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What a tremendous record... You can get wee adapters now, so you can play records with big holes on those small spindles...

https://www.popsike.com/php/quicksearch.php?searchtext=mckay+take+me+over&thumbs=&currsel=&sortord=ddate&x=0&y=0 OOF! Great track, but had no idea it had become so expensive - mind you, in my head it's a new release. It's actually nearly a decade old!!!

The Inspirations has two flipsides. The "fancy" label has "funny situation", but the "plain text logo" has the immense "what am I gonna do". Although i've seen promos with the plain text logo with "what am I gonna do" on both sides. So presumably this was the plug side. Not sure which version came first... And "what am I" IS the flip to the uk polydor issue...

Actually - that IS the B-side. Yes, has "Black Foxy Woman" on the other side. PM'ed you...

RUMPUS "My Love's Gonna Get You" (Dash) M- £35 REDUCED! Classy 1976 modern soul dancer, seen on other lists for £75. Lovely clean copy. BETTY LAVETTE "Ticket To The Moon" (Karen) VG- £40 Amazing in-demand funk. Has quite a bit of scuffing, and plays with a wee bit of background crackle - my old DJ copy, plays much better than it looks. This always seems to show up in dodgy condition... HALF PRICE of a minter! MARVELETTES "I'll Keep On Holding On" (Tamla) VG+ £15 Classic girl group stomper! Record has mark right across the whole side - you can feel it, but record is cut so loud, it doesn't sound at all - plays perfect! SOUND OF EXCITEMENT "Please Don't Cry" b/w "Why Did You Go" (Catamount) EX £10 HAZE "I Do Love My Lady" b/w "Waiting For The Moment" (ASI records) EX £10 70s group soul. THE LAST WORD "Keep On Bumpin'" b/w "Funky & Some" (Polydor) M- £10 Two great James Brown funk cuts. Nice copy... STONY ISLAND BAND "Stony Island Band" (Glades demo) EX £12.50 Rarer and better looking demo - same track both sides. 1978 Florida funky modern soul. ARETHA FRANKLIN "Rock Steady" b/w "Oh Me Oh My (I'm A FOol For You Baby" (Atlantic) EX £3 THE PACERS feat. BOBBY CRAFFORD "You'll Never Know" b/w "Blue Birds Over The Mountain" (Razorback) £20 Great male vocal funker - on other lists for £50+ Ruby Andrews - Let's Get A Groove Going On (Zodiac ) £5 Tatty looking scuffed VG-, plays pretty well with a bit of crackle - would be £50 mint. Awesome funky crossover. UK LABELS SAMMY DAVIS JR. "You Can Count On Me" (Dutch 20th Century) EX/EX £20 Vocal version of "Hawaii 5-O" - old Wigan spin in picture sleeve. CLASSICS IV "Spooky" (UK Liberty) VG+ £5 Original of the Dusty Springfield cover. Few light scuffs, plays great. BOBBY WOMACK "Home Is Where The Heart Is" (UK CBS) DEMO M- £20 - RESERVED REDUCED! Lovely condition UK "A" label demo. Looks unplayed. MEL TORME "Comin' Home Baby" b/w "Right Now" (UK London) VG+ £10 - RESERVED REDUCED! Two great sides, few light scuffs, plays great in OG company sleeve. BARBARA ACKLIN "Am I The Same Girl" (UK MCA MU 1071) DEMO M- £25 - RESERVED Classic on UK first pressing demo. Lovely vinyl, name written on label. MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS "One Way Out" (UK Tamla Motown TMG 621) EX £15 Classic oldie, nice copy on UK in company sleeve. THE HESITATIONS "Push A Little Bit Harder" b/w "Born Free" (UK London) VG+ £15 - RESERVED No original US release for this great track - only UK or Euro. A few light scuffs, plays fine... MAJOR LANCE "Sweeter" b/w "Wild & Free" (Uk Warners) £5 Nice Curtis Mayfield flip - 1973 release FRANKIE VALLI "Life & Breath" (UK Mowest DEMO) £3 1975 demo copy for UK Motown collectors! DELLA REESE "Who Is She And What Is She To You" b/w "If Loving You Is Wrong" (UK People) NOC £4 Great funky Bill Withers cover, backed with good deep flip. THE IMPERIALS "Goin Out Of My Head" b/w "I Just Wanna Be Your Lovin Man" (UK Tammi demo) M- £10 Great UK label disco soul. Same label as Ray Munnings, nice "A" demo copy. Good double sider... JIMMY SOUL "If You Wanna Be Happy" (Stateside) VG £5 Scuffed VG copy, plays fine. Would be £20 mint. JAMO THOMAS "I Spy For The FBI" b/w "Snake Hip Mama" (UK Polydor) £4 - RESERVED Nice copy in original company bag JOHNNY OTIS "Willie And The Hand Jive" (UK Bulldog) M- £2 Cool Bo Diddley sounding groove, 1974 UK issue. BOB & EARL "Harlem Shuffle" b/w "I'll Keep Running Back" (Sue) £4 On the ever sought after yellow and red bowtie Sue label. VG+ Few light scuffs (tiny wee scratch on flip), name written on A-side label - half price! CHUCK ARMSTRONG "God Bless The Children" (UK Action - 1973) £4 - RESERVED THE FLIRTATIONS "Someone Out There" b/w "How Can You Tell Me" (UK Deram) £3 Great UK soul in company sleeve.

