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I used to get a list from Zephyr Records based in North John St, Merseyside during the late '70s. Wasn't Magical Mystery Store in Birkenhead the Beatles' specialist offshoot store of Zephyr? I believed they closed around 1980 - 81.

On the subject of new London discoveries, Jimmy Soul's "Twistin' Matilda / I Can't Hold Out Any Longer" (HLU 9549) was apparently discovered to exist as a London demo only a couple of years ago. The number was first thought to have been allocated to an unissued Bill Smith Combo single (according to Paul Pellettier's London discography). Since January 2012, only two or three Jimmy Soul demos on London have come to light, and no stock copies have been found yet. Like Darrell Banks, it was later relased on Stateside (SS 103). Similar 'injunction' problems with SPQR rights, as there were with Revilot, maybe? https://www.45cat.com/record/hlu9549uk https://www.45cat.com/record/ss103

That is lovely! You're right as well - sounds more 1969 than 2010s!

Blimey! Really looks the part. Didn't know they were still around!

You'd also need a machine that cuts a neat four-pronged centre, and also one that presses the centre ridge in the right place.

I wondered who was going to be the first person to post this!

Well done there Nick - and were you actually able to get some sleep last night? I'd have been far too excited if it were me!

The Volumes on Pama? Gerri Hall on Sue? Ben E. King "Can't Break The News" Atlantic stock copy? Something like this really does make you wonder what else could be hidden out there!

Listing was ended by the seller "because of an error in the listing"........

Probably stems from the fact that most London collectors, particularly those who have little or no interest in Soul music, collect the label ostensibly for the Rock n' Roll side of it, and it's known that RnR collectors always favour stock copies over demos.

Wasn't Moon Williams a contestant on New Faces around '75 - '76?

Just the sight and thought of the London stock copy seems to make the London demo a little insipid right now!

Could this then make the Darrell Banks UK stock copy the first soul record to be owned under shared ownership, or even to have shares in it?

The only thing is Cunnie, if it was advertised just on here, wouldn't it be seen by only a limited amount of soul collectors? I know Manship earns his pound of flesh via commission, but he seems to have a much wider buyer base and audience, and of course seems to gets top dollar on most rare items.

That's what I thought. Or trying to pass off other peoples' discoveries as their own.

Kinda what went through my mind when it was confirmed!

I can't see it. Looks OK to me. And it is on a white background, isn't it?

Yes. Good point. I guess one way around it is if the pressing plant employee remained anonymous?

Would there be a problem, though? Do you remember the American singles on coloured vinyl (run-of-the-mill pop singles, but for which 'one copy exists on coloured vinyl') which John Tefteller publicised as being pressed up by a pressing plant employee as one-offs for his own collection and amusement? He seemed to get away with it.

I reckon he'll be completely salivating when he hears about it!

Interesting. Probably best to keep tabs on it to see if they do publish something regardless. Obviously the interest for this is twofold - British soul collectors and London collectors alike.

How long now before Record Collector magazine pick up on it, I wonder?

Given that it took 48 years for the (so far) only known stock copy of Darrell Banks on London to turn up, I wonder if there's still hope for this after 58 years? https://www.45cat.com/record/msd1376

Absolutely stunned! What a lovely find, Nick! And I don't think I'm exaggerating when I say that as far as UK soul releases go, this has got to be the find of the century so far! Would it not be fair to dismiss the so-called Irish and Dutch issues as mere conspiracy theories until proof turns up (as if)?