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Apparently they were part Italian and part Swiss Cheers Mick Holdsworth https://northern-soul-records.com https://motownsound.co.uk

It was Spiral Starecase Cheers Mick Holdsworth https://northern-soul-records.com https://motownsound.co.uk

Maybe it was just the one copy I played that was off (Think it was a white DJ), and "assumed" the rest were the same. Cheers Mick Holdsworth https://northern-soul-records.com https://motownsound.co.uk

The Destiny release was the proper version by Rita & Tiaras , but badly mastered, it played off centre and sounded really bad. Cheers Mick Holdsworth https://northern-soul-records.com https://motownsound.co.uk

Here's a scan of the 9011 issue (from an earlier thread on here) the Promo would be white and black / same design as above / vinyl Bootlegs are turquoise and black / styrene. Cheers Mick Holdsworth https://northern-soul-records.com https://motownsound.co.uk

The other side is called "I Stood By" Cheers Mick Holdsworth https://northern-soul-records.com https://motownsound.co.uk

Possibly Joe Vandiver (as in "you're everything" etc) Cheers Mick Holdsworth https://northern-soul-records.com https://motownsound.co.uk

Also by Dana Valery , as was Jackie Wilsons, "this love is real" , also by Promises and DV Cheers Mick Holdsworth https://northern-soul-records.com https://motownsound.co.uk

Yes, on the "United" label Cheers Mick Holdsworth https://northern-soul-records.com https://motownsound.co.uk

I think , as Tony says, it was only the last few tracks that Tammi couldn't perform due to deterioating health - one of them was "The Onion Song". Cant be be sure, but "California Soul" rings a bell too. Cheers Mick Holdsworth https://northern-soul-records.com https://motownsound.co.uk

Promatics and Love & Brotherhood were also the same as Fuller Bros and Whispers, but what was the Suger Pie DeSanto ??? Cheers Mick Holdsworth https://northern-soul-records.com https://motownsound.co.uk

All originals at about a Fiver , give or take Spyder Turner - I Can't Make It Any More - MGM Lou Courtney - You Ain't Ready - Riverside Gene Chandler - Fool For You - Constellation Dobie Gray - Out On The Floor - Charger Jimmy James - A Man Like Me - UK Stateside Lots of good stuff on Ric-Tic by the likes of Edwin Starr , JJ Barnes, Fantastic Fou, Al Kent, Flaming Embers (a few a bit more expensive, but most still £5 or less) Ditto Golden World , Revilot Can't think at moment, but tons of stuff available in this price range Oh and Don't Forget The Motor City" - Motown has its ratities, but it also had its excellent cheapies - probably about 5,000 - 10,000 all excellent £5 or less records Did I Say - Spyder Turner ??????????? If you only buy 1 record this year - then Spyder Turner - I Can't Make It Any More - on US MGM is the one. Cheers Mick Holdsworth https://northern-soul-records.com https://motownsound.co.uk

Probably sold through other means (web site / gemm / etc) or not through the internet, especially if it was a popular item. Can take a while to update stock if it is listed more than once. Cheers Mick Holdsworth https://northern-soul-records.com https://motownsound.co.uk

Essex Burning Emotions

Cody Michaels / Liza Mae ( x 2 ? ) / Jan Snow / Michael Christian - might be others - there was a few threads about this a while back - Definately 4 uses of this track, and 5 if there was another Liza Mae apart from "Juicy Mouth" Cheers Mick Holdsworth https://northern-soul-records.com https://motownsound.co.uk

Good Grief!! - The Four Larks - No wonder I knew it from somewhere - about FOUR WHOLE DAYS AGO, I played this to someone down the phone and consequently sold it then and there (Got a spare though for myself). Can't say I know this posted version though - Philly LP? - Which one - is it still the Four Larks - sounds very similar in vocal style, but not quite the same ?? Cheers Mick Holdsworth https://northern-soul-records.com https://motownsound.co.uk

I remeber that an early (Motown Based) Spinners track got a release on Australian Pye, presumably because the Australian company "assumed" it was a new release by the UK Pye group. - So it wasn't just the public who were confused, Even PYE thought it was "Their Group" Cheers Mick Holdsworth https://northern-soul-records.com https://motownsound.co.uk

Well, with these two there is no doubt Here's the Mamie Lee LP ... ... and on a Hard drive somewhere I have a private photo of Tobbi Bowe , also a black artist. Cheers Mick Holdsworth https://northern-soul-records.com https://motownsound.co.uk

Good point

Which of course leads us to "Abstract Reality" / "Love Burns Like A Fire" Cheers Mick Holdsworth https://northern-soul-records.com https://motownsound.co.uk

Tobbi Bowe , always thought she sounded white. Cheers Mick Holdsworth https://northern-soul-records.com https://motownsound.co.uk

Thats probably the version I was on about earlier - Seem to remember quite a few "different" takes of classics on this CD - Chuck Jackson / Got the Need, and a version of "You Didn't Say A Word" which was completely different to the 3 known versions - could even have been a modern day re-recordings. Cheers Mick Holdsworth https://northern-soul-records.com https://motownsound.co.uk

Also if your gonna pull it from auction, do so PDQ. I think there is a time limit on closing an auction (12 hours or more?) or is that just modifying an auction ? - may pay to check with only 17 hours to go.

Just found the original webpage https://gadgets.qj.net/How-to-Pirate-a-Viny...pg/49/aid/39381 Can't see anyone actually attempting this with anything woth more than a fiver, which kind of defeats the object doesn't it. Wonder if someone would lend me a Junior McCants for a couple of days ...

Machine stamped characters, are different and probably could be replicated today - Columbia carried on using the ZTSP type stampers well into the eighties, hence all the CSP reissues that carried genuine masterings. Handwritten etchings are done quite easily really. Once the acetate is recorded, the recording engineer will pick up a scriber and carefully write the required notations into the run-out. This is where the theory of a Perfect Fake goes out the window. If the matrix required is , for example 1001 - A , then this is what the engineer will write with a scribing tool - IN HIS OWN HANDWRITING. If you sit down with a sheet of paper and write out 1001 - A a thousand times, no two will be the same, it is not possible, so to expect someone to replicate another persons Matrix, or handwriting is beyond reason. Also, replication of the scroll in and out would be "almost" impossible to replicate. The only way to replicate a vinyl record perfectly is to look at it from a different ange, and don't go anywhere near a disc cutter or recording lab. The was a webpage up a few years ago the used the "Mission Impossible Face Mask" principle. There are flaws in this theory, however the basic principle is as follows. Cover one side of your "original" with a quick drying liquid - peel of when set (this gives you a negative), then repeat for other side. Then (and this is where it get a bit vague) sandwich another liquid vinyl (???) between your two negatives, allow to set and remove your negatives leaving a playable Positive with two sides, matrix, etchings all as original. That's the principle, however the reality is probably still a bit "Mission Impossible" Cheers Mick Holdsworth https://northern-soul-records.com https://motownsound.co.uk