Sebastian

That looks totally wrong to me. The printing style reminds me of the records that are currently being pressed by the Gramofonove Zavody pressing plant in the Czech Republic. Here are some authentic releases with this label design:

During the past 5 years Popsike has documented 4 Stag copies and 8 Doctor Bird copies.

Some examples from Popsike:

There's only 5-6 hours left on these auctions now. Thanks for looking! :-)

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There's about 1 day left on these auctions.

The "special rush reservice" text can be seen on loads of Columbia 45s that for some reason got re-promoted to radio stations, either with a different edit of a tune, as mono/stereo dj copies, because of a pressing/printing error, or flipping the b-side to a-side in case the intended b-side started to get radio plays. They were all, as far as I know, done at the time of the initial release of the tune in question. Here's a whole bunch of them:

As far as I understand the Curtis brothers in These Vizitors (Richard, Michael and Tom) are not the same Curtis brothers that were involved with the Nooney Rickett releases (Anthony Curtis).

Only the track "Invisible Wind" has been reissued on 12": https://www.numerogroup.com/catalog_detail.php?uid=00318 The rest of the tracks on her original TAP 12" along with a great unissued tune can be found on the TAP compilation CD/double-LP: https://www.numerogroup.com/catalog_detail.php?uid=00331 I personally prefer Arnie Love's version of "Invisible Wind", much better vocals and more punch compared to Jackie Stoudemire's version.

But that's a US release. Didn't get a UK release as far as I know.

Beverly Ann is Beverly Bremers: https://www.beverlybremers.com/ Not a country singer, but most of her recordings are soft rock / sunshine pop stuff.

We had a long and very interesting thread about rare 12"s about two years ago: /Rarest-...-12-t43458.html Well worth a revisit!

Are you sure? I don't think so. The members in These Vizitors on CAPITOL who later released records as Curtis Brothers on POLYDOR in 1976 were Michael Curtis, Rick Dew-Curtis, Tom Curtis and Thom Mooney. The CAPITOL 45 by These Vizitors from 1968 has got Richard Curtis and Michael Curtis as songwriters on both sides. These guys were at different times based in Indiana, New York and Florida. Both sides of the Curtis, The Brothers 45 on BELL are written by Anthony Curtis and Lonnie Lee Tolbert. Both sides are published by Anthony Curtis Publishing (based in California). Confusingly there actually was a 45 credited to Curtis Brothers on CAPITOL released in 1968 ("Um Um Good" b/w "Another One Of Those Days"). Both sides are written by Curtis/Tolbert and the vocals on this record sounds like the vocals on the BELL 45 so I think it's safe to say that the CAPITOL 45 are by the same group of people. Anthony Curtis and Lonnie Lee Tolbert also wrote "What Makes A Dance (Feel So Good)", "Player Play On" and "Tomorrow Is A Brand New Day" for Nooney Rickett. The Nooney Rickett 45s on IT are actually credited as being "Curtis Bros. Prod". The IT label was based in California. In 1969 they wrote "One Soft Night" for Nancy Wilson (CAPITOL 2555). In their BMI files Anthony Curtis and Lonnie Lee Tolbert share the writing credits on tunes with the following titles as well: "Don't Look At Me Like That" "Guiding Star" "I'm Coming Back Strong" "One Day You'll Pay" "Youngblood" But I don't know if any artists ever recorded and released those tunes. If these titles sound familiar to anyone of you, please let me know. It would be great to be able to paint a full picture of what these guys were involved in.

Dean and Melismo, big thanks for your comments! I'm glad you liked the mix. Here are label/sleeve scans for the tunes in the mix above:

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/merchant/pushkings ___SOUL / FUNK / JAZZ LPs____________________________________ 3RD AVENUE BLUES BAND - Fantastic - REVUE BETTY WRIGHT - My First Time Around - ATCO CANDI STATON - s/t - UNITED ARTISTS CHRIS KENNER - Land Of 1000 Dances - ATLANTIC CHUBBY CHECKER - Chubby's Folk Album - PARKWAY VENEZUELA! DAVE BABY CORTEZ - Organ Shindig - ROULETTE DETROIT CITY LIMITS - Ninety Eight Cents Plus Tax - OKEH DIANA ROSS & SUPREMES - Presents... - TAMLA MOTOWN FRANCE DORIS DUKE - A Legend In Her Own Time - MANKIND EAST ST. LOUIS GOSPELETTES - You Can't Hurry God - CHECKER FRED HUGHES - Baby Boy - BRUNSWICK INEZ FOXX - At Memphis - VOLT JACKIE LEE - The Duck - MIRWOOD JAN JOHANSSON & GEORG RIEDEL - Pippi Longstocking - PHILIPS LONNIE SMITH - Finger-Lickin Good - COLUMBIA (still sealed!) NEW DIRECTION - s/t - NEPTUNE OLYMPICS - Something Old Something New - MIRWOOD ROBERT J. LUCAS - The King And I - MINIT TAMI LYNN - Love Is Here And Now You're Gone - COTILLION WAYNE HENDERSON - People Get Ready - ATLANTIC Thanks for looking! Take care. /Sebastian

It was released in 1971. Seems to have been unknown to most people up until about 12-18 months ago. A year ago I managed to find 4 copies of it. I kept one, traded one and sold two for $460 (August 2008) and $513 (October 2008). I only have my own personal copy at the moment and it's not for sale. As has been stated previously, it does seem to have dropped a bit in price and a copy sold on eBay about a week ago for £205 ($310), but having said that... the dollar/pound ratio has changed quite a bit since August 2008, so it actually hasn't undergone that big of a change pricewise. Two good sides in my opinion.

...and Carl Douglas "Serving A Sentence Of Life" on United Artists issue?

How about Mr. Dynamite "Sh'Mon" on Sue?

Hard to put a price on. I've only ever seen one copy for sale (and that's the one I've got, I got it cheap off a US dealer listed in the "country" section... ). It's an incredibly hard to find 45 and seems to have been unknown to most people up until the last six months or so.

It's inluded in my latest MP3 mix in case you'd like to hear it: /mix-2009-t102015.html By the way, he released a second 45 on Capitol as well.

It's a reissue 7" from a couple of years ago on the ACID JAZZ label. The original issue was 12"-only on the ERECT label.

Only about 5 hours left on these auctions now. Thanks for looking! :-)

Here you go: https://desc.shop.ebay.com/items/Records__w...286Q2ec0Q2em301

VENTURE (Monarch) pressed styrene green promo: VENTURE (Monarch) pressed styrene pink issue: ABC (Hollywood) pressed vinyl green issue: CHESS (Chicago) pressed vinyl green issue:

I think it's just a case of different pressing plants or a sudden lack of green labels at the plant. This must've been a really good seller, beacuse there are all kinds of label variations: green label styrene demo green label styrene issue green label vinyl issue (pressed by Chess) green label vinyl issue (pressed by ABC) pink label styrene issue