Look what this is going for. You can hear both sides at the bottom of the listing. Top side is a very good ballad.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/196269475438?itmmeta=01HR7XDAWGFFEZ89YR4BHA29D0&hash=item2db292866e:g:k8EAAOSwiINl35EY

Bruce wrote:

> Look what this is going for. You can hear both sides at the bottom of the listing. Top side is a very good ballad.

> https://www.ebay.com/itm/196269475438?itmmeta=01HR7XDAWGFFEZ89YR4BHA29D0&hash=item2db292866e:g:k8EAAOSwiINl35EY

This is new to me and you're right---top side is an excellent ballad that will make my 1964 list

Now what's the label story on this one?

I have it listed as Falco 308 but which I see is considered to many to be a later (than 1964) reissue (or even a boot) even tho the Falco 308 number fits in their numbering system as a supposed 1962 release. And my Kreiter also doesn't recognize this as a genuine release

OTOH the Galaxy release info is correct (its number is one above Little Johnny Taylor's "I Smell Trouble" a definite 1964 release). My 1999 Kreiter values this Showcases at $3,000!

Here's what a friend of mine had to say about the record:

This record is a killer. I remember the first time I heard this when Jimmy Amato & Lou Silvani came back from the west coast after visiting Dave Antrell and played a tape of his super rare records on the R&B Review. Many of the records they played had never been heard before & later found their way onto that CD series, "A Million Dollars Worth of Doo Wop".

I strongly believe many of the songs they played that made their way onto those CDs came from the show because the quality of these CDs sound like they came from a secondary source such as the radio.

On Tue, 5 Mar 2024 21:06:04 +0000, savoybg@aol.com (Bruce) wrote:

>This record is a killer. I remember the first time I heard this when Jimmy Amato & Lou Silvani came back from the west coast after visiting Dave Antrell and played a tape of his super rare records on the R&B Review. Many of the records they played had never been heard before & later found their way onto that CD series, "A Million Dollars Worth of Doo Wop".
>
Re: "A Million Dollars Worth of Doo Wop", I have most of the tracks
from CD Volumes 1 to 20 in my digital collection, acquired in 2010,
likely from Usenet binaries.

It seems neither Showcases' "This Love Was Real" or "Anna My Love"
is part of this "Million Dollars" collection.

I have one copy only of "Anna My Love" but it's good and much better
than the Ebay link which I perceive to be harsh in sound quality even
if you turn the volume down.

My "This Love Was Real" copies are from 'albums' such as:

.. Unforgettable Doo Wops
.. 30 Rare Black Doo-Wop Sounds Vol. 25 {out of 50 Volumes}
.. Heavy On Doowop Vol. 5 {out of 10 Volumes}
.. Rare & Unreleased Group Harmony Gems Vol. 2 {out of 14 Volumes}

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KAJuo4Stvc

On Wed, 6 Mar 2024 03:07:11 +0000, savoybg@aol.com (Bruce) wrote:

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KAJuo4Stvc

the respectable b-side:

The Showcases - Anna My Love - 1964
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W820MkkNfto

On 3/5/2024 1:21 PM, Bruce wrote:
> Look what this is going for. You can hear both sides at the bottom of
> the listing. Top side is a very good ballad.
>
> https://www.ebay.com/itm/196269475438?itmmeta=01HR7XDAWGFFEZ89YR4BHA29D0&hash=item2db292866e:g:k8EAAOSwiINl35EY
----------
Ugh....talking bridge.
Personally I find it hard to believe this was recorded in 1964. It's
very old-school, unlike the group harmony records I remember from that era.

DianeE wrote:

> On 3/5/2024 1:21 PM, Bruce wrote:
>> Look what this is going for. You can hear both sides at the bottom of
>> the listing. Top side is a very good ballad.
>>
>> https://www.ebay.com/itm/196269475438?itmmeta=01HR7XDAWGFFEZ89YR4BHA29D0&hash=item2db292866e:g:k8EAAOSwiINl35EY
> ----------
> Ugh....talking bridge.
> Personally I find it hard to believe this was recorded in 1964. It's
> very old-school, unlike the group harmony records I remember from that era.

released in 64, may be recorded in 63.

The auction closed and it went for over 4K.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/196269475438?itmmeta=01HRJ1T20JC5JZNXQ85KSTWG7N&hash=item2db292866e:g:k8EAAOSwiINl35EY

Bruce wrote:

> DianeE wrote:

>> On 3/5/2024 1:21 PM, Bruce wrote:
>>> Look what this is going for. You can hear both sides at the bottom of
>>> the listing. Top side is a very good ballad.
>>>
>>> https://www.ebay.com/itm/196269475438?itmmeta=01HR7XDAWGFFEZ89YR4BHA29D0&hash=item2db292866e:g:k8EAAOSwiINl35EY
>> ----------
>> Ugh....talking bridge.
>> Personally I find it hard to believe this was recorded in 1964. It's
>> very old-school, unlike the group harmony records I remember from that era.

> released in 64, may be recorded in 63.

According to this site The Showcases indeed recorded this in early 1963

http://doo-wop.blogg.org/showcases-c29244586

They have personnel of the group as James Hubbard (Lead),Curtis Popps (Baritone),Tommy Johnson and Ulysses Coleman

As well as the Galaxy release they apparently also recorded as Mr. Zulu & The Warriors on
"Come On Duckie With Me"/"Anna (My Love)" (Score 7/11) in 1965

And the site indicates the mysterious "Falco" release was a later legit reissue of the Galaxy single

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