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Solidsoul's post in Off centre original vinyl pressing query. was marked as the answer
Lots of 45's are off centre. Some more than others. If it's only a little bit and it plays ok I usually accept it. If it's excessive and very noticeable, I would send it back or buy another copy.
If just playing it at home you could offset the record to make it play true, but it's a bit of a fiddle.
Sellers should mention condition faults like warps and off-centre in their descriptions.
A lot of the copies of Roy Roberts on Tina are off centre. Some are ok, these one's must have been pressed before the screws on the machine worked loose😵💫.
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Solidsoul's post in Gotta Have Your Love-The Sapphires was marked as the answer
Very rare record on UK HMV, but the price varies a lot depending on condition. £250 to £500 for a Ex to Mint copy. Centre knocked out for example, can more than half the price!
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Solidsoul's post in Edwin Starr time question was marked as the answer
My 725 is a four prong, but I did not know it goes for more than the solid centre copies. Looking at various places the solid centre seems to crop up more, but I wouldn't have thought there was much in it. Took me ages to get a USA Gordy vinyl copy in mintish condition! Usually styrene and/or in poor condition. What a brilliant Northern Soul stormer it is to dance too!
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Solidsoul's post in Lorraine silver was marked as the answer
The Feathers also did a poor version in 1976 on UK Bell. I don't know why, as this was a couple of years before Lorraine Silvers became really popular.
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Solidsoul's post in Creation I got the fever question was marked as the answer
The Prophets was the original recording on US Smash/ UK Mercury.
It was remade a few years later by Philly legend Bobby Martin and credited to the Creation. This was on US Eric records/UK Stateside.
I think both are great versions of this very Northern and exciting production.
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Solidsoul's post in What's Your Favourite Cover Version was marked as the answer
STORMY by Diana Ross and the Supremes. A really wonderful version of the Classic 1V song.
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Solidsoul's post in Cassette Tapes? was marked as the answer
I sold a lot of tapes in batches on here in the sales section. There was a lot of great records recorded on them. I am sure people on here will have draws full of tapes that they would maybe let go! Put a request in the wants section.
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Solidsoul's post in Echoes/Black. Glenn Bellamy did an article re British S was marked as the answer
Well that was John's version of events. But why were the green copies made if there was all the large amount of orange copies already made? And why have the green labels always been regarded as the first originals?
Did Popcorn Wylie get the orange copies pressed before or after it was played on the Northern Soul scene? That's the big question to me?
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Solidsoul's post in Bob Relf was marked as the answer
I would expect it to go for a little more than the orange label copies. Maybe £250 to £300.
The first issue original is a Yellow label Tans-American and will have the drumsticks type matrix in the run out groove. It will also have the two hands shaking label design. The Yellow label has an earlier telephone number than the Orange label Trans-American originals.
It was also legally reissued on a Yellow label with Trans Records in a plain block logo, but no handshake design. This did have the drumstick matrix in the runout.
It was also booted on Yellow label but no drumstick matrix in the run out. This boot did have the Trans-American handshake label design.
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Solidsoul's post in Jelly Beans You Don`t Mean Me No Good was marked as the answer
The 70's bootleg was on Cross-Town. Reissued on UK labels Right-On and Inferno. Recent remakes on Red-Bird and Soulation. The original Eskee demo is a nice multicoloured gloss label on high quality vinyl. The original issue is dark blue screen print label on styrene plastic. Original demo is Bell sound stamped from memory!
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Solidsoul's post in Bobby Jason Wall to wall heartaches was marked as the answer
Hi, Good question. The copies with the delta symbol and number 97689 are boots/reissues for the Northern scene in 1975.
The record originally came out in 1968.