as collector who liked to pick up rare uk releases there were a couple i never saw - but only heard of - can anybody enlighten me as to whether they were just folklaw

the tracks were

the volumes - just can't help myself (i think is the right title) - uk Pama - released on american arts

sue lynne - don't pity me - irish emerald - was normally seen on the horrible orange uk RCA

also on the US front

Ascots - miss heartbreaker - mir-a-don - i'm sure i was told by somebody reputable that is was released on mir-a-don as well as (yellow label -can't remember - it was over 20 years back since i last brought a record)

finally uk rarities - forget the EMI demos - seen most of them over the years - anybody seen a polydor demo of edwin starr - i have faith in you --- or a plexium demo of soul joe clements - ever ever

as collector who liked to pick up rare uk releases there were a couple i never saw - but only heard of - can anybody enlighten me as to whether they were just folklaw

the tracks were

the volumes - just can't help myself (i think is the right title) - uk Pama - released on american arts

sue lynne - don't pity me - irish emerald - was normally seen on the horrible orange uk RCA

also on the US front

Ascots - miss heartbreaker - mir-a-don - i'm sure i was told by somebody reputable that is was released on mir-a-don as well as (yellow label -can't remember - it was over 20 years back since i last brought a record)

finally uk rarities - forget the EMI demos - seen most of them over the years - anybody seen a polydor demo of edwin starr - i have faith in you --- or a plexium demo of soul joe clements - ever ever

Being useless on UK and European releases I can't help you....

but..Ascots - Miss Heartbreaker on Mir-A-Don....absolutely, though I've not seen yellow, only purple.

The volumes Pama 45- is a myth - no one i know has ever seen it, that includes uk collectors

Edwin Starr polydor demo - seen one or two around

soul joe clem'- never seen a demo myself ?

as collector who liked to pick up rare uk releases there were a couple i never saw - but only heard of - can anybody enlighten me as to whether they were just folklaw

the tracks were

the volumes - just can't help myself (i think is the right title) - uk Pama - released on american arts

sue lynne - don't pity me - irish emerald - was normally seen on the horrible orange uk RCA

also on the US front

Ascots - miss heartbreaker - mir-a-don - i'm sure i was told by somebody reputable that is was released on mir-a-don as well as (yellow label -can't remember - it was over 20 years back since i last brought a record)

finally uk rarities - forget the EMI demos - seen most of them over the years - anybody seen a polydor demo of edwin starr - i have faith in you --- or a plexium demo of soul joe clements - ever ever

Edited January 15, 201015 yr by Naughty Boy

I have an Edwin Starr Polydor W/D but sadly no middle. I've seen a few of them though.

The only Volumes I've ever seen on Pama was I Love You.

Cheers

Kev

The only Volumes I've ever seen on Pama was I Love You.

wasnt this released on UK Fontana

The only Volumes I've ever seen on Pama was I Love You.

wasnt this released on UK Fontana

Sure I've seen it on Pama along with

Clifford Curry

Betty LaVette

The only Volumes I've ever seen on Pama was I Love You.

wasnt this released on UK Fontana

volumes on uk fontana. dont think it came out on pama. never seen sue lynne on irish emerald. i have the bbc`s library copy on uk orange rca victor from 1969.think the yellow label refered to was M.B.S which most copies are on although its a toughie on miradon ( pink/purple )

edwin starr white demo has sold for £500+ but half a dozen have surfaced since jm auctioned a copy a couple of years ago.never seen a plexium demo. seen a few issues of soul joe tho as cheap as £60 recently

dave

Edited January 15, 201015 yr by dave pinch

Being useless on UK and European releases I can't help you....

but..Ascots - Miss Heartbreaker on Mir-A-Don....absolutely, though I've not seen yellow, only purple.

remembered the yellow label now - more common - MBS!

Here's the Edwin Starr. A bit battered but that's how I found it. Plays fine though.

Found in a bookshop in Brighton many years ago for £6.

Kev

Here's the Edwin Starr. A bit battered but that's how I found it. Plays fine though.

Found in a bookshop in Brighton many years ago for £6.

Kev

thanks - collecting for 15 years and never saw one - generally found the fontana, philips, mercury and polydor semos harder to find than most - even if not so in demand

thanks - collecting for 15 years and never saw one - generally found the fontana, philips, mercury and polydor semos harder to find than most - even if not so in demand

I was told by our kid, Dave Moore who used to be an avid British collector that the polydor demo's were the toughest as they only did a 500 run on them. I recall him saying the hardest british one to track down was Tony Middleton.

Kev

Here's the Edwin Starr. A bit battered but that's how I found it. Plays fine though.

Found in a bookshop in Brighton many years ago for £6.

