Sebastian

That's the "demo" or "test press" of the Goldmine release.

It's an official (I assume?) late-1990s release done by the UK label Goldmine Soul Supply. It uses the same artwork as Lou's original 60s EP on UK London.

I've been playing the hell out of that 45 lately. "Ohh Baby" is an amazing dancer in my opinion. Will upload it to refosoul in a minute.

"Can't Believe You're Gone" is another good 60s dancer by them: And if you're into banging late 70s stuff, check out their LP-only "Keep On Moving": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB16zrKWwgQ

That's about going rate i would say although a copy sold for £755 on eBay about six months ago. "Usually" fetches £500-£600.

"Right click" on the link, choose "save link as..." or "save target as..." and the MP3-file will be downloaded to your computer.

The link to the MP3-file which was posted by Chalky above is: https://www.thesoulgirl.com/LifelineAndyDysonPodcast.mp3

Both of those LPs are still pretty cheap and easy to find in my experience. I'd go with any of these: 1619 Bad Ass Band - 1619 Bad Ass Band - TSG Bobby Boyd - Bobby Boyd - TIGER LILY Brief Encounter - Brief Encounter (a.k.a. Special Release) - SEVENTY-SEVEN Casual-T - Prescriptions For Love - RITA MARLEY Helene Smith - Sings Sweet Soul - DEEP CITY Ike Noble - Fresh Start - CONNOWIL Jackson Sisters - Jackson Sisters - TIGER LILY Marvin Holmes & Justice - Honor Thy Father - BROWN DOOR Mighty Ryeders - Spread The Message - SUN-GLO Milton Wright - Spaced - ALSTON Moses Dillard and The Tex-Town Display - Now! - TEX TOWN Patterson Twins - Let Me Be Your Lover - COMMERCIAL Ricardo Marrero - A Taste - TSG Rivage - Sittin' On It - TEMPUS Solid Gold Revue - Love's Traffic - CASTANET Soul Expedition - Soul Expedition - LEFEVRE Sounds Of The City Experience - Sounds Of The City Experience - TIGER LILY Timeless Legend - Synchronized - PENDULUM Topics - Giving Up - TSG Topics - Wanted Live By A Million Girls - NCS Turner Brothers - Act 1 - MB v/a - Black-Out New Sounds Of '70 - CENTURY Wee - You Can Fly On My Aeroplane - OWL

Same here!

Which one? "You Gotta Love Me"? That's a bloody rare 45. Hardly ever turns up.

Most of the copies that have sold on eBay during the past couple of months have reached $200-$275 (so about £125-£175, I guess).

Hello! I've listed a bunch of records on eBay. There are label/sleeve scans and soundclips to all records. Check them out at: https://shop.ebay.com/pushkings/m.html ___SOUL / FUNK / R&B / POPCORN 45s___________________________ RICHARD BERRY - Have Love Will Travel - FLIP BILLY TAYLOR - Break-A-Way - BELL RL BURNSIDE - Bad Luck City - HIGH WATER CARTER BROTHERS - So Glad She's Mine - JEWEL HOP WILSON - Chicken Stuff - GOLDBAND CAROL FRAN - I'm Gonna Try - PORT JOE KENNEDY - Slick Trick - ATLANTIC, SWEDEN FLIRTATIONS - Nothing But A Heartache - DERAM, UK JOAN REGAN - Don't Talk To Me About Love - CBS, UK PATSY ANN NOBLE - Sour Grapes - COLUMBIA, UK DEMO! ALBERT WASHINGTON - Hold Me Baby - FRATERNITY BOOGALOO & HIS GALLANT CREW - Clothes Line - CREST LOU RAWLS - See You When I Git There - PIR, HOLLAND OLIVER NORMAN - Don't Make Promises - DECCA RENAULTS - Just Like Mine - WAND Thanks for looking! Take care. /Sebastian

That's looking mighty fine!

The first time I heard Yvonne Baker's version was about 3 years or so after I had first heard and fallen in love with the Patti Austin version on COLUMBIA. I was at a club and distinctly remember shaking my head thinking "WTF!?" when the Yvonne Baker version came on. It sounded like a novelty tune to my ears. I've since then given it many chances and have even danced to it once or twice but it still leaves me stone cold. I realise that I'm in a huge minority, but I think that the Patti Austin version from 1972 is superb and far preferable.

Bobby Byrd - I'm Lonely -

trends - dance with me baby -

Not a female version... but there's another decent and gritty, but much more downtempo version by King George as well.

An entire chapter in the superb book "I Hear You Knockin' - The Sound Of New Orleans Rhythm And Blues" (by Jeff Hannusch) is devoted to Ernie K-Doe. About 10 pages or so. Plenty of copies here: https://www.amazon.co.../dp/0961424508/ and here: https://www.amazon.co.../dp/0961424508/ Hannusch's follow-up book "The Soul Of New Orleans" is great as well. I wholeheartedly recommend both books for a good insight into the r&b/soul/funk of New Orleans.

Only 2-3 hours to go on these auctions now: https://shop.ebay.com/pushkings/m.html Thanks for looking!

Above is the most likely scenario. Styrene records easily gets damaged when played with a worn stylus (resulting in background hiss or distortion to the high frequencies) or with too much weight or with the anti-skating wrongly adjusted.

Don't know if you're aware of it, but this tune was also released on SAM as by Convertion. It is the exact same verison as on ALMERIA, but the SAM issue has got a great boogie flipside (with Leroy Burgess on vocals) and it's a cheaper record as well. A bunch of 7" copies here: https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350383298441 Here's "All I Want Is You" taken from the Convertion 7": And here's the flipside:

I haven't heard FORTE 1114, but I just found a scan of it on the net and its label also states "A Marva Whitney Production":

The differences are fairly subtle (the stereo separation is wider on the UK issue for example, and it isn't mastered as "hot" as the US issue), but the Contempo issue (and the "mispressed" Paula reissue) have both got a version which is about 30 seconds longer than the original US Paula issue. Whether one version is better than the other I can't really say. Both versions are fanatstic.