November 2011
REGGAE:
JAIL HOUSE – Mighty Diamonds (Crackly G+ JA blank 7″. Just the standard Hit Bound/Channel One label with “Jailhouse” written in pen on one side. Such an incredible cover – beats Marley’s version hands down) £14
In crowd band – We Play Reggae (VG Evolution records 7″. This was the original release on their own label. Crackles. Part 2 is a wicked version on the B-side – and doesn’t appear on the Cactus release at all!) £12
Max Romeo – Black Equality / (JA blank 7″ pressing. G+ with lots of crackles) £9
The Black Roots – hucklebuck / Eastern standard time (Slow-skanking VG 7″ written by Don Drummond and Produced by Harry Mudie on his own Moodisc label. Doesn’t get much more pedigree than that.) £8
Wayne Smith – Come Along / version (G+ Jammy’s Records 7″ with lots of crackles. Version is more VG.) £5
Henley Benton – Jockey Voodoo / Ooodov Version (VG+ Aside/VG Bside. Black Wax 7″ straight out of Birmingham from 1975.) £3
Tony Mahoney – All Night / Night Dub (VG TCDD 014 12″. Vocal is lovers-tinged but the dub is all gravy.) £3
Tinga stewart / revolutionaries – rainy night in georgia / version (VG Carib Gems 7″) £3
Susan Cadogan / Upsetters, The – Hurt So Good / Hurt So Good (Instrumental) (Magnet – MAG 23 7″) £2
Explainer – Positive Vibrations (VG+ Calypso/soca LP from 1978 – still with the Trinidad record store label where it was bought! Great reggae-tinged track called “Dread”) £2
SOUL/FUNK/DISCO:
Karma – For Everybody (Feel The Whooga) (VG+ mono/stereo 7″ Horizon Records & Tapes – HZ-114 ) £4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGXWIjeo8NI
Atlantic Starr – (Let’s) Rock And Roll / Gimme Your Lovin’ (VG+ A&M Records – 2135-S breakbeat funk 7″) £2
Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan – Please Pardon Me (You Remind Me Of A Friend) / Somebody’s Watching You (Breakbeat on one side – fantastic funk on the other = a winner!) £2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WkN9pNtgeE
Intruders, The – Slow Drag / So Glad I’m Yours (VG/VG+ Gamble – G-221 7″) £2
Rufus – Keep It Together / Red Hot Poker (VG ABC Records – AB-12444 7″. Wicked little b-side!) £2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=movgoXIeKjg
A Taste Of Honey – Boogie Oogie Oogie / World Spin (Capitol Records – 3C 006 85508 7″ VG. Everybody knows the A side but it’s the flip that really wows…) £2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hti3PV0CH_o
Barbara Mason – Another Man (short/rap) (VG KHAN3 7″ with writing on label on both sides. Could almost go in the electro category. A stone-cold classic.) £2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8P8r1DeUTvA
Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson – Soulshake / We Were Made For Each Other (VG Polydor 7″) £2
Roberta Flack – If Ever I See You Again (VG Atlantic 3483 mono/stereo promo 7″) £2
The tropics of cancer – Catch a Corner/Moodswings/Zoot stick (VG+ 7″ on Stark Reality. 3 tracks of psycheadelic funk.) £3
Popcorn Brothers, The – Purple Hot Dog Pt. 1 / 2 (VG+ King A Ling – 05.02.2001 7″ with warp that DNAP. Blistering funk.) £4
Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan – Blue Love / Turn (VG+ ABC Records – AB-12390 7″) £2
John Schroeder And Orchestra – Soul For Sale / Lovin’ You Girl (VG Disco Demand – DDS 2002 7″.) £2
BREAKBEAT/DOWNTEMPO/BROKEN BEAT:
