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There you go : a stamped one that looks right https://www.discogs.com/Boris-Gardiner-A-Groovy-Kind-Of-Love-More-Than-Words/release/14895426

Yes logically. Could or should be but I've not seen any...

The Bronco's should be all real. The real blank's should be thick vinyl with deep scratched in 'dyna' (-mic) matrix. Old memories can't be more precise than that. If ever I can ask a friend who has the Bronco for a full matrix...

FWIW back in the 9T's a blank label boot was made and sold as if it was the Jamaican real deal thing. It was aiming for the London reggae revive crowd as that "soul" side was pretty much in vogue on that scene back then. If ever beware with any 'Jamaican blank' copy that one would propose you and make sure the matrix looks right.

Name & sha (lo) m (e) the (d) *ude... His French is so fluent... I never expect. The "rip-off" guy incarnation then & then lately.

'You want to change me' on American Philips 45 pressings all suffer a 'hiss' all the way through. As if it was something that went wrong with mastering job or with the master template... For myself I kept a Canadian pressing that like the British copy (same method) dubbed the American record to re-master it and get rid of what they found not to their liking. In this case an evident pressing flaw that for some reason that escapes me got through the quality control stage... Although it's a "cleaner" version (in this case rather crucial for a proper playback time) it's also poorer in a way due to that dubbing process. I do hear the difference and I know where my preference is most of the time ; with the original country of lease.

Not me ! I have many great styrene pressings that I much prefer to the vinyl pressing counterparts if they ever came out on both. What is a fact is that styrene is more prone to wear than vinyl. But what a good mastered and pressed styrene record can dish-out on a proper phono set-up is much deeper sound wise than that of any vinyl pressing can achieve in playback. Philips styrene pressings (Blue Rock, Mercury...) are not great. Very true. Their mastering job so-so. Prone to high frequencies distortions. And the styrene plastic quality weak. Even mint they sound "bad" in comparison. Motown's styrene where pretty good for example. Although I've had some that I much prefer on vinyl. The earbuds have their reasons that the head can't explain. There's good styrene out there like there's bad vinyl as well. What one should never forget either is that those records were made to see a large conical stylus on a MONO cartridge. To get it right in the first place will give you the best out of the groove as well. Then there's the rest of the phono chain but that is all together another matter. But of utter crude importance still.

I'm totally incline to believe it can exists. Your post participate to that theory 🤔 Although confirmed but not proven yet ! What I understand is that you say that it would rather be looking like the Joe Quaterman following release from their catalog but with the same Anderson Brothers promo copy font... I find that hard to realize since it would mean different pressing plants but same templates... Very unlikely IME. When it's either one or the other. Could it not looked more like the Billy Cee (promo & stock are made with identical templates) ? That one is contemporary to the Anderson Brothers and from the same pressing plant. Vinyl thickness variations for a same record from the same pressing plant is something I've seen few times FWIW.

No offense here 😉 but it does hold up. For one ; OK some of the previous releases on the label did not featured the 'stereo' quote. But contemporary releases to the Anderson Brothers all did. For two ; see that the given matrix is always preceded by a 's' for 'stereo'. Not on the 'image' though. Finally find me another release from that label with a similar label as that 'pixel' image and I might vouch for it then. Too many things are not right with that 'image'.

That grossly "pixelorized" image (best and easiest way to hide copied & paste flange fittings) of a stocker Anderson Brothers is not convincing IMO. Plus I know of people going through all the trouble to produce such an artefact. Even before the private computer age I have seen some. The fact that this label has the first name of Michelle White as Bill is indeed questioning. But mostly the typo used here are not corresponding to other contemporary releases of the label. And mostly the fact that it does not mention in big 'stereo' just does not make it look right. The bootleg (2nd top row) is just a copy of the original. The original was made at the same pressing plant as the previous release for the label ; Billy Cee. Then following the Anderson Brothers is the Joe Quaterman release. Although from another pressing plant it still bares the big 'strereo' quote.

The bizarre meets the mighty... Although I always had my wearies about the pop/prog/intelectual Kama Sutra approach in productions this one stayed in the collection.

Fantastic group. Memories by the score from day one, in my prime soul journey... RIP + a change of pace...

