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Now I know it aint a real lable but as a fledgling late days of the torch they were they to be purchased and I guess most who were around in those days did like wise.

From the early white labels to to the blue and green ones with stars lol , the labels owners knew what we wanted.

Now the rumour is it was Chris Burton and Otis Leavill?? whoever it was they made some tut, one thing Ive never got my head round was when the bootleg label finished.

I was always under the impression no more came out after March 1973..ie 4 weeks after the Torch closed however there are several singles that were booted that later became known EARLY CASINO CLASSICS, eg Frank Beverly and The Velvets, were this ever played at The Torch?

Has anyone got the list????

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The white label ones were the later ones....

Sound quality on most of these were shite.

I honestly though Mel Williams was singing Cannabis Tree on the OOTP pressing...

are you sure mate..I'd lay 10p that the white ones were first...Rufus Lumley, bill blacks, The Wonderettes,..honestly I can't remember any more... :rolleyes:

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From Manships UK price Guide:

Dubious UK based early 70s reissue label with a somewhat erratic numbering system...(snip)... Numbers 5 to 32 were made from vinyl and had green or sometimes blue labels. From duplicate #32 Jerry Cook, the labels were white and the Out Of The Past was replaced by OOTP..... (snip)....

You can send my 10p piece taped to the back of a £50.

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From Manships UK price Guide:

Dubious UK based early 70s reissue label with a somewhat erratic numbering system...(snip)... Numbers 5 to 32 were made from vinyl and had green or sometimes blue labels. From duplicate #32 Jerry Cook, the labels were white and the Out Of The Past was replaced by OOTP..... (snip)....

You can send my 10p piece taped to the back of a £50.

when was the last time you beleived what Manny told you,,,10p I will send you, gonna speak to Chris Burton next week BEFORE i do..

Jerry Cooke was anothe white label..Momas Gone was a gree label...seems early Torch/late wheel was white label, VaVa's was green or blue then again Nolan Chance?????????

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Don't think any of them came out until early 74(could be very late 73).

Sure the white ones were first.

Paul

Just checked some magazines

This is the advert for the first batch, which were white. The advert is in B&S November 1973

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This was for the another later batch which were I think green/blue. The advert is in Black Music April 1974

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I did also have a Sandy Wynns, "Touch of venus", which was white, & a Debbie Dean "Why Am I Loving You" in Blue, and A Lynne Randell in Blue.

I also thought that I read that John Abbey may have been involved.

Paul

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Inky Dinky and Do it to it were 72 torch spins that came out 00TP WHITE?

Litlle Johnnie Blair/The Velvetts/ Frank Beverly on green or blue hit the scene mid 73????

I've just edited my previous post with the publication dates of the adverts. The first batch definately came out after Wigan opened. I remebre the first night they appeared.

Paul

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Doesn't explain the numbering system... unless they were two seperate "labels"

Don't know why I'm arguing the toss over what order they were pressed in - they are shite and deserve throwing on the bonfire.

I AGREE...My point is and always has been for may years did the OOTP label prove that iIve got to find me somebody, If Thats What you wanted and Momas gone were in fact played at the Torch as it would appear that every other record bootlegged on the lable was indeed a Torch record.

A listing anyone???

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when was the last time you beleived what Manny told you,,,10p I will send you, gonna speak to Chris Burton next week BEFORE i do..

Jerry Cooke was anothe white label..Momas Gone was a gree label...seems early Torch/late wheel was white label, VaVa's was green or blue then again Nolan Chance?????????

nolan chance on green

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Just checked some magazines

This is the advert for the first batch, which were white. The advert is in B&S November 1973

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This was for the another later batch which were I think green/blue. The advert is in Black Music April 1974

post-1218-1194549331_thumb.jpg

I did also have a Sandy Wynns, "Touch of venus", which was white, & a Debbie Dean "Why Am I Loving You" in Blue, and A Lynne Randell in Blue.

I also thought that I read that John Abbey may have been involved.

Paul

:lol: DID NOT KNOW SOUL IN THE SUN WAS THAT OLD

KEV

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Now I know it aint a real lable but as a fledgling late days of the torch they were they to be purchased and I guess most who were around in those days did like wise.

