John Reed

So when buying new releases we now have to worry about getting pre-order releases, just in case they end up different colour 😲. POOVO (Pre Order Original Vinyl Only) is the next big thing.......

There are examples of both text layouts which have the 4 leaf clover at the end of the matrix on the other side which were pressed at the Gloversville pressing plant, with the matrix number generally ending with a "1".

I think this is again another poor year for people who collect Funk/Soul. More laziness of the record companies, with straight reissues of LP's just on different coloured vinyl, singles box sets containing already released 7" material and previous LP tracks released on 7" or 12" formats. If you like instrumentals then the Parliaments and Darrell Banks is something for you and New York Soul, New Orleans Soul, Texas Soul & Soul Slab Vol 2 compilation LP's look quite interesting, but I think they all contain only previously released music. The only one of real interest for me is the Super Disco Edits LP, which does have 5 formerly unreleased tracks.

This release can only be post 1974 as Warners took over distribution from Buddah in January 1975

We had that with the JD Hall's, as he used the same masters 25 years later.😫 If I like a new release I tend to buy it either when issued or on pre-sale, but even then I do miss some. I think its the norm for independant labels to only press between 250/300 copies as in reality the market is quite small and they don't want to be left with a load of unsold dead stock. It's great for a label where interest its sales requires a re-run, but I don't understand the snobbery of why people to want a clear distinction between the two presses when there is only a few months between the runs. If people pay an inflatied price for a record, surely that's just between the buyer and seller. Even if someone paid a large amount for a recent release, surely they're going to say they bought it at its initial sale price?

From Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/artist/2075147-The-Cheques The Cheques were a 60's garage/soul band from Louisiana. The band were compromised a group of mostly young white Air Force personnel. Members included Tony Nardi (keyboards, vocals), Mike Ventimiglia (now also known as Dagger) on lead vocal, Sam Ryland (bass guitar, vocals), Chuck Parrino (drums, background vocals) and Matthew Joshua (rhythm guitar). Joshua was later replaced by Wayne Pagels. Salt and Pepper looked to be a mixed race group made up of Air Force personnel, so there may have been more than just Tony Nardi in both groups. https://www.saltandpepper1969.com/bio

The top two are demo's, there is also an issue of the middle one too. Stax used different pressing plants so there could be differences there. Also one layout could be vinyl and the other styrene

I'm unsure if the song when played out has the same impact as it did before it's release in the HDH singles box set and I think this might be reflected in the closing price. Saying that, I fully expect my comment to be blown out of the water once the auction closes.

Hoddle and Waddle - Diamond Lights 🤣. Seriously, Roosevelt Grier apart from singing and doing needlepoint also played American football.

On the back of the LP it states they were Tresia Cleveland and Ann Gissendanner and were from Alabama and Pennsylvania respectively.

https://www.discogs.com/Bobby-Patterson-Storyteller/release/6464336 Don't remember this for sale at the time of release.

The straight one I referred to was called the jukebox design. I'm sure the other layout was referred to by John Manship as the scroll design.

I think they were pressed around the same time. I remember John Manship talking about the rare scroll design and then I've also heard other dealers talking about the rare straight line design. So it could be just different plants, but it does look like the later releases from 1984 have the non scroll design.

knowing how finicky "the scene" is, there doesnt seem to be that much support for new people, so you can probably just copy the 2009 list and paste it into the 2018 list. BTW, I don't really have a desire to be a DJ, so I havent written this with any green eyes of envy.

I enjoyed last night, as you said they're more tribute bands than original bands these days. Saying that the Temps have always had lineup changes. One thing that frustrated me last night was the needless singing of cover versions of other peoples songs - They all did it in some way of form. All three groups have a back catalogue large enough not to need to do it. Why do people spend all the concert filming it on their phones? Surely they don't get full appreciation of the concert as they're focussing of the filming.

I've never really thought about the differences between the 1969 and 1972 releases, but as there has been heated debate recently and in the past. Looking at the two pictures it looks easy to differentiate the two as the reissue states Mono whereas the original doesn't. Is this always the case?

about a grand

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It's Chuck Ray. There are a few mispresses of Reconsider on Gemigo that play Wishing Well.

Hard to pick just one, but I Keep Forgettin' is never far away from the deck.

Original is the first one where the sound recording copyright symbol is very close to "1975" on the reissue there's quite a bit of space between the two and the text on the label is too modern for 1975.

Its all about the text and spacing of the sound recording copyright symbol

Sean & Kev posted on Facebook that they were packing and sending out the pre-orders on Friday, due to the weekend should probably land today.

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