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The version on Amy is by The Byzantine Empire.

If you check Toad's posts he's never mentioned the actual label, he just says it's the same as the one on John Manship's site. I reckon he's talking about the Destiny demo... ...

Shocking game that - nicking other singer's names

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Hi Matt Thanks for the background info. Their identity remains a mystery then. Interesting to see that on the other thread some people are saying that they prefer the Happy Cats version. No accounting for taste I suppose! Don't suppose you've got a copy of the CD left (he asked cheekily...) ? Cheers Paul

That's the same version as the youtube clip above credited to 'unknown artist' It's confusing as who ever posted the tune has used the image from the Ace CD that contains the What Four version. I think the unknown artists acetate is miles better than What Four though . Does Matt (Finewine ) still post on here? Maybe he could shed some light on its origin?

Well it's solved now - no thanks to you lot Interestingly though, there is actually a Northern Soul connection. The record is "Let's Get Down To Doin' It Tonight" flipside of "Burnin'" by Carol Douglas on Midsong International. Carol Douglas was Sam Cooke's niece and recorded a 45 for RCA: "I Don't Mind (Being Your Fool)" under the name Carolyn Cooke, which may be tune that's familiar to some. Here it is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHP7lk6qxnU

The orginal is by the What Four on a Columbia 45 and was included on the Ace compilation "More Girls with Guitars" https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x32c2u_the-what-four-i-m-gonna-destroy-tha_music I think this may be the 'unknown artist' cut you heard. Anyone got any ideas? - cracking version! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8SE2wBn5CM

I'd really like to be positive about an alternative to eBay, but a few factors seem to be inescapable: eBay is a household name and undoubtedly the formost resource for both delalers and collectors Despite this and the potentially huge number of viewers for an auction, many soul records fail to hit their supposed book price or market value Soul collectors generally appear to be particularly driven by the principle of buying for rock bottom prices and selling for as close to book as possible Given above it's difficult to see how anyone can make a viable alternative without a crazy amount of finacial capital behind them.

Shocking way to speak about your mother!

Thanks for the efforts everyone. I should have said the the guy who owns the tape has tried the iphone app thingy and has googled various bits of the lyrics to no avail. Looks like I'm going to have to enter the darker side of disco forums.

We did this one two years ago Ian. Do try to keep up at the back there

Ta for that but just had a listen Epic, and that's a different tune. The one I posted is sort of less sophisticated sounding. I thought possibly European? Gotta go now but will check back later experts

Ta - you'll regret it though!

I was wondering that. If he doesn't know the tune what on earth had he searched for?

I did warn you... I suppose people could just download and delete. I mean, you wouldn't want to keep it would you?

Damn. My first attempt at Divshare too. Don't know how to make youtube clips and obviously I can't search for it as I don't know what it's called. Ah well - it was worth a shot. Ta for letting me know

A guy I work with asked if anyone could ID this tune. He says it's probably recorded from a 45, possibly a b side and it's on a disco compilation tape that someone did for him the late 70s or early 80s. My whole workplace has been set the task of solving this, and I perhaps foolishly, said "the chaps and chappesses on the forums I use will suss this easily" so I guess in a way all our reps are at stake It's not the sort of thing that we usually discuss here and I'm aware that this thread is no doubt destined for freebasing eventually, but if it could stay her over the weekend so that it's easy to spot I'd be grateful. I'm also sure that there will be some comments as to the (ahem) quality of the record, but if they could be balanced with some constructive suggestions that would be great. Cheers! DivShare File - Mystery Disco.wav Final Warning! It is really dodgy...

Just check the label's website Tommaso - there are clips for virtually everything.

Pretty sure I saw this boot long before the pale blue.

Completely forgotten about that song! Don't think I realised it was Belgian either - certainly wasn't as massive as The Kid around Manchester. Schoolkids who weren't into soul had that in their record box. I was going to post the great video of Jess James from Youtube but I can't find the 'add media' button any more...

Not mine unfortunately. Had a couple of copies of the other demo with the Kid as A side in last few years. Ha! I guess this would count as the first "Belgian sound' played on the Northern scene.

Absolutely In answer to original question, though Holiday definitely original A side - complete with "and his multisound organ" credit which was deleted from later issues

There are two variations of the 1967 issue of CBS 2557: Holiday as A side and The Kid as B side. The Kid as A side and Holiday as B side.