The Yank

According to the book "45 rprm" , the reason the 45s had the larger center holes was because the engineers at RCA decided to come up with a new player for the 45s. The big feature was that you could stack 5 or 6 45s on top of each other for continuous music. They felt the larger center hole would distribute the stress and friction better and avoid the damage that happened to the small holes and labels of 78s.

My original has Cragvee & Overcome Pub. Co. on the left side and the St. Lawrence on the bottom of the globe. Not sure if the first one you mentioned is a later pressing or a bootleg .

I actually like most of the songs already mentioned. If I had to pick one that really does me in , it's "What Shall I Do" by Frankie and the Classicals. I'd rather listen to 2:28 of someone scratching their nails against a chalkboard- sheer torture for me. Ditto for "Moonlight Music In You" by Laura Greene.

"Money" came out on the Tamla label first. When Berry was unable to keep up with orders, he leased the record to his sister's Anna label for national distribution.

I don't know how e-bay uk works, but when they did this in the U.S., I kept playing with the page options tab in the left hand corner until I was able to get close to my old my e-bay page. Took about 15 minutes but it was worth it. I think the music search options is the next thing they're going to change.

Here's the weather from the Chicago Tribune - Wednesday- Sunny- - high 41F Thursday- Sunny but clouding over in the afternoon- high 48F Friday- Partly sunny- high 54F Seems fine to me !!

Chicago papers are saying sunny with a temperature of 47F (15 degrees above freezing).No snow is predicted. For a day in Chicago in March that really is a nice day for a white wedding !

Thank you Sir ! Just checked again to make sure . Anyone want one for $800.00 ?

Just checked the website, all 6000 copies have been sold of Volume Six. I think the price is still just a bit high though . You can buy an mp3 download of Volume Six for a measly $59.00. What a bargain !!

It is Craig Moerer- he must have put on 4000 + 45s in the last 24 hours as buy it nows. The only problem is he is asking double price guide values for most of them. I think they'll be around for quite awhile.

There's also a variation on the red phono sleeve that's pictured with the Spinners 45- I've seen it once in a light blue color. Looks very strange when you're used to always seeing it in red. I believe the album cover sleeves came out in late 1966/ early 1967.

Sorry about the no reply 2nd post. The 45 was booted. According to Tim Brown's book, the matrix # (uv-5134) is faintly scratched in on the boot and the red color of the label looks washed out compared to the original. Sorry I couldn't post a scan- hope this helps !

Prices are already posted in the Look At Your Box section.

Welcome aboard Paul ! Thanks for joining the website. I'm sure a lot of the members what like to hear stories from you about your productions. I'd like to hear more about the Superlatives and Robby Lawson when time permits.

I'm sure a few people will want to know the results ... 1) Vise- "Baby I Love You" Chocolate Mama- 157 2) Universals- "Diamonds And Pearls" Cooking - 850 3) James Barnett- "Keep On Talking" Fame (West Coast press) 244 4) Danny Williams- "All Those Lies" Musical Energy- 378 5) Mitty Collier- "I Had A Talk With My Man" Pye demo- 42 6) Donna Colman- "you Love's Too Strong" Avin promo - 333 7) Seeburg Spotlite Band- "No Where To Run" - 227 8) Shane Martin- "I Need You" CBS - 174 9) Jack Montgomery- "Don't Turn Your Back" Barracuda- 287 10) Standing Room Only- "Heart And Soul" YJB LP - 159 11) Fred & the Turbines- "Bernadine" Cenco- 2242 12) Rubin- "You've Been Away" Kapp promo - 280 13) People's Choice- "Destruction" Wood City - 96 14) Elgins- "Heaven Must Have Sent You" Tamla Motown demo- 300 15) Idols- "Just A Little Bit More" Reveille- 120 16) Fabulous Tears- "Someone's Waiting" Koko promo- 137

I guess we can all nitpick what the first Soul comp was as opposed to an R & B comp - the earliest U.S. Motown was was Tamla Special#1 from 1961 with hits from the Miracles, Mary Wells , Barrett Strong and Singin' Sammy and Sheri.

Sonny Munro, Betty Wright, The Mob ...

I think you're referring to "Hold On Pearl" by Bob Kayli (aka Bob Gordy). That one is not one of the best on the Gordy label.

I think anybody versus Charlene is a no brainer .

Here's a few more for your consideration - 1) Donny Hathaway- "This Christmas" 2) The Intruders- "Everyday is A Holiday" (not pure Christmas, mentions about every Holiday you can think of.) 3) Supremes- "Children's Christmas Song" ( the cheesiest of them all ! )

I don't know who posted the photo on you tube but I think they've got their groups mixed up. The photo looks like Kid Creole and the Cocoanuts ( another August Darnell group). Machine is made up of Jay Stovall, Lonnie Ferguson, Melvin Lee, Kevin Nance and Claire Janice Jackson Bathe (what a name!). Somehow I don't think those tall blondes are named Jay, Lonnie, Melvin or Kevin.

The original U.S. 12" (which I think came out first) had the "no blacks, no jews, no gays" line. There was a later version with the "where only upper class people stay" line was inserted. The album version also contains the original lyric.

The male backup singers are the Four Tops who are singing along with the Andantes. No Vandellas on the song at all !