Gene-r

1:57 to be precise (as opposed to the 2:37 vocal).

THEO BECKFORD (CLUE J & HIS BLUES BLASTERS): Easy Snapping (UK Blue Beat) Probably the earliest example of Ska - apparently recorded in 1956 and played by DJ / producer Coxsone Dodd as an acetate, but not given a release until 1960! VG / VG+ (very small label tear on B-side) £15 plus P&P P&P UK: £1.30 (registered £2.40) EUROPE: £3.80 (registered £8.80) REST OF WORLD: £5.00 (registered £10.00) Payment by normal PayPal only please (I will pay the fees). Please PM if interested. Thanks, Gene

Glad I'm not the only one who thought that's what it sounded like! Well I'll be buggered.....

"My life is like bedsores, happiness..........."

I remember seeing one of the Sassy boots in the early '80s, which I believe are very, very rare - must be, because it's the only one I've ever seen (probably means that it was a very limited press, and most people who bought it must still be holding on to their copies). I would put its rarity on a par to the boots of the Admirations "Heaven Is In Your Arms" on Paree. Good lookalike from memory, but the vinyl was quite thin and had a tapered edge. And, of course, no matrix stampings. The B-side was "Love (Your Pain Goes Deep)". The red and silver label was spot on, and looked like the original in every way. It was in a box of reissues all at £1 or £1.50 each, around the same time an issue on Sassy went for around £3. I didn't bother buying it because I already had the clear vinyl reissue on Inferno, and I was happy enough with that (you have to remember I was only 18 at the time, and didn't care whether my records were originals, boots or legal reissues!).

I thought boots were of the red issue - not the white demo?

Before I started reading, I looked at the pic and thought it was Rick Wakeman.

On the same hand, the Oxford Dictionary quote for FAIR (between GOOD and POOR): considerable but not outstanding; beautiful; just or appropriate! Anyway, we've used the same grades for the same condition for nearly 40 years now, so why change something that isn't broken?

The classical lookalike repros he's been churning out only sell for about a third of their original counterparts. The Johanna Martzy 3 LP set on Columbia mentioned here sells for about £2,000 - £,2,500 on original, yet the asking price for the reissue is £900 (not £300 as mentioned in the feature). Don't see much point - classical collectors and audiophiles would rather pay top money for Mint or Excellent originals. Then again, he's not the first person to do this. Lexington Records of Japan have been issuing similar repros of rare classical LPs since the mid-90s, including the Martzy 3 LP set he's put out here - only they did it first.

Certainly not booted on Golden World, as far as I know.

No probs!

"An Aspirin Would Go Crazy" by The Rock on Bit.

"What they've been saying" is "They Say You Found A New Baby" by Becky Sharpe on Zodiac.

Anyone know what his Charlie Thomas c/u is? https://www.rarenorthernsoul.com/Rare-70s-80s/36995/patience-cu/#product

What it SHOULD go for in that condition (inc P&P).

I'm not worried..................

No probs!

That's right - the pressing is on a bright green label, black lettering (no lines) and pressed on styrene. Original issue is dark green, silver lettering on a lined label. Most importantly, the pressings 'wrongly' credit it as "If You Ask Me.... (Because I Love You)", as opposed to the original title of just simply "Because I Love You".

It's on Mars La Tour, a label out of Marietta, Georgia. I think "The Hurting Is Over" was a late 60s ('68 at the earliest) or a very early 70s release, as the copies I've seen are in Stereo.

You mean people have danced naked to it, hoping no one will notice?

Well, the release dates I know of are: Ike & Tina Turner - Somebody Needs You (May 1965) Larry Laster - Go For Yourself (June 1966) Darrell Banks - Somebody (Somewhere) Needs You (September 1966) Ty Karim - Lighten Up Baby (November 1967) Larry Atkins - Lighten Up (July 1968) Then there's the second recording of Lighten Up by Ty Karim on Romark, which was released in 1973. I have no idea when the Herb & Doris on Hip was released, though suspect it could be a 70s issue of a 60s recording. There was a time I thought it was a bad-quality reissue of Ike & Tina Turner - maybe it is?

This thread may be of interest. It suggests the Bob Cattaneo passed away in the mid 2000s. There's also a very small imput from Robb K. https://soulfuldetroit.com/showthread.php?8389-Does-anyone-know-the-whereabouts-of-Bob-Cattaneo-formerly-of-Daly-City-CA

Top man Blueimage - thanks again!

Well spotted!

Not mega-rare, but I don't think issues of "Since I Found You" by Joel Christie on Imperial exist.....unless anyone here's seen one?