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i was pinned down by Joan and slapped with a sausage sandwich once......(luckily there wasnt any HP sauce on it....... )

"too hot to hold" M LANCE is original issue with small 45....the demos have big 45....

John Manship had some M copies of the Carrolls ....great 45.....and its uk only and doesnt sound a lot like Diana Ross much to me (good bit earlier)......i was told by Tony Rounce theres a Jobete test of Valerie Simpson doing it.....maybe someone should ask Faith Brown how it came about......

heres a scan of the Ambassadors..45.....

attached scan of "hard to tell" vinyl boot...sound is good and the scratched in dead wax number is virtually identical BUT...look for the "AT"scratched elsewhere in the deadwax....(a common feature on many Atlantic 45s (and distributed 45s)......this is absent on the boot......this was one of the best counterfeits ever........i'm not even sure there are east coast originals without the AT....but if it has the AT its orig.....

was Emile Griffiths on TRC the Boxer Emile Griffiths or was it a different bloke?

some info on the UK VIPs here https://www.spookytooth.sk/bio.html it looks like your right boba......the Congress group are a different outfit...

the lead vocal voice isnt dissimilar to "Youve got the Love".....

it said so (typed) on Butchs acetate i saw.......

an LP is mentioned on 1010....presumably never released ......wonder if "go on and laugh" would have been on it?

Bill Pinkney "Dont call me" on Fontana is a James Brown Productions 45......(TOTW sound)....rareish with the Drifters credit.....prob withdrawn for copyright reasons......

VIPs came out on UK Island....US Congress picked up a fair few British recordings.....theres a label listing on SoulTalk.....

great tune.........i like the flip "Separation" as well ........great Hayes /Porter uptempo tune with usual brill horns.......

TOTW tune...upstairs......12-2am session......Gary Rushbrooke?

spun by Dave Thorley at TOTW.......super tune............

i must have got the date wrong........mind you i cant remember my birthday...i neve bought Betty Lloyd i always found it too shrill.....bought Boss Four for £20....mind you i like vocal group sounds , when did the pile of Vince Apollos on Pentagon turn up?......i was pleased about that......kickin TOTW sound with great flip.......and the Little Johns on Martay.....another i was glad to get at a reasonable price......

remember when some copies of Betty Lloyd on BSC were found in the mid 90ts (Gilly?)...the price went way down......now its back up again.......i suppose its a case of "how many"

Guy sold me a copy of GIMY for £25 out of the sales box he had in the boot after we got a lift home from who knows where early 90ts.......happy days....... (not sure who was driving)

what was the 45 or 45s ive seen with prod by "Mr Q"...that was him wasnt it?.......He is a true genius..

i sold the Parisians for £20 back in the day.... ....the following week i bought the Kittens on Vick for £7 ..Isonics on Kammy for a tenner......and Continental Showstoppers for a fiver........ .......what goes round.....(still down on that month tho....hee)

Tim A knows the lineup.....he's got photos from the recording session when they did the tunes....via his meeting with Hadley M (Ive tried to prise them off him.......no joy)

great flip as well......"years of tears"......also done by Frank Polk on Capitol....

"gotta live" a bit hectic for me these days John......"name in lights" on Hollywood 1114 ....just my lolloping pace...

like the version by the Sonics on Copyright too