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aren't you a chicago expert? it is chicago, written by chuck colbert if i remember correctly.

that connie mcgill record is so slow you couldn't even slow dance to it... great record though.

I scanned it high res enough that you can blow it up and read the deadwax yourself if you want. It's clearly an "L" in this particular case. Thanks for everyone's help.

Thanks a lot. The only other thing was that it was muffled sounding, I have to listen again (too late to play it now without pissing off my neighbors), maybe I was being too critical given the labels? Anyone else have an opinion? Thanks.

my scanner made the yellow appear darker than it is but even in the scan you can see it's lighter than regular atco labels.

I think Derek did at least one issue since I lived in my current apartment, and I moved here in 2004.

Hi. I bought a 45 on ebay that seems suspect and I'm trying to find out any info on a VINYL boot of the coasters "crazy baby". Manship bootleg guide only makes reference to a styrene boot. Tim Brown guide, however, says this: "This is a tricky one. Certainly one boot is on an issue with Monarch number 95372 and another is on vinyl with a moulded label which isn't quite even around the edges. ..." Does anyone have more info on the VINYL boot of this record? The record I bought on ebay has the following characteristics: 1. label has weird ink smudging / fading or possibly transferred print from another copy which I haven't seen before on atco labels. It should be totally glossy and not transfer ink like this. In this case, the label looks almost like a jamaican labels in the way that the ink has smeared (it's not papery looking like a jamaican label though, it still looks at least sort of glossy). 2. sound is muffled sounding 3. deadwax has hand-written on one side, 65L-9290-1, handwritten on the other side 65L-9291-1. What's strange is that the label says 65C, not 65L on both sides. Nothing else is written or stamped. I know that stuff like this happens on legit records, but the mismatch makes it more suspicious to me. 4. The yellow on the label is not dark enough (looks more lemon colored than the darker yellow of atco labels) and doesn't extend down far enough. The font (or spacing between the letters at least) looks "funny". I looked on popsike and there were enough label variations that it was clear that this record was pressed at different places with different label styles, etc. I couldn't find this particular label design in popsike though. Also, I'm not sure if the label is "not quite even around the edges" or not. Does anyone have any insight into this? Thanks in advance for your help.

The site was called sixtiesdetroit.com but that site is dead. There was a big public fight on soulfuldetroit a few years ago involving Bobby Eli (who was very active) and other members and like half of the regulars left. re: the original question, I look at these sites a lot: https://www.soulfulkindamusic.net/ (Dave Rimmer's discography site) https://anorakscorner.homestead.com/ (Dave Flynn's site)

this is his third time listing it. he had dropped the price the second time, now it's back up.

does bobby patterson really sing lead (or at all) on that montclairs record as it says in your auction?

Hi. Today on my radio show I did an all music show. You can listen at https://www.sittinginthepark.com/shows.htm . Playlist follows. Thanks. Larry "Chubby" Reynolds - The bells of my heart - Tri-spin Escos - Whatcha bet - Federal Chuck Jackson - In between tears - Wand Yeomans - Unlucky - Heidi Corsairs - Time waits - Tuff Al Greene and the Soul Mates - Back up train - Hot Line Black Sunshine - A man needs a woman - Kyles Leroy Jones Jr and the Fusion Band - All over baby - no label Wendel Stuart and his Down Beaters - I thank heaven - Elite Surviving Hearts - Sailing my lonely heart - Surviving Hearts Maurice Jackson - Lucky fellow - Candlelite John Edwards - The look on your face - Bell Malibus - Ten times a day - Sure shot Elliot Small - Girls are made for loving - new Sound Larks - Heavenly father - Money Fabulous Flippers - Peace of mind - Lariam Associates Fondells - Love (is what the world needs now) - Pzazz 13th Amendment - Heart to be in love - Slave Ultimates - I can't stand it - Br-roma Rainy Days - Anything I would do for you - Seville (UK) Ellington Sisters - I'm only wanted when I'm needed - RCA Jimmy "Okera" Hightower - Love and life - BCN thanks, Bob

i've gotten the crap out of the grooves before. the grooves will still have a dull look when you're done though. i can clean it for you if you want. if it's styrene, the grooves might be permanently whitened / distorted.

emanons on phila 'o soul / all brothers

Carnival actually had detroit connections via writer George Clinton (I think he at least wrote the Pets record if not others).

I know, I've been looking...

I'm still looking for the second harry caldwell 45, Carnival 547 "A new world is just beginning" if anyone has a copy to sell / trade.

I think you're thinking of Blinky. Anyways, there were a bunch of groups or artists named brandy. I even know of another Brandy group from Chicago around the same time (who never recorded) that is not this group.

who else sampled it besides biz markie?

sorry, I wasn't commenting on your specific post, I just happened to reply to it as a general followup comment. I obviously have no idea what you found. Thanks.

not rare, should be $10-$20 for a mint copy

speaking of horrible cover versions, the blue sharks "these things" just ended on ebay for $100

I listened to it a bunch of times and can't actually figure out what how they did it. The guitar part sounds way more sped up than the vocals, which are only slightly sped up. Slowing down the track with the pitch slider so that the guitar is tuned like the original makes the vocals sound crazy slow. It doesn't sound like a different take though. That technology did not exist in the 70s as far as I know.

I asked a week back if heatwave "ain't no half steppin'" was released on a 7" in a non-US country because it wasn't released on a 7 in the US. I just got the UK GTO 45 it in the mail, it is like a totally different track almost, someone totally remixed it. It's sped up with parts from the album version cut and pasted at different parts. Not exactly your criteria because it wasn't released on 7" in the US but it is totally different than the US album. Anyone know if I can get the album version on a 7" somewhere? probably not at this point.

craig moerer has a lot because he has access to a lot of old stock. even a lot of his "VG" 45s are really "Mint" unplayed old 45s that just weren't pressed well. usually if you go through old stock that's been unplayed and pull out the records you'll even see scuff marks, etc. from the records having been moved around, etc., so they won't be totally mint.

Kris, stop killing their scene!