I agree with you Phil, I thought it was a dreadful noise when Ion had it, and the rhythm is a bit dis-jointed.
Rarity over quality, good luck to the buyer.
;-) You and me both mate!!
Great 45, I lent this to Ady for the recent ERA compilation, Keb played it once or, twice at Stafford, where I picked it up.
I tried with both Inell Young on Busy-B and the Regina Sherard some 20+ years back but to virtually no response so good luck with'em, they are both great records, some of the others listed here I'm not too sure about.
If you're going down the needle route, try using a toothpick first, obvs not a fine as a scalpel, but it'll do less damage if you slip! Plus you can use those scalpel blades to pare down the end of the toothpick ;-)
Happy New Year All!