Rarest / most desirable uk 45s?

[TuckinFrat]

i reckon the following are all gemtastic [though someones probs got 4 copies stashed],
i notice a lot of rare soul guys in the last couple of years just collecting 7ts uk issues

johnny dankworth..bitter lemons [this has got to be the hardest]

chain reaction..hogtied..gull

barbara randolph..can i get a witness..motown

gil scott heron..lady day and john coltrane..phillips

singing principal..womans liberation..action [the lable] +
wee willie and winners 'get some',

salena jones..am i the same girl..cbs [does this exist neva seen one mansfield prod]

glen miller..funky broadway..doctor bird £500 on lists though ja release

bugs bunny..bunny hop..mfp

mike harper..lay it on me baby..retreat

poets..fun buggy..strike cola

herbie mann..its a funky thing right on..atlantic k series some stuff on this series is hard, ltd runs etc

sweet cherries..dont give it away..major minor

mike curb..burning bridges..polydor

eddie bo and inez..lover to a friend..capitol only ever seen promos

spagheeti head..funky axe..rca

coasters..down home girl..cbs

james royal..house of jack..cbs

mohawks..pepsi..pama

john fitch..romantic attitude..beacon

commodores..keep on dancin..atlantic red

rita wright on jet, nick ingram terminator ep, elaine delmar promo, masai on contempo, bruton, dewolfes 45s, the gaturs on atlantic, all the john schroader related lables alaska, black bear, survival etc


there must be 100s of quality uk 45s, weird oddball releases, unknown breaks, pyschy funk bits, weird issues of usa funk

[LDJB]

Quote[/b] ]nick ingram terminator ep

Which tracks are on this then? Never knew it existed.

[TuckinFrat]

Quote[/b] (LDJB @ Sep. 28 2004,09:50)]

Quote[/b] ]nick ingram terminator ep

Which tracks are on this then? Never knew it existed.

brass knuckles, terminator,american pie

[Hadrian Elephant]

Great thread!

Ron Keith "Gotta Go By What You Tell Me" is a toughie to get.

Midnight "Keep On Walking By" is hard, but coming down in price I think?

There's all the obvious rare northern UK bits & bobs, Tony Middleton. Alexander Patton, the Rufus Lumley that Manship has up for Auction......

Where are we drawing the line?

If we include psych/freakbeat theres loads & loads

*EDIT*

When you said Gaturs on Atlantic is that Cold Bear? I didn't think that was really hard to get?

What about Troublemaker by John Cameron, Solar Level by Johnny Almond and Original Peter by Mike Westbrook?

[TuckinFrat]

whats ron keith??used to have the rufus lunly-stateside 45, jack hammer -what greater love- ua,the showmen..the wrong girl..london, bobby coleman pleasure girl..pye etc, would like a tony middleton on polydor, recently had 7ts things like tom green on action 3 copies £100 shite, bobby mcclure..you bring out the love in me, nice tune, i dunno theres so many northern/ soul uk 45s..that midnight record had some thing to do with the eurovision song contest i read somewhere

[Hadrian Elephant]

Quote[/b] (TuckinFrat @ Sep. 28 2004,10:11)]whats ron keith??used to have the rufus lunly-stateside 45, jack hammer -what greater love- ua,the showmen..the wrong girl..london, bobby coleman pleasure girl..pye etc, would like a tony middleton on polydor, recently had 7ts things like tom green on action 3 copies £100 shite, bobby mcclure..you bring out the love in me, nice tune, i dunno theres so many northern/ soul uk 45s..that midnight record had some thing to do with the eurovision song contest i read somewhere

I've got the Bobby McClure, great record.

Yeah. the Midnight was a Eurovision thingy. Keep On Walking By is on the 'B'.

Ron Keith is another B side on UK A&M. The US is a lot easier to get. It's a modern tune, very nice indeed, not that I have one

Ian Jackson got his 'To The Ends Of The Earth' for 25p! I think he knocked the bloke down from 50p. Actually I never asked him about that so perhaps I am exagerating. I know it was super cheap though.

[TuckinFrat]

i think theres 2 gaturs uk issued 45s, they aint hard just a bit interesting coz there uk..i reckon pysch n freakbeat fits in nicely coz we all love that shit

[Hadrian Elephant]

Stone Penguin by The Elephant Band on Mojo, thats UK only.

Melvin Bliss on Contempo can't be easy to find now.

[TuckinFrat]

those uk northern collectors used to be hardcore, a dying breed now..theres a guy in southport a pure completest he had every stateside, chess, london uk soul release, shelves full of it, manship used to just collect uk didnt he

[Hadrian Elephant]

I know a guy with a near full set of UK Motown demo's, he used to pick them up from record fairs for next to nothing.

