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J. J. Barnes Discography

My Love Came Tumbling Down / Won't You Let Me Know - Kable 437 / Rich 1737 * 1960

Just One More Time / Hey Child I Love You - Mickays 3004 / Scepter 1266 * 1963

These Chains Of Love / Color Green - Mickays 3114 * 1963

Teenage Queen / Someone - Mickays 351 * 1963

So Far Away / Love Requires Understanding - Mickays 353 * 1964

Poor Unfortunate Me / She Ain't Ready - Ring R-101 * 1964

Please Let Me In / I Think I Found A Love - Ric Tic 106 * 1965

Real Humdinger / I Ain't Gonna Do It - Ric Tic 110 * 1966

Day Tripper / Don't Bring Me Bad News - Ric Tic 115 * 1966

Say It / Deeper In Love - Ric Tic 117 * 1966

Baby Please Come Back Home / Chains Of Love - Groovesville 1006 * 1967

Now That I Got You Back / Forgive Me - Groovesville 1008 * 1967

Easy Living / I've Lost You - Groove City 206 (with The Holidays) * 1967

Now She's Gone / Hold On To It - Revilot 216 * 1968

Sad Days A Coming / I'll Keep Coming Back - Revilot 218 * 1968

Our Love Is In The Pocket / All The Goodies Are Gone (inst.) - Revilot 222 * 1969

So Called Friends / Now She's Gone (inst. - The Lebaron Strings) - Revilot 225 * 1969

Evidence / I'll Keep Coming Back - Buddah 120 * 1969

Snowflakes / Got To Get Rid Of You - Volt 4027 * 1969

Soul Emotions / Wouldn't It Be A Pleasure - Leo (shown As Jay Rhythm) * 1970

To An Early Grave / Cloudy Days - Magic Touch 1000 * 1970

You're Just A Living Doll / I Make Believe I'm Touching You - Perception P546 * 1973

My Baby - You're Still My Baby - Invasion 1001 (early 70's)

To An Early Grave (vocal) / To An Early Grave (instrumental) - Contempo (UK) 2009 (re-release)

Sweet Sherry / Chains Of Love - Contempo (UK) 2048 (re-release)

Baby Please Come Back Home / Cloudy Days - Contempo (UK) 2063 (re-release)

Errol Flyn / She's Mine - Contempo (UK) 2105 (late 70's)

Sara Smile / Let Me Feel The Funk - Contempo (UK) 2111 (late 70's)

How Long / I'm The One Who Loves You - Contempo (UK) 2123 (late 70's)

Errol Flyn / (Love Cooking - The Duparrs) - Contempo (UK) CX16 12 inch (early 80's)

I Think I've Got A Good Chance Pt. 1 /pt. 2 - Organic 1

Competition Ain't Nothing - Inferno (UK) * 1984

Guess I'll Try Again / Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) - Inferno (UK) * 1985

Source:

Shades of Soul Issue 4, 1985. There was a very detailed J J Barnes article on Shades of Soul vol. 3 and vol. 4 (two parts). Sadly I haven't got vol. 3, but the full discography was on volume 4. I think the article & discog. is by Shades editor Derek Pearson.

Yoni's Remarks:

Real Nice by Johnny Barnes, and James Barnes records on the Golden Hit label have been rumored to be JJ Barnes recordings, but they are not.

The Rare Stamps - J J Barnes & Steve Mancha LP on Volt, and its CD reissue (see review page ) contain some of J J's greatest recordings.

There was a UK LP on Contempo, Groovesville Masters containing three of the above Groovesville tracks, the two Magic Touch tracks, and five other tracks of unknown origin: Your love is gone, Tine has come, Welcome to the club, I need a change, and Help me.

J J Barnes's has three other LP's: The1973 Born Again on Perception - early 70's stuff, good but not brilliant, Sara Smile on UK Contempo, late 70's, and a 1991 album on UK Motor City - Try It One More Time, produced by Northern Soul celebrity Ian Levine.

J J Barnes had three Billboard R&B chart hits: Real Humdinger peaked at 18, Baby Please Come Back Home at 9, and Now That I Got You Back at 44. These chart positions are taken from Joel Whitburn's Top R&B Singles - see Record Research Homepage

Goldmine (UK) have issued a J. J. Barnes double CD in 1998, which includes mainly (but not just) Groovesville / Revilot stuff, with some unreleased tracks. Check out its review on the Soul of the Net's reviews page .