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Originally only LP, but I have a vague memory it was re-issued (cheap licence stuffs...) few years ago in th UK...

Very true but the 'Breakthrough' copy seems to be less common...

The only one thing I always thought was that you get 2 fab sides with the Herbert Hunter's while...

Wrong section !!! LOL !!! should (could) be in 'comedy sale of the day'

Pressing plants; one east and one west !

Back on the track after a long time without a working phono set-up and a lot of tek surgery. Sounding better than ever with yet few accommodations to come... Frank polk – trying to kep up with the Joneses Willie williams – have you ever been played for a fool the High Keyes – living a lie Edwin Starr – you’re my mellow Bobby Freeman – I got a good thing BobbyJones – lovin’ hard, living good the Pretenders – I call it love Love, Peace and Happiness – strip me naked Gail Andeson – love’s gonna find you Ray Alexander Techniches – let’s talk (instrumental) Sy Hightower – wild love

It's indeed not a "rare" record. But what a great record ! With 3 different pressing plant involved, the promo copies being the harder to come by with most of the stockers found being pretty worn out, we ought to understand that it was indeed a "popular" record in it's days. Most likely it got at least some air-play and it was definitely a good seller. The best seller for the Wild Deuce label and a Thelma/Groovesville recording (as we love them) !!!

Hi, your top one is styrene from a West-Coast pressing plant, the one below is East-Coast vinyl pressing plant. 3rd one from 'WoodButcher' is FROM A TEXAS (corrected from original post) pressing plant. There's also the Sharon Soul on Wild Deuce with the same vinyl variations from the same East-Coasts pressing plants. No BOOT here.

I would believe that the vinyl for the Bobby Reed on Bell is better. I'll ask a friend here to come over one day to my place with his vinyl copy and compare it direct with my styrene one (that does distort in the highs). I love the looks of the 6T's & 7T's Bell, Amy, Mala... on styrene but they were never the best quality really. Okeh (Columbia) styrene where good !

Vinyl versus styrene debate is endless. Comparing good quality 45 vinyl with good quality 45 styrene pressings on a good quality phono set-up shows that styrene have a "clearer" and "airy" sound where vinyl is "noisy" and "damped" sounding. Vinyls wear out better where styrene tend to suffer from "rough" handling. Some companies used different pressing plants and so the same 45 came out both on vinyl and styrene. Collectors like me go for one or the other depending on the label. Not only accordingly for the "realistic" reasons, but also for subjective esthetic reasons. Some styrene releases are favored by some for their look (label, typos...) and the same goes for some vinyls. In this case, the styrene if clean looks better IMHO and "realistically" sounds much better to do justice to the musical/vocal arrangements and the magnificent sound mastering. And I respect and understand those who prefer the vinyl release on this Sam Fletcher.

Pressing plants: east-coast vinyl (box) and west-coast styrene (no box)

Mmh, never liked Cajun Hart. I understand it's northern but I never could find the soul in it. I do find the musical arrangements rather good and uplifting in 'gotta find a way' but it's still a pop record. Now the C/U above IMHO sounds like a left field moddie/hippie garage thingy to me. Not northern nor soul. No offense !

May I ask why on Trom ? Is it a mix trix or just a Canadian label fix thing ? The 'party' side is credited 40 seconds shorter... What about 'sing along' side ?

Hmm... well before my first listening, the friend who presented me the records talked about "Mayfield" feels like and an intro "à la" Barbara Acklin 'am I the same girl'... But once the record on my deck, I didn't found what he found there. Anyway, to my ears it sounded rather unique. I had to have few plays to even get accustomed to the sound which to this day still reminds me a lot of the '72 and '73 Duke Reid's productions. For the rest, I still sounds like nothing else in particular to me. That doesn't help, does it ?

A version by him also sung in Spanish...

Didn't know about the Musicor, but had the Josie then the Soulville. The take is the same but the mixes are different. It's punchier with the 2 time beat hit on the tambourine and rawer with the vocals further on the front on the Soulville than on the Josie which I like less in the end.

When I first discovered that edition 2 years ago, I started a quest thread in the LAYB forum. As I wasn't sure to understand the story behind it. It looked to be a first, local issue before to common Bell distributed copies. And digging on the net and taking into account the answers I got on here, I got to understand that this very edition destiny was something of an "all or nothing" deal for Al Greene. The story would go that this 45 came out of the pressing plant around March 1967 (if I remember correctly). It was a one shot round of ONLY 500 copies. They were distributed by themselves and promoted to radios but with little or no success. Anyway that unsuccessful venture at first quickly putted-off Al Greene who was starting to forgetting a career in the music business. With the month passing by, Curtis Rodgers kept on pushing the record to bigger radio stations and a story even goes that he used to pay people on the street next to a phone booth to call the local radios and request 'back up train'... And so more and more frequent air-play caught the ears of some people at Bell record by September 1967 to do some business together and SMASH it was an instant HIT ! In the States and abroad. So in my eyes this is an exclusive "corner stone" piece of history and what a double sider it is ! Small tear on 'A' side and sticker marks residue. Vinyl is Vg++ copy that plays strong as it looks. Sound clip of both sides with needle drop & lift AND scans from actual record for sale. al greene.mp3 PM me for details. Gradings used are M/Ex/Vg... through +/- £40 (or best offer) free P&P all over the world - add £6 to have it registered

They were pressed at the same pressing plant for sure. Also using the same press masters then. But which one was first ? And why L. ALLEN became Larry ALLEN and not Leonard as his real name apparently was ?

my L. ALLEN reads G&C - 115 - B and G&C - 115 - A PARADISE

SORTED ! I'm looking for the USA MGM promotional copy ONLY in super clean condition ! Please PM me if you have one for sale. Cheers, Tim

Not in my book really, even PoopSh*te shows 7 to 10 in evilBay history... only a tad rarer and not much different to my eyes.

That's it; to me it sounds like a vanity record. It's so kitch, unperfected (the budget did the time-out = no more takes) and so full of it; it's northern soul in the making. I loved it since the first moment I discovered and bought it ! It's kind of an "out" sound by todays "taste" or trend, I love it even more. I always nod and agreed as understood those who could never stand the song though.

What is ?

The Daren (misspelt) one is slightly rarer but not by far is it ? For a not so rare record anyway !