Allways puzzled me this one, things like Bernie williams [bell] Billy woods [sussex] how they became such super rare items, you`d have thought a this of the more obscure local labels, i know theres a few of them also.

Very good post Harry. As I had posted earlier today the same question pleased it wasvery informative. Funny as I posted on this original back in Jan. Good stuff.

Like to add

Tobi Legend on Mala Issue

Eddie Regan on ABC Issue

I still wonder about (say) Okeh,Decca,MGM etc.

Tobi Legend on Mala issue was easy to get back in the day .... at least it was for Dave Godin at Soul City Record shop.

He had boxes of em back then & used to try to foist em on us 'Northerners' whenever we went into his shop.

Tobi Legend on Mala issue was easy to get back in the day .... at least it was for Dave Godin at Soul City Record shop.

He had boxes of em back then & used to try to foist em on us 'Northerners' whenever we went into his shop.

Very rarely turns up now Roburt. Maybe not as scarce as I thought.

Very rarely turns up now Roburt. Maybe not as scarce as I thought.

When I stated ... He had boxes of em back then & used to try to foist em on us 'Northerners' whenever we went into his shop ..... I couldn't say how many he actually had.

Its just that we used to go down to London (on the train from Dony) & whenever we went into Soul City shop & he heard our Northern accents, he would put Tobi's track on & try to sell us a copy.

We all bought one on our 1st visit but he tried the same trick everytime we went in after that (we knew better though & didn't 'waste' 15/- on a 2nd copy).

Those were the days eh?