Stefan Posted June 25, 2009 Posted June 25, 2009 Hi. There's two press of this track (Red & Yellow label). According to Manship the red is the first issue but the yellow issue seems to be more expensive. it's due to the rarity of this one? (seems to be much rarer than the red). It's the version without hammond on the yellow? Thanks.
Guest Posted June 25, 2009 Posted June 25, 2009 Hi. There's two press of this track (Red & Yellow label). According to Manship the red is the first issue but the yellow issue seems to be more expensive. it's due to the rarity of this one? (seems to be much rarer than the red). It's the version without hammond on the yellow? Thanks. The Red label was harder to find and always went for more than the Yellow. But the Red original has been found in quantity lately in the States, along with other releases on the label. Thats why the price has dropped on the Red, and the Yellow copy could now be rarer!
Stefan Posted June 25, 2009 Author Posted June 25, 2009 (edited) Thanks for the info. The other version without hammond is on the yellow ? Edited June 25, 2009 by ChicagoSoul
Stefan Posted June 25, 2009 Author Posted June 25, 2009 (edited) . Edited June 25, 2009 by ChicagoSoul
Cover-up Posted June 26, 2009 Posted June 26, 2009 The flipside of this is a pretty decent funk track "Do It Good" and from memory the red label has a live version, and the yellow label is a studio version. So it could well be that both titles are equally rare, but the yellow is more sought after. Pretty sure there's other versions of "Don't Let Our Love Fade Away", by other artists on Forte (maybe Lee Harris?)- but the whole catalogue seemed to get recycled regularly... there was a discography on Fryer's Funk Board, but it seems to have vanished.
Garethx Posted June 26, 2009 Posted June 26, 2009 Lee Harris did indeed do a version of 'Don't let Our Love Fade Away': unquestionably the best version too. The backing track was recycled as "Nothing I'd Rather be Than Your Weakness" by Marva (Whitney) Taylor (possibly replayed but certainly based on the same rhythm section) later re-released as the MWT Express. I prefer the organ version of Gene Williams, but both are pretty good small-label indie-soul with committed vocalising and interesting low-fi production. Until many of the Forte releases were de-rarified a few years ago by label owner Ellis Taylor releasing old stock these records had a degree of mystique and were pretty sought after. As is often the case a relative flood of copies on the market has seen interest in the titles wane as collectors become blase and dealers slash prices to sell. A shame as there is some good raw soul on the logo.
John Reed Posted June 26, 2009 Posted June 26, 2009 The release numbering on Forte is also all over the place too.
Dylan Posted June 26, 2009 Posted June 26, 2009 I think red label = live version yellow label = studio version
Dylan Posted June 26, 2009 Posted June 26, 2009 Tony Ashley "i'll never be satisfied / all along i've loved you" probabyl my fave on the label both sides are great.
Stefan Posted June 26, 2009 Author Posted June 26, 2009 Ok for "Do It" Live version on red (Mine copy) and studio on the yellow. But there's also another version available here (Without organ): "Don't let Our Love Fade Away" I never heard the Lee Harris version.
Stefan Posted June 26, 2009 Author Posted June 26, 2009 That's ok i've heard the Lee Harris version and there's definitively three versions of "Don't let your love fade away". But i don't know if that without organ appears on the yellow issue ...
John Reed Posted June 26, 2009 Posted June 26, 2009 That's ok i've heard the Lee Harris version and there's definitively three versions of "Don't let your love fade away". But i don't know if that without organ appears on the yellow issue ... I thought the yellow one was just a straight reissue of the red one. Can someone post up a clip of the yellow one for comparrison please?
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