Hi All, Can someone clarify this question as up until 1 hour ago I had never noticed this issue, Early ATLANTICS used to be on the London Label & the London Label acknowledged that on the label hence LONDON-ATLANTIC. In 64 Atlantic as a label in it,s own right started with #4001 the Drifters "Under the Boardwalk" - #402 Bobby Darin - #4003 the SKA Kings "Oil in my lamp" c/w "Jamaica SKA" - #4004 Solomon Burke "Every Body". My question is about the DEMOS of these records< as #4004 is a Yellow DECCA type ATLANTIC DEMO, but #4003 is a LONDON-AMERICAN DECCCA type DEMO? as I do not have #4001/2 could any one explain (a) are they on LONDON-ATLANTIC or ATLANTIC, ( Why such a big company like DECCA who issued many hundreds of DEMOS did not get a new label together at the launch?

and © Why or how come there are so many anomalies on both labels ie: Lou Johnson DEMO London/Monument, Ben E King Atlantic #4065 Test Pressing???

DAVE KILQ: WHAT IS THE THIRD LETTER OF THE ALPHABET? Is (a) B,(b)C,or © A

Edited January 25, 201015 yr by dthedrug

Hi All, Can someone clarify this question as up until 1 hour ago I had never noticed this issue, Early ATLANTICS used to be on the London Label & the London Label acknowledged that on the label hence LONDON-ATLANTIC. In 64 Atlantic as a label in it,s own right started with #4001 the Drifters "Under the Boardwalk" - #402 Bobby Darin - #4003 the SKA Kings "Oil in my lamp" c/w "Jamaica SKA" - #4004 Solomon Burke "Every Body". My question is about the DEMOS of these records< as #4004 is a Yellow DECCA type ATLANTIC DEMO, but #4003 is a LONDON-AMERICAN DECCCA type DEMO? as I do not have #4001/2 could any one explain (a) are they on LONDON-ATLANTIC or ATLANTIC, ( Why such a big company like DECCA who issued many hundreds of DEMOS did not get a new label together at the launch?

and © Why or how come there are so many anomalies on both labels ie: Lou Johnson DEMO London/Monument, Ben E King Atlantic #4065 Test Pressing???

DAVE KILQ: WHAT IS THE THIRD LETTER OF THE ALPHABET? Is (a) B,(b)C,or © A

AT 4001 and 4002 are both 'London Atlantic' on yellow demos, Dave. I have both somewhere in the mess upstairs....

Don't have 4003 on a demo, I wouldn't mind having it though!

The stock copies of AT 4001-4003 all came out on the same day. I'd guess that the demos were all sevriced on the same day, too - a couple of weeks upfront of the stock copies - and that they just didn't have yellow labels ready in time for the demos to be pressed.

I've never seen either the Lou Johnson London/Monument or the BEK TP, but there are other examples of London demos being different to the releases. I used to have the Drifters' "I Count The Tears" on a demo with "Suddenly There's A Valley" on the other side. The stock copy has "Tears" coupled with "Sadie My Lady"....

Don't have 4003 on a demo, I wouldn't mind having it though!

At a guess you'd probably like this one as well...but alas I've never seen another copy...pretty ain't she

At a guess you'd probably like this one as well...but alas I've never seen another copy...pretty ain't she

BELIEVE IT OR NOT NO i PROBELY HAVE 10 FORION SINGLE AND THEY AFRICAN RECORDS BY FELA KUTI VERY NICE THOUGH I remember finding the LP in Davids Book shop in Letchworth in 72 and when I put it on I remember thinking it was crap,in fact it,s got to be only in the past 5 years that I have listen to SKA Nosey Rubbish with some exception Jamaican Women doing Duets with the Alpha man, but Rock steady and it metamorphosis into Reggae Dance tunes I was in the Hole Club smoking Bush and this Jamaican said why little white boy come here you don't no what reggae means which was true as know one told me that the music I was hearing was at the same time Jamaicans were hearing it but at 16 you are not taking in that knowledge you are living a whole cultural change Al Capone that's the stuff, they used to play the Gaylads "Lady in the red Dress" at the Wheel; DAVE KIL