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Do you mean the Monarch stamped George Blackwell Pete? Styrene with blue label and silver print? Cheers Richard

Green-labelled vinyl press - moulded on label = bootleg = common Green-labelled styrene press - stick on label = original issue = rare

Consider your leg well and truly pulled

"so-called Detroit Soul experts"? - But you seem to know little if anything yourself Robb - and you're a self-proclaimed "Detroit Soul expert" - Lack of tact will get you nowhere my friend

I'm interested in all of them too However, John's auctions are open and transparent and the details are plainly there to see for a few days after (and on facebook for longer) Not all auctions are the same and often the finishing prices, bid increments etc. aren't accessible - especially where "blind bidding" is used without any "proxy bidding" facility - so you pay your maximum bid, regardless of what the next-lowest bidder offered

I googled "Harry Lee Gates" and got this picture (no really) - so it's definitely a different bloke

Robb - having listened to all of them I can't agree

They aren't the same release though. The bottom one is EMI - first and more expensive. The top one is RCA - there were two RCA releases I think - should be much cheaper. So you're not comparing like with like.

That's bollocks regarding the topic title

It's on You Tube and on the Kent CD Dave Hamilton's Detroit Dancers - and on the Topper 45 18 Talking 'Bout Love.wav

Info now sent by email Ady

Can send you MP3 and sleeve notes Ady Cheers Richard

OK Ady - will do - it's a pleasure Richard

Hi Ady - yes I can send you a M- copy on Rose G Also have an Alcor copy - not best condition but happy to send that one too if you like so you/Priscilla can see it. Cheers Richard

The Technics manual sets it out pretty clearly. From memory ... set the tonearm balance weight so the tonearm is floating more or less horizontally. Set the tonearm weight to zero ... then adjust the weight to the manufacturer's specified cartridge weight (so you should use 1.5 if that's how much your cartridge weighs - or 2.5 if it weighs 2.5). The number for anti-skate adjustment should be set to match the same number selected for tonearm weight adjustment. As I said, this is from memory, so I hope it's correct. The thing that kills me is when you see a pair of decks and 1) the tonearm weight figures never match each other (often a couple of grams out) and 2) the anti-skate settings rarely match each other, or the tonearm weight settings. Suggest you do a Google search for the correct model of technics manual, if you don't have one, and download it Hope this helps Richard

"Who Am I" is the original A-side as shown by the "Plug Side" print on the demos (backed up with the lower ZTSC number) Cheers Richard

The best Sheppard Boy track for me is "A Lonely Sheppard Boy" on J.T.P. ("My Angel Baby" is on the flip of that one).

Yes - they are blind auctions - somebody could bid a tenner and you could bid a grand - and you would win at a grand ...

I recommend those

Yes, it's been terminated Obviously malicious - somebody just didn't like John Manship records I agree - a real shame - the quality and rarity of items on John's You Tube channel was impressive

Yes it is mate - same concept - different words - check out the Capitols LP version of "I Feel Alright" too Cheers Richard

"a year or so ... after or before ... Hour glass ..."?

Fortune Bravos on Fortune?

Anyone help with this one please? PM only thanks Cheers Richard

For what it's worth, the really quite amazing release by Four Real, Inc - The Man (The MasterPlan) on Flying Eagles - which was a Thurman Hollis and Popcorn Wylie production and an Alan King (sic) (Ala King - so Wylie) published record had the catalogue number ME-O 129 .. Discuss .............................. :-) Cheers Richard