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Think she recorded two versions of this. One on Atlantic and, err, another less raw sounding take. I'll never make a top collector, head like a sieve...

Still... looking!

Can anyone help?!

Looking for "The Only Way Is Up" by OTIS CLAY on Echo. I only see this for sale when I'm skint, then when I DO have money, the copies for sale seem to have distortion or cue-burn. Has anybody got a NICE copy of this they can help me with? Any PMs appreciated... SORTED!!!

What about another analogy. You crash your car, do you drive about with the original dents and scrapes or do you get a panel beater to flatten it out and use some touch-up paint to get it looking pukka? Some people like to leave things authentic and aged (I believe the antique term is "patina"), some people like things looking the best they can. I'm not averse to getting a black felt tip marker and colouring in sticker tears, but there's bound to be a vinyl Lovejoy out there somewhere. Hang on, he made new things look old, not the other way round...

Wanted: MARY CLARK "Take Me, I'm Yours" (La Shawn) Looking for this on 7" if anyone can help. Any PMs gratefully received!

Such a bizarre record, to have it credited to the vocalist Lee Moses on an instrumental 45. Does anyone reckon it was a mistake at the pressing plant? If you listen closely, you can just hear Lee's vocal in the background - makes me wonder if there's an unreleased original take sitting in an archive somewhere. Would love to hear it if it exists...

https://www.45cat.com/label/power-exchange it looks like all releases up to Jan 1976 have an "A" with "demo record" text, and then there's a change in the catalogue numbers and it switches to the smaller "A" with no "demo" text. So... most likely demos.

"Pretty boring cut with no real hooks" - no real hooks? Are you joking? That's like saying "Satisfaction" by the Rolling Stones doesn't have a hook. The whole track is one monster five note hook on repeat. Musically you could doubt its credentials, but in this case hook + energy = stormer. Maybe not one for home listening...

Great tune, almost like the perfect hybrid between soul and garage punk! Also not what you were asking but... does anybody know if there's copies of this on vinyl or just styrene?

It's actually "Ticket To The Moon" - tricky to find, especially in decent condition...

The thing I can't quite fathom out is how Mr Levine thought that swearing someone to secrecy was going to seal the deal. What is this, the Society of Free Soul Masons? If you promise to keep a secret upon receiving 14 singles worth a fortune, fair enough. Actually, you'd almost CERTAINLY keep it a secret! If you send someone 14 bootlegs, why would you think the other person would keep their side of the bargain? The deal is null and void. Utterly ludicrous... The whole thing is a very sorry saga, perhaps the clue was that he was clearing out his dregs before his next shipment arrived. I'm sure a simple "sorry you're not happy with 300 of the records, how about I refund you £300 or send you 300 new titles when the next batch arrive from Detroit" would have saved endless stress and ballache...

I've never understood how someone can spend £1000+ on a record, but won't stump up £100 for a decent pair of needles for DJing...

Can't really see any pixellation, looks pretty much bang on to me (without having an OG to compare it to). If it was pressed by the label owner, it explains the high quality...

Shhhhhh! I'm sure some unsavoury characters would give this a go, if they'd thought about it.

EDIT PART TWO: if you check Discogs, I'm pretty sure the listing for the original is showing the re-issue label - and if you check the re-issue listing: https://www.discogs.com/Lee-Fields-Lets-Talk-It-Over/release/3459097 there's two sets of labels pictured. The first pair are the same as my re-issue, but the second pair the labels don't have that groove, it's more of a "dip" with another "dip" nearer the centre. And the typeface for "Side 1" and "Side 2" are VERY slightly different. Side two STILL has the tracks listed as 1, 2, 3 & 3 though (would surely have been too obvious a mistake for a very diligent bootlegger?)

Well, it's not quite so simple. It got re-issued (booted) in the late 80s too, very authentic looking with thick card cover, paste-on back etc. Must dig it out, the only reason I know mine is a boot is that I bought it on the understanding that it was a boot... EDIT: sorry, I see Ricky is describing the record I have. The new Truth and Soul re-issue is a double vinyl in a completely different sleeve. The lookalike re-issues have been around for years (so, in theory, you might find one beat up, with ringwear etc. making it even more confusing...)

It's just the album version, isn't it? I've never been convinced the Kinetic 45 is a different take, it's just in mono and a slightly different mix, sounds a bit rawer... Always preferred the 45 take anyway, I'd take rougher over smoother any day! But it fades out, whereas the album version finishes with a nice clean end (as all songs should, ha!) PS they might have edited out the fuzz guitar solo on this video, seems to be shorter than the album...

"Are these import re-issues frowned upon?" They're not really frowned upon, as such. It's more just that you might as well be a member of ISIS asking on a fundamentalist Christian website forum what their views on a mutated and disorted strand of Islam is... Happy New Year and here's to worldwide tolerance in the world of northern soul!

And in case you're wondering, the first six releases were on a label called Soul45, but it changed to Soul7: https://www.discogs.com/label/75531-soul45

As far as I'm aware, Wu Tang didn't actually make anything though. Think they planned on selling it first (for something like a million dollars) and THEN they'd present it in a gold-plated box. Not even sure if it was a record, but the amount of work you need to go to, to produce ONE record is massive. Not gluing a label onto a test pressing, but actually printing labels and pressing them onto the vinyl. Jean Michel Jarre has made a one-off too... **just read the link you supplied, yes, it's a box - no record yet!

Can't think of any reason why a soul label would issue ONE 45, an acetate would make sense for a one-off but pressing a single, err, single would be really expensive. Earlier this year a post-punk band the Sexual Objects (featuring Davy Henderson of the Fire Engines and Win) pressed one copy of their album and auctioned it, along with the rights to the recording: https://www.popsike.com/THE-SEXUAL-OBJECTS-ALBUM-33RPM-MARSHMALLOW-LP-2015-EXCLUSIVE-RIGHTS-FOREVER/161560983500.html

I rarely get along to niters, and as a funk collector I'm also curious what tracks got played at Lifeline. I always find the demonising of funk quite amusing since two of my favourites (Frankie Crocker "Ton Of Dynamite" and Delegates of Soul "I'll Come Running Back") to MY ears ARE just straight up funk records. Eloise Laws "Love Factory" is straight up disco. The purists love to moan about the sound changing, but as previously mentioned, the sound has always been pretty diverse but if a tune is played long enough it just morphs into "northern"...

so if you were an investment banker, you could buy that lot EVERY month with your bonus...

Obviously not northern, but People Make The World Go Round (especially the full length album version) is one of the all time classics...