Pete S

Mel Williams boot https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MEL-WILLIAMS-Can-It-Be-Me-US-Modern-DJ-Rare-7-Northern-Soul-45rpm-Single-/251498093592?pt=UK_Records&hash=item3a8e745c18

Never seen a boot on vinyl

I sent a package to the States 6 weeks ago, Royal Mail track and trace says "has been delivered to Kennedy Airport and is awaiting delivery", the customer is doing his nut, and so am I, it's been in the States for a month and nobody knows where it is. And I'm going to have to refund the money despite both of us knowing it was sent (signed for!)

There's something else you've got to beware of. Some copies are labelled correctly but play the B side on both sides. I think these were actually done as bootlegs but they look ok. The original was sold for £3 in the soul shops after someone (Kev R?) found the entire dead stock. I never believed there was actually a bootleg of this apart from the mispressed one. (As an aside, I bought a job lot of pop records off ebay last year, they weren't up to much, but there was, to my amazement, a copy of The Admirations on Paree in there. The wrong press :-(

I'm not for or against, but I have one point to make. How many cover ups from the old days are still covered up? None? They all get discovered in the end so the lifespan of a cover up is usually months rather than years. I'm sure that cover ups that Butch plays will mainly be records that have no artist credit. Look how long it took to find out who Richard's "When he's not around" turned out to be - that was a blank disc and was only discovered by a fluke. So all I'm saying is, records that have been released and covered up will always have their identities revealed, blank label discs won't.

Pressed on a different label to the orig though!

£20 - £25 issue £50 - £75 demo quite a hard demo actually, issue is common only talking about CBS here by the way, not the reissues

Please don't contact me about this one, contact my friend who's record it is at: clarkswan1969@gmail.com LLOYD WILLIAMS - I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU - ORIGINAL JAMAICAN STUDIO ONE LABEL Big record at the moment, also came out on UK Bamboo, this Jamaican one has a different flip (Jackie Mittoo - Song Bird)

When I was selling them, I was surprised that the vocal to Double Cookin sold for the most money

No thats missing it's Nashville Matrix stamp

Maybe it wasn't released and was a demo only in 67 or whenever it was made

Was responding to your needless 'go figure' comment.

Have figured, you're completely wrong. Where are they? Where's all the suckers who've been taken in by them? Am I one?

How about "Landslide" on Chess import. Looks absolutely identical and is always sold as an original.

There's no boot of the Epitome Of Sound on Sandbag issue. If the braille numbers aren't there, they just aren't there.

International GTO's boot is styrene though?

I don't have the physical cd's, I just downloaded the lot of them off a dodgy site yesterday.

