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 #788 – MONDAY 1st FEBRUARY 2021

RARE SOUL AUCTION FEBRUARY 2021 Auction finishes THURS 25th FEBRUARY at 6.00pm (18.00)

It’s the usual situation, highest bid at the closing time wins the record and pays the offered price – there are no extensions to the time or drop-downs to the next price. Hope that’s clear. Yet again, we think it’s an interesting selection and we thank you for your attention and ongoing support. Good luck! MIN. BID FEBRUARY RARE SOUL AUCTION

A JOHNNY ROBINSON GONE BUT NOT OKEH 4-7307 VG++ 200 FORGOTTEN WD Robinson made three singles for the famous Okeh label, of which only this one could really be deemed to be ‘Northern’. He calls in Mike Terry on a Don Mancha/Freddie Gorman song, so – probably not recorded in , but with all the sentiment of that great soul city. Never booted, it would be a tremendous addition to a ‘thinking’ deejay set. Have listed as VG++, but really, only one small mark takes it away from mint. B SEPTEMBER JONES I’M COMING HOME KAPP 802 WD VG++ 200 Talk of the Motor City (item A) leads us to this Detroit gem, a Pied Piper Production leased out to New York’s Kapp label. Quite a bit is known of the recording details of this one, i.e., October 17th 1966 with many of on instrumentation and the Andantes on backing vocals but little has ever been found out about the artist herself. She remains a ‘great unknown’. C BOBBY KING IF YOU DON’T WANT MY WARNER M- 150 LOVE BROS. 49655 On the issue copy of the 45 only (not the promo), this 1981 dancer is very-hard-to-find and we’ve not had a copy for at least 30 years! King was a Louisiana singer originally on Reprise who became very in-demand as a Los Angeles session singer. D BETTI LOU & BOBBY DR. TRUELOVE TRA-X 16 VG++ 700 ADAMS Betti Lou was one Betty Smith and as far as we know there are no solo singles attributed to her. She does a fine job here however, playing off the soul-drenched vocals of the great Bobby Adams on Ben Smith’s Tra-x label (which is Tarx Records in effect). Some slight ‘greying’ on the vinyl but other than that it could be deemed to be mint. E THE GROOVERS I’M A BASHFUL GUY TERI DE 002 VG++ 200 All the records on Len Jewell’s original pink Teri De label seem to be rare. Here we have the first release for a double-sided gem before Minit records. This Groovers on a 1966 recording would appear to be a one-off Len Jewell creation – the other ‘soul’ Groovers on A&M, Groovy, etc. were a Fredericksburg, Virginia outfit. F CORNELL GUNTER LOVE IN MY HEART TOGETHER M- 400 101 Extremely scarce seventies soul record hits a very palatable midtempo groove. Although Gunter was a founder member of The Flamingos and was a member of versions of The Platters and The Coasters he actually had quite a number of solo releases (without much success it might be said). This was his final release in 1976 and it sank without a trace, it certainly wasn’t in soul import shops in the UK at the time. Gunter was sadly murdered in Las Vegas in 1990. G CURLY MOORE YOU DON’T MEAN SANSU 473 M- 300 June ‘Curly’ Moore was a New Orleans singer who released around nine singles and was the lead singer of Huey Smith and The Clowns. This fine piece of ‘Big Easy’ came to the attention of the dancefloors in the early noughties and has remained elusive for collectors ever since. H B. J. THOMAS & THE KEEP IT UP JOED 119 VG+ 150 TRIUMPHS Pop/Country singer B.J. had/has a truly massive career and first came to the attention of the Northern scene in the late seventies via his catchy ‘Don’t Have A Mind Of My Own’. Twenty years on and ‘Keep It Up’ came to the attention of the ‘upfront, down south’ crowd. It would not have shamed those late seventies dancefloors in Yale and Wigan but is considerably rarer than ‘Don’t Have A Mind’. I WILLIE TEE FIRST TASTE OF HURT GATUR 509 M- 400 Wilson Turbinton enters the rare soul stakes yet again with another gem on his Gatur label (co-owned with Ulis Gaines hence the name of the label, nothing to do with Louisiana ‘gators as I thought for many years). This is the second release of ‘First Taste Of Hurt’ on the label, but on this occasion is backed with the only release of ‘Funky Funky Twist’. J THE ARCADES THERE’S GOT TO BE A TRIAD 502 M- 275 LOSER Beautiful copy of this quality midtempo item that first cropped up in the eighties. Shares the same backing track as Jesse James’ ‘Are You Gonna Leave Me’. This is of no surprise as Triad was owned by Ron Badger as was Shirley Records – you could say that Badger earned his stripes on these recordings! The Arcades themselves were from Hayward, California and the group contained Ernest Marbray who recorded on Wee. Badger had links to Chicago which probably accounts for the original backing track to The Arcades 45 being on Jerry Butler’s ‘I’m The One’. K RON PATTERSON STORY BOOK VENICE 02 M- 200 Back in the day, Blackpool Mecca ‘last hour’ devotees knew the Carlena Williams on Venice but this Ron Patterson release on the same label avoided everyone. Patterson is a total unknown but carries the superb arrangement well indeed. This would seem to be his only solo 45 but we will bet he found a place somewhere within . L THE DIFFERENCES FIVE MINUTES MON’CA 1783 M- 100 0 Featuring the wonderful vocal skills of Clifton Dyson and the epitome of crossover brilliance! Dyson is the younger brother of Ronnie Dyson and, for our money, the better singer of the two. The label itself was a Washington D.C. imprint and the other Differences were from Durham, North Carolina, apparently. Add Dyson from New York and you have an East Coast collaboration of the highest order. M SHERRI TAYLOR HE’S THE ONE THAT RINGS GLORECO M- 300 MY BELL 1002 Beautiful copy of this early Detroit mover from Sherri Taylor of The Taylortones. She also recorded a duet with Sammy Ward on all of which accounts for her only other release almost 30 years later on ’s Motorcity label… in rather a different style to ‘He’s The One That Rings My Bell’ (but which isn’t bad to be honest). N THE CONTACTS YOU GONNA PAY QUADRAN 40001 VG+ 150 Very obscure 1971 dancer out of Atlanta, Georgia gained enough spins on the late seventies Northern scene to be bootlegged. Quite why I don’t really know as it was never a big record. Hardly ever seen in mint condition… this copy is no exception! Nice Sweet Soul ballad on the reverse side has its share of pops and crackles in fairness. O THE SOUL TWINS QUICK CHANGE ARTIST KAREN 1533 VG+ 200 This is one of the records that made me realise that Northern Soul was quite something else when I first came across it. Still sounds fantastic and takes you right back. The Soul Twins were Hal and Harold Degraffenreid – so a change of name was probably essential. ‘Quick Change Artist’ was their first release in 1966. This copy is a ‘lined’ blue issue and probably at least as rare as the white promo. Not mint, but very acceptable, take a listen to the soundbite. P THE CHARADES KEY TO MY HAPPINESS MGM 13540 M- 500 The MGM Charades were reputedly put together by Cuba Gooding after some members of the group on Okeh and Mercury had refused to move to the major label. Two releases for MGM are sky high on quality but, judging by the rarity of black issue copies of either release, bombed out of sight in the record stores. America’s loss was Northern Soul’s gain some years later. ‘Key To My Happiness’ has every ingredient that our genre would want – soulful lead, tremendous harmonies and a fabulously thunderous arrangement. A mint issue like this is a ‘must’ for any N.S. collection.

