Sebastian

£500 is high for a VG copy, but it played great, demand for it is extremely big and that seller always gets good prices for his records. Also, I don't think a lot of people realize how rare the original issue of the Pages 45 is.

If it's got delta number 103291 in the run-out groove then it's the repro/bootleg.

The recent Ace Records reissue from the FAME box-set which there is a scan of above says "Distributed by Ace Records Ltd, UK" above the upper black line on the left side which is a pretty obvious way to tell that it is a reissue.

My all-time favourite 45 on KAPP is however an early one by Ronnie James Dio (yes, that guy) from 1965. A tune penned by Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann called "Where You Gonna Run To, Girl". Hardly soul by any stretch of the imagination, but a fantastic track if you're into Brill Building pop.

George E. Lee - Dance What You Wanna - KAPP 530

All sides on the two Vernon Garrett 45s are monumental. One of them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ntmsug-oVus

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the show.

Big thanks to everyone who listened and for the comments above. Great with the download links as well! Here's what I played: HOUR 1: Spice Of Ice - Joy To The World - KICKBACK Morris - Can We Melt The Ice - PLUSH Ben Wiggins - It's All Over - ALMERIA Ambassadors - Ain't Got The Love Of One Girl (On My Mind) - ARCTIC Jack Sass Band - Where Is The Love (You Promised Me) - VISA Hot Ice Company - You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet - LIONEL Delshan & Love Children - Angela Baby - JACHELLE Betty Wright - Mr. Lucky - SOLID SOUL Eddie Jackson - Memories Of A Dream - BREWTOWN Lloyd Nolan - I Don't Know About You - KING Buster And James - Count The Tears - CEE-JAM Sherrell Bros. - The Price - CURRISON Mickey & Ernie - Baby You're The One - HOTLINE MUSIC JOURNAL Tommy Dent - Soul Thing - COBBLESTONE Markus Kelly - Pushin' To The Top - WHITE EAGLE Audrey Royal - Come On Playboy - ALSTON Dynamic O - You Touched Me And I Bump You - LIGHTNING New Phase - Love Is The Name Of The Game - GAYTIME EAST Smith Brothers - Let Me Take Care Of Your Heart - SHIELD HOUR 2: Arnie Love & The Loveletts - We Had Enough - TAP (12") Onyxx - Don't Walk Away - DYNAMIC DRC Nina Dunn - Stay And Dance - FRANCO FD Bobby Finch - Get A Hold Of Yourself - BEVNIK 98.6 - Thanks To You - MERCURY Sandra Phillips - Words - ASSOCIATED acetate (unissued) Pic & Bill - What Does It Take - CHARAY Blues Busters - Ohh, Baby - BMN Dynamic Upsetters - Come On Down - MEGA Ralph Young - Cool Off The Floor - GOLDBAND Essence Of Love - I Want To Share My Love With You - K-CITY Bell Brothers - Super Lady Super Girl - BELL-O-SOUL Expo - Road To Sunshine - EUPHONIC Wild Honey - I Can't Go On (Being Without You) - HOUSTON INTERNATIONAL Jodi Mathis - God Is Love - CAPITOL We Three Ltd. - Girl I'll Always Love You - ASTROSCOPE

It's on!

42 copies of this 45 have been logged on Popsike over the past four years. 33 of them have been demos. 9 of them have been issues.

Just listened to it for the first time in a while. It's a fantastic arrangement! If it's of any interest... the UK Olga 45 by Lena Junoff was released with a picture sleeve in Sweden but had the UK issued 45 inside. There are no swedish pressed copies of that 45. She had 7 or 8 other 45s released over here as well. The Shocking Blue 45 probably appeared on UK Olga because the swedish company released it here in Sweden on an Olga distributed label called I.M.A.

Olga was by the way originally a swedish label. It operated between 1964-1971.

