Frank Wilson Do I Love You Vinyl Original

As an recording artist wilson only ever released one single.

Frank wilson do i love you vinyl original.

Going up for auction starting march 14 is one of only two known copies and the only one in acceptable playing condition of frank wilson s do i love you indeed i do considered by many to be the most valuable ultra rare 45 record in the world. Frank wilson is now ultimately best known as a producer at motown but he was once an aspiring artist himself. In the lead up to the intended release of do i love you motown executive berry gordy asked wilson if he wanted to follow the path of an artist or a writer producer. The sale brokered by melton rare vinyl dealer and auctioneer john manship was for an an undisclosed.

The legendary motown producer frank wil. Motown boss berry gordy had all other copies destroyed after wilson moved into songwriting and producing. Approximately 250 demo 45s of the song were pressed in 1965 and scheduled for release on 23 december 1965. Frank wilson s legendary motown 45 do i love you indeed i do is auctioned this month with an expected sales price of over 25 000.

It is wilson s only motown single and is a prized item among collectors. The original version of this song is quite simply the most sought after motown and northern soul record of all time. However 1965 s do i love you indeed i do became a cult northern soul track. Do i love you indeed i do is a song and single by american soul singer frank wilson first pressed in 1965 on the motown subsidiary label soul.

Leicestershire based record dealer john manship who organised the sale said the buyer wished to remain anonymous. The copy of unreleased 1965 single do i love you indeed i do by frank wilson is one of only two in the world. View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 1979 vinyl release of do i love you indeed i do on discogs. John reed reports t his would make it the world s most valuable piece of vinyl and certainly the highest sum paid for a finished record as opposed to say an acetate.

The northern soul 45 do i love you by frank wilson is now owned by 38 year old lee jeffries. Only 250 copies of the 7 vinyl record were pressed. Vinyl 7 frank wilson do i love you indeed i do 1979 vinyl discogs.