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More "together" is like saying more compact, but in real it is actually reduced. I bet you that there is a capacitor in there that has the purpose to reduce the high frequencies after the channel crossings/mixing into one. And this is OK, but one has to know that as well. I use to do all the same when I had that function on my amp. But it always kinda left me unhappy since if I won in less noise distortion, the sound spectrum was also amputate some and the dynamic loss inherent to that as well. These functions, like the MONO selector, on these entry level 6T's and 7T's amp were made to dish out the bad sound less harsh actually. That was a remain from the 5T's and 6T's where the "smooth and warm" sound was the order of the day in home use. Tubes/bulbs amp for phono, radio, TV... until STEREO became the order of the day. The new global industrialized capitalism made us buy more of anything and nothing. MC cartridges was re-classified for phono geeks and MM became John Doe's cartridge. Same for the rest of the phono bits with the printed card board and processors replacing the old tubes/bulbs in the amp and pre-amp. When well done, allows much more clarity and dynamic than ever before. But for the smaller budget, quality was disposable off since the new what was to be had and the old mainly disposable. Bigger margin profit, was the aim. The designers and engineers in their new technologies were inclined to follow their bosses paths. But people were still listening to their older records. Low to medium class STEREO stylus do have the worse tracking in a MONO groove and so the stylus and cartridge reading of a MONO record induce a lot of inner groove distortion and picks up all the undesired noise that a MONO cartridge would bare with much better resilience. No offense but this "MONO" function on your amp is not really MONO. It is only STEREO converted in a monofied STEREO with a high frequency capacitor reducer to muffle the sound and render a less harsh sound coming from a wrong stylus and cartridge read. One can very easily get use to that sound with comfort. Some are still favoring the vintage tubes/bulbs warm & round sound. They work a bit the same as your "MONO" button in the way that it is actually a "colored" and "textured" sound. The sound spectrum there is "naturally" kind of "amputated". High frequencies are always at a loss and the dynamic pays for it. I use to be of that warm & round school. Not anymore. I much prefer to get a clear, neutral and dynamic sound out of a mix of both the old and the new phono gear that can allow the wider sound spectrum to be dished out. There's a lot of coherent configurations that are to be taken into account when coupling each composant of a phono set-up/chain and there's always the good and misfortunes in such a quest adventure. But once you have something allowing clean and "airy" high frequencies to pass through, the vocals come upfront and we listen to SOUL music, don't we ! In the phono equipment there's good, bad and better here, now, then and there. Honestly, I do sell records home to friends, and allow them to bring them back if they don't want them anymore after a while. One once brought back 5 singles back. I browsed through them and pulled out 4 to advise him not to return these 4 to me as he should regret them later. Instantly he replayed them on my system and went WOW ! They don't sound the same home. He just returned me the one 45 that was not so good even on my phono set-up. That is how important a right, composed accordingly, good or better phono set-up is. It's half of the music from the records we listen to. Ady Croasdale once inquired on here if anyone had a good playing copy of a record as all that he had to this day had issues. Indeed I remembered that my copy of the record use to have some inner groove distortions on my previous "Y2K" phono set-up. Dug out my copy play and recorded an mp3 of it on my now phono set-up and send it to him. He went WOW ! I had to send him a heavier WAV format to him after that for his purposes...

