Hello - was this ever booted on the demo. I cant find anything about it & what i can find is people selling the demos as originals. Demo seems to go for more than the issue. Confused on this as getting mixed responses. Only 4 originals on discogs nothing about demo boots anywhere

Edited September 10, 20232 yr by Ben Owen

Known in the UK from early 1967 when it escaped here on Cameo Parkway. Was played in UK soul clubs from it being a new release but was never (to my knowledge) a top sound back then. But coz it was a release on the iconic C/P UK label, was always much sought after by UK soul collectors on UK 45. 

It seems though, that when it did go 'big' in NS circles, that many UK copies of the 45 were played by the then DJ's as a C/U. Seemed a pointless exercise to me but I guess to the 'Torch / Casino' generation, it wasn't (initially) a well known sound (with 70's niter goers). The tempo of the track (100mph stomper) made it more popular as a floor-filler in the 70's.

The B side is a much better song.

Sorry, can't answer your boot question.

Edited September 11, 20232 yr by Roburt

I certainly regarded it as a top sound at the Wheel in the late 60's early 70's and I bought it on the yellow Goodtime lable about that time. I'm on holiday at the moment so I can't inspect it to see if it marked up as a demo or not.

I can't see why this would have ever been booted (big -in demand - rare - on USA format too !) and I've seen few of those Goodtime demos but didn't checked them from closer. Looks right from here... I doubt it's a boot.

Edited September 11, 20232 yr by Tlscapital

17 hours ago, Ben Owen said:

Hello - was this ever booted on the demo. I cant find anything about it & what i can find is people selling the demos as originals. Demo seems to go for more than the issue. Confused on this as getting mixed responses. Only 4 originals on discogs nothing about demo boots anywhere

All i can tell you is the text layout font is different on my issue copy

Thanks guys. I have one on the way... from a well known dealer who claims its a boot. So we will see. Very odd

Edited September 11, 20232 yr by Ben Owen

3 minutes ago, Ben Owen said:

Thanks guys. I have one on the way... from a well known dealer who claims its a boot. So we will see. Very odd

 

Its the demo i have on the way bud which claims to be a boot

 

The yellow demo is also not distributed by the Cameo / Parkway group FWIW. So not the very same press / layout.

Never kept a copy but I did find few NOS decades ago with other late sixties Philly stuffs incoming from the USA !

Don't remember if they were the demo or the Cameo / Parkway copies but I'd guess not the Cameo / Parkway...

Wondering again why would it have been booted in the USA back then ? Would it have been big in the USA then ?

Not a 'beach' sound I'd have thought nor a Caribbean thing live the Joy-Tones or Love Potion (Crash / TCB)...

3 hours ago, Tlscapital said:

The yellow demo is also not distributed by the Cameo / Parkway group FWIW. So not the very same press / layout.

Never kept a copy but I did find few NOS decades ago with other late sixties Philly stuffs incoming from the USA !

Don't remember if they were the demo or the Cameo / Parkway copies but I'd guess not the Cameo / Parkway...

Wondering again why would it have been booted in the USA back then ? Would it have been big in the USA then ?

Not a 'beach' sound I'd have thought nor a Caribbean thing live the Joy-Tones or Love Potion (Crash / TCB)...

Thankyou for the info. When it arrives i will update

On 10/09/2023 at 22:52, Ben Owen said:

Hello - was this ever booted on the demo. I cant find anything about it & what i can find is people selling the demos as originals. Demo seems to go for more than the issue. Confused on this as getting mixed responses. Only 4 originals on discogs nothing about demo boots anywhere

Hi, this was a fairly big record in the Twisted Wheel around 1968 (I was there). I actualy own the origonal UK Cameo Parkway disc that was used there (bought from Brian Philips if my memory serves me well) it has evidence of it being covered up at the time and prbably cost me a whopping £4 back in the day.

15 hours ago, Ben Owen said:

Its the demo i have on the way bud which claims to be a boot

 

There is a boot of the demo, deadwax details will tell you

5 minutes ago, Chalky said:

There is a boot of the demo, deadwax details will tell you

Any idea when it was booted ?  1973 / 74 / 75 ?

 

Real one

42 minutes ago, Roburt said:

Any idea when it was booted ?  1973 / 74 / 75 ?

dunno

8 hours ago, Chalky said:

dunno

Thanks chalky.... 0 information on it.. nothing on cogs or on here.