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Does anyone know why the tru-glo-town 45 by the royal robins is so rare? Wasn't at least one of the group's abc 45s a national hit? And wasn't tru-glo-town a pretty major / well distributed label (with a few hits -- for example, my baby likes to boogaloo was a big hit in chicago at least) by record industry insider ed townsend? I know Townsend did some other very rare 45s as demo type things, but this was on his 'real' label. I've only ever seen this as a demo, did it come as an issue also? Does anyone know anything about the group? Were they from Jersey? I know just being on his label doesn't mean they were from that area (for example, the sandpipers were from florida).

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Does anyone know why the tru-glo-town 45 by the royal robins is so rare? Wasn't at least one of the group's abc 45s a national hit? And wasn't tru-glo-town a pretty major / well distributed label (with a few hits -- for example, my baby likes to boogaloo was a big hit in chicago at least) by record industry insider ed townsend? I know Townsend did some other very rare 45s as demo type things, but this was on his 'real' label. I've only ever seen this as a demo, did it come as an issue also? Does anyone know anything about the group? Were they from Jersey? I know just being on his label doesn't mean they were from that area (for example, the sandpipers were from florida).

Don't know why this particular single is rare, everything else on the label seems to be around in quantity. But I do know it got rarer after John Weston bought a copy !!!!!!

Don't know why this particular single is rare, everything else on the label seems to be around in quantity. But I do know it got rarer after John Weston bought a copy !!!!!!

HI DAVE!!

DIDN'T KNOW JOHN HAD A COPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MAX

I sold Kev Spittles cracked copy for £500 this year - played mint though

Pete

Did it have a 1.5cm edge crack, held together by a bit of sellotape? If so, that was the original 'Imaginary Visions' from Dave Withers & Rod Shard @ £25, I seem to remember. Sold to NIge Parker who then........

(Off to start a thread - 'If I ever sell, you'll get first refusal as my best mate ........ I'm not bitter)

Don't know why this particular single is rare, everything else on the label seems to be around in quantity. But I do know it got rarer after John Weston bought a copy !!!!!!

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Ah the glee on Johns face when he traded it me at the Burnley niter never seen such a

happy chappie......Sadness n Madness spring to mind couple days later :thumbsup:

MERRY CHRISTMAS DAVE N JOHN & EVERYONE ELSE X

Pete

Did it have a 1.5cm edge crack, held together by a bit of sellotape? If so, that was the original 'Imaginary Visions' from Dave Withers & Rod Shard @ £25, I seem to remember. Sold to NIge Parker who then........

(Off to start a thread - 'If I ever sell, you'll get first refusal as my best mate ........ I'm not bitter)

i remember nige parkers copy with the crack, however, i dont think it was the first one, i bought kebs copy off of him in 1984, still covered up as the imaginary visions, gave him £40 for it, sold it on about a year later to guy hennighan

must be my taste in soul tho and i can never get past mediocre in my opinion of this tune

if i had £1000 to spend there is 1000 records i would buy before this.......average at best

rarity b4 quality. shades.gif:yes:

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Pete

Did it have a 1.5cm edge crack, held together by a bit of sellotape? If so, that was the original 'Imaginary Visions' from Dave Withers & Rod Shard @ £25, I seem to remember. Sold to NIge Parker who then........

(Off to start a thread - 'If I ever sell, you'll get first refusal as my best mate ........ I'm not bitter)

that was the one

Im sure Johnny Westons missus stood on his copy and fucked it

a while back

That's what I've been hinting at laugh.gif

must be my taste in soul tho and i can never get past mediocre in my opinion of this tune

if i had £1000 to spend there is 1000 records i would buy before this.......average at best

rarity b4 quality. shades.gif:yes:

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absolutely agree

loads of better tunes for the money imo

Does anyone know why the tru-glo-town 45 by the royal robins is so rare? Wasn't at least one of the group's abc 45s a national hit? And wasn't tru-glo-town a pretty major / well distributed label (with a few hits -- for example, my baby likes to boogaloo was a big hit in chicago at least) by record industry insider ed townsend? I know Townsend did some other very rare 45s as demo type things, but this was on his 'real' label. I've only ever seen this as a demo, did it come as an issue also? Does anyone know anything about the group? Were they from Jersey? I know just being on his label doesn't mean they were from that area (for example, the sandpipers were from florida).

i used to hear this at the 100 club in the early 90s.

I honestly thought Ady and Mick were playing the guitar from behind the decks!

with greg on vocal ? I didnt realise it was a rare one?

Does anyone know why the tru-glo-town 45 by the royal robins is so rare? Wasn't at least one of the group's abc 45s a national hit? And wasn't tru-glo-town a pretty major / well distributed label (with a few hits -- for example, my baby likes to boogaloo was a big hit in chicago at least) by record industry insider ed townsend? I know Townsend did some other very rare 45s as demo type things, but this was on his 'real' label. I've only ever seen this as a demo, did it come as an issue also? Does anyone know anything about the group? Were they from Jersey? I know just being on his label doesn't mean they were from that area (for example, the sandpipers were from florida).

well you all missed a copy of this on e-bay just a while ago ....dave flemming got it for $125 BUY IT NOW....ow about that well done dave biggrin.gif

Pete

Did it have a 1.5cm edge crack, held together by a bit of sellotape? If so, that was the original 'Imaginary Visions' from Dave Withers & Rod Shard @ £25, I seem to remember. Sold to NIge Parker who then........

(Off to start a thread - 'If I ever sell, you'll get first refusal as my best mate ........ I'm not bitter)

TONY PARKER had this rarity...long time agogo laugh.gif

That's what I've been hinting at laugh.gif

I knew what you ment dave.

I was going to say,john told me it was a cracking record.

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well you all missed a copy of this on e-bay just a while ago ....dave flemming got it for $125 BUY IT NOW....ow about that well done dave biggrin.gif

I saw that post in another thread... but it's not clear whether it was sitting there on a buy it now or whether he convinced the seller to end it early with a 'buy it now'...

could some kind soul send me mp3's of both sides please, many thanks

trev

I've sent you SAYSM. Not got the flip to hand so can someone send it my way too?

Got to be one of the worst intros to a record??? :thumbsup:

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I've sent you SAYSM. Not got the flip to hand so can someone send it my way too?

Got to be one of the worst intros to a record??? :thumbsup:

thanks mate,dont know about the worst, but definatly one of the strangest, but it brings back so many memories.....so, has anyone got a mp3 of roler coaster they could kindly send to chalky & myself

thanks mate,dont know about the worst, but definatly one of the strangest, but it brings back so many memories.....so, has anyone got a mp3 of roler coaster they could kindly send to chalky & myself

I think the intro is great, certainly different!

(I've sent the RC mp3, but the quality is not that high, and I can't be ar*ed to dig the record out and re-record at the mo)

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