ANGLO AMERICAN TEL: 01706 818604 PO BOX 4 , TODMORDEN Email : [email protected] LANCS, OL14 6DA. PayPal: [email protected] UNITED KINGDOM Website:www.raresoulvinyl.co.uk SALES LIST #801 MONDAY 16th AUGUST 2021 NEW FORTNIGHTLY RARE SOUL AUCTION ! Auction ends THURSDAY 26th AUGUST at 6.00pm (18.00) Welcome to our new situation which offers two auctions per month (of which this is the 2nd). Usual circumstances apply – no extensions, no drop-downs. Offered price at the finishing time is the price payable. Hope that is clear. Some interesting items as usual, and many thanks for your attention. MIN. BID AUGUST RARE SOUL AUCTION #2 A DOTY ROY YOU GOT MY BOY PIC 1 124 D VG++ 400 One of many Huey Meaux labels (Jetstream, Tribe, Crazy Cajun, etc.), not too much black music on this one but the few releases of that genre seem to be scarce – as is the case with this 1966 female mover from a singer who only recorded one other time as far as we can tell. B THE EBONY’S I CAN’T HELP BUT LOVE YOU AVIS 1001 VG++ 300 It is difficult not to believe that this is not the group that had tremendous seventies releases on Philadelphia International but various sources do not recognise this as the group’s first effort in 1966. We absolutely believe it to be them. Two great sides are produced by Ray Sharp and Roland Chambers whatever the group’s identity. The storming ‘I Can’t Help’ is backed by a very neat midtempo item which points heavily towards their future sound. So we’ve ‘soundbitten’ both sides for you. C SHERLOCK STANDING AT A STANDSTILL PART III 101 M- 350 HOLMES Another Philadelphia record (perhaps New Jersey) from the singer Carl Holmes who in the mid-sixties reinvented himself and later became Sherlock Holmes Investigation on C.R.S. Became a popular spin in the early eighties and has never been booted or reissued. D BARBARA JEAN & WHY WEREN’T YOU THERE BIG HIT 107 VG++ 500 THE LYRICS Two great sides from this unknown group on Johnnie Mae Matthews’ label. Firstly the side we’ve listed which is a version of the Thelma Lindsay disc on Magic City; then there is ‘Any Two Can Play It’ which has loads of mileage in it for any enterprising deejay. E LITTLE MELVIN JEALOUS LOVER VALARIE 4397 VG+ 300 AND THE BOLEROS Clues are rather difficult to come by on this excellent piece of crossover soul. Most likely it is from the Washington, D.C. area due to the involvement of James Purdie who had produced quite a number of records in the city. And it’s a reasonable guess that co-writer M. Wilson is Little Melvin himself. Nice ballad flipside. F EMORY AND THE LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR PEACHTREE VG+ 300 DYNAMICS LIFE 107 WD On William Bell’s famous label (part owned with Henry Wynn) Emory and The Dynamics later became The 4 Dynamics – one of a number of soul groups to use the name and they cut this fine dancer in 1967. Condition is a pretty strong VG+, hear for yourself on the soundbite. G SOUNDS OF BABY I NEED YOU SOB CORP. VG++ 400 BLACKNESS 1001 Obscure Chicago group also made one other 45 as the Sound Of Black on Lakeside Records but this was their only release on what would appear to be their own label. A neat midtempo item that has scarcely ever been spun at events backed with the kind of Sweet Soul ballad that folks are really going for these days. H THE INVADERS THE BEST IS YET TO COME BREWTOWN VG++ 650 1011 Brewtown was a subsidiary of Chicago’s Chirrup Records but would appear to have been set up to record acts from nearby Milwaukee (Brewtown) and consisted of two known releases – both of them are very rare Northern Soul items. I KAVETTS I’VE GOT A STORY TO TELL LEN DRE 101 VG+ 250 YOU Stamped D.J. copy of this incredibly infectious Chicago girl group mover from 1963 that contains more than its share of soul and links very successfully with the earlier R&B-type of sound. This great group are still unknown but sound distinctly “gospelesque” – their only other record is a nice item on Okeh. J THE PREMONITIONS IN LOVE TOGETHER JADE 711 VG+ 300 What would appear to be a one-off release both for the group and the New York label. Both group and label names were oft-used but in this particular instance would seem to be unconnected to any others. A neat sixties soul mover backed with a