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The "Best" is easy Bestway Products Inc. Defunct injection-molding record pressing plant which was located in Mountainside, New Jersey, USA. Founded in 1946 and active until the mid-1980s. The company pressed for labels such as Bell, Scepter, Yew, etc. Bestway's Founder, Al Massler, was responsible for pioneering the manufacturing practice of using styrene to press records (particularly 45's). Often marked with a "B", "BW", "BEST", or oblique "Bestway" stamped in run-out. "BW" may be found also in the label matrix.

Fred I cannot understand for the life of me what buyer would ever ever complain about noise in the run-out I get it with an LP as couch listeners will listen to each side without wanting noise in between tracks People listen to the music on singles surely and if they listen to the run-out or as a DJ don't start the record when the music starts or when it finishes then that to me is most "odd" these people should be buying CD's

Staggered is original Matrix / Runout (A machine stamped): SK4M--2682-1-A Matrix / Runout (A hand etched): AC-II-148301 Matrix / Runout (B machine stamped): SK4M--2687-1-A Matrix / Runout (B hand etched): AC-LX-155104 Straight copy is also original as appears to have same stampers both from November 1965 (me thinks)

Sorry that was the other release, the confusion I think is the name of the label, as "Detroit" has not been moved to Suffolk in England, as far as I aware

What both myself and Chalky are getting at is that there are so many bootlegs around at the moment and we just feel this one is "odd" and are trying to clarify with the knowledge that is on Soul Source if it is a genuine licensed release or NOT

He wrote the B side here ( a little off thread but do we know anything about this group please ?

I have found the address of Champ (where it was) there is a phone number for the new owner https://www.whitepages.com/name/Norman-Cbud-Neal-Sr./Johnson-City-TN/17hz73k6

I forgot about these

Indeed he was

There were a few groups called The Tears, did this group only have the one release ?

And the rights to the other Side ?

How do we know it's a boot who booted them ?

Can't be the same guys then, can it operating here, just a name coincidence then https://www.soulfulrecords.co.uk/?fbclid=IwAR3epHazEihyNzHuip9bSBFcW0bfBd5aCdVYM-eqA6FzRkeGMQUCizOc9kk,

Chalky, google the company under companies house soulfulrecordsltd

The one Dave posted on June 9 2011 (above) was blue ?

Is this real Dave https://www.ebay.com/itm/WILLIE-TEE-You-gonna-pay-some-dues-US-7-BONATEMP-401-HOLY-GRAIL-SOUL-NM/312677646696?hash=item48cd0a4168:g:HkMAAOSwraNdFlQO

Missed this one

Nice tune

Does it not seem strange that the B side is a group from Barrow in Furness in the UK ? Like Chalky this has come up before recently and I believe this person will know as he listed it on Discogs (and the others) https://www.soulfulrecords.co.uk/?fbclid=IwAR3epHazEihyNzHuip9bSBFcW0bfBd5aCdVYM-eqA6FzRkeGMQUCizOc9kk

Northern Soul Connections #19 - It's Easy Northern Soul Connections #19 - It's Easy The latest in our now long running series of infographics from Kenb This 'connection' is all about a hunt for a 45 titles 'it's easy' taking in.... View full article

Chalky as usual is spot on I am posting a list of pressing identifiers to help (it's quite big but useful me thinks and hope) Sorry if I am repeating something that has been done before ❀ flower and bird motifs to the right of AZ = Brian Gardner. ⓤ = Pressed by United Record Pressing 0 or () = Capitol Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Jacksonville —◁ = Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Winchester ✲ or ☆ (prior to '64) = Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Los Angeles ◈-P-◈ = MCA Pinckneyville ⧈-G-⧈ = MCA Gloversville ◆ & 2 = Decca or MCA Pressing Plant, Pinckneyville ✤ & 1 = Decca or MCA Pressing Plant, Gloversville ◈ & 3 = Decca or MCA Pressing Plant, Richmond △ = Sheffield ▭◯▭ = Sonic Arts a, Q, O = Check Allied Record Company @ (DC Interlocked) = Dave Crawford (2) AL = Allentown Record Co. Inc. AR or ARC = Allied Record Company ARP or 𝓐𝓡𝓟 = American Record Pressing Co. BW = Bestway Products Inc. CS or CSM = Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria CT or CTH = Columbia, Terra Haute, IN CP = Columbia, Pitman, NJ G or G1 = Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Carrollton, GA H = (RCA Releases) RCA Records Pressing Plant, Hollywood HRM = Hauppauge Record Manufacturing Ltd. I = (RCA Releases) RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis IAM 'Triangle' or Anvil = Capitol Scranton, PA LP = Shelley Products (London label) LY = Shelley Products (Atlantic label) MG or MGS = MGM Record Mfg. Division, Bloomfield, NJ MO = Monarch Record Mfg. Co. MR = Monarch Record Mfg. Co. PH = PRC Recording Company, Richmond, IN P, PIT = Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman PL or PP = Plastic Products PR = Presswell PRC = PRC Recording Company, Richmond, IN PRC-C or PRC-W = PRC Recording Company, Compton, CA RI = Philips Recording Co., Richmond, IN R = (RCA Releases) RCA Records Pressing Plant, Rockaway SH = Shelley Products (Parrot label) SO = Sonic Recording Products, Inc. SP = Specialty Records Corporation Ƨ, S, SI, S S2, = Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria (Ƨ) in a circle = Shelley Products sᴛᴇʀʟɪɴɢ or SS = Sterling Sound (mastering) TI, TII, TII, CT or CTH = Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute T, 1T, T1, 2T, T2 = Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute X (Embossed) = Shelley Products A&M Records label codes; X = Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman Y or y = Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute Z = Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria W = Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Carrollton, GA C = Monarch Record Mfg. Co. (pre-1985), Electrosound Los Angeles (1985-86) B = Electrosound Group Midwest, Inc. R = RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis W = H.V. Waddell Co. (Not on Atlantic Releases) 16 = Sonic Recording Products, Inc./Goldisc Recording Products, Inc. 18 = Presswell 19 = Bestway Products Inc. 22 = Allied 24 = Monarch Record Mfg. Co. 25 = Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria 26 = PRC Recording Company, Compton, CA 30 = Plastic Products 49 = Specialty Records Corporation 53 = Keel Mfg. (prior to ’79); Hauppauge Record Manufacturing, Ltd. (’79 and later) 54 = Shelley Products 56 = Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman 70 = RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis 72 = PRC Recording Company, Richmond, IN 73 = Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute 74 = Electrosound Group Midwest 76 = Hub-Servall Record Mfg. Corp.

You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine - Lou Rawls....My ears still do not deceive me, even at my age

Weird that Ubiquity have released it .....again !!!!.... when there are loads of cheap copies still available of the 2012 re-issue (pressed in clear vinyl as well)

Nice article