Sebastian

27 of the copies that this seller has sold has showed up on Popsike and Collectors Frenzy, plus he's got one copy on eBay right now, so it's defintiely more than a 25 count box.

Are the first and second pressings done with the same stampers? If not, it would be great if you could post up the matrix info of the original to avoid any confusion in the future.

Only 2 hours to go on these auctions now. Thanks for looking! :-)

Two copies of the white label pressing (with Mark Loyd's "When I'm Gonna Find Her" on the flipside) have sold on eBay during the past couple of months. They fetched $57 and $86. If it's important that you have it on a 7" I'd recommend you to get ahold of a good quality soundfile and cut your own copy instead: https://www.timmion.com/cutting It'll be cheaper and just as "authentic".

There's now about 1 day left on these auctions.

Here's the Babel venue (in Malmoe, Sweden) where we do our Function nights: /index.php?/calendar/1/event-15060

Here's both sides of an original:

I'll buy 10 copies at £275 each if anyone has got a stack of them for sale.

Most of the copies that have sold on eBay over the past couple of years have gone for much more than £275: 2009-03-23 - $877 2008-11-08 - $620 2008-10-21 - $940 2008-08-17 - £180 2008-01-24 - $731 2008-01-15 - $801 2007-12-06 - $810 2006-10-10 - $625

Here are all of your sales compiled into one post just in case people are too lazy to go look for them: 45s AMBASSADORS-TOO YOUNG FOR ME-FLEET VG+ £225 ARTHUR CONLEY-IM GONNA FORGET ABOUT YOU-FAME M- £70 BETTY BROOKS-FUNKY FUNKY-LE CAM M- £180 BOBBY BLAND-HONEY CHILD-DUKE (PROMO) M- £40 COOKIE JACKSON-FIND ME A LOVER-UPTOWN EX £30 DEREK MARTIN-IF YOU GO-SUE(DEMO) M- £60 EDDIE JEFFERSON-UH OH IM IN LOVE AGAIN-STAX M- £75 FOUR GENTS-YOUNG GIRLS BEWARE-ONCORE VG++ £125 FREDDIE SCOTT-ILL BE GONE-SHOUT M EX £30 GARLAND GREEN-IT RAINED FORTY DAYS AND NIGHTS/GIRL I LOVE YOU-REVUE M- £200 HARVEY-ANY WAY YOU WANTA-TRI-PHI EX £70 JAMES MOORE-A MAN SHOULD NEVER CRY-TISHMAN EX/M- £300 JIMMY LEWIS-LET ME KNOW-MINIT M- £30 JIMMY MERRITT-ILL FORGET ABOUT YOU-CRACKERJACK M- (DEMO) £300 JOE ARNOLD-NO CLOUDS IN THE SKY- 2 SPOT RECORDS EX/M- £300 JOHNNY NASH-OL MAN RIVER -WB M- £40 LITTLE TOMMY AND THE ELGINS-ABC -EX £125 LONNIE LESTER-YOU CANT GO-NU-TONE EX/M- £125 NAPPY BROWN-COALMINER-SAVOY M- £50 O.V.WRIGHT-OH BABY MINE-BACKBEAT EX £30 PERFECTIONS-I LOVE YOU MY LOVE-SVR M- £250 TONY DANIELS-HOW LONELY-SPORT M- £60 WILLIE MASON AND ALL THE KINGSMEN-WHY-KA-LA-MA M- £250 LPs R.L.BURNSIDE-COME ON IN- FAT POSSUM RECORDS- EX (inc:its bad you know) £75 THE TEMPESTS-WOULD YOU BELIEVE-SMASH -EX (inc:someday) £75 OHIO PLAYERS GREATEST HITS-TRIP - EX inc: love slipped through my fingers £60 EDDIE HOLMAN AND THE LARKS-SWEET MEMORIES-EX inc:unreleased version of I surrender and where im not wanted £60 BEST OF BOBBY BLAND-VOL.2-DUKE M- inc:36-22-36 £80

Dodgy indeed!

