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While I certainly don't think that the record is worth £55 I think £10 is a bargain and I can understand why someone would pay more for a US original than a British reissue. Also, from my experience, 60 and 70s records on RCA usually sound pretty good!

18 releases on that label though... Discogs - Stix Label

Excellent observation funkyfeet. Another wee clue is that in letters only ten or twelve times larger it says "Soul 7" rather than wand

Thanks for all the replies guys. What's the verdict when there's a sort of pastiche of the label that's not a copy but instantly recognisable nevertheless? Here's an example

What's the score with record label designs? I know lots of people use adaptations of them to promote their events and I'm not aware of this ever having been an issue. I'm going to be involved in arranging some club nights for a mini festival next year. Wanted to name one of the nights after a label and use the logo but need to ensure everything is above board as there will be funding from the local authority and various arts groups. Any advice? If referring to things that have happened in the past, can I ask that evidence other than just anecdotal is offered please. Cheers team Paul

Gerald (Jazzman)'s stuff is usually all licenced and legit isn't it? His 45s are usually superb sound quality and decent vinyl too

I think that there's a download you can buy too. If anyone seriously wanted to play it out in non-digital form you'd be better getter a carver done from that.

Jackie Tdyghfs from dertoit eh? Wow - type this with your elbows?

More than 2 seconds on mine. It was just designed to be a marketing gimmick rather than an actual collectible record I reckon. Otherwise they'd have pressed them on proper vinyl rather than that crappy plastic they used.

Any info on this? When were the while label copies of "Tight Rope" pressed up? And were they done by label owner Traci Borges as I've read elsewhere or are they out and out boots? Cheers

There's also a looky-a-bit-like-but-not-that-much boot with Moses Dillard on the other side: I know - what's the point...

Hi Ollie I have an EX copy (maybe closer to M-) @ £20 + £1.80 recorded delivery. Any use? Ta, Paul

oops - just read second post, saw 'Calla' and it shortcuted my brain. Either that or the Primitivo grape is affecting my typing. Contempo the one to have I reckon. Although I do like the way the sparser feel on the Carla cut sometimes. What? Me? indecisive?

To be honest, Big Jim, it looks a little more like you're stalking him... Yep - you are!

Calla copies of "I Can't Go On" don't have the alternative version with backing vocals though. I suspect that's why Drew has specifically asked for the UK Contempo-Raries issue

Oh-oh - here we go again. About 100 pages of all out war last time we did this topic Nice one Tone! Richard (Chorleysoul) - if you're reading this can we just skip straight to the making up bit

Not every day that you see a Jeanette Harper on Bee though

But you're not dismissing the definite boots right? The vinyl ones with a much smaller label that the likes of Fat City were knocking out at a fiver a piece three years or so ago.

Car Wash was definitely played at Wigan. I remember discussing with pals about how the 'walky backwards and forwards dance' - or 'lolloping" as we christened it - looked perfectly normal at the Ritz but strangely out of place at Wigan, as some guys lolloped out of their seats and onto the dancefloor to the handclap intro.

Stop while you're ahead Keith - the Chicago Sounds boot with "City Skies" by '?Mystery? Men' is most definitely yellow. Like I said - great tunes though and sounds tons better than the boot.

But you said "superb unknown flip - not on yellow copy". Besides, every time we have this argument it's inconclusive but I think the majority go for pink being slightly tougher. Two top sides though, whichever way you look at it

Can I have my words back please Dante - you took them right out of my mouth. I might change my name to: "there's a fortune to be made in them there magic beans"...

Side effect 7 inch is usually about $15-25 for a minter these days I think. Nice, popular tune but not rare. You get freak results on eBay when uniformed /crazy people with more money than sense enter a bidding war, as Mariju suggests. Unfortunately these show up on popsike but the ones that have sold for pennies don't. That's why both sites can be unreliable instruments as far as estimating the value of records. No substitute for knowing your market. As for the Casino Royale 45: I saw that and meant to bid as it sounded like a nice bit of Tex Mex soul - but I forgot. However it's not exactly hugely in demand and would therefore be off the radar for a lot of collectors. No idea what it's worth, but given the fact that it's not a really high profile piece it's not impossible that someone got a bargain. It can still happen as many on here will attest. I'd have thought all this would be obvious to someone with such a bold user name

The Admirations consisted of brothers Kenneth, Bruce, and Ralph Childs, and two unknown members remembered only as Myles and Smith. Lead singer Kenneth Childs sang in a mournful tenor similar to the Five Stairsteps' Clarence Burke Jr., but not nearly as exciting. Ex-Players Tommie Johnson and Herbert Butler managed the North Side Chicago natives, who debuted with "My Admiration for You" b/w "Heaven in Your Arms" on Paree Records in 1966. Neither Paree nor the Admirations reaped any benefits from the association, so the group sauntered to Peaches Records for one release, "You Left Me"; it received a modicum of airplay locally, better than previous releases, but not enough to keep Peaches afloat. Label-jumping once more, this time to George Leaner's One-der-ful Records, they enjoyed their most popular record, "Wait Until I Get to Know You," which surpassed "You Left Me." Released late in 1967, it got the fellows some better gigs around town, but never broke regionally. A final One-der-ful release issued in 1968, "Don't Leave Me" b/w "All for You," stiffed. It all ended when One-der-ful folded later in 1968; some of their artists signed with George Leaner's brother Ernie's Toddlin' Town Records, but the Admirations, needing more stability, drifted from the business without even as much as eyeballing a royalty check. ~ Andrew Hamilton, All Music Guide So the Peaches 45 got some local airplay. Probably pretty common then

No way is this is 60s recording Jock. This has got to be the same Chicago outfit on Onederful and Paree. Think I read that two of the brothers still perform sometimes.