My LEGENDARY June 20th RARE R&B Vocal Group 45's Consignment Auction HIGHLIGHTS!
Closes Thursday, June 20th, 2024 at 7:00 pm PT
RARE R&B Vocal Groups, Soul, Motown and Girl Groups 45's consignment auction!
My June 20th, 2024 RARE R&B Vocal Group 45's auction COMPLETE LIST
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THE KINGS OF R&B Vocal Group 45's! (Records 1 – 6)
1. The Coronets "It Would Be Heavenly / Baby's Coming Home" CHESS 1553 VG+ ULTRA RARE RED VINYL COPY!!! You never, ever see this for sale in RED VINYL and this copy is just beautiful and plays M- . . . just a few MINOR scuffs. MB $1,000
2. The Magic Tones "Tears In My Eyes / Spanish Love Song" HOWFUM No # VCG+ INSANELY RARE!!! Two, maybe three known copies. Nice copy with some label discoloration as shown. I have never, ever seen one of these until now! MB $1,000
3. The Peacheroos "Be Bop Baby / Every Day My Love Is True" EXCELLO 2044 VG+ ALL TIME RARITY! They show up once in a while on 78 rpm, but 45's are about as rare as unicorn teeth! Beautiful copy! MB $1,000

4. Ray Pollard With Group "This Time (I'm Gonna Be True) / No More Like Me" SHRINE 103 M/VG+ The most collectible label in all of SOUL, this one has an old style group side and an uptempo NORTHERN SOUL side. VERY few copies out there. MB $1,000

5. The Satintones "Angel / A Love That Can Never Be" MOTOWN 1006 VG+ WHITE LABEL PROMO . . . not sure if they ever made stock copies . . . and this is one of the rarest Motown releases of all. Withdrawn. First copy I've ever had. MB $500
6. Lee Scott And The Windsors "My Gloria / Cool Seabreeze" BACK BEAT 506 VG+/M- PROMO COPY of legendary R & B rarity! I had never seen one in person until this one! Are there stock copies or was this Promo only?? Gorgeous copy! MB $2,000
8. The Ambassadors "Keep On Trying / The Switch"AIR 5065 M- MB $500
9. Lee Andrews And The Hearts "Maybe You'll Be There / Baby Come Back" RAINBOW 252 M- RED VINYL, one of the absolute BEST Vocal Group records EVER! MB $500
12. Avalons "Picture Of You / I Need Your Loving"KEN-GREN 243 M- ULTRA RARE MB $1,000
18. The Candlelighters "Would You Do The Same For Me/At Soda Shop" DELTA 203 M- RARE MB $500
23. The Castelles "Marcella/I'm A Fool To Care" GRAND 114 VG+ NO address on labelTrue first pressing MB $300
24. Castelles "Heavenly Father / My Wedding Day"GRAND 122 VG+ NO address on the label, True First Pressing MB $1,000
30. Condors "Sweetest Angel/Little Curly Top" HUNTER 2504 VG+ MB $500
31. The Contenders "Whenever I Get Lonely/That's The Way" SAXONY 1001 M- FIRST PRESSING WITH MAN'S PROFILE ON THE LABEL MB $400
32. The Continders "Mr. Dee Jay/Yes, I Do" BLUE SKY RECORDS 105 M- MB $500
33. The Continentals And The Counts Of Rhythm "Don't Leave Me/Hey Senorita" MUNCIE no # VG Super rare MB $500
37. The Convincers "Rejected Love/Go Back Baby" MOVIN 100 M- MB $300
43. Deli-Cados "Now I've Confessed/Granny Baby" PMP no # G Plays MUCH BETTER than the grade MB $300
44. The Delrays "One Kiss, One Smile And A Dream / Our Love Is True"CORD 1001 VG+ B-side label has stains MB $1,000
52. The Emeralds "Why Must I Wonder / Sally Lou"KICKS 3 M- MB $1,000
53. The Emperors "Come Back, Come Back/I May Be Wrong" HAVEN 511 VG- RED VINYLlegendary rarity!!! MB $300
54. The Endeavors "Suffering With My Heart/I Got The Feeling" J & S 254 M- MB $500
56. Eric With The Plazas "I Wish/It's The Last Kiss" PRODUCTION 63106 M- PURPLE LABEL MB $500
58. The Esquirers "The Girl In Chinatown/Rebel Wabble" INTERNATIONAL RECORD 276 M- MB $500
65. The Fascinators "The Bells Of My Heart/Sweet Baby" YOUR COPY 1135 MINT MASTERPIECE MB $400
71. Five Echoes "So Lonesome/Broke" SABRE 105 M- MB $300