MONO read is not the same as MONO playback. MONO read to explain in simple words is a horizontal pick-up read of the stylus in the groove. STEREO is a vertical read ! Now they make some MONO cartridge (what I have) that can also play decently STEREO records without damaging them groove. A stylus reading vertically in a horizontal meant to be read groove can not be right. This is crucial as the vertical read (STEREO) of a stylus in a MONO groove will pick-up a lot of undesirable noise and sound distortion no matter what. We all know what I'm talking about here. Do we ? OK ! Where the MONO playback push button is only a cross/mixing of both channels into one channel within the amplifier and is de-coupled at the speakers outputs to dish the same in both speakers. The undesired noises and distortions are only mixed with both channels. So yes, I've been using a MONO cartridge for more than 5 years now and wouldn't go back to anything else. I don't want to sound geek, but many a thing are crucial in the phono thing like some critical notions to have in order to "assemble" the coherent phono set-up that will actually suits your records, earbuds and budget. We search, buy and collect old records, mainly 45's of which most are MONO. We acknowledge that they are not the best mastered product at all times nor are they often carefully pressed for Hi-Fi play-time. Let's not forget the fact that they often had a life prior and do show that through the speakers. So why still play our favorite, most valuable money wise and/or leisure wise sounds on unfitted phono systems ? It does come to a cost but it's a thrill to play my records like I never heard them before. Now my phono is rather peculiar but there are easier and/or "cheaper" MM (moving magnet) MONO cartridges ou there (used by some DJ's I've read) that could be fit on turntable like the SL-1200 and alike with maybe a minimum of adjustments to the tonearm to be done. On my tonearm hangs a MC (moving coil) cartridge vintage style, a Denon DL-102, that required me to DIY few mods on my tonearm to perform at it's best. But there are "easier" options out there like the Ortofon 2M (not cheap but great reviews) or both from Audio Technica with the VM610 MONO (cheap and easy) or the AT MONO3/LP (looks even better but change of stylus is more complicated). Now only a MONO cartridge won't on it's own be able to bring the best of your MONO records, but it's a crucial point in the chain as it does the read of the groove and the first justice one could do to their MONO records is to give them a MONO read ! And believe me there's no universal phono set-up no matter it's Hi-Fi merits and high end price. Type of record differs just as music genres and they generally require rather different phono build-ups. Misconception as a general belief is that a good system is expensive anyway. Yes, but not like to be good it has to be expensive. Then if it's expensive, it's good. No-no, I've witnessed once a marvelous all revised vintage high end phono set-up playing wonderfully Jazz albums but it was just unable to play reasonably well, like really not good, any soul 45's.

This seems a bit on the "high end" next to other auctions lately on the eVilBay. But that might come in the matter (or not) since it's the even rarer stock copy. Mint copies or close to fetch more than the books for the hard-core rich collectors who don't play their records. I wouldn't mind it being actually a £1000+ record (instant value increase on my collection) only I doubt that. JM could maybe suck-up that if he offered one.

Morris Chestnut on lead here on this happy easy summery slab of soul with a family tale. My old copy that plays much stronger than it looks. Some wear on labels and scuffs like superficial marks on the groove of the record making few crackles and pops but never overpowering the music. A more than descent filler with still plenty milage of life in the groove. £45 free P&P all over the world. Add £6 to have it registered master plan.mp3 Judge for yourself the scans and sound clips from the actual record for sale. Grading through M - EX - VG - G... Free shipping all over the world to have it registered add £6 PM me to inquire

I've corrected from £400 to £600+ indeed. I still had an "old" figure imprint in ze brain.

Only one number 5020 the other thing was a made up "urban legend"... £600-ish and more ?

Fair price for a clean-clean copy. PM him that though...

I was thinking more in the 500-600 region and that is still realistic. eVilBay's auction can be hectic but only a few times. Most of the colored vinyl copies there when clean sold for that kind/equivalent (counting the years) of money.

Known but not regarded as it should IMHO, this wonderful atmospheric slab of soul deserves a new home where it will be rightfully cherished. Spare copy from the box this is. Flip it for a "classic" feel good song à la singalong tune. Bought as NOS it still holds all his Ex+ attribute. £35 free P&P all over the world. Add £6 to have it registered sou bros inc2.mp3 soul bros inc.mp3 Judge for yourself the scans and sound clips from the actual record for sale. Grading through M - EX - VG - G... Free shipping all over the world to have it registered add £6 PM me to inquire

All good there. Clean and all. Fell glad and drop the suspicion.

Exactly. It's not only a matter of pressing plant with "left over" stock of previous logo pre-printed labels. Even if it must have been often the case. With this rarer later pressing of the Tempts it is definitely due to a "revival attempt" of the song somehow. I doubt because of a 'Beach Music/oldies' massive (could that ever be ???) sudden demand in the USA... Or another theory with the late November or December 1967 of the TMG issue in the UK doing a loop the other way around across the Atlanic hoping to cash on it better than the first time... But there where other more common continuous re-releases for the "big hits" almost already considered "evergreen" in the mold a year after their original release as aforementioned. Then likely the odd last batch of "old" labels not to be wasted at the same pressing plant for the same release during the logo switch... Some Motown & Co. albums have the same with the new logo on the sleeve and the old logo on the label...

