Sebastian

I've got that 45, but I'm heading out the door in a moment, so will record it during the weekend and post the tunes on here.

Just out of interest, is it "Runaway" that you're talking about? I only have the short 1:20 clip that was in the auction (which I guess a lot of other people have as well) but if anyone would like to hear it I could put it in refosoul? Let me know. If it's not that tune, then just ignore this...

It's a good ballad/stepper for sure, but not something I would ever play to a dancefloor.

Creepy... I had their "When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty" blasting out of my speakers when I read your post!

Yes, but that was probably just one lucky eBay seller... (it sold for $361 but just 3 days earlier a copy in better condition sold for $90). Would be interesting to see how much the 7" of Allan Harris could fetch in a Manship auction.

Dobie Gray - The IN Crowd - London demo - £77 Marvelettes - I'll Keep Holding On - Tamla Motown - £116 Little Richard - A Little Bit of Something - Columbia demo - £103 Claude Huey - Why Would You Blow It - Galaxy promo - £202 Thelma Houston - Baby Mine - Capitol - £207 Christine Cooper - Heartaches Away My Boy - Parkway promo - £337 S.P.G - Loveland - Magick - £711 Al Mason - Good Lovin - Fynal Vynal - £459 Lewis Clark - I Need Your Lovin So Bad - Tigertown - £340 Down Beats - Together - Dawn - £187 Tommy Hunt - The work Song + How Young Is Young + 2 - Vogue EP PS french - £81 Monique - Never Let Me Go c/w If You Love Me - Maurci - £452 J.J. Barnes - Lonely No More - Mickay's - £482 Charles Brandy - I Can't Get Enough Of You c/w Without Your Love - Blue Cat promo - £2114 Allen Harris - Get Ready c/w Just Let Me Know - Exact Change 12" - £117 Bill Brandon - Bill Brandon LP - Prelude LP - £87

Snap some well-focused photos of the record labels in question, post them here, and we can all chip in about which are vinyl and which are styrene. Or failing that: see the first reply in this thread.

Thano - Gimmie Something / We've Never Met - VERVE 10399

US 12" courtesy of discomusic.com Came in a custom made sleeve as well:

Yes, this only applies to the US releases. I'll try to find a label scan of a styrene LP. I've never seen a non-US styrene record.

Yes, styrene LPs does exist (with stick-on labels just like on 45s). Most copies I've seen of Betty Everett's "I Need You So" LP on SUNSET have been pressed on styrene. I've read that many of the Sunset label LPs were pressed on styrene.

If there's an edge on the outer part of the label where you could peel it off if you wanted to = it's styrene. If the label is moulded into the record and you can't peel it off no matter how much you wanted to = it's vinyl. But then there are also the Amy/Mala/Bell-distributed styrene 45s that have got "painted labels", i.e.:

Only about 1-2 hours left on these auctions now. Thanks for looking! :-)

Earlier this year when you asked about this 45 here on SoulSource I did a "completed items" search in eBay and a black issue copy of the Don Covay 45 on Landa had sold just a couple of weeks earlier. It sold for less than $30, but was in poor condition. I thought that I had saved the label scan, but can't find it now. I did however definitely see it. I'll post up the scan if I find it.

He did two sessions at Stax Studios, the first in July 1973 and the second in September 1973. These recordings can be found on three of his albums - "Raised On Rock" (1973), "Good Times" (1974) and "Promised Land" (1975).

There's another article about it as well, written by Stuart MacDonald. Here are links that goes straight to both articles: STUART COSGROVE: https://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/c...icle5732973.ece STUART MACDONALD: https://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/s...icle5733428.ece

Might be worth mentioning in your auction text though that "How Young Is Young" wasn't issued on a 45 in the US. Actually, I don't think it ever was released anywhere apart from on that french EP (and on a latter day Stardust 45)? Can't find any US release info for it, not on any of his LPs either. It was recorded during the same March 1964 session where he also cut "It's All A Bad Dream" and "You Made A Man Out Of Me", but "How Young Is Young" seems to have only appeared on this french EP.

Indeed. Also strange that there is more than a full year between the Gordy and Laurie releases. The 45 on Gordy was issued in April 1962 and the Laurie 45 was issued in October 1963.

GREAT tune indeed! As far as I know the Fania release came first, but both are from 1970/1971 or so. In my experience the Fania release is harder to find than the Uptite one, but as far as value goes I've never seen either sell for more than £30-£40. It's interesting to note that in the latest Manship guide the Fania 45 is valued to £10 and the Uptite 45 is valued to £100...

I've never seen that one before. Seems like the SGA issue is the second release as it credits (P) 1981 Rocmar Records, and has got different distribution info.

That 45 is by The Simpson Sisters. A different group as far as I know.

Here are the releases I know of: Crampton Sisters - I Didn't Know What Time It Was / I Cried When I Found You Gone - DCP 1001 Crampton Sisters - If You Were The Only Boy In The World / It's Gonna Take A Miracle - DCP 1101 Crampton Sisters - Always / My Guy Is Boss - DCP 1107 Crampton Sisters - Baby, Baby / Hey Boy - ABC 10853

There's about 2 days left on these auctions.

Haven't seen many copies of "Steppin Down" by Fredrick Knight on MAXINE.

The Undertones, A Certain Ratio AND Mitch Ryder on just a regular wednesday night out. Nice!