Benji

Just happened to come across this album I bought many years ago and completely forgot about it. Especially where it originaly came from. Going by the asian letters I assume it's from Japan China. Can somebody help?

seems like many are spending their christmas bonus on treating themselves with a nice 45. I'm a bit out of touch with today's prices for US 45s but most of the records I've seen countless times on lists as set sale items. I can't get over the 2.2k for the Armstead acetate. I mean, it looks and sounds like a publisher's acetate. Meant as a guideline of how the song writers intended the song to be sung. Is it really Joshie Jo Armstead? I doubt. For that price there must be something in the record I just don't get. Maybe there's some hidden message if you play it backwards, like hints leading to the ark of covenants?

many thanks for the link. Didn't know it covers such a huge number of german labels. Excellent for reference!

I've never seen it before that a non-german 45 was released with a german sleeve. So I was (and am) a bit suspicious that sleeve and record would actually "belong to each other". If you look closely at the sleeve you can see that the french 45 cat no is printed in brackets next to the allocated german cat no. So the more I think about it the more I'm convinced they really issued the french 45 with a german sleeve.

Hi Paul, many thanks for the info. It would confirm my theory that they just printed a germany sleeve for the french 45.

Was wondering if somebody can help me? Bobby Bland - Ain't doing too bad - Vogue (France) v 45-1245 According to Discogs and 45cat this 45 (not the EP!) came out on Vogue only in France. However I have the french 45 with a definitely german picture sleeve. So I was wondering if this came out in Germany using the french press and adding a german sleeve to it. Or is there a german pressed 45 as well? Googled for it but only found either pictures of the french 45 or the german sleeve. But neither pictures of french 45 and german sleeve. Or pictures of a german 45. I know dutch releases were sometimes sold in Germany too, with a corresponding sticker, e.g. Tempests Well-Tempered Soul LP. But I'm not aware of any french 45s released in Germany. Any help much appreciated!

@Soul-slidermany thanks for that. Didn't know it was comp'd.

the track Pete mentions is just a short cut of the vocal version. The full 2+ min version is unissued as far as I know.

I understand the Canadian Right On label is not connected to the UK label. Maybe whoever was behind the Canadian one thought label name and label design are quite nice and used them for their own set up. Sammy Gaha was based in France when he recorded "Thank you Thank you" and it first came out in France.

https://www.discogs.com/de/artist/328702-Bruce-Scott

went through a box of 100's of audio tapes in the attic the other. To my surprise I found the tape I did back in 1995 at John's house. Here's the track listing. Pure allnighter material. Even 25 years later. little ann - lean lanky daddy - ric tic acetate ruby andrews - wonderful nite - zodiac stemmons express - woman love thief - karma al gardner - i'll get along - lu-pine baby huey - just being careful - usa september jones - i'm coming home - kapp september jones - no more love - kapp jimmy & entertainers - new girl - toddlin' town metros - i'll never forget you - rca lp holly maxwell - only when you're lonely - constellation seminoles - cheating heart - bell acetate (alt take from what i remember) monique - i wouldn't believe - maurci mb's - another day - b-jet natural four - hangin' on to a lie - boola-boola archie bell - a thousand wonders - atlantic (spain) reggie soul - my world of ecstasy - capri bobby williams - only got myself to blame - sureshot ascots - anytime - mir-a-don ascots - another day - mir-a-don tommy dodson - one day love - uptown showmen - a little bit of your love - joker 3 del chontays - baby i need you - steeltown tony amaro - runnin around - loma rocky gil - it's not the end - tear drop otis lee - hard row to hoe - quaint Mind, randomly picked!

I'm 100% sure it's Don Gardner.

Sure a marmite record. I love it. Even though I despise today's Northern 45 prices I fully understand if this copy fetches loads.

The Kerston reissue is a bootleg.

bump. still looking....

Flipside of Sonny Parker is "what can I do". A truly wonderful beat ballad and a US low rider classic. That might be the reason for the price? It's not a record that turns up every day.....

Maxine Brown-Let me give you my lovin-Wand 177 quid! Is there something I might have missed?

I wonder who's the target audience for these compilations?

updated and reduced.....

They posted it eventually on April 30. And the records arrived safe and sound here in Germany on May 08. Don't think I ever had a 'signed for' parcel from the US delivered as fast as this time.

Three very hard to find german Northern 45s: THE LOVELLES - HERE COME THE HEARTACHES/I WONDER WHY - RS (w/ PS!) NM £75 SOLD Fantastic record. Both sides solid uptempo Northern in glorious true stereo. Only way to get "Wonder why" on 45. Check the sound clip. In original sleeve (VG++) EBONEY KEYES - IF YOU KNEW - PYE (w/ PS) EX £20 £15 Neat UK produced Northern soul oldie. Still love it. Record plays great but has tiny "x" on "sitting in a ring" side. Sleeve bit worn and small "x" on front, hence VG+ grading THE SPINNERS - I'LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU - TAMLA-MOTOWN VG++ £30 £20 Oh so rare. Only the second copy I ever had. Very small and faint wol. Vinyl looks VG++ but plays EX hence grading. Wasn't released with a picture sleeve so comes in a plain white paper sleeve. ***************************************************************** P&P in Europe £5, outside Europe £9. Signed for/Insured postage available, please ask for rates. As of now I can ship to any european destination. Outside Europe please ask. Payment Paypal only, F&F preferred Please PM for further details Lovelles - Wonder why.mp3

"standing on solid ground" - horrible record. what a synthetic backing. weak vocals. don't know about David Rhodes being a tailor-made but I really like it. One that is 100% tailor-made which I really like is Four Vandals - Wrong side of town. even though backing sounds pretty synthetic to me the melody, the lyrics, the vocals really make up for that. Hats off to Ian Levine for this one, well done!

mental. freddie houston 300max IMO

As Arthur Greensalde was involved, it's an UK production isn' it?