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First issued (7/67) on Carla as the 'A' side with the fantastic dancer 'I've been fooled before'. Then 9 months later it was re-release but as the 'B' side to 'don't sign the paper' and on Karen this time. The re-recording of Betty Lavette is somewhat not working for me and in comparison of Jimmy Delphs authenticity seems just "not true nor right". And I do truly love some of Betty early to later recordings, so I am not about dissing the lady. Like her version of 'you'll wake up wiser' works better than the original of Deon Jackson IMO for example. Still I don't really rate Betty's work with Ollie McLaughlin (but for both sides of her Atco 45) and man, I do love his production work and stable.

Not a reissue. What made you wonder ?

What's not love visually and musically on this one. Read the label credentials !!! And all that you read can actually be heard !!! Ray Lewis is a great artist for sure, but this double sider is out of quality proportion IMO. So don't forget to check the 'B' side with 'give my love a try'. The original to Linda Jone's later fabulous variation on Loma. Those "garagy" sessions at the Vidalia studio capturing in the crudest way the vibrant transient mood of the artists in the moment are something else. And we dig that; saturation to perfection, deep as you like and complex enough to never get bore off. Reminiscent somehow to me of the golden age of the Jamaican 'Rock Steady' soundZ from late '66 & '67. Condition of both labels and vinyl do show surface wear. But it barely affects play. So visually like a VG++ but play wise like EX. Scan picture is harsh. Looks better in the flesh ! Listen to the sound clip of both sides with needle drop and lift. Silent groove are that. ray lewis fairmount.mp3 £150 FREE REGISTERED SHIPPING ALL OVER THE WORLD Grading through M - EX - VG - G... Free shipping all over the world to have it registered add £8 PM me to inquire Scans from actual record for sale/ £150 FREE SHIPPING ALL OVER THE WORLD Grading through M - EX - VG - G... Free shipping all over the world to have it registered add £8 PM me to inquire

This copy was bought with that edge 1cm split edge crack. The crack is located at 3 O'Clock on the 'I lost a true love' side. See the scan. The split was expanding with the years and I couldn't bare to see it going to waste. So I've decided to waste the flip which is for the oddest reason on earth the real 'A' side. But not to worry it is now unplayable as I added the consolidation to keep the whole thing flat and rigid with strong glue also located at 3 O'Clock. I've even added a little glue bridge on 'I lost a true love' side to spare/save the edge trough the handling and playing. For the rest it still is a superb looking and playing VINYL copy. The visible scuff at 11 O'Clock on 'I lost a true love' side is NAP. See (high res scans) and hear (mp3) the record presented for sale and judge for yourself. danny wagner.mp3 £100 Fee Shipping anywhere in the world add £6 to have it registered Grading through M - EX - VG - G... Free shipping all over the world send registered PM me to inquire

RIP +

RIP +

Overall VG++ copy that plays super great. Vinyl bares few scuffs and marks but barely affect play. 'A' side would be EX/EX- for the vinyl and label. 'B' side vinyl has more marks about and should be grade VG++ while label has WOL and grade VG. So I gave it an overall VG++ grade as the medium consensus grade. As you can hear it below, it plays super clean. Has the slightest low lift kinda warp once you pay attention. I haven't noticed it before now... My believe is that the record spent its "young days" sleeveless. The labels shows some wear on the inner dip edge of the labels and there's some marks (bruises) on the vinyl more than scuffs (caused by paper sleeves) and likely the record met the hand of a child armed with a pen that should explain the meaningless primitive "artistry" work on the 'B' side. King of a record in every way both 'in' & 'out'. I had the official repress and even if slightly longer, to some interest, it didn't have the same kicking' sound as this original one. I guess that would be due to a digital mastering at one time in the process which this original edition didn't suffer. This is my "old" copy that I've upgraded. I wouldn't part with it otherwise. The £400 price on this prize record include the P&P send registereded anywhere in the world Scans of the best resolution (600dpi) to allow you to zoom in enough for close inspection. Sound clip of both sides with needle drop and lift from actual record for sale. bernard smith.mp3 Grading through M - EX - VG - G... Free shipping all over the world send registered PM me to inquire

It's not the benefit of the doubt that is at stake here nor am I accusing JM of any "sacred" salesman ethic trespassing. He retracted and apologized. Good enough for me. Only I've seen so many of these sold on decades ago and I am not in shock seing this now even on his records auction "window" next to other kin. Sorry but true. Never I wanted to touch, deal or look at any of those N.S., R.A.C. or white noise records. They are an embarrassment and JM got that reminded. At the same time let's not get so politically correct at once and forget under that assumption that "hate" promoting artists are only them those fascist caricatures of themselves. Keep an Ear !

Well to part one's "intention" from the "name/word" one's attribute himself and so it's "meaning" even when put in "context" is the intellectual effort that in my experience only serves to dazzle the minds. It's human history in politics that ! Pervertion and indignation, lie, disgrace, worship, sacralize, idolize, colonize... In my experience, lived in immigrant neighborhood for "ever", I can tell you racism is not relevant to the whites only nor it is some modern western culture that got depicted onto the other countries cultures... It's anqered in human culture amongst the majority of individuals in most societies since about ever or so... The Black Panther community social project that it was for the "originators" of the movement and that got shipwreck from the outside and the inside was at first intended toward "solidarity and awareness". And to me that distinguishes them from "White Power" as that has nothing but hate for all that is not white or western. And so, yes "Black Power" became more and more a scream of individualistic frustration and defiance than a statement of empowerment IMO. If not the tone would be very different I am sure of that. I always found it a bit difficult even to dance to JB's "say it loud" since you can only be proud of an achievement not of what you are...

