Benji

Marc, great write up. thanks for sharing. Mel Jackson picture cover rings a bell, think a mate played it to me a long time ago. But I don't recall it as being good, you're sure you're not mixing it up with Marv Williams - Goodbye my love? Because that's a lovely funky track, sadly a bit too fast for the dancefloor IMO. Kerston Records started in 1965 so 1967 for John Harris makes more sense.

I'd upload it if I could find the CD I recorded it on. LP is in storage so no chance for you to hear it until I find the CD again (might be in the car, will have a look tomorrow morning). Two small kids turned me into an organisational disaster

For sale: TOM BROCK - I LOVE YOU MORE AND MORE / IF WE DON'T MAKE IT - PHILIPS GERMANY (WITH P/S!!) £20 SOLD Best two tracks off the album together, very rare german issue with picture sleeve and even jukebox strip! Record looks VG++ but plays EX, sleeve VG+ Postage from Germany to Europe £3.00, tad more outside Europe, tad less within Germany. Please PM for further info. Paypal only.

I'm absolutely sure most (if not all of them) labels are left overs from the two-for-the-price-of-one lookalike bootlegs that flooded the market a few years ago. So the seller is either very close to the guy who did all the pressings or at least to the pressing plant that pressed them...

Unless it's a misprint on the Revue label and the 45 version ends infact at 01:22 both versions are 02:22.............. NB: the take on the Kent album was/is different tho!

For sale: THE WEBS - TOMORROW/THIS THING CALLED LOVE - GERMAN LONDON (looks VG+ but plays VG++/EX) £10 SOLD Lovely midtempo double sider. Very rare red label issue. Postage from Germany to Europe £3.00, tad more outside Europe, tad less within Germany. Please PM for further info.

I know the inferior (i.e. not the pye) mix made it on 45 and LP, which format was the pye mix?

You might be right, but if it was washed out wouldn't the black print also been affected?

From what I remember the very last 12" Sheba Potts-Wright was quite nice wasn' it?

The Eddie Holman tracks are nice but pretty clear they were demo takes and therefore sound a bit 'empty'. Al Williams is really a great track. Shame it was the very last release. Was this ever properly issued or demo only? Will give it a spin at our do next week. Worst one IMHO was the Barons - You need love

Valid point but were they at least promoted as alt mixes not available anywhere else? I honestly can't remember what the promotion for Grapevine 2K was like back then

Well, that depends on which target group it was supposed to be wouldn't it? I see your point that many (if not most) releases didn't appeal to the 'die hard' Northern collector. But there were plenty that did. e.g. Chesterfieds - Think it over. Would be interesting to see which ones were the big sellers and which ones were the poor ones.

I surely do! Excellent article. I collected the label and still have the whole run. I knew about the previously unreleased stuff but never knew about the alt. mixes of Tavaso, True Image, etc. Somehow I don't think the exclusiveness of the tracks was promoted that much back then, was it? I mean, if I hadn't all 45s already I surely would try to get as many as possible after reading Steve's article.

I understand first played off an US acetate by Guy H or Keb?

Marc, flipside of the Bread release is wishing and hoping as I said in my previous post. Anyway, no need to argue about that. Did you know that Del Davis lives in Augsburg now and even wrote a song for FC Augsburg?

Marc, which Del Davis record are you talking about? Sure not "Baby don't wake me"? That one goes for silly money for quite some time now and the flipside "wishing and hoping" sure doesn't look like it's sung in german...

Seems I caused some confusion. Temptations "Mein girl" is the rarest and most expensive german Motown 45 and is sung in german. Edwin Starr is of course sung in english.

Yes, last and by far rarest of the 4 Motown 45 sung in german.

Seconded. Emperors new clothes kind of song, fits in with all that funk crap played these days. Will be gone and forgotten in a few years.

No, the most expensive German Motown 45 is Temptations "Mein Girl" (aka my Girl) @200/250 Agree with you, rarely turns up these days. I guess many copies that were in circulation are now hoovered up and tucked away in Northern Soul collections. Yes, german-only 45.

No, not really. Or as my 3 year old daughter would say: :D:lol:

If the likes of Butch, Soul Sam, Ginger, etc. are reading this, I'm willing to let my copy go for a nice offer/trade (seriously!)

You can pick up the album on the bay for less than $10 if you search a bit.

can upload it once RefoSoul is back and running if anybody's still interested? Bought the album simply out of curiosity about the Two People track and have to say, doesn't sound like an alt take to me. More like one of those 'fake stereo' mixes you can find on many french compilations from the 1960s. I'd be a bit disappointed if it wasn't for the stand out deep soul tracks on side 2