Dysonsoul

Yes thats one of them I remember ....

Nashville Matrix used to run double page or at least big adverts in Record World, I have then but they are out of reach in my loft, there were a full list of services and photos of them at work.

I just checked some notes I made from a 2 hour cam corder interview I did with Martin, I was wrong on it being his first visit to Detroit that was Late October 1967, So when he saw and bought copies it would have been a year or so later as a new release, his words "they were everywhere". As for him checking the run out details,i couldn't say, but as a rule he is very meticulous with stuff like that, for example when I worked at Anglo everything sent over was in strict alphanumerical order , any label variation, artist ,title misspellings all had his hand written explanation on the sleeve! He goes on to say he found 6 white promos a little later and also at a distributer in Columbus Ohio Masses of E P on Ashford and the Fuzz on Calla etc.. ( which press I dont know) it didn't seem to relevant at the time ( it could be on the dvd - I will re watch it) As a relation to this Archer subject he said in the early 80's he and Coachman planned on visiting the plant but were told the week previous most if not all the remaining dead stock had been recycled due to the soaring oil prices. The lack of data from Archer, proves that half the stuff online is very inconsistent , history gets re written daily on the scene!

AH ok then!, even in the 90's it was kicking around for 50 to 60 quid I had a fair few over the years, the stamp differences was standard knowledge back then.

This record is not rare on first issue, yes the white promo is - when I spoke to Martin Koppel about his early trips he said they were in every shop he went in on his first trip to Detroit ( which wasn't too long after its release) He said there were loads of them!

Sad to hear, worked with Jimmy and he worked some of our doors - a good old school bloke who was to be trusted !

I thought it was quite mild....To be more precise, they are on the whole a racket run by failed dj's and record dealers!

Unless its unreleased, none of them - they are like a disease!

There are loads of quality records to buy on a budget, I think dj's and to a certain extent collectors have become a little lazy ( maybe the internet played a part in that ) do it the proper way, look through boxes , tape swap , badger reputable dealers to do you a sales tape of there cheaper stuff, go to the states, go to your mates to listen to their stuff, work hard at it !

When I was at Anglo American circa early 90's Tom Creeden was a guy that was a old friend of Martin Koppel's (perfect for a Detroit collector, considering Martin probably found as many 45's from that city as anybody else) who bought Detroit label 45's of all styles. I can remember packing parcels of the stuff up to send to him, just how complete his collection was I really couldn't say but certainly no Frank Wilson ( the copies of that are well documented and that's all there is) I certainly don't recall mailing out big ticket Northern titles, maybe he already owned them. That aside Tom is one of quite a few private collectors who choose to do it that ways like Mike says we should respect their privacy.

My good God, makes me glad I only buy original records!

He was one of the best live acts I ever saw, absolutely fantastic!

Mick you have always been jammy, I spent most of the night moving from table to table with my pint pot - hoping and praying some good hearted soul would spike me ah .... It wouldn't be the same without , even the records sound better!

Now that I would pay money to see..marching powder and all! A very complete list of records that certainly does the job you intended - a journey through the exciting decades of all-nighters.

Oh yeh I forgot about that copy! All good this way mate - catch up soon.