Luther Ingram Orchestra – If It's All The Same To You Babe

The main one recording session done at Robert Bateman. They had a history together with Luther Ingram via "I Spy For The FBI".
Robert, without Popcorn, then took the tapes to New York where he pulled a favour of Shelby Shelby Singleton and got use of the Mercury Studio where he added on the manic strings we all love so much. The Orchestra was in fact just two violinists, who Robert overdubbed and overdubbed until he got the sound he wanted ("I learnt to do that when I was at Motown").
Some think of some Northern Soul classcis as being flops, but Robert told a different story. Luther was popular in St. Louis and "If It's All The Same To You Babe" got regular radio plays there, and Robert's first pressing sold out and he had to supply more to deal with the demand. He sold about 5,000, his distributor in St. Louis wanted more and at that point Robert got concerned about the costs he was running up. He told the distributor his dilema and they said they would get someone to him who could help. Shortly afterwards Jerry Wexler from Atlantic rang him and arranged a distrtibution deal, hence the Atco credits on later copies.
So Robert sold around 5,000 copies himself, and got an advance from Atlantic that covered all his costs/made him a profit, so he certainly does not see it as a flop.
Info courtesy of Neil Rushton

theres also an original 1967 orange press .. .. ..

more miss information..the version is styrene and not vinyl ..

There is an original Styrene press too, X stamped in run out, 698-A and 698 B

Pretty sure this image is a bootleg. Wrong Pub., wrong Cat. #, wrong Master #.