Benji

Part two now posted Includes some £3 specials.

Missus started to clear out her LP collection. Here's the 2nd batch. Some nice stuff. Vinyl EX or better unless stated. BILLY PRESTON - MOST EXCITING ORGAN EVER - VJ (Promo W/D label!, slv bit worn) 12 OHIO PLAYERS - OUCH! - BOARDWALK (in shrink wrap but open) 8 SMOKEY ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES - MAKE IT HAPPEN - TAMLA-MOTOWN (German, vinyl vg++, slv bit worn) 8 JAMES & BOBBY PURIFY - YOU & ME TOGETHER - CASABLANCA (sticker residue on cover) 5 CONGRESS ALLEY - (same) - AVCO (orig inner sleeve) 30 NITEFLYTE - (same) - ARIOLA (in shrink wrap but open) 7 SOLD ANGIE STONE - MAHOGANY SOUL - ARISTA UK (double album, w/ orig inserts) 15 WAX - DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC - RCA (co) 7 RONNIE McNEIR - RONNIE McNEIR EXPERIENCE - CAPITOL (demo stamp on cover) 7 ESTHER PHILIPS - LIVE AT FREDDIE JETT'S PIPER CLUB - ATLANTIC (Promo W/D label, soc, vinyl vg+) 5 FOLLOWING ALBUMS ARE ALL £3 EACH! FACTS OF LIFE - SOMETIME - KAYVETTE ((in shrink wrap but open) ROSE ROYCE - STRONGER THAN EVER - EPIC (dutch, small cd) HARVEY MASON - FUNK IN A MASON JAR - ARISTA (in shrink wrap but open, orig inner slv) MARLENA SAHW - ACTING UP - CBS (w/ original insert) MAIN INGREDIENT - READY FOR LOVE - RCA (co, in shrinkwrap but open) SOLD LINDA CLIFFORD - I'M YOURS - CAPITOL (dh) SOLD ASHFORD & SIMPSON - IS IT STILL GOOD TO YA - W.B. (vinyl vg++, cover bit creased) BOBBY WOMACK - WOMAGIC - MCA (co, seams a bit worn, one corner bit creased) MICHAEL HENDERSON - DO IT ALL - BUDDAH (co, in shrinkwrap but open) FREDA PAYNE - PAYNE & PLEASURE - ABC (dh, co, cover bit worn, vinyl vg++) SOLD SHIRLEY BROWN - INTIMATE STORM - SOUND TOWN (in shrinkwrap but open) DENISE LaSALLE - RAIN & FIRE - MALACO (tiny sticker residue on cover) SOLD GLADYS KNIGHT - (same) - CBS (NL, tiny cd, german "not for sale" printed on back) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ co = cut out, slv = sleeve, soc = sticker on cover, cd = cover damage, woc = writing on cover, dh = drill hole worldwide standard P&P from Germany: 1x LP £3.20 standard / 2-3x LP £6.50 / 4-7-ish £13.00 / 8-10 £16 Payment Paypal only. As gift if possible but not necessary. Please PM for details.

Plastik stiffeners, you can't get more environmentally friendly. Can you?

I'm sure this is a very strong contender for the "biggest price gap between lp and 45" award. Anyone paying almost a grand for the 45 has much more money than brain cells IMO. Get the album and a jiffy bag if you want to DJ with it. Saves a lot of money.

Updated. All albums on hold apart from James & Bobby Purify.

Missus started to clear out her LP collection. Here's the first batch. Some nice stuff. Vinyl EX or better unless stated. ALL ALBUMS ARE £5 EACH! G.C. CAMERON - YOU'RE WHAT'S MISSING IN MY LIFE - MOTOWN (co, slv bit worn) HOLD SISTER SLEDGE - CIRCLE OF LOVE - ATCO (small soc, original inner sleeve) HOLD JACKIE WILSON - IT'S ALL A PART OF LOVE - BRUNSWICK SOLD DUNN & BRUCE STREET - OFFICIAL BUSINESS - DEVAKI (soc, dj stamp on back, white demo label, orig inner slv) SOLD THE INDIVIDUALS - TOGETHER - P.I.P. (co) SOLD LATIMORE - LATIMORE - GLADES (co, small cd, sleeve bit worn) SOLD MARLENA SHAW - LET ME IN YOUR LIFE - SOUTH BAY SOLD HONEY CONE - LOVE, PEACE & SOUL - HOT WAX (vinyl vg+, seam and back of slv bit worn) SOLD PAUL KELLY - HOKED HOGTIED & COLLARED - W.B. (seams cellotaped) SOLD KENI BURKE - YOU'RE THE BEST - RCA (in shrink wrap but one side open, orig inner slv) ALTON McCLAIN & DESTINY - GONNA TELL THE WORLD - POLYDOR (slv worn, soc) SOLD JAMES & BOBBY PURIFY - YOU & ME TOGETHER - CASABLANCA (sticker residue on cover) KENI BURKE - CHANGES - BMG (reissue) HOLD LEROY HUTSON - LOVE OH LOVE - CURTOM/CASTLE UK (reissue) HOLD GWEN McCRAE - ROCKIN' CHAIR - CAT (reissue) HOLD +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ co = cut out, slv = sleeve, soc = sticker on cover, cd = cover damage worldwide standard P&P from Germany: 1x LP £3.20 standard / 2-3x LP £6.50 / 4 or more will be quoted / 'signed for' £2.00 extra Payment Paypal only. As gift if possible but not necessary. Please PM for details.

