RAREST UK MOTOWN SINGLES

ARTIST SONG LABEL YEAR VALUE

Valadiers	I Found A Girl	Oriole	1963	£400
Mike & Modifiers	I Found Myself A	Oriole	1962	£400
Eddie Holland	If It`s A Love	Oriole	1963	£300
Marvelettes	Locking Up My heart	Oriole	1963	£300
Martha & Vandellas	I`ll Have To Let Him Go	CBA	1963	£180
Eddie Holland	Jamie	Fontana	1962	£150
Barbara McNair	You`re Gonna Love Me Baby	TMG 544	1966	£150
Spinners	That`s What Little Girl`s Are Made For	Columbia	1961	£125
Paul Gayten	The Hunch	London	1959	£100
Spinners	Sweet Thing	TMG 514	1965	£100
Barrett Strong	Money	London	1960	£100
Carolyn Crawford	When Someone's Good	Stateside	1965	£100
Blinky & E. Starr	Oh How Happy	TMG 720 demo	1969	£100
Martin & Finley	It`s Another Sunday	TMG demo	1973	£100

The Valdiers were the first white group to record for Motown, releasing "Because I Love Her", on U.S. Gordy 7003 in May 1962. Their second release "I Found A Girl", was issued here on Oriole 1809 in MArch 1963 and has become one of the sought after records of the sixties. An unplayed copy would easily fetch £400. The rarest Motown single of them all however must be "I Found Myself A Brand New Baby" by Mike and the Modifier`s (CBA 1775). recorded for U.S. Gordy (7014|), this was the groups only recording and one wonders why or how it was ever deemed suitable for issue in the UK. This single sold zero on release, and £400 would be the minimum price, with a demo worth in excess of £600.

For the last 15 years, the most in-demand single on the Tamla Motown label has been Barabara McNair`s "You`re Gonna Love My Baby" (TMG 544), which became popular on the Northern Soul scene via regular plays at the Wigan Casino. The record is a true masterpiece of soul music, a beat ballad extroardinaire with an unsurpassable vocal performance from a lady better known for her acting rather than singing. This is by far the rarest and most collectable release on UK Tamla Motown, with an unplayed copy now worth around £150.