Sebastian

For what it's worth, he's sold 7 copies during the past two weeks: https://tinyurl.com/2vj87qe

I bought a copy of this 45 from the seller on eBay, it arrived yesterday and it is definitely a legit 60s pressing. It has got the same kind of hard-to-read raised hallmark/letters (M.S.I. CO. written backwards) "under" the label as the original issue of Epitome Of Sound and many other Philadelphia releases from that time (V-TONE was from Philadelphia).

The latest bunch of copies on eBay have sold for: 2010-10-28 - $191.50 2010-10-03 - $262.00 2010-08-23 - $282.78 So I guess anywhere between £125-£175 is reasonable.

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Thanks, Melismo! I'm glad that you enjoyed it. Label scans to the tunes in the mix can be found below:

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$0.50.

Hello! I've listed a bunch of records on eBay. There are label/sleeve scans and soundclips to everything. Check them out at: https://shop.ebay.com/pushkings/m.html SOUL / FUNK / R&B 45s: Bill & Will, Guitar Red, Sam & Bill, Byther Smith, Otis Rush, Little Bob, Kim Tolliver, E.T. Mensah, Chris Clark, James Carr, Ohio Players (UK DEMO!), Johnny Sayles, Staple Singers, Robert Earl, Anglos, Beverly McKay, Evie Sands, Joe Haywood etc. Thanks for looking! Take care. /Sebastian

...and $0.50 is not "a fortune". It is super cheap to list buy-it-now auctions. The final value fees are high though. But seeing as no one buys this sellers goods, it shouldn't be a problem for him/her.

No matter how high the price is, it never costs more than $0.50 to list a "fixed priced listing" (i.e. buy it now). It costs $2.00 to list something as an "auction style listing" when you have a starting price of $200 or more. Check out eBay's fees page: https://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/fees.html

From Popsike:

Great tune! Very decent price.

I've just put together a new mix. You can download it here if you're interested: https://www.shingalin...Mix20101123.mp3 SEBASTIAN'S FUNCTION MIX - NOVEMBER 2010 Hot Ice Company - You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet - LIONEL Roy Roberts - Stop (Watch What You Doing To Me) - LINCO Justin - Right Now - DOWN EAST Ben Wiggins - It's All Over - ALMERIA Sir Ted Ford - Disco Music - ARDENT Billy Peterson Jr. - Party Man - SPLIT Syng McGowan - That's What I Want - HOPE Bobby Valentin - Use It Before You Lose It - FANIA Jean Dushon - Second Class Lover - OKEH Lloyd Nolan - I Don't Know About You - KING Darrow Fletcher - No Limit - IRVING MUSIC (unissued 10" acetate) Krisp - Sunlight - INDIGO (12") Maxx Traxx - Don't Touch It - PULSE Joneses - Love Contest - SPRING Sophisticated Ladies - This Ain't Really Love - REFLECTION Donnie Elbert - Along Came Pride - CBS UK Carter Brothers - (She's So Fine) So Glad She's Mine - JEWEL Satisfactions - Take It Or Leave It - SMASH Tommy Neal - Going To A Happening - PAMELINE Distance - Get, Get On Down - MANNA OF DISTANCE, INC. Exodus - Together Forever - CHARLOTTE AMALIE Renee Geyer - Be There In The Morning - RCA AUSTRALIA Loveman Ronnie Stokes - Touch You Again - PHILLY CITY (12") Philip James - Keep On Loving - LONGWOOD Al McCarther - His True Love For You - TWO GUITARS I hope you hear something you like. My 11 previous mixes can still be downloaded from my homepage: https://www.shingaling.com Or streamed from my Mixcloud page: https://www.mixcloud.com/shingaling Check out Function's homepage and MySpace/Facebook pages for info on upcoming club dates, pictures, more MP3-mixes from my fellow resident DJs etc. at: https://www.facebook....?gid=8900627393 https://www.myspace.com/clubfunction https://www.clubfunction.com Thanks for listening. :-)

I seem to remember that you wrote the exact pressing figure for the "Use It Before You Lose It" 45 in a previous thread, but I've forgotten what it was. Do you remember? 500? 1000? That Bobby Valentin tune is one of the best ever examples of boogaloo / uptempo latin soul and the 45 has been nigh on impossible to get ahold of during the past 10 years. Very few copies has come up for sale "out in the open" (i.e. auctions/lists/etc.). Its availability/price 15-25+ years ago is not relevant. It is also irrelevant that there might be copies sitting in people's collections unless those people decided to sell them and flood/stabilize the market. All things considered, the amounts that this 45 has sold for in recent Manship/eBay auctions is spot-on in my opinion.

A "store account" like his costs $300 per month plus $0.03 per item to list. Then there are ofcourse the "final value fees" for the stuff that sells (roughly 15% per sold item).

It is definitely a bootleg, pressed during the last 10-15 years.

It is: Royal Jesters - My Kind Of Woman / I've Got Soul - OPTIMUM 101 Joe Jama sang in The Royal Jesters.

I did that before I made previous comment. I recorded the Lyrics and Toby Bullard 45s, slowed down the Toby Bullard track so that it had the exact same speed as the original Lyrics 45 and then I put both recordings together in one soundfile. I put the recording of the Toby Bullard 45 in the LEFT channel and the recording of the Lyrics 45 in the RIGHT channel and it's obvious that both speakers play the exact same recording. Have a listen for yourself below: https://www.shingaling.com/tobyLEFTlyricsRIGHT.mp3 I totally agree with John Manship. The Flodavieur release is a blatantly obvious bootleg.

No, the Lyrics 45 on GNP utilises the exact same version as the Toby Bullard 45, but the track on the Toby Bullard 45 has been speeded up ever so slightly.

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Two of his best tracks on VOLT: Since I Lost My Baby's Love That's The Story Of My Life

Fantastic UK-only tune: Major Lance - Don't You Know I Love You - CONTEMPO

Hello! I've listed a bunch of records on eBay. There are label/sleeve scans and soundclips to everything. Check them out at: https://shop.ebay.com/pushkings/m.html SOUL / FUNK / R&B 45s: Billy The Kid Emerson, Jackson Sisters, Terry Westlake, Sun, Jean Dushon, Soul Bros Inc, Renee Geyer, Billy Hambric, Glenda McLeod, Catalinas, Bobby Wells, Joneses, Ray J, Al Thomas, Darrow Fletcher, Interntationals, Buddy Turner, Unlimited Four, Billy Cee, Silk Storm, 21st Century Ltd, Flirtations etc. Thanks for looking! Take care. /Sebastian

The 45 pictured in his "buy it now" on eBay and on his site is definitely pressed on vinyl. Check it out: https://www.recordsby...keywords=297107 https://cgi.ebay.com/...em=300491830711 By the way, he has got 23 copies in stock at the moment.