Value: Sister Sledge - Love Don't Go - Test Pressing

[Supercorsa]

I bought this a couple of years ago for about $6 off ebay. A little while after I saw a copy go through John Manship's auction for £70+, I realise this isn't always a true reflection of value.

I'd just like to know what it's worth now, as I'm wondering about selling it.

Edited May 31, 2006 by rachel

[Supercorsa]

One other thing, how much does an issue copy go for?

[Headsy]

should be £ 10 for the issue,

in 1977/78 we found a box of 100 in a junk shop !!

there are literally thousands of issues lying around ( somewhere )

the demo is nice mind.

[Guest Dan]

impossible to value really isn't it

not a 'market' value for it as as it is a TP there is no quantity around

but would say £50-£100 maybe

more if it was getting played again (unless it is???)

[Ernie Andrews]

One other thing, how much does an issue copy go for?

link

Got test press myself- Got it from new York in FEB

Yes it still gets played

[Guest Dan]

Got test press myself- Got it from new York in FEB

Yes it still gets played

link

i doubt you paid £50 to £100 either then

[Guest woolie mark]

i've heard this played out a fair bit recently - filled the flor at sheridans new year niter i remember (through the haze of the closest thing i have to a memory of that night!)

issue about £15, i agree, but i've seen a few on lists for more recently

not sure myself that a test-pressing is worth a lot more - i would say that £50 is way too much but it's a really nice item, innit

[Guest Dan]

i've heard this played out a fair bit recently - filled the flor at sheridans new year niter i remember (through the haze of the closest thing i have to a memory of that night!)

issue about £15, i agree, but i've seen a few on lists for more recently

not sure myself that a test-pressing is worth a lot more - i would say that £50 is way too much but it's a really nice item, innit

link

i spose thinking about it 50 quid and even more is a lot to pay for what is a common record anyway.

i personally like acetates and TPs though so always probably pay over the odds to get them.

i suppose if you get two tw@s like me who want it the price will go up as they bid against each other but otherwise not that much demand.

[Guest Jamie]

I bought this a couple of years ago for about $6 off ebay.  A little while after I saw a copy go through John Manship's auction for £70+, I realise this isn't always a true reflection of value.

I'd just like to know what it's worth now, as I'm wondering about selling it.

link

I got one of those around the same time, though I paid a whopping $9 for mine.

A few dozen (I think) were found, and banged on ebay.

Got to say, I'd never seen one, and I've only ever seen one since on a dealers list (which was about four weeks after it was on ebay - so work that one out)

I wouldn't sell it if I was you. You ain't gonna make a killing, OK, based as a percentage of $6 you are, but I'd keep it - like Dan says, it's a test press and not very common.

Was massive everywhere as a new release and still at 'Oldies' venues. I still like it, it holds memories for me and it had a spin once or twice in the early days at Soulsville.

Jamie

[Guest woolie mark]

i spose thinking about it 50 quid and even more is a lot to pay for what is a common record anyway.

i personally like acetates and TPs though so always probably pay over the odds to get them.

i suppose if you get two tw@s like me who want it the price will go up as they bid against each other but otherwise not that much demand.

link

i'm a bit funny about test pressings and acetates - cos i'm not sure that they can be said to be an "issued" release in any sense

perhaps i'm wrong about that cos if a TPs taken off the finished plates perhaps it is cos it will have the relevent matrix number, etc on

if it's something that was never issued, then thats another matter, but otherwise i'd rather have a proper issue

however, it is a really nice item though cos it isn't simply a plain label with handwriting on, and i do sooooo lurve this tune!

[Guest Jamie]

should be £ 10 for the issue,

in 1977/78 we found a box of 100 in a  junk shop !!

there are literally thousands of issues lying around ( somewhere )

the demo is nice mind.

link

The Demo is Blue isn't it??

Jamie

[Gasher]

Got test press myself- Got it from new York in FEB

Yes it still gets played

WHAT THE F**K

MAYBE IN YOU FECKIN LIVING ROOM MATE

WISE UP MAN

THE GASHER

[Simon T]

The Demo is Blue isn't it??

The mono side will be white, as always. The stereo side will be blue for most 70's Atlantic outings.

Jamie 

link

[Haydn]

Still getting plays to a packed floor and a very nice tune although the other outing " Circle of love" has surpassed this methinks.

H.

[Guest woolie mark]

MAYBE IN YOU FECKIN LIVING ROOM MATE

WISE UP MAN

link

yeah, that's right rich, sheridans is in my living room

[Guest woolie mark]

the other outing " Circle of love" has surpassed this methinks.

link

don't know this

is it a single or album track?

[Simon T]

don't know this

is it a single or album track?

link

It definatley on 7" as I have one somewhere. I think it might be their first single on ATCO because I've got the LP which I seem to remember is called "Circle of Love". I've read somewhere that LDYGTNCOM was their 3rd single, but I've no idea what the ''second'' single might be, if indeed it does exist.

Anyway, apprently all their singles bombed and so Nile Rodgers was asked to write something for them by one of the Atlantic A&R bods. On asking what they were like, he was told their a great bunch of girl, there are 'like family'. And as they say in a corny American accent the rest is history "Sistyer Sledge and We Are Family"

[mischief]

I don't know "Circle of love" but have played "cream of the crop" out and thats a blinder.. (and cheap)

Forgot to add "love don't go etc... " always gets spun at scooter do's, and will always fill the floor....

