Mick Holdsworth

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.

Did anyone ever find out why "How Can I Ever find The Way" found it's way onto a Fifth Estate CD from a few years back. It wasn't just another version by that group (all male), but the same identical recording. Was there any connection between MGM and Jubilee. Cheers Mick

Just rang Beatin Rhythm - it's not in stock anymore

Thanks folks The Shop is still there - just rang them. It seems they don't have an online site, other than the home page, although you can email them from there. Cheers Mick

Been to the website at beatinrhythm.com - seems to be a home page only with no content or links

I've been trying to get into the beatinrhythm website - does it still exist - I can only find a home page at the moment at beatinrhythm.com with no links on it Thanks

Mike McDonald

Well for me it was probably about a year ago I got to know about it. We had been having these threads and discussions for what seemed forever, seconded only by the relentless Epitome Of Sound questions. I think there is one of the Volcanos thread that has the real scan. As to the deadwax, as I've explained in previous threads - there is a difference and I don't know why. A single sided demo (Rules or Laws, makes no difference) has the A side deadwax of .. A-VOL-5- A Both the White and Blue Tint reissues have the very same A side deadwax of .. A-VOL-5- A Except they are NOT the same. The A-VOL-5- is identical, no question there - it's the very last character "A" that is different. On the reissues, the "A" is spaced normally, about the same as the opening "A" on A-VOL On Original Demo the the "A" is squashed up to about half the width of the reissue. (I would assume that an original issue would be the same as this, but cannot confirm.) It has just occured to me that the "5" followed by a dash (consitent throughout various issues of this record) looks more like an "s" and dash and is actually just a "5" with the top line offset. Hope that clears up the deawax. It would be great is someone who had both could photograph these deadwax markings, as a picture would make it obvious. Cheers Mick

Both the white label, and the blue tint label are reissues - an original looks like any other arctic issue. I think the reason for the price difference for these two reissues is that until recently a lot of us (myself included) thought the blue tint copies were the real deal - They are not. Cheers Mick