HENRY SHED DEMO"SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME"1971 $TATESIDE+COVER-GREAT VERSION!!!

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ATTENTION SERIOUS NORTHERN SOUL AND $TATESIDE LABEL+ DEMO COLLECTORS! HERE IS A VERY EXCITING AND RARE ITEM,NOT TO BE FOUND VERY OFTEN! INFACT THE FIRST DEMO COPY I HAVE SEEN IN 25 YEARS AS A DEALER! HENRY SHED "SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME" IT IS THE"B"SIDE,BUT AS SO OFTEN THE CASE,THE NORTHERN SOUL GEMS ARE TUCKED AWAY! THE ACTUAL"A"SIDE= "BEND ME,SHAPE ME" WHICH ALSO HAS DANCE FLOOR POSSIBILITIES. BOTH SIDES PRODUCED BY GENE PAGE. $TATESIDE SS 2198 WITH -1/-1 MATRIXES! IT WAS NOT A UK HIT DESPITE HAVING SOME RADIO PLAY-I RECALL ROSKO SPINNING IT! AN IN DEMAND VERSION OF THE DRIFTERS CLASSIC HIT AND ESPECIALLY IN DEMO FORM,ONE OF JUST A FEW HUNDRED COPIES MADE IN ADVANCE FOR DJs AND REVIEWERS! A BEAUTIFUL STRIKINGLY CLEAN LABEL WITH THE WHITE"A"ON GREEN BACKGROUND AND OF COURSE THE DEMONSTRATION RECORD NOT FOR SALE WORDING AND THE RELEASE DATE14-1-72) UNLIKE THE STANDARD BLACK,SHOP COPIES! UNLIKE MOST DEMO 45s THAT SURVIVE,THIS ONE HAS NO WRITING OR MAJOR DEFACEMENT! NO ORIGINAL CENTRE. THE ORIGINAL AND CORRECT COMPANY WAVY CUT TOP COVER THAT IS VERY CLEAN AND CRISP WITH NO RIPS OR REPAIRS!FAINT REF.NO. WRITING AT THE TOP. PLEASE SEE THE PHOTO! THIS IS VERY TOUGH TO FIND AS A UK DEMONSTRATION PRESSING AS ONLY A FEW HUNDRED WERE MADE PRE-RELEASE! ONE OF AROUND 250 COPIES, MADE IN ADVANCE FOR SELECTED RADIO DJs/PRODUCERS AND RECORD REVIEWERS! THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE PRESSING! CRISP SOUND AS EXPECTED ON ONE OF THE FIRST OFF THE MASTER STAMPERS! VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH A FEW VISUAL SURFACE MARKS ON EACH SIDE BUT HARDLY ANY SURFACE NOISE, NO STRICT GRADING AND OF COURSE THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND IN ANY CONDITION AS A DEMO-YOU'LL WAIT YEARS TO FIND ANOTHER! IT MAY SEEM INCREDIBLE TO YOUNGER COLLECTORS , BUT BACK IN 1971 WHEN THIS DEMO 45 WAS MADE,THERE WERE VERY FEW RADIO STATIONS AND MUSIC PAPERS OR REVIEWERS TO SEND UPFRONT PROMOTIONAL RECORDS TO.A FEW IMPORTANT MAJOR RECORD DEALERS AND JUKE BOX OPERATORS MIGHT GET THEM BUT IT HAS BEEN REPORTED BY SEVERAL RESPECTED MUSIC INDUSTRY PROMOTIONAL STAFF THAT THE ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM PRINT RUN FOR A DEMONSTRATION DISC BEFORE THE MID-1960s PIRATE RADIO AND NIGHTCLUB EXPLOSION WAS 250 COPIES-EVEN THE BEATLES"LOVE ME DO"HAD JUST 250 DEMOS MADE-SEE MARK LEWISOHN's EXCELLENT AND ESSENTIAL BOOK"BEATLES RECORDING SESSIONS"PAGE 22 FOR PROOF-HE SHOULD KNOW!!!! BY 1971,THERE WERE A FEW LOCAL RADIO STATIONS BUT DESPITE MORE INTEREST IN THE MEDIA THE PRINT RUN FOR DEMOS AT THIS TIME WAS STILL ONLY ABOUT 250 COPIES. THE VAST MAJORITY OF DEMOS THAT SURVIVE TEND TO BE OF EASY LISTENING ARTISTS,THE MAJOR ARTIST S,LIKE THIS ONE,JUST DO NOT TURN UP VERY OFTEN,OR IF THEY DO THEY WILL OFTEN HAVE CENTRES MISSING,MAJOR LABEL DEFACEMENT AND DEEP SCRATCHES etc etc. SO HOW MANY SURVIVE 40 YEARS LATER AS GOOD AS THIS ONE???? THIS DEMO WAS SENT TO A FORMER BBC RADIO ONE DJ,WHO CAREFULLY FILED HIS RECORDS ON STURDY SHELVES AWAY FROM STRONG LIGHT AND HEAT IN A CAREFULLY TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED LIBRARY AREA OF HIS HOME. NO ONE ELSE,UNTIL ME,HAS HANDLED THEM,THEY WERE NEVER LEANT OUT,TAKEN TO DJ NIGHT TIME EVENTS OR INDEED WERE FOR THE MOST PART NOT USED ON THE BBC,AS THE STATION HAD COPIES ALREADY,THIS COPY WAS PLAYED A FEW TIMES,AND THEN FILED AWAY UNTIL NOW! IT'S STILL IN IT'S ORIGINAL HMV COMPANY SLEEVE! THE CORRECT ONE FOR 1971! MOST COPIES HAVE NOW ENDED UP IN LONG TERM COLLECTORS COLLECTIONS AND ARE GETTING LESS FREQUENT ON EBAY OR ANYWHERE IN 2011!!! NOT A DODGY REPRO AS MAY EXIST THIS IS A GENUINE UK DEMO 45!! (MORE DETAILS BELOW)!!! IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A VERY NICE DEMO 45 OF THIS GREAT AND ULTRA RARE SINGLE -THIS COULD BE THE ONE FOR YOU! A DEMO 45 IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF ANY RARE 1970s SOUL 45s COLLECTION AND WOULD LOOK WONDERFUL FRAMED UP AS AN EXAMPLE OF A VERY SPECIAL SINGLE IN A RARELY SEEN VARIATION! MOST COPIES THAT SURVIVE ARE IN DREADFUL CONDITION. YOU MAY NEVER FIND ONE AS GOOD AGAIN! JUST LOOK AT MY... read more

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