Top" / "Coming To You" (Margo) £5 Memphis indie.
CS042 New Jersey Connection "Love Don't Come Easy" (Carnival) £25
1982 Modern - rare blue vinyl pressing.
CS043 Fantastic Four "If You Need Me, Call Me" / " I Had This Whole World To Choose From" (Eastbound demo) £15 My kinda soul. James Epps 'crash & burn' inimitable vocals over a bongo's and strings mid backing - both sides. Probably only his similarity to David Ruffin held him back. Great singer.
CS044 Lloyd Price "Just Call Me (I'll Understand)" / " Who Coulda' Told You" (ABC Paramount) £8 Near M-. 60s soul.
CS045 Lloyd Price "I Love You" / " Don't Cry" (Monument) £6 Near M-. 60s soul.
CS046 The Hueys "Coo-Coo Over You" (Instant) £8 Midtempo New Orleans 60s soul with great gritty lead - much better than title suggests.
CS047 Bobby Hill "I Wanna Be With You" (Lolo) £15 Brilliant -with wow factor - early 70s slowie - technically fabulous singer with great production - George Kerr.
CS048 Little Charles "You're Blessing" / " Nobody Knows" (Red Sands) £10
Classic Thorne Crossover mid with aching vocals; superb Deep flip.
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Collector's LP
Lyn Roman "The Greatest Roman Of Them All" (Dot) £15
A rare chance to own a 60s soul album in near pristine condition - there's an absolute storming dancer on here - "Knowing When To Leave" - starts of with that instinctive 'this WILL grow' feel to it, then it bursts into uptempo heaven, massive production, neat tempo changes. Plus "Unchained", "Just A Little Lovin', all styles and much of the (big) production is similar to what Dionne Warwick was doing in the late 60s (Think "Walk On By".....). Lyn Roman recorded in Detroit as Linda Griner.
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70s Modern Soul 45s
009 Phyllis Hyman "Deliver The Love" (Buddah) £5 Top drawer 70s - tears along if you like 'em well produced & uptempo.
010 Margie Evans "I'm On My Way" (ICA) £10.00 Storming uptempo winner - hear it on our website. Tears along.
011 Whispers "Broken Home"/ " What More Can A Girl Ask For?" (Janus) £5
Bubbling 1974 Philly midpacer with typically lavish wispy group ballad flip.
012 Invitations "We Don't Allow No Sitting Down In Here" (Red Greg) £5
013 5th Dimension "No Love in The Room" (Arista) £8 'Flowers' style flurrying 70s mid to uptempo. LAST FEW**
014 Melba Moore "Standing Right Here" (Buddah) £8 Monstrous 70s Philly from McFadden & Whitehead - perfect mid to uptempo with waves of strings and anthemic hook line. Getting asked for this - a lot!
NORTHERN SOUL 45s - 45s are generally M- or near unless graded.
*****Previously unissued 45*****
The Royal Five "Nobody Else" / " Don't Stop" (P & L) £10
*****Vibrant and uplifting 60s Philly from the vaults - great double-sider*****
NS4671 Helene Smith "Thrills & Chills" / " I Am Controlled By Your Love" (Lloyd) £80 Definite original. Miami 60s; great 'shimmering' Deep slow flip. Books at £100 +.
NS4672 Helene Smith "You Got To Be A man" / "Pain In My Heart" (Deep City) £200 Very rare punchy / edgy midtempo. Near M-. Deep flip is very clean vg++.
NS4673 Lonnie Till "Got To Get Myself Together" (Make It) £40 Rockin' r'n'b.
NS4674 Singers "For Sale (One Broken Heart)" / " Just a little Further" (Le Bam) £40 Midtempo group sound with atmospheric beat ballad flip.
NS4675 Eight Minutes "Take My love, Don't Set Me Free" (Jay Pee) £15 Near M-.
NS4676 J.L.Brown "My True Love" / "Baby Baby" (Clifton) £15
NS4677 Lenny Welch "Wait A While Longer" (Mercury) £40 vg++. Pure upbeat Chicago magic - genuine 'wow' factor to this - Gerald Sims / Riley Hampton.
NS4678 Vernon Garrett "Angel Doll" (Venture demo) £30 Superb.
NS4679 Sterling Harrison "Right There With You" (Smash WD) £5 vg.