SECOND PAGE FOCUS

1 JIMMY ROBINS I CAN’T PLEASE YOU JERHART 207 M- 15 The greatest cheapie of all time? Certainly a contender. 2 THE UNDISPUTED YOU GOT THE LOVE I NEED GORDY 7108 M- 10 TRUTH Super 1971 Motown dancer was overlooked for years. 3 DEE DEE SHARP THERE AIN’T NOTHIN’ I CAMEO 382 M- 20 WOULDN’T DO FOR YOU Perfect imitation Motown from Dee Dee. Red/black East Coast press. 4 MARVA WHITNEY DADDY DON’T KNOW ABOUT EXCELLO 2321 M- 25 SUGAR BEAR Fabulous funk but with Northern Soul plays these days. 5 NOTHING CAN STOP ME CONSTELLATION 149 M- 10 Nice ‘star design’ mint copies. 6 RAY CHARLES SOMETHING INSIDE ME ABC 10901 M- 15 Excellent – another feather in Ray’s Northern Soul cap. 7 EDDIE HOLMAN THIS WILL BE A NIGHT TO SALSOUL 2026 M- 8 REMEMBER Huge as a new release but don’t ignore the great flipside ‘Time Will Tell’. 8 THE MANDELLS HOW TO LOVE A WOMAN TRANS WORLD M- 15 SOUND 711 Super midtempo out of Chicago. The Windy City was good at this kind of thing. 9 ECSTASY, PASSION & I’LL DO ANYTHING FOR ROULETTE 7182 M- 8 PAIN ft. BARBARA ROY YOU Great seventies, in-demand as an album track by Lee Macdonald. 10 THE ONLY WHEN YOU’RE LONELY MGM 13451 M- 15 ROYALETTES Original version of the Holly Maxwell on Constellation compares very easily.

