Sebastian

It sure does. Here are scans of all four releases lifted from around the internet:

T.N.T. - Whip You Lovin' On Me / Everyday Fun - GM 710

Also available on the dark/light blue design:

I don't know... does it? About 60%-70% of the tunes are Motown-related, almost as if Motown = northern soul. And that's not right.

They were Tony Johnson and Tyrone Pickens out of Detroit. Apart from the "Please Operator" 45 they also recorded two more tunes for Atlantic, "Detour" and "Honest I Do" but those remain unissued. Tony was originally a member of The Magnetics, but can only be heard on their "Where Are You" / "The Train" 45 on ALLRITE (same label as Danny Moore).

Hello! I've listed a bunch of 45s on eBay. There are label/sleeve scans and soundclips to all records. Check them out at: https://shop.ebay.com/merchant/pushkings ___SOUL / FUNK / NEW BREED R&B 45s___________________________ CLYDIE KING on Lizard DUSTY SPRINGFIELD - In New York - Philips UK EP (inlc. "Live It Up") EXOTICS on Pye UK (version of The Masqueraders!) FREDDY KING on Sue UK GENO WASHINGTON on Piccadilly UK ("I've Been Hurt By Love") JACK HAMMER on Tono Denmark JEAN WELLS on Calla LONNIE SATTIN on Warner Bros. RAY AGEE on Celsete RAY CHARLES - About To Lose Your Clown +3 - ABC Spain EP ROOSEVELT GRIER on Action UK ROOT & JENNY JACKSON on Beacon UK SHORTY LONG on Tamla Motown UK TMG 663 SOUTHLANDERS on Decca Denmark ("I Wanna Jive Tonight") TED TAYLOR on Ronn TOMMY TUCKER on Funckler Holland WOODY HERMAN on Cadet ("Hush") ___AFRO BEAT / CALYPSO 45s___________________________________ BLACK BEATS BAND - Black Beat Melodies - Decca UK EP JOHN MWALE on CMS Kenya MAHLATHINI on Motella South Africa Thanks for looking! Take care. /Sebastian

Shirley Lawson was a bit of a shocker! Percy Milem - Call On Me c/w Crying Baby, Baby, Baby - Stateside France PS - £56 Jesse Davis - There's Room For Me - Jaboth - £933 Platters - Devri (take 2) - Bell Sound Acetate - £53 Clausel - Let Me Love You - Up Right - £181 Shirley Lawson - One More Chance c/w the Star - Soul City - £529 Charles Johnson - Never Had A Love So Good - Alston - £271 Percy Stone and the Explosions - Chained - Ram - £664 Derek David and the Barons - 9100 - Pagan - £262 Martin Luther King - I Have A Dream + The price Of Freedom +2 - Gordy promo GEP 906 - £134 Melba Moore - The Magic Touch - Kent promo - £72 Joseph Moore - I Still Can't Get You c/w I'm Lost Without You - Mar-v-lus DEMO - £1462 Majestics - (I love her so much) It Hurts Me - Linda - £500 Saxie Russell - Psychedelic Soul part 1 & 2 - Tomas - £184 Karen Striblin - We're Not Too Young (to fall in love) - Jaber - £252 John Wilson - Ain't Enough Lovin' (vocal & instrumental) - Sweet City - £132 Lee Fields and the Spontaneous Generation - Take Me Back c/w Tyra's Song - Angle 3 - £231

And here you have The Beatles covering "Some Other Guy" live at The Cavern in 1962: ">

All of these were sold by the same seller during the past year: 2007-08-12 - $3050 2008-02-25 - $2025 2008-03-05 - $1575 2008-03-18 - $1179 2008-03-26 - $1136 2008-03-31 - $917 2008-04-18 - $1120 2008-04-26 - $1128 2008-05-02 - $1075 2008-05-09 - $889 2008-10-30 - $918 2008-11-09 - $841 There were lots of copies sold during May-September as well, but I don't have the price info on those. These were from other sellers: 2008-03-11 - $869 2008-10-15 - $820

