Hi,

I have just recieved Eddie Parker - I'm Gone AW-502-A / Crying Clown AW-502-B on Awake Records.

I need to find out whether this is original or a boot from the 70's?

The deadwax has AW502-A also a small half circle stamp with an I' in it, but it's not that visible. Also a triangle103795 on the I'm gone side. On the B side it has AW502-B the same half circle stamp and then the triangle163795-X on the deadwax.

Can anybody please help a young collector out? It could be the difference between £30 or £5000...

Thanks for all your help in advance.

Paul Bailey

Black Bee Soul Club

It's the boot.

The number after the triangle tells you it's a 1977 pressing. Well it tells ME that :-)

How do those numbers work Pete? Thanks mate

It's the boot.

The number after the triangle tells you it's a 1977 pressing. Well it tells ME that :-)

agree with pete, the givaway triangle followed by 103.... denotes 70s bootleg, another giveaway

might be what you paid for it???

anyway boot or not a fabulous record!!!!!!!

How do those numbers work Pete? Thanks mate

Halfway down the page mate, credit to Dave "David" Flynn

https://www.anorakscorner.com/PressingPlantInfo.html

Ahh!!!! so it should say ARP in the dead wax.

Thanks for all your help guys. Much appreciated.

Shame it's not the original. But hey ho, wouldn't sell it anyway.

Only paid a few quid for it, but just wanted to check, I realise it's worth about £50.00ish anyway.

Cheers

KTF

Thanks for all your help guys. Much appreciated.

Shame it's not the original. But hey ho, wouldn't sell it anyway.

Only paid a few quid for it, but just wanted to check, I realise it's worth about £50.00ish anyway.

Cheers

KTF

Well it's worth £50 to Ebay nutcases who have money to burn - it's just a two bob bootleg at the end of the day, £20 - £25 absolute maximum value...by the way, label design is totally different on the original anyway so thats an easy way of telling.

Also the opening intro is chopped off by about a second.

Strangely, the exact same mastering error appeared on the Hesitations "Soul Superman" CD from the nineties containing "That's What Love Is". Both vocal and instrumental versions were "chopped" identically to this Eddie Parker boot (whereas the orig vinyl LP was fine).

Cheers

Mick

Also the opening intro is chopped off by about a second.

Strangely, the exact same mastering error appeared on the Hesitations "Soul Superman" CD from the nineties containing "That's What Love Is". Both vocal and instrumental versions were "chopped" identically to this Eddie Parker boot (whereas the orig vinyl LP was fine).

Cheers

Mick

Fascinating stuff Mick - will have to give it a listen - very strange

Cheers

Richard

According to J Manships "boot book" (always worth having) the original is on vinyl with molded label

The boot on styrene with stick on label

The boot delta is #103795

Original label copy 

70s bootleg copy 

Missing "Best In Soul Sounds"  

On 08/06/2012 at 13:50, Guest allnightandy said:

According to J Manships "boot book" (always worth having) the original is on vinyl with molded label

The boot on styrene with stick on label

The boot delta is #103795

 

4 minutes ago, lincsmod1970 said:

Original label copy 

 

1 minute ago, lincsmod1970 said:

70s bootleg copy 

Missing "Best In Soul Sounds"  

... Now we just have to hope that allnightandy will also say thank you in honor ^^^^