Curtis - How Can I Tell Her - Charm City - 1979

[The Tempest]

Am guessing the 12 " , cause I've never seen one !!

[Guest]

Am guessing the 12 " , cause I've never seen one !!

I would say the 12" but dont fit in me box so gotta 7"

[Soul Shrews]

I'm guessing you're spot on

Cheers Paul

[paup-ine]

has it got the boing boing boing?

P

[Guest]

has it got the boing boing boing?

P

Be no good without it

[Simsy]

How much is the 7"?

[Guest]

How much is the 7"?

With or without the boing ?

[Cunnie]

Will swap my 7" with the boing boing for one without it.

[Guest]

Will swap my 7" with the boing boing for one without it.

If i had one i would sell and buy 1 with boings and another of the same value i would say £60 with boings Simhead mate.

[Keithw]

ive the 7" for sale 70-00

[Steve G]

ive the 7" for sale 70-00

Yes but does it have 'boings' Keith?

After Soul Bowl who had them first I got the first copies from Curtis back when (1981?), he sent me 2 x 45 with boings and 2 x 12". No copies without boings. he also sent a load of other Charm City stuff to (pretty much all of the rest - pics of She Devil etc.) and some blurb on his radio show he did. We featured him on the cover of Blackbeat (this was before he did "The Hardest Part" by the way). I always thought the 12s were the hardest simply because you don't see so many.

[Dave Pinch]

would ave thought the 12 would be £100 by todays standards.7 in turns up pretty regular although the seller never states boing or no boing. never thougt to compare them meself.is it rarer without the boings

dave

Edited April 23, 2010 by dave pinch

[Keithw]

not sure about bongs ,so heres a bit of it

bongs ? ----- or -----

70-00 anyone

MP3 removed as per terms of use.

[Guest Adrian]

not sure about bongs ,so heres a bit of it

bongs ? ----- or -----

70-00 anyone

Boings Keith

Although the non boing version is rarer and more sought after, I prefer the boings, infact pretty sure i got mine from you thinking about it.

[Guest]

not sure about bongs ,so heres a bit of it

bongs ? ----- or -----

70-00 anyone

Whats with the mp3 ? its in refo-soul.

CURTIS - HOW CAN I TELL HER -

[Cunnie]

Right then let's clear this up.

The original 7" version with the bongs is issue no 1879 as in the pic in the first post & is going for around £50 to £70 give or take a quid or so.

Listen below

CURTIS - HOW CAN I TELL HER -

The second release without the boings is issue no 1932 & is totally worthless so please post it to me to save the embarassment of getting caught with a copy.

Listen below again.

CURTIS - HOW CAN I TELL HER -

The 12" version in the pic in the first post is also very in demand with the Boogie collectors & is currently changing hands for around £150 a copy.

Will that do?

[Dave Pinch]

Right then let's clear this up.

The original 7" version without the bongs is issue no 1879 as in the pic in the first post & is going for around £50 to £70 give or take a quid or so.

Listen below

CURTIS - HOW CAN I TELL HER -

The second release without the boings is issue no 1932 & is totally worthless so please post it to me to save the embarassment of getting caught with a copy.

Listen below again.

CURTIS - HOW CAN I TELL HER -

The 12" version in the pic in the first post is also very in demand with the Boogie collectors & is currently changing hands for around £150 a copy.

Will that do?

you put `without`on both 7in`s mart

dave

[Cunnie]

you put `without`on both 7in`s mart

dave

Oh balls, that'll teach me to try & be clever

Just off to do a nifty edit

Cheers Dave

[Shsdave]

Hmm Had never heard this without boings & on 1st hearing thought that I preferred it but listening again to the familiarity of the boings had me boinging around the kitchen at 1.30am ...............BUT after 2.30 mins it's just so bloody boring .......................who wants to buy mine ?

Steve G, Remember you getting the pile through didn't you review them all in Blackbeat ? I had one of the Curtis 7" off of you, pretty sure it was still a top sound at the time.........to think I paid the same price as my Ray Pollard on Shrine

Edited April 26, 2010 by SHSDave

[Steve G]

Hmm Had never heard this without boings & on 1st hearing thought that I preferred it but listening again to the familiarity of the boings had me boinging around the kitchen at 1.30am ...............BUT after 2.30 mins it's just so bloody boring .......................who wants to buy mine ?

Steve G, Remember you getting the pile through didn't you review them all in Blackbeat ? I had one of the Curtis 7" off of you, pretty sure it was still a top sound at the time.........to think I paid the same price as my Ray Pollard on Shrine

Yes that's right Dave Issue 14 Old Blackbeat - Curtis was on the cover. Also got 25 Larry Houstons soon after which I sold for £2.50 when it was going for a tenner

Steve

[Shsdave]

Yes that's right Dave Issue 14 Old Blackbeat - Curtis was on the cover. Also got 25 Larry Houstons soon after which I sold for £2.50 when it was going for a tenner

Steve

Yes I had one of those off of you as well mate

[grouse]

A good friend of mine and fellow collector Ivan Ward, sent me this story.

I have his permission to post it as he doesn't live at the address anymore.

We had heard Curtis played at some venue as a brand new US release. (Possibly Clifton Hall)

I saw the address for Charm City in a fanzine, so I wrote to the USA to inquire about the record.

This was in the days when most people did not deal direct to the States for records, and mainly bought from UK dealers.

After several weeks I received a complimentary copy of Curtis, but as they did not use any packing in the envelope and the record was unfortunately cracked!

But I did receive with it this great letter from Charm City records!

Ivan.

[Cunnie]

A good friend of mine and fellow collector Ivan Ward, sent me this story.

I have his permission to post it as he doesn't live at the address anymore.

We had heard Curtis played at some venue as a brand new US release. (Possibly Clifton Hall)

I saw the address for Charm City in a fanzine, so I wrote to the USA to inquire about the record.

This was in the days when most people did not deal direct to the States for records, and mainly bought from UK dealers.

After several weeks I received a complimentary copy of Curtis, but as they did not use any packing in the envelope and the record was unfortunately cracked!

But I did receive with it this great letter from Charm City records!

Ivan.

Great story Ivan. Thanks for taking the time to post it up along with the letter

Still waiting for a 1932 'bongless' copy if anyone has one they would like to part with for a nominal fee.

Might even be willing to share the P&P fee's

[Ric-tic]

A good friend of mine and fellow collector Ivan Ward, sent me this story.

I have his permission to post it as he doesn't live at the address anymore.

We had heard Curtis played at some venue as a brand new US release. (Possibly Clifton Hall)

I saw the address for Charm City in a fanzine, so I wrote to the USA to inquire about the record.

This was in the days when most people did not deal direct to the States for records, and mainly bought from UK dealers.

After several weeks I received a complimentary copy of Curtis, but as they did not use any packing in the envelope and the record was unfortunately cracked!

But I did receive with it this great letter from Charm City records!

Ivan.

i wrote also for a 12" which they sold me for $6 it cost them $4.44 to post it, bargain and i got a letter too!

Edited April 29, 2010 by ric-tic

[Russ Vickers]

I have been after a 'Boingless' copy for years, I appreciate that there now is a waiting list, but if anyone has one after all others are sorted I have money waiting, I much prefer the mix & everything on this issue..........

Thanks

Russ