2011 February
EASY LISTENING/FOLK/60s/XIAN:
Donovan – Fairytale (LP, Album, RE) (Marble Arch Records) £2
Johnstons, The – Both Sides Now (VG 7″) £2
Neil McArthur – SHE’S NOT THERE (VG 7″) £2
bobby jameson – i’m so lonely / i wanna love you (VG+ Talamo 45 rpm single) £6
John Keating Incorporated – Hits In Hi-Fi 1 (VG+/VG LP of nice easy spacey grooves. The Barry White cover in particular is great) £2
Charles Aznavour – Aznavour Sings Aznavour Vol. 3 (“I have lived”) (VG+/VG Barclay LP) £2
Betty Lou Mills – Only Jesus (VG+ King Xian folk psych LP with some heavenly grooves) £9
Ken Medema – Fork in the road (VG+ Word LP with a couple of great grooves) £6
Surprise party 2 – the gate crashers £1
Fly me to Brazil – Os sambacanas (NM/VG+ LP of covers in a Brazillian style) £2
latin escapade – the City of Westminster String Band (VG+ LP of covers in a Latin style produced by John Schroeder) £2
Mort Garson – Electronic Hair Pieces (Mad electronic version from 1969 with incredible sleeve. A producers dream. G+/VG lots of crackle, writing on back cover) £10
SOUL/FUNK:
Terry Knight and the pack – one monkey don’t stop no show/The train (VG+ DJ copy 7″ on Lucky Eleven) £4
Terry Callier – IDon’t Want to See Myself (Without You)/ If I Could Make You [Mint 7″ Acid jazz] £3
king james and the roayal jesters – i get a feeling/girl (VG+ Plato 7″) £14
Jeanie Greene – Sure As Sin / I’ve Been A Long Time Loving You (NM 7″ Acto Promo) £19
Chaz – tell me your name/your lovin’ (VG+ Zanzibar 45 rpm single) £6
Osmonds, The – Love Me For A Reason (VG+ LP break and the fat “I can’t get next to you”) (MGM Records) £4
Fifth Dimension, The – Surrender / Fantasy (VG Sutra 7″) £1
Real thing – Lightning Strikes/Dance with me (VG+ Pye 7″ with p/s. from the film ‘Black joy’) £4
Moments, The – I Don’t Wanna Go/Oh I Could Have Loved You (VG/VG+ Stang 7″) £2
Grischa Batanoff And His Orchestra / Alan Caddy Orchestra & Singers – This Is Soul (G+/VG+ Deacon records with a nice drum and sax break) £5
A1 Alan Caddy Orchestra & Singers – Midnight Hour
A2 Grischa Batanoff And His Orchestra – Take It (Great hammond ‘blow up’ style track)
A3 Alan Caddy Orchestra & Singers – Son Of The Preacher Man (Nice groove but a click all the way through)
A4 Alan Caddy Orchestra & Singers – Old Man Trouble
A5 Grischa Batanoff And His Orchestra – Soul Is Beautiful
B1 Alan Caddy Orchestra & Singers – Fa Fa Fa (Sad Song)
B2 Grischa Batanoff And His Orchestra – Special Request
B3 Alan Caddy Orchestra & Singers – Love Child
B4 Alan Caddy Orchestra & Singers – My Sweet Lorraine
B5 Grischa Batanoff And His Orchestra – Keep Soul (A good hammond ‘blow up’ style track)
B6 Alan Caddy Orchestra & Singers – (Sitting On) The Dock Of The Bay
Various – Breakdown Vol. 1 (VG/VG+ Soul Syndicate LP) £4
A1 We The People – Breakdown
A2 Skullsnaps – It’s A New Day
A3 Notations – Superpeople
A4 Vibrations – Ain’t No Greens In Harlem
A5 Fatback Brother Bill Curtis – Dance Girl
A6 Grady Tate – Be Black Baby
B1 Pretty Purdie – Soul Drums
B2 Jody Gales – You Gotta Push
B3 Eddie Jacobs Exchange – Pull My Coat
B4 Stix Of Dynamite – It’s Football Baby
B5 Tony Avalon & The Belairs – Sexy Coffee Pot
B6 Carlos “Sherlock” Holmes – Black Bag
