Marv johnson 45 rpm search

[woodward]

I want to purchase a commercial release copy of the following Marv Johnson single, United Artists 643, Congratulations You've Hurt Me Again b/w Crying On My Pillow. If anyone has one available for purchase or knows where I might locate a copy of this 45, please contact me at explorereph@aol.com. Thank you for any help you can give to me in locating this single by the great Marv Johnson.

[robb_k]

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I don't want to sell mine, and haven't seen it for sale recently [[or much ever). it was the rarest of the Marv Johnson's UA releases. It was produced by a New York producer, using NY songs [[but they weren't very good). UA had stopped using Motown productions in early 1963, and even stopped using Motown-written songs by late 1963. Although Marv had some sales with Burt Bachrach and Bert Berns producing [[and using their songs), this one had a couple poor songs with no direction. That's why it didn't sell at all, and probably only had one pressing run [[thus the rarity). For his last UA release, they went back to a Motown song [["The Man Who Don't Believe in Love").

Here's a scan:

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I would check Craig Moerer's RBM Records [[Records By Mail). If he doesn't have it now, he will get it. They bring in millions of 45s each year. You can put it on a wants list, and you'll be notified when they get it.

[woodward]

Thank you for the valuable insight into this recording. The most interesting fact about this release is the fact that David Bianco's legendary HEAT WAVE did not show this as being a MJ recording. This is only one of a handful of errors and/or omissions that David had in his excellent publication. Thanks again.