vince ayres Posted September 10, 2011 Posted September 10, 2011 i can remember being at the 100 club in the mid eighties and buying a copy of ty karim "lighten up baby" on romark off Guy H assuming it was the belting 60s gem.I couldn't wait to get home and give it a spin, boy oh boy was i dissapointed! so dissapointed i threw it across the room.Bloody hell i'd just blown £7 on a slow durge of a record, however i did manage to sell it a week later and get my money back funny how tastes change as i'd give my right arm to own it now and to be fair its probably rarer than the original version. Has this or similar happened to anyone else?
Guest Bearsy Posted September 10, 2011 Posted September 10, 2011 just recently bought a George Byrd for a few quid on a buy it now that came up on ebay as i was looking so instantly bought it thinking it was the bargain of the year only to find it wasnt the one i thought it was, still a great tune but not thee one
mrs soul Posted September 10, 2011 Posted September 10, 2011 just recently bought a George Byrd for a few quid on a buy it now that came up on ebay as i was looking so instantly bought it thinking it was the bargain of the year only to find it wasnt the one i thought it was, still a great tune but not thee one and dont you dare say anything its in the sales box
vince ayres Posted September 10, 2011 Author Posted September 10, 2011 just recently bought a George Byrd for a few quid on a buy it now that came up on ebay as i was looking so instantly bought it thinking it was the bargain of the year only to find it wasnt the one i thought it was, still a great tune but not thee one dont forget to keep a lookout for the brooks brothers on uk pye
Guest jb000 Posted September 10, 2011 Posted September 10, 2011 i ordered Kenny Lynch-"Half the days gone and i havent spent a penny" thinking i was ordering Kenni Burke-"let somebody love you", DOH!
Premium Stuff Posted September 10, 2011 Posted September 10, 2011 I bought Joe Matthews - "Sorry Ain't Good Enough" on Thelma from one of the big UK dealers at what I thought was a bargain price As it turned out it was the re-release on Thelma 114 backed with the un-released "We Got A Good Thing Going" rather than the original release on Thelma 107 with "You Better Mend Your Ways" on the other side Basically, poor lazy listing by the seller Still think I should have sent it back but for some reason I never did Cheers Richard
vince ayres Posted September 10, 2011 Author Posted September 10, 2011 I bought Joe Matthews - "Sorry Ain't Good Enough" on Thelma from one of the big UK dealers at what I thought was a bargain price As it turned out it was the re-release on Thelma 114 backed with the un-released "We Got A Good Thing Going" rather than the original release on Thelma 107 with "You Better Mend Your Ways" on the other side Basically, poor lazy listing by the seller Still think I should have sent it back but for some reason I never did Cheers Richard this seems all too easy to do these days especially on ebay as there seem to be endless bootlegs and misleading info
Steve L Posted September 10, 2011 Posted September 10, 2011 Bobby Womack - What Is This on Minit thinking it was the same as keymen
vince ayres Posted September 10, 2011 Author Posted September 10, 2011 Bobby Womack - What Is This on Minit thinking it was the same as keymen you and about a thousand other peeps
tosspot Posted September 10, 2011 Posted September 10, 2011 quite a few years ago i bought Barbara Dane, i'm on my way, thinking it was a female version of Dean Parrish (paid £15 for it) imagine my shock when i played it, i felt such a tosspot at the time i just hid the record in a 'back' box, Oh how times have changed Atb...Rob
kevinsoulman Posted September 10, 2011 Posted September 10, 2011 james brown then found it wasn't the same as the album version and cool aid thinking it was cool off fuzzled brain that time kev
vince ayres Posted September 10, 2011 Author Posted September 10, 2011 quite a few years ago i bought Barbara Dane, i'm on my way, thinking it was a female version of Dean Parrish (paid £15 for it) imagine my shock when i played it, i felt such a tosspot at the time i just hid the record in a 'back' box, Oh how times have changed Atb...Rob brilliant, i feel i'm in good company
Guest Bearsy Posted September 10, 2011 Posted September 10, 2011 dont forget to keep a lookout for the brooks brothers on uk pye remind me via pm Vince me brains frazzled lol
sepia Posted September 10, 2011 Posted September 10, 2011 aberdeen music hall nighter. bought bobby goldsboro / too late,thinking it was larry williams & johnny watson. i was only 14 years old,give us a break,lol.
Premium Stuff Posted September 10, 2011 Posted September 10, 2011 aberdeen music hall nighter. bought bobby goldsboro / too late,thinking it was larry williams & johnny watson. i was only 14 years old,give us a break,lol. Still a bad one mate - even at 14 :lol: Cheers Richard
vince ayres Posted September 10, 2011 Author Posted September 10, 2011 remind me via pm Vince me brains frazzled lol remind me via pm Vince me brains frazzled lol can't do that, trade secret
Guest Bearsy Posted September 10, 2011 Posted September 10, 2011 can't do that, trade secret thats why i cant remember then Vince lol
Wiggyflat Posted September 10, 2011 Posted September 10, 2011 Ronnie Walker-Its A Good Feeling thinking it was the Falcons song....I wish!
