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    Timi Yuro

    in Look At Your Box

    Posted

    There is a US release on LP or don't that count ?

    Yep Ken, got the LP myself - 5 quid of ebay 2 years ago.

    But this looks like a USA acetate of the single - not an acetate of the LP. Should have said no USA release of the SINGLE.

    :thumbsup:

    Identify A Song Please

    in All About the SOUL

    Posted · Edited by bo diddley

    I really appreciate all of the replies but it isn't anyone of them.

    I think I'll "withdraw" my post and quietly slink away now as I'm beginnnig to make a tit out of myself and its getting embarrassing.

    Again thanks, if it comes to me I'll post it up (exciting eh?)

    Chorus - "duh duh duh duh dut der, der... dud a dud a dut der"

    As I said, embarrassing !

    Ignore me and I promise not to post ever again.

    Could be The Radiants - Hold On

    https://www.soul-sour...-hold-on-chess/

    Good Luck !

    Kev Bod

    radiants - hold on - chess

    Chris Morgan - Who Am I - Boot?

    in Look At Your Box

    Posted

    Thanks for the info and thoughts.

    John, it's styrene with a stick on label. Markings in deadwax are scratched in rather than machine stamped. Just checked popsike and found this issue...

    https://www.popsike.com/rare-Northern-Soul-45-CHRIS-MORGAN-who-am-i-BELL-Listen/350242480915.html

    Looks like an issue of the Demo I have.

    Dave, thanks for the input. I'm happy that it's legit!

    Personally, I prefer the Chris Morgan version. Jerry's version is good but doesn't really get going for me until about half way through.

    Interesting bit of banter for a rainy Saturday in February, 2 degrees on the thermometer.

    :thumbsup:

    Chris Morgan - Who Am I - Boot?

    in Look At Your Box

    Posted

    Hello All,

    I've had this a few years and saw one for sale recently. It's a Demo, but the label is just WHITE. Most of the Bell USA Demo's I've seen have a coloured Logo in the background.

    I thought it looked odd when I got it but just tucked it away and did nothing more about it.

    Is this a boot?

    Any thoughts ot comments?

    Thanks

    KB

    Burning Bush

    in Look At Your Box

    Posted

    Think that period Mercury sleeve doesn't match the release number...was it not introduced later?

    :thumbup:

    -ps I love the disc...both sides!

    Hi Dave,

    You've got a very observant "Evil Eye".

    I didn't think they matched but as it came floating across from the USA dressed like that I thought I'd leave it alone!

    :thumbsup:

    How To Sell Records

    in Record Sales

    Posted

    Basically all you need to do is supply contact details, then list your records and make sure that you state the condition of the items, how you'd like to be paid, cost of postage, whether you will refund customers if they are not happy with the item, and that's about it really.

    As a new member of S.S. inviting folks to send you money it might be worth doing a brief introduction of yourself. As a buyer, it's always reassuring to know a little about who you are dealing with.

    Good luck.

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    Ns In Film

    in All About the SOUL

    Posted

    Thinking-caps on : which NS related tunes have unexpectedly turned up in a film ? :lol:

    (that has no connection to NS)

    and while on Nsoul in film,have any NS artists been spotted unexpectedly ?

    (in film)

    Rob. :thumbsup:

    I remember seeing in the credits of the "National Lampoons Animal House" a bloke called Melvin Britt. A load of us went to see the film when it was released in 1978. He also did some of the backing vocals.

    I was never sure if it was THE Mel Britt. Anybody know for if it was?

    E-Bay Stalker ?

    in All About the SOUL

    Posted

    I am not sure you are right here......

    I bid 150 bucks on one that sold for over 250 and it showed me the winner. So I must have been 3rd at best possibly even lower in the rankings.

    Same here, seems to show most things I have bid on - win, 2nd highest or cheeky low bids.

    Doesn't show one where the identity is "Private".

