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Auction: RSV-2157 Ends: 11/08/2022 18:00
Artist: ANGELA & THE GROUP
Title: Tell It In The Newspaper
Label: Lance 1001
Condition: VG
Very obscure and rare piece of hard-hitting Sister Funk but with enough smoothness about it to really go places on upfront Northern dancefloors. The Lance label was one of the countless ones started/owned by Jewish music impresario Morty Craft – many of these are obscure indeed, as was the Lance imprint.
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Reserve Price: £500.00
Current Bid: £0.00
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Auction: RSV-2158 Ends: 11/08/2022 18:00
Artist: VANGUARDS
Title: Good Times Bad Times / Man Without Knowledge
Label: Lamp 94
Condition: VG++
This Indianapolis group lead by one James Davis fashioned themselves after The Temptations and The Dells – and they did quite a job, mostly to no avail in terms of sales, but this disc proves that the vein of quality soul runs deep indeed despite obscure origins. The flipside ‘Man Without Knowledge’ is nearly as good. Check the soundbite.
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Reserve Price: £1,500.00
Current Bid: £1,750.00
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Auction: RSV-2159 Ends: 11/08/2022 18:00
Artist: BACKYARD CONSTRUCTION
Title: I Want Your Lovin'
Label: B.Y.C. Productions 1000
Condition: VG++
Recorded at the obscure Sound House Studios in Newburgh, N.Y. in 1980, this one-off release for the B.Y.C. Productions label is a fine Modern Soul dancer starting to get considerable attention – like many 70s/80s soul releases, the label touts an album which never appeared (or if it did, must be ultra-rare).
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Reserve Price: £250.00
Current Bid: £250.00
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Auction: RSV-2160 Ends: 11/08/2022 18:00
Artist: CINDY SCOTT
Title: I Love You Baby / In Your Spare Time
Label: Veep 1253 (dj)
Condition: VG++
Real name Sundray Tucker (under which she also recorded) she was sister to Lynda Laurence of The Supremes and cousin to Tammi Terrell and Bunny Sigler (with whom she recorded). ’66 saw her debut on Veep with the Madara/White combination of producers and this, her second release for the label, is one of the great Motown soundalikes. ‘In Your Spare Time’ on the reverse also hits the Berry Gordy button.
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Reserve Price: £250.00
Current Bid: £250.00
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Auction: RSV-2161 Ends: 11/08/2022 18:00
Artist: CHUCK RAY
Title: I Don't Mind / Come Alive
Label: Tam-Boo 6719
Condition: VG++
Chicagoan singer Chuck Ray cut this excellent midtempo piece of Northern Soul for Eddie Silver’s Tam-Boo label (one of a number he started) in 1967. Don’t miss the flipside ‘Come Alive’ either (which also came out later on Five-O but without ‘I Don’t Mind’). Strong VG++.
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Reserve Price: £300.00
Current Bid: £310.00
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Auction: RSV-2162 Ends: 11/08/2022 18:00
Artist: SOUL SISTERS
Title: So Much Love
Label: Sue 148
Condition: VG++
Every now and again a record emerges out of the pack to take its place in the spotlight. Such is the case with this midtempo winner which has fallen in favour over the last year or so revealing a paucity of copies. It’s a good one for sure and the great thing for the scene is that there are many more circumstances like this left to go. The Sisters were Tresia Cleveland and Ann Gissendanner.
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Reserve Price: £200.00
Current Bid: £200.00
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Auction: RSV-2163 Ends: 11/08/2022 18:00
Artist: LITTLE REUBEN
Title: In The Name Of Loneliness
Label: New 602
Condition: VG++
This obscure artist (Reuben Fisher) made three other 45s in and around Detroit in a ten-year recording career. None of these give a clue to the fabulously soulful voice the singer had, and this release is his finest moment by a country mile. Crossover perfection, five-star soul music.
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Reserve Price: £500.00
Current Bid: £501.00
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Auction: RSV-2164 Ends: 11/08/2022 18:00
Artist: SONNY JONES
Title: Suffering
Label: Tune-Kel 607
Condition: M-
Powerhouse, driving Northern Soul 45 which will be unknown to many. Written by Eddie Bo with whom Jones colluded on his three sixties 45s. From the above it can be seen that Sonny Jones was a New Orleans artist who had a local hit with ‘Sissy Walk’ in 1969. ‘Suffering’ is from the previous year.
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Reserve Price: £250.00
Current Bid: £0.00
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Auction: RSV-2165 Ends: 11/08/2022 18:00
Artist: JERRY WILLIAMS
Title: If You Ask Me (Because I Love You)
Label: Calla 116 (dj)
Condition: VG+
An original 1966 promo is the format to have. The white promo is of course for the 1973 Calla reissue, not the first release from seven years previous. This copy has quite a few marks (which can easily be rendered insignificant these days) but it’s one of those weird situations whereby they don’t sound very much at all (see soundbite).