Speaking to a lot of the old northern soulies I know I think the love of UK pressings is because they made up a large part of the Wheel/Catacombs playlist and UK issues were what they bought when they first started collecting.

I think the whole northern price bubble has 10 years left in it max.

Wait until they all starting keeling (Keele-ing?) over at niters or selling them off to fund their retirement.

They'll be a flood of stuff that is not rare but is out of circulation.

[Hadrian Elephant]

How about these overpriced UK issues from Manships latest list?

I had the G.C. Cameron 7" but gave it to my mate when I found the 12"

CAMERON, G.C..
LIVE FOR LOVE
IF I LOVE YOU
FLAMINGO
£200.00
M-

WILLIAMS, TONY
HOW COME
WHEN I HAD YOU
PHILIPS
£100.00
M-

HEIGHT, DONALD
RAGS TO RICHES TO RAGS
DANCING TO THE MUSIC OF LOVE
AVCO
£100.00
M-

YOUNG HOLT TRIO
WACK WACK
THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE
CORAL
£85.00
M-

TATE, TOMMY
A LOVER'S REWARD
BIG BLUE DIAMONDS
COLUMBIA
£75.00
M-

JACKSON, JERRY
GYPSY EYES
TURN BACK
LONDON
£75.00
M-

JONES, LINDA
I CAN'T STOP LOVIN' MY BABY
HYPNOTIZED
WARNER BROS
£75.00
M-

PRENOSILOVA, YVONNE
WHEN MY BABY CRIES
COME ON HOME
PYE
£75.00
E

WELLS, MARY
AIN'T IT THE TRUTH
STOP TAKIN'ME FOR GRANTED
STATESIDE
£60.00
E+

TOTT, TINA
BURNING IN THE BACKGROUND OF MY MIND
TAKE AWAY THE EMPTINESS TOO
PYE
£50.00
E

[son of stan]

Good thread indeed. I love UK 7"s.

I think some soul collectors have turned to UK release 70s stuff because with that you have at least got a chance of turning things up at a reasonable price through general second hand sellers. Unlike the US stuff, particularly sixties, where you have to pay specialist dealer money to find anything reasonable nowadays. (It's certainly true in my case). Also, people have woken up in recent years to UK only releases (eg Glen Miller, Bobby McClure, Billy Cole, Ted Ford, Moon Williams, etc).

The 60s UK releases collecting is very much an old school wheel-era type of thing.  

The Salena Jones does exist apparently (although i have never seen one).

"Funky Broadway" by Glen Miller has got "Where is the Love" on the other side, right? Doctor Bird was a UK label - I've never heard of a Jamaican release.

As Hayd says, there's loads.

One that has proved very elusive for me:

Gladys Knight, "No one Could Love You More"

And one which loads of people seem to be after now:

Pioneers, "My Good Friend James".

[Dean R]

Like that list at the top, mainly cause I had 4 of them.
I bloody well hope 'It's A Funky Thing' isn't rare as I popped out its middle   - it's the b-side of the 2nd UK issue of 'Memphis Underground' .

Only Cold Bear had a UK issue by the Gaturs (on Atlantic anyway)

One of my faves is 'If I Could Only Be Sure' on UK Probe, and I love my UK demo of 'I Believe In Miracles' it just looks great!

I think anyone starting out buying old soul and funk in the 80s would probably have bought a lot of UK issues, I used to love collecting it. I know John Stapleton has some pretty amazing UK issues.

As for Ian Jackson's story, seemingly it's true, a friend of mine was with him. I think that was nearly 20 years ago now!

[son of stan]

Quote[/b] (Dean R @ Sep. 28 2004,10:50)]One of my faves is 'If I Could Only Be Sure' on UK Probe, and I love my UK demo of 'I Believe In Miracles' it just looks great!

I saw an "I believe in Miracles" on Contempo 7" the other week as I was nosing through someone's record box. What's that about? (I'm guessing a boot from the 80s rare groove era??)

[The Divine One]

Quote[/b] (son of stan @ Sep. 28 2004,10:38)]The Salena Jones does exist apparently (although i have never seen one).

I saw that Salena Jones 45 on Ebay once - it was Dutch in a picture sleeve, although you'd assume it came out here. Although I've never seen or heard of one.

One of my favourite UK labels issuing US stuff is Action - so many great records - Five Miles Out, Backyard Heavies, Eddie Bo, Singing Principal etc.

Son Of Stan - got a spare Gladys Knight 45 a few weeks back, I'll PM you...