Sebastian

Sorry, don't know what the song in the first 30 seconds is.

It's Al Johnson "Sittin' Around" on BURT. Storming flipside as well!

The filename of the soundclip on the rarenorthernsoul site is "ericandt.mp3", don't know if there's a clue in there. https://www.rarenorthernsoul.com/just-like-the-weather-60475 ericandt.mp3

12266 is the mastering number and can be found in the run-out grooves on the so called "470" release as well.

Don't know if it adds anything, but in the 25 Feb 1967 issue of Record World it is mentioned that Pete Garris (of Garrison Records and Wand/Scepter) has "made a deal [...] for the Chicago smash, ''Please Stay''".

That's a great ballad! Thanks for sharing. Totally different tune than Wade Flemons.

I've added an image to the Discogs entry now: https://www.discogs.com/release/25129108-El-Anthony-Crying-Without-Reason-Will-You-Wait

Seems to be a combination of two of the sides from his Star-Vue releases.

There was a thread on Facebook in the Rare Soul Talk group about this last year, assumed title is "They Say" or "Run Run Run", but no one came up with any definitive answer. Must be Carl Hall singing. Longer soundclip here:

Totally agree. The images posted above by me are not screen captures. The full resolution images can be accessed from John's site if you just delve into the html code and extract the links.

Here are the four pictures for the auction in the full resolution that they were uploaded in, not much bigger, but at least 800x800px:

Here's a short clip of it:

There are differences to the labels as well just like on the two different corresponding promo releases. The one pressed at Rockaway hasn't got "Arr. by Jerry Vance" underneath the "Produced by Perception Prod." credit on the right side.

"Stop Girl" was copyrighted in May 1967 so it's a possibility that the 7" was released in mid/late 1967. But I have no reason to doubt Mike Markesich's research about it being a January 1968 release, he usually doesn't publish anything that he doesn't have firm sources for.

That's wrong. It's from January 1968.

I've got a new mix up on Mixcloud, enjoy! https://www.mixcloud.com/soulthingradio/across-the-board-vol-2-crossover-slowies-midtempo-soul/ TRACKLISTING: Herman Davis - Gotta Be Loved - VENUS V Dell Vikings - Hollywood And Vine - FEE BEE Eddie & Ernie - You Make My Life A Sunny Day - EVER-SOUL Disciples Of Soul - Together - PHANTOM Paul Jones - Let Her Love Grow - JAB Sherrell Bros. - The Price - CURRISON Darrow Fletcher - (Love Is My) Secret Weapon - KENT SELECT Oscar Perry - He Sent Me You - MERCURY Five Keys - Stop What Your Doing To Me - LANDMARK O'Jays - Now He's Home - LITTLE STAR Luther Ingram - Trying To Find My Love - KOKO Masqueraders - Now That I've Found You - HI Prophecy - Let Me Keep On Walking - ALL PLATINUM Lynn Williams - Don't Be Surprise - SUNCUT Al McCarther - His True Love For You - TWO GUITARS

"A Thousand Tears Too Late" is rarer, but not by much I guess. It may look like several different copies have sold on ebay, but the ones that sold in 2010 for $226, the one in 2017 for $1136 and the one in 2022 for $1375 were all the same copy changing hands. The reason "Color One Tear Black" goes for more is because it's better and more in-demand.

I've got a new mix up on Mixcloud, enjoy! https://www.mixcloud.com/soulthingradio/across-the-board-vol-1-crossover-slowies-midtempo-soul/ TRACKLISTING: Curtis King - You Took The Best Of Me - RONZE Ann Byers - Should I Follow My Heart Or My Mind - VIRTUE Limitations - All Because Of You - VOLT Brotherhood - When You Need Me - TESSERACT Philip James - Keep On Loving - LONGWOOD William Bell - The Man In The Street - STAX Bobby Reed - If I Don't Love You - BELL Zebra - I Forgot To Say - ZEBRA Lesley Gore - Look The Other Way - MERCURY Biggy Twiggy Band - I Don't Want That To Change - WESTMOUNT David Peoples - Got To Get My Broom Out - SARU Lee Harris - Don't Let Your Love Fade Away - FORTE William Hunt - Would You Believe - STREAMSIDE George Jackson - We Need You More - CROSSTOWN Alexander Gipson - I Still Love You - ALEXIUS I

Has anyone got any idea what artist the uncredited acetate might be?

"Runnin' Around", a fabulous LP-only track from 1984, has had some spins:

Has anyone got a scan of the PL pressed issue/stock? Don't think I've ever seen one. The others are here:

It's Sharon Cash "To Get Him Back" from her self titled LP on Playboy: https://www.discogs.com/master/297136-Sharon-Cash-Sharon-Cash She later joined Honey Cone and sings lead on their fabulous "Somebody Is Always Messing Up A Good Thing".

The position of the label in relation to the etched/scratched matrix details should not be taken into consideration when it comes to 60s/70s records that have paper labels. The printed paper labels are loaded all kinds of ways into the pressing machine and very seldom in the exact same position.

Indeed. Three copies have sold on ebay during the past 10 days for $382, $460 and $385.

https://www.raresoulman.co.uk/king-size-taylor-thinkin-let-me-love-you-polydor-56152.html A flawless archive copy! Even though King Size Taylor was the dominant "Merseybeat" vocal when he was with Tony Sheridan And The Beat Brothers, he surprisingly only had two solo singles. This is King Size's 2nd UK R&B 45, 3 years after that juggernaut version of Ted Taylor's " Somebody's Always Tryin'" this 1967 Polydor rarity also frames Edward Taylor's beautifully rasping, scouse vocal. On this 45 he delivers not one but two great "made in Britain" Mod dancers. Garnett Mimms was gathering an enthusiastic Brirtish fanbase, his pre-summer tour of the UK was in the pipeline. Polydor "R&B" orientated producer Fred Lloyd (Longboatmen, Linda Kendrick, The Carrols etc) presented Kingsize Taylor with the Garnet album track "Thinkin'". A Jerry Ragovoy and Chip Taylor New York composition for Kingsize to mold with his impressive vocal. It works so well, a great soul recording right on the money, aimed at influencing the MOD soul-wave that was sweeping the country, unfortunately like so many Polydor 45s on the mid-60's it got "lost" through lack of promotion and failed miserably. Which was a waste of a great UK session, especially when the flipside was another fabulous Chip Taylor creation "Let Me Love You " with the Nicky Welsh orchestra summoning up honkin' horns, coated with exceptionally shrill girl-group choruses and swirling banks of strings. On this side King Size's sandpaper lined throat, sounded even more effective than usual. Two great sides by a British artist that never broke through with his two killer singles but found a cult following through the 60's Mod club scene. This March1967 45, in our experience even rarer than his so sought after, Decca release. RARE and UK only. Archive condition, library date 14/3/67 on the a-side 3 prong centre, Flawless vinyl, still housed in birth-sleeve.