The Yank

I don't know if I would go out of my way to go to Banana's. I was there 5-6 years ago. On the plus side, I was there with another person and after 3 hours, we still didn't get through all the 45's. Another plus was nothing was priced. On the minus side, nothing was priced. The person at the counter said just bring up what you find and, I'll give you a price. I had about 10 45's and the clerk told me what they do was go on the internet and take the high and low prices and then give an average price which sounded reasonable. Anyway, a half hour later he was still pricing the 45's. I don't know what he did but- everything was priced sky high. To be fair- that was 5-6 years ago. Also, the same person might not work there and they could have changed their pricing policy.

The original version on P & P seems slower and doesn't have the same drive as the Roulette version. I have no idea which version got played in the U.K.

"E.S.P" is the original version on P & P. The later version on Roulette was called "My Baby's Got E.S.P.".

Here's one from Aretha...

The perfect thing to put your Frank Wilson coffee cup on

This one too ...

Can't forget this one.....

This is from you tube- not 100% sure its her though

The "Super Bad" album originally came out on Little Star and was a mix of Saru and Little Star material I've seen it on Trip but not Up Front but both labels were part of the Springboard International group of companies.

The song that gave Mirwood their first chart hit....

From September, 1965. The bottom pic from early "66.

It's actually an EP with 4 different artists- 1) Casualeers- "Dance, Dance, Dance" and Larry Coverdale and the Four Horsemen "Say You Really Love Me" on one side. The other side has The East Coast Journey Men - "Down, Down, Down" and Kenny Ballard and the Fabulous Soul Brothers- "I'm Losing You". The cover was recycled from the late 50's Roulette album "Rock and Roll Record Hop" with 67 added to make it seem current(?).

Another great one from the Olympics ...

A near mint copy of the Spanish 45 EP went for $166 in November of 2017, a near mint promo went for $126 in October 2017 and an excellent - copy went for $101 in Feb, 2013. All prices in USD.

I wouldn't believe every comment that's posted on youtube. If you pick "Stop And Get Ahold Of Myself" by Carole Waller, she comments that she wrote both sides of her single (Including "Stop..." ). Since Gladys Knight's version came out before Carole's, it would be a bit of a stretch to go back in time and write "Stop..." before Van McCoy did.

That is definitely the Dramatics- sounds like it was slowed down though.

It depended on what record store you shopped at. Some had the records out in the open- others had a list at the counter and you would tell them what 45 you wanted.

With J.J. Barnes and the Parliaments flying up the charts, I think the company decided to promote those two releases and the Jackie Beavers 45 got lost in the shuffle.

I've never seen a copy of "The Night" on a U.S. 45. As far as I know, it was only available on the Chameleon album.

Going slightly off topic- does anyone own one of these pillow covers ?

This sure did make the rounds- here's another version