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Chalky beat me to the Marvin Gaye "It's a Bitter Pill to Swallow" track from MPG...but side 2 of that album is basically ALL great mid- to uptempo tracks unreleased on 45. "It Don't Take Much to Keep Me" and "Try My True Love" are other standouts.

Incredible stuff, Roburt!

Certainly the same Ernie Fields as the one credited for Twinkle.

Sounds to me like the two groups share a lead singer at the very least. i prefer the blunt force of the Parisians recording. Don't need the added bongos or backing vocals.

That's Dante Carfagna, a very, very knowledgeable American collector and historian.

Wow, that RPM Records spot has been completely dry for years....Last hit I had there was maybe 4 years ago...found a nice mint Latin boogaloo thing and some oddball instrumentals and popcorn. Somebody should tell this poor guy he's wasting his time looking for big known northern there. Surprised even a beat-up $20 Carl Carlton record was still there....

One thing I don't think I've seen mentioned in discussions of the desirability/rarity of Palmer vs. La Beat and stock vs. promo is this: All La Beat copies, stock and promo, play with a weird thump/skip/glitch sound a couple of seconds into "I Am Nothing." Palmer copies do not. At first I thought it was just my La Beat stock copy. Then I listened to one on youtube and thought WAIT, DID THE PERSON WHO MADE THIS VIDEO OWN MY COPY PREVIOUSLY?? Then I poked around and found that, as i said above, all La Beat copies have this audio flaw. It can be heard at 0:05 in this video.

Tony Middleton, To the Ends of the Earth/Don't Ever Leave Me (M-G-M stock) Condition: M-. Looks like it's never been played. Only flaw is the messy bb hole shown in photo. You won't find a cleaner copy. $500 U.S. (the rough equivalent is £400 as of today) plus shipping from New York.

WOW WOW WOW! I had no idea about the Henry Hines connection to Tri-Sound!! Thanks! https://greenvilleandbeyond.wordpress.com/

Hollywood label. Anyone? Cash waiting. Thanks, Matt

The ones that stand out in my memory, though not necessarily the rarest or best, are all of the Mutts (except Dusty Wilson), most in quantity...and just tons of oddball Detroit things.

Wow!! Stock copy, as I recall. I ended up trading that to Greg Tormo. Wish I still had it.

I was there and at his house nearby hundreds of times and bought thousands of records from him. Really miss him.

There's currently a copy on ebay.

Thanks, Guy!