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I suppose there has to be expensive uk items as well as the usa stuff,and it may as well be the timi yuro,I mean it is a cracking tune all said and done,and its not like you can walk in wh smiths and get one.

 

and others come very close aswell...ie...tony middleton polydor...lenny gamble...casino classics. haha

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I suppose there has to be expensive uk items as well as the usa stuff,and it may as well be the timi yuro,I mean it is a cracking tune all said and done,and its not like you can walk in wh smiths and get one.

and others come very close aswell...ie...tony middleton polydor...lenny gamble...casino classics. haha

id like to crack one lol
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Actually I'm in possession of the rarest UK 45 of all-time. Only 5 were test-pressed, 3 were immediately returned to the pressing plant as the release had been cancelled by then due to legal issues, with the other remaining copy being also being retained in a private collection (but not a Northern Soul one).

 

Unfortunately I can't reveal the title since it would cause a legal avalanche as it should never have been pressed in the first place. But it's absolutely the rarest UK pressing of all-time and one I'm keeping anyway. It's the rarest record I've ever owned in 45+ years of collecting and also a monumental record anyway, so I'm happy to be the custodian.

 

Ian D :D

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Actually I'm in possession of the rarest UK 45 of all-time. Only 5 were test-pressed, 3 were immediately returned to the pressing plant as the release had been cancelled by then due to legal issues, with the other remaining copy being also being retained in a private collection (but not a Northern Soul one).

 

Unfortunately I can't reveal the title since it would cause a legal avalanche as it should never have been pressed in the first place. But it's absolutely the rarest UK pressing of all-time and one I'm keeping anyway. It's the rarest record I've ever owned in 45+ years of collecting and also a monumental record anyway, so I'm happy to be the custodian.

 

Ian D :D

 

Are we allowed to play 20 questions Ian.? :wicked:

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Yeah I'd say so, the Ben E King seems to be a fluke pressing mix up, at least the BH got into the shops - well one shop anyway

 

Ben E King ICBTNTM? Wasn't that a white label test pressing? I know the person who owned it and that's what it sounded like by how he described it. I know he swapped it for a certain UK tamla demo he needed to  complete his collection.

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Ben E King ICBTNTM? Wasn't that a white label test pressing? I know the person who owned it and that's what it sounded like by how he described it. I know he swapped it for a certain UK tamla demo he needed to  complete his collection.

 

No, you know the yellow Atlantic demos?  It's like one of those but with blank yellow demo labels and the title was handwritten on, they must have done a few of these test pressings then changed their mind and replaced it with another track (all tracks were on an EP I think) so there is an actual demo for that issue number, but the ICBTN is just on those two or three test presses.

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No, you know the yellow Atlantic demos?  It's like one of those but with blank yellow demo labels and the title was handwritten on, they must have done a few of these test pressings then changed their mind and replaced it with another track (all tracks were on an EP I think) so there is an actual demo for that issue number, but the ICBTN is just on those two or three test presses.

 

Ah right. I think I got the white label bit mixed up with something else. I know the person who he swapped it with claimed there was at least one other copy so that ties in with what you say about there being a few in existence.

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Genuine question. How rare is the withdrawn Otis Redding, You Left The Water Running. Knew all about his widow withdrawing it but there's a couple of other versions I prefer so never thought about it much.

 

The US bootleg 45?  Not rare at all, one on ebay from the same seller every week for years.  Unless you mean a proper withdrawn 45, in which case, sorry, didn't know there was a real one.

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The US bootleg 45?  Not rare at all, one on ebay from the same seller every week for years.  Unless you mean a proper withdrawn 45, in which case, sorry, didn't know there was a real one.

 

Sorry mate checked me facts again it was just the Stone one that was withdrawn, for some reason I'd got it in my head there was a British Atlantic one.

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Hi Gilly i think that copy is/was in Tony Ellis´s collection or is that who you got it of?

 

Steve

 

 

LOL, I saw that copy in the 70's. It's obviously bounced around a bit....

Ian D :)

It came from one of the London boys but cant remember who,just noticed the guy that bought it from me my dear friend Mick Holdsworth

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The Marlena Shaw - Wade In the Water - on UK Chess is quite rare. It was pressed up using Ramsey Lewis labels in the early 70's. I only know of two, and one of those is rough, but there may be others.

 

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Mick

 

Quite rare? I've never seen one and didn't even know it existed......

 

Ian D :D

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Hi Pete , I had the  UK Ben E King in the 90's  It was yellow on the A side with just a blank white label  on the I can't break the news side not yellow both sides

 

That's a weird one then, wonder why would they put a white label on?  Mick's was definitely yellow both sides though.

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Actually I'm in possession of the rarest UK 45 of all-time. Only 5 were test-pressed, 3 were immediately returned to the pressing plant as the release had been cancelled by then due to legal issues, with the other remaining copy being also being retained in a private collection (but not a Northern Soul one).

Unfortunately I can't reveal the title since it would cause a legal avalanche as it should never have been pressed in the first place. But it's absolutely the rarest UK pressing of all-time and one I'm keeping anyway. It's the rarest record I've ever owned in 45+ years of collecting and also a monumental record anyway, so I'm happy to be the custodian.

Ian D :D

But was it a 60s press close to the original recording date? It sounds like they didn't have the rights in the end so is technically a boot LOL
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It came from one of the London boys but cant remember who,just noticed the guy that bought it from me my dear friend Mick Holdsworth

This London boy. I said I could get any UK record and Tony Ellis bet me a fiver I couldn't get QOF. I got it but sold him it for not much so he really won the bet. I thought I was going to be retired by the time I was 25 but the guy got cold feet.
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That's a weird one then, wonder why would they put a white label on?  Mick's was definitely yellow both sides though.

Ben E King -Yellow press - lables both sides hand written credit issue number only

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