BUY 5 RARE '50s-'60s SOUL 45RPMs: ROSCOE SHELTON+CLARENCE CARTER+DEE BROWN AND

$

30

!!! IT'S GOTTA HAVE SOUL !!! 

HALF PRICE 4 FOR 2 $ALE !!! 

I am pleased to offer TEN RARE 45RPM Records... by NINE  MASTERS OF SOUL ARTISTS/GROUPS ... SOME WIDELY RECOGNIZED ... I.E. THE IMPRESSIONS, CLARENCE CARTER, WILLIE MITCHELL AND JOHNNIE TAYLOR.  OTHERS LESS WELL-KNOWN, RARE SOUL MASTERS ... I.E. ROSCOE SHELTON, DEE BROWN & LOLA GRANT, THE JAMES BOYS, FREDDIE SCOTT AND ALL KENT.  THEY RECORDED IN MEMHIS, CHICAGO AND TEXAS... IN THE HEART OF THE SOUTH ... AND THE HEART OF THE NORTH ... ON THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI ... THE AMERICAN RIVER THAT GAVE BIRTH NOT ONLY TO THE BLUES ... BUT ALSO TO JAZZ ... ROCK & ROLL ... AND, CERTAINLY, GAVE TRUE MEANING TO SOUL MUSIC.  The Afro-American musicians found the urge irresistable to leave their God-fearing... white fo'k fearing.. miserable existance behind and take their musical soul up-river. 

I have decided to dig into my extensive collection of soul music and offer it for sale over the next several months on eBay.  Having become an adult in the '50s through military service, I spent the 'sixties knee deep in everything that went on during this ... in my opinion ... most exciting time in American music history... and, perhaps, in all Ameican history. 

Like many of you, my earliest musical memories are of the church and of sitting at my mother's and father's knees in front of a blazing fire place listening to them "sing up every song" they knew.  Most of these musical memories still bring tears of joy to my eyes.  Each and every one of them were sung from the heart and soul.

But, back to the sixties.  My memories are of the wonderful Friday night and Saturday night dances ... when my beautiful wife and I drove down to LaGrange the day before the dance early enough for her to spend hours preparing herself to "go out boogieing" to the music of her youngest brother's band at one of the local clubs.  Since LaGrange was dry during those days, the only place to get a drink other than beer was at the local private clubs.
We managed to get in wherever Cliff was playing without having membership cards.  During the peak of soul music popularity, Cliff had a young Caucasion singer who did a fabulous job of delivering Wilson Picket, Percy Sledge, Clarence Carter, Joe Tex, Soloman Burke and Otis Redding; with a few Ray Charles and Chubby Checker songs thrown in for good measure.  After a few Bourbon and Coke, we literally "danced our ass off" until the band played... and played ... and played "What'd I Say" ... which sent everybody, exhausted to bed.. or to one of the late night fish camps just across the line in neighboring counties. 

My fondest musical experiences and memories of the decade were nights on the town in Atlanta with my belle of the ball.  One experience in particular is of one night on some special occasion ... perhaps an anniversary ... when I made reservations for us to go see Joe Simon, a favorite of ours at that time.  Louise had used the occasion to make several trips to various Atlanta shopping malls so that she would look just right for the occasion.  On the long anticipated day, she took most of the afternoon preparing herself ... and the result was incredible.  The song-writer who wrote the following must have been reading my mind that night ... as i whisked my fairytale lady down the stairs and out to open the door for her to climb into her charriot:

"Put on your red dress baby ...
Cause we goin' out tonight ...
...
Better wear some boxin' gloves
In case some fool might wanta fight.

Put on your hi-Heel Sneakers ...
Wear your wig-hat on your head ...
...

