LIST #791 – MONDAY 15Th MARCH 2021
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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 #791 – MONDAY 15th MARCH 2021 RARE SOUL AUCTION MARCH 2021 Auction finishes THURSDAY 25th MARCH at 6.00pm (18.00) Welcome to our latest offering of rare soul 45s to be secured by the HIGHEST BID as of the finishing time shown above. There are no extensions to the finishing time, drop-downs, proxy bids or anything complicated. The price you offer is the price you pay. Hopefully there is something of interest for you. Best wishes and thanks for your interest. MIN. BID MARCH RARE SOUL AUCTION A JOHNNY GILLIAM FIND YOURSELF ANOTHER BO MAR 5004 VG++ 200 WD Nice white promo copy (on small labels promos are frequently rarer, whilst on majors the converse is true) doesn’t crop up too often. Apparently, the Belgian Popcorn scene was first with this one, but it became popular in the UK in the eighties too. Super vocal performance from Gilliam who once shared centre stage with two of the Four Perfections in Dewi, Cheetum and Howe on Thomas. B SAM NESBIT BLACK MOTHER GOOSE AMOS 154 D M- 350 When this one was taken to the Twisted Wheel by Dave Godin it was virtually a new release but still proved impossible to obtain. In fact, it was just about the rarest import 45 spun there. It has always been difficult to find. Eventually the emergent taste for ‘crossover’ pointed to the other side ‘Chase Those Clouds Away’, and a double-sided gem was born. A super mint condition promo is on offer here. C JUST BOBBY I’M A WINNER R/R 101 VG++ 250 Just like the above Sam Nesbit this record was impossible to find even a year later than its 1975 release. Ginger tried to play it a little at that point (cue a long-winded explanation that it wasn’t by ‘Bobby’ and that he didn’t mean just ‘Bobby’ it was actually Just Bobby – phew!) but its rhythm was a bit too tricky and subtle for the time. From the album ‘Love Is Powerful’ (which almost certainly does not exist sadly), the singer is the song’s writer Robert E. Murray. D BIG FRANK & THE I WON’T LET HER SEE ME CRY BLUE ROCK VG++ 250 ESSENCES 4012 Almost a plethora of discs that changed the face of Northern Soul in the eighties was this great piece of Uptown Soul from Big Frank Murphy aka Frank Dell, it had the cover-up title of Big Joe’s Ivory Brass (a bit silly, what on earth could ‘Ivory Brass’ be?) and was one of Stafford’s biggies. One of the few never to really go again in truth. This is the first label before a second release on Philips, although both discs are rare in truth. E WADE FLEMONS TWO OF A KIND RAMSEL 1002 M- 350 One of two releases by the ex-Earth, Wind and Fire vocalist (‘71/’72) on Ramsey Lewis’ label. Actually, this one is quite a bit rarer than ‘Jeanette’ and wasn’t ever available at sixty pence as that one was. Takes a different approach and proves that Flemons was quite a singer being light and tuneful rather than down home and gritty. Just as great sound in its own way. F THE NATURAL HANGING ON TO A LIE BOOLA-BOOLA VG+ 200 FOUR 1001 The Oakland group made this one after their short ABC career in 1971 and despite the label number (1001) this was a re-formed Boola-Boola some two years after the group’s first releases on the label. The whole ‘crossover’ thing (which started in the UK in the mid- eighties) really brought great tracks such as this one to the fore. G GWEN & RAY BUILD YOUR HOUSE ON A BEE BEE 223 VG++ 850 STRONG FOUNDATION Such a rare original, slightly lighter orange than the boots and an 8mm wide dead wax is the clincher. 100% guaranteed. In fact, I’m still mystified as to why this one was booted two, if not three, times. For sure it was a popular early Wigan spin, but was never part of the oldies scene that soon came along back then (possible because hardly any deejay had an original copy). A very nice copy with just two faint marks relegating it from mint. Great Deep Soul flipside. H EDWARD BABY DON’T YOU WEEP MARY JANE M- 350 HAMILTON 1005 Edward Hamilton passed away only last year, leaving behind a fantastic legacy of Detroit sixties soul. Having left the business in 1969 to work in a car factory, eventually he got to know how revered his old recordings are in Britain. Many regard ‘Baby Don’t You Weep’ as his greatest moment