Sold Date: January 23, 2016
Start Date: January 13, 2016
Final Price: £18.11 (GBP)
Bid Count: 7
Seller Feedback: 7154
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Issue 88 of Soul Up North is out NOW!

ALL MY SALES ARE ALWAYS PLAY-GRADED

AND NOT JUST GIVEN A VISUAL ONCE-OVER

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

THERE WILL BE SOME REAL GEMS, SO MAKE SURE YOU KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN

SOME FROM AS LITTLE AS 50p

60s AFRO/FUNK/JAZZ/SOUL

ORIGINAL U.K. DEMO

BASS-DRIVEN NIGERIAN FUNK TWO-SIDER

FROM THE GROUP FORMERLY KNOWN AS OFO THE BLACK COMPANY

NOT AS WELL-KNOWN AS THEIR "ALLAH WAKBARR" CLASSIC

(HENCE THE LACK OF ACCOMPANYING YOUTUBE SOUND LINKS)

BUT BOTH SIDES ARE PARTICULARLY HEAVY ON THE BASS-LINE

 WITH SOME WICKED INSTRUMENATION (SUCH AS FLUTE ON THE A-SIDE)

ALL IS OVERLAIN WITH  PLENTY OF AFRO-CHANTING

THE GROUP WERE FRONTED BY THEIR DRUMMER/VOCALIST LARRY IFEDIORANMA

AND COULD OUT-FUNK ANY AMERICAN SOUL OUTFIT

BOTH TRACKS RECORDED IN LONDON WITH PIP WILLAMS IN THE PRODUCER'S CHAIR

OFO

"LET'S GO WHERE THE ACTION IS"

b/w

"THE BOOK"

(UK: Decca F 13496, 1974; Demonstration Sample)

Record condition (A-side): Excellent ++ (plays Excellent ++++)
Record condition (B-side): Excellent ++ (plays Excellent ++++)

Label condition (A-side): Spotless

Label condition (B-side): Spotless

The original four-pronged centre is intact

This single comes in my own personalized white card cover

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. Most are sent by 'signed for' delivery (inclusive in the P&P cost).

I'm writing regularly for Soul Up North, Howard Earnshaw's long-running rare soul fanzine. It's available every three months from:

Howard Earnshaw (editor)

19 Rectory Drive

Kirkheaton

Huddersfield

North Yorkshire

HD5 OJT

A four-issue/yearly subscription is £14 (including P&P).

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

One 7" single: £2.30; 50p per 7" afterwards.

One 12" single/LP: £3.70; £1 per 12"/LP afterwards.

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

Overseas postal rates:

£12 (sent recorded delivery)

£5 (sent uninsured)