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- but its a great Northern dancer - Right said Fred ; without SOUL ! As in Northern but not Northern Soul 😜

The yellow demo is also not distributed by the Cameo / Parkway group FWIW. So not the very same press / layout. Never kept a copy but I did find few NOS decades ago with other late sixties Philly stuffs incoming from the USA ! Don't remember if they were the demo or the Cameo / Parkway copies but I'd guess not the Cameo / Parkway... Wondering again why would it have been booted in the USA back then ? Would it have been big in the USA then ? Not a 'beach' sound I'd have thought nor a Caribbean thing live the Joy-Tones or Love Potion (Crash / TCB)...

I can't see why this would have ever been booted (big -in demand - rare - on USA format too !) and I've seen few of those Goodtime demos but didn't checked them from closer. Looks right from here... I doubt it's a boot.

OK Max we hear you, but to justify 'professionally' with "outside" or 'private' matters past reasonable time doesn't help much re-establishing the 'trust' figure from the customer's point of view. Please do realize this is most natural. You should understand that achieving a reputation is as crucial as it is slow and enduring. Losing it is fast and don't ask much. Faults or errors with amends if not given on the spot to all directly in regard of their 'lost' orders is crucial. Replying one thing to the customer's quest on the whereabouts of its purchase then saying something else the next day and then nothing for a while is either misleading or playing the fool seemingly from this point of view here. Imagine those still awaiting their Nuions 45 after all this time... Add this Philly Book situation here now... Reading it all do adds up one way. Without much consistance in the communication leaving a lot of room for the imagination... Been wrong and already corrected on some. Now more with your explanations. Still at this point you'll understand that only action will speak louder than any words. And so we'll see for that Max. Looking forward to it. Peace. Tim

Competition between the James Phelps and this Dennis Edwards version preference prevails. As they are indeed the closests in general rendition and interpretation. If others interpretations have their charms only these 2 from renowned vocalists really do fit the song. Both James and John 45's are also backed with outstanding flips. And what for a real A-side is this with 'it's those little things that count' ; a Prince Philip Mitchell composition on a Floyd Smith prod. Pedigree doubled-up with quality***** Superior version to the earlier Artistics versions IMO. Mel & Tim over 'easy list.' rendition recorded few years later's although 'Country Lounge'interesting is not as 'groovy'. John Edward's essential 45 in my book. Letting this one go only as a spare. Was bought NOS and played carefully by me only. Free shipping sent registered with tracking. Scans and mp3 recordings with needle drop and pick-up from the actual record. john edwards.mp3

Corrections ; FWIW ; Stax 117 is Macy Skipper and not the premiers you make a strong girl weak/make it me , stax 118 is Barbara Stephens first Stax 177 is the Premiers

Yeah I think I'll do that by now. At least I got one copy of the book awaiting me in the USA.

Yeah and a month ago they told me it will be shipped the following week... What's their word's value ? Pfff ! Caught once lying then every other words... With so many e-mails remaining unanswered like trying to sneak-out, unreliable.

Alright, thanks for that. Feel a bit 'thick' now. Anyway my bad then. Indeed so I thought wrong then that Brewery was involved in this project. Thanks for clarifying that with me now. OK, so Max or Peter at Brewery could simply buy more from the author to supply the pre-paid orders then... Making their case looking worse now. Also I did read a lot on the Nurons 45 mishaps on here. Brewery has serious business hazard habits IMO...

Well actually it is plausible. Like if as I suspect he privileged USA retailers first (to avoid direct issues with them as opposed to overseas individuals) and expect (that which is not a pro approach) to find a the best deal to press more copies once he'll see how the demand for it is coming to set a figure of how much to press up again... Fishy.

It's my understanding that very few punters actually know what good playback is nor give it so much importance if not for the "ear bleed" factor like too loud with 'harsh highs' distortions. When you hear and see what the majority play their records back home either on unsuited cheap 'toy like' gear or dee-jays stuffs sounding lifeless where does quality come into the game ? Was told that Wigan was 'bad' enough. I guess those knew where my 'high' expectations on playback quality were to acknowledge that. For example the 100 Club by the mid nineties was 'good'.

Well my half cry half rant tale on this 'promissing' book goes like so; I ordered and paid for 2 copies and only got 1 in the mailer to my recipient in the USA. Although the invoice in the mailer still stipulated 2 copies. Got a reply on 5th August that they will send me another book this coming week... Bump ! Nothing. Silence. Rather reckless or careless customer's regards. Then to my second annoyed query one month later of the whereabouts of my second copy I got a reply not being able to re-up. Hang tight. 🙏 Now reading the above I get that if ever I'll see a second copy of the book might just be anytime between"never or even later". Communication with them is biased. Almost 'fishy'. Bad biz ! Although they don't 'look' like so.