Anyone know who put this series out - are they legit, or like home made comps? https://www.allmusic.com/album/lost-deep-soul-treasures-vol-1-mw0001194539 I have all of them, though not really my favourite genre. Vol 1 01 Sam Dees - It's All Wrong (It's All Right) 02 Nelson Sanders - Tired Of Being Your Fool 03 Clay Hammond - No One Else Would Do 04 Dicky Williams - Oh Dreamy Me 05 James K-Nine - Counting Teardrops 06 Willie Small - Say You Will 07 Bobby Thomas & The Afros - Darling Don't Come Back 08 Winfield Parker - Oh My Love 09 Betty Bibbs - First Come First Served 10 Valentine Adams - I Found A Love (The Falcons) 11 Lee Mitchell - Where Does Love Go 12 New Bloods - Found A Love, Where It's At (Eddie & Ernie) 13 Don Hollinger - I Had A Nightmare 14 Eddie Billups - No Love Have I 15 Otis Clay - You Hurt Me For The Last Time 16 Ronnie Mitchell - I Don't Want To Go On Without You 17 Billy Young - Still My Life Through 18 Bobby Parker - Don't Drive Me Away 19 Jimmy Garland - Baby One More Time 20 Gene Allison - If I Ever Needed Your Love 21 Willie Mcdougal - I Can't Wait 22 Curtis Blandon - Young, Dumb 23 Tommy Collins - Oh What I'd Give 24 Bell Brothers - Throw Away The Key 25 Lee Moses - I'm Sad About It Vol 2 01. Danger - Marvin L. Sims 02. Something I Never Had - Jarvis Jackson 03. Just Like a Child - Little Dooley 04. I Wonder - Bobby Womack 05. The Love I Found in You - Syl Johnson 06. I Shed a Tear - Don Hart & James Shorter 07. Miracle Worker - Sam Williams 08. When Midnight Comes - Sandra Phillips 09. He's Down on Me - Betty Green 10. Do it Right Now - Sisters Love 11. Darling Please Don't Take My Love - Moody Scot 12. In Memory of Martin Luther King - James Chapman 13. Dreamers Hall of Fame - Jeb Stuart 14. I Found a True Love - oscar Perry 15. Down on my Knees - Willie James 16. Weep No More - Terry & the Tyrants 17. A Forgotten Lover - virgil Griffin 18. I Care for You - David Robinson 19. Am I a Good Man - Them Two 20. Getting Over YOu - Ray Lewis 21. That's Cuz I Love You - Louis Jones 22. I Can't Sleep - Billy Mack 23. Bring Me All the Love You Got - Claudia Whitten 24. Slow That Disco Down - Little Scotty Vol 3 01. I Love You So Much - Ben Wiggins 02. Don't Take It So Hard - Jimmy Robinson 03. Love Stealing - Bobby Sheen 04. If I Can - Donald Height 05. Talk To Me - Inez Foxx 06. Pain Is The Name of Your Game Urel Thomas 07. It's Over Between Us - Lorraine Randolph 08. To You I Shall Cling - O.V. Wright 09. Please Come Back Home - Don Thomas 10. What Would I Do - Chet Davenport 11. I've Been Crying - Tommy Louis 12. I Don't Understand - George Jackson 13. Living It Up - Sam & Dave 14. Asking For The Truth - Reuben Bell 15. Cloudy Days - Jim Coleman 16. Standing Room Only - Kim Tolliver 17. It's Funny - Bobby Taylor 18. Where There's a Will - Joe Hughes 19. Give It Up - Benny Johnson 20. Packin' Up - Delilah 21. I Won't Cry - Pete Cook 22. After I Shed A Tear - Mary Holmes 23. That's All She Wrote - King Diamond 24. Only Time Will Tell - Clarence Ashe Vol 4 01. My World - Sam Dees 02. I'm Like A Fish - George Freeman 03. Just The Touch - Al Gardner 04. Lonely Intruder - Bobby Harris 05. We Try Harder - Charles Lattimore 06. I Have A Whole Lot To Be Thankful For - Wilson Williams 07. I No Longer Believe In Miracles - Ada Ray 08. Try Love - Bobby Williams 09. Letter Of Regret - Blues Brothers #1 10. Hard Headed Woman - Eddie Billups 11. It's All Over Now - Freddie Watson 12. I Love My Man - Barbara and Gwen 13. I Come A Long Way - Lee Mitchell 14. Sometimes You Win - Jimmy Ponder 15. You're My Bad Habit - Ike Lovely 16. Without Your Love I'll Be Nothing - Lavorn Smith 17. Tenderness - Sloan Bey 18. Since You've Been Gone - Leonard Lee 19. You Don't Know - Tommy Dodson 20. I've Been Down So Long - King Louie 21. Two Of A Kind - Lord Luther 22. Try Me - Ronnie North 23. Did You Tell Him - Tommy Ridgley Vol 5 01. I'm Just a Man - Bobby Lee 02. Can't Go On - Johnny Steele 03. Just Won't Believe - Claude "Baby" Huey 04. Finding Out For Myself - Sonny Rhodes 05. As I Grow Old - Billy "Guitar" Davis 06. Push Button Love - Internationals 07. Friday's Child - Billie Dearborn 08. A Strong Man's Tears Fall Dry - Rudy Stewart 09. My New Found Joy - Jimmy Richards 10. Anna - Reggie Taylor 11. Amateur Lover - Superiors Band & Their Soul Singers 12. So Am I - Nate Holmes 13. True Love Don't Grow On Trees - Helene Smith 14. She's Gone - Dynamic Adam 15. That's W It's At - Hesitations 16. Nothing But Hard Rocks - Johnny Sayles 17. Mumble In My Ear - Marcell Strong 18. He Needs Her - Isonics 19. We're Only Fooling Ourselves - Lou Pride 20. Falling In Love Again - Exciting Changes 21. If I Could Only See - Billy Woods 22. I Have No One - Major Lance 23. Deep Down Inside - Bob & Earl 24. I Can't Stop Crying - Andre Williams Vol 6 1. 01 - Chuck Carter - A Teardrop Fell (2:44) 2. 02 - Eddy Jacobs - Turn Me Loose (2:03) 3. 03 - Nate Williams - She's A Woman (3:35) 4. 04 - Johnny & Lily - This Is My Story (2:57) 5. 05 - Count Willie - I've Got To Tell You (3:37) 6. 06 - Eddie Ray - Don't Take Your Love From Me (2:50) 7. 07 - Betty Wilson - Anything To Please A Man (2:59) 8. 08 - Ti Mattison - Please Don't (2:51) 9. 09 - The Valentinos - The Death Of Love (3:56) 10. 10 - Rick Thompson - We All Make Mistakes Sometimes (2:47) 11. 11 - B B Brown - My Love For You (2:37) 12. 12 - Priscilla Price - Do I Stand A Chance With You (3:15) 13. 13 - The Triumphs - Bring It On Home To Me (2:31) 14. 14 - Otis Williams - Make A Woman Feel Like A Woman (2:32) 15. 15 - Frankie Pighee - If You Don't Think (That I Love You) (2:25) 16. 16 - Celester Thornton - Lonely Girl (3:06) 17. 17 - The Experts - Wake Me When It's Over (2:40) 18. 18 - Gerald Trotter - The Love In My Heart (2:48) 19. 19 - Coye - Sweet I Know (2:55) 20. 20 - Pep Brown - Is It All Over (3:31) 21. 21 - Jay Lewis - That's Enough (2:45) 22. 22 - Shirley Butler - I Don't Want To Beg (3:25) 23. 23 - P W Cannon - Hanging Out My Tears To Dry (2:45) 24. 24 - Genie Brooks - Juanita (3:02) 25. 25 - Willie Mason - No Place Like Home (2:53) 26. 26 - Bobby McClure - Lost Without Your Love (3:18)

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Soz, I just guessed!

I loved this magazine but the thing that made me laugh was that if there was a mistake made, they didn't bother tippexing over it and doing it again, they just crossed it out and carried on. Also remember things like Silky Hargraves Love lets Try It Again and Tobi Lark Challenge My Love being on sale on the back page for £3 each.

It's still possible to report this to ebay as a scam. I did.

This is also an aim of mine, so far I have one ban and one warning but I do have about 40,000 posts.

Yeah I'm half way through volume 3 Geoff, there is a volume 2 up there on Mixcloud https://www.mixcloud.com/mayfairmenthol/super-soul-from-the-early-days-2/

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/UNIQUE-MOTOWN-ONE-OFF-ACETATE-EARL-VAN-DYKE-READY-STEADY-GO-/360900800957?pt=UK_Records&hash=item54075d31bd I think I can safely say you'll never see another of these offered for sale!