Lucy Hamilton
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Fantastic. Not for plA bit more from DJ Ian Levine -
The original version of this song is quite simply the most sought-after Motown and Northern Soul record of all time. The legendary Motown producer, Frank Wilson, made this solo record for Motown which was so rare, and so in demand, that someone paid fifteen thousand English pounds for a copy.
He was a big help with the Motorcity project, in 1989 and 1990, and he and his wife Bunny always stay at my house every time they're visiting London. The Motown single "Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)" became so huge that everyone wanted to see Frank perform it. For years he refused, but finally he gave in and did so at Fleetwood in 2000, in front of two and a half thousand people, the one and only time he said he would ever do this.
But previously to that, we had visited him at his Los Angeles home, and filmed him at the piano, so people got to see this legendary song being performed for the first ever time on The Strange World Of Northern Soul DVD. It is Wilson's only Motown single and is a prized item among collectors.
The record collector resource Discogs says the "Soul" label as pictured in the video is a bootleg and not affiliated with Motown, although Motown did have a sublabel by that name using a different design. And it lists this Wilson single as first released in 2012, even though the bootleg "Soul" label clearly credits "Jobete" and gives a copyright date of 1965.
---- which is not to say Motown itself never released it, as Discogs is a user-driven database and isn't comprehensive.
Lucy Hamilton
That Soul Label record is 100% a Bootleg of the ACTUAL pressing, well not in literal sense ie. they got the Acetate and copy it direct but it's a traditional Bootleg and they put Soul on the label it is NOT an original copy ONLY two copies of the record now exist. Soul was a subsidiary of Motown that they set up in 1964, they had multiple subsidiary labels the most famous being Tamla.
Frank Wilson's "Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)" was pressed up on Soul and the catalogue number is S 35019 the B Side is "Sweeter As The Days Go By", the 7" was pressed up in ONLY 250 copies as a Promo Only record numbering and it was NEVER RELEASED as anything OTHER than a Promo as Frank Wilson decide that he did not want to go into recording artist at that time but instead continue just as a record Producer and Engineer at Motown and on Wilson's orders ALL existing Promo Copies that did NOT already get mail to Club DJs were incinerated INCLUDING the Acetate BUT someone in the studio secretly keep some of the 7" I am NOT certain if also they keep the Acetate, but it is from the secret amount that they keep that the below occur:
It DID get a different and OFFICIAL release in 1979 with the same B Side and released on 7" on Tamla Motown and the catalogue number is TMG 1170.
The Bootleg copies of the record were all made by either Club DJs and/or peoples associated with them.
Fantastic. Not for playing though ?A bit more from DJ Ian Levine -
The original version of this song is quite simply the most sought-after Motown and Northern Soul record of all time. The legendary Motown producer, Frank Wilson, made this solo record for Motown which was so rare, and so in demand, that someone paid fifteen thousand English pounds for a copy.
He was a big help with the Motorcity project, in 1989 and 1990, and he and his wife Bunny always stay at my house every time they're visiting London. The Motown single "Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)" became so huge that everyone wanted to see Frank perform it. For years he refused, but finally he gave in and did so at Fleetwood in 2000, in front of two and a half thousand people, the one and only time he said he would ever do this.
But previously to that, we had visited him at his Los Angeles home, and filmed him at the piano, so people got to see this legendary song being performed for the first ever time on The Strange World Of Northern Soul DVD. It is Wilson's only Motown single and is a prized item among collectors.
I have an original copy of Frank Wilson's record I posted about it in my music thread I will get my post and post link to in this thread.
As ogo knows Pogo I have been collecting records since age 11 years in age and now have approx 20,000 thousand records this include 7" 10" and also a lot of Blues original 78"
No not for playing, you never play the rarest of records, if I want to hear that song then I have it on a CD.