Nick Soule

The winning bidder's feedback count matches the seller of the Sonic Wax version.

In addition to the other record on the label having an LA address, I suspect John is getting his information about the writer, Ronald Davis, from the BMI repertoire which confusingly has the Correc-tone writer, a Philadelphia based writer/performer, and what I assume is a third LA-based writer all under the same Ronald Davis profile. BMI repertoire: Ronald Davis The Philadelphia-based Ronald Davis has a profile on ReverbNation that states his first recording studio experience was at Sigma Sound in Philly, which wasn't founded until 1968 - same year as the Locations 45, and multiple years after the Detroit records. You can cross-reference the songs listed on RN with the titles on the BMI repertoire. Ronald Davis ReverbNation Profile Aside from all of that, it doesn't look or sound like a Detroit record to me.

Hopefully a Detroit collector didn't buy it because of John's description. It's an LA record.

Manuel B. Holcolm's "I Stayed Away Too Long" on Diamond Jim 900 was distributed Cotillion. Forgot about that one.

Was Mr. Bo "Lost Love Affair" on Big D 852 the only Jim Riley record that was picked up for national distribution?

Yes, there's also an ARP stamp in the runout, so it was mastered at Columbia and pressed at ARP. A few others like Eddie Hill and both Joe Matthews also have ZTSC numbers, but were plated at Nashville Matrix before being pressed at ARP, so the numbers are etched instead of stamped.

Wilson Pickett’s single on Correc-tone is from 1962, and the Supremes first single on Motown is from 1961, so it seems like they were moonlighting. But all the information I’ve read about the Pickett recording always refers to them as The Primettes. Maybe it was recorded earlier than 1962?

I’ve emailed bagsunlimited every 3-4 months since the pandemic started, and get the same response noted above every time. It’s hard to believe that no one manufactures that kind of paper anymore, but they’re really sticking to that story.

If you switch 2 and 3 around, I believe that is the correct order for everything. "I'll Be Around..." was a local hit and you never see the Mala copy in or around Detroit.

I doubt it's the Royal Ravens as Robbk suggests. Both sides of the record lack a backing group, so I would guess it's just a band name. Also, the record came out in 1969, so there was plenty of time between to two to forget about the other Ravens. Fwiw, members of Dave's family were selling off what was left in his house to different shops in Detroit in 2016-2019. As far as I know, only one VG- copy of the Ravins turned up and was in a stack of Dave's personal records (mainly soul/r&b hits, nothing great). I believe that copy is in the UK now.

Found an old picture of some more of the absolutely destroyed 10” NY Jobete acetates that came into Peoples around 2011. Tragic.

PayPal doesn’t refund their service fees anymore. The buyer essentially pays 4% or whatever the PayPal fees are on a goods/services transaction to be told that a record isn’t in stock.

Popsike has made a lot of improvements such as archiving BIN sales (they didn’t do this until like 2 years ago) and preserving sound clips to try to compete with the other eBay sales history archive, Gripsweat. I still think their site is clunky and I despise the autocomplete feature on their search bar, but it’s an important historical reference as it goes back to the early 2000s.

Looking for a nice copy of: The Related Three "Why Should We Cry" (Creative) Thanks!

I imagine it's just a typo either with the BMI registration or with the credits on the label - I don't know which one is correct though. I also think the line up of this group changed at least once before they released 1016 - it's clearly a female vocalist singing on "Don't Ever Leave Me". Also, it's worth noting that the scan you posted is the bootleg pressing. It's easily recognizable by the single rectangle around Dynamics - the original has two. There are also two label variations of the original 1011 pressing with different publishing credits.

The 45-Sleeves website says that the Hitsville USA sleeves were used on all Motown subsidiaries from 1964 through 1967 - I'm assuming up until September 1967 when the first album cover sleeves appeared. Is this actually true? This seems to be the least common Motown company sleeve even though Motown was releasing far more than they did in the red and blue turntable sleeve era (1961-1963/4). Another curious thing is that Melody/Mel-O-Dy, one of the subsidiaries on the sleeve, had it's last release in 1965.

Brad Hales might still have a couple, but from what I remember most were given away, which is how I got mine. They were all titles that neither of us recognized, and the one I have isn’t on DFTMC, so presumably unreleased. Unfortunately, I can’t recall the titles of any of the others.

Great article. About 10 years ago a dozen or so 10” acetates came into Peoples Records in Detroit that were from the Jobete offices in New York. Unfortunately, all were unplayable...

The same seller now has an acetate of the Magnetics "When I'm With My Baby" that has very similar handwriting to the Precisions: https://www.ebay.com/itm/LISTEN-THE-MAGNETICS-WHEN-IM-WITH-MY-BABY-UNIQUE-NORTHERN-SOUL-ACETATE/353338699595?hash=item5244a0af4b%3Ag%3AgoAAAOSwQaBf743N&LH_Auction=1

Warning: it's not good. Clifford Binns - Again It's Christmas.mp3

Just to add a little bit of information here, Lou Beatty was a part owner of Carrie for a brief time. He's listed as President of Carrie Records in a very brief article in Record World Magazine from 1965 that details the licensing of Edward Hamilton's "Call Me" and "I'm Gonna Love You" to Jameco Records in NY. The catalog numbers for this period also follow suit with the La Beat catalog numbering system (year/release). Carrie 6501 - Clifford Binns Carrie 6502 - Edward Hamilton Carrie 6503 - Lawrence Hill And Singers La Beat 6504 - Spider, Snake & Ell/Eee

I’ve seen that one - it was auctioned a month or so ago by a different seller. I’m not sure how it went from being graded VG- to EX+ condition, but either way, I’m looking for one with clean labels. https://gripsweat.com/item/333766647584/clifford-binns-youve-got-to-help-me-carrie-45-northern-soul-1st-pressing-hear

Looking for an EX or better copy of: Clifford Binns "You've Got To Help Me" Carrie (orange label original only) Thanks!

Fun fact: Lou Beatty opened a bank after he got out of the music business. Here’s a clipping from a 1968 newspaper, the bank address is the same as the label headquarters on 14th Street.