Tom & Mick were a swedish duo consisting of Tommy Korberg and Michael Johansson. Their earlier releases were released as The Maniacs or Tom & Mick Maniacs (!). "Somebody's Taken Maria Away" was their biggest hit here in Sweden and can over here still be heard daily on the radio on "oldies" stations. A fantastic tune in my opinion! There are inferior versions by Adam Faith (the original) and Albert Stone as well. The State Of Micky & Tommy were Mick Jones (pre-Spooky Tooth and pre-Foreigner) along with Thomas F. Browne.

"Somebody's Taken Maria Away"?

I'm really happy to announce that on Sunday the 20th of May between 10-12 AM (UK time) I'll be spinning a bunch of favourite soul records from the 60's, 70's and 80's on Solar Radio's SOUL PEOPLE SHOW. It's an honor to have been invited and I hope that there will be a tune or two that you'll enjoy. Note that I'm from Sweden and english is not my mother tongue, so please bear with me...

The original version is by Nashville Teens on UK Decca, right? Here's a rather weak freakbeat/mod version by the danish band The Hunters, also from 1967:

And the b-side, entitled "The New Yorker", is the instrumental to "Leave Me Alone" under a different title.

No problem! It's a bit hard to explain in writing how I did it... I copied the entire "table" from your site, pasted it into Excell, inserted "-" signs between the columns, copied everything from Excell and pasted it into the super basic text editor that comes with Windows, copied everything again and pasted it into the reply box here, pressed "preview", copied the entire text again and inserted it in the reply box and hey presto! It sounds very complicated, but it took me about a minute or two to do, so it was no problem on my part to do it.

