Mal C

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Sure, billy I’ll post it up.... on another note I’m currently teaching photography to a couple teenagers, I set briefs every week, the same ones I recived back at Bournville art college in the late 8ts, might post some of their work here, maybe folk can add some captions or text... they are all starting off so technically their work will reflect that, but their ideas are great... mal

I know Robb, you correct me every time, thing is my spelling is dreadful, and i mean bad and I’ve never got either 45 to hand... m

Just seen your reply, wow that’s great praise, thank you

Cat with a purpose :-)

Great sixties car, a Mercury

Thought I’d add a few here is Granada with the Sierra Nevada in the background, and the Alhambra at it’s best :-)

Vonda Maria - Town Sound Studios Acetate What do folk think of this item? Original? Anybody Got any other Acetates from this studio, know immediately it’s dodgy, would this studio of dealt with Phil la of Soul releases? Any help greatfully received, and before you ask the American dealer isn’t really telling me anything, says it came in from a buyer for them, and they believe it’s orig sixties Acetate, but can’t offer anything else Which is why I’m asking you lot, cause I’m umming and arrring mal

Think it’s fair to say that is 1000% a bootleg... Its a common 45, goes for 200/250 to 300 these days I think, that said it’s in vinyl and styrene, and the styrene ones are hard to get in good condition, one will come up...

And here I believe is the later reissue by the company.... they do share the same release number, but I’ve seen that done before, I’ve got a 7ts released Liz Lands - midnight Johnny which shares the same Cat no, but deffo released a second time by Motown.

Grabbed of my I phone, but this is my orig copy

I think, as with allot of Abet 45’s the company reissued this in the early seventies, the first press, is the brown / yellow grey label design, the later ones are those green / yellow / black labels... othef than that I guess it may have received a recent boot, I don’t know for sure, but you want the vinyl / yellow / grey label.. I will post a scan

Love it, a top 20, which is easy cause this lot are the first twenty in a ‘my favorites’ Playlist on my phone, and that goes everywhere with me :-) One thing, I have sold June Jackson, which I obviously really regret now, I knew I would :-( Troy Dodds - Try my love June Jackson - Your Welcome Jack Montgomery - Don’t turn your back on me... George Smith / I’ve had it Lee Bates - why don’t you write Marva Josie - don't The Tears - Good luck my love The Marvellows / somethings burning Carl Carlton - I can feel it Mighty marvellows - talking bout you baby Gene toons - what more do you want etta James - Can’t shake it Ruby Andrews - got a bone to pick Sage - I’m alive Ike Perkins - when the bottom falls out Margie Joseph - one more chance james Reese & progressions / the joker (where did you came from) Gladys Knight / pips - what good am I without you Keni Lewis - Ain’t gonna make it easy Millie Jackson - if loving you is wrong, I don’t wanna be right.

That’s Cracking that is Derek, I’ll reply in full when I come up for air! Great link, Thank you :-) m

Had that one, I’m bored of Aussie cover versions, but thank you for coming back :-)

So I assume everybody has seen ‘Standing in the shadows’ if you haven’t it’s a fabulous Music Doc, we all love.. and you should pronto... but.... in the bit where Martha Reeves speaks about Motown moving to the West Coast, surly as an artist she would have been under a more stable contract than the musicians, in the film she says all of us had no idea... and I’m not saying she would falsely say that, but Motown would have made artists aware, they would need to know right? if anybody can explain because it bugs me every time I watch it... mal

Rest in Peace Herbert, so many tracks that have bought so much happiness to so many....

The W&G 45 is from the National Australian Audio archive, really nice demo and sleeve, I guess they would have had a copy of every 45 that came out, if only the chap who sold me this would come clean, I’d buy the lot in one go :-)

Here are some very nice Aussie Festival Test presses I’ve got in the last few weeks, and a couple Aussie demos...

4. The mustangs - turn back the hands of time ( jetstar yellow promo) ex £20 instr to Tyrone davis Got this on Aussie yellow Festival Dave, demo as well, looks the business

The mind boggles, yet again... utterly ridiculous prices on Greater experience and Gene Woodbury, you can get GE for 400-500 all over the place over the last few years... GW is 350/400 tops in my opinion, copies were 250/300 3 to 4 years back..,, northern hole madness!

Depends what you want jazz, Champion copies ain’t that exciting, DOC copy 250/300 mark, or on British or Aussie release is very nice... pay about that same I’d say for those, maybe a tad more for uk orig...

One on Rare soul 45s site mate.... https://www.raresoul45s.co.uk/shop/auctions/inspirations/?product_id=6367&category_id=9

Love his ‘Chopper 70’ track... big favourite RIP Wayne Cochran

Yann had the rarer sparse mix on this track for sale some months back, perhaps send him a Pm Ian, he’s on here... yann Vastise