Sebastian

Slightly off-topic, but does anyone know if Ike Strong's "Boogie Land" was first issued as the flipside on the MABLE 7" or on the WILLKERR 7" (which also seems to be a lot rarer than its 12" counterpart).

The version by Naturals on SHOUT is also decent. I personally like the country version by Linda Martell as well.

It's a cover of the same tune, but Hunt's Determination Band has got a totally different backing track.

No, but the other side "I Need Love" does.

Revolution Of St Vincent perhaps?

I was the seller. That one really surprised me. 6 different bidders over $100. 4 different bidders over $150. Some of them regular posters on here.

Ofcourse! I'd personally never dream of bidding earlier than the last 10 seconds in an eBay auction.

Why don't you just cancel your bid? https://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?RetractBidShow

Only 2-3 hours to go on these auctions now: https://www.ebay.com/sch/pushkings/m.html Thanks for looking!

There's now about 2 days left on these auctions: https://www.ebay.com/sch/pushkings/m.html

Hello! I've listed a bunch of records on eBay. There are label/sleeve scans and soundclips to everything. Check them out at: https://www.ebay.com/sch/pushkings/m.html Thanks for looking! Take care. /Sebastian

Indeed. When I visited the Fame Studio about two years ago I was allowed to take a look into the "record storage room" (was not allowed to touch anything or buy the records though...). There were thousands of 45's in there. Unopened distributor boxes etc. All of it original old unsold stock.

Stuff like Black Sugar has been huge for years. Perhaps not on the northern scene, but for example the Black Sugar LP that includes "Too Late" was reissued in 2007 due to heavy demand for it. That's 6 years ago. I wouldn't say that "Too Late" is a tune that has been enjoyed within a small circle, thousands of people (perhaps outside of the northern soul scene) have been raving about that LP and 45 for years. Split Evolution is definitely far less known compared to Black Sugar, and harder to track down, but has had plays all over Europe for quite some time, has been included in playlists and on popular podcasts (that have been heard by, again, thousands of people).

Black Sugar has been £150/£200+ for the past 5 years at least. Split Evolution is hardly an unknown record but also difficult to locate copies of. Doesn't surprise me that people want a lot of money for it. "Unknowns" will always easily sell at high prices if the person selling them knows what they've got on their hands and who they should offer them to.

Several other 45's on that label.

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Just found a YouTube video clip posted with Manship's account on the 18th of May 2013: It is the 213-384-9334 variation. He must've made a typo earlier regarding the 213-750-4966 phone number which as far as I know can only be found on the Village Crusaders 45.

Same here, would be great if he cleared it up. Inoticed that he has changed the description again. It now doesn't state anything about the phone number. Going by the blurry scan, I assume that he made a typo earlier and that his auction copy actually has got 213-384-9334 on it.

THANKS! Looks like the yellow "shake hands" issue that Manship is auctioning right now is the first release after all then. The orange is the second issue. Great stuff!

Very blurry, but that scan definitely doesn't read 750-4966.

Would love to see a scan of the above for verification.

The phone number Manship is quoting can be found on the Village Crusaders 45, I've never seen it on the Bob Relf 45 though. If that number is on the yellow label Bob Relf that he is auctioning (I can't tell from the scan on his site, it is too small) then I guess there really is no doubt that the yellow one with 750-4966 number is the original. And hideously rare as well! This is what I've found: TA #0007 - 213-466-1281 : Sam And The Soul Walkers TA #0008 - 213-750-4966 : Village Crusaders TA #0009 - 213-384-9334 : Aki Aleong (reissue of VEE JAY #527) TA #0010 - 213-384-9334 : Bob Relf (YELLOW) TA #0010 - 213-389-9938 : Bob Relf (ORANGE) TRANS #0010 - 213-384-9334 : Bob Relf The Joel Hill, Will Wendel, Expressos and Montereys 45s with a different catalouge numbering system are obviously released on a related TRANS AMERICAN label, but they date from much earlier (1960-1962).

In that case... why would they use the wrong/old telephone number (384-9334) on the label of the official 1973 reissue on Trans?

Regardless of rarity YELLOW vs ORANGE... didn't we come to the conclusion in an old thread that the orange label ones (with the different phone number on the label) is the first issue? The yellow "shake hands" label has got the same phone # as the official second issue on Trans. 1. Orange TRANS-AMERICAN issue (telephone # on the label: 213-389-9938) 2. Yellow TRANS-AMERICAN issue (telephone # on the label: 213-384-9334) 3. Official 1973 re-issue on TRANS (telephone # on the label: 213-384-9334)

I don't know what the deal was with the Raymond Smith ("Seven Day Lover", #7007) and Trieste ("I Can See Him Loving You", #7021) 45's as far as the northern soul scene was concerned. It seems like there was some "input" from the UK side of things to get those recorded but I don't know for sure. Apart from those releases though, most of the remaining 20+ 45's on that label are of high quality and doesn't seem to have anything to do with tailor mades etc. Some of my faves: Steptones - Let The People Talk Calvin Arnold - Satisfy My Woman Randy Brown - It Ain't Like It Used to Be Pride, Passion & Pain - Some Kind Of Man Crystal Image - Gonna Have A Good Time