The Yank

Here's another addition to the list- Natalie Cole passed away on December 31,2015.

I remember seeing this when it was first listed and didn't think much about it. Completely astounded !!!

I would definitely visit Val Shively's store.

The answer to your question is right at the top of the label "Golden Goodie". Does anyone know of any other releases in this series ?/

I've got 2 Mirwood 45's with "Available Worldwide" on both sides- The Olympics "Same Old Thing" and Jackie Lee "Oh My Darlin' ".

Here's a few more for the list- Jo Armstead, Valerie Simpson, Betty Wright, Pat Lewis, Bettye Swann, Diana Ross, Darlene Love's sister Edna Wright aka Sandy Wynns, Laura Lee, Patti Austin and last but not least Soul Source member and Northern Soul Goddess-Lorraine Chandler.

Pm'ed you .

Someone in the U.S. made up company sleeves for a lot of the Doo Wop labels that were around in the 50's. Don't have one but will try to post a link if I can find them for sale. I know I've seen Parrot, Blue Lake, Chance etc.

I live in the U.S. and have never seen that Zodiac sleeve, especially with a Ruby Andrews 45 in it.

I've seen copies with the star on the left side, and copies with the star on the right side,and even copies with stars on the left and right side of the title. I'm guessing it might have to do with different pressing plants ??

There was no legitimate release for this- there was a "pressing" made with J.J. Barnes "Everytime I See You I Go Wild" on the flip side though.

I was watching the 45 on e-bay- it started out as $9..99 and went to "buy it now for $700"- the seller forgot to get rid of the low opening bid sentence. Looks like someone got a deal !

Here's a few more with that theme- "Country Fool" - The Showmen, "Country Girl" - Vickie Baines, "Tramp" - Lowell Fulson or Otis and Carla, "Country Girl" - Johnny Otis.

Here's a couple more cover versions of the Player song- There's one by 3 Kicks- Outburst (U.K) and also by Good To Go on various labels depending on the country that released it.

I think you've been watching too much "True Detective", I don't get any kind of murder vibe in the song at all . To me the song is about a country girl who's trying to act all "citified". He calls her out on it but it is definitely still very attracted to her. Fiberglass has been used for insulation, boats, bathtubs and in this case cloth. I don't know why you immediately jump to caskets. I guess all religions are a bit different, I've never heard of a Sunday mass being combined with a funeral. Maybe he wants to go to Sunday Mass for confession or wants to feel pure again. If you follow the lyrics- he takes her to the river, wants to take her to New Orleans, and then ends with "March on baby, you're looking good". Why would he drown her in the river, take the body to New Orleans and then tell her to march on ??? All lyrics are subject to interpretation so you could be right.

Alvin Robinson's version was first. Not sure why the lyrics were changed for the Coasters release.

Looks legit to me.

I always thought it was "silently SCOLDING me..."

I've got a copy that came from the west coast that is styrene with a paper label. They don't show up too often .

What if Edith Wayne = Holland, Dozier, Holland and Ron Dunbar was actually Ron Dunbar ? Since they couldn't use their names because of the Motown lawsuit, they used Edith Wayne and gave Ron credit for his work ?

In the book "Detroit "67", the name Edith Wayne is said to come from the following sources- Lamont Dozier took the name Edith from his teacher Edith Burke who was the 1st person to encourage his passion for music. While trying to come up with the last name,they spotted billboards for Wayne State University and took that. In the liner notes for "Heaven Must Have Sent You- The H-D-H Story", Eddie Holland singled out Ron Dunbar, Angelo Bond and Greg Perry for their contributions to Hot Wax and Invictus. I don't doubt he wrote and produced along with H-D-H. Ron was still active in the music business in the 2000's - here's a copy of his business card and a CD he worked on ...

If the album releases follow the 45 releases, the red label would have been first then the multi-colored Twinight label. I would almost swear the multi colored Twinight label wasn't used until 1970, possibly even later.

"The Night" comes from the "Chameleon " album on Mowest. The album version has the "creepy unison" start to the song and runs 3:22. If I'm not mistaken, the version that starts off with Frankie singing lead is from the U.K. single on Mowest #3024.

The version on the you tube clip is pretty close to the edit used on "Northern Soul Connoisseurs" CD on Spectrum. The CD only runs about 45 minutes so I don't know why they needed to edit "Love, Love, Love".

A copy of this sold for $775 USD in April of 2012 , but since then prices have fallen. A copy in vg++ sold for $341 USD in May of 2013, a near mint copy sold for $406 USD in August of 2013, and a copy described as "real nice" sold for $350 USD in Feb. of 2014.