Godzilla

I Dig Everything is surely Tony Hatch's finest moment. Either that or Theme from The Champions, which is also super.

The real clue to this record's origins is in the producer's name....

Next time could you send out the warning 20 years earlier, Bob. Thanks you.

I put this on a SS swap CD in 2005. Terrific tune

I think there's a light out on your quality control panel, Jock

oops- -sorry course it is. Bit early and no glasses on

He has a few positive feedback for copies he's sold and one neuteral that I can't read as it's in German. Babel fish time?

And on Jan 18th

Someone left positive feedback for another copy on Jan 23rd. Looks like he's got a few and the post can be really slow just after Christmas. Was talking about that on VG+ forum only last week.

I noticed the same thing when I bought a couple of those things for the jukebox: Timebox and the Quik. Terible, thin sounding and not all dynamic. My thoughts are back in the 70s mastering vinyl was the norm, so as long as you had decent source (even a good condition 45), you should have been able to create a decent enough sounding copy. Some of the worse offenderts from the 70s were clearly bootlegged from low quality tapes and so on. It seems likely that, as Mace said, the new crop are done cheaply and I guess one way of saving cash is not spend money on using experienced people at the mastering stage, they will be few and far between now anyway. Same thing goes for those awful 'carvers' that were doing the rounds until recently. Mastering is an artform - you can't just stick an MP3/WAV onto vinyl and expect it sound ok.

Granny's Bathwater

Here's a bit of info Jock. Producer Mike Bunge was in a band from Springfield, Missouri called Granny's Bathwater, who backed Martha Reeves for a while in the 70s, although Bunge went on join Ozark Montain Daredevils, also from Springfield. Lead Hill is the second highest mountain in the state of Missouri. I think they may be from Missouri...

There's already a thread

Damn right Kris!

Just posted that to my facebook page before checking here, Bob. RIP Jimmy.

And to you John. Just joshing about Mrs M but it it's a completely different song to the Gwen McRae tune and in honesty it sounds a bit "capenters-esque" to me.

Mrs Mills?

They also cut a few sides for Jubilee. This is my favourite.

AND SO YOU SHOULD BE

Producer Ralph Murphy could be the guy who wrote some of the James Royal stuff on CBS. Got a pre-release sheet that mentions him

Mamie Lee' I Can Feel Him Slipping Away on MGM has a really pronounced slow down/speed up. Sounds like someone putting a finger on the turntable when you play the record.

Hovis - you are now rehabilitated. Mr Shard, however, is dead to me.

Nah - just kidding Taxman finally caught up with him and he's now doing a long stretch at her majesty's

He runs a pole dancing bar in Hawaii