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Was this for a stocker or the rarer WD?

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How about these two...100% awesome: 'Detroit Rhythm Section' - I know something 'Frank Foster' - Going back to Detroit PURE Northern Soul allnighter stormers!

...or should that read, 'A blessing in disguise'. A HUGE slice of monster mid-tempo!

Awesome SOUL track. Has this received much Rare Soul scene attention over the years?

Agree, a fabulous article and well worth a read. (Please note you no longer have to be a member to read most of the sections over on RareSoulForum.co.uk )

...and what a mighty fine compilation it is

LOVE this track...beautiful, beautiful mid-tempo! She also recorded this in Japanese!

For reference this was released on Gay-Shel before Atco. Great track.

Also came out in Japan. Anywhere else?

Probe rather than ABC for the Japanese 7" and LP.

My company's honorary-president co-wrote the theme song to that classic TV series!

...and oddly enough Vignon's version of Bob & Earl's ballad, 'Your time is my time', is set at an uptempo pace and is very Mirwood-esque...in fact it is more Mirwood sounding than Bob & Earl's original!

Nice info...any pics of the heroine on the beach?! Amazing where some folk ended up...how did she end up in Australia? (I've 'only' ever 'The Duck' and 'Harlem Shuffle' on Japanese releases...are there Australian releases too?)

'Black wings has my angel, Satan in high-heels, Doing the Devil's will, A walking lesson in love' ...and... 'She loves me twice on Sundays....and thrice on stormy Mondays' Hayes Cotton - 'Black Wing's Have My Angel'

AWESOME crunching, grinding, driving R'n'B/Northern...with attitude!

Anyone know the years in which EMI started using the various white-label designs for their acetates?

Check out their take on, 'What does it take'...not half bad!

Tangent...did any of the Mirwood acts ever tour Asia/Australia back in the day?

I recall it as the 'Chantels' and associate more with Hinckley and other venues at the time more than Stafford. Blue stockers and WD's as you said...pops up every now and then. Pure nighter sound...a right thumper though the vocals don't exactly get the Soul-O-Meter meter needle moving much!

Been a while since I compared them fully, as in whether it is a different 'mix' or 'take', but the 'version' used on the LPs was different to the Quinvy 45...listen to the brasswork on each. The added bonus is as you say, the fact that you can create an instrumental cut from the LP cut...great innit?! The Charly CD was called, 'Rare Soul from Alabama: The South Camp / Quinvy CD' CDCHARLY200 1. Tearstained Face - Don Varner 2. When It's Over - Don Varner 3. Let Me Be A Woman - Brenda Varner 4. You Made Your Bed - Eddie Bradford 5. Self Preservation - Bill Brandon 6. What Kind Of Spell - Tony Borders 7. You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man) - June Edwards 8. You Better Believe It - Tony Borders 9. Masquerade - Don Varner 10. Home Just Ain't Home At Suppertime - Z.Z. Hill 11. Strangest Feeling - Bill Brandon 12. Cheaters Never Win - Tony Borders 13. Heaven Help Me (I'm Falling In Love) - June Edwards 14. All I Need Is You - Bill Brandon 15. It's A Man's World - Buddy Causey 16. It Sure Was Fun - Eddie Bradford 17. One Woman Man - Don Varner 18. Rainbow Road - Bill Brandon 19. You Left The Water Running - Don Varner 20.Think I'll Go Somewhere And Cry Myself To Sleep - Joe Perkins 21. Love And A Friend - Tony Borders 22. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight - Bill Brandon 23. Movin' In The Groove - Joe Perkins 24. Don't Give Up On Me - Brenda Varner 25. Your Big Chance - Bill Brandon 26. Close To Me - Dan Penn 27. Sugar Makes Everything Sweeter - Percy Sledge Jr. I do stumble across the original Charly LP's even over here, and am happy to pick them up (been a bit dry for nice P.Vine titles of late before anyone asks!)

Yes, we (Charly) did a sorta best of the 5 LP's onto a single CD at the time. The version of TSF was indeed from the master tapes and different to the issued 45...the brasswork sounds awesome!

Here's a label scan...you can see the ARCHER to the right at about "3 o'clock".

Just been filing a few discs away, as you do, and happened to notice that the ARCHER stamp is raised and actually under the label on my copies of Robert Winters', 'Soul motivation' on Ron's 45-05 (vocal side). Never actually cared too much for the vocal track, but it makes for a great thumping Detroit instrumental! Any other ARCHER pressed discs with the stamp under the label rather than in the deadwax?