Sebastian

Mad indeed! And also the most played CD in my apartment during the past 2 months. Fantastic tunes from beginning to end!

According to Don Peake's homepage (he was the arranger/band leader on the Mark Capanni 45s) all three tunes on the two 45s were recorded during one session on the 23rd of July 1974. There most likely WAS a demo recording made by Mark prior to the Jackson Sisters version, but the music on the Capitol 45s was recorded some 6-8 months after the Jackson Sisters version had been released.

Below is from: https://www.soulfulki...c.net/money.htm 201 - James Reed - Oh People / My Love Is Real - 1954 202 - The Hollywood Flames - Fare Thee Well / Clickety Clack I'm Leaving - 1954 203 - Joe Houston - All Night Long / Way Out - 1954 204 - Grady Chapman and the Suedes - Need You So / Don't Blooper - 1955 205 - Mari Jones and Johnny Moore's Three Blazers - Lonesome Gal / What Makes A Man Fool Around - 1955 206 - Johnny Fuller - I Walk All Night / These Young Girls - 1955 207 - Joe Houston - Celebrity Club Stomp / Sentimental Journey - 1955 208 - Jesse Belvin With The Jackson Brothers Orchestra - I'm Only A Fool / Trouble And Misery - 1955 209 - The Turbans - Tick Tock Awoo / Nest Is Warm - 1955 209 - The Turbans - Tick Tock Awoo / No No Cherry - 1955 210 - Earl Burton - Sleep Drink And Play / Ala Boo - 1955 211 - The Turks - Emily / When I Return - 1955 212 - Memphis Slim - My Country Gal / Treat Me Like I Treat You - 1955 213 - Rev. J. Earl Hines - I Found Something / The Lord Is On My Side - 1956 214 - Chuck Higgins and the Mellomoods - Beautiful Love / Rock And Roll - 1956 215 - The Turks - I'm A Fool / I've Been Accused - 1956 216 - ? 217 - Big Boy Groves - Traffic Ticket / The Solid Rock - 1956 218 - ? 219 - ? 220 - The Ebonaires - The Very Best Luck In The World / Hey Baby Stop - 1956 221 - Vernon Anders - Hound Dog And Alley Cat / All Messed Up - 1956 222 - Jo Willette - Don't Touch Me / You Don't Play Fair - 1956 223 - ? 224 - The Five Bars - Stormy Weather / Somebody Else's Fool - 1957 101 - M - M and The Peanuts - Open Up Your Eyes / Lil' Valley - 1964 102 - Curly Money - White Lightin' / Little Things You Do - 1964 103 - Clarence Armstrong - Beaver - Part 1 / Beaver - Part 2 - 1964 104 - Comer Money - Now You're Gone / Stop - 1964 105 - The Question Marks - Doin' The Thing / Ain't That Kinda Sad - 1964 106 - The Larks - The Jerk / Forget Me - 1964 107 - M - M and The Peanuts - The Phillie / I Found My Love - 1965 108 - Bettye Swann - Don't Wait Too Long / What Is My Life Coming To - 1965 109 - Eric Williams - Goodbye My Love / I'll Give My Love To You - 1965 109 - The Larks - Mickey's East Coast Jerk / Soul Jerk - 1965 (Does This Exist?) 110 - The Larks - Mickey's East Coast Jerk / Soul Jerk - 1965 (Does This Exist?) 110 - The Larks - The Slauson Shuffle / Soul Jerk - 1965 111 - M-M'S & The Peanuts - Without A Word / My Belief - 1965 112 - The Larks - The Roman / Heavenly Father - 1965 112 - Don Julian & The Larks - The Roman / Heavenly Father - 1965 113 - Bettye Swann - What Can It Be / The Man That Said No - 1965 114 - The Larks - Heaven Only Knows / The Ducks - 1965 115 - The Meadowlarks - Can You Do The Duck / Sad Sad Boy - 1965 115 - The Larks - Can You Do The Duck / Sad Sad Boy - 1965 116 - Bobbi Row - Facts Of Life / ? - 1965 117 - Don Julian - What Chance Has A Man / Lemme See You Philly - 1965 118 - Bettye Swann - The Heartache Is Gone / Our Love - 1966 119 - The Larks - The Answer Came Too Late / Lost My Love Yesterday - 1966 120 - ? 121 - Ted "Soul" Hawkins - Baby / Whole Lot Of Women - 1966 122 - The Larks - Philly Dog / Heaven Only Knows - 1966 123 - Bobby Angelle - I Love The Way You Love / I'm Begging - 1966 124 - Tommy and Eddie - I Love My Baby / I Don't Want Nobody - 1966 125 - Bobby Angelle - I Wanna Go Back Home / Living Lie - 1967 126 - Bettye Swann - Make Me Yours / I Will Not Cry - 1967 127 - The Larks - The Skate / Come Back Baby - 1967 128 - Bobby Angelle - Someone Is Gonna Hurt You / Too Much For You - 1967 129 - Bettye Swann - Fall In Love With Me / Lonely Love - 1967 130 - Moon And Mars and The Soul Producers - I'll Go Back Baby / I'm Your Man - 1967 131 - The Filmore Street Soul Rebellion - Put Your Weight On It Part 1 / Part 2 - 1967 132 - ? 133 - ? 134 - ? 135 - Bettye Swann - You Gave Me Love / Don't Look Back - 1968 136 - Bettye Swann - Don't Take My Mind / I Think I'm Falling In Love - 1968 137 - Bobby Angelle - It's Just Gotta Be That Way / You Got Me Dizzy - 1968 601 - The Larks - I Love You / I Want You (Back) - 1973 602 - Delilah Moore - I'll Just Walk Away / I Wish - 1973 603 - Delilah Moore - Wrapped Up Tight / Ooh Wee, Baby - 1973 604 - The Larks - My Favorite Beer Joint - Part 1 (Vocal) / Part 2 (Inst) - 1973 605 - Eddie Horan - I'm Gonna Speak Out / Losing You - 1973 606 - Pat Livingstone - You Bet I Would (If I Could) / You Bet I Would (If I Could) (Instrumental) - 1973 606 - Pat Livingston - You Bet I Would (If I Could) / Sugar Love - 1973 607 - Don Julian and The Larks - Shorty The Pimp Part 1 / Shorty The Pimp Part 2 - 1973 7000 - Ryan Manner - Part Of Growing Older / Somewhere In This Life - ? 7001 - Poverty Train - Love And Funky People / People's People - ? 702 Willard Burton - Let Me Be Your Pacifier / Warm The Pot (Till It Gets Good And Hot)