Kev

thanks for posting the edwin demo never seen one before im so binking jealous now,

has 45cellar on here seen it yet if not im sure he will be the same as me,!!!

as collector who liked to pick up rare uk releases there were a couple i never saw - but only heard of - can anybody enlighten me as to whether they were just folklaw

the tracks were

the volumes - just can't help myself (i think is the right title) - uk Pama - released on american arts

sue lynne - don't pity me - irish emerald - was normally seen on the horrible orange uk RCA

also on the US front

Ascots - miss heartbreaker - mir-a-don - i'm sure i was told by somebody reputable that is was released on mir-a-don as well as (yellow label -can't remember - it was over 20 years back since i last brought a record)

finally uk rarities - forget the EMI demos - seen most of them over the years - anybody seen a polydor demo of edwin starr - i have faith in you --- or a plexium demo of soul joe clements - ever ever

There was a picture of the Volumes on Pama in Soul Cargo (many years ago ) but I think it had been "doctored" & doesn't exist

There was a picture of the Volumes on Pama in Soul Cargo (many years ago ) but I think it had been "doctored" & doesn't exist

Dave

I still say I'm sure I've seen it. I remember pulling out of a box down the 100club around 1986/7. Didn't think much about it at the time because it was doo wop.

Wasn't it on the Pama album as well?

Kev

thanks for posting the edwin demo never seen one before im so binking jealous now,

has 45cellar on here seen it yet if not im sure he will be the same as me,!!!

Yes Mate, I've Seen It.

In Over 40 Years I've Only Ever Held 1 Polydor White DEMO.

That Was Approx 1970 When I Found & Left A Title (Non-Soul) In A Second Hand Shop.

Only Just Started Collecting & Remember Thinking Afterwards Should Have Bought That, Stunning Label.

A Point In Time That Makes Me Realise Just How Special These DEMO Are.

Would Love To Own A Copy, Yes Indeed.

Yes Mate, I've Seen It.

In Over 40 Years I've Only Ever Held 1 Polydor White DEMO.

That Was Approx 1970 When I Found & Left A Title (Non-Soul) In A Second Hand Shop.

Only Just Started Collecting & Remember Thinking Afterwards Should Have Bought That, Stunning Label.

A Point In Time That Makes Me Realise Just How Special These DEMO Are.

Would Love To Own A Copy, Yes Indeed.

Yes Mate, I've Seen It.

In Over 40 Years I've Only Ever Held 1 Polydor White DEMO.

That Was Approx 1970 When I Found & Left A Title (Non-Soul) In A Second Hand Shop.

Only Just Started Collecting & Remember Thinking Afterwards Should Have Bought That, Stunning Label.

A Point In Time That Makes Me Realise Just How Special These DEMO Are.

Would Love To Own A Copy, Yes Indeed.

roger,yes im the same as you i also spotted a non soul uk 45 polydor demo in a junk shop around 1972 in cambridge but did not give it a second thought a quality looking demo imo,!!!,im still jealous,

naff demo but heres a clean polydor demo,

a nice tony middleton uk polydor demo from popsike,

and edwin uk demo,

volumes here,

re ascots, came out 3 times,,, m.b.s the yellow label and twice on mir-a-don, first release with no artist credit ( the rarer release ) second with artist credit

volumes here,

I stand corrected. (Another one I must have dreamt).

Kev

and edwin uk demo,

being a bit of a trainspotter any one else notice the release numbers of two class polydor uk demos/issues edwin and t middleton,bm 56702 and bm 56704,what was in between these two,sorry ill get me hat etc,

Edited January 15, 201015 yr by de-to

I stand corrected. (Another one I must have dreamt).

Kev

as for sue lynn , back in 1980 me and a mate used to go junk shoppin in stockport town centre every saturday,among the shops we always went in the co-op,they had a wire basket with deleted 45's@ 10p each, on this occasion another mate tagged along ,the following week he got to the co-op before us and found 3 or 4 sue lynns cheeky bugger !! . anyway im sure they were irish rca releases

also my mate russ saw a pye demo of, first choice......this is the house where love died , any one else seen one?

as for sue lynn , back in 1980 me and a mate used to go junk shoppin in stockport town centre every saturday,among the shops we always went in the co-op,they had a wire basket with deleted 45's@ 10p each, on this occasion another mate tagged along ,the following week he got to the co-op before us and found 3 or 4 sue lynns cheeky bugger !! . anyway im sure they were irish rca releases

thanks for all the info - steve mochan on the reading at the moment are you from wales orignally

a nice tony middleton uk polydor demo from popsike,

now when i was collecting all those years ago that was a uk release i really wanted - got a paris blues on mala, but "to the ends" was big at the time and i felt over priced on us mgm - funny enough at the time i probably would have got the uk demo for much the same price as a us copy then as nobody wanted uk - even though it's tons rarer - but what a voice that man had

thanks for all the info - steve mochan on the reading at the moment are you from wales orignally

Yes mate PMd you

being a bit of a trainspotter any one else notice the release numbers of two class polydor uk demos/issues edwin and t middleton,bm 56702 and bm 56704,what was in between these two,sorry ill get me hat etc,

I know this may already have been covered in another post,

but not sure why some have BM before the Number.

My copy obviously doesn't.

Edited January 15, 201015 yr by 45cellar