    E-Bay Stalker ?

    in All About the SOUL

    Posted

    If you want to see the full ID of the bidder, go to Advanced Search->By Bidder and put in your user ID, check "Include completed listings" and uncheck "as high bidder only" and click on "Search". It will show the full ID of the bidder. I'm pretty sure I know who it is in this case and they aren't stalking you (not that that would be possible).

    Fantastic tip on searching. Didn't know about that. Thanks. Ideal for nosey sod's like me!

    Seminoles - You Can Lump It

    in Record Wants

    Posted · Edited by bo diddley

    THAT'S where my mind was at!

    They are different takes as well!!

    :thumbup::thumbsup:

    Hi Dave, I have the Embers 45 but not the Seminoles. Didn't notice any difference in the versions, but then again, that means NOTHING :thumbsup: .

    Just found this on a do-wop website. It implies the Act IV was the first issue and the MidTown was taken from the same master tapes. Who know's, but great tune.

    Biography :

    Early-'50s and -'60s Detroit blue-eyed soul vocal groups usually had great first tenor leads, and the Seminoles were no exception. These smooth harmonizers, led by Joey Finazzo and consisting of members Andy,Al and Paul (last names unknown), debuted with "Open Your Eyes" b/w "True Love" in 1961 on local hopeful Go Gee Records. The record got their name known around town, and local disc jockeys gave it a few spins, but it was nothing special.seminoles_copie.gif

    When Roquel "Billy" Davis left Anna Records to form Checkmate Records, he gave the Seminoles a shot. "It Takes a Lot," released May 1962, was starting to do something when Roquel closed Checkmate to take an A&R position with Chess Records (who distributed Anna and Checkmate), leaving the Seminoles in a lurch. Not for long, though -- Hi-Lite Records picked up the song and managed to get an area hit for their troubles.

    semin3.gif

    A second Hi Lite release, "Trouble in Mind" b/w "Have You Got Love," bombed. They were The embers for one release on Act IV Records, "Forever" b/w "You Can Lump It"; when Act IV failed to do anything, the Seminoles took the master to Midtown Records who re-released the sides as the Seminoles. It didn't matter, the single still failed to ignite and the Seminoles disbanded.

    Lee Jennings Mispress On Dottys?

    in Look At Your Box

    Posted

    The happy ones (hopefully!) will be the lucky folks at our Syl Johnson show tonite, as well as Syl destroying the stage they'll be getting to hear the Lee Jennings back-to-back with the Little Roger Hatcher, funnily both are kinda mis-presses as the LRH is the one that was found on a Ten High label instead of Dotty's / Del Nita Northern, the strange old world of Northern Soul eh.

    Hi,

    Does that mean one of your DJ's bought the 45!!

    If so, hope you can tell us WHO and if they have any more info?

    As I mentioned at the start, there were a few people bidding at the higher end.

    Cheers

    :rolleyes:

    Lee Jennings Mispress On Dottys?

    in Look At Your Box

    Posted · Edited by bo diddley

    Hello All,

    I saw this pop up on ebay, thought it sounded good and might bid. On Dottys label, apparently a mispress.

    NO CHANCE- it went for $1251 with a few bidders at around that level.

    Any info on this?

    Is it one I should know about but slipped by while I had a 25 year snooze away from the scene!

    I'd be interested to know more.

    Cheers

    https://cgi.ebay.co.u...e=STRK:MEWAX:IT

    Kev Bod.

    Unexpected Writing On Labels - Any Stories

    in All About the SOUL

    Posted

    I'm afraid mine involves myself but a couple of years ago we were discussing Melvin Davis - Find A Quiet Place - Wheel City and I said that I used to have a copy at the time it was being played, and it appeared that not that many people believed me for some reason, besides, I obviously couldn't prove it and I began to doubt it myself. Next thing I know, Ted Massey puts up a scan of the B side of his copy and written on the label it says "Pete Smith (month) 1978" in my handwriting. I was and am still astonished to see this over 30 years after having written it, that copy could have gone anywhere in the world and it's actually 15 miles away!

    Pete, I have evidence from 1978 that you have previous form in this matter.

    Exhibit 1. Please see lower part of scan - includes address!



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