Beats In Progress – Crumpet Chase / Death Of 1000 Cuts (NM 7″ Breakin’ Bread – BNB 005. Fantastic cut and paste business) £10
Popcorn Brothers, The – Popcorn Train (VG+ King A Ling – 05.02.2002 white label 7″. Wicked skanking big-beat with toasting on one side and instrumental on the other) £4
Boricua All Stars / Professor Angel Dust & Da PH Force – Mondongo / Oye Como Va (Remix) (NM Howlin records 7″ with VG+ sleeve) £4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVTbKQdRGFk
Krust – One Moment / Overture (VG/VG+ Talking Loud 7″. One side orchestral, one side broken beat – not what you’d expect from the Drum&Bass man!) £2
Peter Kruder – Root Down (Compost Records – COMPOST 073-1 12″, Single Sided VG+) £2
Solimoto! – DREAMIN IN DINKA (NM 7″ on LARKIN. One side cafe del mar-esque and the other a broken beat/latin house thing) £2
Gadji – Gadji Live @ The Barrio / Do My Work (NM Puma Strut 7″) £4
Various – Ninjalogical – All City (Ninja Tune – JAZEN 701. VG+ 7″ that came with Jazid Magazine Issue 3. Sleeve is VG) £5
A1 Up, Bustle & Out – Bicycles, Flutes & You 5:40
A2 Coldcut – Sexy Bits (& Pieces) 1:35
B1 Funki Porcini – Venus 4:27
B2 DJ Food – Paul’s Skank 3:01
Lemon Jelly – Nice Weather For Ducks! / Soft (Mint 7″ XL Recordings – IFXLS 156 with a NM sleeve. Still sticker sealed) £3
Jalal – Mankind / Shade Of The Light (VG+ On-U Sound ON-U DP 22 10″. VG sleeve) £2
Jadell – Stronger Than The Sun / Jolting Blades (NM Illicit Recordings – ILL 7 001 7″ with VG+ sleeve) £2
CDs/CASSETTES/GAMES:
Mad Professor – Audio Illusions Of Dub! (NM CD on Ariwa. Wicked dub all the way through including a great version of ‘Fever’!) £5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaV_6yMHPHM
Double Dee & Steinski – Lessons in Hip hop (Unofficial CD on Whisk records. Lessons 1-3, Motorcade and Voicemail. Plus 9 tracks from Steinski on his own plus two other lessons – Shadows’ and Chemist’s. Essential stuff) £5
Pro Celebrity Golf and Jay Glaze – Three Sinister Syllables (Mad cut and paste mix of original and unknown breaks plus lots of spoken word and cuts. NM CD) £4
Queen – Greatest Hits I & II (VG+ 2xCD Parlophone – CDPCSD 161 with a VG case and cardboard sleeve) £4
Freddy Fresh – Still / The Joint (NM CD with Freddy mixing up tracks from the SugarHill remix box set. Superb.) £3
Various – Northern Soul Floorshakers! (VG+ CD) £3
Echoes Of Nature – Frog Chorus (Frog noises. Field recording CD LaserLight Digital – 12 152 ) £2
Roudoudou – Tout L’univers . Listener’s Digest (VG+ downtempo lounge grooves CD) £2
Various – Brahma Presents Nova Música Do Brasil (VG+ CD compilation) £2
Various – Ambient Senses 2 (The Feeling) (Great selection on this VG+ cassette – no sleeve) £2
Irresistible Force, The – Underground (Ambient Mix) 7:52
Kenny Larkin – My Travels 7:12
Ken Ishii – Naiad 7:37
Moby – Lean On Me 3:54
Optic Eye – The Listening 7:19
El Mal – Path 7:39
Locust – Moist Moss 6:59
Golden Claw Musics – Stoned 7:10
Wagon Christ – A.M. 9:03
Deep Secret – Manuel Versus The Apaches 9:28
Surf’s Up (Nintendo DS) (Still sealed game) £3
KUNG FU DVDs
Five Fingers of Death £10
Shaolin kung fu [1972] £3
The dragon from Shaolin £3
Eagle’s Claw £3
Snake In The Eagle’s Shadow [1978] £4
Snake Strikes Back £3
Golden Dragon Silver Snake £3
Iron monkey £3
Five fingers of steel £3
Magnificent Natural Fist [1978] £3
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