Premium Stuff Posted September 10, 2011 Posted September 10, 2011 Ronnie Walker-Its A Good Feeling thinking it was the Falcons song....I wish! Ouch! That Falcons is one of the best male group sounds ever recorded - did you ever get one? Cheers Richard
MrsWoodsrules Posted September 10, 2011 Posted September 10, 2011 In 1978 I bought a Don Varner on Quinvy in the record bar at Wigan, yes you guessed it, bootleg, thought it was original. Paid a fiver, doh!..... In my defense, the guy was a well known big seller & had a box full of rare gems & this was lurking at the back, still got the pressing today, a tribute to my foolish youth, I'll never let it go. A mate of mine still takes the p@ss with the tear stained face thing, the irony of the title is not lost on him, makes me laugh every time. Aid
Davetay Posted September 10, 2011 Posted September 10, 2011 i can remember being at the 100 club in the mid eighties and buying a copy of ty karim "lighten up baby" on romark off Guy H assuming it was the belting 60s gem.I couldn't wait to get home and give it a spin, boy oh boy was i dissapointed! so dissapointed i threw it across the room.Bloody hell i'd just blown £7 on a slow durge of a record, however i did manage to sell it a week later and get my money back funny how tastes change as i'd give my right arm to own it now and to be fair its probably rarer than the original version. Has this or similar happened to anyone else? Funny thing is me and Andy Lett was talking about this on facebook last week Ginger did the same thing with "Lighten Up" in the 70s. I have always loved both versions even back in the 70s 1
Steve L Posted September 10, 2011 Posted September 10, 2011 quite a few years ago i bought Barbara Dane, i'm on my way, thinking it was a female version of Dean Parrish (paid £15 for it) imagine my shock when i played it, i felt such a tosspot at the time i just hid the record in a 'back' box, Oh how times have changed Atb...Rob You are a tosspot Rob
AlanB Posted September 11, 2011 Posted September 11, 2011 I was super-pleased many years ago to buy a UK Mercury copy of Damita Jo's I'll Save The Last Dance thinking it was the same as her then popular stomping version on Ranwood. Alan
Guest Dante Posted September 11, 2011 Posted September 11, 2011 OV Wright's What Did yo Tell This Girl Of Mine on Backbeat thinking it was the same version as the UK Sue issue.
Diggin' Dave Posted September 11, 2011 Posted September 11, 2011 Plus a few records on demo that that have the not so very good tune on both sides
Pete S Posted September 11, 2011 Posted September 11, 2011 I recently bought a cover version of Deon Jackson's "Love makes the world go round" on UK by none other than Beryl Reid! Hey guess what, totally different song, and if you've heard Beryl Reid sing.... mate of mine bought a copy of You Don't KNow Where Your Interest lies in the record bar at Wigan, looked at it on the coach home and thought it looked a bit weird, what with it having the artist name scratched out. You can guess the rest...
Davetay Posted September 11, 2011 Posted September 11, 2011 (edited) I was super-pleased many years ago to buy a UK Mercury copy of Damita Jo's I'll Save The Last Dance thinking it was the same as her then popular stomping version on Ranwood. Alan I found a UK copy of this in a junk shop, and sold it to a mate, I never played it, this would have been late 72 or early 73. So nearly 40 years later I find out it is not the same record. Edited September 11, 2011 by davetay
Davetay Posted September 11, 2011 Posted September 11, 2011 Plus a few records on demo that that have the not so very good tune on both sides I got Josie Jo Armstead "Ride out the Storm" on demo, and Patti Austin "Day By Day" on demo, to find out when they arrived they where stero/mono demos
Guest theoriginator56 Posted September 11, 2011 Posted September 11, 2011 bought susan farer the big hurt from a junk shop , needle to record out from the speakers comes the floaters float on.
Godzilla Posted September 11, 2011 Posted September 11, 2011 I recently bought a cover version of Deon Jackson's "Love makes the world go round" on UK by none other than Beryl Reid! Hey guess what, totally different song, and if you've heard Beryl Reid sing.... mate of mine bought a copy of You Don't KNow Where Your Interest lies in the record bar at Wigan, looked at it on the coach home and thought it looked a bit weird, what with it having the artist name scratched out. You can guess the rest... I'm sure I admonished you about that Beryl Reid thing years ago on this very site, Pete. In (maybe) the early 80s I had an old photocopied guide to rare UK soul singles that I think you were responsible for. I scored an HMV demo of the Beryl Reid tune on Oldham market and thought I was in for treat. I imagine the look on my face was similar to yours when the needle hit the record...