Here you go: ARTIST - TITLE - LABEL - COND - US/UK - PRICE Act I - It takes both of us - SPRING W/D - Ex - US - £30 Acklin Brothers - I want my baby - DEVOICE - Ex - US - OFFERS Admiral Ice - My Carolina girl - OCEAN SIDE - Ex - US - £100 Al Hudson - Why must we say goodbye - ABC - Ex - US - £25 Al Hudson - Spread love - ABC W/D - Ex - UK - £30 Allnight Band - Lovely ladies - CONTACT - Ex - UK - £50 Alton & Johnnie - Hang on in there baby - POLYDOR - Ex - US - £25 Alvin Green & Green Fire - The sun shines (Everytime) - GREEN FIRE - VG - US - £100 Arthur Alexander - Show me the road - SS7 W/D - Ex - US - £30 Aretha Franklin - Don't let me lose this dream - ATLANTIC - Ex - UK - £40 Arthur Conley - Take a step in my direction - ATLANTIC - Ex - UK - £175 Artistics - Girl I need you/Glad I met you - BRUNSWICK - VG++ - US - £20 Barbara & Brenda - If I'm hurt you'll feel the pain - DYNAMO - Ex - US - £20 Barbara Lewis - Thankful for what I got - ATLANTIC DJ - Ex - US - £15 Bernie Milton - 60/40 - CHATON - Ex - US - £100 Bessie Banks - Baby you sure know how/Try to leave - CONTEMPO - Ex - UK - £40 Bessie Jones - No more tears - ABET - Ex - US - £125 Betty Lavett - Witchcraft in the air - LUPINE - Ex - US - £20 Betty Lavette - You made a believer out of me/Thank you - EPIC - Ex - US - £100 Billy Hamlin - Somebody please/The concentration - TOY - Ex - US - £15 Blood Hollins - How have you been - RCA DJ - Ex - US - £40 Blood Sweat & Tears - Tell me that I'm wrong - COLUMBIA - Ex - US - £15 Bloodstone - Just wanna get the feel of it - MOTOWN W/D - Ex - US - ££50 Bob Brady - I stand rejected/More more more - A&M W/D - Ex - US - £40 Bobby Montgomery - Make me yours - GENERATION - Ex - US - £100 Bobby Powell - Do something for yourself - WHIT - Ex - US - £25 Bobby Sheen - The shelter of your arms - CAPITOL DJ - Ex - US - £20 Bottle Topps - Ain't love trouble - PINK BIRD - Ex - US - £75 Breeze - Everybody loves music/Just in the nick - SILVER DOLLAR - Ex - US - £50 Brenda Holloway - Starting the hurt all over again/Just look what - TAMLA - Ex - US - £25 Broadway Express - What love can do - I & D - Ex - US - £100 Brothers of Soul - Try it babe/Candy - SHOCK - Ex - US - £20 Bunny Sigler - Girl don't make me wait - PARKWAY - Ex - US - £40 Bunny Sigler - Follow your heart - PARKWAY - Ex - US - £40 C Henry Woods Troupe - The Stranger - ENYX - Ex - US - £50 Caretakers Prophecy - So wrong/People - SOUTH PARK - Ex - US - £50 Carter & Chanel - Together forever - SWEET CITY W/D - Ex - US - £150 Cate Brothers - Where do we go - ASYLUM - Ex - US - £15 Change of Pace - You can depend on me - TABOO - Ex - US - £30 Checkmates - All alone by the telephone - POLYDOR - Ex - US - £75 Chuck Ray - Reconsider/I'll be there - GEMIGO - Ex - US - £20 Chuck Wood - Seven days too long - ROULETTE - Ex - US - £40 Class Set - My style - MOD ART - Ex - US - £25 Cleveland Robinson - Mr Wishing well - NOSNIBOR - Ex - US - £25 Clifford McClain - I can fight it - MCCLAIN - Ex - US - £500 Clyde Brown - The more I give the more you take - ATLANTIC - Ex - US - £40 Damaris - What about my love - COLUMBIA - Ex - US - £30 David Ruffin - Rode by the place - MOTOWN - Ex - US - £35 David Will - The way the world should be - SOUL CRAFT - Ex - US - £50 Debbie & The Lads - Dear Lord above - LADD - Ex - US - £150 Debbie Taylor - Don't let it end - GWP DJ - Ex - US - £40 Debbie Taylor - Just don't pay/I don't wanna leave you - ARISTA DJ - Ex - UK - £15 Decisions - Stop playing around - SUSSEX - Ex - US - £100 Dee Dee