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So apparently that eVilBay Carolina Soul recent auction sky high jump in price didn't reflect a sudden popularity of the record on the NS front but was likely a one off crazy American deep pocket's collectors moment.

Yes but a sudden recent boom in play to explain a sudden double plus (triple) in price ?

$1.300 !!!

What's the status on this one now on the Northern Soul front ? Is it big a second time around or was the eVilBay's Carolina Soul last September auction another one of these mental 'one off' over the roof finishing auction ?

Yes but the 'partial refund' on their end was not completed while you transferred all these sales funds onto your bank account by which time eVilBay couldn't gather the funds from there and then anymore. If so It maybe a time in action criss-cross situation that putted you in that situation now. Could it ? Or not ?

Nope, can't advise you what to do from here but you should have gone on his original payment and issued him a 'partial refund' with a comment like 'on postage fee' to make it simpler I believe. At least that's how simple it was in the past... But good luck into their rips-off 'seller's services' if ever.

Yes. Who first did 'Hot Wire' on Grand Land (later re done by Al Green) then re-released on Palmer then who did 'Savin' All My Lovin'.

When I first got me my copy of the People's Choice (that was THE humming tune in my head back then) and played it home I instinctively played Al Green's 'Don't Leave Me' after not knowing then the interconnections. And while playing 'Easy To Be True' I then played 'Back Up Train' and realized that these sessions really had something in common....

Likely the prices it commands finally allowed some stateside collectors to finally part with their old filler copies. Most in VG downward condition. All at once. But for how long ? Guessing that they pressed up as many promotional copies as the People's Choice for the very few stockers of the Jimmy Mack to be found it should be rarer on that account alone... But I agree with you that the People's Choice is a hell of a tune. And in comparison much better. Something's off for me with 'My World Is On Fire'. While Jimmy's flip 'Go On' is my play side....

OK I get your point on the 'dee-jay' and the NS dancers in this matter (but also true in other circles). We see it happening just too often. Until the forwarded dee-jays get shadowed by some BIG name for "kicking it off"... Any of that do indeed affect the demand and so the prices accordingly.

In real the Monarch styrene abc (not PARAMOUNT) pressing is the rarest pressing variant for this Shepards 45. Then comes its abc stocker vinyl counterpart. Then only the ABC-PARAMOUNT stocker and finally its white label promo variant being the most "common" one. Not necessary less desirable all the same. Yet I'd doubt that the price should differ that much in regard of rarity factor for any of these variants. Just a seller's pitch infatuation argument IMHO.

Little only. More punters than collectors or acrobatic dancers IMHE.

Yes more of a 'belief' indeed but dates, places, peoples and similarity in voice and singing and first name make it a theory. Only that but it 'holds water' IMHO too.

No Billy Keene on Vault is styrene...

Jimmy Mack would date May (or about) 1967. With a quote of its release in the BillBoard of May 13th 1967. And the Precisions 'If This Is Love' appears in the issue of the BilBoard of August 12th 1967. 4 months later ! The Jimmy 'Soul' Clark theory holds water on datas and matching singing (with the Teek's gear) but until...

What it is is that they seem to be pressed to be in the 'highlights' and not underground. Not bothered to play OVO or to worship the soulful artistry more than themselves (as a group at least). Nothing seems 'sacred'. Making it another thing than what the 'codes' (no matter how evolutive) of the old and few in-betweens were / are since... Borrowing the 'Northern Soul' brand and its 'clichés' more than its 'sub-culture' and "values". Good or bad I don't know. For sure not my thing. Never would have been. Although am an 'in-between' (54 years old only) and seen as a youngster on the scene once. Looking up and learned from those I looked up to.

Clean and cleaner copies of Jimmy Mack demand such amounts to find their ways out of collections and back onto the market. But it's a 'big' price I agree. Although in correlation with others rare and big TOP500 sounds. But featuring the musical bonus on the flip side as Tim Brown indicated...

The Paula "drier" mix on both sides of this Billy Keene's fantastic double-sider is much less sexier than the Vault one is filled with reverbs and depths. But £295 is too much indeed. The Master Plan's 'Clinton Park' mix on Fos-Glo is also something else to get accustomed to if like me you've played 10,000 times your De-Lite copy before... But then after what a treat !

I think not. But from the record's company group there's a few on Mercury and Philips too...

If stacking them mats up, check VTA (Vertical Tracking Angle) if it's still 'horizontal'.... Tonearm to record with stylus in the groove. Idealy 'neutral' or optimal VTA setting is 100% horizontal. But In practice some might find that their stylus works better with the tonearm 'tail up' some or 'tail down' even.... Some (if not all) Reloop turntables seem to have that similar VTA adjustability like the SL-1200's have to bring the tonearm base up or down a little. Enjoy tweaking !

Kept the 'original' pressing that looked but also sounded better (louder mastering for a punchier and clearer playback) on my so-so phono set-up sometime 20 yeas ago. Now I know that many don't hear such playback differences on many records but I do

Digitalized mastering job it will undergo...