The Yank

I don't think you'll have too much luck with this one. Not sure what Laurie was thinking releasing a record by the Opals when there was another female group on Okeh already using the same name. The single reached hitbound or pick hit status on a few stations and then fell off the charts. I have a feeling Laurie pulled the record off the market. There is a cover version by Scarlet on French Polydor-

This Little Tommy is Tyrone Thomas -

If you go by the date on this ad, it appears the Kent 45 was first and the Watts record came out about a year later -

"I've Been Taken For A Ride" was the "Teen Pick" for the week of 12/28/67 on St. Louis's KATZ -

Here's another Major Lance album popping up right behind the mayor - lb

I just kept scrolling down and read the whole article .

It's hard to say what caused the problem- it could have been an error at the pressing plant, a record getting pulled from release and the company using the same # again or human error from someone at the record company. Here's another example for the list -

Philles did it another time but, they put an X after the release # -

Frankie and the group hit the Top 20 on one of Philly's Pop stations (#16) -

There is some info on discogs about the Steve Long single where it's listed as a Canadian (??) 45.

R.I.P. Edward ! Thanks for all the music !

Joel Selvin's book "Here Comes The Night" mentions the song. Hoagy's version was cut in New York City in January, 1967 and was scheduled for release on the Bang label but was never issued. Here's another song which bears a strong resemblance to "32 Miles..." and "Mojo Mamma" -

Here's another one -

Sad to hear this- R.I.P. David ! One of my favorites from the group -

The song isn't on that album though .......

As far as I know it's only available on this 2 CD set Hip-O Select put out in 2007 -

You are correct- the 45 was released in Nov. '67 and got a positive review in Cashbox -

Here's the results for this week- all prices in pounds Patty Stokes- "Is It True" / "Good Girl" - 2514 Contours- "Just A Little Misunderstanding T/M UK demo -444 George Lemons- "Fascinating Girl" -3717 Jerry Jackson- "It's Tough..." Parkway demo- 197 Tony / Graduates- "Statue"-185 New World- "We're Gonna Make It" -715 Jay Jay Johnson- "Fannie Mae" - 163 R. Dean Taylor- "There's A Ghost ..." Aussie demo -132 Billy Wells/ Invaders- "This Heart, These Hands" - 273 Paul Anka- "When We Get There" RCA issue - 198 Jimmy McFarland- "Lonely Lover"- 419 June Yamagishi/ Bobby Womack - Meldac album - 150

According to a well known price guide (6th edition), there are styrene originals with the delta #68876 which would make it pressed in November, 1967.

According to discogs, the 70's reissue was stereo and has the following matrix info - UK4M-0865-1-1-1 PR (etched)

Strangely enough, the original credits for "I Love You Madly" were Ric- Tic publishers-

I thought that had to be the same Goldsby- Thanks for the confirmation !

The Melvin Davis was getting Detroit airplay in September, 1966 and the Steve Mancha charted in Billboard in July, 1966.

Is this the same Goldsby ?

I got that picture off the internet so chances are- it probably is your copy ! 😀