Gene-r

Russ, I could (and do) say the same thing about records like "Your Autumn Of Tomorrow" by The Crow on Dire Ear (I think that's its US label?) - not for me personally, and definitely not a soul record, but seems to float someone's boat nonetheless!

I believe it sells mostly for the other side, which really is out-and-out psych.

Wigan Casino, 1974............gents' toilets?

Indeed - that is exactly correct, sir.........

Thank you Kegsy - obviously the only one to understand my (what I think is obvious) comment on 45cat! Let me reiterate - there are two different issues on HBR. The one with larger lettering (and also the demo with larger lettering), pressed on styrene, is the same cut that was released on St Clair and UK Pye International. The HBR issue with thinner, smaller lettering for the title credits, is a completely different, and cleaner recording, and more (IMO) professionally put together than the one on St Clair. This issue was ONLY pressed on solid vinyl, and no demo appears to exist for this issue. The YouTube clip on the 45cat page shows the smaller lettering vinyl issue and, quite rightly, plays the correct recording - the more clean-cut one. In contrast, here is the recording used on the larger lettering HBR release and demo, and also released on St Clair and UK Pye International. Note the last verse where the flute sounds more like a falling H-Bomb, which you (thankfully) don't get on the other HBR release. To my ears, this cut is also rather messy and slapdash. Which also makes me believe that the smaller lettering solid vinyl issue is the 2nd issue, especially given that no one's ever seen a demo for it. Maybe the 2nd issue was put out for the Northern scene? Who knows?

It's OK Pete - I'm accepting PMs now! Feel free to send me one.

Margie Miller released it on UK Route in 1975 as the B-side to "Rock & Roll Waltz", a cover version of the Kay Starr classic.

I think the stockers are much rarer than the demos.

It appears Big Frank & The Essences on Philips also had a March 1965 release.

SAN REMO GOLDEN STRINGS: Hungry For Love (US STEREO Gordy LP) Original Stereo issue on Gordy. £15 plus P&P (obo) COVER: EX- / VG+ (BB hole on bottom corner. 3" split on top edge). RECORD: EX- (small mark on Side 2 which gives 5 soft background tics at the start of Track 3, Side 2). P&P UK: £3.30 (or £4.40 registered) EUROPE: £6.50 (or £11.50 registered) REST OF WORLD: £10 (or £15 registered) Please PM me if interested. No reservations - first come, first served. Thanks.

It's a '90s reissue of the version on Showcase.

The boot. Just like the demo, but without "Promotion Copy Not For Sale" on the label.

Fish and chips?

Hi, It's understood that Oriole used the original American stampers to press these in the UK, hence the Bell Sound / Nashville Matrix stamps in the dead wax. Beacon did the same when they released "Ain't Nothin' But A Houseparty" by The Showstoppers in the UK. A Frankford Wayne stamp can be seen in the dead wax.

Bought mine from Kev Draper in 1983 for £5! Sold it 10 years later - can't remember what for, but nowhere near any three-figure sum! If I knew then what I knew now...............

NOW SOLD - THANKS! LADA EDMUND JR: The Larue / Soul Au Go Go (UK MCA DEMO) EX £10 plus P&P Payment by normal PayPal only, please (I will pay the fees). Please PM me if interested. Thanks! Gene

I think they are Soul Galore reissues with a scanned, stuck-on label. Reason I say so is that the record looks styrene (as the Soul Galore reissue was), and the label looks pale and matt, like a typical average quality scan.

That sort of pathetic dick-swinging really irritates me. They just come over as desperate saddos.

