michael-j

it's vibraphones on Mirwood, Cal Tjader, etc stuff - metal bars. the electric motor is to open and close the resonator tubes, to give the tremolo effect (incorrectly called vibrato, hence the name) marimbas and xylophones are wooden, they sound very different

and later on, the classic Ali and his Gang Vs Tooth Decay LP

a couple of other soulful sportsmen - Rosey Grier (American football), Arthur Lee Maye (baseball), and plenty of ex-boxers in music - Jackie Wilson, Lee Dorsey, Champion Jack Dupree, Prince Buster, probably hundreds

(from memory) the Strings version is on 27320 as well, same label design.

been meaning to dig mine out to compare, i thought there might be three different mixes, i don't recall mine having so much of the horns as the 'horns' version

for someone worrying about the postage costs on a CD swap, you certainly have expensive tastes! great record though

the Australian seller who had a load of great stuff on Ebay a few months back failed to sell his, start price was something like 250 IIRC.

Ann Cole doesn't seem to turn up very often - great track, people must be hanging on to it! ebay Buy-It-Nows are often good if you see them before anyone else, recently had stuff like Freddie King 'Now I Got a Woman' for $8, Della Reese 'A Clock That's Got No Hands' for $4, etc

just saw this mentioned somewhere as another Pittsburgh hit (the Back Slop b-side of course). has anything been written about this scene? they seem to have had some great mod-friendly records played (Pow Wow another good example)

this the 'Dwight Cliffs' one? great c/up name!

got a Billy Preston on President if you want...?

i like the 'A Little Tear' side - got one a couple of weeks back for 10 pounds. Moerer has one for $40

well, actually it means he's had a copy for it to have been entered into the database, so presumably it does exist. good taste! - i love all the NOLA stuff....

there's about 4 issues, with a couple of label designs (all green) and 2 or 3 issue numbers. a very confusing one.

dunno, i was looking for this about 2 years ago, and couldn't find anything via Google other than the Ace CD with the track on, and was nothing on ebay for at least a year. then they've becoming up regularly, some sellers with multiple copies, but strangely with several different label designs and varying conditions.

can anyone confirm this is the correct title? the other side says 'River Runs Dry', and i'm assuming they're correct because the handwriting on my (blank) copy is the same as on the blank Moerer just auctioned. did it get a proper release? lovely soulful vocal...

can stick one up in a couple of hours, just need to dig my copy out.

i'll happily pay tax or customs fees if it's some brand new DVD or something, but it does seem a bit off when it's 45 year old second-hand record that was unavailable at the time (and when imported records were actively discouraged by the music industry etc)

and the reason companies made specific promo copies, was so they could charge the artist for the manufacture (out of future earnings) and not pay royalties to the artist. but the hole was drilled/sleeve corner cut/etc after they'd been returned so that they could be sold again by shops, just not at full price

yeah, as was said earlier, good records can come from strange sources... doesn't mean the artist is considered 'credible' or 'soulful', just that they've made a good track or two (and usually they're fairly obscure b-sides or something). loads of US soul and R&B artists also made pop records, but that's not held against them.

Stranger Cole - Since You Left Me

don't think i know Choc Ice, sounds intriguing, the rest i know. re: Sandie Shaw - she does a good version of Route 66

you can have my Jamo Thomas for a fiver if you like, clean copy but no pic sleeve (is that a Euro issue, or did it have a US pic sleeve?)

i've been playing this out, only for 'normal' crowds though, not soul do's. 'Surprise Surprise' is another great one of hers, early garage-y b-side, pretty wild

i heard that the Big City Lights 45 was her only secular release, but no idea if that's true or not