Sebastian

It seems to be the consensus that all copies around are originals, and that a BIG box of them was found a bunch of years ago. No one has as far as I know been able to come upp with any real proof (matrix info, different widths of run-in and run-out grooves, volume comparisons etc.) that speaks in favour of two different pressings existing. Label scans/photos shows the label as being in different shades ranging from yellow to orange, but that's probably due to being scanned by different scanners. If anyone knows anything else, please post up the relevant info that you've got.

"Young Power".

THESE AUCTIONS ENDS IN 4-5 HOURS FROM NOW! Hello! I've listed a bunch of 45s and LPs on eBay. There are label/sleeve scans and soundclips to all records. Check them out at: https://shop.ebay.com/merchant/pushkings ___SKA / ROCKSTEADY / REGGAE LPs_____________________________ BOB MARLEY & WAILERS - Wailing Wailers - STUDIO ONE GREGORY ISAACS - Mr Isaacs - CASH AND CARRY HEPTONES - s/t - STUDIO ONE HORACE ANDY - Best Of - STUDIO ONE SKATALITES - Ska Authentic - STUDIO ONE TOOTS & MAYTALS - Sensation Maytals - BMN/DYNAMIC SOUNDS OF YOUNG JAMAICA - v/a - MELODISC UK ___SKA / ROCKSTEADY / REGGAE 45s_____________________________ AUGUSTUS PABLO - Still Yet - ACKEE UK BLACK UHURU - Plastic Smile - GORGON DILLINGER - Ah You Me Love - BLACK & WHITE ERROL SCORCHER - Roach In De Corner - ARIES ETERNALS - Push Me In The Corner - MOODISC UK GREGORY ISAACS - Sunday Morn - SOLOMONIC JOHN HOLT - I See Your Face - MAGNET UK LAUREL AITKEN - Lucille - BLUE BEAT UK LAUREL AITKEN - Jump And Shout - RIO UK LEROY SMART - Happiness Is My Desire - CAPRICORN RISING LLOYD CHARMERS - I'm Back - BLUE BEAT UK LORD KITCHENER - Dr. Kitch - JUMP UP UK MORWELLS - 77 Festival - GIBBS OWEN GRAY - Do You Want To Jump - BLUE BEAT UK PRINCE BUSTER - Train To Girls Town - FAB UK PRINCE BUSTER - Judge Dread Dance The Pardon - BLUE BEAT UK RAS MICHAEL - Run Agressor Run - RASTAFARI SKATALITES - Guns Of Navarone - ISLAND UK SUGAR MINOTT / ROOTS RADICS - Every Man Want - BLACK SOLIDARITY U ROY - On The Beach / True True - TREASURE ISLE Thanks for looking! Take care. /Sebastian

According to Wikipedia: Seven Arts Productions was founded in 1957 by Ray Stark and Eliot Hyman. The company was a frequent producer of movies for other studios, including Lolita for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, The Misfits for United Artists, and Is Paris Burning for Paramount Pictures. Over time they expanded their involvement in movies from just being producers to becoming equity investors with the studios, partnering with legendary horror film company Hammer Film Productions on many projects, and producing Seven Days in May and Promise Her Anything for release by Paramount; on these productions, they retained ancillary rights that they had surrendered on earlier films. In 1967 they acquired Jack Warner's controlling interest in Warner Bros. for $95 million and merged with it, becoming Warner Bros.-Seven Arts.

My theory is that the original Linda issue actually sold very well in California upon release in 1965 and remained popular in that region throughout the 60s (or perhaps more likely, the flipside), prompting Rampart (a subsidiary label to Faro Records who also owned the Linda label) to give it a new go in 1969, and when the Rampart release started shifting units Warner Bros showed interest and released it nationally (but edited out the fanfare intro because it perhaps sounded a bit too "dated" in 1969). I might ofcourse be totally wrong, but those are my thoughts about this.

I agree. Just do what pretty much every store owner that accept credit card payments do to everything in their store: add the card processing fee to the list price, in PayPal's case roughtly 5%, and don't tell the people who read the sales list. If you want £40, list it as £42. If you want £100, list it as £105. If you want £2000, list it as £2100. To pay £100 more or less when someone is already up for paying £2000 for something doesn't make much difference in my experience.

