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Nice info...any pics of the heroine on the beach?! Amazing where some folk ended up...how did she end up in Australia? (I've 'only' ever 'The Duck' and 'Harlem Shuffle' on Japanese releases...are there Australian releases too?)

'Black wings has my angel, Satan in high-heels, Doing the Devil's will, A walking lesson in love' ...and... 'She loves me twice on Sundays....and thrice on stormy Mondays' Hayes Cotton - 'Black Wing's Have My Angel'

AWESOME crunching, grinding, driving R'n'B/Northern...with attitude!

Anyone know the years in which EMI started using the various white-label designs for their acetates?

Check out their take on, 'What does it take'...not half bad!

Tangent...did any of the Mirwood acts ever tour Asia/Australia back in the day?

I recall it as the 'Chantels' and associate more with Hinckley and other venues at the time more than Stafford. Blue stockers and WD's as you said...pops up every now and then. Pure nighter sound...a right thumper though the vocals don't exactly get the Soul-O-Meter meter needle moving much!

Been a while since I compared them fully, as in whether it is a different 'mix' or 'take', but the 'version' used on the LPs was different to the Quinvy 45...listen to the brasswork on each. The added bonus is as you say, the fact that you can create an instrumental cut from the LP cut...great innit?! The Charly CD was called, 'Rare Soul from Alabama: The South Camp / Quinvy CD' CDCHARLY200 1. Tearstained Face - Don Varner 2. When It's Over - Don Varner 3. Let Me Be A Woman - Brenda Varner 4. You Made Your Bed - Eddie Bradford 5. Self Preservation - Bill Brandon 6. What Kind Of Spell - Tony Borders 7. You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man) - June Edwards 8. You Better Believe It - Tony Borders 9. Masquerade - Don Varner 10. Home Just Ain't Home At Suppertime - Z.Z. Hill 11. Strangest Feeling - Bill Brandon 12. Cheaters Never Win - Tony Borders 13. Heaven Help Me (I'm Falling In Love) - June Edwards 14. All I Need Is You - Bill Brandon 15. It's A Man's World - Buddy Causey 16. It Sure Was Fun - Eddie Bradford 17. One Woman Man - Don Varner 18. Rainbow Road - Bill Brandon 19. You Left The Water Running - Don Varner 20.Think I'll Go Somewhere And Cry Myself To Sleep - Joe Perkins 21. Love And A Friend - Tony Borders 22. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight - Bill Brandon 23. Movin' In The Groove - Joe Perkins 24. Don't Give Up On Me - Brenda Varner 25. Your Big Chance - Bill Brandon 26. Close To Me - Dan Penn 27. Sugar Makes Everything Sweeter - Percy Sledge Jr. I do stumble across the original Charly LP's even over here, and am happy to pick them up (been a bit dry for nice P.Vine titles of late before anyone asks!)

Yes, we (Charly) did a sorta best of the 5 LP's onto a single CD at the time. The version of TSF was indeed from the master tapes and different to the issued 45...the brasswork sounds awesome!

Here's a label scan...you can see the ARCHER to the right at about "3 o'clock".

Just been filing a few discs away, as you do, and happened to notice that the ARCHER stamp is raised and actually under the label on my copies of Robert Winters', 'Soul motivation' on Ron's 45-05 (vocal side). Never actually cared too much for the vocal track, but it makes for a great thumping Detroit instrumental! Any other ARCHER pressed discs with the stamp under the label rather than in the deadwax?

What about the Explosive Dynamiks on Lemco? OK, yet to reach 'Oldie/Classic' status yet, although it's been around for a fair number of years. More demented than twisted?

A few more:

Wasn't the instrumental backing track found on a Detroit acetate? (Dave - ask GuyH about this.) I've always loved this little Detroit-esque mid-tmepo floater...step forward Mr.Clarke:

Just updated x3 pages worth of sales stock...take this link: Sales Update A selection of them in pictures too...take this link: 75 Label Scans

'Affirmative' is the name of the label....solid center. What about the Young-Blood Smith on Soul World..do they crop up much?

I recall getting a complete set of Loma LP's for a few quid...they had bulk of most numbers, mind! Happy days.

Hand up over here to the following...with my 'excuse' being that they are all on Japanese copies: The Supremes "Baby Love" The Temptations "My Girl" Al Wilson “Snake” Spyder Turner “I Can't Make It Anymore” Temptations “Ain't too proud to beg “ Artistics "Im gonna miss you" Cliff Nobles & Co “The Horse” Jackie Wilson “I Get The Sweetest Feeling” Edwin Starr “Agent Double O Soul” Marvin Gaye “What's Going On” Marvin Gaye "I Heard it Through the Grapevine" Nancy Ames “I dont want to talk about it” ...and naturally I have both Darrell Banks and Troy Dodds on US WD's!

These four have never done it for me either! We obviously have good taste, sir!

Too right...a proper messy powerhouse slab o'Chicago Soul! There is also an instrumental of it on Maurci too! Label designs...also plain green, and yellow label designs and about x3 different font variations across the numbers too!

About 2001/2? Not saying every number showed up, but there was quantity around.

I salute you, Ted! That CD is one of my fave comps ever...a regular visitor to my decks many years after it was released...timeless.

Understand completely...complete empathy in fact

There were a few acetates around when all the vinyl groovey Grooves stock surfaced...I found one in Tokyo too! Was never sure if it was pukka or not, though it had typed credits rather than hand-written.

Got a UK Decca of Elkie doing her fab version of 'Hello stranger', if you need it Pete?