Simon T

I take it then the one on ebay (left hand scan) is an orginal and OK to put a bid on? I was just a bit worried it does not look as neatly printed as the definate original ( right hand scan)

What about the Velvet Satins? There must at 87 different kinds of labels, though in reality, I suspect half of them are early 70's pressings!

I'm saving my money to get a real one of these: https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...4714784695&rd=1

(How many times can you get the word original into a post!) The "original" version played out was off emi disks cut from the original studio acetate. There's a picture in Kev Roberts's top 500, I seem to remember, but I can't remember if it's accredited to the 'Prophets' or 'Originals', but the title was originally "Baby have mercy on me" which is what it was originally registered with BMI. I think it was speeded up a little for the sake of a few chemically enhanced dancers at the time. It was pressed at the time on a UK boot with Eddie Holman -'' Where I'm not wanted'' on the reverse. A different Original's version was issued on the CD "This is Northern soul! Volume 2" with a different vocalist and slightly different words, but at the correct slower original speed. Motown then released a comp of Original's tracks, the first one being the original version at the slower speeed, but titled 'Suspicion' There's another vocal by F. Knows, but it's funky with a whaa whaa guitar on it! There's also an U/R instrumental of the original take.

Chris won Cruffs with his Afgan hound a few years ago!

Ovenchips'got one at £150, so it's worth £75 tops! https://www.raresoulman.co.uk/searchartist....EO%27S+SUNSHIPP

You'll find out that the postage is more than the value of the disc!

Becasue us people who know what it is have time to try and find some more copies to sell to people with more money than sense!

"just because" on that LP?

I sold an origanal ages ago and would like to know how you can distinguish it from the legit re-issues, is there any real difference?

Anybody know if Carl Burnette - Jerk baby jerk - Carmax came out in two different mixes, on the demos at least? ta.

The run is probably bigger; it seems it's not what's in the grooves that count these days!

Tolbert £2514 Al Williams £2466 Paul Thompson £713 Bobby Kline £901 Candy & Kisses UK £102 Barbara Mills £ £257 Glady Knight UK £ 208 Edwin Starr £208

£2514, sold to a Mr P Smith of the West Midlands!

It looks like your acetate has lost it's surface laquer and what's left is almost the same as a wax crayon which will smear with a white residule when wiped with a wet cloth. Essetially, it's knackered so leave it as is!

Rub a soapy cloth around the very edge /rim and see if anything nasty happens, I'm sure it won't!

I'd only risk washing up liquid and luke warm water, definatley nothing spirit based like isopropyl, meths etc.

Love the Nate Evans version crackes like a bugger at the begining is this the norm for the record then? link

£400? That's worth risking life and limb and getting it down from the shelf! Anybody throw any light on the 4:30 version coming out on 7"?

I've seen it for sale at £10 & £15