and, for sure, it is difficult to argue against its essential quality! I THE OTHER I’M GONNA FIND LOVE PET 73267 M- 300 BROTHERS An accomplished five-man group who had a ten-year recording career including two releases in 1969 and 1970 for Bill Petty’s Dallas label Pet. This particular title is so obscure that certain online music websites don’t even list it. It combines a great Northern dancer with a tremendous slow side – given the interest in group ballads these days, we have ‘sound-bitten’ the slow flipside too. J THE PROCEDURES GIVE ME ONE MORE CHANCE TRA MOR 1925 VG++ 200 Talk of group harmony soul leads us to this rarity featured for the first time ever on our list. Top rate midtempo 1975 Chicago soul with a brilliant ballad flip (soundbite). One of two 45s the group did for Tra Mor and very much the rarer of the pair. PLEASE NOTE this is the genuine original, NOT the Numero reissue lookalike, which has lighter colouration and different matrix numbers in the dead wax. K ANDY FISHER MY HEART’S BEATING FAT FISH 8009 VG++ 800 STRONGER Recorded in 1967 at Hollywood’s TTG Studios, this 45 has been elusive ever since the first copy turned up in the UK courtesy of Simon Soussan’s collection (perhaps earlier?). Fisher and his Encores have remained unknown; however, co-writer Lester Carr wrote a few other things for the likes of Lou Rawls and Frank Polk. Probably a little rarer on a stock release rather than the promo, it is a certain rarity on either to be honest. L CAROL MOGAN I’VE GOT EVERYTHING BORN 409 VG+ 250 Any collector of Chicago soul will vouch for the obscurity of this track and the infrequency with which it crops up for sale. Amazingly, it actually came out on both red and blue labels, with the red one probably being the first one… certainly it is the rarer one on a generally rare record. Not a minter for sure – check our soundbite. M COMMANDS I’VE GOT LOVE FOR MY BABY DYNAMIC 123 VG++ 200 WD Of the five releases from this air force group on Abe Epstein’s San Antonio label, this one is the rarest. When it is espied it is, in fairness, usually a promo as offered here (which has no B-side). The flipside however, came out on the other side of ‘A Way To Love Me’ anyway. The song itself is a version of The Younghearts gem on Minit and this rarer take stands up well alongside it. Strong VG++, just a few tiny marks. N CRYSTAL’S IMAGE A FRIEND CRYSTAL’S VG+ 250 IMAGE 81958 Superior Modern Soul mover on a tiny label out of Washington D.C. that was actually the group’s own, with the track itself being recorded at Beltway Studios in Silver Springs, Maryland. They are the same group who recorded ‘Gonna Have A Good Time’ on Mainline (later IX Chains) and in actual fact they originated from Benton Harbor, Michigan. O CAROL I COULDN’T CARE LESS STONEL 1003 VG+ 300 FREDERICKS WD Rare promo copy of a 1966 release from the obscure Ms Frederick. She released two singles on Lee Stone’s Stonel label that share the same ‘Where I Oughta Be’ on both issues. Stone brought in the talents of New York singer/writer/producer Chris Towns to supervise arrangements on the 45s – which did indeed sink faster than a stone! SECOND PAGE FOCUS 1 JONES BROS. YOUR GOOD LOVIN’ SILVER 100 M- 15 Fantastic hard-edged soul dancer out of Los Angeles. Recommended. 2 PATTI LaBELLE & TAKE ME FOR A LITTLE WHILE ATLANTIC 2373 M- 10 THE BLUEBELLES Midtempo version of the oft-recorded Trade Martin song is just about the best one in our estimation. 3 JIMMY NORMAN THIS I BEG OF YOU SAMAR 116 M- 15 Big orchestration on this midtempo item from a talented vocalist who did many records without any real success. He was the lead singer on Harlem River Drive on Arista. 4 SYL JOHNSON SURROUNDED ZACHRON 600 M- 15 Brilliant 1966 double sider from Sylvester Thompson (real name). Don’t miss it! 5 THE DREAMS ft. (THEY CALL ME) JESSIE JAMES D.C. SOUND M- 10 KENI LEWIS LTD. 2 Powerful stomper from the Washington label, with Keni Lewis on vocals. 6 ROSEMARY I REALLY GOT IT BAD FOR MY ABC 11083 M- 10 TAYLOR BABY Beaty mover spun at the Torch and sung by an ex-member of The Poppies (Epic). 7 BOBBY BLAND CALL ON ME DUKE 360 M- 10 Twisted Wheel biggie sits in a different seat to other Northern Soul records, having something of a calypso feel – its still rather brilliant however.