Barbara McNair Canadian motown

[Put herald]

Is Barbara McNair your gonna love my baby rare in the Canadian Motown label?

cant seem to find one except a seller on discogs wanting £350

[Tlscapital]

That Canadian Tamla Motown is pretty uncommon IME. So yes rare. Seen a few over the decades but never had one even while crate digging there. These Canadian pressings were likely all first press up in small numbers then repress to supply demand as some are very common and likely were press and repress in greater quantities to then supply a growing public demand. Some pre-Tamla Motown variants are sexy looking though.

Leaving the others to remain pretty tough to locate after all that time. Met long ago a local collecting all Motown Canadian and American releases but at one time he sold out. To Tim Brown I believe to remember... Although it's still beyond me why they can command such higher price tag but hey I'm not gonna buy them anyway. I collect them American or Dutch for their pics. Or French for their smashing pics yet poor sounding E.P.'s.

Edited December 19, 2022 by Tlscapital

[davidwapples]

I've seen a couple of them but they seem to price a little more than the usa version but a lot less than the uk release.

 

I'd say the £350 is high though

[Put herald]

Many thanks.How much is a fair price for it?

[Tlscapital]

That's hard to tell really. It depends how much one rates the most common USA ARP press to begin. Like with in EX/M- condition which is the most common press to get hold of.

Although IME the M- top clean collector condition is not so common (loads of drill hole...) What £125-150 ? Then add £50 or more for a Monarch press and half that for a Bell press.

Then for the promos in the same ordered add between £50 and £100 again EX+/M-. Then a UK stocker is what £500 ? A promo £750 ? Canadian rarer but demand ? £250 ???

[Ficklefingers]

Although perhaps more desirable to some I think the consensus would proffer a price similar to that of a US copy.. just my opinion of course

[davidwapples]

I'd say 150 for this and 100/120 usa

[Chalky]

47 minutes ago, davidwapples said:

I'd say 150 for this and 100/120 usa

The US copy was fetching 150/175 2 or 3 years ago, £200/250 plus now for a US copy I'd say.  Canadian, certainly a lot tougher that its US counterpart.

[Kelboy]

I missed one for £120 about 3 years ago but I’m sure it’d fetch quite a bit more now. 

[Dave Pinch]

i think its a £200/225 record on canadian even tho rarer than Uk or Usa

[Put herald]

Ok many thanks

[Chalky]

More often than not records like this, in demand floor fillers, it usually makes little difference where they came from unless on a UK copy.  DJs will pay what it takes to get them.

Edited December 22, 2022 by Chalky