Mind you that Cairo was "Western" orientated then, like Beirut (Lebanon) and Istanbul (Turkey) and there was a clubbing night life for the most Jet-Setters chosen few then. Also I believe more that it could be through the French "channels" that those labels got such releases over there...

What record of the Isley Brothers was that may I ask ?

BUZZ is significant of either a mass accumulation or a bad electrical contact issue. Cartridge misalignment will result in sound distortion on the highs and muddy bass. The external PSU is indeed (for any turntable motor actually even if some more than others) a good improvement on speed stability. The tonearm dampening of those SL-1200 seems to have been a reel improvement by many.

My feeling on this is that the digital and internet have killed the thrill by making too many things bare cheap commercial disposable products without discernement. By the mid 8T's through the 9T's the scenes (northern and others) were much more healthier musically as it was much more creative as it was striving barely. And I like the idea to follow some records when it's your only chance to hear (in real or about...) but to follow DJ's sounds too much like a cult to me. And if God is a DJ (who knows) the DJ is never a God to me. Now to support or favor some DJ's is natural as it is to dislike some just as it is with venues/events... So no, I never followed any DJ but was very happy to have seen some doing the best of best spot at times and heard as discovered brilliant tunes for great memories.

Come and get these memories... here's our old favorite record... Oooh... the blue one is the Parisians off course...

That will sound crap ! Laser's for CD and stylus's for records. Anyway, I must be honest and admit that I still have no love for CD's one bit. The sound reproduction of the stylus on a record is mechanical and is analogical. The CD is bits and so digital... A CD on a turntable at least won't sound bad. Only not at all ! Imagine why they elaborate and developed so many shapes of stylus and types of cartridges for many different kinds of records and playback reproduction over the decades and here one laser will supposedly do it all ? It was developed for those maniac who have "wear-o-fobia" of the stylus friction in the groove. Not in search of groove read improvements if ever...

Forever thanks a lot for all that wonderful music Mr Brigdes.

Forever thanks a lot for all that wonderful music Mr Brigdes.

Test press of such records should be of the same value or a tad less than the better looking labeled copies. Test presses can be worth more if they bare an alternate take or mix. Test presses fetching much higher price tags are the ones for the "fans" kinda bands and singers of which the collectors seek the rare, odd and mispressings with the likes of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson...

Opinions are fine since they are based on experiences. But prejudgement's and/or misconceptions are not. They are a straight denial without factual arguments. So I understand that that bloke has carefully build his expensive phono set-up accordingly to get the best out of his very specific LP's. Hi(gh)-Fi meets Ri(ght)-Fi. I once heard a 10K+ pure 5T's vintage dishing out wonderful Jazz LP's but the soul 45's on it sounded like muck; no music, power or depth and body. My post Y2K Mi-Fi preamp and amp do allow clarity and dynamic in sound like never the vintage ones could and my speakers are that right tad "mellow" I seek. With the addition of a modern speed power supply combo with it's tachometer I correct the belt driven flaws of my vintage turntable while keeping it's sonical benefits. The fidelity of our cherished 45's is not always of the highest caliber nor is their productions. So we need more to be in balance and compromise Ri-Fi with them. There are other phono set ups that will sound differently and good to one's earbuds. Just to show that there are many different ways to read and dish-out any records. As long as it is well thought and build accordingly... Now one can understand why some turntable may have 2, 3 or 4 different tonearms fitted with different cartridges... Hopefully I didn't do any costly tweaks that didn't turned-out to be worthwhile. The generally advised dampening of my chassis didn't do anything but only costed £4 ;)

This I know but the later developed version of the SL1200/1210 were "targeting" the DJ's and their wannabes. And the fact that they are heavily dampen is most logically from their direct drive design. The last versions even have extra platter dampening. And apparently the tonearm mass has been reduced as well Likely to show good specs on lab performances... Once again, I am not saying that they are not well build turntables, but on many aspect I do not favor them anymore and even less so in real comparison. Like with my dear vintage tweaked belt drive suspended sub-chassis Thorens and super heavy mass SME tonearm Snake oil is in many things, I agree. And in Hi-Fi as well. But like many manufactured things, quality comes to a cost. And new speaker cables from any regular store (not the phony sourced dealers) costing less than £10 the meter will compare with the better and sadly more expensive ones if the rest of your phono gear can shine through. And I am not talking the insane crazy overpriced ones indeed. But having done my tweaks step by step on my turntable I can attest that if well thought and done every bit has it's impact in sound quality and definition. It doesn't have to be expensive or hyper complicated, but coherent from the stylus cut to the speaker's end. A great turntable on a cheap preamp will never shine through no matter what. Those who claim that regular cheap thin electric cable sound as good on their speakers as thick, shielded cables either have hearing issues or their system is so limited it just is not capable to sound better anyway. So the better cables are not at fault there. This is why I said that a decent phono set-up, even second hand, will come sadly (me not the rich kind) to a cost and unless one inherited it from an audiophile who was luckily also listening to vintage MONO 45's... Plus it does imply some brain work to understand what your records (accordingly) require gear wise to play as they should

Was sold on eVilBay by reputed seller as Mint- complete in company sleeve...

Indeed much rarer. I have only one blue Motown sleeve as such. They were firsts, prior to the red ones.