NORTHERN SOUL RARITIES

11 BOBBY GOTTA GET YOU BACK VAULT 949 M- 150 MANDOLPH Rare issue copy. 12 DARROW WHAT HAVE I GOT NOW JACKLYN 1002 M- 150 FLETCHER 13 THE VONETTES TOUCH MY HEART COBBLESTONE VG++ 100 703 14 CAN’T YOU SEE (YOU’RE ATCO 6392 M- 30 LOSING ME) 15 THE GTO’S GIRL FROM NEW YORK CITY PARKWAY 108 M- 25 WD 16 BEN E. KING I CAN’T BREAK THE NEWS TO ATCO 6390 VG+ 60 MYSELF Never, ever seen this before. SOLID CENTRE U.S. 45 copy. Beyond weird! 17 OTIS WILLIAMS I GOT LOVING OKEH 4-7248 M- 25 WD 18 PAT LUNDY & WE GOT A THING GOIN’ ON HEIDI 111 WD M- 30 BOBBY HARRIS The ‘rare’ version of this tune. 10mm ‘F’ written on label. 19 VERNON ANGEL DOLL VENTURE 635 M- 80 GARRETT WD 20 THE SPINDLES TEN SHADES OF BLUE ABC 10850 M- 50 21 THE GIRLS ARE OUT TO GET YOU MAYFIELD 7714 VG++ 30 FASCINATIONS D Rare promo copy. 22 KETTY LESTER SOME THINGS ARE BETTER RCA VICTOR 47- M- 100 LEFT UNSAID 8331 23 BOBBY GARRETT MY LITTLE GIRL MIRWOOD 5511 VG++ 225 24 GLORIA LYNNE YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE A EVEREST 19428 VG++ 35 TOWER OF STRENGTH 25 JIMMY LEWIS LET ME KNOW MINIT 32017 M- 30 26 THE AVONS PUSH A LITTLE HARDER GROOVE 58- M- 25 0022 27 THE ELGINS PUT YOURSELF IN MY PLACE V.I.P. 25029 WD M- 25 28 THE (I’VE GOT TO FIND) ATLANTIC 2491 M- 60 AMBASSADORS HAPPINESS 29 BONNIE MY LOVE KEEPS GROWIN’ WARNER BROS. M- 75 5817 WD 30 THE POETS SHE BLEW A GOOD THING SYMBOL 214 VG++ 25 WD Very rare white label promo, has 10mm ‘F’ written on label. 31 LITTLE JOHNNY MOMMA’S GONE HOUSE OF THE VG++ 20 BLAIR FOX 5 32 THE VANGUARDS THE THOUGHT OF LOSING LAMP 80 M- 60 YOUR LOVE 33 THE COMPLIMENTS BEWARE, BEWARE MIDAS 304 M- 75 34 JAMES CURRY GO GIRL GO TIMBRE 5155 M- 80 35 FRED HUGHES WALK ON BACK TO YOU EXODUS 2009 M- 40 36 SOUL BROTHERS I’LL BE LOVING YOU ATLANTIC 2406 M- 50 SIX 37 JIMMIE RAYE YOU MUST BE LOSING YOUR JRE 4220 M- 300 MIND 1st label before Garrison. 38 VINNIE ZEN & THE BRICKS, BROKEN SSS INTL. 709 M- 30 ROGUES BOTTLES AND STICKS WD 39 DIANE BROOKS PICTURE ME GONE VERVE 5055 D M- 30 Folks forget about this great version. 40 FRED HUGHES BABY BOY BRUNSWICK M- 30 755419 Initial ‘GL’ circa 10mm on label. Perfect vinyl. 41 ROBERT JOHN RAINDROPS, LOVE AND A&M 1210 VG++ 50 SUNSHINE Tiny bit of writing on label. 42 LOU JOHNSON UNSATISFIED BIG TOP 101 VG++ 30 Moulded blue label. 43 THE DYNAMICS BINGO! WINGATE 018 M- 100 44 THE MARKETTS STIRRIN’ UP SOME SOUL WARNER BROS. VG++ 30 5847 45 JOHNETTE I GOTTA HOLD ON (TO MY RICH 102 M- 50 MAN) 46 HAROLD BURRAGE EVERYBODY’S DANCIN’ M-PAC! 7210 M- 75 47 THE EXCITERS BLOWING UP MY MIND! RCA 47-9723 D VG++ 200 Original label first release promo from ’69. 48 CHUCK WILDER WHY TRAGAR 6804 M- 30 49 TEE FLETCHER THANK YOU BABY JOSIE 970 M- 60 50 LOVEMASTERS PUSHIN’ AND PULLIN’ JACKLYN 1009 M- 40 Backed with the equally great ‘Love Train’. 51 TOMMY HUNT I DON’T WANT TO LOSE ATLANTIC 2278 M- 25 YOU 52 STANDING ON GUARD BIG WHEEL 1967 M- 25 53 JR. WALKER AND THE TUNE UP SOUL 35012 M- 25 ALL STARS 54 EDDIE BO WITH THE GOTTA HAVE MORE BLUE JAY 154 M- 25 BARONS 55 THE KITTENS HOW LONG (CAN I GO ON) CHESS 2055 D M- 25 56 CANDY AND THE THE 81 CAMEO 336 M- 15 KISSES 57 NOLAN CHANCE SHE’S GONE (AND SHE CONSTELLATION M- 40 WON’T BE BACK) 144 WD 58 OTIS LEAVILL A REASON TO BE LONELY BLUE ROCK 4031 VG++ 25 D 59 OTIS LEAVILL I’M AMAZED LIMELIGHT 3020 M- 40 60 ANDRE SCOTT CRY IN THE ARMS OF SUNFLOWER 101 M- 25 ANOTHER LOVE