Harry Crosby Posted September 11, 2011 Posted September 11, 2011 My mate, came running out of the record bar at w/cwith a copy of the Del-capris on Karma sutra, thinking he`d bought richards cover up at the time 1
Ted Massey Posted September 11, 2011 Posted September 11, 2011 thats why i cant remember then Vince lol Here you Bearsy think you will like it remember seeing them at B'ham town hall with Brian Hyland
KevH Posted September 11, 2011 Posted September 11, 2011 (edited) I've heard that Barbara Mercer - "Call on me" on Capitol,is a different version than the Sidra one.I mean, who'd buy the Capitol version without checking..... Edited September 11, 2011 by KevH
Wicked Posted September 11, 2011 Posted September 11, 2011 I was super-pleased many years ago to buy a UK Mercury copy of Damita Jo's I'll Save The Last Dance thinking it was the same as her then popular stomping version on Ranwood. Alan You're not alone, did the same thing myself
Jim G Posted September 11, 2011 Posted September 11, 2011 Jodi Mathis "Mama" US Capitol. The issue has "Don't You Care Any More", forgot to check, the one I bought was a Demo, "Mama" on both sides..
Petedillon Posted September 11, 2011 Posted September 11, 2011 how about this...off me face in the Highland room. bought Strawberry Jam version of 'Personally' for a quid somehow thinking I was buying Bobby Paris on British!! ! Thinking was that it was UK issue . I saw Pye( I know it was blue!), thought Polydor!!! What a bargain, till my mate says 'WTF YOU BOUGHT THAT FOR? ,
Blake H Posted September 11, 2011 Posted September 11, 2011 I recently bought a cover version of Deon Jackson's "Love makes the world go round" on UK by none other than Beryl Reid! Hey guess what, totally different song, and if you've heard Beryl Reid sing.... mate of mine bought a copy of You Don't KNow Where Your Interest lies in the record bar at Wigan, looked at it on the coach home and thought it looked a bit weird, what with it having the artist name scratched out. You can guess the rest... Was that Steve Caesar Pete? If not Steve did exactly the same :yes: Blake
Pete S Posted September 11, 2011 Posted September 11, 2011 I'm sure I admonished you about that Beryl Reid thing years ago on this very site, Pete. In (maybe) the early 80s I had an old photocopied guide to rare UK soul singles that I think you were responsible for. I scored an HMV demo of the Beryl Reid tune on Oldham market and thought I was in for treat. I imagine the look on my face was similar to yours when the needle hit the record... My fault for copying second hand information without substantiating it mate, sorry about that!
Pete S Posted September 11, 2011 Posted September 11, 2011 Was that Steve Caesar Pete? If not Steve did exactly the same :yes: Blake No BLake, lad from round here, Tom. Big Simon & Garfunkel fan nowadays, dunno why
NEV Posted September 11, 2011 Posted September 11, 2011 (edited) A few yrs back when this was en vogue I thought i'd found one at a steal for $5 i got it on a yellow MGM ..boy was i in for a surprise when i put it on the decks and it played this version track 23 https://www.amazon.co...agSuffix=dp_img Edited September 11, 2011 by NEV
dthedrug Posted September 11, 2011 Posted September 11, 2011 HI ALL Quite a few over the 40 years, Back in 1974 i asked Dave Chase from Shefford who was going to the CASINO, if he saw a copy of Lada EdmondsJR "Larue" to buy it for me. The problem was i did not no who it was! so i sung it, when i next saw him he said he got me my record, he gave me a boot of Terrible Tom. think about it. More recent i got this???? a picture is worth a 1000 words DAVE K
tosspot Posted September 11, 2011 Posted September 11, 2011 You are a tosspot Rob Yep Steve, was then, & still am
soulsalmon Posted September 11, 2011 Posted September 11, 2011 (edited) done the same,but ended up with the right one after a while Edited September 11, 2011 by soulsalmon
De-to Posted September 11, 2011 Posted September 11, 2011 i purchased,"my conscience",the lovelites on lovelite 1,thinking it was the lovelites,"get it off my conscience" on lovelite 1500,two great tune though,!!!
Guest ashleysoul Posted September 11, 2011 Posted September 11, 2011 Not quite the same, but I snapped an OG copy of judy street while djing pissed! Very expensive mistake!
Pete S Posted September 11, 2011 Posted September 11, 2011 i purchased,"my conscience",the lovelites on lovelite 1,thinking it was the lovelites,"get it off my conscience" on lovelite 1500,two great tune though,!!! Loads of people did that back when The Lovelites first started to get played. I much prefer the slow one myself. 1
Ernie Andrews Posted September 11, 2011 Posted September 11, 2011 I lost someone - James Brown on King thinking it was the same as the track on hell.
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