i kinda did ok on the top 3 holy grails of uk collecting, so was wonderin whats the holy grail of uk tamla motown /stateside/acetate

As I put in the other thread Big Dee Irwin.

i kinda did ok on the top 3 holy grails of uk collecting, so was wonderin whats the holy grail of uk tamla motown /stateside/acetate

Do you mean TMG, Stateside AND acetates or TMG/Stateside acetates?

Either way, I don't know, sorry

Edited May 20, 200916 yr by Dante

VALADIERS ON ORIOLE HAS TO BE UP THERE

Loves Gone Bad by the underdogs !

Do you mean TMG, Stateside AND acetates or TMG/Stateside acetates?

Either way, I don't know, sorry

tmg, stateside and acetates

Loves Gone Bad by the underdogs !

On UK?!!!!??

On UK?!!!!??

it does say on the title of the thread uk

it does say on the title of the thread uk

Sure, but what issue of the Underdogs is there on UK? Acetate? demo? issue? none?

Sure, but what issue of the Underdogs is there on UK? Acetate? demo? issue? none?

i dont know , havent mentioned the underdogs

uk,tmg-525,marv johnson,red/white demo,ive only ever seen issues.

uk,tmg-885,willie hutch,

uk,tmg-786,r.dean taylor.

ive never seen the above two on uk tmg,

couple of tough ones on oriole,er most in the series are anyway!!!

oriole-1775,mike and the modifiers.

oriole-1809,the valadiers.

plus,

fontana-h387,eddie holland.

uk,tmg 720-blinky+edwin,another tough one to get on green/white demo only.

uk,statesde r+b chartmakers ep.s 1,2,3,4.hard to get in minty condition,

and lastly the one that eluded me for years and years,uk ep,tme-2015,kim weston,

got a minter about 15 years ago,

Here are a few to comment about..................

TMG 867.

Here are a few to comment about..................

TMG 867. Martin & Finley - It's another Sunday (DEMO only)

TMG 523. DEMO's as The Spinners and Detroit Spinners. D.S. has a week or so later date on it. This is also the rarer of the two imho.

SS 242. Both sides exist as a Red A demo. What's easy for two was repromoted as the A side a year or so later.

Any ORIOLE DEMO I would rate as pretty rare and also pretty desirable. I wonder if anyone has all nineteen ? I know also that the Dutch issues had a few really nice picture sleeves with the same CBA no. Some UK collectors put their UK CBA's in these or repros of them. They look really cool. You cannot get a picture sleeve for all nineteen though..... shame.

Fontana demo's exist as white stickered FACTORY SAMPLES I believe. Some mid-sixties Fontana demo's had a yellow SAMPLE stamp on them, I don't know if any of the Motown releases exist like this?

Marv Johnson - Come to me and Barrett Strong - Money on London. Each A & B side exists as a single sided orange demo. These are difficult to obtain if they get split up !

No one has ever seen a TMG 525 R/W as yet. I had a stickered Factory Sample with the date stamped on it. Best you can get ???

Also never seen a demo of TMG 755 It's a shame. I was told it was rush released and maybe Factory Sample's exist but no G/W demo.

I think there may be a TMG 8xx also that never appeared as a G/W demo? Didn't collect all no's in the 8xx series. Poss a very early 80x.

Onion Song G/W demo with black/white paper special promo sleeve. The sleeves get battered on these easily as only paper !

No reason why any R/W or G/W should be more difficult than the others (apart from Northern Collectors holding onto their fave dancer) BUT they are when you need them all. I ended up needing TMG519 Operator R/W demo, so I always rate this as rare {to me}

There are some fantastic one-off acetates out there that some peeps have. You all know some of them ie Have mercy on me (Suspicion) , Reconsider , Boy from crosstown etc. One of my faves I heard on Richard Searling's show once was a Four Tops entitled

JUST A LITTLE LOVE (before my life is through). Wow, how did this miss getting a release ?

Cheers................ Tom. Banbury.

regarding the dutch sleeves mentioned above, they are actually from Belgium :

UK Oriole 45s imported By Ronnex records with mega rare desirable picture sleeves added in Belgium.

my rarest UK motown related is :

Oriole 1808 : Eddie Holland - If it's love it's allright + official Belgian import picture sleeve .

i posted the listing here a while ago

https://www.soul-source.co.uk/Calling...rry#entry966823

Edited May 22, 200916 yr by thierry