MODERN SOUL / CROSSOVER

61 LUCKEY DAVIS IT’S NOT WHERE YOU START HIGHLAND 1201 M- 150 (IT’S WHERE YOU FINISH) Yellow label. 62 BROWN SUGAR THE GAME IS OVER (WHAT’S CAPITOL 4198 M- 100 THE MATTER WITH YOU) 63 THE JONESES LIES EPIC 8-50477 M- 40 64 MIGHTY POPE IF YOU WANT A LOVE RCA 50250 M- 200 AFFAIR The rare version of the Jesse James song. Canadian-only. 65 JOY FALLING IN LOVE (IS A COLD ZOT 522 M- 200 FEELING) 66 EARTH BORN UNIVERSE OF LOVE LITTLE CITY M- 30 10104 67 SIR WALES WHAT EVER YOU WANT INNOVATION II M- 35 8045 D 68 JADE LOVE’S GONNA CHANGE INTERDISK 1016 M- 300 Rare Canadian-only 1977 Modern mover. 69 WINSTON HEWITT I’M FEELIN’ GOOD BOSS 1075 VG++ 30 70 5TH AVENUE ALL-STARS FLY NOW MUSTARD 124 M- 75 Canadian-only Modern soul. 71 VIRGIL HENRY YOU AIN’T SAYIN’ NOTHIN’ NEW TAMLA 54212 VG++ 65 72 CRYSTAL IMAGE GONNA HAVE A GOOD TIME IX CHAINS 7020 M- 15 73 J. J. NICHOLS DANCIN’ LADY NAM 2029 M- 35 74 CLIFF NOBLES THIS FEELING OF ROULETTE 7142 M- 15 LONELINESS 75 TODAY’S PEOPLE S.O.S. (ALL WE NEED IS GAMMA 5050 VG++ 30 TIME FOR LOVE) 76 MISTER “T” LOVE UPRISING DAKAR 4509 M- 30 Fabulous version of the Otis Leavill tune. 77 TALK OF THE TOWN IF WE GOT THE WILL TSOP 4762 M- 25 78 THE TAMS THIS PRECIOUS MOMENT SOUNDS M- 100 SOUTH 14098 79 ROBERT TAYLOR and TIME KEEPS TICKING BY LUTALL 317 M- 35 CURRENT STOCK 80 THE TEMPREES I FOUND LOVE ON A EPIC 8-50192 M- 50 FLOOR 81 JOE TEX ALL THE HEAVEN A MAN DIAL 1021 M- 25 REALLY NEEDS 82 THE THIRD KIND THE TIME HAS COME NOT ON LABEL M- 30 83 ANNETTE THOMAS NOTHING IS EVERLASTING STAX 0118 WD M- 20 84 LEON THOMAS LOVE EACH OTHER FLYING DUTCHMAN M- 50 26023 WD 85 TRUMAN THOMAS COP SAID SHE SAID NEW WAVE 0002 M- 30 86 TIERRA TOGETHER ASI 201 M- 30 87 ISRAEL (POPPER WRAPPED, TIED, TANGLED TOLCHOSE 200 M- 40 STOPPER) TOLBERT UP IN LOVE 88 FINAL TOUCH I’M READY TO GIVE UP MY EPIC 50300 M- 50 LOVE

