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See you found a Steve Arlen. Well done. As you say, best version by a country mile. :-) Have you kept a copy for yourself?

Nice

Correct. Very reminiscent of Bobby Bland. Beautiful record.

I had one record sent to me with just a 2" x 1" sticky label stuck to the record label with my address on it. No packaging, that was it.

Hi John, and yes, it's Dennis. Thanks for getting back to me on this one. It's good to know now the names of the guys who put that cassette tape together, or should I say reminded. Of course, I remember your names now but not your faces. We perhaps only ever met once or twice and that will have been via Nick Cowan no doubt. I really must dig that tape out again, it's well overdue another listen. Hope it doesn't snap on me after all these years of being stashed away on my shelves. Yes, I was, and still am to a lesser degree these days, a UK label collector. If by big you meant UK only, then yes I was. What with me collecting mostly R&B these days, I'm now much more into collecting US labels as most of what I'm after these days didn't get released over here. I still collect UK labels and it's still a thrill. We never grow up us blokes, do we? Where are you living now? Where's Colin at? I'm hoping Nick's still teaching at the Bluecoat 'cos I need to get back in touch with him. I'm living in St.Helens now. Anyhow, it was nice hearing from you. Perhaps I'll see you out and about sometime? Regards, Dennis.

Ha Ha Ha, I know what you mean but as a collector of instrumentals, I love this one to bits.

I love using contractions wherever I can, but a double contraction like the above, I'll admit I've never used, or even ever seen before.

That's right, I have a copy of the Lp too. Got that before picking up the 45 and ended up keeping both. Incidentally, WAS it ever released on US Verve, or in the US at all?

Did this record ever get a US release? Only ever thought it came out on British Verve. And all the copies I've seen to date have been pink Demos. And very nice they look too. But, has anybody ever seen a black Verve issue?

That could cost you a few bob in the process, without any guarantee of success. But I wish you well.

Tony's completely correct I'm afraid Roburt. By the way Tony, do you remember if your 'nicked' copy played the correct record on the B-side? Mine does. I just wondered if all these freak releases did also.

Yep, I've still got mine.

I'm sure Pete Smith had a copy of this for sale fairly recently.

I wonder if this tape was the same one we all had? If so, it must have been so far ahead of it's time to have affected so many of us for so long. I wonder who the guys were that put it together? I'm gonna get back in touch with Nick Cowan. It's about time I did, it's been a very long time and therefore well overdue.

Bloody hell Len, I must have had the same cassette tape 'cos I too listened to it, and the others, for years, without knowing what most of them were. Then, slowly, one by one, I got to know what some of them were and subsequently bought them. This one I didn't know the artist or title until now, so off I go to buy one, providing that is, it's not a stupidly expensive record? I'm pretty sure the cassette tape came from an old pal Nick Cowan, who in turn had it recorded for him by a couple of guys from the Wirral I think, who were really into this kinda stuff years before anybody else. Well certainly within the circle of friends I knew at the time. One of the others on the cassette tape was 'Whatever's Fair' by Billy Butler & Infinity. Was that too, by any chance, on the tape you had? Bugger, just checked and that Jeanie Tracy record is a $1000 record. Typical!!!

In terms of Donnie Elbert's discography, what information is there about his recording of 'Come See About Me'? I mean, was it released as a 45, or perhaps as an Lp or Ep track. What CD or CDs does it appear on? Etc. All information / comments welcome.

Have you been using it a lot recently? If so, just lay off it for a day or two and it should be free again. I think it has something to do with heavy usage. Perhaps if you use it for more than a certain number of searches, it recognises this fact and suggests you get unlimited usage for a fee. Failing that, try using Collectors Frenzy instead.

The plot thickens?

Yes, my one and only red and white Volt demo is the Mad Lads but can't remember which one? Unless Tone can show us otherwise, perhaps it's the only one after all? Let me know Ste if we DO have a date fixed for our next drinkie poos.

Any chance of a label scan of one of these red and white demos, if only for my fading memory but it may also benefit others.

Still after a copy of this. Can nobody help me with a copy? If you can, please 'Message' me with condition and price. Thanks.

Is that red on white background or white on red background? I can't remember now which way round mine is? As for when we're meeting up again. Errr, can't remember now? I don't think we fixed a date?

If Sebastian is reading this, or if anybody else would like to oblige, can you tell me if red and white Demos on the early Volt label design are unusual or common? Red and black Demos yes, but what about red and white ones?

On a more mundane point of interest, if Sebastian is reading this, or if anybody else would like to oblige, can you tell me if red and white Demos on the early Volt label design are unusual or common? Red and black Demos yes, but what about red and white ones?

Beltin'. Love it. Very unusual.