Steve G

Great!

I don't sit at a computer all day Dave, today I've been two hours in the dentists chair this morning.... This is supposed to be a serious forum, and some of the wild guesswork going on here is crazy, when in 20 seconds (not all day) you can find out that Mixed Feelings and United Sounds are on the same label. Both myself and Dylan said so from the off, but that's not good enough, we still get "I'm not so sure" stuff from others......And the CL Blast stuff - honestly! It's great that people ask questions, but some of the attempts at 'dot joining' and disputing is not helpful since it confuses the facts......all I ask is that people do a little research before making assumptions..... Anyway I am going to watch Corrie, chill out, and nurse my wounded gums......Cheers...

F.F.S the Nashville company was a distribution company. Thought everyone knew about IRDA? Mixed Feelings is from SC, the same as United Sounds. The evidence is also on the records - same publisher - if anyone bothered to look. I am getting cross now with these "ameteur sleuth posts", it's happening too often on here.....go and ask Jason if you don't want to believe what anyone else says. OR BETTER STILL try doing a bit of research.....before posting dubious posts. This is what, if anyone could be bothered, 20 seconds of googling would produce you on Mixed Feelings.....See South Carolina....QED. Originally released on United World Of Music Records. Based in St. Matthews, South Carolina, Mixed Feelings band leader and keyboard player Glenn Walling never expected that "Sha-La-La" would become an international sensation three decades after its original release. Drafting it on the fly in under 20 minutes in 1976, he intended it for the flip side of the group's self-proclaimed masterpiece, a country-inflected soul ballad entitled "Love Will Find A Way," but the Nashville-based distributor inadvertently switched up the sides on the promotional copies. The Mixed Feelings grew out of the all-white Royals, an R&B/beach combo that Walling formed with friends from St. Matthews as well as nearby Orangeburg, South Carolina. The Royals met vocalist Arthur Donaldson in oksuccessfully auditioned him for lead vocalist, adding him as a permanent member the next year, and changing names to "Mixed Feelings." The new handle reflected the group's unheard-of integration as well as a "mixed" repertoire expanded to include doo-wop and Top-40.

I agree Dylan. From memory CL Blast's United was New Orleans wasn't it? And several years earlier. Reading some of the posts this looks like another thread where there's some pretty wild guesswork going on...

As far as I am aware yes.

It IS definately the same label Nev, just an earlier record.

No Robb it's from the Carolinas (same label as Mixed Feelings) - don't let the youtube picture put you off. I think a couple of the guys down there had it a few years ago, I saw it on a radio show list I seem to recall - Jason or someone similar. The first person I heard play it was Mark. The label is a bit like a Decca / Coral multicolour label and it's a "proper" 45. I love his voice, I think he's trying to sound a bit like Stevie Wonder.

Simply the most in demand record of the moment.

Amazing price for Eddie Parker. I was tempted to have a punt on that, but at that price i wouldn't have won it (my bid would have been lower). It's a fabulous record and pretty rare so well done whoever got that.

We talked about this on another thread; Tiger Lilly was a Morris Levy tax scam label. Press up a few copies don't distribute them and then tell the tax man you pressed up loads. Nice to see it out on a 7"!

Dunno probably 500 -600 each. There's hardly a week goes by when I don't see a Timi Yuro somewhere. There must be hundreds of them.

Looks like I fired the gun too quick. Much too my horror there isn't a copy on my shelves. Sorry Ady, someone else will have to loan a copy. I might even start a new thread "Records you think you have but you don't actually have" !!

Well I guess so if something is genuinely and truly rare yes I probably would draw the line there. Trouble is plenty of records that 'pass for rare' aren't really rare at all and those are the ones if I needed them I'd wait for a centred copy of. It's laughable that people think things like Darrell Banks on London and Timi Yuro are rare. There's loads of 'em about. If I didn't have minters and wanted them those types of things I'd wait for a good copy. Make sense?

I remember when james hamilton's records came up for auction, so sad to see all those uk 45s with nc's. and scratches on the label to increase the grip on the turntable. :roll eyes: I'd still wait for a nice minty demo with a centre to turn up, looks like I am in a minority of one.....there' no urgency with collecting UK records today like there is with 'in demand' US records.

I almost certainly have, will check tonight and pm ya.

No. I'd bide my time until one with a centre came along. Having said that I do seem to have amassed a few Sue's and Mercurys over the years without centers!

Do you mean The Work Song?

With my UK collector hat on, I wouldn't even bother looking at a record with 'nc' unless it was a label that routinely didn't have centres.

Jean Terrell pretty good too as I recall.

Interesting thanks for posting.

Finess very nice, forgotten how good the vocals are on that.....off to the record room to find it! Yes Lars on. What happened to George?

Very sad to hear about this. Our thoughts and condolences go out to his family.

Hi george, yes Karma was Sam's label and he was behind all the releases on it. Sam's partner has promised to come back to me with detail before the end of the month. Steve

I've only ever seen one fast one and it took me ages to get the mid tempo one. I think the faster version is slightly harder than the mid tempo version. But it's all relative - try finding any copy is not easy.

I remember doing one do at Stamford in the early 80s and a rival promotor turned up and nutted one of the Stamford promotors bang smack on the nose, bloody mary's all over the dancefloor.