John Benson

Come on then Mr Flynn... make with a picture of it

Seriously, I for one would love to see it.

I stand corrected about the spelling Bob, you're correct - sorry...

But I'm sure it was him who was lead singer on this song...

This Youtube page sort of confirms it as well:

The lead singer of this song was Kenny Burke, he would have been 15 at the time

Cheers Roger!

Bob & Steve, couldn't agree more . "This Place Aint Getting No Better" is one of the GREATEST records in the history of the universe!

Sean

Likewise for me - this side was the reason I bought it, and I thought I was late picking up on it then... well over 15 years back!

Mind you, around a year ago I heard something played somewhere that I didn't recognise and it sounded interesting, when I asked what it was it turned out to be.... Gypsy!

Did I feel embarrased when I said I'd already got it

I think it's generally accepted by quite a few people that Linda could sing the telephone book and make it sound great!

Mind you, did she ever do a really bad recording?

Thanks Bob, do you have any other info, like when it was released, release number etc.

I did once start making up a list of their releases but found there was already one on the Soulful Detroit site and it didn't mention one on Polydor.

Here's a summary:

Map City 301 11/69

We Can Fly To The Moon / Only One Of A Kind

Map City 305 1970

We Can Survive / Cat and Mouse

Verve 10655 11/71

Right Now / We Done Threw It Away

Lion 122 09/72

You MAde Me A Brand New World / Right Now

(arr. Joe Falsia)

Lion 148 03/73

Forgotten Man / Left In The Lost And Found

(arr. Johnny Pate)

Lion 164 05/74

Making My Daydream Real / Whatcha Done For Me, I'm

Gonna Do For You

Members were Robert Taylor, Shabi Weems, Billy McEachern and Terri Gonzales.

Billy McEachern later turned up as a member of Odyssey - the "Native New Yorker" outfit.

All six of their singles were written / produced by Landy McNeal. The matrix numbers for the Lion singles indicate that they're New York recordings so it looks as if NY was their home base.

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I wonder how many other releases are missing from this? - At least one on Polydor...

I don't suppose this is the same We The People who recorded for Map City, Verve & Lion by any chance?

I don't know of this one?

I've got her other LP on Aware, "Cry to me" - AA 2008

That's a promo also, with the printed programming guide along the bottom like the one shown above.

So I think you can rest assured it's going to be OK when it arrives!

Dave, Both albums are the same mix as on the 45

If it's a price you're after, I don't have a clue.

It came out in the UK in November 1969 as the flip side to "We must be in love"

There were 2 releases on Curtom with different flip sides, the first one had the lovely ballad "Baby make me feel so good" as the A side (1936) then later the same year, 1969 the same release as the UK 45 you ask about (1945)

I can't imagine it being very expensive to pick up a Buddah copy, but as I've had one since the '70s not really taken note of the price recently.

HI ALL ,,,,PAID 25P YESTERDAY IRISH PYE. ALL THE ROUTE RECORDS COME OUT ON BLUE PYE ALSO DAVE

You sure it's Irish Dave?

Looks more like Canadian to me.... specially when it's printed along the bottom of the label

Were you thinking of another record by chance?

One that always gets a spin in the record room.

That reminds me, I've got this on UK Contempo as well as a Ronn White promo - Both having "Going in the hole" on the flip side.

But also I've another copy an issue, this time it has "Ollie Mae" on the other side!

Both Ronn copies are the same release number Ronn 65 - oddly it's listed in JM's book as with "Ollie Mae" on the flip. not "...hole", which I've usually come across over the years

I've got an Irish copy of Al Green's "I'm still in love with you" - also on that Silver top logo.... somewhere....

So... would the LP by Side Effect - "Effective" come under this?

So what's that about on 'Mr Man's' recent auction about dark blue label for the UK "Soothe me" then?

That's the only one I know about (and have) on blue Stax, was there another one on the lighter blue label also?

Also, don't forget another goodie from them "Everybody's got to believe in somebody" - also done by Dee Dee Warwick.

https://www.45cat.com/record/584228

The easiest way is to go for the issue - that wasn't booted

My copy is also red - not sure if they are just pressed at different plants or what, but I've had mine since the late 70's and seen both variants over the years.

Not sure about a WDJ copy though...

Here's a few scans to add to this little lot:

ive never seen another apart from my own copy which cost £1.50............ but then again i aint looked too hard for it.not the sort of thing you would see in boxes at soul nights.

There's a copy at our house also Dave!

But I have to agree, it's not one you come across, I can't remember seeing another and I got mine sometime during the mid - late 70's, more out of curiosity than anything else as I didn't know it.

France:

Germany:

Brazil:

Mexico:

South Africa:

Holland:

Canada:

Argentina:

Brazil:

Yugoslavia:

Holland:

Mexico:

Argentina:

I suppose it's about time I added a few to this - although I have put quite a few up before on other threads.

Anyone know how to link your own pictures that's already on the site to this thread? The only way I've managed to do it before was to find the original post and link the picture from there - but that's got to be the hard way, there must be an easier way other than uploading them again?

Most of them are my own copies, but one or two are just scans 'lifted' from elsewhere:

A few from New Zealand:

Italy:

Chile:

France:

Jamaica:

Canada:

Holland:

Spain:

More later on...

Herb Reed and Sweet River - Hung up over you - PVK

Sweet Sensation - Hung up over you - Pye (same song as Herb Reed, but not as good)

How about : Got to love/Paper in the rain-Cado Belle.

(U.k artist)

Bela mia-Maxine Brown.

(don`t remember seeing this on u.s,uk only i think).

I think Maxine Brown is OK - In the USA I seem to think there were only promos of the A side - "Picked up, packed up and put away"

There was a UK LP with "Bella Mia" on, but it was a compilation and I don't think it was released over there.

Cado Belle - on the other hand DID get a US 45 release, it also states from an LP, so definately can't count