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Reserve Price: £200.00
Current Bid: £200.00
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Auction: RSV-2166 Ends: 11/08/2022 18:00
Artist: THE INTENTIONS
Title: Blowing In The Wind
Label: Tiki 172
Condition: VG+
Rare original copy of this fine floater which has also had a Numero Group reissue, and courtesy of them the story goes that the group had an argument (over wearing stage costumes socially!) with the label owner when the record was released and that was that… the 45 was all but withdrawn. Good funk track ‘Dig It’ on the reverse side.
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Reserve Price: £150.00
Current Bid: £0.00
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Auction: RSV-2167 Ends: 11/08/2022 18:00
Artist: HOWARD GUYTON
Title: I Watched You Slowly Slip Away
Label: Verve 10386 (dj)
Condition: VG++
AKA Bobby Guy and Guy Howard, also with Derek Martin in The Five Pearls and The Top Notes. Uptown, New York sixties soul at its very finest, should be in every collection.
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Reserve Price: £275.00
Current Bid: £275.00
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Auction: RSV-2168 Ends: 11/08/2022 18:00
Artist: JAY BEE and THE MIGHTY SENSATIONS
Title: Praying For An Answer
Label: Thunderbolt
Condition: VG
When you are called James Brown it’s probably best, in soul music at least, to find an alternative, so it was with this obscure 45 from Georgia (which got Stafford spins). Our copy went to N.Y., to one Billy Mincy – where it got minced! But we’ve had it de-clicked and it plays none too badly (check the soundbite).
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Reserve Price: £150.00
Current Bid: £310.00
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Auction: RSV-2169 Ends: 11/08/2022 18:00
Artist: TAN GEERS
Title: What's The Use Of Me Trying / Let My Heart And Soul Be Free
Label: Okeh 4-7319
Condition: M-
One of Northern Soul’s great double-siders and especially collectable on issue rather than promo. The group were from Baltimore apparently and recorded for Okeh and Scepter whilst changing the spelling of their name to The Tangiers on the latter label.
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Reserve Price: £600.00
Current Bid: £0.00
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Auction: RSV-2170 Ends: 11/08/2022 18:00
Artist: JACK MONTGOMERY
Title: My Dear Beloved / Do You Believe It
Label: Scepter 12152
Condition: VG++
Talk of great double-siders sees this one as amongst the very best handful. Rarer mis-spelt title was withdrawn for obvious reasons… not that Montgomery (Marvin T. Jones) knew anything about it anyway! Producer Don Mancha sold the tracks to Flo Greenberg at Scepter and never informed the artist. As the record sank like a stone, it didn’t matter, subsequently.
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Reserve Price: £300.00
Current Bid: £0.00
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Auction: RSV-2171 Ends: 11/08/2022 18:00
Artist: FLOYD BECK
Title: Fly By Nite
Label: Timeless 001
Condition: VG+
Very rare Modern Soul 45 from 1976 has all it takes to do well on dancefloors. In the early 80s this Pittsburgh singer has a couple of releases on Timeless but this 45 is at least six years earlier and a different league in availability. You won’t see another for some time… guaranteed.
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Reserve Price: £350.00
Current Bid: £0.00
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Auction: RSV-2172 Ends: 11/08/2022 18:00
Artist: THE JELLY BEANS
Title: You Don't Mean Me No Good / I'm Hip To You
Label: Eskee 10,001
Condition: VG+
Songwriter Charlie Thomas was also in the group but there is little evidence of a male singer here, it is quite likely that he is ‘The Man With The Golden Touch’ (Loma). This is a styrene blue label copy with significant marks but little in the way of extraneous sound on either this or the very decent flipside ‘I’m Hip To You’ (see soundbite).
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Reserve Price: £200.00
Current Bid: £0.00
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Auction: RSV-2173 Ends: 11/08/2022 18:00
Artist: WILLIE BROWN
Title: I Think I'll Fall In Love
Label: Tri-Som 910
Condition: VG++
Brown had another release that was a popular Cleethorpes spin in the shape of ‘Get Out And Get It’ on Tri-It and although a true original of that one is rarer than folks generally think, this superb funky crossover track on the related Tri-Som label is much more obscure.
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Reserve Price: £200.00
Current Bid: £210.00
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Auction: RSV-2174 Ends: 11/08/2022 18:00
Artist: THE ELEMENTS OF LOVE
Title: Let's Try Making Love / How Could You
Label: Brown Duck 101
Condition: VG++
This auction’s Sweet Soul group winner comes via a quality Chicago group who made just three 45s, with this one coming out of 1971. Just full of soul names – Karl Tarleton, Ted Daniels, Paul Smith, Nathan Wilkes – producing a tremendous 2:45. But wait!... flip it over and there’s a strident dancer ‘How Could You’ very reminiscent of those ‘last hour’ Colin Curtis Mecca spins.
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Reserve Price: £175.00
Current Bid: £200.00
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