Watch out double post ! Report to mod... One clean copy for sale @300 UKP from yesterday PhilT's sale's post.

By far the rarest commercial release of this club classic IME. This is even the same copy I passed on some 15 years ago to a friend who doesn't bother bout the rarity and was happy enough with a Boom copy an gave me back this lovely EX Belgian copy in it's proper company sleeve. parrish skate.mp3 Sound clip of both sides with needle drop and lift with scans from actual record? £40 FREE SHIPPING ALL OVER THE WORLD. ADD £6 TO HAVE IT REGISTERED. Grading through M - EX - VG - G... PM me to inquire

Pulled out this 45 from my collection. It's in strong VG+ (through EX grade) looking and playing condition. Cash or trade offers welcome. Scans and sound clip of both sides from actual record here below. omething new.mp3

The Salem release is alway wrongly listed as the first release to the later Teako one. Actually it's the first release take of the tune and was featured on the salem release as the 'B' side. The real 'A' side 'if I found love' likely got less air-play. Ray will to cash-in on the unexpected growing local interest in the theme of his song rush back in the studio to re-record 'question and answer' in a more "lively" or "groovy" tone and realese it on Teako as the 'A' side this time. ray pettis salem.mp3 Real nice EX(+) copy with one faint scuff (NAP). Scans and sound clip from actual record. £55 WITH FREE SHIPPING ALL OVER THE WORLD. ADD £6 TO HAVE IT REGISTERED. Grading through M - EX - VG - G... PM me to inquire ray pettis teako.mp3 Ex vinyl and VG labels with water damage. Plays like a charm. Scans and sound clip from actual record. £45 WITH FREE SHIPPING ALL OVER THE WORLD. ADD £6 TO HAVE IT REGISTERED. Grading through M - EX - VG - G... PM me to inquire

Hmm... Carl's early efforts with 'there's nothing sweeter than love' or 'compare to what' where he didn't got his man's voice yet but singing with enthusiasm could have fool me not knowing any better. I was not there then in the first place though. Later I knew Junior for himself through the Kent cd only.

The UK single with the Belgium double fold sided picture sleeve. For the story it was a practice in the sixties to import UK 45's and put them in a Belgium picture sleeve. Early Motown on Oriole got also such a treatment here. To be clear this is not a Belgium picture sleeve without it's Belgium pressing that someone combine with a spare UK 45. They were sold in record stores like this on this side of the Channel in 1970. Both real nice Ex condition. £35 FREE SHIPPING ALL OVER THE WORLD. ADD £6 TO HAVE IT REGISTERED. Grading through M - EX - VG - G... PM me to inquire

Keep on forgetting that one. Indeed. With the 'sing along' flip side aiming for teeny girls with early pregnancy... 400.000 sold ! Baby BOOM ! 😉

Yeah, that makes sense. I read that comment too fast (mind is too buzzy with too many things at once) and it was bugging me some... But you nailed it ! As far as I can tell this very last release of theirs is their rarest 45. And 'my conscience' being their biggest sale ever. Likely one of their best tune as well. 'Get it off my conscience' sales was incomparable judging by the numbers of copies flying around. Few and even less worn out IME.

Have stumble on mine and it bares the same matrix as the OP. The red color on the label looks darker than on the photos but... Nothing fishy. Maybe it's just an optical illusion... Played 'what a day' 😉 JOY ! Played it after an isopropyl alcohol clean even better and even better TUNE !!!

Never heard of this being booted. Like all of the other pressings on this label with many small variations it only tells us that they were small batches of rerun presses to supply the local public demand. This copy on the photos look the real thing to me. I will dig out my copy bought in Canada 25 year ago and tell you which variation it is if ever... the flip 'what a day' does it better for me actually. Yeah, I know it's my 'sensitive side' 😉

Yes and here are the DJM Anderson Brothers. Different moustaches LOL !

Lengthy read but with various hints to help one's wondering mind on the record itself little story...

A brilliant track (lyrics) with a major first commercial failure for it's prime release. Hence the few following attempts to get-at-it... But still to this day the only one who retains that "drama" in there is the Anderson Brothers version. They sound "real". Immense tune in my heart ever since I know it from tapes me think...