Simon T

Do all your records have a big black A in the centre to mark them as demos? I bought a job-lot of 'demos' years ago and most have a printed A, but some have white sticker over the centre with an A on it, and a few are just plain looking issues in black and white RCA promo sleeve. Any ideas? ta.

If it's this, I seem to remember it being a one-sided S.O.S studio acetate. Although it's around 20 years since I saw it, I'm sure it was a plain orange label with James Bynum written on it, so it could be him, or anybody for that matter.

If like me you folked out on flowers and champagne for the missus on Monday and still are on the passion ration, go out and treat yourself to the Brenda Holloway Anthology - instant 48 multi-orgasm sex life guaranteeed! 1-1 I've Been Good To You 1-2 Sad Song 1-3 Every Little Bit Hurts 1-4 Too Proud To Cry 1-5 Who's Lovin' You 1-6 Land Of A Thousand Boys 1-7 Suddenly 1-8 Embraceable You 1-9 Unchained Melody 1-10 A Favour For A Girl (With A Love Sick Heart) 1-11 (You Can) Depend On Me 1-12 Can I? 1-13 When I'm Gone 1-14 Just Look What You've Done 1-15 You've Made Me So Very Happy 1-16 I Don't Want Nobody's Gonna Make Me Cry 1-17 Till Johnny Comes 1-18 Hurt A Little Everyday 1-19 Starting The Hurt All Over Again 1-20 You Can Cry On My Shoulder 1-21 A World Without You 1-22 I'll Be Alright 1-23 Everybody Knows 1-24 Make Him Come To You 2-1 Think It Over (Before You Break My Heart) - reconsider 2-2 I'll Always Love You 2-3 Operator 2-4 I'll Be Available 2-5 Together 'Till The End Of Time 2-6 Where Were You 2-7 I've Got To Find It 2-8 How Many Times Did You Mean It 2-9 You've Changed Me 2-10 All I Do Is Think About You 2-11 Who Could Ever Doubt My Love 2-12 Come Into My Palace 2-13 He's My Kind Of Fellow 2-14 You Need Me 2-15 Love Woke Me Up This Morning 2-16 I Prayed For A Boy (Like You) 2-17 Don't Judge Me 2-18 I'll Always Meet You Half Way 2-19 You Are Very Much Part Of Me 2-20 I'm On The Right Track 2-21 How Can You Call It Love When The Feelings Gone 2-22 I See A Rainbow 2-23 Play It Cool, Stay In School 2-24 Summertime (Live 1966 Detroit)

Hated Wallie & Rose "Switch Around" but love it now. Loved Danny Woods "You had me fooled", but now would quite willingly smash every copy to bits!

Acouple of modern things wanted: Halo - Let me do it - Marshall Micheal Smith - A love the's heavenly inspired - Pharoah Anticipating no one will have them for sale, any chance of a full good quailty mp3? Got them on tape as the half tracks (last on the tapes!) which is really peeing me off - why do people do that?!

Just converting old tapes to CD and have come across a track by Carlena Williams called "Soulful drop in the bucket (?)" At the time (1987) I was told it was unreleased, does anybody know if it ever came out or got booted / released on CD? thanks

I'm gonna get to you is one of my all time favs. Nice to see the band photo, it reminds me of the cover of the Tempest L.P.!

Thanks Keith, that explains things, it was on a tape of u/r Motown stuff. Perhaps 2648 West Grand Bulavard was full and they were doing a bit of practicing outside!!

Probably something obvious, but it's really begining to bug me now, any ideas anyone?

It's Soft Touch - After you give your all - Prodigal (same as Ronnie McNeir - Wendy is gone) with Lorraine Chandler on vocals

What sort of numbers are we talking about here? Values too? And of course, any sound files would be welcome!

After looking at someones 70's / modern, whatever you want to call them, "wants", I was just thinking what are the rarest of the rare non-60's sounds? Is there a Frank Wilson "Holy Grail" type equivalent?

There's a dozen or more CC U/R tracks floating about, any idea of the corus to give us a clue?

I thought is something to do with Paris in Texas, being sung by a US soul singer. However, I was told a long time ago that TM spent some time in Paris, France during the sixties, the s**t we're taken in with!!

sounds like this cobblers

I would not have thought one exists, but having said that I have seen the original's for Magnetics - Lady in Green & Jock Mitchel -Not a chance !!!

26 Jan Basil - Breakaway - A&M demo £220 Benny Spellman - Fortune Teller c/w Lipstick Traces - London £97 Shorty Long - Don't Mess With My Weekend - Tamla Motown £159 Charlie McCoy and the Escorts - My Baby's Back - Monument demo £684 Leon Haywood - Skate A Little While - Vocalion demo £59 Blendells - Did You Mean c/w You Need Love - Dontee £2314 Ivorys - Please Stay - Despenza £812 Anetta Archibald - Clip My Wings c/w How Can I - Swift £805 Romance Watson - Where Does That Leave Me - Coral demo £212 19 Jan Gloria Scott - What Am I Gonna Do - Casablanca (Australia) £ 281 Supremes - You Keep Me Hanging On (Italian) - Motown Acetate £ 141 Constellations - I don't Know About You - Gemini Star £ 636 Jimmy Conwell - Cigarette Ashes - Mirwood demo £ 163 Rubin - You've Been Away - Kapp £ 413 Jackie Edwards - I Feel So Bad - Island £ 407 Incredibles - There's Nothing Else To Say - Stateside £ 206 Bobby Reed - Time Is Right For Love - Bell £ 501 Cryslers with the Monarchs - I'm Not Gonna Lose You - Je Jody £ 600 Willi J. and Co - Boogie With Your Baby - Ki Ki £ 162 Karmello Brooks - Tell Me, Baby - Milestone demo £ 1659 Chantels - Indian Giver - Verve £ 288 Emanuel Laskey - I'd Rather Leave On My Feet part 1 & 2 - DT £ 475 5 Jan Larry Laster - Go For Yourself - Loma demo £300 Marvin Smith - Have More Time c/w Time Stopped - Coral £151 Exits - Another Sundown In Watts - Kapp demo £447 Debonaires - I'm Love Love Again c/w Headache In - Track demo £51 Luther Ingram - Exus Trek c/w If It's All The Same - Hib promo £406 Supremes - A Breath Taking, First Sight Soul Shaking - Motown £66 Lee Dorsey - Ride Your Pony - Stateside demo £74 Royal Robins - Something About You Sends Me - Tru-Glo-Town £709

----------- and the USA promo only 12" which we all wanted but couldn't get a copy: Always There - Willie Bobo (Columbia) different to the seven inch and album mix and never , to this day, released on commercial 12". Neil I've got a UK CBS 6 track promo 12" with the Willie Bobo on. It's a plain white label in a plain white card cover with the track listing (photocopy)pasted on. The other tracks are "extended" mixes too, but I can't remeber what they are - 'club clasics' like Dexter Wansell, Webster Lewis etc

Groovy shoes too .........

'Luther' as a group had two album releases on Cotillion "Luther" in 1978 & "This close to you" in 1977 with 'Don't wanna be a fool' on it 'Don't wanna be a fool' only came out on the 7" ISSUES of 'This Close to you' When Luther V got a few bob from his Epic releases, he bought the rights to the Cotillion recordings because he didn't want them re-released as he thought they were not up to standard

Rob Thomas has Rixs records for DJing, so perhaps try him?