Warwick - Where is that rainbow - MERCURY W/D - Ex - US - £40 Denise LaSalle - Countdown (Take me to the moon) - CHESS - Ex - US - £75 Dennis Jones - Is there a reason - PLUG - Ex - US - £40 Diane Cunningham - Certain kind of lover - FONTANA - Ex - US - £50 Diane Steinberg - One more time - ATLANTIC - Ex - US - £40 Dottie Cambridge - Cry your eyes out - MGM - VG++ - US - £75 Duettes - Every beat of my heart - PRESIDENT - VG++ - UK - £15 Dusty Springfield - What's it gonna be - PHILIPS - Ex - US - £25 Ebonys - Don't knock me - SOUL CLOCK - Ex - US - £30 Eddie Giles - Sexy Lady - CUSTOM SOUND - Ex - US - £25 Edwin Starr - Running back & forth/Time - GORDY - Ex - US - £30 Elements - Hey Lady - SARU - Ex - US - £50 Elijah Sterling - The girl I fell in love with - PRO-COM - Ex - US - £75 Elliot Hoffman - Another world - TSOP - Ex - US - £50 Eric & The Vikings - It's too much for a man to take - GORDY W/D - Ex - US - £25 Fantaisions - Unnecessary tears/That's where the action is - SATELLITE - Ex - US - £30 Feminine Society - Who'll be the loser/Give me a chance - SURE HITS - Ex - US - £40 Fifth Ave feat Carol Townes - Love has found my heart/Wheeler dealer - BUDDAH - Ex - US - £125 Final Touch - I'm ready to give up my love - EPIC W/D - Ex - US - £30 Florence Miller - I believe in love - P&P - Ex - US - £50 Frank E Moore - Spellbound - EXOCHRONOS - Ex - US - £50 Fred Hughes - I keep tryin' - EXODUS - Ex - US - £50 Futures - Breaking up - AVALANCHE - Ex - US - £15 G L Bernell - So glad you happened to me - AMARET W/D - Ex - US - £30 Gail Eason - Love's gonna find you - A & M - Ex - US - £20 Gary Toms Empire - Love me right - PIP - Ex - US - £30 Geater Davis - My love is so strong for you - HOUSE OF ORANGE - VG++ - US - £30 Gems - I'll be there - RIVERSIDE W/D - Ex - US - £50 George Soule - Cross my heart - MSS W/D - Ex - US - £500 Gene Chandler - Without you here - CURTOM - Ex - US - £75 Glen Ricketts - Does it really matter - SUGAR CANE - VG++ - JAM - £350 Gloria Parker - The best thing for you baby - SAMAR - Ex - US - £75 Hard Cover - Do you care (like you say you do) - SHANTY TOWN - EX - US - £100 Harold Curington - One day girl - TAD - Ex - US - £150 Hattie Littles - Here you come - GORDY 7007 - VG+ - US - £20 Honey Love & The Love Notes - We belong together - CAMEO - Ex - US - £40 Ike & Tina Turner - Dust my broom - TANGERINE - Ex - US - £75 Infinity - Put everything in place - WHITE HORSE - Ex - US - £400 Inner Space - Break the chains - SWEET FORTUNE - Ex - US - £30 Inside out - Take a chance - HOME - Ex - US - £50 Intrepids - To make you love me - COTILLION - Ex - US - £300 Invitations - We don't allow (no sitting down in here) - RED GREG - Ex - US - £15 Isley Bros - Why when the love is gone - TAMLA - Ex - US - £50 Jackie Wilson - Whatcha gonna do about love - BRUNSWICK - Ex - US - £25 James Nelson - Mellow mellow me - TERI DE - Ex - US - £40 Janie Welsh - Open arms, closed heart - GDC - Ex - US - £20 Jean Wells - What have I got to lose - CALLA DJ - VG++ - US - HELD Jeff Perry - Love don't come no stronger - ARISTA - Ex - UK - £25 Jeff Smith - The hidden secret - INCENTIVE - Ex - US - £125 Jerry Sharell - It'll never happen again - MAIN LINE - Ex - US - £15 Jesse Boone - I got to love you baby - SOUL POTION - Ex - US - £40 Jesse Gomez - Lace - MANKIND - Ex - US - £75 Jim Spencer & Sonrize - The Blues are out to get me - ARMADA W/D - Ex - US - £125 Jimmy Jones - Make believe everything is alright - CAPITOL - Ex - US - £25 Jimmy Merchant - Skin the cat - BOMAR - Ex - US - £40 Jimmy Wilson - What ya gonna do - ICE CITY - Ex - US - £75 Jobell & Orch - Never gonna let you go - JAN - Ex - US - £40 Joe Bataan - I'm satisfied/So young too young - FANIA - Ex - US - £100 John Gary Williams - The whole damn world is going crazy - STAX - VG++ - US - £40 John Stanberry - I can't believe (she took the whole thing) - STANLOS - Ex - US - £125 Johnny Honeycutt - A woman's and a man's love life - NEW CITY - Ex - US - £50 Johnny Moore - Just be for real - BRUNSWICK W/D - Ex - US - £40 Johnny Moore - Can't live without your love/Half a man - JADAN - Ex - US - £75 Johnny Williams - You've got it - KENT - Ex - US - £25 Judy Harris - You touched me - SUN - Ex - US - £40 Junior Jackson - Love you forever - RAJAC - Ex - US - £75 Kalyan - What we gonna do next - MCA - Ex - US - £25 King Diamond - (A message to the) Black Woman - POWER HOUSE - Ex - US - £30 King Sporty - Thinking of you - KONDUKO - Ex - US - £25 Kool & The Gang - Chocolate Buttermilk - DELITE - Ex - US - £75 Landy McNeal - Counting on you baby/Stand up - COLUMBIA W/D - Ex - US - £50 Larrington Walker - Joy - UA DJ - Ex - UK - £40 Larry Houston - I've got to start my life over again - MOBILE - Ex - US - £25 Larry Saunders - On the real side - LONDON - Ex - UK - £40 Larry Wedgeworth & Clique - No more games - GROOVEHALL - Ex - US - £75 Larry Whittington - You can always count on me - FUN CITY - Ex - US - £25 Last Generation - Just a chance in life/You're all I need - GENERATION - Ex - US - £125 Lee Rogers - Cracked up over you - WHEELSVILLE - Ex - US - £25 Legends - Fear not/Gotta let you go - CUR - Ex - US - £30 Legends - Something to remember you by/Gotta let you go - RED BALLOON - VG+ - US - £75 Lenny Frierson - Got to find a place/Baby it's you - STARBOUND - Ex - US - £300 Letta & The Safaris - Walkin' around - COLUMBIA W/D - VG++ - US - £40 Linda Cumbo - Yesterday today & tomorrow - SELECT W/D - Ex - US - £20 Linda Evans - I've gotta get myself together - WATTS SOUND - VG++ - US - £30 Little Anthony & The Imperials - Better use your head - VEEP (PICTURE COVER) - Ex - US - £40 Little Sherman - The price of love - ABC - Ex - US - £60 Little Sonny - Wade in the water - ENTERPRISE W/D - Ex - US - £40 Lornettes - His way with the girls - GALLIO - Ex - US - £30 Love Committee - Am I wasting time - ARIOLA - Ex - US - £30 Love Machine - Poor side of town - PHILIPS - Ex - DUTCH - £20 Lynn August - One way ticket - PREVIEW - Ex - US - £20 Mandisa - Summer love - EL LEO - Ex - US - £40 Mandrill - Too late - ARISTA - Ex - US - £60 Marjorie Ingram - A good man is hard to find/I have no right - BENNETT - Ex - US - £25 Martha Reeves - I really like your rap - FANTASY - Ex - US - £50 Marvin Smith - Have more time - BRUNSWICK - Ex - US - £40 Maxine Brown - Am I falling in love - ABC - Ex - US - £30 Maxine Brown - Let me give you my lovin' - WAND - VG++ - US - £30 Mayberry Movement - I think i'm in love - EVENT - Ex - US - £75 Megatrons - Shimmy shimmy walk - DODGE - Ex - US - £40 Mel & Tim - Forever and a day - STAX - Ex - US - £125 Melvin Elling - Lonely eyes - STRETCH - VG - US - £125 Michael James Kirkland - Give it to me - BRYAN - Ex - US - £60 Midnight - Keep on walking by - RCA - Ex - OZ - £75 Mighty Diamonds - Never say goodbye - BAD GONG - Ex - JAM - £75 Mongo Santamaria - Cloud Nine - DIRECTION - Ex - UK - £25 Montclairs - Hung up on your love - PAULA - Ex - US - HELD Mylestones - Sexy lady/Love me girl - HAWK SOUND - Ex - US - £25 Mystic Merlin - Mr Magician - CAPITOL - Ex - US - £25 N'Cole - You're gonna need this love/Thank you - MILLENIUM - Ex - US - £30 Naked Truth - The Shing-a-Ling Thing - RCA W/D - Ex - US - £20 New Ghetto Express - Standing on the verge of getting it on - UNEMPLOYED - Ex - US - £250 Newby & Johnson - I want to give you my everything - MERCURY - Ex - UK - £20 Nights - When you dropped your guard (Love knocked you down) - LITTLE STAR - Ex - US - £25 Notations - A new day - TWINIGHT - VG++ - US - £25 O'Jays - To prove I love you - TSOP - Ex - US - £35 Orange Sunshine - Who's cheating who - PRODIGAL W/D - Ex - US - £40 Originals - Good night Irene - SOUL - VG++ - US - £25 Oscar Perry - I got what you need - PERITONE - Ex - US - £50 Otis Leavill - A reason to be lonely - BLUE ROCK - Ex - US - £30 Our Ladies of Soul - Let's groove together/Don't make it impossible - KELTON - Ex - US - £30 Part Time Partytime Band - Part time partytime man - PYRAMID - Ex - US - £15 Prince Ellis - I'm gonna love you - ELLIS - Ex - US - £75 Pageants - Are you ever coming home/I'm a victim - RCA W/D - Ex - US - £40 Pat Lundy - You hit me where it hurts - LEOPARD - Ex - US - £40 Patti Austin - Music to my heart - ABC - Ex - US - £40 Persuaders - Tryin' to love two women - CALLA - Ex - US - £40 Promises - Living in the footsteps - BRC W/D - Ex - US - £30 Rare Gems Odyssey - It don't take much for me - RENFRO - Ex - US - £30 Ray Crumley - All the way in love with you - MAGNET - Ex - UK - £25 Real Thing - Stone cold love affair - PYE UK - Ex - UK - £40 Rev. Donnie Hardiman - I can't make it on my own - SENSATIONAL - Ex - US - £40 Richard C - It's hard to make it - SHO BOAT - Ex - US - £30 Robert Parker - I caught you in a lie - CONTEMPO RARIES UK - Ex - UK - £20 Robert Tenard - Gotta get goin' - FABOLUS - Ex - US - £40 Rodney Johnson - Get it on - TRAVELRAMA - Ex - US - £50 Ronn Matlock - You got the best of me - COTILLION - Ex - US - £75 Ronnie McNeir - My baby - SETTING SUN - Ex - US - £75 Ronnie Mitchell - Hang loose/Soul touch - HOUR GLASS - Ex - US - £100 Ronnie Shannon - Sweet games of love - BLACK GOLD - Ex - US - £150 Roy Redmond - That old time feeling - LOMA W/D - Ex - US - £15 Royal Premiers - Who am I without your love - TOY - Ex - US - £25 Royalettes - River of tears - ROULETTE W/D - Ex - US - £50 Sam Cooke - Sugar dumpling - RCA - Ex - US - £25 Sesil & Lujon - Love has no colour - SOAP OPERA - Ex - US - £40 Shaker - Give me your love/Since we're not together - PITTSBURGH INT - Ex - US - £20 Sherm Nesbary - Don't make me sorry/All my life - CHERI - Ex - US - £30 Shirley & Jessie - You can't fight love/Ivory tower - WAND - Ex - US - £40 Shirley Butler - I don't want to beg/I fall to pieces - LU JUAN - Ex - US - £75 Shirley Combs - This road (gettin' hard) - LISA - VG+ - US - £125 Sidney Joe Qualls - Run to me - DAKAR W/D - Ex - US - £40 Sketches - I dig the girl - DENIM - Ex - US - £75 Skip Mahoney - The last goodbye - C/U - Ex - US - £300 Softouch - After you give your all - PRODIGAL W/D - Ex - US - £30 Solid Gold Revue - She's so good/Come let me love you - CASTANET - Ex - US - £125 Sonny & Diane - That's enough/Love trap - EPIC - Ex - US - £200 Soul Men - Sister Sue - LOLA - Ex - US - £20 Southside Movement - Do it to me - 20TH CENTURY - Ex - US - £50 Spidells - If it ain't one thing (it's another) - CORAL DJ - VG++ - US - £60 Spyder Turner - I've been waitin' - WHITFIELD - Ex - US - £40 Sweet Daddy Floyd - I just can't help myself - SUPER STAR W/D - VG+ - US - £150 T-99 - We've got everything - HI DJ - Ex - US - £150 