It sounds nothing like the Jackson Sisters version. In a minute I will upload the two Mark Capanni tunes that aren't already in refosoul. His releases were obviously geared towards AOR/MOR radio and the comparison with Jimmy Webb that Pete did above is not far off. The "other" Mark Capanni tracks are very mellow sunshine pop / soft rock tunes. "A Day In The Blue" even reminds me a bit of Glen Campbell's take on "By The Time I Get To Phoenix".

I didn't say that it is better than the Jackson Sisters version. But I did say that it is, no matter what anyone of you think of it, a very rare 45 and would command a big price if a copy came onto the market and I'm right about that.

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Many people with a lot of disposable income are after it. £150 is far too low, it would go for much more than that. Even the "wrong" Capitol 45 by him sold for almost £100 just a few weeks back on eBay.

The soundclip that Lasse posted on EMS came from my white demo copy. That demo copy has since become his white demo copy. By the way, I don't think there was any competition at all between the Jackson Sisters and Mark Capanni versions in the marketplace at the time of release. There are 14 months between their releases (Jackson Sisters issued in September 1973, Mark Capanni issued in November 1974). I think it's just down to the Mark Capanni version not finding any airplay or sales. Not soulful enough for r&b radio, too soulful and string ladden for MOR/AOR radio. Plus the production must've sounded very dated if you take into consideration the other singer/songwriter type records that were issued in 1974/1975. Don't get me wrong, I love the tune and think it's a masterpiece, but I can see why it failed to stir up any interest with the general public at the time of release. Would be great to find out the details of those european albums if anyone on here has got them.

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Do you have any info about those albums?

Yes, it must be amazingly rare. There really hasn't been any well publicised copies for sale "out in the open" since the existence of his version became a bit better known, so who knows? Seems to be very few copies around. It definitely should be £500+ based on rarity and quality and I think it would reach something along those lines if a M- copy was auctioned on eBay with soundclips etc. Then again... it's on Capitol and is one of those discs that you might get lucky with and pick up cheap on Gemm.

Mark Capanni's version of "I Believe In Miracles" is fantastic and without a doubt one of the absolute hardest to find major label 45s I've ever tried to track down. It came out as both a mono/stereo white demo and also on an issue with "If Life Was A Ferris Wheel" on the flipside. I've had both, but sold my white demo a couple of months ago. It went for considerably more than £50... His other 45 on Capitol is great as well. Info about both: Mark Capanni - I Believe In Miracles / If Life Was A Ferris Wheel - CAPTIOL 3982 Mark Capanni - A Day In The Blue / If Life Was A Ferris Wheel - CAPTIOL 4092 Yes, "If Life Was A Ferris Wheel" is the b-side on both 45s.

