THE SUGARPLUMS undiscovered NORTHERN SOUL MASTERPIECE on TROY 45 HEAR
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For sale is a truly special 45: an undocumented/undiscovered Northern Soul masterpiece by a band called The Sugarplums on the exceedingly obscure Troy record label, possibly out of Troy, New York.
Songs include "Miniskirts/Doing What I Have To," both of which I would describe as genuine bangers with incredible instrumental arrangements and inspired production. The singers sound very young, likely teenagers I would guess. It was produced by Carolyn Plummer and Eddie Drennon. Plummer is a songwriter and musician who played with an incredibly long list of important musicians, but only recorded sporadically on her own. Drennon is best known as a Disco / Latin producer and musician, but who worked as a sideman for Ray Barretto, Mongo Santamaria and Ike and Tina Turner among others. It appears that he likely started this short-lived record label "Troy" in the 1960s as he is listed on the producer and arranger along with Plummer on this song, and well as the sole producer and arranger on the only other Troy release I have been able to track down: Joan Bowie "Standing There/No Longer Needed." Only one of the Bowie singles has ever come to auction as far as I can tell, which inexplicably slipped under the radar on ebay a couple years back but which has since become highly coveted on Discogs. As far as I can tell, no other examples of The Sugarplums on Troy have ever been offered before, nor can I find any reference to it. Shazam doesn't recognize it, Discogs doesn't reference it, Popsike shows no other examples sold and Google shrugs when I run a search on it. Possibly unique or the only extant example of this. If there is another, it could be a long time before it resurfaces.
This comes from the collection of a Washington D.C.-area DJ who ran a radio station from the basement in his house in the 1960s, when you could do that sort of thing. He had an incredible number of obscure soul, funk and northern soul 45s, mostly DJ copies, that were sent to him from 1965-1969, which he kept in nine filing cabinets, each three rows of 45s across, free from moisture, dust, etc. In addition to being rare, this is a beautiful NM. Over the years I've read a lot about Northern Soul discoveries, when they were made, how long the discoverer could keep the title secret from competitors, etc. I imagine new discoveries are few and far between these days, but here's a genuine one waiting to be played for the first time on a dance floor somewhere in the UK. One of the most exciting discoveries I've made in 40 years collecting and selling records. Please hear samples of both songs at the bottom of this page.
My grading scale:
STILL SEALED : Jacket imperfections, if any, will be described. Vinyl guaranteed to be in unplayed condition.
M : I don't use this grade, on the assumption that no record or jacket is truly flawless.
M- : Vinyl appears unplayed, jacket bears no signs of wear. I rarely, if ever, use this grade.
NM : Like M-, with possible scintilla/whiff of an imperfection
VG++ : May have a couple very minor imperfections. (sleeve scuffs, faint scratches or other superficial marks that have little or no bearing on sound.) Jacket may have a couple very minor flaws.
VG+ : Like VG++, but with a few more light imperfections
VG : Several light imperfections, and possibly one or two more serious ones, such as small feelable scratches. Still plays well.
VG- : Will display numerous minor imperfections and/or feelable scratches that affect playback quality. Between you and me, you could do better.
GOOD : What I consider pretty poor... numerous major imperfections. I generally don't sell items in this range unless they are of major significance.
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