Maurice Williams - Create In Me 1986 lp Private Miami Gospel Modern Soul GRAIL

$

515

Welcome to our kick off to summer 2026 Modern Soul / Gospel / AOR / Boogie / Indie R&B / Yacht Rock / FM Global Sounds giant lp sale Part 1, a few choice 12" singles also appear, from private presses, to small obscure labels, to some of the rarest on the big labels..... no reissues! WE COMBINE SHIPPING! 

122 records all originals , many have soundclips, which are from the actual record :)

(We have so much on hand, we'll be having a Part II sometime later in the Summer (TBD), and as many top shelf ones in this set, there's just as much fire in "Part II: The Summer Sequel"!) 

This week features a really nice curated slab of rare Modern Soul, Gospel, Boogie, AOR, Yacht Rock FM Global Sounds, Electro, Indie R&B, City Pop, New Jack Swing, Street Soul, 2-Steppers, beginning with a heavy unknown Modern Soul Indie R&B grail 1992 "Gemini -Starfire", an original pressing of 1990 "Ada Dyer - s/t" lp - one of the rarest Motown lp's, a true first press original of hyper rare Gwen McRae "Melody Of Life" 1979 CAT lp, Omega Sunrise 1985 "Run From The Night" AOR Modern Soul Gospel grail on Morada lp, Michael Wycoff "Love Conquers All" 1982 RCA lp, Michael Sterling 1986 "The Artist" private press lp, Hubert Powell and The Gospel Truth 1982 grail Gospel Modern Soul lp on Sweet Rain, the 1985 Oasis "Common Ground" ultra rare grail AOR / Modern Soul Boogie private press, Roland Gresham's 1983 "All My Life"  instrumental spiritual jazz funk Gospel grail lp, to the Art Mapa produced "Val/Becki - Matter Of The Heart" 1986 lp, the 1980 lp Michael Vena - "Stone Ground Will Crumble", the last Maurice Williams 1986 "Create In Me" private press Gospel grail, Fire N' Light "Ready For The Fire" 1985 lp, Numonics 1982 "Rollin'", Anthony White 1976 "Could It Be Magic", Whitney Houston, Babyface, Nolen & Crossley "Ambience" 1982 on Motown, from ABC Peacock, HSE, Gospel Roots, Morada, Sweet Rain to Columbia, A&M, Capitol, Solar, Elektra, so many private presses, there's too many highlights to list, so much curated fire we are going to have a "end of the summer Part 2" -TBD,  12" of Billie Jean 1982 Epic promo with the instrumental flip, Anita Baker all around the alphabet back to Aquarian Dream and so much more :) 

ASSISTIVE NOTE:

To give the best  "map" for this sale, we'll have 27 leading off to give somewhat of a highlight of each area of items, then onto 1) Gospel, to 2) AOR Gospel, 3) Secular AOR, into 4) the biggest part Modern Soul / Boogie / Electro / New Jack Swing / Street Soul / Indie R&B, within each of the four sections, it will tend to be chronological, earliest year listed first, with some exceptions (including multiples by same artist), meaning listed newest will be the tail end, ending earliest is the beginning (if you filter by "ending soonest", you'll get the layout!), we hope this might help :)

**Note on grading: We have been proud to send thousands of records to delighted customers, but there is always room for improvement, we want to continually strive to be as accurate, honest, and detailed as possible. These records that have been collected and loved over the years, coming from a collector, one who listens to the records, enjoys the music, we are only growing more meticulous in our visual aspect of grading the vinyl, while also maintaining a balanced emphasis on the sound quality, utilizing sound clips (we do not manipulate them whatsoever, and we never will!), full front to back recent thorough listenings, and for the covers to use detailed photos, write detailed aspects for the grade, we want people to know exactly what they're getting, as collectors, lovers of music, we promise to always carry ourselves with integrity, we're in the business of delighting people, to treat others as the best experiences we've had as buyers, and all of our items are guaranteed. We won't stop growing, learning, and listening. A very special warm thank you to all our incredible return "customers", we really think of you all as fellow friends in vinyl, and if this is your first time bidding with us, we hope our "record" speaks for itself, ensuring a secure feeling to bid with confidence, thank you all, truly together we make this community one that spreads the love, sharing in this special thing of all of ours :) ***

* After this week's auction, (In no particular order) we have in the auction pipeline:
A "Golden Era" late 60's-Early 70's Rare Groove Funk/Soul lp's
2nd Modern Soul / Gospel / Boogie / AOR, Part "II"
More Deep Funk / Soul, as well as AOR / Power Pop / Rock 45rpm 7"
A few more cooking, not to mention our exciting, anticipated:
Part 4 "Giant Jazz"; jazz funk, spiritual, fusion, electronic, sale lp's

