Mike Morton LP With V Rare Northern Soul These Things Will Keep Me Loving You

	£		20
	$		26

This is an album by The Mike Morton Congregation called Nonstop Top 20 Vol 3 which has the Blue Sharks related " These Things Will Keep Me Loving You " , top Northern Soul Cover Version ! on it . The label is on Plexium PXMS 1004 Stereo . This is the very collectable and now quite rare volume 3 LP from the Mike Morton Congregation which as i say , has on it , the notorious and much discussed a few years ago , cover of the Velvelettes song " These Things Will Keep Me Loving You " . I must admit i am not heavily into Northern Soul ( sorry ) , but i believe this track did cause a little controversy a few years back with the avid Northern Soul followers . Apparently this track was covered by a band called The Blue Sharks in Italy only , on the Grand Prix label and was thought to have been given away in various supermarkets in Italy . It became very popular but because it was only pressed in Italy and in low numbers only , it fast became very collectable and sought after in the UK with copies often changing hands for many hundreds of pounds each . I believe that later down the line it was found out that the track was actually the one on this album and was in fact The Mike Morton Congregation . I think this caused quite a discussion with many believing this was not the case and i am not sure if it was ever proven etc and maybe even the argument is still going on ? . As far as i am aware , this album is the only other record with this track on it and i know that the track is still a very sought after item ! . This album also was the only one to have the extended playing times . This was done after complaints from customers saying that the tracks are too short on all the previous albums , this extended playing time was done on this one , but they went straight back to the shorter playing times on the next and all the other albums . 
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Please note that i do tend to use " Very Good Condition " for most of my records , although none are heavily scratched etc and most will just have some general light surface marks only . The only exception to this is if the record does have scratches and lots of marks etc but is very rare and collectable and will be described in great detail . I never use " Mint " or " Near Mint " unless the record is unopened from it's original shrink wrap and is clearly unplayed . Even with these i am wary because if the record has been stored for years in maybe a damp garage or loft etc and has not been opened , then we can only presume it should be mint because we obviously can't actually see the record . Everyone obviously has their own opinions as to what is very good and excellent , but in my case , i tend to think that most , if not all records do have marks to some degree ( lots even from new ! ) purely because they are vinyl and mark easy and have been used over a considerable amount of time in most cases . This is why i use Very Good most of the times . This is also why i do go into great detail with my descriptions , as the term " Very Good " can be a bit vague . I do use " Excellent Condition " sometimes , but in my case , i would class this as hardly played , excellent shine and just a handful of the very very lightest and small surface marks only ( in other words , looks like new ) . Lots of my records as you can see by my feedback are better than described , more better than very good and closer to near ( if not ) excellent and i do pride myself on this fact , this is why i do use mainly " Very Good " but with very detailed descriptions also of which i will say i can go a little OTT with noise and general condition and can often make a record sound bad when it really isn't , i do just try my best to say how it is , but as i say please do check my feedback and you will see you can bid with confidence , thank you .
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COVER: Laminated front only cover generally in very good overall condition .
FRONT: 
FACE: Still nice and shiny . A few ( three or four ) usual but light and small laminate surface crease lines in places and a few round the outer edges . A very few very light and very small usual general surface / handling / age related marks in places . The usual but generally quite light ringwear marks .
TOP / BOTTOM MAIN EDGES: ( Not Including Corners And Right Next To Corners Please See Corner Description ) . Top edge , virtually no rub wear . Bottom edge again virtually no rub wear . 
MAIN SPINE EDGE: ( Not Including Corners And Right Next To Corners Please See Corner Description ) . Very good / near excellent overall . A few ( two or three ) usual but very light and small surface crack lines in places . Just an extremely light bit of dent wear in just a couple of isolated places , these are very light indeed and the spine retains it's shape . Text is legible and still bold and bright . 
OPENING EDGES: Some normal but very light fray / useage wear on the outer edges only on the front and rear . 