72. The Five Emeralds "I'll Beg/Let Me Take You Out Tonight" S-R-C 106 M- MAROON LABEL WITH ROPES MB $400
75. The Five Kids "Carolyn/Oh Babe" MAXWELL 101 G EXTREMELY RARE AND FABULOUS RECORDplays nice well above the grade, label is discolored on both sides MB $500
78. Five Thrills "My Baby's Gone/Feel So Good" PARROT 796 M-/VG+ Title is cut off MB $800
79. The Five Tinos "Sitting By My Window/Don't Do That" SUN 222 VG+ MB $500
82. The Flamingos "Golden Teardrops/Carried Away" CHANCE 1145 VG+ RED VINYL— ALL TIME MASTERPIECE MB $500
91. The Four Dots "Strange As It Seems/Saturday Night Function" CASTLE 2006 M- RED VINYL MB $200
93. The Four Kings "You Don't Mean Me Right/My Head Goes Acting Up" FORTUNE 811 M- MAROON LABEL MB $300
98. The Galaxys "A Lover's Prayer/Jelly-Bean" CARTHAY 103 VG+ MB $500
99. Globeliters "If I Were A King/I Know You Found Another Guy" VAN DYK 601 M-/VG+ 5¢ written on B-side label MB $400
103. Gypsies "Why/Young Girl To Calypso" ATLAS RECORDS 1073 MINT WHITE LABEL PROMO MB $300
113. Willie Howard And The Chordells "Letters Of Love/Louise" MASCOT 127 M- MB $400
114. Mary Hylor And Group "We Walked Down The Aisle/Runnin' " EL-LOR 1058 M- With male backing group MB $300
116. The Incredible Upsetters "Baby I'm Your Man/Only A Dream/My Life, My Loved One/Oo-Wah-Cha-Wah" AUDIO LAB 2046 M- MB $500
119. The Invictas "Wedding Bells /Everybody's Got Money" VULCO 1515 M- ULTRA RARE MB $2,000
120. The Invictors "Where All Lovers Meet / That's All Right" T P E 8221 M- THE GREAT ONE MB $1,000
121. The Iridescents "The Angels Sang/I Know" ULTRA SONIC 109 M- With small wol MB $500
124. The Jets "I'll Hide My Tears/Got A Little Shadow" ALADDIN 3247 VG With sticker stain on B-side label, plays NICE MB $500
128. Wade Jones And Group "Insane/I Can't Concentrate" RAYBER 1001 VG SUPER RARE MOTOWN ITEM! MB $300
133. Little Sonny Knight And The Cymbols "My Darlin' / Tears On My Pillow" NEW TEENAGE RECORD CO. 5001 M-/VG+Uber rare!!! MB $1,000
143. Linda And The Vistas "She Went Away/Bad Apple" SHRINE 100 VG Xol, another one on the LEGENDARY SHRINE LABEL MB $300
144. The Links "She's The One / Ba-Bee" TEENAGE 1009 M- RARE MB $1,000
150. The Lyrics "I'm In Love / You (Oo-Wee)" HY-TONE 111 M- MB $1,000
154. The Magic Tones "How Can You Treat Me This Way/Cool, Cool Baby" KING 4681 VG+ Tough on 45 rpm MB $200
168. The Marvels "I Won't Have You Breaking My Heart/Jump Rock & Roll" ABC-PARAMOUNT 9771 M- Title is on two lines MB $300
183. The Meridians "Have You Forgotten/Blue Victory" PARNASO 107 M- THICK WAX MB $200
197. The Mustangs "Over The Rainbow/Loop The Fly" VEST 51 M- Date stamp of JAN 28 1966 on A-side label MB $500
198. The Mystics "Teenage Sweetheart/Rockin' Yodel" CHATAM 350 VG+ With sticker stain on A-side label and label wear on both sides MB $500
202. The Nephews "This Is The Night/Wiggle" ZINNA 8000 M- MB $200
203. The New Invictors "Deeply In Love With You / She Wouldn't Quit It" HALE RECORDS 500 M- Slight label fade MB $1,000
205. Nite Riders "In My Dream/Beggin' For Love" RIFF 101 VG+ Label faded in spots and neat PROMO sticker on both sides MB $500
207. The Nu-Trends "Together /Spooksville" LAWN 216 M- Crum Lynne music credits, xol MB $1,000
210. The Orioles "You Belong To Me/I Don't Want To Take A Chance" JUBILEE 5102 M- MB $300
211. Orioles "Sugar Girl/Didn't I Say" VEE-JAY 244 M- THE RARE ONE ON VEE JAY MB $300
212. Joe Palmer With Group "Give Me/25 Minutes" MASON 080 MINT WHITE LABEL PROMO MB $300
226. The Plants "I Searched The Seven Seas/I Took A Trip Way Over The Sea" J & S 248 M- MB $300
227. The Playgirls "Bells/Donnie" GALAXY 713 M- WHITE LABEL PROMO on GREEN VINYL MB $200
