Any idea if this has been booted? Picked one up the other day and it looks too "new".

Yes - it was booted on a white label DJ copy for the Island scene in the US, for the other side : "False Pride"

Originals are Bell Sound stamped

Hope this helps

Best

John

That helps - I have a boot

I got caught out too, I didnt realize it had been booted at the time.

The original is a hard record to find - far harder than all the other Northern records on Veep.

My original has a black hexagon shape around the label, am I right in thinking the boot doesn't??

Indeed. Boot looks like this:

The original is on both label designs, and issues do exist but are very, very rare

The way to tell the difference is :

1) Original is styrene ; boot is vinyl

2) Look for the bell sound stamp in the deadwax on the original.

best

John

I got caught out too, I didnt realize it had been booted at the time.

The original is a hard record to find - far harder than all the other Northern records on Veep.

Hi John / anyone , What's the going rate on a M- original W/D ( the plain / non-hexagonal design ) please ?

I knew it was a pretty rare original , but no-one has ever pulled it out my sales box for a 2nd look , which suggests it's either overpriced or not very good ? I don't even remember it hearing it played at a venue tbh.

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It was played by Richard Searling at the VaVa in Bolton in the early 70's.

I collect Veep and used to got to the VaVa, so its always been on my radar screen. Its never been a popular collectors record albeit that may be down in part to the fact it never turns up.

Fair market price - I'd say should be about 75 pounds for an Ex original, albeit on rarity value it should be double that, at least, when you consider it against Star-Treks, Rose St John, Timothy Wilson, Zena Foster (Teach you), Elbie Parker and Cindy Scott - all of which surface on a more regular basis !

John

It was played by Richard Searling at the VaVa in Bolton in the early 70's.

I collect Veep and used to got to the VaVa, so its always been on my radar screen. Its never been a popular collectors record albeit that may be down in part to the fact it never turns up.

Fair market price - I'd say should be about 75 pounds for an Ex original, albeit on rarity value it should be double that, at least, when you consider it against Star-Treks, Rose St John, Timothy Wilson, Zena Foster (Teach you), Elbie Parker and Cindy Scott - all of which surface on a more regular basis !

John

Hi again John , Thanks for your reply & info re-Johnny D. It's in my sales box @ JM's guide price of £150 , purely down to its M- condition & never seeing one up for sale recently , ( at a price to guide me ) , and that also explains the disinterest in it from buyers then . Must admit i played it earlier today & it's slightly better than i remembered it tbh.

regards ,

Cookie.

i played it at york a while back. there was a few dancin to it. had john parker lookin over to see what it was

dave