Bring forth the guillotine ! A firm favorite of mine

Well I'm getting the same impression from here... Very mixed feelings about most 'burn'em' and 'reactrivate'em' records or is it already premature dementia mental confusion affecting my ear buds ? :-0 Anyway only re-activate record I'd vote up to now is Jerry Fuller 'double life' which I always loved regardless of anything. It is a white dude doing his best 'soul' effort. Very well achieved in my book :-°

No passion. No dedication. No adventures. Although plenty of fortunate uncreative combinations of pure boredom for those in the known with 500 entries. No dee-jay. Click on 'random' play. Pure consumerism. Yep not my scene.

Am sorry 'Soul Shrews' but none of these two are actually a match IMO to either Barnaby Bye or Wombat disgrace. There are other more hideous things to be disclosed all over again but who goes into these dark places anymore ?

So lively it's catching making it impossible to even put on 'pause' once ones start to watch and listen to (at least for I) any 'episodes' of your great montages. Truly fascinating. Interesting evidently. And moving many a times !!! Passion filled. Thanks a lot for all those tributes, testimonies and archives treasures. 5 🌟

My bet would be the yellow one to be first in November 1963. These are fewer about IME and as it was a record that remained popular for a while I read. So likely the green copies both light than darker were re-releases to supply the growing public demand. So to date the following first batches should prove rather hazardous whoever provided 1964...

Understanding of it all (tonearm effective mass combined with different cartridge / headshell weight and cantilever compliance) tweaked if necessary to be able to counter balance the tonearm if ever (my 50p coins on blutak) then to adjust VTF, anti-skate and VTA eventually is all also critical for proper tracking ! Yes I've seen cartridges 'jumping' at do's and even got it myself with cartridge's cantilever's compliance shot? But also got it from 'suspended floors' bias. because dee-jay's booth leveling, 'anchoring' and insulation from floor 'rumble' is also IMO too often seriously overlooked and problematic at 'cheap' do's mostly.

No not with large conical or elliptical stylus on low compliant cartridges / styluses. By the late sixties and through the seventies with the myth of high compliant cartridges and low VTF anything above 1.5 VTF was considered a sinful groove destroyer... So where's the limit ? You get those lab tests done that one day tell you one thing and the next day another one. There's just too much going on to make one rule for every stylus and every record in every application to make one factual best way to play any sort of record the best way without wearing them too much (?). I've heard and seen rare singles played on good phonos gear sounding just like muck. Definitely not to enjoy them one bit. Worthless wear IMO. Playing record is wearing them any which way you do it. So if you play them (not all do) play them right and get the best with the most out of them for fair wear at least. Then tracking is crucial and at 45 rpm it works differently than on 33. On loud & rough 7" differently than on quiet & refined 12". My home cart takes 2 to 4 VTF. Sounds best set at 3.

I'm the champ ! Ask anyone... Watching me doing it with angst ! Plus my MONO dee-jay styluses / cartridges are of very low compliance and so also requires to add weight (50p coins on blutak) on the counterweight and tonearm tubes sometimes to balance it all to reach 3 grams plus for VTF ! Yes I know I rule ! 🤠

Don't be too harsh on that seller. He's clearly not into records going by it's somewhat minimalistic gradings if ever and description in playback. To play records on such small 'kids' pick-ups ONCE or TWICE is not necessarily harmful as you might think. The stylus factor on damaging grooves are so rarely well understood and mostly surrounded by beliefs and myths. If the stylus is in fair shape one should be fine. These are always conicals so alignement is not so crucial. Large cut so the heavy VTF to ensure better tracking is not damaging to the record's groove either. What is stylus groove damaging is other cuts of stylus tip (elliptic, fine line...) not well aligned, thiner tip with too little or too much VTF and broken tips. Even a well aligned properly VTF set but worn stylus (especially nude because bonded will leave the alloy to be in contact with the groove at one time) shouldn't harm the groove too bad. And if a stylus is worn that far one will hear at one time either the cantilever in the groove or the alloy bond onto which the diamond was... It sounds terrible really. What is terrible with this careless dee-jay gear first is indeed the state of the styluses there. Dirty like what, not one knows in what condition they are because everything in these phono stages are crap. So even with new styluses the rest sounds like crap. I always have my headshells, cartridges and stylus when I dee-jay out. Requiring some set-ups. But worth my records and admiringly always an improvement in playback to these Ortofon OM's. Now this copy of Cajun Hart seems to have surface marks from being sleeveless. And the groove shows what could be 'grey grooves' typical of Juke-Boxes wear. If that's the case the groove can be irremediably damaged with hisses and distortions.

Too much that I agree. But likely on auction a chance around $80 or about for a strong clean VG copy and half that for a Crackerjack FWIW...

2 different labels 2 different versions / mixes... IMHO the Metro International is the "better" one.

Rings a bell... Vague memory of it too...