Frank Wilson - Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) / Sweeter As The Days Go By mp3 download

Gralsa

Great video of the original copy being studied by Johnhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzufW1M28KU

Whatever

In 1979 the original tapes for both sides of Frank Wilson - Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) / Sweeter As The Days Go By were requested to be sent to London from America. However, when the tapes were received, they were stereo masters and not the original mono masters. UK Tamla Motown label manager, Gordon Frewin, instantly spotted the technical differences and corrected them at Abbey Road Studios, with the help of his engineer Chris Blair, and the benefit of a copy of the Simon Soussan bootleg Eddie Foster (7) - Sweeter As The Days Go By / Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) 45 taken to the studio by Motown collector John Lester. TMG 1170 was thus taken from stereo masters but folded into mono for its eventual release on 9th November 1979. The DJ copies were presented in a special promotional sleeve. Fantastic story of how a bootleg made it to vinyl

Raelin

Just watching a programme called "Heir Hunters" where they try to find relatives of people who die without leaving a will, and the guy they are dealing with was a record dealer and DJ from the old Northern Soul days. This original was mentioned and shown as part of his estate with a value of at least £25,000. Is this the 3rd known copy or has a 4th been found?

Gavirim

This may be the 3rd Copy but a test pressinghttps://www.soul-source.co.uk/forums/topic/377574-possibly-the-rarest-soul-45/

Llanonte

I believe Tim brown still has his copy and Kenny's sold through Manship. Maybe the DJ who died was the guy that bought it about 9 years ago

Biaemi

We are going to be putting this up for auction in January 2018. Melodies & Memories opened in 1988 and is just a little north of Detroit. Check out our Facebook page for updates Melodies & Memoires.

Gathris

The record has gone to it's new owner Jack White and will be repressed with the TP label for RSD 2018 in purple vinyl.

Hatе&love

This record does everything for me. A thing of beauty.

Xmatarryto

You can read all about it using this link :)http://soulstrutter.blogspot.co.uk/2009/09/worlds-rarest-soul-record.html

Cointrius

One or 2 small corrections/updates to esteban_morientes comments.There are now at least 3 known copies of this although one of them is too badly warped to play. Frank wilson was asked by Berry Gordy, if he would rather be a producer/writer for Motown, or a singer, Frank opted for production as it was a more lucrative art, and when opting for this Berry Gordy ordered any record with Franks voice on to be destroyed. The last price the Kenny Burrell copy sold for was £25,742

Xtani

This is actually Frank Wilson - Do I Love You (Indeed I Do). Eddie Foster was a "cover up" name.

Tehn

The famous Simon Soussan bootleg i believe..

Kefrannan

The Holy Grail of Northern Soul was recorded back in 1965 on Motown. The story goes that after recording it Berry Gordy, the founder of Motown, ordered Frank to concentrate on writing rather than singing. The record never saw the light of day, because Gordy commanded to destroy all promo copies. In 1977 Tom Dieperro, a Motown historian who worked for them in the mid 70's, found a surviving copy and later Simon Soussan discovered it while perusing Tom's record collection. Simon recognised this as being a perfect record for the northern soul scene where rarity was an integral part of the DJ's attraction. Northern soul dj's were constantly seeking new records that nobody else had. They even covered up the labels and changed the artist name to prevent other DJ's tracking down the same title. So, Frank's one single, ended up getting credited to 'Eddie Foster', it became a huge hit in the scene, and it wasn't until 1978 that the truth was discovered. The one known copy changed hands for increasingly high prices, whilst a second copy was discovered in 1990. In 1996 the record was bought by Kenny Burrel for 15.000 pounds - making it the most expensive record ever.

nadness

This record was recorded back in 1965 on Motown. The story goes that after recording it Berry Gordy, the founder of Motown, ordered Frank to concentrate on writing rather than singing. The record never saw the light of day, because Gordy commanded to destroy all promo copies. In 1977 Tom Dieperro, a Motown historian who worked for them in the mid 70's, found a surviving copy and later Simon Soussan discovered it while perusing Tom's record collection. Simon recognised this as being a perfect record for the northern soul scene where rarity was an integral part of the DJ's attraction. Northern soul dj's were constantly seeking new records that nobody else had. They even covered up the labels and changed the artist name to prevent other DJ's tracking down the same title. So, Frank's one single, ended up getting credited to 'Eddie Foster', it became a huge hit in the scene, and it wasn't until 1978 that the truth was discovered. The one known copy changed hands for increasingly high prices, whilst a second copy was discovered in 1990. In 1996 the record was bought by Kenny Burrel for 15.000 pounds - making it the most expensive record ever.