CORNERS: Some usual but light fray / dent wear on the corners but this really is nothing large or heavy etc and is mainly tight into the corners , really just consistent with age . 
REAR: Very good overall . A few usual general surface / handling / age related marks in places . A very few usual small surface crease lines in places round the outer edges . Again there are the usual ringwear marks , but again quite light . A bit of light browning present round the edges but any marks are really just consistent with age , but certainly nothing overly excessive as you can see . As i say this really is still very good indeed overall .
INNER SLEEVE:  Plain white paper inner sleeve in good overall condition . A few light general surface / age related marks . Quite light ringwear marks . A few surface crease marks in places and the usual creases caused by the outer edge of the record . Some light normal useage wear on the top opening edges . Some mostly light browning / fading in places , mainly round the edges . I am unsure if this is the original inner sleeve . 
RECORD: The overall visual grade under normal household light conditions is a very very strong very good condition with just some ( a few only ) very light hairline surface marks on both sides , a lot of which are only visible under a light , there are no nasty deep gouges / scratches etc whatsoever . There are a couple of light stylus line marks in places and a couple of slightly more visible but still only hairline non feelable marks in odd places which do not affect play at all . Actually this one i would say is much better than very good overall visually , certainly between very good and near excellent if not better . It plays beautifully crisp and clear throughout on the audio playback with just some ( very little indeed ) very very very occasional very very light odd bits of isolated background only noise on a very few of the quieter parts only , any of these really very very few odd isolated bits of noise are really over super quick and certainly do not spoil any enjoyment whatsoever being very very light indeed ! . I must stress that any of the slightest bit of background noise was in odd places only , over very quickly , were not constant at all and as i say did not spoil any enjoyment .There are some usual and sometimes louder noises heard on the silent run ins/offs and track changeover lines , though i must say that even these were quite quiet indeed , though S1 i noticed did have a noisy run off only . Tick wise , i only heard a couple of very light isolated ones .This record on the music really does play and sound fantastic overall and the audio tones are still truely awesome . There were no jumps etc when tested on my deck and it still retains a very nice overall shine . Both labels are very good indeed , writing free , with just a few usual but light spindle marks . There really is very little indeed to report on this one on the audio , any of the very very odd bit of isolated background only noise on the music was super light and very very very occasional as i say and any being over super quick . It is worth noting that the applause heard between tracks was transferred onto the record afterwards and was not an actual live performance . I really can't stress enough how good overall this one plays and sounds ! . All in all a very nice example of this now very collectable item together with superb overall sound , do turn this one up and enjoy ! . Thank you very much for your time and interest and happy bidding . Please do read the following ref post and packing and item gradings explained thank you . 
Very Good: The record has obviously been played many times , but displays no major deterioration in sound quality , despite noticeable surface marks and the occasional light scratch .
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Please note that whilst ALL my LP's and 12" singles are now vacuum cleaned on my Project pro cleaning machine , i do not yet own a record cleaning machine arm for 7" and 10" records , so whilst virtually all of my records are generally all clean and have a very nice shine , there obviously maybe some small traces of dust particles from cleaning manually if this is needed , though most , i do like to leave as they are , as i try to be very picky with the quality of records i sell ( unless stated otherwise ie very rare but some marks etc ) . If this is the case then i would always advise a pro clean on a machine with a 7" and 10" arm thank you .
Please note that whilst I haven’t increased my postage charges for quite a while now , this , now other recent price increase , has seen me , unfortunately , have to put a slight increase on my overall charges . This is also topped with the rise in cost for quality card mailers , jiffy bags , stiffeners and Ebays new 10% extra fee for seller postage costs . Please also note that I now send ALL LP’s with a minimum of 3 stiffeners on all none GF LP's and all 7" singles with a minimum of 2 stiffeners , but I do obviously want to still remain competitive and still offer my usual top quality service thank you .