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Does anyone know if any of the other White Demos on Mirwood were made like 5523 Mirwood 5523 - The Olympics - Baby, Do The Philly Dog / Western Movies - WHITE DEMO (I have had this in my collection for years) Mirwood 5523 - The Olympics - Baby, Do The Philly Dog / Baby, Do The Philly Dog - WHITE DEMO (I have recently bought this) I just wondered if Mirwood 5511 - Bobby Garrett - My Little Girl - ever came out as a WHITE DEMO The WHITE DEMO that I have for this number is Mirwood 5511 - Bobby Garrett - Big Brother / Big Brother

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He wrote - "He's A Rebel" - Darlene Loves Vocal - Brilliant One of those records from the early days when I was only 9 years old that helped to steer me towards Soul Music in later years.

Throughout the years I have seen numerous copies of this, and I suppose, because it is so cheap I now have 3 different label variations = Different Pressing Plants? I have always like this record, My Question is This is a fantastic track and cheap too, but has anyone ever seen a DEMO? If so would this command a much higher price.

Paul I also noticed this as my Trans-American copy on Vinyl doesn't jump wheras the C.D. track does However, if you find a copy of C'MON & DANCE VOLUME 1 - GSCD 8Z - You will find a Track on C.D. without the annoying jump. I think that a lot of early C.D.'s were sourced from Original Tapes & 45 . This may explain this anomally.

I wonder if it was recorded in one go like a lot were in those days, or edited/mixed in the studio from various takes. Fine bit of whistling, anyone know anything about The Funky Sisters. How many people etc

Sorry, probably phrased this wrong (Known DEMO) anyone a scan / info of the less common version? I believe that there IS another DEMO, as I indicated further in my text. Also, some of the Cameo & Parkway only have very faint Matrix Stamps Frankford/Wayne - Bell Sound etc

Can I assume that this is the only known DEMO (Scan attached) The reason I ask is that I have Bobby Paris on a Monarch Issue - Also the Vinyl DEMO as PIC (BOTH - Bought from Soul Bowl in the early 1970s) I have always assumed a DEMO somewhere for the Monarch Issue, Possibly Red, Yellow or even White Label. (See info for C-347) (i.e. Title at top of Label - Artist at Bottom) - ? I have DEE DEE SHARP - THERE AIN'T NOTHING I WOULDN'T DO - C-347 2 x Different DEMO's and one issue; Yellow / Black - D J Copy - Not For Sale - Vinyl (Which has Artist at Top and Title at Bottom of the Label) Issue of C-347 is on Styrene / Monarch - (Which has Title at the Top & Artist at the bottom) Another DEMO for C-347 on Styrene / Monarch again (Title at the Top & Artist at the bottom of Label) This one RED but with PROMOTIONAL - NOT FOR SALE - Printed on the Label I have DEE DEE SHARP on Canadian White/Black Cameo but has reference to Quality at bottom of Label

Bought from Soul Bowl PEACHTREE 103 - PEG LEG MOFFETT - THE SHOCKER / TEENY WEENY BIT Written & Produced by William Bell I have just checked my copy. It has "Nashville Matrix" & "music city" Stamped on both sides of vinyl

I have the Red DEMO on Vinyl as you describe However, my issue is Styrene - which is a Monarch Matrix - so there could be another DEMO

Saw her at Sheffield supporting Temps & Four Tops. Only sang 3 songs (Inc Loves Gone Bad & Do I Love You) - but still brilliant, what a Bonus as she wasn't billed on the Ticket

Always be careful of the label, Antibacterial all purpose wipes, soap & water. Toothpaste, in extreme circumstances. Don,t forget it's a mild abrasive but be careful. Use all options at your own risk, I have found the above method to work with the records, found at car boot without sleeve etc. It can restore and obtain quite a good result with playability. At the end of the day, only so much can be done i'm afraid Rinse well, find a nice clean towel. An unused small paint pad also useful if used carfully with record on an old turntable. The main thing is to take care. Rare items, any cleaning method is always tricky

I hope that this helps

BOBBY GARRETT - MIRWOOD 5508 MATRIX - SCRATCHED IN "65-1037-A JT VOCAL" FAINT MONARCH STAMP AND @ "DELTA 59636" BOTH DEMO AND ISSUE THAT I HAVE ARE STYRENE WITH IDENTICAL DEADWAX MARKS

The deadwax on both DEMO & Issue ONLY about 7mm - On original copies Matrix scratched in "MM-1023-1" ( The matrix is small, about 2mm tall and situated between run off groove and playing area - as soon as it was possible to fit it in - almost touching groove above and below it) Run off groove in the deadwax spirals to centre quite quickly within one turn of disc - 270 degees I hope that this helps

The thing is that even on Manships site the sound sample was for "We've got everything going for us" which is on the other side. I like Dee Dee Warwick and have started to collect her records. When I went searching the Net for this one it just didn't appear on lists. I eventually found 2 copies, both in Europe - 1 demo & 1 issue. I bought the DEMO, the price didn't suggest that it was particulally Rare.