decent throwback ballad. Curiously, although the uptempo side has some marks, the ballad flipside has hardly any! K HERB WARD STRANGE CHANGE ARGO 5510 D VG++ 250 A low start price on a decent copy of the Northern Soul classic, there is a small 12mm edge crack into the vinyl (which does not sound at all) the very edge of the disc (on the run-in) has been skilfully mended with cellotape – so much so that at first it is difficult to see! Check the soundbite. L SAXIE RUSSELL PSYCHEDELIC SOUL THOMAS 1639 M- 250 For some strange reason all copies of this outrageous over-the-top Chicago soul dancer are to be found on styrene pressed up in Los Angeles. If it exists on original in a vinyl format, I’ve yet to see it. Interestingly, when I was involved with Outta Sight Records we put out Part 3 from the mastertapes (the original was parts 1 and 2 of course). M SPIDER TURNER I’VE GOT TO GET MYSELF GOOD TIME M- 800 TOGETHER (BEFORE I LOSE 1019 MY MIND) A quite superb reading of the Kenny Carter tune by the excellent Mr Turner (who finds his name spelt like the arachnid on this one). This also got a release as by Miki Stokes and Spyder Turner on Sounds Of Soul (even if the sound quality seems rather inferior), all the evidence points to that one being a crafty second issue – (although very rare) added to which, Carter’s version lists one Fred Skau as the writer (which is Carter himself) but no Nate Edmonds at all! Mysterious… but very good Northern Soul at the end of the day. N ROY CAGLE and THE I CAN’T FIND IT SOUL TRAIN VG++ 150 PEOPLE’S CHOICE 411 Cagle was a white Louisiana singer who seemed to make his fair share of black music-related 45s on a series of tiny labels from back-of-beyond small towns: close your eyes and you would swear that this beaty dancer was a Carolinas effort – but it isn’t. Has to be pretty rare. O FRANK BEVERLY IF THAT’S WHAT YOU WANTED SASSY 1002 VG++ 350 & THE BUTLERS The day that people don’t want this one, then its over for Northern Soul! All the ingredients that made the music something to be proud of are here. This is one of the releases with ‘This Is Just A “B” side’ on the reverse. P MILTON WRIGHT I BELONG TO YOU SATIRON 141 M- 350 D Custom-pressed by Ollie McLaughlin for John Anderson to cash in on ‘The Gallop’ (which was popular at the time – 1977). Anderson told me only 300 were ever made, which in the scheme of things is actually very few. Apparently, it also exists on a 12” – I’ve certainly never seen it and don’t remember it at the time either. Don’t ignore the fabulous flipside ‘Like A Rolling Stone’, also on the soundbite. Q WAYNE SHILLING and MAN’S PROBLEM SINGLE B 110 M- 150 the KINGS & QUEENS A very strange and obscure 70s release form Detroit has got a lot of the ingredients to make it quite a popular dancefloor item. And it’s rare – after getting one in a Soul Bowl pack circa 1981, this is the first copy I’ve seen. Give it a listen, you might well agree on its potential, strangely alluring. R SAM FLETCHER I’D THINK IT OVER TOLLIE 9012 VG+ 250 A pretty worn copy, but with it being the vinyl press (as opposed to styrene) it doesn’t sound bad at all. Check the soundbite for confirmation of this fact. Famously, this 45 was a big Belgian ‘popcorn’ record before the UK eighties scene got to it. Fletcher was a highly-rated black vocalist who, like Roy Hamilton, straddled middle-of-the-road music for much of his career but who pulled out all the soulfulness for this 1964 Chicago recording. S GEORGE KIRBY WHAT CAN I DO CADET 5523 VG 250 D In a similar vein to item (R) from Sam Fletcher only Kirby was actually a comedian rather than a golden voiced competitor to Roy Hamilton. That said, this is a bona fide effort and easily the singer’s most convincing moment in a career marked by film, stage and television rather than the recording studio. T SKIP JACKSON I’M ON TO YOU GIRL DOT-MAR 324 M- 200 and the SHANTONS Superb copy of a superb tune sung by a superb singer. Skip Jackson was really one Tommy Brown, and this 1967 release is out of Jersey City, New Jersey. The Shantons were Michael Wells, George Flowers, and Billy McCoy. SECOND PAGE FOCUS 1 GWEN McCRAE LEAD ME ON COLUMBIA 4-45214 M- 20 You won’t find a better 20 quid’s worth of a soul dancer than this one.