The Controllers - Stay / Undercover 1986 MCA 45 Pic Sleeve RARE Modern Soul NM

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Welcome to our end of Spring 2026 rare groove, deep funk, sweet soul, crossover, drum breaks, modern soul, boogie, northern soul, mod, along with a few international 45rpm 7" sale,  no reissues! WE COMBINE SHIPPING! :)

Approximately 50 in total, all 45rpm 7",  all originals , majority have soundclips, which are from the actual record :)

This week features a really nice curated slab of rare 45rpm 7",  about 50 in total, including the killer double-sider deep funk drum breaks RARE 45rpm out of Detroit "A.J. & The Sparkplugs" 1972 on Woody, the Nombres 45rpm only "What's Going On" on Lorain Sound, the Detroit Night Riders 1968 double-sider funk melter on Mutt (RARE), the amazing private press Power Pop / AOR Ajna 1982 "It's Your Move / So Far From You", Allen Toussaint produced rare one-off funk double-sider stock copy of Rhine Oaks "Tampin / Oleanclear" 1968 ATCO 45, rare groove jazz-funk 1980 Loosely Tight "Brazilian Fantasy", spiritual jazz-funk rarity Creators "Transmeditation", the JAX, FL super rare boogie / modern soul Harrison Brothers 1983 "Sexy Lady / Harrison Special", a parade of drum break funk 45's from Richard's People "Yo-Yo" 1968 on Tuba, Five Stairsteps "Don't Change Your Love" on Curtom, the hard to find Mono Promo Tom Scott "Sneakin' In The Back" 1974 Ode, Clyde McPhatter "Mixed Up Cup" Promo on Decca, to the virtually unknown 1972 Hohner Demonstration 45 (Killer Boom-Bap Break no one knows about!), DJ Shadow "Product Placement" sureshot 1973 Logic Circuit - Motocross Pt. 1 & 2 on Fretone, Rosie (Rose Hamlin) of "Lonely Blue Nights" rare 1973 funk 45rpm only "You're No Good", Ru-Jac, Abet, Mickey & The Soul Generation, Wilbert Longmire's rare deep funk 45, The Hornets 1964 jazz-funk mod breaks on Columbia, private press Valerie Brown 1981 boogie / folk funk rare 45, Persian, Egyptian, Japanese, and so much more :) 

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* After this week's auction, (In no particular order) we have in the auction pipeline:
A massive Modern soul/Gospel Boogie/AOR lp's (so much it might be split into two!)
A "golden era" late 60's-Early 70's rare groove funk/soul lp's
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: B-Side "Undercover Lover", A-Side "Stay", side A begins at 1:21    
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Media Grade:  NM (crisp copy!)
Sleeve Grade:  EX (hard to make out, faint ink writing of former owners name on front upper right hand, really sharp copy, see photos!) 
Year / Label / Catalogue #:   1986  /  MCA Records  / MCA-52704 (1st press, stereo) 
Brief Comments: Wow! So there's quite a few major label 80's Boogie/Modern Soul singles that have gotten hot on the block, literally entire lists... This one by The Controllers (dope from their first 1975 release, every Juana T.K. lp, into boogie modern soul Capitol, MCA), in very recent times has been getting noticed, not only do you get the smooth glide electro Boogie "Love / Modern Soul" of "Stay", but you also get on the flip, the track that was one of the hottest cuts of their MCA era, from 1984, that only got released on a single, as the B-Side to the 45rpm 7" version here (the 12" has Stay, Stay Instrumental, Accapella, Bonus Beats, but no "Undercover Lover"!), and "Undercover Lover", I'll break it here first to the masses, is in the deep deep Modern Soul / Boogie DJ's set lists for this summer (already getting played at some of the exclusive clubs), a dear friend who I've done some trades with, himself a Professional DJ deep into Modern Soul / Boogie, -we know each other in person, talk a lot, was shocked when I brought this one up (having found this gorgeous stock copy with the sleeve back in early Spring), I mentioned how dope, underrated I thought it was, and he was showing me some of the group texts, chats with other Modern Soul DJ's, mentioning this one ("Get it, still cheap, 2-Side banger"), whelp, folks took it to heart (Discogs has a sleeveless VG copy for $8, and sleeveless VG+ copy from the UK at $20), these got snatched up, one dude on the chat got 3 floating copies for himself.... It's one you're going to hear a lot about, because it's legit good, killer double-sider!
Full disclosure, I got a sleeveless copy in VG-VG+ shape, otherwise I wouldn't sell it, the pressing is super hot, versatile, Stay for the Undercover Lover ;)
Oh, and peep the soundclips :)





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