I'm pretty sure now baby ...
Pretty sure you're gonna knock 'em dead." - sung by Tommy Tucker

I was even prouder when I escorted her into the club where Joe Simon was already on stage with the Memphis Horns section lined up behind him in a chorus-girl line ... all ready to start a-dancing and a-prancing ... blasting their horns ... doing their thing.  The place was packed with mostly Afro-Americans out on the town ready to jump and jive like only Afro-Americans really know how.  The head waiter informed us there wasn't a seat left in the house.  No amount of begging and pleading ... or bribery could change his mind.  Mrs. Knock-'em-dead had attracted a lot of attention when we came in the door.  One of those who was paying attention was Joe himself.  He got the attention of the head waiter and stuck his hand out palm up to indicate a spare space extension of the stage to his left... and asked the waiter if he couldn't find a table and a couple of chairs for his lovely special guest to occupy that space.  The waiter reached and took the fifty dollar bill I had offered him out of my hand and scurried off to find the table and chairs somewhere back of the stage.  For that entire evening Joe sang as much to my lady as to the audience.  The audience took up the joyful celebration.  It was one of the high points of our 47 years together.  A few months earlier my wife and I took our nine-year-old nephew to see Janis Joplin at The Georgia Tech Arena.  She absolutely made the Arena rock that night ... in addition to swilling down a quart of Southern Comfort.  We didn't know she was back in Atlanta the same evening we were being hosted by Joe Simon.  To our surprise and everyone else's surprise, around midnight ... in walks Janis with her latest gypsy outfit.  She and Joe finished off the evening by performing several of her and his hits together.  What a grand finale to a perfect evening !!!  

All of these artists/groups i will be featuring over the next few months have fans and collectors all over the world who seek and highly prize their recordings. These TEN records are guaranteed to get your phono or jukebox jumpin'... with TWENTY '50s and '60s musical gems ... that bring back memories of how great Rock 'N' Roll sounded... and stirred the soul of millions... from all generations... from all the far-flung corners of the earth... in the genesis of it's birth... created and performed by  the artists recognized worldwide by fans and musicians alike as collectable purveyors of Soul.  A big shout-out of appreciation to all those soulful masters who made the '60s so exciting and memorable.

BUY THE FIRST FIVE RECORDS at Half the condition adjusted NM BIN Price(*); GET THE OTHER TWO ABSOLUTELY FREE!!!...
(*) I have reduced the starting bid price a full 70 % below the BIN price to ettract more bidders and increase the excitement of this auction.  If you like this offering of Soul music ... keep your eye out for my upcoming additional Soul music offerings.

 Ten Great SOUL 45RPM Singles by Nine Great Soul Recording Artists/Groups: Roscoe Shelton, Clarence Carter, Dee Dee Brown & Lola Grant, Willie Mitchell, The James Boys + Four Others … FREE !!!

