I've always wondered this:

Why do uk pressings of American artists usually go for more than an original us pressing?

For example: I can get a copy of homer banks "60 minutes" on Minit for 10 bucks all day, but a liberty uk press is like 70? What gives?

I've often wondered that. It applies to nearly all the classics. Alexander Patton, Rufus Lumley, Shane Martin, most of the UK Tamla Motown label releases of records that were also released in the US, and tons more. Even some UK second issues like Darrell Banks on 70's Stateside are more prized than US Revilot originals.

 

Maybe they are simply rarer in general, although that is probably a too general statement.

 

Maybe it originates from the original sixties UK based collectors, when US imports were very few and far between, and the first time these were heard by any Soul collector was as a new or newish UK release, and the prestige has just grown from there.

 

Just thoughts, not facts.

 

Cheers

Mick

That's kinda what I was wondering. Are we paying each other ridiculous money for "nostalgia"? I often wonder about the mixes being different.

Baffles me too... I LOVE American pressings, they're a bit more sexy and other worldly...and they are what you would have bought from a record shop in Detroit in '66.

UK issues are a bit dull and post-war austere looking IMHO - Decca and Pye and Fontana etc all look a bit dull to me (the vinyl is usually nice and sturdy tho).

I don't get excited about any other overseas pressings either.

If a US soul record is on anything other than a US label, then it's not an original to me. When I buy a single I'm buying a piece of 60s American culture.

This is probably heresy but I'd have no qualms in swapping a Darrell Banks Stateside demo for a Revilot demo - it's not about the money.

 

I hope I haven't upset a lot of people here but I can't lie to you..... and I like the big middles!

I've always wondered this:

Why do uk pressings of American artists usually go for more than an original us pressing?

For example: I can get a copy of homer banks "60 minutes" on Minit for 10 bucks all day, but a liberty uk press is like 70? What gives?

 

UK black LIberty is £25 tops :-)

but I know what you mean.

Most American records issued in the UK were minor hits (or big hits) in the USA.  But when issued here, they didn't get airplay and just flopped, consequently hundreds and in some cases thousands more USA copies were sold then UK.

Spiral Starecase went top 10 in the USA but sold about 8 copies in the UK on CBS.

8 Pete..thort it was nearer 12

Don't know how anyone can say the imports are more desireable as mick smith says,you cant beat watchin those 2 red A,s spinning on the decks in front of you.Just a personal opinion and nothing to do with price or rareity,but british everytime were possible.

The scene was built on UK releases from the mid 60's or the mod scene from the early 60's.

A serious collector wouldn't have it on import if it was released in the UK.They were looked down on.

When imports started to arrive in larger numbers in 69/70 they were about the same price as Uk releases(If there was one)

They became cheaper in the early 70's as the supply increased.

As pointed out there's nothing like a UK demo.