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Hi all, first post. I’ve had this boot/acetate(?) in my box for over 40yrs since I was a kid getting into soul. I can’t find any info as such and wondering if some of the older heads in here know anything about this type of release. Sound is rough and sounds like it may have even been taken from a tape recording.

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Ok, I knew I'd read it somewhere, this is on a  current John Manship auction, for a Tony Hester acetate, which mentions Beck Amplification, as to whether its one of the acetates Poke asked to be cut, possibly? I can't see a Northants studio doing too many Soul acetates, I guess we need to confirm if August & Dean came out on Grapevine LP, or was scheduled to do so...I'll check mine just now...

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After talking to Blair Hayden "Poke" as he is much better known, when he worked for Soul Bowl in the 70's, one of his tasks was to cut necessary promo acetates he went to BECK STUDIOS to see Derek Tompkins. This acetate is NOT a acetate he had cut for the Grapevine LP but an acetate John Anderson brought back from Richard Popcorn Wylie when the deal was struck for the rights to release his work through Grapevine. So "Poke" feels this listing is an authentic original Richard Popcorn Wylie 1965 7" acetate

John Anderson of Soul Bowl was compiling for the Grapevine first album release. And what a album to launch at the zenith of Northern Soul movement. The 20 track Various Artist – Talk Of The Grapevine - including a mindboggling 7 previously unknown and unreleased from the vaults of the genius partnership. An album underling the lengths John went to, to unearth exceptional Northern Soul that was to treat Wigan Casino faithful to just the finest Northern Soul tracks. Where as the Betty Boo 7" acetates were cut at BECK in Kettering with Red labelling.

https://www.raresoulman.co.uk/tony-hestor-spaceland-blank-blank-acetate-7.html

 

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Hi Mal,Thanks for digging out this information. Great stuff. I also still have my copy of the Grapevine first compilation. I used to buy from John Anderson  from time to time and some of his soul packs could contain the odd gem or two!

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