Catalog # Name of Artist Name of Album Year of Release  Condition (Cover/ Vinyl) Description Jerry Osborne 2007 Price Guide eBay Comparable Listings Prices My NM Price Price Adjusted for Condition BIN Price - Discounted to Move  Starting Bid Price 45-5555 Roscoe Shelton Easy Going Fellow/Roll With The Punch 65-'68 VG++/ VG++ (VG+++) Label: Sound Stage 7; Black w. Rainbow Accents; Squeeky clean lables; graded VG+++.  Vinyl: Playgraded VG+++/VG+++; very minor surface scratches/scuffs.  Lots of Sheen!! Looks Great!! Plays great!! $100-$200 One: $100(VG-) $150.00 $112.50 $56.25 $16.87 BUY! 45-2461 Clarence Carter I Can't See Myself (Crying About You)/Looking For A Fox 57 VG++/ VG++ (VG+++) Label: Atlantic; Red & Black; Squeeky Clean!! Graded VG+++. Vinyl: Playgraded VG+++/VG+++; No scuffs/scratches.  Looks Great!! Plays Great!! Original Atlantic Sleeve. Not Listed $21.00(EX (drill hole) Sleeve = Plain sleeve
$25.00 $25.00 $12.50 $3.75 BUY! 14 Dee Brown & Lola Grant You Need Loving/We Belong Together 66  VG++/ VG++ (VG+++) Label: Surefine; Labels:Graded: VG+++; Minor playwear.  Vinyl: Paygraded; VG++/VG++; Looks Great! Plays Very Good! Not Listed $5.99(VG+)[Has sticker residue on label.] $29.95 $22.46 $11.23 $3.37 BUY! 45-2147 Willie Mitchell Prayer Meetin'/Bum Daddy 62-'73 VG+++/ VG+++ (VG+++) Label; Hi; Black w. silver letters; except for red & blue logo; Very clean!!; only very minor play wear around spindle hole. Graded: VG+++  Vinyl: Playgraded VG+++/VG+++.  A few very minor scuffs/scrathces; do not have audible affect on sound.  Looks Great!! Plays Great!! Original Hi sleeve like new! $5-$10 $20.00(M-) $20.00 $20.00 $10.00 $3.00 BUY! 316 The James Boys The Horse/The Mule  ????  VG+++/ VG+++ (VG+++) Label: Phil-L.A. of Soul; Yellow w. Black letters; Squeeky Clean!!; Graded VG+++. Vinyl: Playgraded VG+++/ VG+++; No scuffs/scratches.  Looks Great!! Plays Great!! Not Listed $15.99(VINYL:  VG+++  VERY CLEAN
LABEL:  VG++ 
) $20.00 $20.00 $10.00 $3.00 BUY!   $244.95 $199.96 $99.98 $29.99     ABSOLUTELY FREE !!!!       s. 211 Freddie Scott Cry To Me/No One Could Ever Love You 68-'71 VG+++/ VG+++ (VG+++) Label: Shout; White, orange & dark blue; squeeky clean!!; Graded: VG+++. Vinyl: Playgraded: VG+++/VG+++; Very few visible light scratches/scuffs on side 2; no playwear; no audible noise. Plays Great!!  Plain white sleeve. $5-$10 $20.00(M-) $12.00 $12.00 FREE! FREE! FREE! 45-10670 The Impressions I've Found That I've Lost/ Meeting Over Yonder 65-'66 VG+++/ VG+++ (VG++) Label; ABC-Paramount; Black w. silver letters; except for rainbow logo. Graded: VG++.  Vinyl: Playgraded VG++/VG+++.  Very heavy vinyl for a 45RPM. Has a few minor visible & audible scratches/scuffs in lead-off of side 1; has minor audible affect on sound.  Looks very good!! Plays very good!! $8-$12 $12.00(M-) $12.00 $9.00 FREE! FREE! FREE! 45-247 Johnnie Taylor Next Time/Sundown 67-'68  VG+++/ VG+++ (VG+++) Label: Stax; light blue w. black letters ; Very Clean; minor playwear around spindle hole; graded VG+++  Vinyl: Playgraded VG+++/VG+++; A few minor surface scratches/scuffs. Great sheen!! Looks Great!! Plays great!! $8-$12 $ 11.98(8) $12.00 $12.00 FREE! FREE! FREE! 45-253 Johnnie Taylor I Ain't Particular/Where There's Smoke There's Fire 67-'68  VG+++/ VG+++ (VG+++) Label: Stax; Dark green w. black letters ;logo: rainbow colors w. white background. Very Clean; minor playwear around spindle hole; graded VG+++  Vinyl: Playgraded VG+++/VG+++; A few minor surface scratches/scuffs. Great sheen!! Looks Great!! Plays great!! $8-$12 $15.00(M-) $12.00 $12.00 FREE! FREE! FREE! RT 127 Al Kent You've Got To Pay The Price/Where Do I Go From Here 65-'66  VG++/ VG++ (VG+++) Label: RicTic; Labels: Squeeky Clean!!; Graded : VG+++.  Vinyl: Playgraded VG++/VG++. Has some, most ly visible scuffs/scratches; Looks Very Good !! Plalys Very Good!! $10-$20 $10.95(M-) $15.00 $11.25 FREE! FREE! FREE!

