Kris Holmes

I agree, the zodiac one with the fortune teller on it is very cool. Those NZ Motown sleeves came in a variety of colors, the most popular seems to have been blue, which doesn't match the pink labels at all

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I like that. I'll have to check out some more of thier stuff. I have a 45 of them on Goldmine that I don't think I've ever listened to...

This was a reasonably common practice for Australian Record Bars back in the day & may account for the scarcity of many original Australian sleeves. My favorite is the sturdy cardboard sleeve used by the Batman Record Bar!

As someone who is not into the modern based sounds at all. Have you ever thought of pairing some of your stuff with anyone like some of the "throwback" style "retro-soul" artists around now. Commercially now would seem like a good time for something like that with the popularity of Winehouse, Jones, Willis, Russell et al. I saw the "Strange World Of Northern Soul" movie & thought how great it would have been to hear some more retro/earthy sounding productions to go along with some of the artist's performances. Not a dig at you, I'm just curious. Maybe you have done something like this & I've missed it?

Here's my first 15. Not packed for a gig but from when I packed a box to take to a friends place the other week to play some records. So it's a bit of a mixture/mess really & will definitely get repacked for the next gig. Roy Head - Treat Her Right (Viking) The Equals - Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys (President) The Foundations - Give Me Love (Uni) Dennis Coffey - Ride Sally Ride (Sussex) New Birth - I Wash My Hands Of The Whole Damn Deal (RCA) Roy Ayers - Cincinatti Growl (Polydor) Kai Winding - Comin' Home Baby (Verve) Johnny Colon - Mombo Suzie (Cotique) Ramsey Lewis - Wade In The Water (Cadet) Herbie Mann - Unchain My Heart (A&M) Shirley Scott - Soul Shoutin' (Prestige) Darrell Banks - Open The Door To Your Heart (Revilot) The Impressions - Long Long Winter (ABC) Dennis Coffey - Scorpio (Sussex) Syl Johnson - One Way Ticket To Nowhere (Twinight)

Try me, I know a bit, what are you after?

RIP. Yes I saw the post with the Sam "The Man" Taylor heading & thought "he was still alive". Then read it & thought "wow, when did he start using that nickname". In any case, sad news & definitely not the famed jazz/R&B/pop saxman.

Good 45, they were trying for a hit on Miss Jones so bad that they recorded & released the 45 3 times!! You want either of the 2 versions with the better drum sound. One is definitely weaker.

Yes, now you mention that I think I have seen that variation, I was going to mention it but thought I might have been thinking of the "Tag 1" label for the 2nd release of "Straight Love No Chaser"

OK, so last year I found a few unplayed stocks of this 45 on the typical bright yellow label with a matt finish. But just before that Manship sold me this one with a pale yellow glossy label. Is this a common variation? I've not seen another like it.

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My pink stock of this is on styrene with stamped matrix & has "1D" stamped after the matrix. Hard to make out but does the pink stock copy above have "1E" stamped after the matrix?

Can I please get some clarification on this 45. I have this version which was sold to me as an original on ebay but was pretty suspicious looking once it arrived. It is pretty flimsy vinyl with a lightly scratched S4KM-6838 matrix. The label looks ok, but it's really the flex in the vinyl that doesn't quite add up with some other vintage 45s. Any ideas? This one probably falls into the "why would you bother booting it?" category too though?

I can attest that this 45 gets really difficult when trying to analyse the pink label variations. I have 3 copies on pink & they are all different from each other & none of mine are the "stamped matrix on one side" version pictured above so there are at least 4 variants on the pink label.

Yeah, for 4000 you'd probably need one free wall to put them on. Getting them out of boxes was the best thing I ever did. 40000-60000 is insane, you'd have to have a free warehouse. I'm pretty sceptical about "non-Moerer/Shively" types who quote those sorts of numbers though since collectors have a definite propensity to over-exaggerate. You gotta take what some of these dudes say at face value if you haven't seen them. I mean, I'm pretty strict at on-selling stuff I don't want anymore, those 40-60k collectors must be hoarding chronically

Not any more than $10 to $20 US for EX copies, based upon what I paid last year. I think they are pretty quiet presses from memory too, at least one of them anyways. Good LPs though.

Just a heads up really, but 4000 45s will take up a lot of wall space. So you may want to shelve them high unless you have the better part of a whole wall or two to dedicate to 45s. I know I was very surprised how much room they all took up when I got mine out of their boxes 18 months ago. To give you some idea, I had to get custom shelves made by a friend who is much more of a handyman than myself. My shelves are over 2m high & I had to get them attached to the wall to stop them falling over too. Here is what I mean: The shelf on the right has the best part of 4000, the one on left around 2500 45s.

just did a ebay search, you can get a Mint DJ copy for $1 here ebay

Yeah it was released, I don't have it though, it does pop up on ebay from time to time, I think Moerer had it for $30 a while ago but no pic. Good 45, I agree "Two Time Loser" is cool.

Looks good at a glance, but it's really hard to definitely say without having the item in your hand. You need to assess if it seems like it actually is from that era, pen coloring etc, how the label is attached to the record, did you get it from a reputable source etc etc. If it looks too good to be true it may well be, but also I don't know why someone would bother booting those songs anyway, so it could very well be real.

It got changed to Lavette sometime after or during those early Atlantic 45s. The early one pictured, as well as "My Man Is A Loving Man" are definitely spelt Betty Lavett. The "e" at the end of Betty(e) was also added later.

Sorry the divshare didn't work. Anyways, after a bit more asking around the song is the same song as the flip of Jimmy Bailey's "Keep On Running" 45 on Columbia.

Excellent, I was waiting for the LP. The best reissue label around by far in terms of thought & care placed into the final product. I try to get as many of their releases as I can. The recently expanded Twinight 4LP box set is amazing!! Rob is a great guy too.

I know that every white/black label Atlantic 45 I have cleaned does bleed some sort of milky residue from the label. I don't know what you are on about with the AT/scroll thing though. The label pictured seems pretty standard for the era after they introduced the scroll to the label.