Hi Thanks to the Hitsville Soul Club - Record Review. For this one Dee Dee Warwick - Don't You Ever Give Up On Me I can't believe that I have only just heard this record in the last few months. I have been collecting for years, and yet this one escaped my attention, UNTIL NOW! It wasn't easy but I found a eventually found a copy.

Anyone know just how many times the DEMOs came out for Darrell Banks; I bought a Mint Green & White Stateside Demo in the 1970's which is at best the third time it came out. There has recently been a TEST press on Manships I once heard about a London DEMO with written Titles/Credits? The Stateside Red & White DEMO has misspelled title - is there also one with a correctly spelled title? All of this leaves my Green & White at best, 3rd time out as a DEMO London 10070 DJ - Open The Door To Your Heart / Our Love Is In The Pocket Stateside 536 Red & White DJ - Open The Door Of Your Heart / Our Love Is In The Pocket Stateside 536 Green & White DJ - Open The Door To Your Heart / Our Love Is In The Pocket It is difficult to find on any of the above DEMOs Anyone any idea of current values;

The Duck definitely on Purple Issue - I am under the impression that these were first issues. I will find my copy and scan it in. I have quite a bit of Mirwood stuff including Bobby Garrett - DEMO & Issue I will have a look A.S.A.P. for Matrix, scans, etc When collecting Mirwood you do tend to come across Dark Blue, Lighter Blue labels. When I can I try to obtain different label variations sometimes too pricey. Some DEMOS are slightly different design. I have The Duck - White Demo which is a different label design. An early disappointment for me was to find that the White Demo for 5511 Didn't have My Little Girl on. The only copies that I have seen have Big Brother on both sides - in an attempt to complete the label I bought it anyway. Most other DEMO's are A & B on Mirwood

I don't think there were many records that didn't appear over the years on the Soul Bowl list. Even British rarities from time to time were listed. As I've said before, most of my wages went on records, I never found anywhere else to compare to Soul Bowl. I did find other places though. One that comes to mind was a local dealer opening Soul Packs in the 1970's - Packs of 10 in polythene, so obviously you could only see 2 records before opening. I don't know where he got them from but one time when I went the guy was just opening the packs and putting them in the racks for sale. I was busy lookig through the racks and found about half a dozen copies of Touch of Venus - Sandy Wynns on Champion DEMO Believe it or not I only bought one copy, I could kick myself now but what happened next made up for it. What should he find but 2 copies of Freddie Chavez DEMO's and a Luther Ingram DEMO. I have never moved so fast in my life, someone else in the shop got one copy of Freddie Chavez and I got the other one plus the Luther Ingram DEMO. I didn't want to go home until I checked every record in the record racks and every Soul Pack was opened. I scoured the shop but found nothing else on that scale - talk about being in the right place at the right time.

I have just had a look at www.soulfuldetroit.com Although I have been on the site before, there appears to be a lot more articles there. Either way it's all good stuff thanks. It got me thinking, I know that America is vast but I wonder what percentage of vinyl has made it across the water to Europe etc From finding my first import in 1969 Chuck Jackson on Motown and thinking WOW thats different - my collection has exploded to include mainly U.S.A. Imports.

The Soul Pack that I bought was 100 for £3 It still had quite a few rare items in. I remember 2 copies of The Fabulous Dimensions - 1 RED, 1 YELLOW There were also funk rarities etc. I would estimate that quite a large amount of what we have, came through Soul Bowl, one way or another. One of the times I visited Soul Bowl someone was just listening to and about to purchase Little Joe Roman - When You're Lonesome - Tuff DEMO. I looked through the Okeh Stuff and found Multiples of Major Lance Demos - You Don't Want Me No More, Ain't No Soul. The Artistics - Purple Vinyl, Sandra Philips,,, Pic Covers you name it. The list goes on; As I was looking through John said to me, listen to these two. The Silhouettes - Not Me Baby - Goodway & The Steinways You've Been Leading Me On - Oliver Issue Instantly fell in love with both and snapped them up. I even got the Steinways DEMO from the Soul Bowl list a year or so later. There was just so much there, I bought what I could afford at the time which took a large amount of my wages, as I recall. I still remember the weekly list, the phone calls, the wait for the post to arrive a few days later. Happy Days. Incidently, I can't remember the exact year but the first list that I ever got from them they were Groove City records.

The Original STOCK COPY was on YELLOW EPIC LABEL - (Matrix Stamped - ZSP110864) The Original DEMO was on a WHITE LABEL - (Matrix Stamped - J ZSP110864) I also have this on an Orange EPIC Label which is a Re-Issue from the 1970's. I hope that this helps

It sort of underlines my point - The Media scored an own goal by not realising the potential of the footage that they once had. We Treasure any footage we have, so it couldn't be in safer hands now.