The relentless pursuit turns up another remarkable find.

 THIS WAS THE ONE - Roy Hamilton - Reach out for me - RCA Philippines 7" issue - I subsequently found reference to a 7" demo also out of the Philippines on RCA - obviously thought of as an album only track on RCA - My brother and I playing it off the album 30+ yrs ago.

Maybe not a big deal to most but to a serious collector / dj an absolute remarkable find and also a chin strokers moment.

Will be playing it next time out !!!

This was discussed just recently...

 

Didn't see these earlier posts - Philippines  RCA Orange labels started late 60's it appears - certainly Monkees in 69 but maybe earlier.

Just so pleased to get a copy - more so than getting a 1/2 price Amy Lou Ragland issue and 1/2 price Quicksand demo this week.

They're still out there !!! you know.

Ive not played them side by side but is the backing track EXACTLY the same as the lou johnson version on bigtop? I do prefer roys vocal but lou’s is a very close second and obviously easy to get on a 45!

so which copy did you get? The orange or white on phillapines?

Orange issue - never really compared side by side but just loved Roy's version from the 1st time I heard it. Obviously recorded by quite a few artist's and it's a known fact that on a US chat show Dionne Warwicke was asked who her favourite male singer was and she replied to a bewildered unknowing hoste  'Lou Johnson'.

Weird and wonderful 7" releases from all over the world have always been my brother Chris's and my target. 

I played a 7" Argentinian 1967 release of The Vel-vets - 'I got to find me somebody' last time out at Thringstone during this Novembers gig. Like most Argie releases at 33rpm.

I used to play it on 20th Century back in '72 when Simon Soussan sent me a copy un-ordered as a replacement for Maxine Brown '1 in a million' which was out of stock. Nobody would dance to it so swapped it down at Selectadisc for the Professionals + £12 to me - one of the great deals of all time. regards

Steve