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those artistics records aren't really soul are they? either way, I totally forgot about the syl johnson record though.

sorry, forgot about the two more common ones. I can't think of more soul records though. there are also some R&B records obviously, I had never seen this one before for example: https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260531135833

is someone going to buy it to wear it?

my whole point, which I think you don't disagree with, is that "known copies" means "known" in the small circle of collectors that the person counting happens to know. in the last thread people were coming up with very specific numbers on records, some of which I had or knew other people that had (and weren't included in the count), it's an inane activity. a record can be very rare, you don't have to actually come up with a "known number of copies" to prove anything and that number will be meaningless. the fact that 200-500 were pressed, even though most were thrown out, means that more probably do exist than 2 or 3, it's still very rare.

i can't even think of the records that you could actually consider "soul" (not R& besides the teddy cash record and maybe the regina randolph record?

there are two jean carter and the centerpieces 45s, the one you list and an earlier one on star 103. unfortunately neither are worth much despite not being common, just because they are not that good. craig moerer used to have stock of some, although I just checked and he doesn't now. If people thought they were good (my opinion doesn't matter that much of course and often differs from others) I would expect them to have some value though.

there are a lot of records where 500 copies were pressed that are ultra-rare. If people like john anderson never found the stock or found the stock but passed on it or the stock was moved into local people's collections via shows (but not distributed) and then the rest was thrown out, the records will be ultra-rare. In the last thread, for example, the intentions on tiki was brought up, and the members of the group told me that 500 copies were pressed. the record is still very hard to find. the fact that 500 or even 200 copies were pressed, however, makes speculating on how many copies actually exist a stupid activity.

sorry about the low bitrate, i have it low for three reasons, first of all because I have so many shows online that it costs a lot to host them all and I couldn't afford to keep them all online, second of all to discourage people from bootlegging from my radio show (although I know of at least two occasions where people have actually bootlegged onto CDs from my 16kbs mp3s which is ridiculous), third of all because having low quality audio streams makes is much less likely to have someone come with some sort of copyright claim (e.g. I'm not really providing high quality downloadable songs).

we already had this thread like 6 months ago. everybody posts the few random records that they or their friends have in their collections that they have decided is ultra rare (often times because the people who have sold it to them have gassed them up to milk them on the price). many of the records aren't actually that rare. what's more ridiculous is people trying to list how many copies in existence of each one there are. there are literally thousands of records that are ultra-rare that don't come up for sale, you just don't see them for sale every day and people don't talk about them and people in the know will pick them up will fight over them when they do. it's pointless to try to list them all.

if you're talking about the chicago label, 90% of the label is rock, only 4-5 soul releases on the label

yeah, I previously just saying that the ultra-rare one that jeff lemlich has never seen was on ebay, but apparently I was totally mistaken and wrong and I have never ever seen it which is good because it doesn't make sense for me to have seen a florida record that he hasn't.

well that isn't the "I believe" variant so it wasn't the rarest press that Jeff hadn't seen so I was wrong.

https://www.popsike.com/Purple-Mundi-Stop-Hurting-me-Baby-CAT/220397511216.html

no, he was actually selling one

it was on ebay twice as far as I know, I lost the one before the recent one to a well known dj

this is close at least: https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360222838167

dude, you obviously have not been here for a while, soul source is 99% haters, get used to it i really like both sides of this record by the way, i had never seen the really rare 3rd version until alan kitchner had it on ebay recently.

this is an awesome thread

i have a copy of joe anderson "you and I" that plays nazereth "love hurts"

the amoos are the writer of either the WB record I have or the one Epic record I have. Thanks so much for the clip, I will listen when I get home from work, I really really appreciate it. I haven't heard it yet but I'm interested in buying a copy if anyone has one to sell. My other epic record is only mono/stereo if anyone has a stock copy with both sides.

thanks, I don't understand the timeline of some of the UK stuff very well, I thought some of the realistics stuff may have been earlier and that there might have been a connection due to the similar names, I figured people here would know since it was maybe higher profile in your country. Do those realistics singles ever pop up over there? what about that one my friend was asking about?

I noticed that on the Realistics (UK) group records (the group on UK warner brothers and epic) the writing credits have the name Amoo on them. Is the UK realistics related (or possibly the same group) as the Real Thing? Also, my friend was looking for a copy of this record: Realistics - Unchain Me - Epic (UK) -- does anyone have a copy to sell or even post to refosoul? I haven't heard it and I don't think he has either. Thanks.

it's like a $5 record. there's one for $5 on gemm right now if you want to grab it.

Hi. I hope everyone is having a great 2010 so far! Today I did an all music show. You can listen to the show at the bottom of my shows page at https://www.sittingin...k.com/shows.htm . Playlist follows. Thanks for your interest. Dedications - Hey young lover - Summit Spinners - Truly yours - Motown Mary Silvers - Power of love - Tip Top Devilles - One more time we face each other - Rina Willie Wade - When push comes to Shove - Nite Life Ultimates - Girl I've been trying to tell you - Br-Roma Mojoba - Disco Music - Polydor Four Tops - Seven Lonely Nights - ABC Arnold Blair - Trying to get next to you - Gemingo Cheers - I've made up my mind - Okeh Image - Wake up little girl - Grande 5 Stepping Stars - Making Love - JCDT Glass House - Look what we've done to love - Invictus Lenny Frierson - Baby it's you - Starbound Kitty and her Kats - Tell me pretty baby - Coulee Dynamic Concepts - Here I sit alone - Ken-Del Soul Dynamics - Standing in Line - D+W Big Daddy Graham Trio - Pretty little girl of mine - CAM Surviving Hearts - Every Little Teardrop - Surviving Hearts C# Sharp - My Turn to Shine - Rock Candy O. Stanford J. Vaughn - Angel Eyes - Blue Soul Precision - Understanding - Precision thanks, Bob

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