Mick Holdsworth

I think these two were issued on a goldmine white label test press about 6 years ago. The other one was Ann Byres backed with Inspirations

Ah, I missed that, quite a big clue really. Sorry Ivor.

Ivor, how come you waited over 18 months to bring this to light, of have you said this before and are just posting to reiterate the point. - If so forget my question. Cheers Mick

A similar thing is the Spinners release of "That's What Girls ... " This was released by Pye in Australia - I suppose Pye in Australia must have somehow confused it with their own group of the same name. Cheers Mick

Cody Michaels and all the Concept variations

Thanks folks - it was for some stuff to put on eBay, and their catagories are ... Dancehall / Dub / Ska / Roots ... and Other. So I suppuse "Other" covers this lot

That's what I would like to know - 70's / 80's Stuff like bob marley / Island and Johnny Nash CBS etc. Is it Dancehall or is that something more specialist. Cheers Mick

The seller emailed me about a week ago - told him they were all boots / reissues etc - didn't send images, then told me the M Lance had a big 45 in label, so told him it was probably original, although with reservations over the stamper number he quoted. Also laid out differences between orig and reissue for Not Me Baby / Florence D and a couple of others. Never heard back from him so assumed he was then aware of what to look for. This is the first time I have seen the scans - I now see (as I suspected) the Major Lance has small 45, so I think he either hasn't a clue or something else. Just noticed - the potential buyer doesn't get all the records - you have to tell him which one you are bidding on ???? This'll be fun. Cheers mick

San Remo Strings - I have a couple of others too - Gladys Knight - Help Me Make It .. and at least one other. They all seem to be from the early 70's - Are there any early numbers 500's or 600's ?

You lost me there.

Got a "Keep On Running" here ... https://northern-soul...soriginals.shtm - about halfway down the page Alternatively direct link via search ... https://moonlightmusi...=&action=Search "Somebody Help Me" is on a French EP - don't have that though Cheers Mick

Of maybe "Love Starved Heart" ? It wouldn't have been '87 though, more like mid-nineties.

The place will probably carry on as before, just not under the present ownership (or location ? ).

one of those others is the backing to "Happiness is here"

Was it a different version on Thunderbird - I'm thinking it was the "Out Of Sight" soundtrack version. Might be wrong on that though.

Dave Hall does have Detroit Address

OK, I've explained the deadwax differences in post #7, but that still needs photographs - which I can't do. Until someone can put up photos, here's the next best thing. I've recreated both deadwax markings by hand and scanned them. Original - from single sided Demo (either Laws or Rules) Reissue / Boot This is as close to a genuine representation as I can do at 5:30 in the morning, but as I keep saying, it is only the last "A" that is different, also it's spacing, as hopefully you can see. The rest of it is identical. Cheers Mick

One here too at £180 ... https://northern-soul-records.com/recordsoriginals.shtm

Never noticed that before - still love to know what the label was about though - the 45's have seen have solid middles.

Royal Mail will try and wriggle out of it if the record is not packed in bubble wrap as well as normal stiffners. A few years ago I paid £300 for a record and when it arrived Special Delivery it was badly cracked. The record was packed with double stiff cards each side in a proper mailer, but during the sorting something heavy had gotten dropped on it (the crease line on the mailer was obvious). When I sent It back I got in return an identical copy as replacement - I was more than happy. Hovever I learned that the seller, although making what seemed a fireproof claim, was fobbed off by Royal Mail and never got compensation, telling him it should have been bubblewraped as well as all the stiffners used. It also left him £300 lighter. Cheers Mick

Does anyone know anything about LIFE records in US ? It is clearly a Decca label, layout colours etc. but they have solid middles. The only records I have ever seen on LIFE are Double Diamond / Champion productions like Len Barry / Swordsmen. Cheers Mick

Here's a link to the Detroit Free Press article ... https://www.freep.com/article/20110925/ENT04/109250378/Motown-publicist-Al-Abrams-shares-rare-photos-letters-clippings-new-book

Only time I have ever had this problem is if the page you are going to used Java and your own installation of Java is corrupt. Not saying this is definately the problem, but could be.

PM'd you

Could be - I never knew about Fifth Estate members writing it, that would be the link. The recording on the CD is the same Identical recording as C&G - Nearly bought the CD a couple of years back, expecting a different version but managed to find a clip on Amazon or CDBaby and after working out it was the C&G recording, never bought it.