Mick Holdsworth

The first copies I saw of these were in the 90's from John Manship - It was suggested they were "new finds", but I suppose they could have been around earlier as I was off the scene late 80's to early 90's. I have it in mind they were brown translucent plastic (Like B Holloway, and around the same time) but can't be sure now. Will have a look later and see if they are. Cheers Mick Hmmm. Well I only have E Laskey by the look of it. It appears at first glance to be solid plastic, but holding it directly at a real stong light (I used the Sun), it does show it to be "just about " see-though, but nowhere near as translucent at B Holloway etc.

Those look great, did you draw them yourself ?

Must have been a bigger gap between recording and release than I thought. Definately around as an mp3 in 2007, just took 3 years to put out a single.

I recorded all 4 clips at same volume and quality - (mp3s at 128kbs converted from wav files at 44.1K) I agree, the LP clip does sound muffled in comparison to the 45 clip, but plays fine on deck - However the 45 is much clearer and louder than the LP.

The first release of the inst was on an AVI 12" from early 80's

If that's the Champion thing, then it goes back to summer 2007 (at least that's when you could get the sound files off the net). I think the record was the same time, or very soon after.

Garland Jeffries (again, with sax) ?

Those are promos with "Sweetest Thing" on both sides. The "Falling In Love" is on Discogs but none for sale. Previous thread is here ... Cheers Mick

On Lee Gates "Nothing But Wonderful", his voice does sound like "You're Just Plain Nice", and there's even more similarity between parts of the two songs themselves. I can't remember how the Equadors songs sound, so will have to have a listen, but certainly the above two are vocally pretty similar. Yes, think you are right. Cheers Mick

I have a near complete set of Outta Site (OSV series) undinked demo records, up to and including OSV162 (Marie Knight) Rather than list them all, I'll list the ones I HAVEN'T got - there's only five. OSV117 - Ketty Lester - Some Things / Please Don't Cry OSV119 - Skip Mahoney - Janice / Don't Stop Me Now OSV125 - Barry White / Sammy Lee OSV142 - MVP's / MVP's OSV148 - Artistics / Artistics (I understand this release never had a small middle press) Most of the small middles had a large A printed on them. There is no aftermarket rubber stamping on any of these. I know there was someone who had a rubber stamp and just stamped "DJ Copy" on some of the early ones, with Borg type limited number covers (7 of 9 / 16 of 23). These did not suffer the same fate. So that's 157 records, plus a handful of specials / anniversary discs ... Velvets on red vinyl. Vibrations on white vinyl (dinked). Bobby Paris on an anniversary release. Tobi Legend / John Rhys, on Yellow Mala style label, signed by John, (normal press was Blue). Both label variations of Two Plus Two. (Green and grey label, and a Green Label). As with the main batch, these are also with solid middles, only exception is the white vinyl Vibrations, which is dinked. 162 records all together. Apart from a few, which I've played maybe once, they are all unplayed. Looking for opening offers of £1000+ for the lot. (Just over £6.00 per record). Will include UK to UK post in with the deal. Fine with UK Cheque / Paypal / Bank Tx / COD (Wolverhampton). Please PM me for any more info / address etc. Cheers Mick

I think people maybe going to the wrong website (thesalesroom.com), whereas, as you say, go to Special Auction Services and follow those instructions. Here's a link ... https://www.specialauctionservices.com/large/me220217/index.html Cheers Mick Just noticed two posts up the same link

I seem to remember it being on a 10" compilation EP - a blue label, from around the same time, give or take, with four or six tracks on it. But it could have been an LP and it was farther away than I thought. Cheers Mick

Glad you got it OK Cheers Mick

All copies of that press with "YDLMA" in very large writing are the same (they simply ran the primary blank upside down. or the secondary text depending on your point of view). Copies with "YDLMA" in normal size are all OK with Decca on left. I don't know of any other Decca release like this, but there may be some, considering the size of their catalogue. Nice signature - he was around on eBay about 15 years ago, sniffing out some of his old stuff. Cheers Mick

What's the going rate for the LP these days. I haven't seen anyone selling them, unless its on Facebook or similar. Cheers Mick

No, I get the impression that the very FIRST press of 149 ( 50129 1A) is going to be the ONLY Wand issue of "Kiss", as it was dropped in favour of "Ride" (50129 1C). By the time of 169 release, "Kiss" was a thing of the past, and the "Ride" version was the preferred version. I can't imagine Wand would try the same two versions again for 169, although stranger things have happened.

Supremes - Stoned Love (normal release) - about 0 seconds. Cheers Mick

Where are all these labels - apart from Atlantic, these seem to be R, S , T, so theres's more ?? Cheers Mick

Barbara McNair - "Anonymous". (It's on a BM Comp CD a few years back) - Still waiting to hear that line, up till now probably 7 years.

Thanks Steve, I think you said earlier that they were different versions, but which one is which. (Ride, or Kiss) Cheers Mick

Ok, cheers, just thought it was 149 with both

I'm confused, I thought it was the 149 that was in question. Isn't that the Kiss / Kent / Inferno version, with maybe some of the 149 copies being this take and maybe some aren't. As to the 169 version, aren't they all the same as UK Pye.?

Does that mean, if I'm reading it right, US Wand 149 is different to US Wand 169. Never knew that.

Just remembered, the B Side to 'Mr Creator' was this different version of 'Hand It Over'. Is this the single you mean, or was it on another release