*^(Each are loaded with some of the rarest, high end stuff, plenty that haven't shown up in years, unknown mind-blowers, Grail Pieces, like always, all original editions!)
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All soundclips used are unedited directly from the item up for sale :). See below for detailed grading!
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Soundclip info: A3 "Jesus Is A Problem Solver", B4 "Create In Me", b4 begins at 1:39     
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Media Grade:  VG- (Mostly storage scuffs, paper sleeve marks, still retains gloss, largely music overpowers, would rate much higher with a desperately needed VPI cleaning, even to VG or VG+ playback, peep the soundclips!) 
Sleeve Grade:   VG- (water damage remnants staining on front cover, far lighter discoloration, rippling bottom of back cover, remains remarkably solid structurally, intact, a decent salvaged copy, see photos!)
Year / Label / Catalogue #:   1986  /  Miami Gospel Sound  / MGS-0186 (1st press, stereo, *note labels are flipped from track listing on back jacket, so Side One is Side B, and Side Two is Side A) 
Brief Comments: Probably the last still out in the wild.... So since last summer's Gospel / Boogie sale, in trying to track down another copy, given how many people messaged after the one ended, (Korg Synthesizer, whose synthesizer was made heavy use on this, reached out, someone saw it and hit up Korg, they were excited about the impressiveness of their synths, but no free Korg sadly....), I began a nearly year long odyssey to find any more, I even gave up before New Year's, only to hear back from a son of one of the Choir ladies (mercifully, living up Jacksonville, since 1989), who said this one had been rescued from flooding, but I could have it if I wanted (I let him know it's value, but he loaded me up with two boxes of various other flood damaged records, and said as long as I would get them away, we're good, none of the other records in varying state of condition were really worth keeping, Guy's second album was still in nice shape, the vinyl, not the jacket, so I have a loss copy of that, and a "Digi" Reggaeton 12" that is obscure but not the best musically, I threw away the generic jacket for that, the rest, well let's just say a Steak N' Shake may or may not have received a load of moldy records in their dumpster, far away from it all....
Anyhow, the amount of "no copy, no copy" to "that record even got pressed?" was overwhelming, I did learn a little bit about a scandal, but I'm not going to reprint it here, just sometimes you can be promoted a very young Elder, so you'll look the other way, not want to know, as if the kind of stuff, not illegal, but "immoral" wasn't going to happen anyways, and you get a nice Korg Synthesizer out of the deal, your own share of temptation from very nice Church Ladies, maybe some of the Deacons in charge of Church Money aren't being on the level, and quietly in your dismay, you wonder how it could be....how it could get to this state of affairs, and you know, by now, you know, they made you Elder, so you can take any, all of the hits, for everything, smile in your face, laugh behind your back....What can you do? They'll be ready to denounce you, as "Icarus", flying too high, maybe whispers come out, "why is Elder Boy Wonder Maurice making an album, for himself no less, anyways?" -(not true, accurate, really), but start on folks who wanted to be put on, who didn't make the cut, let the whispers get a life, "why he spend so much time with Mrs. Annie, Mrs. Married Annie! What could they be doing in that office with the Couch after hours?", "Why that child barely old enough to shave, and why is that big titty Millie, who you already know about, why is she up front, why I heard...!", "Elder Slick Willie sure is driving a nice new Sports Car, taking sister Linda "home" while she's back from College, makes you sure do wonder, from what I've been hearing...", "Maurice seems to have fat pockets, taking Mrs. Annie for steak and Lobster, with Millie as well, you know at the restaurant I hear at that nice hotel by the Beach....What happened exactly to the money for new pews, from the collection anyhow?", - so it goes, and maybe parts of some have bits of truth, but the real "action", the real "taking, cheating, stealing, fornicating" is the same older, savvier "Brothers" who helped make you Elder, and you don't have "proof", they might have a photo of you eating a dinner, completely harmless, but construed badly as rumors fly.... All I'm saying, is maybe a Young Man, with a good heart, creative gifts, who wanted to do good, also had normal human weakness, maybe a young unmarried woman his age, and you're both unmarried, so who is that hurting? You realize, through the grapevine, this is going to end badly, you're going to get set-up, but maybe all the rumors end, if certain Church Members get an open license to steal from the collection, to take, take, use the Church Finances, if you play ball.... So you can't stay, but you can't turn the tables on them, so you gotta leave, in the middle of the night, with a small bit of $ from actual close friends, maybe a Church Lady who knows, has even less power, but wants to see you get away safe....and that's that.
Maybe then, that record, in small quantities to begin with, people who don't want to be associated, whether they believe what happened or not, toss them out, no one wants to be seen with it. Maybe a few keep a copy, who were involved, know the Young Elder to be a man of character, keep it buried, as time goes by, it naturally disappears, lost in moves, basement / attic cleaning, floods, fires, whatever it be, until there's no more.
Might just be the last one, period, not in a collection.
Peep the soundclips :)





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