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    1 hour ago, Alan Walls said:

    I'm yer man T. The label's clean enough from memory, I'll check out the nick of the vinyl tonight. Last price I have noted was from 2 years ago so will need to do some homework.
    And no, I won't be bribed over that obscene paparazzi snap on Facebook... :thumbsup:

    Yer a good lad an' all!!, it's my birthday on Sunday s well!!

    On 16/10/2016 at 10:30, chalky said:

    Rolling Stones claiming The Last Time to be their work but was basically ripping off the Staples Singers This May Be The Last Time, fortunately for the Stones the song went way back.   They still took songwriting credits, wonder if anything from the release made its way to the Staple Singers? Then when The Verve used the orchestral version by Andrew Loog Oldham on Bitter Sweet Symphony the Stones sued The Verve for ripping them off resulting in Jagger/Richards getting songwriting credits.

    Unfortunately, because the Verve sampled Andrew Loog Oldham instrumental version and the publishing being owned by Allen Kliein, Jagger / Richard didn't get any royalties from that, swing and roundabouts?

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    Stuff like this is easy to check, given the amount of knowledge on here, Bobby Womack nicked the riff of Satisfaction for his "Nothing You Can Do" on HIM, no one seems to mind that? It's a simplistic assumption to state British groups ripped off tunes, there's more to it than that.

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    I had that too, but he didn't play on it, he was Jimmy Delphs guitarist in Ohio in later years...Just found his email:

    Hi -- I played in Jimmy's backup band in the early 1980's, after all his recordings. We used to do gigs around Detroit, southeast Michigan, and Toledo, Ohio. I was in my 20's at the time and did not realize how significant or profound Jimmy was really. When I listen to him now, he sounds like a cross between Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett and Marvin Gaye. He can do what each of them did. I saw a posting about "Don't Sign the Papers" where the person said that Jimmy might have been a mega-star in some alternative universe. I think that is correct. Jimmy was perfectionist to work for. He could be demanding. But he was a gentleman. I have heard that he leads a choir in a church in Toledo, Ohio, his hometown.

    On 12 September 2016 at 16:15, Sean Hampsey said:

    The Turkish copy will have been leased from the UK, as opposed from the USA, via Beacon on the strength of the UK label's success with the Showstoppers.

    Makes a neat double sider!

    :thumbsup:

    Sean

     

    I've got the Turkish one, not dinked and in original sleeve, unfortunately although mint, Showstoppers side sounds like it's been dubbed off a well played copy, "Copp" side plays much better, Beacon's distribution was picked up in the Uk by EMI, Whose HMV Imprint was its outlet in Turkey at the time.

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    Unfortunately both have hairline cracks, both play through though, Jock having the occasion tick but nothing too bad to detract from listening, was a play copy for a while, O-Jays plays with no noise whatsoever. A chance to bag at a fraction of the going rate

     

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/tony_baroni/m.html?item=172303253968&hash=item281e1301d0%3Ag%3ACS4AAOSwaB5XrZ9I&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562

     

    Any questions fire away!

     

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