Hello! I've listed a bunch of records on eBay. There are label/sleeve scans and soundclips to all records. Check them out at: https://shop.ebay.com/pushkings/m.html ___SOUL / FUNK / NEW BREED R&B / BOOGIE 45s _________________ ALLEN TOUSSAINT - When Can I Come Home - SANSU SWAMP FUZZ AL TRAHAN - Can I Feel It - SPINDLETOP BLACK LIGHTNING - Trouble - MCA BOBBY HEBB - Evil Women - CRYSTAL BALL BOBBY WAYNE - You're Blowing My Mind - LA VAL BOBBY WILLIAMS - Let's Work A While - NOR-MAR CARLTON BASCO - Don't Chain My Soul - FREEDOM CHANTELS - Indian Giver - VERVE COOKIES - I Never Dreamed - DIMENSION DEE EDWARDS - Why Can't There Be Love - BUMP SHOP DOROTHY BERRY - Don't Give Me Love - BIG 3 THREE DYNAMIC WALTER B - Before I Fall In Love - NEW BREED EDDY JACOBS EXCHANGE - Pull My Coat - COLUMBIA ENCHANTING ENCHANTERS - Boss Action - BENMOKEITH FRANKIE BEVERLY - Color Blind - GREGAR HARRISON & MAJESTIC KIND - Can You Fine Me Love - COIN INVISIBLE MAN'S BAND - Really Wanna See You - BOARDWALK ISAAC CLARK - Do The Dog Funk - MIRO JAMES FOUNTAIN - My Hair Is Nappy - PEACHTREE JAMES REESE - Let's Go / Jody's Freeze - NAJMA LEE MOSES - Got That Will - MAPLE LIGHTHOUSE - One Fine Morning - EVOLUTION LUCILLE MATHIS - I'm Not Your Regular Woman - A-BET MARIE QUEENIE LYONS - See And Don't See - DELUXE MARVA WHITNEY - What Do I Have To Do - KING NELSON CALLOWAY & BIG JAY BUSH - Funky Horns - VANGEE SIR GUY - Let Home Cross Your Mind - D.P.G. SONNY HARRIS - The Vibration - SAN-EL STUFF COMBE - Ride The Rhythm - GALA TORQUES - Bumpin - LEMCO VINCE EVANS - Speak Ghetto Speak - BRAVE WAYNE CARTER - Mad Mouth Woman - MOOTREY'S WAYNE CARTER - Peter In Or Out - MOOTREY'S WHOLE DARN FAMILY - Seven Minutes Of Funk - SOUL INTERNATIONAL WILSON BROTHERS - You Took My Future Away - RCA WINFIELD PARKER - I Wanna Be With You - P&L WOODEN GLASS & BILLY WOOTEN - Monkey Hips & Rice - INTERIM YVONNE FAIR - Say Yeah Yeah - DADE Thanks for looking! Take care. /Sebastian

Original: Counterfeit (pressed with different stampers):

Dwight Franklin recently pressed up new copies of it. The recently pressed copies has got the matrix etchings scratched out. More info here:

25000 copies were pressed. Most of them were destroyed, but it is believed that about 100-200 copies slipped out.

It's the other way around. It was much easier to manufacture a convincing counterfeit during the early-to-mid 70s because the production methods were similar to those during the 60s. But despite trying really hard, the bootleggers always got something wrong (the number of turns in the run-out or run-in grooves, the width of the playing surface, volume of the sound etc.). Another point is that a record that is only available on styrene quite simply can't be counterfeited these days, because there are no pressing plants left that make styrene records.

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And you haven't noticed that the backing tracks are very similar?

Have another listen, Pete. Both tunes have the same tempo and the backing tracks are, if not the same, then extremely similar.

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No, I don't think many will agree with you on that. You will not be able to find the right kind of plastic for the vinyl, the new mastering will be different, the paper for the label will be different, the printing style will be different etc. The only counterfeits of 60s records that have even come close to look and sound convincing I have ever seen were produced during the early 70s.

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I agree, one of the most beautiful recordings ever in opinion.

Yes. He was a session guitarist and played on loads of records as part of the Wrecking Crew. He's a fantastic guitar player (as well as singer obviously).