Sebastian

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.

Have added it to Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/release/23645975-Nimo-King-And-The-Wildsiders-Im-Leavin-You-Somebody-Call-The-Station

Both sides were also recorded by Johnny Otis on King. O-Cal was Johnny Otis publishing company. Both sides penned by Johnny Otis and Nehemia King. Nehemia King must be Nimo King. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF405dFmTN8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7-185DuQTY

It's 2022 and they're selling an ebook on a USB drive. The mind boggles. It's a fantastic book. Someone should re-publish it instead as a regular size book with normal size lettering.

For the sake of transparency, the copy that I sold on ebay on June 8 came out of an extensive blues collection here in Sweden that recently was sold via a local auction house. It did not come from a recent find/stash.

That copy was severely warped and didn't play correctly during the first third of the songs. Regardless, it was listed without soundfile and few people seems to have been aware of it prior to funkyou's auction. Soundclips and seller reach is everything when it comes to these types of records.

Gixen is free.

Just use another sniper if you don't have trust in esnipe. There are lots of alternatives out there (Gixen for example).

ebay doesn't own esnipe. ebay would never encourage sniping as it usually makes bidders pay less than they would've if they'd bid the "regular" way and pushed the price up (resulting in lower fees for the seller).

Hammon Singers - Faith In God - HOSANNA

The Soul Stirrers cover-up.

This one is definitely a scarce record. Only one copy through ebay (in 2015) and not listed on Discogs (it is listed on 45cat though). Doesn't float my boat at all, but it's not a common record.

It's the Traffic Jam version of "I Can't Get Over You" that goes for money. Chet Davenport's has got annoying off-key vocals.

That's because the seller uses ebay's Global Shipping Programme. If the seller didn't, you wouldn't have to pay VAT at checkout. You would however have to pay it upon arrival to the UK and if the seller states the actual value on the customs form you will have to pay the appropriate sum, if the seller states a low value you would have to pay a nominal sum. Hope this makes sense. Ebay doesn't collect VAT on items over £135 unless the seller uses Global Shipping Programme. They (and the legal system) expects the seller to state the actual sale price of the item so that correct VAT and customs fees can be charged upon arrival to the destination country.

£395: https://www.raresoulman.co.uk/contours-it-s-so-hard-being-a-loser-your-love-grows-more-precious-every-day-tamla-motown-tmg-605-dj-193979.html

Yes, that should also be the case with Discogs. I'm not in the UK so don't know how Discogs apply VAT to UK orders, but it would surprise me if they charged VAT on orders over £135 as it's a UK governmental policy. More info: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/changes-to-vat-treatment-of-overseas-goods-sold-to-customers-from-1-january-2021/changes-to-vat-treatment-of-overseas-goods-sold-to-customers-from-1-january-2021