Mal C

If you go downstairs at Neptoon, there are some great original 25 count boxes of Canadian Motown tracks, and some interesting ‘Gimp’ furniture!!

Anybody got Tony Middleton on Polydor, or any good RCA soul releases, any good festival, Astor, EMI / Stateside white labels or test presses... always prefer orig sleeves, I have loads to swap if you are interested..or I’ll buy single sleeves if they are in mint condition... need Sue, Astor, W&G, festival (blue/white) Atlantic, Coral etc cheers all Mal

Laughing... I wonder having had so many labels named after wives and girlfriends, whether that power also went into the design of the label! I’m sure it did :/)

I’m out and about, but there seems to be a logic forming regarding these releases, the breakthrough ones being 67/68, fall during and after the Mutt-Jeff releases, you can see what the rationale is wit the couplings and what tracks were put out. Regarding the Sunlovers two label designs, im wondering whether this difference is down to the pressing plant, each plant had an art department and depending on the customers spend would produce a simple plain type label or a designed one, I think the starred ones overlap the breakthrough releases, as a new push to get a hit. The delta numbers do substantiate this. i need to go over this again and I’ll come back with more releases from the sources Chalkey has mentioned. Go from there.... Mal

Hi all, two doubles below, I now have Jay Wiggins on JW, and a nice WD on Baby Washington, so these are sitting there needing a new home, won’t break the bank and they are very nice copies of two solid sixties sides. Baby Washington - your fool / run my heart / Sue Ex++ dh. £15 Jay Wiggins - My Linley Girl / IPG Ex++ £40 (vinyl copy) Postage £4 recorded (insures up to £50) within the uk, outside just say where you are and I’ll quote you. Best wishes Mal

Noticed that Dave Rimmer has more titles for this label but some of his years don’t match what we have above, there is no delta matrix info on his entries...

Was told a Larry Levine Paradise Garage double Cd , is worth some money... although I can see some cheap ones on discogs.., I was lucky the agency I worked at the time was speaking to the label to do a license deal for images and our rep gave me a ton of product from them for free... :/) good cd as well...

Actually here is s forth, Jocelyn Brown - Somebody’s else’s Guy VG++ dub side, VG+ vocal side, £4 vocal side has s load of rub, but only reason folk wanted the UK 4th Broadway release as apposed to the Vinyl Dreams 12, is the Dub version, which is a brilliant track in its own right... !! Best Malcolm

Hi all, got doubles on all these so each one is a fiver, with £5 post in the Uk. Elsewhere just state where and I’ll quote you. Aretha Franklin - (it’s just) You Love / Arista Ex++ / £5 utterly sublime track by Aretha from 1982, co written by Luther Vandross Jamie Principle - Date with the Rain / Uk white demo Ex++ £5 House Guru and Chicago legend! Same 4 mixes as with the US Atlantic release, Uk demo copy, Radio mix is the one you want! Every bit as good as the other versions... Denis Austin - I’ll shine for you / I need your help/ Expansion records EX+ / £5 released in 1993, ‘I need your help’ is the standout track, Denis has got a great voice on a nice mid tempo tune... Cheers Malcolm

Yep, totally feasible... so assuming that is correct both the 45s I’ve put up are pressed June/July 67, and the 45 with ‘I’ll tell the World’ is the 66 release... still which label design of You’ll never make the grade’ came first, who knows... but at a guess the orange one, but that’s just a guess...

So given the Yellow / brown star releases reportably also has delta # 67031 but is only on the flip which appears on both 45’s, and importantly labels, it was released in 67, but why s disc with a 66 delta also carries that shared flip from the future, I’m none the wiser... some one work that out cause it’s done my noodle...

Ok here are two I have delta and a MJ### prefix, I guess that relates to ‘Mutt - Jeff” something like that? I’m not known for my ability on the Times crossword, but having taken a look at the delta dates for the two below I have unearthed the following astounding facts! Sunlovers - Mutt - Jeff 18 You’ll never make the grade - delta # 67031 MJ 009 (June/July 1967) This Love of Ours - delta # 67031-x. MJ-010 (June/July 1967) Sunlovers - Breakthrough 1002 My Poor Heart - delta # 62161 MJ-016 (June/July 1966) This Love of Ours - delta # 67031-x. MJ-010 (June/July 1967)

Have sent Pat a message via his site with that example, see what he knows we don’t...

This is all good stuff, and great reading, however, I have to say we are still no nearer to knowing which came first.. laughing

Laughing love with a 'U'...

That’s very nice, I have a have a crappy copy of that one Here’s another early one on Aussie Stateside... lost bullet sticker

More from down under

‘Save me’ is one of my favourites, great track, here is a lovely Aussie Demo in its Radio Station sleeve complete with play stamps... TMO - 147

Hi all, wonder what actually is the first press of this 45? Is it the yellow with stars, or the Orange with solid type, no logo? best Mal

Very very good, just bought the lp, thanks for the tip... Malcolm

Anybody got Tony Middleton on Polydor, or any good RCA soul releases, any good festival, Astor, EMI / Stateside white labels or test presses... and I need just a few W&G soul releases now, what you got? In fact did W&G ever do white test pressed, I’ve never seen any.., always prefer orig sleeves, I have loads to swap if you are interested..or I’ll buy single sleeves if they are in mint condition... need Sue, Astor, W&G, festival (blue/white) Atlantic, Coral etc cheers all mal

Fun with puddles and the view from my back garden, onto Twmbarlwn

Would love to clime Snowdon, is it easy? Mal

Just looking at that video, you see how petit Jackie was, looks like he has what a 28/30 inch waist... but don’t they both look super dapper Cha Cha cha...

Was in Warsaw on business late last week, night time shot in the old town...