£25 if mint - plays above grade too.
NS4680 The Metros "Now That You're Gone" / "Where Were You" (Ra-Sel) £25
Strong 60s group ballad flip.
NS4681 Little Helen "More & More" (Soultown) £15 Name doesn't inspire confidence BUT she's ballsier than that suggests. This is just above a beat ballad but it could have gone in the deep section - me? I like my women singers with a perspiration problem and carrying about 20 stone of excess bingo wings but this will do nicely, Chink-chink bass and no real wailing but very soulful 60s midtempo.
NS4682 Little Esther Phillips "While It Lasted" (Lenox) £15 Big City mid beat ballad.
NS4683 Jimmy Bee "Wanting You" (Kimberly) £25 Nice local issue before Kent.
NS4684 Jimmy Bee "Talkin' "Bout Love" (20th Century) £25
2 total stormers from Jimmy Bee - great singer this guy.
NS4685 Peaches & Herb "I Need Your Love So Desperately" (Date) £8
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Dave Williams Inner Circle "Out Of The Sheets - Into the Streets" (Avi) £15
Ultra classy - ultra soulful 1978 midpacer with Dee Ervin's killer vocals.
Natalie Cole & Peabo Bryson "Gimmie Some Time" / " Love Will Find You" (Capitol) £5 These have been flying out - 'instant' late 70s dancer with strong hook; tripping midpace flip.
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Famous People In History recommend Soul sides on 7"....No 25 in a series of 3
Captain Scott - South Pole 1912 "Fair play to Titus Oates, before he flung the flaps of the tent open and said "I am just going outside and may be some time" he had handed us his wind up gramophone and a pile of 45s. Someone said, rather unkindly, "Thank god for that, his farts were rank!", so we made some cocoa from an old hat, ate some bogies and applied the stylus....
Bill Withers "Harlem" (Sussex) £8 Forget Bill and his cuddly jumpers and his lovely days - this is chunk of rough cut pure black uptempo soul. It's mark of genius that a track can start on such a high level of tension and then kick on. There's a fantastic 'ever rising' crashing through the gearbox to another level about this that few could carry off. And its under pinned by a massive backing, waves of strings carry the melody, it's as if Sussex thought "Screw everyone's budget - we lump it all on here!", and you can't help but get sucked in. The thumping back beat accentuates the whole feeling of noir about this and halfway in, someone starts jabbing an organ and it raises to another level. But you're not thinking "what fresh hell is this, your high on the vibe"! Flip is his original version of 'Who Is He, What Is He To You" - one of the best songs of the 70s.
Jimmy Pryor & Rumor Hazzit
"I Want To Thank You" / " Love Makes It's Own Road"
(Landmark) £5
These small label 80s 45s - 1981 this one - is the last 'unseamed' area of collecting for the soul fan. The singers, production and most importantly, the quality of the songs are so much better than what is coming out now. Jimmy Pryor is a great singer and this churning, puckered midtempo gem remains a firm favourite of mine. Punchy and strident, it kinda wanders outside the constraints of what is traditionally, 'Modern Soul' and that's what makes it for me. The slow flip totally underlines how to construct a song. World weary Jimmy Pryor serves up the lyrics like a good book, only the commas are intricate guitar fills.
70s SOUL LP Bargain
BETTY WRIGHT "TRAVELLIN' IN THE CIRCLE' (TK) £5
Pulsating uptempo cuts mingling with her usual slow pathos and the immaculate rippling midpacer "Just What I Need" (Thinkin' mans' dj meat this).
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UNISSUED PHILLY SOUL 7"
SONS OF ROBIN STONE
"I'm Ready To Give Up My Love" / "It Only Happens In The Movies"
(Goniff) £10
2 dancefloor filling uptempo Philly epics from the 70s, previously unissued until now. Pumping percussion and a wave of strings. it's hard to say which is the better side and even comes in a picture sleeve. Bob Eli productions.
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Soul Group 45s
Barrons "Some Kind Of Fool" / "I'm So Lonely' (Super Dome) £10
Slightly fiery Crossover / ballad flip.
Majestic Arrows "Another Day" / " Doing It For Us" (Bandit) £10
Majestic Arrows "The Magic Of Your Love" / " We Love Together" (Bandit) £8 Typically bright'n'breezy Chicago mid / ballads from the early 70s with big productions for such a small label.