T.J Williams and Two Shades of Soul - Baby, I Need You - Josie - £284 Windy City - Hey Its Over - Warner Bros - £255 Cobblestone - Trick Me, Treat Me - Mercury - £248 Jerry Jackson - It's Rough Out There - Parkway - £217 7 Miles per Hour Band - Playing Your Games c/w Latin Freak - Music City - £795 Oracles - I Ain't Got Time - Om - £809 Louis Paul - The Change Will Do You Good - Intro - £622 Mellow Dawns c/w Mar Vic's - Baby I'm Sorry b/w The Track - Condor - £538 Ster-phonics - If You Don't Do Right c/w Roamin' Heart - Enjoy - £629 Vince Apollo - I Bear Witness c/w I Can't turn My Back - Pentagon - £332 Just Bros. - Sliced Tomatoes - Lupine - £402 Paul Anka - I Can't Help Loving You - Rca Canada + Picture Sleeve - £88 Originals - Good Night Irene - Tamla Motown - £68 Darrell Banks - I'm the One Who Loves You - Stax - £151 Dee Dee Warwick - Worth Every Tear I Cry - Mercury - £202 Carol Friday - Everybody I Know - Parlophone demo - £61

I know what you mean!

The 45 on the GOLDEN STATE label that can often be found on eBay is a bootleg pressed up a couple of years ago. ORIGINAL 45: ORIGINAL CD: BOOTLEG 45:

No, but that's not the point I'm trying to make.

Yes, the band plays OTDTYH, but it is not the same backing track as anything else as far as I know. The reason I commented on it is because I've seen things like this cause confusion in the past on sales list "plugs" etc.

Do you mean "The Tears Won't Stop Falling"? That one has got a different backing track compared to any other version of "Open The Door To Your Heart" that I've heard. But the band sure plays "OTDTYH".

No, that's a later version and not the same as on the italian 45. The version on the italian 45 can be found on the "...Explosion...!" LP on Alston (#4402) from 1976.

I've attached scans of the italian 45 below. Manship auctioned a copy a couple of months ago for £347.

Yes, that's 100%. Don't have a copy myself, but have seen a scan. Manship even mentions it on his site.

It was originally released on VIRGITONE in the mid-60s. The COSMIC release is a reissue from the mid-70s (1976 if I remember correctly). Have no idea what an original copy goes for, but the reissue can be bought pretty much any week of the year on eBay for $20-$40.

Only 1-2 hours left on these auctions now. Thanks for looking! :-)

Do you happen to have a scan of this? Don't think I've ever seen a vinyl copy of this record, only styrene ones. Would be great to know if vinyl copies exists as well.

Might be of interest that there are two different label variations of the original vinyl LLOYD release as well. Don't know which one was first, but they have got differing publishing details and one of them credits The Rocketeers as the backing band. I have a feeling that the "Tree Pub" was the very first issue, but I'm not 100% sure.

There's about 2 days left on these auctions now.

The record in the scan above looks like it's pressed on styrene, not vinyl. It would surprise me if it's vinyl as you can clearly see the edge of the paper label in the scan (vinyl have moulded labels).

Hello! I've listed a bunch of 45s on eBay. There are label/sleeve scans and soundclips to all records. Check them out at: https://shop.ebay.com/merchant/pushkings ___SOUL / FUNK / NEW BREED R&B 45s___________________________ ALTON McCLAIN on Polydor ("It Must Be Love", alt. UK-mix!) ARLENE BROWN on Dynamite BABY LLOYD on Loma (JAMES BROWN production!) BROTHERS TWO on Action UK BUKI YAMAZ on CBS CAROLYN FRANKLIN on RCA Germany EXCITERS on Atlantic Sweden GWEN McCRAE on Atlantic ("Funky Sensation") IVORY JOE HUNTER on Capitol UK JAY & THE AMERICANS on United Artists UK ("Livin Above Your Head") JIVE FIVE on Beltone KETTY LESTER on London UK KING GEORGE & HARLEM KIDDIES - Please Grow Up +3 - RARE EP! LESTER WILSON on Liberty France LITTLE RICHARD on Manticore MARVIN GAYE & TAMMI TERRELL on Tamla Motown ("Ain't No Mountain...") MERRY CLAYTON on Ode Sweden NILSMEN on RJR ("Sand Step" / "Le Winston") NINA SIMONE on RCA Germany PUGH ROGEFELDT & NATURE on Metronome Sewden RONNIE LOVE on Dot Denmark ("Chills And Fever") ROY BROWN - Saturday Night +3 - RARE UK London EP ROY HYTOWER on Braintstorm SAVOY BROWN on Parrot ("I'm Tired") SOUL INVESTIGATORS on Timmion Thanks for looking! Take care. /Sebastian