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A lot

I have. It depends on what you are wanting to offer?

I've never had an issue with JM's gradings. Always been exactly as described in my experience

Thanks

Does anyone know who ebay seller bluesgirl.1875 is and if so can they provide me contact info? thanks

Not to be picky. But it's "Dhaak" not "Doc". He pulled me up on it when we had him perform in 2018

I may sell mine for the right price. PM me with an offer

Maybe so. The memories dim a little

I don’t recall ever getting rid of any to Pat, or anyone else for that matter. But maybe some were traded on when I went to the land of stripey suntans I did give my blessing to move things on to pay the bills.

We do get test pressings done. Usually 5 copies. These are done for quality control purposes and generally have a plain white label. Although sometimes they have “Side A” on the A side. Although it doesn’t always work out that way 😂

To stand out from the crowd. There’s a plethora of new releases these days. And standing out can be the difference between getting a play or not. And I don’t do just plain white labels. They are proper white label promos. it crates a perception of both quality and value.

Most of my promo copies are for promotional use. But I will and do sell the odd few. I still usually fail to make any money on most releases though.

I’ve only just seen this thread as I do t come on that often. I produce proper printed white label promos for “some” of my releases. Not all of them. I do them to send out to DJ’s, radio stations, magazines etc. And, yes, also to sell as a limited edition collectors item at a premium. I can’t speak for any other label, but I do no more than 10% of the production run as promos. in the case of the latest album I put out last month - Garcia Walker & Durrell. There were 50 promo copies made. Over half of these went out to press, radio, bloggers etc. Most of the rest were sold at £30 instead of the normal £20 retail price. Got a couple left if anyone’s interested? I see nothing wrong with the practice, and neither, it seems, do the vinyl buying public. Also. To produce a promo with a proper printed label is more expensive than the regular stock copies. You have to get the same number of labels printed (500 pairs). I also had stickers for the album sleeve too. You have to pay an additional origination charge etc. And there is a small run charge from the pressing plant. They have to change over the labels and charge for the privilege

I have one. PM me

Summer In The Parks, July 25th. Cleethorpes Weekender the following weekend. Swinton Niter August 7th. Then ......

Artist - LJ Johnson & Barbara Pennington Title - 24 Hours A Day Label - Soul Purpose Catalogue # - SPR 2002 Format - 7 inch single Release date - July 4th 2021 Retail Price - £12.00 Incredibly it’s 45 years since this timeless 45 first surfaced! But it’s only now that it’s become a dazzling duet. Infamous UK record producer and songwriter Ian Levine cut his chops in 1976 linking up with Chicago studio wizards Paul Wilson and Danny Leake and cutting stunning Northern Soul records with Windy City vocalists Barbara Pennington, LJ Johnson and Evelyn Thomas. The singles caused a sensation by giving the, then young, upstart producer his debut hits in the UK pop charts. Enthused by this success, Ian got back together with producer and songwriter Leake (who later worked with Stevie Wonder), and arranger Wilson (he went on to link up with Jerry Butler) and the trio masterminded a truly epic gem aimed at the booming USA Disco scene - Barbara Pennington’s 24 Hours A Day. The incredible production. opus - complete with a stunning lead vocal, incredible scurrying strings, a song that sounded like it was the equivalent of Ashford & Simpson on steroids -became me a massive disco anthem when released on the United Artists label. And quickly became a timeless Northern Soul classic It was loved so much on both sides of the Atlantic that Ian used the same backing track some time later to record a male vocal version for AVI by LJ Johnson. Compared to the all conquering Barbara Pennington gem it went under the radar of everyone except those in the know, despite being rather good in its own right. Now after tracking down the original 24 track studio masters, the two versions have been remixed by Paul Mooney to create a unique boy-girl duet. It sounds like it should have been done in the first place, even better than the original versions. Click here to buy - https://py.pl/29g6Gd Pennington & Johnson - Twenty Four Hours A Day (Vocal)__ 3.26 -1.0 dB ST master (1).mp3

Hytones - Good News on Kent (or anniversary single) Eddie Parker - I'm Gone on Awake original

The 28th Cleethorpes Weekender will be going ahead on the weekend of July 30th to Augusts 1st. This will be a Music only weekender (no live acts) and is limited to around 300 attendees (we will add more if allowed). It will be a summer party weekend of Soul, Sun, Swimming, Sambuca and any other "S" you can think of, Tickets are only £39. We also have a limited amount of accommodation available to book. https://www.paypal.com/webapps/shoppingcart?flowlogging_id=eabfd8066d62a&mfid=1623846509477_eabfd8066d62a#/checkout/openButton

I have one. Please PM

Hytones - Good News. 100 Club 29th Anniversary 45 wanted. Please PM with price and condition.