THE FOLLOWING ARE £5 EACH PLUS P&P, OR ANY 5 FOR £20 PLUS P&P. I will only accept normal PayPal (I will pay the fees). Please PM me if interested. US 45s HARVEY AVERNE DOZEN: The Micro Mini (Atlantic) EX (wol) (BB hole) ARTHUR CONLEY: Sweet Soul Music (Atco) VG+ (wol) KING CURTIS: Memphis Soul Stew (Atco) VG/VG+ (2 x BB hole) BILL DEAL & THE RHONDELS: Nothing Succeeds Like Success (Heritage) EX- FORMATIONS: At The Top Of The Stairs (MGM – blue/gold label) VG+ (cue burn at start) (BB hole) FOUR TOPS: Something About You (Tamla) VG+ (odd-looking white scuff on edge of B-side which does not affect play) (BB hole) JIMMY JAMES & THE VAGABONDS: Hi Diddley Dee Dum Dum (HBR DEMO) VG+ ON HOLD MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS: Come & Get These Memories (Gordy – mid 60s ‘Arrow’ label) VAN McCOY: Baby Don’t Tease Me (Rock’n) EX-/VG+ (a couple of small marks which do not affect play) PRINCE PHILIP MITCHELL: Starting From Stcratch (Ichiban) EX THE MIRACLES: I Cry / Money (End) EX- (wol) ON HOLD PHIL & DEL: My Girl (Linda) VG+ (small scratch can be heard during the intro) WILSON PICKETT: Stag-O-Lee (Atlantic) EX- WILSON PICKETT: She’s Looking Good (Atlantic) (small crack under the label which has not penetrated through or spread, therefore does not affect play) GARY TOMS EMPIRE: 7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (Blow Your Whistle) (PIP) EX SOUL TRAIN GANG: Soul Train ’75 (Soul Train) VG+ ESTHER WILLIAMS: Your s & Yours Alone / Would It Matter (Friends & Co) EX LENNY WELCH: Six Million Dollar Woman / I Thank You Love (Fig) EX UK 45s and OTHERS ARTHUR ALEXANDER: Sharing The Night Together (JAMAICAN Buddah) VG+ CARL CARLTON: She’s A Bad Mama Jama (20th Century Fox) EX+ CASUALEERS: Dance, Dance, Dance (Pye Disco Demand) VG+ (wol) JOEY DEE & THE STARLITERS: What Kind Of Love Is This (Columbia) VG/VG+ THE DRIFTERS: Up In The Streets Of Harlem (Atlantic) EX ECSTASY, PASSION & PAIN: I Wouldn’t Give You Up (Pye International) EX KENNY LYNCH: Stand By Me (HMV) VG+ (faint WOL) SAM & DAVE: Soothe Me (live version) (FRENCH Stax – no pic sleeve) VG+ (small mark gives light thud during intro). ROY ‘C’: The Wedding Is Over (UK DEMO) EX DIANA ROSS & MARVIN GAYE: Don’t Knock My Love (JAMAICAN Tamla Motown) EX MEL & TIM: Backfield In Motion (Concord – ‘fried egg’ label) EX GWEN McCRAE: Keep The Fire Burning (DUTCH Atlantic PIC SLEEVE) G/VG+ (pic sleeve very tatty – record VG+, light crackle at start) SAN REMO STRINGS: Festival Time (Tamla Motown) EX-/VG+ BUNNY SIGLER: Tossin’ And Turnin’ (Epic) EX+ (small heat mark on B-side not affecting play) THE SUPREMES: He’s My Man (Tamla Motown) EX JOHNNIE TAYLOR: Hey Mister Melody Maker (ITALIAN CBS PIC SLEEVE) EX CARLA THOMAS: When Tomorrow Comes (Stax) EX-/VG+ (small scratch sounds during part of the first verse).

Judging by the newspaper clipping, I'd say this would date "Tough Girl" at either 1965 or 1966. Anyone have precise details on this?

Are all the copies on Soul 'O' Sonic boots or legal reissues then?

If it helps, I've got a rare mix of R. Dean Taylor, Al Wilson and Lonette called "There's A Snake In My Blue Jeans".

Cheers Daz.

That's the one Daz - the one I referred to in No. 4 of the boots. Does it have a bevelled edge?

Bloody 'ell - never noticed that! The B-side "We're So Lonely" was only 2:01 long, so looks like part of the label for the boot was iaken from the B-side label for some weird reason.