🥁 B.B. King – Beautician Blues

(VG+) £20

Born in 1925 on a cotton plantation in Mississippi B. B. King became one of the most influential guitarists of his time. Beautician Blues is one of his finest recordings and this a nice copy of this R&B rocker £25

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🥁 The Artistics – Get My Hands On Some Lovin’

Fine original USA Demo £75

The Artistics were a Chicago based R&B group discovered by Major Lance in 1958. The original group members were  Aaron Floyd, Curt Thomas, Laurence Johnson and Jesse Bolian. Get My Hands On Some Lovin’ was the debut OKeh release and widely regarded as one of their best featuring one Marvin Smith on lead vocals.

See Marvin Smith – Have More Time https://wp.me/pcFDjK-ea

With M. Gaye and W. Stevenson as writers and Marvin Gaye’s own version setting a very high bar this recording had to be better than good.

This original OKeh demo is in fabulous (EX) condition and reduced from £75 to £60, play the YouTube clip below

The Artistics – Get My Hands On Some Lovin’

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🥁 Alpaca Phase III – I Like To Party…

A nice condition demo of this seventies classic rare soul sound. In its original sleeve and the vinyl is (EX).

£20 plus postage

Alpaca Phase III – I Like To Party

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🥘 Broad bean and bacon risotto

Quick and easy

🍴 2 ⌚ 40 Mins    🍳 2   £2.85pp   

Ingredients:

  • 1 tsp olive oil
  • 100g cold butter diced
  • 1 small white onion
  • 175g risotto rice
  • 100ml white wine
  • 600ml hot vegetable stock
  • 50g parmesan, grated
  • 200g broad beans (fresh or frozen)
  • 6 rashers streaky bacon, chopped

Step by step:

  1. Put the oil and 25g of butter in a large pan and add the onion and garlic. Cook for 4-5 minutes. Stir in the rice and cook for another 2 minutes. Turn up the heat and add the wine and let it bubble to let the alcohol evaporate.
  2. Begin adding the hot stock, 1 ladle full at a time and cook over a medium heat. The rice should remain moist, so keep adding stock. Carole’s flavour boosting tip is to sprinkle a few drops of Maggi sauce into the stock.
  3. In a separate frying pan, add the chopped streaky bacon and cook until ready. Take two thirds of the bacon and drain it on kitchen roll. Cook the remaining third until its crispy and golden and reserve for your garnish.
  4. The rice will take between 15 and 30 minutes depending on the rice you are using. As soon as the rice is ready, add the beans and a little more stock if needed. Stir through the cooked bacon and some of the parmesan.
  5. Serve with with the crispy bacon and extra sprinkle of parmesan

Tips:

Get all your ingredients ready in advance. If you don’t have homemade stock, try Asda vegetable bouillon stock mix (£1.80 per 150g). Add a few drops of Maggi seasoning for extra flavour (£1 per 125g).

When you add the rice, you are aiming to toast it in the oil, butter and onion. You want it opaque and shiny so keep stirring and add your wine and let that cook off before you start adding your stock.

Use a streaky bacon, or better still pancetta and double pod your broad beans for their lovely emerald green colour.

Have your ingredients ready
Toast the rice in the oil, butter and onion

For all you need to know about risotto and making your own stock, turn to Valentina Harris and her book Risotto! Risotto!

Available in soft cover, so ideal for the camper van. £12.99

When only the best will do!

How to make a classic Irish coffee 

The perfect after dinner coffee

Serve on a cold winter morning or as an after dinner treat, this is just a little bit indulgent but oh so delicious. Part of the fun is to let the coffee cool enough so you can drink it without disturbing the cream and leaving you with a white moustache.

Some people like to add a dash of maple syrup or a pinch of nutmeg. However the most important ingredients of course are the coffee, whiskey and cream.

Ingredients:

  • 2 tbsp double cream
  • 150ml freshly brewed black coffee
  • 50ml Irish whiskey
  • ½ – 1 tsp brown sugar
  • pinch freshly grated nutmeg (optional)
Bushmills is the oldest Irish whiskey

Step by step:

STEP 1

Lightly whip the cream just so it’s very slightly thickened, then set aside.

STEP 2

Pour the hot coffee into heatproof glass, then add the whiskey and sugar. Stir until the sugar has dissolved. Gently float the cream on the top and sprinkle the nutmeg (if using) over the cream. Serve hot.

Tip:

Place a dessert spoon upside down just touching the top of the coffee, pressed against the inside of the glass. Gently pour the cream over the spoon letting it settle in a delicious thick layer on top of the coffee.

My favourite whiskey is Bushmills which is the oldest triple brewed whiskey in Ireland. However, Jamesons runs a close second for smoothness and flavour.

Best Irish whiskies BBC guide:

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/review/best-irish-whiskey

🥁 Detroit A Go Go – Various Artists

Original Rare Soul Album – £10

16 essential soul classics from the motor city including:

  • Stanley Mitchell – Get It Baby
  • Detroit Executives – Cool Off
  • Luther Ingram – If It’s All The Same To You Babe
  • Sam Ward – Sister Lee
  • Betty Boo – Say It Isn’t So
  • Tommy Neal – Going To A Happening
  • Richard ’Popcorn’ Wylie – Hanky Panky
  • Jimmy ’Soul’ Clark – Sweet Darlin’
  • Betty Boo – Spellbound
  • Tony Hester – Down In The Dumps
  • Tony Hester – Spaceland
  • Richard ’Popcorn’ Wylie – Rosemary What Happened
  • Innocent Bystanders – Frantic Esacpe
  • The Ideals – Mighty Lover
  • People’s Choice – Savin’ My Lovin’ For You
  • The Soul Hawks – Turn On The Heat

The album is in excellent condition with no writing or stickers anywhere. A worthy addition to any rare soul library, with sixteen great tracks from the great Richard ’Popcorn’ Wylie.

Vinyl and labels in perfect condition

£25 plus post and packing to your destination. All records are well packed in rigid cardboard mailers and labelled fragile. You can choose normal or registered mail or recorded delivery, and the customs value placed on the package.

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