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Image Auction: RSV-4129  Ends: 20/03/2025 18:00
Artist:

THE AQUAMEN


Title:

Line And Track


Label:

Hiback 109 (dj)


Condition: VG++
The promo of this infectious number would seem to be West Coast only, and therefore in styrene (as is this one). This was a Los Angeles band, so there is perhaps some logic in that situation. When it went to vinyl, they simply didn’t bother with promo copies.
  
Reserve Price: £400.00

Current Bid: £0.00

Image Auction: RSV-4130  Ends: 20/03/2025 18:00
Artist:

LEE FIELDS and THE SPONTANEOUS GENERATION


Title:

Take Me Back


Label:

Angle 3 1008


Condition: M-
An old Cleethorpes spin (and popular) that was embraced once more by Butch in the early noughties to popular acclaim reaching prices unthought of back in ’75. A quite superb slab of 70s soul obviously.
  
Reserve Price: £275.00

Current Bid: £0.00

Image Auction: RSV-4131  Ends: 20/03/2025 18:00
Artist:

LITTLE JOE COOK


Title:

I'm Falling In Love With You Baby


Label:

Hot 1003


Condition: VG++
A visit to the Ritz, Manchester in 1976 saw Richard Searling proclaim this to be ‘the best new record for three years’, certainly its soaring strings and vocal cadenzas would raise the temperature on any dancefloor – a fact that remains true to this day.
  
Reserve Price: £900.00

Current Bid: £0.00

Image Auction: RSV-4132  Ends: 20/03/2025 18:00
Artist:

RICHARD CAITON


Title:

I See Love Girl In Your Eyes


Label:

Caiburt 3011


Condition: M-
New Orleans singer Richard Caiton put this one out on his own label in ’76 and, for sure it was not known as a new import in the UK at the time. He told us that it didn’t go much further than the Crescent City. The result is a neat midtempo item that rarely crops up for sale.
  
Reserve Price: £400.00

Current Bid: £0.00

Image Auction: RSV-4133  Ends: 20/03/2025 18:00
Artist:

THE COMBINATIONS


Title:

I'm Gonna Make You Love Me


Label:

Kimtone 1001


Condition: VG++
A number of soul groups took this name, but this was a one-off Atlanta release from a combo that actually became the MVP’s on Buddah. Only the 2nd time we have had this rare 45.
  
Reserve Price: £2,000.00

Current Bid: £0.00

Image Auction: RSV-4134  Ends: 20/03/2025 18:00
Artist:

MATT LUCAS


Title:

Baby You Better Go-Go


Label:

Karen 2524


Condition: VG++
Blue-eyed Matt Lucas was a Rockabilly hero in decline by the time he rolled up in Detroit in 1965. Clearly the winds of change were blowing, and it was time for Lucas to have a try at the new wave of soul music – he did have a little success with ‘The M.C. Twine’ but ‘Go-Go’ sank like a stone despite having a superb Detroit rhythm. A much rarer record than is thought.
  
Reserve Price: £750.00

Current Bid: £1,000.00

Image Auction: RSV-4135  Ends: 20/03/2025 18:00
Artist:

GROOVETTES


Title:

Think It Over Baby


Label:

Reness 10919


Condition: VG++
Musician and co-producer Bob Reed was in the famous Trashmen group, he co-produced with Gene Dozier who was also songwriter Billy Jackson under a pseudonym (not the Philly guy). The result was a rare B-side and tough piece of Northern Soul on a one-off Los Angeles label (despite the label number it is the only known release).
  
Reserve Price: £200.00

Current Bid: £800.00

Image Auction: RSV-4136  Ends: 20/03/2025 18:00
Artist:

JESSE FISHER


Title:

You're Not Loving A Beginner


Label:

Way Out 104


Condition: VG++
Possibly a promo given that it is stamped up as ‘Way Out Presents’ this is the first red and white label release and a slightly different take than the multi-coloured 2nd release (and much rarer – quantity of the latter came into the UK in 1975).
  
Reserve Price: £200.00

Current Bid: £0.00

Image Auction: RSV-4137  Ends: 20/03/2025 18:00
Artist:

LITTLE JOHNNY HAMILTON and THE CREATORS


Title:

Oh How I Love You


Label:

Dore 754


Condition: M-
Rare ISSUE copy of this 1966 release which must have actually sold few indeed. It hit the UK in the mid-seventies with R. Searling being the first to spin it, but it was Ginger Taylor who popularised the track in ‘77/’78.
  
Reserve Price: £750.00

Current Bid: £0.00

Image Auction: RSV-4138  Ends: 20/03/2025 18:00
Artist:

BRO ROBERT


Title:

Alcohol


Label:

Jo Ann


Condition: VG++
All the VG++ items on this particular auction are very strong grading, verging on mint minus barring the odd minor mark. Such is the circumstance with this copy. A tiny self-produced track and label out of Detroit by one Robert Brown. I (TB) stumbled across this track in 1980, and it was to be fully 17 years before I saw another when we acquired Ron Murphy’s collection (from which the 2nd Frank Wilson emanated).
  
Reserve Price: £250.00

Current Bid: £0.00

Image Auction: RSV-4139  Ends: 20/03/2025 18:00
Artist:

MEL HAYES


Title:

Lady Are You Crazy? (For Me)


Label:

Boogie Man 2251


Condition: M-
First release that was withdrawn in favour of the instrumental and re-released as the Boogie Man Orchestra. This can be observed on this copy which is stamped up and crossed out on the instrumental flipside. Clearly someone had second thoughts. A surprisingly scare release.
  
Reserve Price: £150.00

Current Bid: £150.00

Image Auction: RSV-4140  Ends: 20/03/2025 18:00
Artist:

HERMAN HITSON


Title:

Yes You Did


Label:

Minit 32072 (dj)


Condition: M-
Gravel-voiced Hitson ‘hit’ the scene fairly hard with this one in the late 70, but subsequently the track has been largely forgotten. Today we can also look at the flipside ‘Better To Have Loved’ to reveal superb, just-below-midtempo, Crossover Soul.
  
Reserve Price: £150.00

Current Bid: £0.00

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