Hi everyone

Just interested if anyone has any info or thoughts on Gordon Berry & the Motortown Orchestra please as related to Sport records.

You might need your anorak on for this one

The flip side of Tony Daniels - How Lonely (Sport #103) had the instrumental credited to Gordon Berry & the Motortown Orchestra.

This was reputedly the first release and the story goes that it was withdrawn because it was a fairly obvious reference to Berry Gordy and Motown - to which somebody (presumably Gordy) objected.

There is then another version of Sport #103 where the instrumental flip side is credited to Tony Daniels. This is generally regarded to be the second re-issued release.

All of the above may well be true. However, the next release on the label by The Abstract Reality - Love Burns Like A Fire Inside (Sport #104) also has an instrumental flip and it too is credited to Gordon Berry & the Motortown Orchestra

Just made we wonder whether the Tony Daniels credited Sport #103 disc actually came before the Gordon Berry credited version - and that the Gordon Berry credit was then used again purposely on The Abstract Reality 45.

Otherwise, why would The Abstract Reality disc be released with the Gordon Berry credit if the previous release had already been withdrawn, and/or why was it also not replaced with a non-Gordon Berry version?

Nothing on the labels or the deadwax that is different on Sport #103 other than the different name on the label on the instrumental side.

Cheers

Richard

Edited December 31, 201113 yr by Premium Stuff

Maybe they came out at the same time (103 and 104) ? Quite often labels released records more than one at a time.

You beat me to it Steve!

Happy New Year chaps, by the way!

Cheers guys - and Happy New Year!

Yes, release at the same time is a possibility - but still strange that The Abstract Reality 'Gordon Berry' credit wasn't also corrected at the same time.

Anyone ever seen an Abstract Reality with a different credit on the instrumental side?

Cheers

Richard

Cheers guys - and Happy New Year!

Yes, release at the same time is a possibility - but still strange that The Abstract Reality 'Gordon Berry' credit wasn't also corrected at the same time.

Anyone ever seen an Abstract Reality with a different credit on the instrumental side?

Cheers

Richard

The abstract reality is rare and didn't really sell. They could have repressed the tony daniels after they ran out and changed the label at that time.

The abstract reality is rare and didn't really sell. They could have repressed the tony daniels after they ran out and changed the label at that time.

Fair point Bob - thanks

So, based on the above info, my conclusion is that #103 Tony Daniels was pressed and issued originally with the Gordon Berry credit on the instrumental.

This release was issued simultaneously with or was followed quickly by The Abstract Reality on #104 which consequently also had the Gordon Berry credit.

Due to objections received, and in view of the need to supply more 45s 45 because it sold OK, Tony Daniels on #103 was re-pressed and also re-credited to remove the Gordon Berry credit.

No action was taken on The Abstract Reality 45, possibly because it didn't sell much so no need to re-press it. Or, the second problem with the Gordon Berry credit may have meant it was held back or withdrawn etc. - perhaps this being the cause of its relative rarity.

Thanks again guys!

Right, I'll get my anorak

Cheers

Richard

My copy of Abstract Reality has Gordon Berry erased with marker. It seems to have been done St the time of release.

Phil

My copy of Abstract Reality has Gordon Berry erased with marker. It seems to have been done St the time of release.

Phil

Ditto, my Tony Daniels likewise

Edited January 2, 201213 yr by wilxy

Thanks guys

When you say erased what do you mean please? Rubbed out somehow, or crossed out with pen, or stickered over?

Cheers

Richard

Thanks guys

When you say erased what do you mean please? Rubbed out somehow, or crossed out with pen, or stickered over?

Cheers

Richard

It almost looks as its tried to be erased prior to or after being black felt penned, whether it was before the vinyl had got into sales mode, or otherwise remains one of those anomolies only the individuals involved with, could unfold!

Scan guys?

So all this supports the theory that 103 and 104 came out at the same time. When the objection was raised, copies were either felt penned out and Tony Daniels was repressed due to sales? All seems to make sense. Steve

So all this supports the theory that 103 and 104 came out at the same time. When the objection was raised, copies were either felt penned out and Tony Daniels was repressed due to sales? All seems to make sense. Steve

Looks that way Steve

My copy of Tony Daniels # 103 with the Gordon Berry credit is clean as is my #103 Tony Daniels credit

Plus I have two copies of The Abstract Reality on #104. One copy is completely clean. The other has the Gordon Berry credit evidently 'erased'and then written back in with a black 'felt pen'.

Cheers

Richard