Pete S

Don't matter where it came from, all of the Jayboy releases sound better than the records that you say they were dubbed off (I'm not calling you a fibber by the way)...the sound leaps out of the speakers. This isn't unique, if you listen to the original Bari Track on Sound Impression, the Soul Galore release is way superior in sound quality.

I decided to drink the (imitation) jack daniels cos I thought that way I can drink as much as I like but lose the beer belly

There's no spoken intro on the UK copy. I think there's two different US b sides though.

hanks mate, it would have been better if a) I hadn't got a hangover and I could remember a bit more of it

Right well first I have to say I didn't know anything about this film, I wasn't familiar with the stage show so forgive me for stating the obvious. The story is a thinly disguised telling of the rise of The Supremes and in particular the ousting of the true talent (the Florence Ballard character) and the promotion of the lesser but more public-friendly face (the Diana Ros character). Eddie Murphy does a great job as a kind of Marvin gaye/James Brown hybrid. The copy I watched was a cam (filmed from the screen using a video camera) and usually these\are only average quality but the picture\was pretty good, the sound was muffled for some of the dialogue but the songs were excellent quality. The bonus about it being a cam this time though was the amazing reaction of the audience. To begin, you could hear mild applause after a song ended - unusual in itself - but when Jennifer Hudson performed what must surely be an oscar winning performance of And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going, it sounded as if the entire audience was giving it a standing ovation...it was if they were watching a live concert and not a movie. I last saw Jennifer Hudson being unjustly eliminated from American Idol way too early about 3 years ago. She proves with this film that she is an absolute star and gives an awesome performance as Effie White, the girl kicked out of the group for being unreliable, overweight and moody (reasons for this become apparent). I loved the recreation of the early 60's Detroit music and recording scene and the brilliant spoofing of various Supremes album covers and TV appearances...there's also an hilarious Jackson 5 parody which got a big laugh from the audience. At the end of the day, I wasn't keen on a lot of the songs but the performances and choreography was fantastic throughout. I'd say definitely try to see this film if you get the chance, it'll make you laugh and possibly make you cry, like it did me. Though I had drunk half a bottle of bourbon by the end of the film. And why not.

Apparently there's one five second headshot and some audience noise from time to time...but there always is on the first cam copy, in a week there'll be a telesynch and a week after that a decent screener copy.

OK got a copy of the film now,will watch tonight and review tomorrow

It looks the same as the pressing except the label is glossier and the delta number is different. The second one has a bit of noise nea the start, when I go upstairs next I'll record it for you so you can have a listen.

I didn't sell it mate, I had to give it to someone for credit I owed them. I've got another lesser copy, but if you were asking what I listed it for, I think it was 100 then down to 75

One more time

Not sure if this will work properly but if you have a spare 10 minutes it might be worth having a browse...this is a mixture of Northern reissues, Northern originals, general soul and doo wop, reggae and ska, and 60's pop 45's. The layout is a bit crap as I'm not sure how to do it any better, you have to scroll to the right to see the prices. cheers Pete p.s. most of the rare northern is right at the end

https://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-NORTHERN-SOUL-45-...1QQcmdZViewItem

I think it was a boot, bearing in mind the source of all of the other Mirwood instrumentals

4 quid

The reason you haven't seen one on my list for some time is because I won't pay the ridiculous prices people started to ask about 18 months ago. I've never sold this for more than 50 quid. I would happily sell you it for 75 if I'd got it. Those copies with the straight line logo are legit reissues from soul bowl I think.

If I had one and someone offered me £150 for it I'd sell it to them in about 2 seconds...it's worth half that, despite the lecture I'm now about to get from Chalky or John Manship

It was mate..about the same time

Yes this version came out on DJM over here. Both the Veejay and DJM recordings are in stereo and lose all their power, the Jayboy 45 sounds incredible in comparison (better than the Keymen one even)

I did as well this morning. No reply.

Me too

Though a bit of cardboard inside the mailer might have helped..

I sold one on ebay last year, might still be up on popsike. It was a bit weird what it went for, a near mint copy and it fetched less than a tatty vg a week later! Here it is https://www.popsike.com/php/detaildata.php?...nr=100502362844

First boot is vinyl and a very good look alike but has PB in the run off. Second boot is styrene (also has PB in run off). Third boot is yellow and on vinyl. I think there is a 4th, also yellow, at the wrong speed.

Apologies for bumping this, just got barclaycard bill!

Yeah basically I was playing a copy and I thought it sounded different, so I had a proper listen and it was more like a remix, the strings were much further up in the mix and it was a slightly different vocal. Actually nobody believed me to start with but if you play the two together you can hear the differences.