RARE ALBUMS (U.S. LABEL UNLESS STATED) ALL PRICES INCLUDE UK STANDARD P&P

89 CARLA THOMAS MEMPHIS QUEEN STAX 2019 M- 30 Contains the fabulous ‘I Play For Keeps’. Sleeve 8/10. 90 THE 4 SEASONS NEW GOLD HITS CANADIAN M- 20 PHILIPS 600-243 The true original of ‘I’m Gonna Change’ by them of course. Sleeve 8/10. 91 THIS LOVE IS REAL BRUNSWICK M- 20 754167 Jackie moves into the seventies (just) in great style. Sleeve 8/10. 92 JACKIE WILSON SOUL GALORE BRUNSWICK M- 25 754120 The first of Jackie’s albums that really moves into the soul era. Sleeve 9/10. 93 RUFF’N READY SOUL 708 M- 20 Still sealed. A dozen top Motown tracks, half of which are album-only. Sleeve 8/10. 94 ANTHONY and THE PAYIN’ OUR DUES VEEP 13513 M- 25 IMPERIALS Superb Big City soul. Contains ‘Better Use Your Head’ and ‘Gonna Fix You Good’. Sleeve 9/10. 95 BILLY STEWART TEACHES OLD STANDARDS CHESS 1513 M- 25 NEW TRICKS Still sealed. Price sticker (44 cents) other than that – perfect. Stewart’s soul take on a dozen standard songs. Sleeve 7/10. 96 LITTLE RICHARD EXPLOSIVE OKEH 14117 M- 35 Fabulous sixties soul all the way. Includes ‘I Don’t Wanna Discuss It’, ‘Poor Dog’, etc. Sleeve 9/10. 97 LARRY WILLIAMS & TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE OKEH 14122 M- 40 JOHNNY WATSON Ex-price sticker mark is only significant blemish. Full of Northern tracks of course. Sleeve 7/10. 98 THE MAGNIFICENT (SELF TITLED) CAPITOL 2678 M- 40 MEN Canadian copy. Still sealed, contains ‘Keep On Climbing’, ‘Just Walk In My Shoes’, etc. Sleeve 9/10. 99 THE TOYS A LOVER’S CONCERTO DYNOVOICE M- 25 9002 Contains the girl’s mighty fine version of ‘What’s Wrong With Me Baby’. Sleeve 8/10. 100 WILMER & THE (SELF TITLED) APHRODISIAC M- 30 DUKES 6001 Quite a rare one, full of gritty offerings from Wilmer and his boys. Sleeve 8/10. 101 JACKIE WILSON & MANUFACTURERS OF SOUL BRUNSWICK M- 20 COUNT BASIE 754134 Two giants of Black Music combine to produce an album full of great cover versions. Sleeve 9/10. 102 THE PACKERS HOLE IN THE WALL PURE SOUL M- 50 1001 Rare stereo album (rare in mono too). Sleeve 8/10. 103 BOBBY HEBB SUNNY PHILIPS 200- VG++ 25 212 Contains two superb album-only tracks – ‘I’m Your Man’ and ‘Got You On My Mind’. Sleeve 10/10. 104 JACKIE ROSS FULL BLOOM CHESS 1489 VG++ 25 Canadian Chess - loads of good tracks here. Sleeve 9/10. 105 H. B. BARNUM THE BIG VOICE OF BARNUM RCA VICTOR VG++ 50 2462 Rare album without a doubt. Sleeve 8/10. 106 MARY WELLS THE TWO SIDES OF MARY ATCO 33-199 WD M- 35 WELLS Rare white promo, solid sixties soul one side, ‘showtime’ on the other side. Sleeve 8/10. 107 THE PLATTERS GOING BACK TO DETROIT MUSICOR 2125 M- 30 Mono copy full of good stuff as the title would suggest. Sleeve 8/10. 108 ROBERT PARKER BAREFOOTIN’ NOLA 1001 M- 35 Sleeve almost perfect 9/10.

SOUL PACKS

100 different U.S. original label 45s - £100 All mint to mint minus condition.

60s/70s/80s – Northern, Ballads, Sweet Soul, Modern, Funk… all sorts!

Many different titles from previous packs.

Price includes p&p and VAT.