Edited July 19, 2005 by mischief

[Cover-up]

"Thinking Of You" is one of my favourite tracks of all time. While being not quite disco, not quite modern, not quite crossover and not quite funk, it has all those ingredients and the whole adds up to more than the sum of the individual parts. Has it ever got spins anywhere or is it just too darned obvious?

Can anyone recommend anything in a similar vein - to my ears Margie Joseph's "I Can't Move No Mountains" has a similar kind of sound...

[Guest woolie mark]

"Thinking Of You" is one of my favourite tracks of all time. While being not quite disco, not quite modern, not quite crossover and not quite funk, it has all those ingredients and the whole adds up to more than the sum of the individual parts. Has it ever got spins anywhere or is it just too darned obvious?

Can anyone recommend anything in a similar vein - to my ears Margie Joseph's "I Can't Move No Mountains" has a similar kind of sound...

link

thinking of you broke on the arse end of jazz-funk scene (pre rare groove) as an oldie, crossed over to UK radio and then charted after re-issue. I remember selling dozens of copies i got from a deletions wholesaler prior to it's reissue cos it was such a huge underground tune before it got radio plays. it was easy to get before reissue cos it was the flip of one of their big chart hits (lost in music?) and the album was a big seller too - so could never have been big on the northern scene cos it's worth about 20p and it was an eighties chart hit! imho one of the best soul records ever made though

not quite disco, or modern, or crossover, or funk? sounds like a description for my favourite kinda tune - like say: jackson sisters i believe in miracles or main ingredient happiness is just around the bend or gwen mcrae keep the fire burning

[Guest woolie mark]

Can anyone recommend anything in a similar vein - to my ears Margie Joseph's "I Can't Move No Mountains" has a similar kind of sound...

link

.....or margie joseph looking for the real thing (uk remix is best version)

[Citizen P]

I don't know "Circle of love" but have played "cream of the crop" out and thats a blinder.. (and cheap)

Forgot to add "love don't go etc... " always gets spun at scooter do's, and will always fill the floor....

link

Play Cream of the Crop to meself every now and then, d'ye reckon it's worth playing out?

tony

[Guest ShaneH]

"Thinking Of You" is one of my favourite tracks of all time. While being not quite disco, not quite modern, not quite crossover and not quite funk, it has all those ingredients and the whole adds up to more than the sum of the individual parts. Has it ever got spins anywhere or is it just too darned obvious?

Can anyone recommend anything in a similar vein - to my ears Margie Joseph's "I Can't Move No Mountains" has a similar kind of sound...

link

love both those tracks.

'Thinking of you' is excellent. Obvious yes but real quality imo.

Shane

[Sebastian]

Sistyer Sledge and We Are Family"

link

"Easier To Love" on the flipside of "We Are Family" is a magnificent midtempo tune in my opinion.

[mischief]

Play Cream of the Crop to meself every now and then, d'ye reckon it's worth playing out?

tony

link

i've played it out, went down well.

depends on the crowd.. was told It did get plays somewhere.. but can't remeber where.

[Guest]

Sister Sledge - 'Smile' is lovely too.

[Guest woolie mark]

Sister Sledge - 'Smile' is lovely too.

link

oh yeah, i remember that, came out in the mid eighties - got played in southern soul clubs, haven't heard it for 20 years

what's the name of the album?

[soulAdequateNP]

It definatley on 7" as I have one somewhere. I think it might be their first single on ATCO because I've got the LP which I seem to remember is called "Circle of Love". I've read somewhere that LDYGTNCOM was their 3rd single, but I've no idea what the ''second'' single might be, if indeed it does exist.

link

That would probably be "Mama Never Told Me" - at least I think that predated "Love..."

By the way, are all copies of "Love.." on US Atco pressed way off centre - or is it just both of mine?

[Supercorsa]

I missed the end of the auction on Pat Brady's site for the Sister Sledge test pressing, does anyone know what it went for? Last I saw, it was at £145!

[Guest TONY ROUNCE]

That would probably be "Mama Never Told Me" - at least I think that predated "Love..."

SS' first single on Atco was "The Weatherman" - a ballad. Prior to that they had one release on the terminally obscure "Money Back" label out of Philly, "Time Will Tell". Who else besides me remembers seeing 'em on TOTP in '73, singing "Mama Never Told Me" - live!?

TONE

[45cellar]

SS' first single on Atco was "The Weatherman" - a ballad. Prior to that they had one release on the terminally obscure "Money Back" label out of Philly, "Time Will Tell". Who else besides me remembers seeing 'em on TOTP in '73, singing "Mama Never Told Me" - live!?

TONE

Hi Tony

Yes, I remember seeing them on TOTP with "Mama Never Told Me"

[Jim G]

Circle of Love was played at the Casino at the same time as LDYGTNCOM.

Both were on the album Circle of Love released in the US and UK. I have it somewhere.

[Dave Pinch]

mama never told me originally came out in 1973 but im sure

they were on top of the pops singing it in 1975 when it was re issued

and it made the top 20. 1st issue is actually quite rare. only way to tell is the

catalogue number.

dave

[Guest sydney bridge]

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The Demo is Blue isn't it??

Jamie

heres a white german demo with picture sleeve.

Edited May 31, 2006 by sydney bridge