The Tempest Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 (edited) Current price ? And am I right in thinking only promo's out there ? Anybody got or seen an issue ? Edited January 27, 2012 by 123-motown Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest quentonh Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 I have been after this LP for about 5 years. The last copy that I am aware of having sold on the internet transacted on this forum about a year ago and I believe it sold for 200 UK pounds...which would have been a steal. Of the four copies that have sold on Ebay.com since 2004, three were sold by the same seller, implying that they had a small stash of them. I did at one point figure out who the seller was.....contacted them to see if they had more....received no response. In terms of other transactions, there is a chain in Japan (who will not ship LPs aboad) that claimed to have had two copies in and out in a single 12 month period (I contacted them perhaps 2 years ago to ask as they listed it in their blogs). You can figure out the name of the store if you search on google. They are either incredibly skilled at finding rare music, or just plain lucky. I personally offered to purchase this LP (for well above popsike market value!) on this forum about a year ago, but no one offered a copy for sale or trade. The term "rare" as it relates to records is oft-overused.....but for Ms. Brown's LP, not in this case. This album is truly rare. BTW, rumours abound that the gentleman that ran Sundi was a bit shifty....I am suspicious that this might have been the last album on the label and am very confident that it was never released for distribution. If you have this album, let me know....I will pay you very well, and have been waiting to buy it for a long time. It is my unicorn.... Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Scotters Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 I'd like one too please ...Been looking since I picked up her sublime 45 "I'm not responsible" just over a year ago. One day maybe. Trouble is, I'm guessing there's a fair few of us who'd love to have a copy, hence price could go bit silly if a good one comes up for sale Anyway, on the bright side, 100's more amazing cheaper soul LP's to cross off the wants lists first hey?! All the best, Steve Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
boba Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 (edited) Monk Higgins clearly produced the record (and possibly owned the label). Backing singers on this probably are the rest of the specialties unlimited, basically making this a specialties unlimited record. The specialties unlimited were Mamie Galore, Alex Brown, and Clydie King. Higgins used them as backup for his productions -- for example, I know they sing on a 3 sounds album. Also, why didn't you try to find someone in Japan to buy the record for you and ship it to you? Edited January 28, 2012 by boba Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Dave Pinch Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 did this lp come out in 1969/70 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
The Tempest Posted January 28, 2012 Author Share Posted January 28, 2012 did this lp come out in 1969/70 It came out in 71 - Mistype by me on posting Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
phillyDaveG Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 No idea of price now, I sold a copy for £150 about 6 years ago. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest quentonh Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Sundi was actually owned by Gil Cabot. You can read a bit of the story on the Both Sides Now site: https://www.bsnpubs.com/florida/sundi/sundi.html There are many other references to Gil Cabot out there, including some which are very *interesting*: https://www.teddwebb.com/showcase/where_are_they_now/gil_cabot.html https://96.126.114.52/~toby/forums/showthread.php?t=24029 https://humbleopinion.wordpress.com/2009/02/02/todd-black-aka-gil-cabot-aka-prison-mate/ https://www.paed.uscourts.gov/documents/opinions/99D0312P.pdf BTW, if you are at all in to sunshine pop with female vocals, the Mercy album is also very good, and is easy to obtain. In terms of why I didn't buy a copy from the store in Japan (Disk Union BTW)......the real challenge was that by the time I found the post on Disk Union's site, they had already sold the album. The manager at the Shibuya store ( https://blog-shibuya-jazz.diskunion.net ) replied that they had sold two copies in the past year. Whether this is true or not is not something that I can easily assess. They certainly do advertise that they pay reasonably well for many rare groove titles. The full album, together with artwork, was posted for download back in 2009 on 4bbweekly (https://4bbweekly.wordpress.com/2009/09/20/week-38-lovely-baby/) Not sure if the files are still floating around out there. I did download them and the recording is decent (but not stellar). It is certainly a good way to get an intro to the album. Overall, it is isn't worth 600 bones just from a musical perspective...there are many $60-100 records out there that are better, but of course not nearly as rare. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
boba Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 good luck on your search. you might do better going off ebay and off this board -- e.g. try talking to local dealers, etc. Ebay will be expensive and set sale here is (usually) more expensive than ebay. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
MrsWoodsrules Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 This Alex Brown went on ebay tonight. https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250980662647+#ht_1126wt_859 Aid. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Swifty Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 This Alex Brown went on ebay tonight. https://cgi.ebay.com/...+#ht_1126wt_859 Aid. wow , that's a great tune , want one ! now in my list of never to be had records ! Swifty Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