Intruders "Do You Remember Yesterday" / " I Bet He Don't Love You" (Gamble) £15 A red hot tip - perfect Philly dancer in that strings / vibes
vein plus the usual great lead from 'Little Sonny". Would have featured on the front if I had found more copies. Equally strong mid ballad flip.
Independents "First Time We Met" / "Show Me How" (wand) £5
CROSSOVER SOUL 45s
Lavell Kamma & Afro Soul Review "I Know Where It's At" (Tupelo Sound) £15
Irrepressible guitar riffs and a grit-gargling vocalist. So obscure it doesn't even quote a producer, but the odds are he sat behind the glass, throwing empty beer cans and shouting "Yeeeeee-Harrrr!'.
Billy Stewart "What Have I Done" (Chess) £10
Aching Chicago midpacer with darting strings.
Lilting midpace magic. Great mid ballad flip too, "Tell Me The Truth".
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Thinkin' Man's Soul 45s
TM11 Chuck Jackson "Needing You, Wanting You" (All Platinum) £2.50
Fabulous aching 70s slowie from 1975, with Chuck just easing in, just putting his foot down now and again to stir the tension before he roars and soars.
(Hear this on the site)
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TM12 Dalton & Dubarri "I Never Started Living" (Hill Tak) £2.50
Lilting midpacer with 'fire and ice' vocals - one half goes bonkers mentalist do-la-lilly, the other is a stylist.Hear it on the site - addictive, be warned
TM13 First Choice "I Love You More Than Before" (Gold Mind) £3.50
Killer lavish and very soulful Philly midpacer with expressive vocals - just the right tempo for so many now. You need to think 'unissued' 70s Jean Shy as a guide.......
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Collector's LP s
High Energy "Groove Patrol" (Gordy) £10 (1983) Incs the magical Stepper feat Smokey Robinson "Just A Touch Away"
Eddie Kendricks "He's a Friend" (Tamla) £5 I can't resist a bargain and nor should you - this is packed with 70s Philly dancers from the top drawer production team of Norman Harris and the usual crop of top Philly musicians - Don Renaldo (strings / horns); Vince Montana; Bob Eli; Earl Young - if you like your Philly crisp, classy and uplifting - this is packed with 'em.
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Little 45 gem...
SWEET CREAM "YOU BROUGHT JOY" (SHADYBROOK) £3.00
Excellent free flowing 70s dancer!Lavish bubbling backing etc. Loads of feedback on this - punchy, upbeat and incessant and driven by babbling stream of zipping strings.
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Cracking little 70s Soul 45
GLADYS KNIGHT & PIPS "You Put A New Life In My Body"(Buddah) £2.50
Killer rippling mid ballad - all these years on...her voice..wow!
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NEW DEEP / SOUTHERN SOUL CD
Mary Gresham "Voice From The Shadows' (Soulscape) £12
"The Story Of A Muscle Shoals Soul Sister"
24 tracks - most previously unissued inc her 4 Fame sides - and produced by the likes of Jimmy Johnson, Ivey & Woodford etc - great Deep / Southern plus the stunning "I'll Never Let You Walk Alone' - stunning Crossover midtempo. A cracking cd.
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RECOMMENDED DEEP SOUL 45
Mad Lads "I Want Someone' (Volt) £10 Part written by Estelle Axton (of Stax fame) - real nice 60s.
Bobby Stringer "Put Your Mind At Ease" (Fun City) £10 Late 70s killer.
Peaches & Herb "When He Touches Me (Nothing Else Matters)" (Date) £5
Prod by Billy Sherrill, simmering pot-boiler. Strong flip too.
Lee Fields "I Don't Have To Worry No More" (Norfolk Sound) £10
*Brilliant - this list only*
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CLASSIC DEEP 45s
Lucas Lollipop "Don't Hold On To Someone" (Loma) £5
Sol Burke style winner.
Jimmy Armstrong "Count The Tears" / "I'm Going To Lock My Heart" (Enjoy) £15
Linda Jones "I've Given You The Best Years Of My Life" / "Stay With Me Forever" (Turbo) £5
William Stuckey "You Can Count On Me" (ICA) £10 Fan-bloody-tastic !!!!
The simmering tension, the broody piano, the lived-in v |
