Sebastian

1971 or early 1972.

There's a third version as well, by Ernie Carter on the Action label, utilising the same backing track as Bernard Harper and Bill Freeman. Soundclip and scan below. ErnieCarter.mp3

I don't know what that might be. Would be interested to know more though.

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Yes, but a couple of hundred copies are still a couple of hundred copies. Even chart hits of the time sold in the low thousands. Denmark had its own Dot division, releasing 100+ records, in the beginning mostly Pat Boone, Mills Brothers and US hits like Chantays "Pipeline" and Surfaris "Wipe Out", but also some interesting releases with picture sleeves like Arthur Alexander "You Better Move On" and chanced on stuff like Surf Bunnies, Carolyn Hester and Dorothy Berry. What was released was most likely just down to the taste of the people that worked at the label at the time. A variant of the old "throw everything at the wall and something will stick". Most interesting Scandinavian Dot release must be the Norway 45 release of The Phantom "Love Me", extremely few known copies.

If you want to avoid styrene and don't have anything against non-US releases: it was also issued in Denmark pressed on vinyl and sounding fabulous.

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That's a rare variation. Looks like a Monarch pressed (vinyl?) west coast variant. Does it have a delta matrix number in the run-out grooves?

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OK, I've never seen one on vinyl. If anyone has got an image of it, please post it.

No, it's styrene.

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Regarding the "Steve Charles And The Statics" credit on the acetate, there are two mentions of that group in these two Frederick, Maryland newspapers from July 15, 1966 and July 23, 1966. If anyone of you has got a subscription to newspapers.com (I don't) you'll be able to retrieve the info: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/7674216/ https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/7681268/

The 45 on Ninandy is from 1968. The 45 on Hem is from 1966 (both songs copyrighted in October '66.). The 45 on Hubba Hubba is noted as being from 1965 in discographies, certainly earlier than 1968 in any case.

O'Kaysions "Soul Clap" and The Trends "Soul Clap" are versions of the same tune, but they are not the same recording. It's not an instrumental.

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If it was released in 1967, it wasn't on Moira. The first release on Moira, which is FIVE releases ahead of "Magic Corner", was released/mastered sometime between January and June of 1968. Most discographies say April 1968. The release on Moira just ahead of "Magic Corner", #105, was released in April 1969.

Would be extremely surprised if this doesn't go $10000+. If it can be danced to it is beside the point. It's just an incredible, attitude packed piece of powerful music.

I'd say that the visual condition of a record this rare is almost entirely irrelevant as long as it plays fine. And this one does. Absolute monster of a tune.

The artist/title info turns up when you listen to it. The second track is either "Time Will Tell" by Eddie Holman" or "Lucky Fellow" by Maurice Jackson.

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Nikki Britton on DOT. Vocally a far cry from Irma Thomas, but an absolutely incredible tune.

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I need issue #3 and #4. If anyone has got doubles of those and want to sell, please PM me.

There was a discussion on Facebook a couple of months ago regarding cheap copies coming up for sale of the 36th anniversary 45 (Nancy Wilcox b/w Foxfire feat Johnny Adams). Ady replied: "I think this is one of the two or three where they overpressed at the factory and sneaked some outta the back door. It's probably a legit pressing sold illegally. We've changed factories. The same happened with the Sandra Richardson and when a friend sent me a doubtful copy it was the same as the legit one."