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Wow! Yes, the First day in the world tune has a Jimmy Webb feel....I reckon that you have the right answer. Thank you

I know this may be a difficult question, but from the lyrics below, can any of you knowledgeable guys out there identify this song? Artist, Title, Label & price, if anybody has one please. Here Goes: It begins with a short Timpani 'drum roll' then goes straight into the main chorus with a male vocalist, backed with orchestration & trumpets ( sounded a bit like Glen Campbell/Jay Black, if you can imagine that) Definitely a white artist, 'First Day In The World' seems the most obvious title, but I've been unable to find anything. If I'm honest, it's not very 'Northern' in its sound, but it has the right feel. Fairly slow in pace & i would guess it dates from around 1965 to 1970 CHORUS: 'It's my first day in the world without her And I don't know where to turn or what to do It's my first day in the world without her I just don't know if I can make it one day through' VERSE: 'And When I woke up this morning I was so aware of the emptiness in the air And at the breakfast table All I could do was sit and stare at that empty chair' It then goes back to the chorus.... I originally stumbled upon the sound clip on JMs website a few years ago, it was mistakenly attached to the image of a different 45. I emailed the JM site, but they could not identify the sound file.... Thanks for looking!

T-Cut - Ouch! I wouldn't like chancing my copy of George Pepp with a lint-free cloth dipped in T-cut! (If I had one, that is - The 45 I mean, I do own a lint-free cloth) I find Isopropyl Alcohol to be a good option, loads of the stuff on Ebay. My biggest problem with buying records is the dreaded Styrene 45 that looks near mint, only to find that when you actually play the thing, it has that terrible distortion at the top end due to previous plays on poor equipment. No amount of cleaning can remove that damage....can it?

Thanks very much for your input, but the version that I'm referring to has nothing to do with Motown (other than the tune) - If you ever get to hear it, you will know why I say that - I think that Mick Holdsworth is on the right lines.

Thanks.

Thanks Mick, Hopefully Neil will see this & add to it.

Yup, that's the one! A bit 'Bontempi' in it's style - but played loud, it really worked. Getting more eager to hear it now, but beginning to wish I'd never mentioned it...Maybe you had to 'be there'

That sounds like the one I'm thinking of, all I need to find now is either a copy of the record or locate a sound file to see if it's as good as I remember... 'Inferno Orchestra' sounds about right then, given the Neil Rushton link. Thanks

Thanks for the reply, but this isn't the one.

At the Keele University Allnighters in 1988 - 1991, I remember hearing an instrumental version of the Frank Wilson song 'Do I Love You' - it was played regularly up there, although I never heard it played anywhere else. It's difficult to describe its sound, not exactly synthesized, but certainly 'electronic', it was definitely a modern recording - I guess from the late 80's At the time, I loved the record & it was a real floorfiller, but I haven't heard it since 1991. I think several DJs were playing it at the time & seem to remember the artist being referred to as 'The Inferno Orchestra' - Something to do with the UK Inferno label maybe?? I have never seen a copy for sale anywhere, does anybody have a copy or a sound file? Or, alternatively, did I dream the whole thing? Cheers, Andrew.

If you get to read it on the 25th, I assume that you haven't got any kids running around the house! I may get to unwrap it on the 25th, but as for reading it...

Neil, Received my hardback version this morning, nice book & a great 45 too. Thanks

I voted 'Awesome super rare monster, love it!' I remember hearing it at one of the first Keele University allnighters around 1989, the sound system in there was brilliant & so was most of the music...Happy days