All good. At least 2 pressing plants involved and reruns of pressings with label variations to accommodate a continuous demand like the first example below from the same pressing plant as your yellow one that also had white (demo?) variation... Then the second one here with another catalogue number and flip side as well...

Rare clean ! Very collectable Holland Tamla Motown from the Artone connection. Most copies encountered are worn out. Here is what would have been a nice Ex if it hadn't suffer some humidity somehow. The bottom of the sleeve shows some "wave" and "ring discoloration" staining. There's also a central ring wear on the picture cover due to the beveled label surface. Price would have been £100 without the water damage. So a fair price still for this rare and still lovely copy. £60 free P&P all over the world. Add £6 to have it registered elgins.mp3 Judge for yourself the scans and soundclip from the actual record for sale. Grading through M - EX - VG - G... Free shipping all over the world to have it registered add £6 PM me to inquire

This should be moved to the topic Rockabilly tracks at Mod Events? Or could this be the next record to slide from the "rockabilly" scene onto the mod before hitting the jock's decks at "northern" do's ? Seriously, thanks for sharing. Kinda knew it was a cover by the Stray Cats of Brian Setzer's from memory but didn't know/remember that it was actually done originally by our dear beloved Bobby Taylor !

Yes. Different pressing plants involved. Only that. Fantastic label BTW.

Recent discovery for me. Most of the time listed for the original 'A' 'my love keeps growing' side which is not doing much on the "S.O.U.L." side in my humble opinion. As a sort of pale Miracles imitation, but flip it over for something ELSE and NEW (to me at least for) 'MAKE IT LOOK GOOD' ! Fat mid 1969 Chicago Sound à la Carl Davis with majestic horns blazing cavalry charge and Morris Vaughn wailing voice. Off course the get such a pedigree in sound involved a Jack Daniels production & arrangements and a co-penned Johnny Moore signature. Let the mp3 speak for itself. 50 £ FREE SHIPPING all over the world. Add 6£ to have it registered morris vaughn1.mp3 morris vaughn2.mp3 Scans and sound clips from the actual record for sale. Grading through M - EX - VG - G... Free shipping all over the world to have it registered add £5 PM me to inquire

Or twenty willing to part with their copy for that silly money !

Not only that "polished/finished" I find. The O'Jays is also much more inspired and soulful IMHO. Even through the years one can discover any "classic" revisited version that takes a tune to another dimension, here it's only more messy I find. On this case, the O'Jays does it for me all the way. Actually I knew the O'Jays version first and Linda Jones second as a fresh 7T's re-do version. Where the last I heard by the Casuals still sounds like a wrecked garagy cover to my ears. Not even of real interest even on the "collection" side of things. Only my opinion since you asked and I respect those who think/have otherwise. And this ain't no "hipster" testimony since all the right jocks are going for the dance beatin' of Linda Jones's version. Only it's kinda hard to do better than the O'Jays teamed with George Kerr soulful wise. No matter how I love Linda Jones (also teamed up with George Kerr) stuffs altogether.

Everything and/or everybody in there is out of tune + on speed I always found. Linda Jones and the Whatnauts is good but the O'Jays is the one fa me !

My Kurt Harris Flip side 'B' side as well suffered the same fate ! Not an empty ink printer tank I believe. More likely a total overlooked batched of pre-printed labels not going to the credit prints and mixed with the credits print ones to the press stage.

Hi there, I'm after a vinyl stock copy of this with the "dented" ring around the label. If you have a super clean copy for sale, please PM me. Cheers, Tim

Or pitched down on the Belgium Pop-Corn scene in the 8T's...

Now we are yet to find Indianapolis on the map... the search goes on dear Watson... (LOL !)

Would globally agree with 'ThinkSmart' but by todays standards, laziness in promoting, is considered a bonus with the so (wrongly) called social medias. To promote either small or big, is just the easiest thing to do. It doesn't even qualify as a job anymore. Those doing the actual "job" behind those thingies are the fake visitors some company employs to boost the visits and add fake comments. So one promoter promoting his own event is the safest bet to keep the promotion coherent IMO. In other directions, the split milk will be the next bystander broken leg. FB and Co. will already do the "public" (open access I mean) misinterpretation grapevine of it all and nothings... since it is its initial shape and aim; no friends - now plenty