 

I never sell recorded music without playing it first in its entirity... including CDs, Cassettes and DVDs. Price comparisons are made on eBay for items in comparable condition... if available.  Other sources of comparison for price are Goldmine and Jerry Osborne's price guides.  A price estimate is then reduced by 20-50 % for targeting the eBay listed price of each item or lot.  This process takes time but assures fair pricing of all my listings.

I estimate a BIN price for the TEN 45RPMs if they were in NM condition would be $ $ 307.95.  The condition adjusted price for the 10 is $ 256.21 and the Half BIN price is $ 128.11.  This listing is based upon my wholesale lot pricing which is 50% off the condition adjusted BIN price for the first FIVE records ...$ 199.96 ... plus the added bonus of one record free for each one you purchase.  This wholesale pricing results in a BIN price of $99.98 and brings the starting bid price for the 10 item lot down to $ 29.99 !!!

And, you get FIVE of the SOUL Classic 45RPMs ... estimated value of $56.25 ... ABSOLUTELY FREE!!!

And, you get triple savings... each item is wrapped in bubble wrap and surrounded snugly by bubble wrap in a cardboard box; stamped profusely all over with "Fragile" and "Do Not Bend"; insured (with tracking number for domestic buyers); and shipped by USPS Media Mail ...  ABSOLUTELY FREE to domestic(continental U.S.) buyers(*)... and you'll never be able to purchase as much value, as economically nor hear SOUL played and sung from the heart and SOUL of America as convincingly as from these masters of SOUL.

And, if you buy more than one of my listings, your 2nd (highest price) purchase of  my listings will be eligible for a 20 % muliple-listing purchase discount. Your 3rd (next highest) purchase of one of my listings and each subsequent purchase will be eligible for a 30 % multiple-purchase discount.  I combine multi-listings to provide the lowest shipping costs possible.  If you would prefer your shipment expedited, just send me an email on eBay and request it added to your total invoice. (*)I will be listing many artists including other soul artists, like Sam Cook, Jackie Wilson, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Clyde McPhatter, Brook Benton, and all the Memphis, Chicago, Motown, Phillie, Cincinnati, and other Northern Soul artists; and others, like Jerry Lee Lewis, Frank Sinatra, and many of the Big Band, Jazz, Blues & C&W performers from the 30's up to the turn of the 21st Century... many of who's performances are only available through remastered CDs and box sets.  However, if you buy more than one of my listings you should notify me of your intentions and request a discount adjusted total invoice before authorizing PayPal to transfer payment.   

International buyers, in particular, appreciate the lower customs charges resulting from my multiple-listing pricing; the lower shipping cost resulting from my combined shipping and USPS First Class International shipping; and my personal, dedicated service resulting from having lived for three and a half years outside the United States and having traveled extensively worldwide and established relationships with people of all nationalities, religions and cultural backgrounds.  I can truthfully say for most circumstances "Been there; done that." (*)USPS has a cut-off on shipping by International First Class at 3 US lbs.  Packages over 3 lbs. must be shipped by Priority or Express.  In some cases where combined shipping exceeds this limit, I will split the shipment up into more than one shipment where this is cheaper than shipping a single package priotity.  When deciding whether to purchase multiple listings to enjoy the multi-purchase discount(s), international buyers should request a combined shipping cost before selecting multiple items.  

 

If you think my deals are unbelievable... that's because they are.

 

Thanks for coming by.  if you would like to know more about me and my business, click 'me' at the top right of this listing. I hope you enjoy shopping.  And, Good Luck!!!

I have an extensive personal collection which I am listing, slowly on eBay.  I need the space. I am listing a lot of hard to find blues, jazz, rock, R&B and pop  items - vinyl, CDs and Cassettes.  If you're looking for specific genres, artists, media or selections, send me an email on eBay with what you're looking for and I'll respond promptly. 

Take advantage of my bonus offer.  Buy more than one of my listings [not including free selection(s) or Special Discount Combinations.] within a 7-day period and get an additional 20% off the total price of your purchase.  You'll love doing business with me !!!

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