We were recently lent a pile of paper memorabilia by our good mate Nick

Sunday Times mags, Selecta disc lists, Ticket stubs Soul Bowl stuff etc

In amongst the papers was this

Sometime around 1974/75 someone in Bournmouth started a "Record lending service " for all the top sounds of the day. interesting "Rules" No names on the sheet, but basically borrow the top sounds of the day for a month, return them, enclose 25p and they send you another top sound

Now am I cynical or how many do you think they got back ?

Anyone use this service ? or know anything about it

Rob & Karen

Amazing never heard of that before - northern soul top sounds - borrow for a month - if you don't see what you're looking for ask us,,,,,,imagine that today, every "hot boxers" dream

Edited March 23, 201015 yr by Steve G

Sometime around 1974/75 someone in Bournmouth started a "Record lending service " for all the top sounds of the day. interesting "Rules" No names on the sheet, but basically borrow the top sounds of the day for a month, return them, enclose 25p and they send you another top sound

Now am I cynical or how many do you think they got back ?

I heard they all ended up at some Mill in Todmorden

Edited March 23, 201015 yr by Torchboy

can i borrow don gardner on cedric please

can i borrow don gardner on cedric please

No, I've got it , then karens lending it, then our lad and his 32 mates-that takes up 3 years !!

We were recently lent a pile of paper memorabilia by our good mate Nick

Sunday Times mags, Selecta disc lists, Ticket stubs Soul Bowl stuff etc

In amongst the papers was this

Sometime around 1974/75 someone in Bournmouth started a "Record lending service " for all the top sounds of the day. interesting "Rules" No names on the sheet, but basically borrow the top sounds of the day for a month, return them, enclose 25p and they send you another top sound

Now am I cynical or how many do you think they got back ?

Anyone use this service ? or know anything about it

Rob & Karen

was told just a couple of weeks ago about someone who rents out sounds at a tenner per weekend, me saying dont be daft no one will do that,......then this post......?

wazz.

We were recently lent a pile of paper memorabilia by our good mate Nick

Sunday Times mags, Selecta disc lists, Ticket stubs Soul Bowl stuff etc

In amongst the papers was this

Sometime around 1974/75 someone in Bournmouth started a "Record lending service " for all the top sounds of the day. interesting "Rules" No names on the sheet, but basically borrow the top sounds of the day for a month, return them, enclose 25p and they send you another top sound

Now am I cynical or how many do you think they got back ?

Anyone use this service ? or know anything about it

Rob & Karen

mmm What would 25p be worth today? Would they of made any money out of that?

P

mmm What would 25p be worth today? Would they of made any money out of that?

P

I also saw it advetised in the back of a magazine he lent me on a previous batch of stuff-now there were a lot of soulies in the Bournmouth area at that time-but its not a massive place-so anyone know who was behind it ??

Not sure if there was a joining fee or what

just might have been a scam ?

Rob

If my memory serves me correctly it was Keith 'Mr. Magic' Clarke who lived in Tregonwell Road, Bournemouth. He used to have a record shop but I don't remember him renting records out. He used to DJ at Pandora's in Boscombe with Steve Sheppard circa '74, '75.

Well if this got like borrowing CD's from liabray then the records would be unplayable by the end of a year.

crazy idea but today imagine how many people who want to DJ would buy the biggest hits to play out

Looks like a Nigerian scam letter to me i suppose you had to send one of your records first, To Prince Aminit tworipya the church of lost souls south africa