I didn't mean it to read that way. What I meant was that Lost Nite also was a 60s label that reissued tunes that were popular in a specific region. I have no comment regarding if all of Lost Nite's releases were legal or not.

No, the dark blue one (with the raised-backwards-S-in-a-circle matrix stamp) was pressed in New York by Shelley Products. Same plant that pressed Shrine 45s etc.

This one?

As you stated above, what makes things confusing is that BB and ITZY were (just like LOST NITE) indeed legit labels, and they did issue legit 45s that were't issued on any other labels. But they also re-issued/bootlegged tunes that were popular in the Pittsburgh area and ITZY is actually still going, but are now releasing CDs with "Pittsburgh oldies". Both the Showmen 45s on BB and ITZY are bootlegs/reissues released in the 60s. The SWAN releases are the originals.

Was "God Is Love" issued in the UK? Have never seen a copy of that. As far as I know it's only available on the issue copy of the US release (the demos are mono/stereo of the "wrong" side).

By the way: the BB label release of "Take It Baby" is a bootleg, NOT an earlier "local label" release as it often is listed as.

I agree, those are good examples of early tunes that have gained mass acceptance, but Charles Sheffield is from 1961 and Richard Berry is from 1960. Little Willie John "I'm Shakin" perhaps? It's from 1960.

I suppose you can ask to have the master stamper mailed to you from the pressing plant you use, but the few times I have pressed 45s, the master stampers have stayed at the pressing plant in case I wanted to press more copies of that 45. I never have done any represses of those 45s, so I guess the stampers are still with the pressing plant or has been destroyed by now. By the way, a stamper wears out after a while and a new one has to be made.

I've got that 45, but I'm heading out the door in a moment, so will record it during the weekend and post the tunes on here.

Just out of interest, is it "Runaway" that you're talking about? I only have the short 1:20 clip that was in the auction (which I guess a lot of other people have as well) but if anyone would like to hear it I could put it in refosoul? Let me know. If it's not that tune, then just ignore this...

It's a good ballad/stepper for sure, but not something I would ever play to a dancefloor.

Creepy... I had their "When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty" blasting out of my speakers when I read your post!

Yes, but that was probably just one lucky eBay seller... (it sold for $361 but just 3 days earlier a copy in better condition sold for $90). Would be interesting to see how much the 7" of Allan Harris could fetch in a Manship auction.

Dobie Gray - The IN Crowd - London demo - £77 Marvelettes - I'll Keep Holding On - Tamla Motown - £116 Little Richard - A Little Bit of Something - Columbia demo - £103 Claude Huey - Why Would You Blow It - Galaxy promo - £202 Thelma Houston - Baby Mine - Capitol - £207 Christine Cooper - Heartaches Away My Boy - Parkway promo - £337 S.P.G - Loveland - Magick - £711 Al Mason - Good Lovin - Fynal Vynal - £459 Lewis Clark - I Need Your Lovin So Bad - Tigertown - £340 Down Beats - Together - Dawn - £187 Tommy Hunt - The work Song + How Young Is Young + 2 - Vogue EP PS french - £81 Monique - Never Let Me Go c/w If You Love Me - Maurci - £452 J.J. Barnes - Lonely No More - Mickay's - £482 Charles Brandy - I Can't Get Enough Of You c/w Without Your Love - Blue Cat promo - £2114 Allen Harris - Get Ready c/w Just Let Me Know - Exact Change 12" - £117 Bill Brandon - Bill Brandon LP - Prelude LP - £87

Snap some well-focused photos of the record labels in question, post them here, and we can all chip in about which are vinyl and which are styrene. Or failing that: see the first reply in this thread.

Thano - Gimmie Something / We've Never Met - VERVE 10399

US 12" courtesy of discomusic.com Came in a custom made sleeve as well:

Yes, this only applies to the US releases. I'll try to find a label scan of a styrene LP. I've never seen a non-US styrene record.

Yes, styrene LPs does exist (with stick-on labels just like on 45s). Most copies I've seen of Betty Everett's "I Need You So" LP on SUNSET have been pressed on styrene. I've read that many of the Sunset label LPs were pressed on styrene.