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___________________________________ BIG BOY MYLES - She's So Fine - V-TONE BRENDA HOLLOWAY - Every Little Bit Hurts - STATESIDE SS 307 CHARLES HODGES - Charles Shing-A-Ling - ALTO DIANA ROSS & SUPREMES - Where Did Our Love Go - STATESIDE, DENMARK FLIRTATIONS - Everybody Needs Somebody - DERAM, DENMARK GENE McDANIELS - Tower Of Strength - LONDON, DENMARK JACKSON 5 - Abc - TAMLA MOTOWN, SWEDEN MAJOR LANCE - Hey Little Girl +3 - COLUMBIA, FRANCE MARVIN GAYE & KIM WESTON - It Takes Two - TAMLA MOTOWN, HOLLAND PRINCE CHARLES - Cheryl Ann - JIN, US RICKY SHAW - Wounded In The Battles Of Love - PRESIDENT, US TEMPTATIONS - Ball Of Confusion - TAMLA MOTOWN, HOLLAND TERRY WOODFORD - It's His Town - FAME (Dan Penn!) UPSETTERS & LITTLE RICHARD - I'm In Love Again - LITTLE STAR Thanks for looking! Take care. /Sebastian

Noticed that the seller bought a copy of Derek & Ray's "Interplay" about two weeks ago... https://cgi6.ebay.com...mpleted=1&all=1

Don't know actually, I've only heard the yellow one.

Both yellow and black. Yellow being the first issue.

Quite bizarre that a record this rare was issued twice with differing label layouts and seemingly 16 months apart!

The booklet to one of the "Complete Motown Singles" box sets claims that too and I think it makes sense. The vocals on the two Majestics 45s on LINDA doesn't sound similar to eachother. I really like "Strange World".

I just noticed that the David & Ruben 45 on Rampart mentions "Taken from album #R-3305 'Eastside Revue Vol. 2'". The full title of that double-LP is "Golden Treasures Volume Two: West Coast East Side Revue" and was issued on Rampart in 1969. It includes past hits by the LINDA / FARO / GORDO / RAMPART / WHITTIER group of labels.

No I wasn't, but the Linda label seized to release records in late 1966 or early 1967. It is documented that the last ever 45 on the Linda label (LINDA 125), "Like You Do" b/w "Where Is Mary" by The Backseat was issued in late 1966 or early 1967. "I Love Her So Much (It Hurts Me)" by The Majestics was issued as LINDA 121 so logically should've been released prior to 125. Indeed, they are not the same group. The Majestics on V.I.P. is actually The Monitors. Only the early copies of that 45 were credited to The Majestics, they quickly changed their name to The Monitors (apparently as a direct result from them finding out about the group with the same name on Linda). Which kind of ties in nicely with the Linda 45 being from 1965 because the "Say You" 45 by Monitors/Majestics on V.I.P. was issued on the 12th of November 1965 which must've been at the same time as "(I Love Her So Much) It Hurts Me" was causing a stir. As for the discography on the SoulfulKindaMusic site: The 45s on Contour, Chex and V.I.P. are by permutations of the same group (and evolved into The Monitors). The 45s on Jordan, Nu-Tone and Pixie are by a completely unrelated group. That's the main giveaway in my opinion and the reason why they edited out the trumpet intro on the Warner Bros release is probably because it must've sounded horribly dated in 1969. The Rampart 45 was issued in 1968 or more likely in 1969. The David And Ruben 45 is RAMPART 662. The Village Callers 45 on Rampart called "Hector" is an earlier number, RAMPART 659, and states "in album 'Village Callers Live'" on the label. The "Village Callers Live" album is reviewed in the 30th November 1968 issue of Billboard Magazine.

The one on Pirate? Is it really the same artist as "Weakspot" etc.?

That is correct. It did get an official 7" issue on Warner Bros in the Philippines.

Thanks for the comments everyone! We're glad that you're enjoying the tunes. As Helena wrote above, we will try to record some more of our nights and put up the audio here (and elsewhere). The Skanor / Falsterbo region sure is lovely. Some of the nicest beaches I've ever been to and the nearby villages are well worth a visit. Check out the beautiful Osterlen region (Kivik, Simrishamn, Vik, Kaseberga etc.) located on the eastern side of Skane on your next trip if you haven't been there earlier.

The LINDA release of "I Love Her So Much" is definitely from 1965. The previous Majestics 45 on LINDA ("Strange World") is from 1963. The last ever 45 on the LINDA label is from 1967.

The reason that it says "fast" under the title is most likely just to alert radio DJs that it is an uptempo tune. The same goes for the flipside which has got "slow" under its title to alert that it is a ballad side, and not that it is a "slower" version. Would be great if someone can post up scans, soundfiles and matrix details of both tunes on the 45 that hasn't got "fast"/"slow" on the labels, so we can put this one to bed.