BRAZILLIAN/LATIN/WORLD:
Quinteto Maria João – Cem Caminhos (VG+ LP, Album) (Orfeu) £19
LOS DIABLOS Un Rayo de Sol / Una Manana Spanish (VG 7″ 45 ) £3
Dee Felice Trio / Los Brasilios – Nightingale / Brasilian Beat (VG+ jazzman 7″) £4
Orquestra alma latina – Futuro (NM/VG+ Guajiro LP) £7
Vinicio / Maria de Fatima – Orquestra de Tangos do Orfeao Universitario do Porto (VG/G+ LP of tangos on Orfeu) £1
Coco Aramayo y Conjunto – Musica e instrumentos Latinoamericanos (VG/VG+ LP on Campo from 1977) £1
RUDY MARQUEZ – JURO POR MI VIDA (VG+ LP on Top Hits Stereo from 1977. Pressed slightly off-centre – hence the price. Nice gooves – don’t sleep!) £4
Flora Purim – Stories to tell (Milestone Records LP between G+ and VG- crackly and a beat up sleeve. Such a great record, though…) £4
Sérgio Mendes & Brasil ’77 – Primal Roots (Wow…how good is ‘Promise of a fisherman’? Forgotten all about that.) £20
Tamba Trio – Tamba Trio (VG 1962 Philips Brazil mono) £18
OST/TV/KIDS:
REGINALDO BESSA – passageiro do vento (VG LP) £16
Barry Gray Orchestra, The – No Strings Attached (10″ LP, Comp) (PRT Records) £6
Orchestre De François Rauber – Variations Musicales Pour L’Éducation Rythmique Et Motrice – Volume 1 (VG+ LP with origianl booklet)£2
Breno Mello & Marpessa Dawn – Orfeu Negro (Bande Originale Du Film) (VG Phillips French 7″ samba EP) £3
Sesame Street – follow that bird (VG+/VG gatefold LP with game insert intact) £2
Peter Sellers And Sophia Loren – Peter And Sophia (VG+ Parlaphone 1960 with the wonderful “Goodness gracious me”) £18
Los Calchakis – Bande Originale Du Film “Etat De Siege” (VG Mikis Theodorakis LP with “Hugo” and the coolest sleeve ever) £5
John Barry & His Orchestra – The Great Movie Sounds Of John Barry (G+/VG mono CBS LP. Bond themes on one side – others on the B.) £1
Musique du film Shaft – Soul mann and the brother (VG cover LP on a French release. This is the version with the well-sampled ‘Bumpy’s lament’. A bit crackly – hence the price.) £4
HIPHOP/ELECTRO/DOWNBEAT/CUT-UPs:
Donatos airtos – DOWN EXERCISE (one side sounds like a soul reedit/reworking and the other is a lovely downbeat Barbara Woodhouse sampling track) (NM app002 7″) £5
Quantic – We Got Soul / Fresh Rhythm (NM Breakin bread 7″) £20
Soulsavers, The – Showtime (NM Lone Ranger Music 7″) £4
Various – West Coast Gems Volume 3 (NM 12″) (West Coast Gems) £4
Renegade Soundwave – Probably A Robbery (VG 12″, Promo) (Mute Records Ltd.) £3
Benz – BoomRockSoul (VG 12″, Promo) (RCA) (small writing on label on both sides – otherwise would be VG+. great overlooked drum&bass mix on this.) £1
Schoolly D – Still Looking (NM Embargo 001 12″) £2
Hip Optimist – Anafey (NM Skint 12″. Forget 2 of the mixes that just are trip hop/house and check the Half A Stinky mix that sounds like a quirky AV8 release. Wicked.) £2
Operation, The – The Jack Horner 12″ (NM Capo 12″) £2
T.D.P. – Ladies (Let’s Go) (Dexmaniax Remix) (VG+/VG Reachin Records 12″) £1
Wiseguys, The – Casino “Sans Pareil” / A Better World (NM WALLT 025 12″) £2
Fine Young Cannibals – I’m Not Satisfied (LONX 252 VG+ Prince Paul mixes) £5
Stereo MC’s – Lost In Music (Remix) (VG+/VG 12 BRX 198 – 3 mixes) £2
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