Sebastian

A copy sold for £52 on eBay in December 2008 if that's of any help. Another copy was on eBay just a month or two ago that ended without bids and with a starting price of £20.

Superb version indeed! Gritty and brutal. A great CD from beginning to end in my opinion (as was "Vol. 1"). Have been playing it non-stop during the past couple of days. Also have to add that the sound quality on "Here It Comes" by The Persians on this CD is ridiculously good! Gorgeous tune.

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/merchant/pushkings ___SOUL / FUNK / BOOGIE / DISCO 45s & 12"s___________________ ARNIE LOVE - Invisible Wind / We Had Enough +1 - TAP 12" KING TUTT - You've Got Me Hung Up - FUN CITY MAJIK - Back Into Your Heart - HI TSU TORONADOES - What Good Am I - ATLANTIC BADDER THAN EVIL - Hot Wheels / Harlem Dreams - BUDDAH (vinyl!) CHEERS - Two Loves - NATION COTTONMOUTH - Treat You Kindly - RCA FINAL EDITION - I Can Do It Any Way - VAP GLENN DORSEY - Movin On - GOOD JACKIE BURNS - I Still Love You - TACULAR LI BERG - The Smorgasbord - MERCURY MADELINE BELL - We're So Much In Love - PHILIPS, NORWAY MICHAEL WYCOFF - Looking Up To You - RCA (vinyl!) MIKE BERRY - Dial My Number - POLYDOR SHINE - Give Your Love A Chance - SOS S.T.O.P. - Don't Stop - TANDAN WORLD QUAKE BAND - On The One - WORLD QUAKE WINFIELD PARKER - Wanna Be With You - P&L ___JAZZ / FUNK / DISCO LPs__________________________________ ANDERS LINDSKOGS KVARTETT - s/t - AMIGO, SWEDEN DON CHERRY - Organic Music - CAPRICE, SWEDEN GUACO - s/t - INTEGRA, VENEZUELA IRAKERE - s/t - AREITO, CUBA JB's - Food For Thought - PEOPLE, US MANU DIBANGO - Ceddo OST - FIESTA, FRANCE OLE NORDENHOF TRIO - Light Shapes Rainbows - RESPONS, DENMARK RAFAEL LABASTA - Y Su Orquesta - TOP HITS, VENEZUELA SANDUNGUERO - Gaitas - SONOVEN, VENEZUELA Thanks for looking! Take care. /Sebastian

£334 is extremely high, it usually sells for £50-£75. I think that the demand comes from freakbeat and Joe Meek/R.G.M. collectors.

It might be legit, but it's not the first label. SWAN is the original label for those Showmen, Mickey Lee Lane and Sapphires tracks that appeared on ITZY as well. ITZY was, and still is, an "oldies" record label that release(d) 45s, LPs and CDs with tunes that were popular in the Pittsburgh, PA area. Check this out for more info: https://www.4ddai.com/itzy/home.html https://www.4ddai.com/itzy/

There's a fairly high profile US dealer that must have LOADS of copies of the "Love Doll" white demo 45. He's selling them for $20 each and I've been buying it for years off him in batches of 3-5 at a time. Do a google search for the label and catalogue number and you'll find it in the top-10 of the result list.

Just to collect all scans in one place... here's my odd solid centre styrene US issue (also not for sale, I'm afraid):

A copy sold for $565 on eBay in March this year. So definitely a "mid-3 figures" sound at least.

That Wild Honey 45 is a fantastic record in my opinion. Both sides are good. Very seldom turns up for sale as well.

Does it exist on an orange label MINIT issue? The only orange copies I've seen of this have been reissues on the BANDY label. The black label copies of "Fortune Teller" is the original issue as far as I know, but this 45 was pressed at several different plants at the same time. Here are two of them:

Hahaha! I have honestly never really listened to the lyrics! "the problem was that within your daddys life, he had a daughter who today is your wife, now you have my blessings son and try to understand that's life!" Odd indeed.

"Mr. Slick" is a decent mid-tempo latin soul workout and "Sabre Olvidar" is a spanish language salsa tune. Neither are earth-shattering in my opinion. Their "That's Life" on COTIQUE 160 is great though!

I absolutely love that one. Surprised it's still there, definitely not one of his easier releases.

It's a very, very common 45. £20 is the highest price I have ever seen it listed for. Available on both 12" and 7" and both are easy to find. Lots of US dealers has got stock of this 7". It was probably the soundclip that sold it.

No, it's a totally different tune.

POUNDING King Tutt-ish dancer with lots of potential IMO. Still seems to be unknown to a lot of people. Have a listen:

Indeed issued with two different flipsides, but with the same catalogue number: TNT Band - The Meditation / Mr. Slick - COTIQUE 136 TNT Band - The Meditation / Sabre Olvidar - COTIQUE 136 "The Meditiation" is timed 3:50 on both labels, but one of them might very well be an extended version despite that, I don't know. There are at least 4 different label variations for this 45 so it must've sold very well. It turns up at least once per week on eBay and hardly ever sell for more than $15.

I agree, can be picked up much cheaper in/at record stores/fairs, have found a bunch of copies here in my hometown in Sweden, all for for less than £10. But wouldn't personally sell it for less than £100.

That's too low. Both issues (with and without "Keep It Up") regularly sell for £125-£200 on eBay.