boba Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 I don't know if people know this, but ebay was messed up for a couple hours today and you couldn't log in (if you weren't already logged in). Almost all snipes failed during this period. So a lot of stuff went really cheap to the early bidders. I don't know if the alex brown was in the no-snipe period or not (actually I could probably look at the bid history ...) but it might have gone for much more. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
The Tempest Posted November 4, 2012 Author Share Posted November 4, 2012 Good luck to all those watching ebay !!! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Sunnysoul Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Musically, this is a high quality LP, a number of the LP only tracks are even superior to the excellent cross over gem "I'm Not Responsible" .... and it is a truly rare LP . Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Russ Vickers Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 The power of Soul Source........ https://www.ebay.com/itm/ALEX-BROWN-Search-Love-SUNDI-Soul-LP-Rare-/190748619766 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
phillyDaveG Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Mad price. Not much of an LP in my opinion, apart from the obvious. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Jim Ohara Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Tend to agree with phillyDaveG I managed to pick up the LP sealed from the US about 25 years ago from a set sale in Goldmine magazine Don't remember the price, but only a few dollars as it wasn't really known I bought it as I already had the single and thought it may be good to have the album From memory, the wasn't really anything on the LP that was as good as the single, and I can't really remember there being many good ballads either - I may be wrong though When I sold my collection I got what was fair money for each At the time What I would say though is that it is without doubt a rare album, having only ever seen my copy and my mates from Dundee (which I'm sure he still has) Jim Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Scotters Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Blimey...I see the LP sold for $1825 last night on ebay. To the bottom of the list I think Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
The Tempest Posted August 26, 2014 Author Share Posted August 26, 2014 I see another copy has turned up on evil bay with a start price of $999.99 ! Be interesting to see how much this one goes for ? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
The Tempest Posted August 29, 2014 Author Share Posted August 29, 2014 Winning bid of £1227.00 ! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest soulfiend Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 There's one on ebay currently... Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
The Tempest Posted October 31, 2014 Author Share Posted October 31, 2014 With a buy it now of $2000.00 ! Which currently equates to what the last copy in August went for, £1200.00 , and that was in better condition all round Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest soulfiend Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Rare is rare..... Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
The Tempest Posted November 7, 2014 Author Share Posted November 7, 2014 It went for £947.00 this morning Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Scotters Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 I'll be happy to trade a lovely condition issue of "I'm not responsible" for her LP (+ a few hundred quid to go with the 45, depending on condition of the LP and sleeve) if anyone interested? Thanks, Steve. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Philippe Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 It went for £947.00 this morning https://collectorsfrenzy.com/details/390961384352/1970_Alex_Brown_In_Search_Of_Love_LP_promo_RARE "record is VG++, almost VG+++" I guess the seller is from England ? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
The Tempest Posted November 24, 2015 Author Share Posted November 24, 2015 One went for £500.00 this afternoon ! Certainly tumbled in price judging by the previous prices mentioned Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
dean jj Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Bought it, mint, for £500, foolishly sold it, still mint, for the same amount. I try not to make mistakes but that was one. dean Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Reforee Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Bugger.... Still not managed to pick one up and dipped out again today... That's 4 through ebay, I think, this year,with one a couple of days ago going for £803 and one today for £518.73. suppose will have to live with my demo 45 for a little while longer........or up me game! slightly miffed......Dave H. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
The Tempest Posted November 20, 2018 Author Share Posted November 20, 2018 So another copy surfaces 3 yrs later almost to the date of the last post ! 17 bids so far at £600 and still running Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Blackpoolsoul Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 On 28/01/2012 at 09:45, boba said: Monk Higgins clearly produced the record (and possibly owned the label). Backing singers on this probably are the rest of the specialties unlimited, basically making this a specialties unlimited record. The specialties unlimited were Mamie Galore, Alex Brown, and Clydie King. Higgins used them as backup for his productions -- for example, I know they sing on a 3 sounds album. Also, why didn't you try to find someone in Japan to buy the record for you and ship it to you? Label was owned by Gil Calbot in Tampa, Florida, he moved it later to Hollywood Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
The Tempest Posted November 22, 2018 Author Share Posted November 22, 2018 It just went for £1200.00 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest tonythehun Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 (edited) i got one , Sundi Records – SD 5001 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo Country: US Released: 1970 contact me at tonythehun@yahoo.com Edited February 22, 2019 by tonythehun promo copy Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
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