Sebastian

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Well, there you go! Deserved to go much higher. It's a masterpiece.

None of the big sellers declare full values. It would hurt their business an awful lot. Don't use the eBay "Global Shipping Program". It is the reason for all the customs problems as of late. Check out this paragraph: https://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/shipping-globally.html#buyer-charges

It's the same basic recording on both DRA and UNITED MODERN. I think that the reverb/effects were added at the time of manufacturing the stamper for the DRA release. UNITED MODERN must've used the plain "dry" mastertape mix-down (without any added effects) when they issued it. I can send you a soundfile of the DRA 45 if you want me to?

Just thought I'd highlight the the writing in the run-out groove that you mention was written/etched ONCE onto the lacquer/mother stamper that was used to press the records.

But that shouldn't make a difference, really. Think of all the shipments that goes on every day within the UK or EU where you don't have to fill in a customs form or declare a value. What would happen in that scenario?

It would really surprise me if it was. As Gene-R wrote above, the 45 issued on UNITED MODERN and all of the worldwide Columbia/Stateside related releases of this track on 45s and EPs were released in 1964 as a cash-in attempt trying to capitalize on Trini's then current popularity due to his recordings on REPRISE ("If I Had A Hammer" etc.). The original release of "Sinner Not A Saint" is from 1961 on a 45 on the DRA label (same as Jessie Mae "Don't Freeze On Me" etc.). The DRA label release of "SNAS" is however completely drenched in echo and lacks the punchy dryness of the UNITED MODERN release.

Do you mean like in the image below (which I found on the net)? The printing is poorly defined and looks "copied" from the proper label. The text is smudged and parts of some of the letters are missing. Looks suspicious to me.

Perhaps someone can ask Garry Cape when they were done (if I remember correctly, member "dewsburyborn" is Cape)? Here is what he wrote in a thread from August 2008: "I had John Richbourg repress it - on the orange/black label - I sold 2,500 to Neil Rushton and 1,000 to my guys in Holland for the flip side 'You're Letting Me Down'."

Only 4-5 hours to go on these auctions now: https://www.ebay.com/sch/pushkings/m.html Thanks for looking!

The last three copies on eBay went for $9.99, $19.99 and $25 so just bide your time in case you don't win this one. There's also a buy-it-now on eBay right now for $25.

That's a bloody rare 45!

£10-£15.

OKEH 7226 - Major Lance - Too Hot To Hold / Dark And Lonely. Big "45 RPM" on the demo, small "45 RPM" on the issue.

Here's an unissued uptempo dancer by Sandra Phillips called "Words" that I've got on an ASSOCIATED acetate:

Click "auctions only" at the top of the page and you'll get rid of the buy-it-nows: https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/Records-/176985/i.html?Genre=R%2526B%252F%2520Soul&_sop=3&_from=R40&_nkw=&_dmpt=UK_Records&Sub%252DGenre=Northern%2520Soul&rt=nc&LH_Auction=1

Only about 2 days to go on these auctions now: https://www.ebay.com/sch/pushkings/m.html

Hello! I've listed a bunch of records on eBay. There are label/sleeve scans and soundclips to everything. Check them out at: https://www.ebay.com/...ushkings/m.html Thanks for looking! Take care. /Sebastian

Obviously seems to be very obscure. It's on eBay now for those of you who might be interested: https://www.ebay.com/itm/330876262276

Or split the Jades / Willie Wade / Nite Life related posts to another thread.

I think we can rule out that Willie Wade on NITE LIFE was a member of the New Orleans group that recorded on MODE. The Dept. Of Sanitation 45 on NITE LIFE is produced by "Wilder Brothers" so the Billboard article definitely refers to this NITE LIFE label. And another thing: both sides of the Willie Wade 45 on NITE LIFE is co-written by a "Warner Weidler" and guess what - George and Walter Wilder who started the NITE LIFE label according to the Billboard article has got a brother named Warner Wilder. It wouldn't surprise me if this actually is "Warner Weidler". It all adds up.

The NITE LIFE label was definitely from Los Angeles. Just found this in an issue of Billboard from 18 June 1966:

I can find no indications at all that NITE LIFE was a label from New Orleans or Louisiana. In fact, everything points to the label being from Los Angeles/California. NITE LIFE 70000 - California Dreamers - We Belong Together / One Night Stand NITE LIFE 70001 - Willie Wade - When Push Comes To Shove / Come Into My World NITE LIFE 70002 - The Jades - I'm Where It's At / Mother's Only Daughter NITE LIFE 70003 - The Night People - They Don't See You / The Shadow Is My Soul NITE LIFE 70004 - The Dept. Of Sanitation - Just A Good Show / Don't Ever Leave Me Night People were definitely from Los Angeles. California Dreamers were supposedly from California. And taking the YouTube comments on board from the daughter of the guitarist of The Jades... they were also from Wilmington in California. How Willie Wade fits into all of this I don't know. Does anyone have a scan of the 45 on MODE?

That's norwegian actually. The label on the swedish one, although extremely similar, states "Made in Sweden". Three different picture sleeves for Sweden, Denmark and Norway for "Reflections" as well. Yours should have this sleeve: Denmark: Sweden:

I've had loads of dutch 45s over the years with their centres intact. Most of them actually now when I think about it.