This is what I can dig out right now. A couple of numbers missing. Let me know if you need b-sides for any specific titles. PEOPLE 1001 - Kim Weston - Danger, Heartbreak Ahead PEOPLE 1002 - Everyday People - Are You Doing Wrong PEOPLE 1003 - Jon Hamilton - Today I Killed A Man I Didn't Know PEOPLE 1004 - PEOPLE 1005 - Fuzzy & Majors - L-O-V-E PEOPLE 1006 - Hodges, James & Smith - Ain't That Right PEOPLE 1007 - Orange Colored Sky - Help PEOPLE 2500 - James Brown - Escape-Ism PEOPLE 2501 - James Brown - Hot Pants PEOPLE 2502 - J.B.'s - My Brother PEOPLE 2503 - PEOPLE 2504 - Gloria Walker - My Precious Love PEOPLE 600 - Flames - Step Up & Be Counted PEOPLE 601 - Shirley Jean & Relations - People Make The World A Better Place PEOPLE 602 - J.B.'s - Gimme Some More PEOPLE 603 - PEOPLE 604 - Hank Ballard - Annie Had A Baby PEOPLE 605 - PEOPLE 606 - Hank Ballard - Finger Poppin' Time PEOPLE 607 - J.B.'s - Pass The Peas PEOPLE 608 - Lyn Collins - Think PEOPLE 609 - Lee Austin - Gimme Your Hand PEOPLE 610 - J.B.'s - Givin' Up Food For Funk PEOPLE 611 - Martha High - Georgy Girl PEOPLE 612 - Lee Austin - Real Woman PEOPLE 613 - PEOPLE 614 - J.B.'s - Back Stabbers PEOPLE 615 - Lyn Collins - Me & My Baby Got A Good Thing Going PEOPLE 616 - J.B.'s - If You Don't Get It Right The First Tim PEOPLE 617 - J.B.'s - Watermelon Man PEOPLE 618 - Lyn Collins - Mama Feelgood PEOPLE 619 - Fred Wesley - Sportin' Life PEOPLE 620 - Lee Austin - Moonlight PEOPLE 621 - J.B.'s - Doing It To Death PEOPLE 622 - PEOPLE 623 - Lyn Collins - How Long Can I Keep It Up PEOPLE 624 - Maceo & Macks - Parrty PEOPLE 625 - Slick Sly & Wicked - Sho' Nuff PEOPLE 626 - Lyn Collins - Take Me As I Am PEOPLE 627 - J.B.'s - If You Don't Get It The First Time, Bac PEOPLE 628 - PEOPLE 629 - Maceo & Macks - Future Shock PEOPLE 630 - Lyn Collins - We Wanted To Parrty, Parrty, Parrty PEOPLE 631 - Maceo & Macks - Soul Power '74 PEOPLE 632 - J.B.'s - Same Beat PEOPLE 633 - Lyn Collins - Don't Make Me Over PEOPLE 634 - Maceo & Macks - I Can Play PEOPLE 635 - Lee Austin - I'm In Love PEOPLE 636 - Lyn Collins - Give It Up Or Turn It Loose PEOPLE 637 - Devils - X-Orcist PEOPLE 638 - J.B.'s - Damn Right I Am Somebody PEOPLE 639 - Sweet Charles - Soul Man PEOPLE 640 - Maceo & Macks - Show & Tell PEOPLE 641 - Lyn Collins - Wide Awake In A Dream PEOPLE 642 - Progressors - Brothers Under Pressure PEOPLE 643 - J.B.'s - Rockin' Funky Watergate PEOPLE 644 - Insiders - In The Midnight Hour PEOPLE 645 - Sweet Charles - Dedicated To The One I Love PEOPLE 646 - J.B.'s - Little Boy Black PEOPLE 647 - Maceo & Macks - Boogie & Twist PEOPLE 648 - Fred & New J.B.'s - Breakin' Bread PEOPLE 649 - Johnny Scotton - You Don't Wanna Do Nothin', Do You PEOPLE 650 - Lyn Collins - Rock Me Again & Again & Again & A PEOPLE 651 - Fred & New J.B.'s - Making Love PEOPLE 652 - PEOPLE 653 - Sweet Charles - I Won't Last A Day Without You PEOPLE 654 - J.B.'s - Thank You For Lettin' Me Be Myself PEOPLE 655 - Fred & New J.B.'s - It's The J.B.'s Monaurail PEOPLE 656 - Sweet Charles - Hang Out & Hustle PEOPLE 657 - Lyn Collins - Baby, Don't Do It PEOPLE 658 - Hustlers - Hustling PEOPLE 659 - Lyn Collins - If You Don't Know Me By Now PEOPLE 660 - J.B.'s - Thank You For Lettin' Me Be Myself PEOPLE 661 - Maceo & Macks - Future Shock PEOPLE 662 - Lyn Collins - Mister Big Stuff PEOPLE 663 - J.B.'s - All Aboard The Funky Soul Train PEOPLE 664 - James Brown - Everybody Wanna Be Funky One More

Don't know if you know this but the EJA and GREEDY 45s has got very different versions of this song. The EJA one is an earlier recording and has got more of a gritty crossover feel to it while the GREEDY version has got a sweeping string arrangement and sounds much smoother.

Why is that Tempests album considered "blue eyed" soul?

Don't get me wrong, I like The Pretty Things a whole lot... but "leading lights of pop music"? Compared to The Beatles they were a just blip on the worldwide music radar and to compare the popularity/impact of The Beatles vs. The Pretty Things is a non-starter.

No, it's the the original flipside to "Sweeter Than The Day Before" called "Let's Get Together" that is wanted. A pounding uptempo tune that is begging for some spins, but probably gets over shadowed by its popular A-side.