You reckon? I think even 60s acetates STILL give off that, ahem, unique aroma...

But that's the trouble with acetates, it's unlikely there's just ONE studio acetate. Just because Andy Rix had one, doesn't mean another copy ISN'T genuine... Sometimes the same song can turn up on different labels etc. depending on if it's a studio cut, or a publisher sending out copies to interested parties etc. I just got a Chuck Jackson UK publishers acetate - you can hear the person dropping the needle at the start of the track. No reason to doubt it's genuine since it's a ballad and it cost 3 Euros... The other problem is people cutting new tracks onto the flipsides of genuine old acetates - a whole other can of worms. Guess that's why some people don't like them. As for me... I love them! You just can't beat that original acetate SMELL - aaah!

To be honest, I can't really see how making a cash offer, and then lowering it by £100 is going to make finding your record more realistic. But good luck...

For sale: RUMPUS "My Love's Gonna Get You" (Dash) M- £40 Classy 1976 modern soul dancer, seen on other lists for £75. Lovely clean copy. PM if interested... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEMcUKmTQz4

Here's a question - I'm too lazy to count them up but it seems like there's about, what 8 different pressings of this? Why wasn't it a hit? And why did they keep on pressing it and pressing it? Most small labels would have quit after one go. Or wasn't HIB a small label? Is there anything else on it? Questions, questions...

Hmmm, not looking good is it?! ANYONE????!!!!

Actually, on another vinyl forum someone was saying they know an undertaker and it's not that uncommon for people to want to depart with some of their favourite music. However, there are strict rules when it comes to cremation and you can't burn other stuff, like plastics. So, sometimes the undertaker will cheekily just remove the offending article without anyone noticing... so, to re-phrase - don't all rush to check the crematorium bins SS'ers...

Honest Jons mail order has it in stock, so I'd imagine their shop will have it even cheaper - no postage, and it must cost a fair bit to send...

At the risk of playing devil's advocate here, is it not quite common for acetates to have different artists on each side, if songs are being shipped around for publishing deals or whatever? Just curious if it was instantly obvious that all four tracks were the same group? Maybe Butch needs to get a carver cut from your acetate - now that WOULD open up a whole can of worms...

And ebay gazzumping definitely DOES happen. When you win a bargain, someone else sees it - contacts the seller saying "that record should have sold for far more, I'll offer you $xxx for it." And then you get the old "sorry, my dog ate the record while I was packing it, I'll need to refund you" sob stories...

I'm not sure if I'm following the logic here - sniping only bids what you're prepared to pay. So it doesn't matter if you bid with 2 days to go, or 2 seconds to go - if someone else bids higher, you're not going to win it. I'm not saying don't use a snipe - just people seem to think "if that bid didn't come in right at the end, I would have won it" - except the person out-bidding you was always going to outbid you, no matter WHEN they placed their bid...

Well, only 6 hours has passed...

Can anyone help me get me hands on: JO ANN HENDERSON "Baby Please Don't Go" (Phonograph) Got the Jukebox Jam issue, and want (or more accurately NEED) an original... Any PMs much appreciated!

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Surely there's no way of knowing if anything has sold for those prices, though? If you see a record on the shop floor then it hasn't sold. Meaning? It's just new out in the racks OR it's too expensive and has been sitting for months? If a record HAS sold, you're not going to see it... You see an Anglo American list - you phone up for one title to hear Rick's familar laugh as you're the 84th person to ask for it. And the rest of the records on the list? Sold or unsold? I agree popsike can be a dangerous tool - but if you always "sort by date", then it's easy to see if a record is going up or down or is just all over the shop. I've heard tales of shop owners who use the "arrange by price" button to show highest prices first working down when they're trying to sell something - and listing lowest prices up when they're trying to buy something! Showing customers the screen, like they're doing them a favour...

https://www.45cat.com/record/embs222 Actually, one side says Simpson / Sandford / Armstead?

And ALSO released at almost exactly the same time "I Surrender" by The Carrolls - another A&S song (which didn't get a US release or recording?). Wonder if someone sold a job lot of their songs in early 1966? https://www.45cat.com/record/bm56081

But... but.... but... IT'S KILLING THE SCENE! Glad to see this thread has descended into the depths of o.v.o. petty "debate". I think i'm going to grab one of these sets, looks the business. And if it sounds the business too, then it's a no-brainer. In reply to the Lacoste copy mentioned earlier, if the Sag War Fare 45 sounds better than the original, who's to say the counterfeit Lacoste top wasn't actually superior to the genuine article???!!!

Is it true the Atlantic release sounds better? Never heard them back to back to compare...

"Quiet Jive'in" - ha! Amazing record, not sure it's sister funk - would that not involve a female vocal?