Kris Holmes

has to be a UK press fetish thing. Maybe the buyers want the vinyl press more than the styrene??

yeah, i'd say someone screwed up the versions somewhere along the line.

it's believable going from what little I've read in other sources & what's more, sounds pretty damn identical to the Willie Kendrick version . Willie Kendrick - What's On Your Finger

yep, there's some interesting stuff on the label, local LA stuff which is Matassa/Sehorn/Quezergue related, but also some stuff leased from other places (I think the Joe Haywood stuff is an example) essentially went under with Dover distribution.

Wow, I did not know anyone had bothered booting this I stand corrected. Are you guys 100% sure it wasn't a legit variation, I have Dial 45s from the Atlantic era which are on both styrene & vinyl? I think the later post-Atlantic ones are only styrene??

original promo, common 45, you paid about what it's worth. great track.

Some stuff on here is Date damn I hate this duo New Zealand Cannibal (only copy I've ever seen) I only have 2 45s on this label!! I've been half looking for a cheap/clean copy of "Funky Donkey" for a while but still don't have it

This guy got around! Probably on a lot more Cameo/Parkway stuff uncredited too. Early & very good jazz piano trio LP NZ press 1-2-3 he does a couple on this ugh, Peaches & Herb He does the Tymes track on this

I did however get to raid my Etta James section of my shelf to post up. There are a few others (7 Day Fool & Payback spring to mind) lurking in various playout boxes but this is the gist of it. Early LP rare New Zealand press beautiful uk promo the americans

Haven't had much chance to dig out OKeh stuff this week, but here's a couple which aren't filed away.

I've definitely played this in the past but couldn't even tell you when the last time I even listened to it was, I had totally forgotten about this record. So, thanks for reminding me I guess

Got this 45 last week & now just ordered the original issue version, great song & great backstory.

"raised" & flat according to the above diagram the whole issue is that it apparently doesn't matter which version, they both look the same & cost the same if you just put a label shot in your auction

not dear, only about $60, so all this over a $60 45 lol

excellent,thanks, we are definitely discussing flat vs. raised

will have to dig my Etta records out too

I definitely have some 45s on this label, will have to dig some out later this week

I'm probably using the word bevelled wrong , I'll check. Yeah, ok, the best I can explain it is a raised lip which then bevels off for the later presses & a flat lip with perpendicular edge on the others. It was pressed very late 69, appears on discographies as 1970, so it could have a Dec 1969 press date but a Jan 1970 street date. So in this case, take my 1970 to mean 1969 if you want

If it's flat with any sort of triangle led number in the run out it is the original press from when Specialty was reactivated in 1969/70.

no, just a normal flat run in groove as opposed to a raised bevelled edge. tried to take pics but don't think they really do it justice raised edge flat edge

is the edge of the vinyl (not the label) on yours flat? I would assume so because of the triangle number. The circle thing is a stamp that is on the west coast delta presses, it's hard to make out. If the edge of the record is flat it is definitely the 1970 press that you have.

also, if anyone is wondering, the bevelled edge Millionaires (which I believe to be a vintage1970s repress since it is not see through) has the following scratched in the run out: S-694-7013 Other 1970s represses with bevelled edges will have the 45-SP-catalog#-master# system (the same numbers as on the actual late 50s flat edge presses indicating use of the same plates?) The original flat edge presses from the reactivated Specialty in 1970 have the triangle prefix Delta # as well as the release# & master# scatched in the runoff. The 80s presses will be some sort of see through color (be it brown or a dark purple/blue) when held up to the light. In the runout they also have the 45-SP-catalog#-master# this probably indicates reuse of plates/the same plant used for the other 70s represses but at some point around 1980 at a guess the plant changed the consistency of the vinyl used. The sleeve these came in looks like this: front back none of these are boots since as stated above Specialty kept so many titles in press on 45 from the 70s onwards.

what people are kind of missing here is the fact that there are 3 distinct variants of some Specialty 45s. There are vintage presses with both flat & raised edges. Then there are 80s presses which also have the raised edge but when you hold it up to a bright light you can actually see through it (like RCA & Ripete presses from the same era), these feel very much like an 80s record & originally came in a thin stock cardboard Specialty sleeve. These are dead simple to ID because they look & feel like an 80s pressed 45. The vintage raised edge presses are similar to the King presses which also have raised edges & to answer another question above, the King 45s are originals.

if it's the brownish see through type vinyl it will also have a raised lip around the outside of the record, similar to what you get on certain King 45s from the 60s if you've seen them & know what I mean. The 80s Specialty boots are pretty easy to tell if you have one in your hand.