From the early white labels to to the blue and green ones with stars lol , the labels owners knew what we wanted.

Now the rumour is it was Chris Burton and Otis Leavill?? whoever it was they made some tut, one thing Ive never got my head round was when the bootleg label finished.

I was always under the impression no more came out after March 1973..ie 4 weeks after the Torch closed however there are several singles that were booted that later became known EARLY CASINO CLASSICS, eg Frank Beverly and The Velvets, were this ever played at The Torch?

Has anyone got the list????

"Has anyone got the list????"

Paul,

Yep I documented every title listed, in numerical order in the UK price guide. Blue & green were first (according to the numerical system)

The first white label design release was NUMBER WAS # 32 Jerry Cook.

The LAST blue or green label was #32 also.. they duplicated several numbers within the series.

release sequence of 19 in all of the blue or green releases are # 05, 08, 09, 09 (dup), 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32. then the WHITE LABEL.

Some of the WHITE's are dog-rare as the label came to an end without distributing some titles.

Paul I hope that helps.

John

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PLEASE POST, really interested.

Are you too tight to buY a UK price guide..

it has a couple of other labels listed in it also..

It's FREE POST and only £25..

Or do I have to scan you one page..??

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Now I know it aint a real lable but as a fledgling late days of the torch they were they to be purchased and I guess most who were around in those days did like wise.

From the early white labels to to the blue and green ones with stars lol , the labels owners knew what we wanted.

Now the rumour is it was Chris Burton and Otis Leavill?? whoever it was they made some tut, one thing Ive never got my head round was when the bootleg label finished.

I was always under the impression no more came out after March 1973..ie 4 weeks after the Torch closed however there are several singles that were booted that later became known EARLY CASINO CLASSICS, eg Frank Beverly and The Velvets, were this ever played at The Torch?

Has anyone got the list????

Paul , I was always under the impression that Selecta Disc pressed them up and that Ness (SE) and Alan Day were involved

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Paul , I was always under the impression that Selecta Disc pressed them up and that Ness (SE) and Alan Day were involved

In Select-a-disc's defense, I don't think they ever pressed records but they did get supplies by people who did, and of course instigated the reissuing of in-demand RCA's, Okeh's etc by the parent companies.

Out Of The Past was for the want of a better phase, blatant bootlegging.. which I don't think Select-a-disc ever did.

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I have the greeny blue Tarpon release of Love Reputation and they are the Demo copies and the blue Tarpon releases are the issues.

Regards

Alan

Alan,

Green & the blue Tarpon's are both regular stock copies.

The promo of which I've only seen the BLUE label, have a big siilver text DJ on them.. pretty damn rare as a DEMO too.

So if there's is no GREEN DEMO that would make the blue tarpon the first release. Which ties up with the BillyThe Kid Emerson 45s on Tarpon which I've only experienced on BLUE label.

But if a GREEN DEMO does exist.. it's back to the drawing board.

John

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Alan,

Green & the blue Tarpon's are both regular stock copies.

The promo of which I've only seen the BLUE label, have a big siilver text DJ on them.. pretty damn rare as a DEMO too.

So if there's is no GREEN DEMO that would make the blue tarpon the first release. Which ties up with the BillyThe Kid Emerson 45s on Tarpon which I've only experienced on BLUE label.

But if a GREEN DEMO does exist.. it's back to the drawing board.

John

Nolan Chance & Blue Tarpon Scan.

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i picked up one at the new untouchables gig in brum the other weekend cos it looked interesting....its red !....a small hole in the middle ,uk style.with grip...has 4 trax mel britt"shell come running back"c.cooper"heartaches away"frankie carr"you should of held on" and don parker "im packin up"....its a promo-not for sale....the numbers WAR/EP/483 and also has53 scratched in the run out groove....produced by WARREN RECORDINGS,LONDON NW4 4LP from tapes supplied,and also says all trax written and produced by "spud and ashley" in the magic studio....oh and its O.O.T.P with no pics....any info ?

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