Sebastian

You're right about that Gloria Jones 45 being a bootleg/repro, but I don't think that's why the seller describes it as an "import". The seller is in the UK and all of his US pressed 45s are described as "imports" which they indeed were/are (they were imported from the US to the UK, not pressed in the UK).

And here's how they do it at Timmion:

Was it released on the same OP-ART label as The Luv-Lites? The scan below is 1001/1002. Tiaras seems to be 1003 (or is that perhaps 1003/1004?).

Why don't you just cut yourself an acetate of it for your own personal use? These guys cut loud and great sounding acetates: https://www.timmion.com/cutting

Only 1-2 hours to go on these auctions now: https://shop.ebay.com/pushkings/m.html Thanks for looking! :-)

There's now one day left on these auctions.

There are six WESTBOUND copies and one DYNAMICS copy as buy-it-now's on eBay right now: https://desc.shop.ebay.com/Records-/306/i.html?LH_PrefLoc=2&LH_TitleDesc=1&_nkw=superlatives+%22lonely+in+a+crowd%22&LH_BIN=1&_catref=1&_dmd=1&_dmpt=Music_on_Vinyl&_trksid=p3286.c0.m301

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 45s_____________________________________ DOCTOR ROSS - Cat Squirrel - FORTUNE LEVON & HAWKS - He Don't Love You - ATLANTIC, UK OTIS CLAY - The Only Way Is Up - ECHO BARBARA RANDOLPH - I Got A Feeling - SOUL CANNIBAL & THE HEADHUNTERS - Get In On Up - CAPITOL KENI BURKE - Let Somebody Love You - RCA DUSTY SPRINGFIELD - Am I The Same Girl - PHILIPS, NORWAY LYRICS - So Glad - GNP CRESCENDO JOHNNY MORISETTE - I'll Never Come Running Back To You - SAR TERRY WOODFORD - It's His Town - FAME FLYING JAZZ QUEENS - Amagumbi Amane - COLUMBIA, NIGERIA LIFE - Cat's Eyes - PHILIPS, UK LOVELACE WATKINS - Get Ready - YORK, UK MAX B - Bananaticoco - VIRGO FOUR TOPS - Reach Out I'll Be There - TAMLA MOTOWN, SWEDEN TEMPTATIONS - Psychedelic Shack - TAMLA MOTOWN, SWEDEN Thanks for looking! Take care. /Sebastian

I've tried it a couple of times and it has always packed the floor. But I always fade it out at around 2:10 when the guitar solo comes in.

Here you go:

The reissue was part of 7x7" box set called "The Funky Side Of P&P Records". There's definitely an original 70s pressing on the GEORGIA PEACH label. Quite hard to find though. Can dig it out and post scans of it if you want me to. Great version of the Van Morrison classic, but I can imagine that the over-the-top guitar solo might not be to everyones taste.

Norway.

That UK store probably got them cheap or (more likely) their regular UK distributor was out of stock and the store had to import copies from elsewhere to satisy the demand from customers. They didn't have a norm. Dutch 45s from the 60s and 70s can be found with both small and big centre holes, they didn't stick to just one variant.

That I have no idea about. But I do have a dutch Colpix 45 with black labels though, and I've seen dutch Deram 45s with the "usual" orange/light-brown label as well. EDIT: I just googled "holland orange" and got this: "Orange is the color of the Dutch Royal Family. [...] But while the color orange has royal roots in the Netherlands, today it symbolizes a broader pride in the country and in being Dutch." That might have something to do with it?

It is indeed odd, but the pressing plants using the 670 / 690 / 710 etc. country codes were owned by Philips (who handled Polydor, Mercury, Fontana etc.) and it seems like the plants in the different european countries sometimes used labels from the same source. There are for example hundreds of norwegian pressings on Polydor with copyright text in german on the label despite the record being pressed in Norway (with country code 710 in the run-out). Norway and Holland often used the same blank labels for the Fontana 45s. The UK issue of that Isaac Hayes 45 was handled by Polydor (owned by Philips), so it's likely that the blank labels were made in the UK and shipped out to their "sister"-pressing plant in Holland.

Just found a bunch of dutch 45s here in a pile and realised that it ISN'T an S and an A on each side of the Treble/G-clef in the "copyright control" logo. It is # and b which makes sense. I.e. figures that are used when writing notes/chords: A A# Ab C C# Cb etc.

Or for STEMRA? The copyright organisation in the Netherlands?

The five scans I posted above are from records that I have sold during the past couple of months on eBay. I save the scans and soundclips of everything I sell. I'd love to keep everything I find, but sadly can't afford to do that. I see no reason NOT to be helpful when it comes to these things, it's just facts/info and we all benifit from learning new stuff.

More of the same:

Not the best scans in the world... but here are two Holland 45s which both have got the "copyright control" logo on their labels:

670 is the code for a pressing plant in Holland / Netherlands. If the matrix info on your copy is machine stamped, then your 45 is definitely pressed in Holland. I've got another 45 right in front of me which reads "Made in Holland" on the label and its a-side matrix number is: AA 6059 206 1W1 670

They are codes for different european pressing plants. 710 is Norway or example.

Regarding the supposedly australian copy: What can be found in the run-out grooves? Is the info scratched or stamped? Can any of the following numbers be found anywhere: 670 690 710 P71

Thanks for the upload, Steve! Very interesting to hear.

Or some of the self-penned tunes by The Bamboos. "Eel Oil" for example.