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Was Transat Imports the shop run from a flat in Lisle Street by Guy Stevens? I have heard he started his record business there. Though nowadays it's full of Chinese restaurants and 'model flats' (whorehouses - and it's possible one of these could be where Stevens originally 'did business' from).

Tamla Motown released it in the UK in November '79.

Early '90s, I thought?

Great ta mate! How are you doing?

The label was 'Demand', Dave. Also booted "Sensitive Mind" by General Assembly, "24 Hours of Loneliness" by Wilbur Walton Jr and (I think) "Woman Love Thief" by the Stemmons Express.

Not to mention that it remained in quantity and held its £3 price right through to the mid-80s! Supply of The Ringleaders began to dry up during this time, and started selling for around £12.

I'm all for helping out students with their research or dissertations, but the repetition of this survey on here over the past year is more than a little irritating, not to mention pointless. Although one important question is missing from the survey - "I would tend to regard surveys that have a bias on certain genres of music as......" (followed by 200 possible tick-box answers).

Well, I knew what you meant Pete, and that's what my response was based on!

Not 'au contraire' Steve! What I meant to say was that the spoken intro wasn't on the UK issue, not that it wasn't issued in the UK! Must get my phrasing right sometimes........

Think it's only on the Calla demo (or some issues?). It definitely wasn't issued in the UK.

Lovely price on the Walter Wilson - surely must be THE rarest Wand 45????

It's probably more likely to be a pathetic attempt at a sales pitch than being misinformed..........or both.

Is it just coincidental that four of the Black Eyed Peas singles share names of singles picked up on the Northern scene? Where Is The Love I Got A Feeling Meet Me Halfway Don't Lie

I've long believed that Smallest Man Alive was released in 1970.

Had the David & Rubin for 24 years in my collection, before sadly parting with it a few years ago when I sold up. If I were rich, I would have held on to it...........not just one of my all-time faves, but what a label design.

2 - Rampart 5- 20th Century 10 - Volt And we're off and running - Correct, well done.

Billy Adams - Go On Get Out Of Here - Amy £10 Old Keb "cover up" from Stafford that still packs a punch!!!! Definitely underpriced at a tenner - excellent record!

Johnny Bragg was part of vocal group The Prisonaires (who were all inmates at Tennessee State Penitentiary) in the early '50s. Bragg had been in prison since 1943, serving concurrent life sentences for six counts of rape. The Prisonaires cut a few 45s / 78s for Sun around 1952 - 54 and, as the sleeve above states, Johnny Bragg wrote "Just Walkin' In The Rain", recorded by The Prisonaires in 1953, and became a UK / US No. 1 for Johnnie Ray three years later.

As a closet rocker, I prefer Frankie Ford's original any day. Those so-called "crazy line dancers" are probably doing "the stroll" - similar to line dancing, but given a tastier euphemism........

I think the French and UK EPs were issued in early 1964 to cash in on the success he had with "If I Had A Hammer" - but, apparently, with no luck.

£75 - £100 for the UK Stateside EP, I'd have thought.

Probably a white and yellow label, to signify that London didn't know if they were coming or going!

Not true - in fact, complete utter rubbish. The term EP has long been in use amongst USA collectors and record buyers, and even pre-dates the UK and (probably) Europe's first EPs. The earliest US EP I've seen dates back to 1952 (they replaced the boxed sets of 45s and 78s), as opposed to the UK's first EPs from 1954 - and yes, I mean 4-track EPs which played at 45 RPM. Every list I've had from the States over 20 years list them as EPs.

I think South Africa used a variety of colours for their labels for no reason at all. I had a copy of "She'd Rather Be Whit Me (sic)" by The Turtles, with a black London label - otherwise exactly the same typeface as the Willie Mitchell and Ace Cannon singles above. Would have all been released within a couple of months of each other. Or (and on a very serious note), do you think the colour coding was required in a time of apartheid (eg, black or blue specifying white artists, and red specifying a black artist)?