Sebastian

That mint Timeless Legend 45 sold at a very decent price though. Probably the cheapest I have ever seen it sell for.

A high price for a 45 that usually struggles to push beyond $20 on its proper demo or issue: https://www.ebay.com/itm/300881880550 (Rozetta Johnson - "Mine Was Real")

Would be great if someone could post up the matrix details for the mispressed HBR 45 which includes the fast version of "You Belong To Me" vs. the properly pressed HBR 45.

Columbia owned Okeh since the mid-1920's.

Rite?

The scan/info above came from an auction that was on eBay in January 2012: https://collectorsfrenzy.com/details/120831876426/REUVEN_KALL__MARGARET_HINES_45_SUPER_RARE_FUNK_SOUL

Just found another 45 on JESSICA. It seems to be from 1982 though, so might not be related, but it also had a St. Louis base: JESSICA 001 - Reuven Kall & Margaret Hines - Main Man / Misty

Definitely seems more logical. https://www.45cat.com/label/zodiac-gr

Both styrene and vinyl available of the US issue. I've only ever seen the demo on styrene.

Willie Small on JESSICA 401-A on "How High Can You Fly" and 401-B on "Say You Will" Correctly pressed Curtis Smith on ESSICA: 3135 IRC/45 on "The Living End" and 401-B on "Say You Will" Mis-pressed Curtis Smith on ESSICA: 3135 IRC/45 on "The Living End" and 401-A on "Say You Will" (plays "How High Can You Fly")

The tunes share one line in the lyrics. That's the only similarity I can hear. More info in a previous thread about it here:

They are not the same tune at all. Even different song writers.

I've always found it intriguing that "Move On Up" was a complete failure on its original 45 release in the US. It didn't chart at all. One of my personal "desert island tunes". I never seem to tire of it.

Well, I'm on here and to me it's essential. 50% or more of my record collection is non-soul/r&b.

The Imperials "Where You Gonna Find Somebody Like Me" (PX 270 from 1978) is a good modern soul tune. But in my opinion the only essential release on the label is The Saints double-sider "I'm Stranded" / "No Time". None of their other releases even gets near it.

Yes, I think you're right about that.

For example here's La Lupe's "Fever" as it should sound: ... and here's how it is played on the popcorn scene: It has even been BOOTLEGGED at its slowed down pace...

Indeed a bit strange that they have the same number. But they don't have the exact same matrix: MM-110-B DELTA #55879-X = SLAUSON SHUFFLE MM-110-B-RE DELTA #55879-X = SOUL JERK Looks like they changed their mind quickly and made a new stamper.

It's a version of the Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford tune:

Just listened to the uptempo side on the 20th Century Fox 45. Sounds quite a bit like the same singer as on the Calla 45.

Calla was run by Nate McCalla, bodyguard to Morris Levy who ran Roulette. Both of those labels had strong ties to the mob. Lots of info about both labels (and Morris and Nate) in Tommy James (from the Shondells) biography which I recommend to anyone that is interested in this kind of stuff. Fascinating reading. "Chained To Your Heart":

Have you heard The Beatles? Neither side of the 45 on CALLA sounds like anything they ever recorded. There was a UK band called The Maze which later morphed into Deep Purple, but the release on CALLA is apparently by an unrelated US group. Very little seems to be known about them. I have included a bigger scan of the french 45 sleeve below in case anyone can identify the members. It wouldn't surprise me if Benny Troy was in the band. Interestingly it seems like the Bobby Moore "Chained To Your Heart" 45 and the Maze 45 were released at pretty much the same time. Both are reviewed in the same issue of Billboard from 8 July 1967. Bobby Moore is predicted to reach the Top 60 of the regular HOT 100 "pop chart" and The Maze is predicted to reach the TOP SELLING RHYTHM & BLUES R&B SINGLES chart. Make of that what you will...

Donnie Elbert - Along Came Pride - UK CBS Oliver Norman - Drowning In My Own Despair - UK POLYDOR

https://www.ebay.com/itm/290873812414 and https://www.ebay.com/itm/330876248446 By the way, I'll get back to you later today regarding what we talked about via e-mail.

I sold a copy of the yellow/green issue about two weeks ago on eBay. It was the first stock copy I've ever had or seen of that title. Another one went through eBay yesterday funnily enough.