The Yank

I'm on team Marvin for this- to me its the same old song. Before the trial started, Robin said he wrote the song with Pharrell. Once the trial started, he admitted to saying that but... he didn't mean it.

I'd rather hear "Double Cookin' " but I don't have a problem with the Magicians version. Not a fan of this Kinettes/ Alvin Cash track. Sorry for the double post.

I'd rather hear "Double Cookin' " but I don't have a problem with the Magicians. Not fond of the Kinettes/ Alvin Cash though.

There was a problem with the Rolling Stones cover for "Some Girls". Whoever designed the cover never asked any of the Celebrities for permission to use their pictures. When they received objections, the label reissued the cover with colored squares over the photos or put "pardon our appearance- cover under construction" over the pics.

That's about the same method i've been using and I also would recommend it .

Thanks for putting the article together- lots of great info in there!

That Swastika release was a one off- the owners changed the name to Cuca after complaints.

I'll pm you - I don't want to hijack the thread.

Right on both counts- I'm from the U.S. and live near the Windy City. I didn't even know there was a Thor label before this !

Thanks for posting- I've never seen the Thor/ Nike promos before.

I'm not including this for the design but for the label name. I've always wondered what they were thinking ??

I do like the blue label version- I'm glad this black variation didn't last long .

About 7-8 years ago, walked into a thrift store and found about 500 45's - all were minty and sleeved which was nice. Ended up buying about 40-50. In that bunch were Almeta Latimore- "These Memories", Otis Jackson- "Beggin' For A Broken Heart" and last but not least Bobby Kline- "Say Something Nice To Me". Forgot to mention the most important thing- the price- 45's were 3 for 25 cents !

On my grey label/black vinyl copy , the only info in the dead wax is : ZTSC 107683 for "Open......." and ZTSC 107682 for "Our Love..." There is something scratched out to the left next to the info.

Jessica James and the Outlaws- "We'll Be Making Out" ???

Glad to hear this was a bootleg! Atlantic was never big on releasing colored vinyl 45's. Even in the 50's when lots of R & B companies put some of their releases on colored vinyl, Atlantic stuck to black vinyl or styrene. In the 60's someone at a pressing plant made a few colored vinyl copies of Atlantic releases for themselves. So why would Atlantic press up yellow vinyl copies of a record( that didn't look like it was going to be a hit ) when they always stuck to black vinyl or styrene? There are a few Atlantic releases on colored vinyl towards the end of the 70's but not before then. If I'm wrong- please feel free to correct me.

I live in the States and I also have a grey "vinyl" copy of "Open..." . There's also a cut out hole in the label. I'm guessing that when the record became popular, that vinyl copies were pressed.

Sad to hear this- the Andantes backup work added so much to whatever Motown track they were used on.

That's the one !!

There's also "(Just A Little) Faith And Understanding by the Magicians. Isn't there a third version by a female vocal group? Sorry for the double post !

There's also "(Just A Litttle) Faith And Understanding" by the Magicians. Isn't there another version by a female vocal group?

There's a story (can't remember which book I read it in) that a distributor bought a large amount of overstock from a label for 5 cents a record. The distributor then took those 5 cent records and returned them to the label for full credit. That's why labels had holes drilled, stamped N /R or put gold paint on the label- to identify the discounted records.

Tammi's version wasn't on a U.S. single or on her "Irresistible" album. It is on the Hip-O CD "Come On And See Me- The Complete Solo Collection" or is available on "A Cellar Full Of Motown- Volume Two". Carolyn's version is on Motown #1070- "My Heart"/ "When Someone's Good To You".

By the time Jackie Wilson released "Am I The Man", Bob Hamilton was sharing songwriting credits with Tom King.