60s CHICAGO NORTHERN SOUL MAMIE GALORE ST LAW 1012 ORIG

	£		21
	$		28

I've made the decision to sell some of my very large collection of 7", 12" and LPs.

I am NOT selling up, merely getting rid of excess in order to fuel more buying.

ALL THE ITEMS I AM SELLING COME FROM NEARLY FORTY YEARS OF COLLECTING.

I AM NOT A DEALER.

There will be some real gems, so make sure you keep your eyes open.

SOME OF MY LISTINGS NOW CARRY 'BORROWED' SOUND CLIPS BENEATH THE TITLE.

I AREN'T QUITE ADVANCED ENOUGH YET TO PROVIDE MY OWN!

MOST OF THE IMPORTANT INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE.

THE MIDDLE SECTION CONTAINS ALL MY LENGTHY WAFFLE, WHICH YOU DON'T NEED TO READ (ALTHOUGH I WILL BE ASKING QUESTIONS AT THE END).

POSTAGE RATES ARE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE.

ALL MY ITEMS START WELL BELOW BOOK VALUE

SOME FROM AS LITTLE AS 99p.

60s CHICAGO NORTHERN SOUL/R&B/MOD

ST. LAWENCE DANCER #3

HER BEST TWO-SIDER

CURRENTLY BOOKED AT ABOUT £45

MAMIE GALORE

"IT AIN'T NECESSARY"

HEAR HERE! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YgCVsLhbVs

b/w

"DON'T THINK I COULD STAND IT"

HEAR HERE! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzumsPG46Qs

(US: St. Lawrence 1012, 1966)

Vinyl

Record conditon: Excellent - (plays Excellent +++)

Labels condition: Spotless

Mamie Galore (1940 - 2001)

Although she did almost all of her work in Chicago, Mamie Davis was born and bred in Mississippi. During the early 60s, she performed on stage with The Ike & Tina Turner Revue, before spending a three-year period with Little Milton's Band. That brought her into contact with the Chicago recording scene, and a contract with St. Lawrence/Satellite Records. Her first single was firmly in the James Bond/spy craze style of 1965 titles like "I Spy (For The F.B.I.)", "Sock It To 'Em J.B.", and "Agent Double 0 Soul", and gained her a stage name based on the famous Goldfinger character, Pussy Galore. Mamie Davis - now Mamie Galore - had arrived. Today's specials in my alphabetical trawl are all three of her St. Lawrence singles, recorded during 1965 and early 1966. They are outstanding slices of mid-60s Chicago soul, produced by Monk Higgins for his own Special Agent company, and all but one of the six tracks are in the Northern Soul genre.

After leaving St. Lawrence, the singer became Mamie P. Galore, and had a short stint with Thomas, and then with the collectable Sack label. That was followed by four further singles on Imperial (two of them duets with Dee Irwin). She remained with Monk Higgins throughout her recording career, but by 1970 it was over. She returned to Mississippi, where she became a popular figure on the local club circuit. She died aged sixty-one, after suffering a stroke.

Mention of Mamie's Sack single, has reminded me of one of soul's strange little curiousities. At around £800, her thundering "No Right To Cry" is out of the reach of many, but there is a cheaper way of getting hold of the single. A few years back, I bought blind an LP called "Funky Fox", credited to 'Sister Doris Duke & Friends'. Imagine my surprise when I found that none of the tracks were what they claimed to be, and instead were entirely made up of Sack material. Not only both sides of the Mamie Galore single were present, but also both sides of the singles by Tyrone Davis and Bobbie Jean Bland - as well as otherwise unreleased material by Galore and Davis. The LP came out in 1980 on the UK Manhattan label, and I also bought another on the same logo, which claimed to be by Tyrone Davis, whereas all the tracks were actually by Rudy Love!

Here's the real deal - her final St. Lawrence release, and her most popular dancer. Neither of the major sellers mentions it ever being count?!feited. It must be one of the very few early 70s Northern discoveries not to have been pressed in any way, although other St. Lawrence singles, like Butch Baker and Johnny Sayles, definitely were.

A. Should need no introduction; everything fits together perfectly; the bass-line seems to be a steal from Eddie Holman's "Where I'm Not Wanted"; early 70s discovery that has never been pressed (surprisingly); co-written by none other than Jerry Butler (with Sylvester Potts and the unfortunately named Council Gay); also done by The Embers; listen via the above youtube posting, featuring Mamie in vintage footage (miming badly).

B. Almost as good; excellent horn intro; another uptempo performance; one of my personal favourites, which I've now acquired on demo; listen in full via the above youtube posting.

The vinyl has several light "spiders webs", but both sides play almost like new.

Both labels are immaculate.

This record has been played on both sides to verify condition, but there's a full money-back guarantee on all my sales, and I'll refund anyone who isn't totally captivated.

Domestic postal rates (sent recorded delivery, unless the winning bid is under £5):

One 7" single: £1.80; 30p per 7" afterwards.

One 12" single/LP: £2.80; 50p per 12"/LP afterwards.

YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME TO PICK UP THE ITEM IN PERSON.

Overseas postal rates (all sent recorded delivery):

One 7" single: £7 or £10; 50p per 7" afterwards.

12"/LPs at a cost to be determined later.

DUE TO A NUMBER OF LOSSES/CLAIMS RECENTLY, ALL OVERSEAS WINS WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE CHARGED £10, WHICH I WILL THEN ADJUST, ACCORDING TO THE SALE VALUE.

OVERSEAS BIDDERS WHO WIN AN ITEM UNDER £30 WILL BE CHARGED £7 FOR A FULLY INSURED PACKAGE.

OVERSEAS BIDDERS WHO WIN AN ITEM OVER £30 WILL BE CHARGED £10 FOR A FULLY INSURED PACKAGE.

THIS IS NOT TO DETER PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS, BUT TO ENSURE PEACE OF MIND.

PLEASE DON'T BID IF YOU DISAGREE.

IF YOU ARE AN OVERSEAS WINNER, PLEASE WAIT FOR ME TO AMEND YOUR INVOICE BEFORE PAYING.