Tal Armstrong - Leave the hurt behind/My lady friend - GSP - Ex - US - £100 Talk of the Town - Don't be so mean - GAMBLE - VG++ - US - £30 Tempos - (Countdown) Here i come - CANTERBURY - VG++ - US - £100 Tenderness - Gotta keep on trying - RCA DJ - Ex - US - £25 Tim Murray - Thinking of you - DETROIT TRAKS - Ex - US - £40 Tiny Watkins - Run run run - GOODIE TRAIN - Ex - US - £200 Tommy Good - Baby I miss you - GORDY - VG++ - US - £40 Touch - Me and you - BRUNSWICK - Ex - US - £25 Touch of Class - You got to know better - MIDLAND INT - Ex - US - £20 Truth - I'm coming home - DEVAKI - Ex - US - £30 TSU Toronados - What good am I - ATLANTIC - Ex - US - £30 TSU Toronados - Got to get through to you - ATLANTIC - Ex - US - £30 TNT Band - The Meditation - COTIQUE - Ex - US - £40 Tyrone Thomas & The Whole Darn Family - Fly away love bird - SOUL INT - Ex - US - £30 United Four - She's putting you on - HARTHON - Ex - US - £75 US with Funkadelic - I miss my baby - WESTBOUND W/D - VG++ - US - £75 Velours - I'm gonna change - MGM DJ - Ex - US - £150 Velvelettes - These things will keep me loving you - SOUL - Ex - US - £20 Vessie Simmons - I can make it on my own - SIMCO - Ex - US - £40 Viola Wills - I got love - BRONCO - Ex - US - £75 Visions - Destiny in Time - CARLISLE - Ex - US - £40 Vows - Tell me - VIP - VG++ - US - £150 Wade Flemons - That other place - VJ - Ex - US - £125 Walter Heath - You know you're wrong don't you brother - BUDDAH - Ex - US - £30 Wardell Piper - The power of love - MIDSONG - Ex - US - £50 Watson & The Sherlocks - Standing on the corner/Funky walk - SOULVILLE W/D - Ex - US - £20 Weapons of Peace - This life (about to get me down) - PLAYBOY - Ex - US - £20 Webs - I want you back - VERVE DJ - Ex - US - £40 Willie & Anthony - You can depend - SOUL POTION - Ex - US - £75 Willie Fisher - Put your lovin' on me - TIGRESS DJ - Ex - US - £75 Willie Pickett - On the stage of life - SOUL SPOT - Ex - US - £500 Willie Roundtree - Another world - CHELSEA - Ex - US - £40 Wilson Pickett - 4 track EP incl 'Something you got' - ATLANTIC - Ex - FR - £20

Brussells? Really?

Probably 50% of my records are in stereo though, so I will have to have two set-ups. Preferably two turntables being sent into the same amplifier, one with a mono cartridge and one with a stereo cartridge (I'm using the 2M Black at the moment, it's amazing). The Ortofon 2M Blue is indeed really good. For STEREO records, perhaps I should add.

You're absolutely right about that. Note to self: get a mono cartridge/stylus as well!

It's a matter of how important these things are to you, I guess, but all records will display more detail (especially the stuff that most people on this site are concerned with) if you use a high quality stylus. Whether it is worth the money or not is another question, I definitely think it is and could never go back to the cheap styluses that I earlier used.

not following you? I'm just saying that any record - preferably non-damaged - will sound better with a high quality stylus as it brings out more info from the grooves than a cheap low quality stylus.

Yes. If you're serious about archiving your vinyl in digital format, the first thing I would suggest is to upgrade to a decent cartridge and stylus. Go for the Ortofon 2M Blue if you're on a budget (sells for about £140). There are far better options out there ofcourse but I've had nice results with 60s/70s vinyl using that stylus. Records will only sound as good as the worst component in your setup allows it to.