Sebastian

Hello! I've listed a new batch of records on eBay. All of them has got sound clips and label scans. Check them out at: https://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZpushkingsQQhtZ-1 Some examples: FOUR TOPS - Helpless - MEGA RARE on a 45! - Columbia France EP BOBBI LYNN on Stateside ("Earthquake") AMOS MILBURN on Vogue UK LLOYD DELPRATT on Summus ALEXIS KORNER Kings Of The Blues Vol 1 EP 5TH DIMENSION on Liberty EP MAMIE GALORE on St. Lawrence CHOKER CAMPBELL - Hits Of The 60s - 7" mini LP O'KAYSIONS - Girl Watcher - 7" mini LP PRINCE GEORGE on Columbia France EP BIG DEE IRWIN & LITTLE EVA on Colpix UK EP MADISONS on Jomada DEE DEE SHARP on Cameo-Parkway EP (with LP-only tracks!) LOU RAWLS on Capitol France EP SUPREMES on Stateside Spain EP NOBLE KNIGHTS on Atlantic Turkey ...plus more. Thanks for looking! Take care. /Sebastian

I've got it on a regular Atlantic France 45 with a picture sleeve. "Watermelon Man" can be found on the flipside. A bit rare, I think. Will be eBaying it soon.

Suppose you mean his "Don't Send Me Away"? Haven't ever really thought of it as "poppy", but I guess you're right. How about Garfield's "Let's Turn In Early" on Gimme Five? Pulled that one out yesterday and what a lovely ballad. Anyone wanna trade their 7" of that one for my 12"? PM me if so.

Do you mean that those tunes are album-only cuts? Or that you sourced them from the LPs? I don't know many of them, but it looks very nice! As far as I know, these are also available as 7"s: 1. Kalyan - Let Me Love You One More Time - Rca (1981) 4. C.M. Lord - I'm happy That Love Has Found You - Rca (1981) 5. Denise Lasalle - I'm Tripping On You - Mca (1981) 11. Bobby Thurston - Very Last Drop - Prelude (1981) 14. Mighty Fire - Sweet Fire - Elektra (1981) 17. Main Ingredient - An Evening Of Love - Rca (1981) Love that Main Ingredient tune!

Anyone?

SUPERB version!!! Was this ever released by Don Bryant? I only know the Lee Rogers version which is ace as well.

Good tune. But it's closer to £10-£15 really. A google search which I just did threw up at least 3 potential copies for sale.

What a tune!!!

About £5, but usually sells for less. I'm a big fan of his "I Just Found Out" on JANUS. A bit depressing but fantastic. https://www.shingaling.com/FreddieHughes-IJustFoundOut.mp3

This is what the reissue looks like:

I've also got a white demo and sold my spare issue copy about six months ago. After having been after a copy for YEARS, I first bought the issue copy for £100, then won the demo copy on eBay in January 2006 for $34. Promptly managed to re-sell the issue copy for £150 so a good deal in the end as I got some money "back". It's an extremely hard record to find and is consistently undervalued. The flipside "Make Your Move" is very gritty and closer to garage rock than soul in my opinion and might be collected by the garage scene, I don't know. But I rather think that it's genuinely rare and that's why it's so hard to find. The 70s styrene reissue incorrectly states the title as "You're Number 1" while the original has got it down as "Your Number 1". Top, top tune. Scans below of both the issue and demo copies:

He can't possibly have been serious when uttering those words. Not that it's a particularly bad record, but if being the BEST 70S RECORD OF ALL TIME it has got quite a lot to live up to, and it doesn't. In my opinion etc.

I agree. It's incredibly poor in my opinion. But I still wouldn't mind those "extra" £160...

Bloody hell. I struggled for months to sell my copy on one of these forums, dropped the price over a couple of weeks, and finally let it go for £40. This was September 2004. Oh well.

Thought that as well. Payed $3 so no worries though. I do however suspect that is a much earlier press than from a couple of years back. That sound and vinyl quality can not be had these days when pressing 45s.

Just got this in the mail from the US. Pressed on heavy 60s vinyl. Absolutely superb sound quality. How did these two tunes, originally released on Atco (Lenny O'Henry) and Decca (Leon Haywood), end up on CRA JON? Bootleg? Original? Second pressing? Made for the beach scene? Does anyone know anything? Leon is from 1967, Lenny was first released 1964 BUT was re-released in 1967 on Atco again. Coincidence? Did these tunes suddenly get popular in 1967.

Did two 45s on Warner Bros in 1969: Cajun Hart - Got To Find A Way / Lover's Prayer - WARNER BROS. 7258 Cajun Hart - Big City / The Whole World Is Watching - WARNER BROS. 7325 I haven't heard the "other" one.

Yes, that's the one, the other side has got "Standing In The Shadows Of Love" and "Since You've Been Gone". An EP indeed, but seems to be the only 7" release of "Helpless".

That's what I thought as well, but check out what I found in my record collection just a couple of hours ago: TOO many records!!!

Sorting out some stuff to put up on eBay and was left scratching my head whether the Four Tops version of Kim Weston's "Helpless" was released on a 45 anywhere in the world except on the rare picture sleeved french "Standning In The Shadows Of Love" 7" EP? Can't find any mention of a US or UK release.

One of the best tunes ever recorded in my opinion. Can pick just about anything from Huey Piano Smith's catalogue of recordings and it's gonna be a winner. Love his "Little Liza Jane" as well.

Don't think these have been mentioned yet: L. Ruffin - This Stuff Just Kills Me - CROSS Al Robinson - Sho 'Bout To Drive Me Wild - PULSAR Barons - I've Got A Feeling - ETAH Eskew Reeder - You Better Believe Me - CROSS-TONE Curley Moore - Soul Train - HOT LINE Danny White - Natural Soul Brother - SSS Smokey Johnson - i Can't Help It - NOLA Dicky Williams - You Got A Good Thing Going - ACE G. Davis & R. Tyler - Hold On, Help Is On The Way - PARLO Senator Jones - Do You Love Me - SHAGG Dave Bartholomew - Junk Man - BROADMOOR Eldridge Holmes - A Time For Everything - ALON Warren Lee - Mama Said We Can't Get Married - DEESU Junior Gordon - Call The Doctor - JAY-PEE Jesse Hill - Mardi Gras - PULSAR Tony Owens - My Hart Can't Take No More - SOUL SOUND Wallace Johnson - Baby Go Ahead - SANSU John Williams & The Tick Tocks - A Little Tighter - SANSU John Williams & The Tick Tocks - Do Me Like You Do Me - SANSU Could go on for hours...

It might very well look good, but the point is that it's a bootleg.

Here's a scan of the white label styrene copy, which I guess is the same one mentioned by Soul-Slider above. It's definitely a bootleg:

Check this out: https://www.discogs.com/label/Loft+Classics