229. Carl Ponder With Group "Greatest Hurt/You're Gonna Be Sorry" DESTINY 1202 VG SUPER RARE, wol MB $500
231. Quantrils "I'm In Love / I Wanna Dance" KAREM 112 M-/VG PROMO COPY MB $800
232. The Rachells "Sweet To My Baby/A Fool Is The One That Cries" DYNAMIC 1003 M- GIRL GROUP GREAT ONE! MB $200
234. The Ramblers "Search My Heart/50-50 Love" JAX 319 M- RED VINYL MB $400
243. Robin & The Cool Cats "Give Me Your Love/BLANK" PUSSY CAT No # M- ONE-SIDED WHITE LABEL PROMO with handwritten label MB $300
248. The Rockers "Count Every Star/Tell Me Why" CARTER 3029 M- Maroon label, has two long light scuffs that don't affect play MB $700
254. Royal Notes "You Are My Love/Wee Small Hours" KELIT 7034 M- MB $300
255. The Royals "Someday We'll Meet Again/I Want You To Be My Baby" VENUS 103 M- MB $200
262. Henry Sawyer And The Jupiters "It Takes Two/I Want" PLANET X 9621 VG MB $500
270. John Shaw And The Dell-O's "Why Did You Leave Me / Why Does It Have To Be Her" U-C RECORDS 1022 MINT With super rare original sleeve!! MB $800
275. The Shirelles "I Met Him On A Sunday/I Want You To Be My Boyfriend" TIARA 6112 MINT Their very FIRST record MB $250
278. The Signeals "Show Me The Way/Juanita" LEONEAL 1483 G TWO known copiesMr. Shively owns the other one which plays much better than my grade MB $500
290. The Spirals "Forever And A Day/Please Be My Love" ADMIRAL 913 VG- SUPER RARE MB $300
307. The Strangers "Dreams Come True/How Long Must I Wait" KING 4766 TEST PRESSING M- MB $200
309. The Stringbeans "Starbright/Stop Your Crying" GINA 7001 M- Heavy bass version, #ol on B-side MB $300
320. The Swans "Night Train/It's A Must" BALLAD 1006 MINT MB $200
323. The Tabs "Oops / My Girl Is Gone" NOBLE 720 MINT MB $750
344. The Twilighters "Let There Be Love/Money Talks" CHOLLY 712 VG Tear on label and wol on B-side MB $500
349. The Upfronts "I Stopped The Duke Of Earl/Baby, For Your Love" LUMMTONE 107 M- WITHDRAWN since permission was not granted to use the song title, as it incorporated the song title "The Duke of Earl" MB $300
350. The Upsets "Mom & Dad/Wobble Twist" HARWOOD 7 MINT MB $500
354. Leo Valentine And The Lyrics "Please Don't Leave Me This Way / Baby Doll" SKYLIGHT 201 M- MB $1,000
356. The Vals "The Song Of A Lover / Compensation Check" UNIQUE LABORATORIES No # VG+/M- INSANELY RARE AND GREAT!!! MB $1,000
362. The Vandelettes "He's All Mine/A Love Of Mine" MELLOW TOWN 1010 M- SOUL GIRLS MB $200
366. The Velveteers "Tell Me You're Mine /Boo Wacka Do" SPITFIRE 15 VG- AUTOGRAPHED by ALL GROUP MEMBERS on A & B-side labelsMONSTER RARITY! MB $800
368. The Velvet Sounds "Pretty Darling/Who'll Take My Place" COSMOPOLITAN 105 M- #ol MB $400
370. The Viscounts "Wandering/You're Only Happy When You Hurt Me" STAR-FAX 1002 MINT MB $800
372. The Vocaleers "Be True/BLANK" RED ROBIN 113 M- Original one-sided lacquer disc with typed label MB $100
373. The Voilinaires "Another Soldier Gone/Joy In Beulah Land" DRUMMOND 4000 VG+ Small sticker on A-side label MB $750
376. The Wanderers "We Could Find Happiness/Heh Mae Ethel" SAVOY 1109 M- With future SHRINE label star Ray Pollard MB $200
380. La Cille Watkins With The Volumes "So Disappointed With Love/You Left Me Lonely" JAGUAR 3006 M- MB $200
383. William Wigfall And The Lyrics "Got To Get Along / Combac" SKYLIGHT RECORDS 202 VG RARE MB $800
386. Pete Willis And The Four Royals "Setting On My Doorstep/Baby Baby Baby" WILLIS RECORDS 185 MINT MB $500
387. Pete Willis And The Four Royals "What's Your Point Of View/Baby Baby Baby" R. F. H. 001 M- MB $300
My June 20th, 2024 RARE R&B Vocal Group 45's auction–complete list
Good luck, everybody!
John Tefteller
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