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And what a fab song that is! Track #2 on Kent's King Soul Ballads CD. Compiled by BobA. Great taste.

If you bought it too cheap you got it off me

Mal, yours was an absolute bargain. TG was the first three figure record I bought. Early/mid 90s @ a ton off Pat Brady. Lovely black issue. When I opened the mailer with a knife the record fell out and broke into 5/6 pieces. Boy was I gutted. Fantastic record, btw!

I had one of those testpressings.Indeed it looks nice.

Pete, could have been even worse. Imagine seller saying Solomon Burke eventually changed his name to Levi Jackson...

May I be 2nd in line?

No. Certainly not. Though it's 150-200 quid on lists it goes for $150 max on that infamous auction site

I did a Beat Ballads and Slowies podcast last year. And a damn good one IMHO https://soundsfromtheshelter.podomatic.com/entry/2012-07-19T12_25_24-07_00 Rocky Roberts . If he could . Durium (Argentina) Arthur Prysock . Before you break my heart . Verve George Smith . I've had it . Turntable The Trends . Not too old to cry . ABC Deena Johnson . The breaking point . Wild Deuce The Epsilons . I'm so devoted . Shrine Big Maybelle . Oh lord, what are you doing to me . Scepter Patty LaBelle . You forgot how to love . Atlantic Joe Tex . Next time she's mine . Michelle Dobie Gray . No room to cry . Charger Kenny Carter . I've gotta find her . RCA (Germany) Tommy Tate . I'm taking on pain . Okeh Peggy March . Losin' my touch . RCA The Love Potion . This love . TCB Jackie Taylor . Walkin' back . Jubilee Walter Jackson . My ship is comin' in . Okeh Dick Hafner . Go 'way tears . Valiant Dee Dee Warwick . I can't go back . Hurd Jimmy Beaumont . You got too much going for you . London (UK) Roy Hamilton . The panic is on . MGM Wade Flemons . That other place . VJ J.J. Jackson . It seems like I've been here before . Calla Roy Hamilton . The sinner . MGM (UK) Anthony & Imperials . Lost without you . Veep (LP track)

No. Different songs

https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/knocked-into-a-cocked-hat.html

And it sure didn't sell for that much on the strength of the alt take of "in the name". Awful version.

Wilson Pickett - Baby don't you weep - Liberty Germany - VG+ £35 SOLD Best and grittiest version of this R&B stomper. No U.S. 45 release. No picture sleeve but original company sleeve. Full audio clip: Wilson Pickett - Weep.mp3 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ worldwide P&P from Germany: £3.10 standard / £5.00 signed for / £6.50 fully insured. Paypal preferred, as gift if possible. Bank transfer ok.

sure but looks lovely too. I'd rather have a Drew record in such a made up sleeve than a boring brown paper one.

Two examples from me 1) 'Moses Smith' bootleg of Epitome of Sound was pressed pichted up 2) Towana "Wear your natural baby" was record slower than it was pressed.

never noticed that. Is there anything on the label referring to a Laurie distribution apart from the matrix #?

I bought two records Brad flattened for a customer. According to the seller both were warped and unplayable. Now they're flat and play absolutely fine. One no warp at all. The other one hardly noticeable. So whatever magical machine Brad uses, it does the trick.

Dave, do you know which device Brad Hales is using? That's a very effective one.

Once had the Sam Dees LP on Atlantic given to me as a present from someone I wouldn't expect to give me any presents. Record turned out to be badly warped

Was it really 97 that the site started? I thought it kicked off as an email-list?

The name's Alferd Kersten, not Kerston. Owner and main producer of Kerston records. He's still alive. John Harris was reissued using the original tapes. Very likely IMHO they came from him and Bear Family licenced from him.

The info that Marc Forrest posted came from the producer of the record. Is that true and factual enough?

No, different stories. John Harris was never meant to be sold to the public. The band took the whole run to sell them at their gigs. The record was pressed on a german label but I don't see it as a german release because it was never released to the public. Soul Explusion and many other US army outfits were actually released to the public. There were plenty of bands doing the US army circuit, meaning they went from airbases to barracks, playing for GIs only. John Harris was such a band. Non-US army folks weren't allowed to attend those gigs.

I really like the record now, it's a grower. The strings are just fabulous. Pretty obvious they were added either by producer Fred Kersten or at least on his recommendation. European HQ of the US army was Heidelberg at the time. Majority of the german US army contingent was based in the area Kaiserslautern/Heidelberg/Frankfurt. From what I understand the band took the whole run pressed (~250) to sell them at army base gigs. IMO best chances to find any copies in Germany is were the army was based. But I wouldn't be surprised if there's a copy tucked away in the old AFN radio archive. It used to be here in Munich until early/mid 90s but was relocated to Frankfurt. AFAIK it's still there. 100's of 1.000's of records locked away.

PS: Am I alone in thinking this was probably recorded at a slower speed? It sounds just a tad too fast to me...

If I was a mod I wouldn't have said "please". You were referring to somebody playing a reissue instead of an original of same price. Basically another dull and boring original vs reissue post. And off-topic. But seeing others joined you now I'll leave you guys alone with yet another discussion about playing out reissues or not.