Seconded, good work! Lenny Curtis scans are very close, not the same though. E.g. label damage on the left side is different.

Update: Current Bid €300

TONY BRUNO - HOW AM I GONNA MAKE IT - HANSA (GERMANY w/ PS) - SOLD Shit-rare german only release. My own discovery from 2009. Fantastic gospel-ish uptempo dancer. Only a handfull of copies turned up since then. Check the unaltered sound file. The last confirmed deal I know of was £400 two years ago. I'm not looking for the same price but a decent offer by end of this week latest would be great Please PM. Record in lovely EX condition. Sleeve VG+ with a bit of sticker residue on front (see scan). One of Ian Levine's all time favourites (if that means anything to you ) and it's actually a demo Tony did cut for Kama Sutra Records and didn't even know it came out. Tony Bruno (full).mp3 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ worldwide P&P from Germany: £3.20 standard / £5.10 signed for / £7.00 fully insured (EU only) Payment Paypal only. As gift if possible but not necessary. Please PM for details.

Sean, Julius Wright did get a vinyl release in 1969 or 1970 on a very obscure german-only LP.

Also came out on french Dot. Had two copies recently and can't say they sold quickly.

Yes.

"We used" and "back then" are the key words. This is 2015 and not the 70's. Some terms have changed. Accept it.

Pretty simple, "cover demand" are the key words. Tempests on Sevens would have been a reissue if it was legal. But I never heard of Tempests on Sevens. I know of Tempests on Stardust and that 's a bootleg because of lack of rights. It would be a first 45 press but not an original 45 release.

Good question. Carvers sold are illegal presses. Carvers cut for home listening are ok in my opinion. I have two myself. But if you use carvers to play at dances you commit a crime according to OVO law and therefore you shall be tarred and feathered.

Sorry, but that's just semantic bullshit. Basically, bootleg=pressing=pirate copy. An illegal release. Please don't get into anal details, e.g. like some major UK company didn't have the rights to release certain songs back then. Or the recording wasn't released at the time e.g. Bob Dylan's basement tracks. If you press a record to satisfy demand from the peer group without the rights it's illegal, a bootleg, a pressing, a pirate copy.

excellent voice. Far from "murdering" the songs like others did when they tried to cover soul classics. But she's lacking deepness. Has she ever tried to cover a ballad? I once said to my wife if I'd ever be a judge on X-factor/xxx got talent/whatever show I'll ask them to cover Loleatta Holloways "cry to me". That's a song to separate the wheat from the chaff.

My definitions: Original - first legal press. Applies to local and later national releases, both original. Releases in other countries can be originals too if issued around the same time, e.g. within 2/3 years after the initial issue, e.g. UK Stateside issues Reissue - much later legal re-release due to demand, be it from the Northern scene or Doo Wop scene or whatever. Independent of country of origin, e.g. most UK Grapevine releases are reissues even though they're first UK releases. Pressings/Bootlegs: both the same, illegal re-releases. Or illegal presses of previously unissued recordings, e.g. Bob Dylan's infamous basement recordings. Counterfeits: Pressings/Bootlegs made with every effort to look like the original presses. Have I forgotten anything? Edit: have amended the "pressings/bootlegs" bit.

"what is a pressing?" - just another term for a bootleg. Period.

Have posted this before but I hope it's getting more exposure now that it's available on a Kent CD, Julius Wright - Things will change: Youtube Link

Thou have heard his version of "born a loser" is quite good Back on-topic: Carl Henderson - That girl. They should have repeated the first 12 seconds for say 10times.

Whenever I had the chance to play it out loud, dancers loved it.

Just a guess. Would explain the sudden demand, wouldn't it?

Pete, you refer to the 70s. But it's 2015 now. Meanings of terms have changed. Nowadays a "pressing" isn't something done for the Northern scene, it's just another term for a bootleg. Or do you consider all the G2K's and 100 Club anniversary 45's pressings?

I don't think so. It's probably just some kind of miracles of christmas. I was already gobsmacked when it went 200+. It's been a bubbling-under lesser known for decades and was, from what I remember, a 50/75 tune for many many years. But that's the power of massive plays. Maybe I'll make my copy available for the market now?