Fantastics On Impresario

[Becket]

Hi all, Becket here.

Fantastics - Where there's a will (there's a way) [iMPRESARIO 124]. Just how rare is this? I absolutely love this 45. Sheer class imho.

J.M. has one for auction at present. He reckons only a handful surfaced years back and no more since!

Is this group the same one that had a couple of outings on SS7 (Me and You + That One) ?

Cheers............ Tom. Banbury.

[George G]

Interesting...

I got a mint copy of this some years ago here in Seattle. The dealer was a major scrounger in this area (he died about 4 years ago). I paid the price of a latte for it.

FWIW, mine's a promo/demo, red label.

Amazing how many rare out of town soul and funk records I find up in the PNW. Must be because people move here and take their records with them. I can't believe they would have been distributed this way, about the last place you'd want to try to break a soul record.

Then again, I've seen a vintage local radio survey where Frankie Beverly "Because of My Heart" was a pick hit. No, I haven't found that one around.

- George

Edited December 20, 2008 by George G

[Guest]

Tom,

A record hound from Beaumont, Texas found a box of 60 or so in the early 90s at a local flea market. Until then, no-one i know had a copy. He sold out years and years ago.

60 is a drop in the ocean, considering I was thinking of tiling my bathroom with Gerri Halls in the 70s.

They are the Texas band as far as I know who recorded on Copa, SS7 etc I play this 45 in my sets at the moment, I love it too. The flip's great also..

John

Edited December 20, 2008 by john manship

[Becket]

John, thanks for the info. Good on yah for playing this out. Just under 4 mins of Crossover Heaven as far as I'm concerned. Brillo group harmonies and just the sort of thing that "floats my boat". Just a shame it's such a rare one: though will never be overplayed!

Cheers............. Tom.

[Garethx]

A truly superb group record. One I was lucky to pick up before the recent hike in the price and am very glad I did. The harmonies are glorious and the swapping of the lead vocal is brilliantly handled, particularly as the record speeds up after the spoken section and the falsetto vocalist comes in.

I was thinking of opening a topic on records which owe a debt to the "Tighten Up" rhythm and I think this is one of the very finest of the lot.

[Prophonics 2029]

Tom,

A record hound from Beaumont, Texas found a box of 60 or so in the early 90s at a local flea market. Until then, no-one i know had a copy. He sold out years and years ago.

60 is a drop in the ocean, considering I was thinking of tiling my bathroom with Gerri Halls in the 70s.

They are the Texas band as far as I know who recorded on Copa, SS7 etc I play this 45 in my sets at the moment, I love it too. The flip's great also..

John

Humm how would you grout them and what colour grout would you have used John, black or yellow.