Always In-demand Demos

[Soulfulsolutions]

2 up for offers, please PM any questions.

 

Willie Hutch – Love runs out / The duck – Dunhill 4012 WD M- OFFERS

To think, I was less than a year old when Willie penned these 2 tracks and along with the brilliant Gene Page and Lou Adler they brought these 2 quintessential Northern tracks together on one slab of plastic. We all know Hutch has provided us some very collectable tunes, but his involvement in the music industry surpassed his own recording career, for example being hauled out of bed in the dead of night by Motown’s Hal Davis to help compose a track that Berry Gordy didn’t like. By the deadline of 8am that morning the Jackson 5’s “I’ll be there” fronted by a 12 year old Michael Jackson was destined to become the biggest selling Motown single at the time. Gordy hired Hutch, who for over 20 years influenced some of the biggest names Hitsville had on the books.

Let’s not forget the rest of the team, with Adler’s work at least being recognised by induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, with both he and Gene working with some of the most popular music acts and biggest labels across many genres over 3 decades in the business .

I’ve been lucky enough to own the Black Stock copy and after selling that the only reason I’m letting this one go is I still have the Japanese RCA Victor tri-center complete with sleeve and lyric sheet. Lets not forget the beautiful French RCA release exists confirming this double siders demand across the US, Europe and Asia form the day it was pressed right up to the current. This East coast white demo vinyl copy is in fantastic mint minus condition. Labels are clean bar the 2 X’s on “Duck”. Minimum offer £1850.

 

 

Sandi Sheldon – I’m gonna make you love me – Okeh 7277 WD NM OFFERS

The pinnacle of Okeh soul output, crafted by the imperious Van McCoy. Sandi is Kendra Spotswood and on occasions Kenni Woods, recording for labels; Philips, Regina and Tuff, she was not only a member of the Pacettes but even more impressively the Vonettes on Cobblestone alongside Lilian Dorr and Barbara McGregor from the Dynells.

This was Van McCoy’s first recording using the banner of Soul Sound Productions, released in March 1967 to leave an everlasting imprint on the UKs northern soul scene. Beautiful mint minus copy with clean labels, you won’t find many copies so clean you could shave with them, so no upgrade required. Same minimum offer as my last copy a couple of years ago £1600.

 

 

 

I’ll let both offers run until 8pm Mon 30 Aug, unless I get an offer I can’t refuse in-between!

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Cheers, Lee.

Edited August 30, 2021 by Soulfulsolutions

[Solidsoul]

8 hours ago, Daisy May said:

According to Manship all Sandi Sheldon original releases of You’re gonna make me want you should have ZSP 117508 1A in the run out including demo copies but all the demo copies I have seen including the one I have are JZSP 117508 1C exactly the same as the 1972 re issue dead wax stamp. I have never seen a ZSP  117508 1A demo copy has anyone else .just saying as there is a copy of Sandi Sheldon for sale on soul source for £1600 starting price with the JZSP 117508 1C stamped in the dead wax exactly the same as the 1972 reissue dead wax. Some one please explain. To me it is 5 years after original realease until re issue so I think Okeh probably still had the 1967pressing plates for the demo’s and to save money used them to press the reissues. Thank you and goodnight

 

I read somewhere that the 1A and the 1C at the end of the deadwax stamp denote the different pressing plates (lacuers) used.   So a batch would be run on one set of plates, then another batch run with the different plates. The end letter denoting which plates used.

So both sets of numbers could be used on the original presses, then as you mention, they used one set of the plates again 5 years later to do the 2nd issues. 

I am pretty sure there are no demos of the 1972 reissues?

 

Edited August 27, 2021 by D9 Ktf