The Yank

If you can find the Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell "The Complete Duets" CD set from 2001, there are a few unreleased/ alternate takes on the double CD .

Mine arrived today. A few of the discs don't lay perfectly flat but all of them play through and sound fine so I'm happy with my set.

From what i remember there might have been a few- I think one was called Right On! You can also try Jet for articles and of course Billboard, Record World, Cashbox if you can find them .

That CD you have pictured has single version and the unreleased version of the song as a duet with Jimmy Radcliffe.

This is quite a find ! Out of curiosity, why was the London issue withdrawn and how did "Open The Door ..." end up on Stateside ?

Even on e-bay USA, there's so much junk that keep getting relisted over and over again. After awhile you don't want to even look because its the same 45's you saw last year ! In less than a week, over 10,000 Soul 45's have been listed because e-bay is having another free listing special. And wading through Country and Pop 45's that have no reason to be in the Soul section gets boring quick. I think e-bay has just gotten too big!

I was in a Starbucks's last week and heard "Helpless" by Kim Weston and then "Lonely For You Baby" by Sam Dees. "Helpless" isn't that strange but the Sam Dees really threw me!

Mel was the vocalist but the record was written, produced and arranged by Don and Ken Marrier. The biggest difference between the Mel Hayes and the BMO release is the Mel Hayes instrumental is 4:11 and the Boogie Man Orch. instrumental clocks in at 3:19. (see post #23) Also , on the BMO release the instrumental is the A side while on the Mel Hayes release the vocal is the A side.

Here's a copy of the Mel Hayes version. I've only seen these as promos. And yes there are quite a few copies of the 45 in the States.

I don't think this has been mentioned before- thanks for posting the link !

Thanks for posting this Allison- I just donated and had no problems.

This is a big shock. Wasn't a close friend of Bob but whenever I had any questions about anything he was more than happy to share his vast knowledge. Very sad to hear this . R.I.P. Bob !!

The liner notes for "Phil Spector- Back To Mono" list this being made in June 1965. So I guess we know the record was made in June.

By the time "A Long Way..." was made (June 1965), Darlene already 5 solo singles released, 6 if you count Philles #123- "Stumble And Fall"/ "He's A Quiet Guy". That 45 was withdrawn and the catalog # was used for the Ronettes' "Walkin' In The Rain".

This looks like every U.S. copy of "Shotgun" you've ever seen until you notice the title is "SHOT GUN" instead of "SHOTGUN" and that the group is listed as Jr. Walker & "all the stars" .

Here's the U.S. release of "A Package Of 16 Big Hits" before they changed to the more familiar "titles in boxes" format .

It was an older Sister that got me involved with Motown. The 1st 45 I heard was "You Beat Me To The Punch" by Mary Wells. It got quiet until late 1964 and then BOOM! She had the Supremes' "Where Did Our Love Go" album, "Baby I Need Your Lovin" by the Four Tops, "My Girl" by the Temptations, "Nowhere To Run" by Martha and the Vandellas, "Ask The Lonely" by the Four Tops, "I Can't Help Myself" by the Four Tops and on and on from there. The 1st record I ever bought was "Ain't That Peculiar" by Marvin Gaye which I still like to this day. For my second 45 I took a bad turn and bought "Bus Stop" by the Hollies. Still don't know what I was thinking !!

Thanks for posting !

The creation of 45 rpm singles really had nothing to do with jukeboxes. RCA came up with the format to counter Columbia's 33 1/3 rpm format. The 1st 45's came out in March of 1949 - the 1st 45 jukebox ( the Seeburg M100B) came out about a year later. The 1st 45 players came with a changer so you could stack the records on top of each other. The engineers found that the records were getting damaged when dropped.To reduce the stress and friction, they came up with the larger hole. A lot of the 33 1/3 singles were usually in stereo and were made for jukeboxes. In 1961 RCA released singles in both 45 rpm and 33 1/3 format and were eventually going to phase out 45's. The idea was a disaster and in 1962, the 33 1/3 format was discontinued. Finally, I don't know why Sam made two versions of "Sugar Dumplin' ".

The Tops recorded "...Last Train..." as album filler. Believe it or not, that same album ("Reach Out") has another Monkees song on it- "I'm A Believer".

Try amazon- lots on there- didn't see a whole set though. You might want to get an all formats dvd player if you don't have one already. Just checked e-bay usa - over 60 on there including the 9 disc dvd set.

Did any Motown artist record a version of Tamiko's "Don't Laugh If I Cry At Your Party" ?

I guess e-bay will list just about anything.

It was probably pressed at another pressing plant. I don't know why this would have been booted.

I've got this on the white label with no "promotional copy not for sale..." etc. The dead wax has an ARP stamp, BRS and M-603-A for the "Good Time" side .