Ronnie McNeir on Ebay

[Bo Diddley]

I watched the go through ebay this weekend. Very odd!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Northern-Soul-DE-TO-45-record-Ronnie-Mcnier-SITTING-IN-MY-CLASS-DS-2284-MINT-/275262512349?nma=true&si=M%2FbdssumtEbyEtY0jxGRvUdYHiU%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Seller claimed it had been "found in an attic in Detroit in original sleeve".

Is this a well known about boot/reissue? It looks nice and new

Ronnie's surname is spelt wrongly on the label. The B side is listed as Emanuel Taylor - Jealous Heart. I assume this should be June Taylor, Emanuel wrote the song. I'm not sure why these 2 records would be put together.

Has someone dropped a B*****k Or have they got a $332.79 bargain obscure issue?

I'm surprised no-one else has mentioned it as there were about 50 "watchers"

 

[Nick Soule]

Both sides are instrumentals. I've been told by other Detroit collectors that Doc Kyle pressed them at the request of Martin Koppel, but he accidentally used the instrumentals instead of the vocals and because of that Martin never bought them. The only other copy I've seen in person was cracked in half (there's another one on Popsike that suffered the same damage though), but I guess the winner of the auction was told by the seller that it came from Doc Kyle's estate, so it's possible that the rest of the unsold copies could surface in the near future. 

[Bo Diddley]

Thanks for the reply Nick.

It will be interesting to see if others are "drip-fed" on ebay or various bidders get a "second chance" offer.

With the info that Nick supplied, I wonder how many people would be interested in getting a copy. 

[Alan T]

A Dee Edwards Deto test press was listed a few days ago on Discogs, the seller states there has been a recent estate sale at Doc Kyles estate. It probably came from there.

https://www.discogs.com/sell/item/1928543564?ev=bp_det

 

Estatesales.net

https://www.estatesales.net/MI/Detroit/48203/3233892

 

[Julianb]

Ronnie back on ebay as BIN.

Maybe it never got paid for or sent back?

[Bo Diddley]

 

Good Spot JB.

As an additional bit of background information....

I telephoned Tim Brown (MK's business partner) to ask if he knew about this. Tim was kind enough to spare the time to add a little to the story. 

Tim wasn't aware of this particular pressing. He said it may have been something Martin K had ordered prior to them being business partners. However, he did mention another pressing that had been done for Martin. 

The pressing of the vocal was done. But the son of Doc K added Bongo's to the track. Apparently to "bring it up-to-date"! As the NS community want everything as authentic as possible, I gather the pressing wasn't greeted well.

Here's the "Bongo Version" from Youtube. Make up your own mind....

 

 

Edited May 4, 2022 by Bo Diddley

[Bo Diddley]

51 minutes ago, Julianb said:

Ronnie back on ebay as BIN.

Maybe it never got paid for or sent back?

I've just checked the Feedback of the seller. The buyer apparently left very positive comments and feedback..

"Superb product and great quality service"

[Julianb]

15 minutes ago, Bo Diddley said:

I've just checked the Feedback of the seller. The buyer apparently left very positive comments and feedback..

"Superb product and great quality service"

Seller must have 'found' more than one copy!

[Haighy]

There’s one on eBay at the mo. Same story about a Detroit attic find