Obviously nothing compares to Frank Wilson in respect of Scarcity and Valuation, however what comes after that?

I was wondering whether this is worth some reflection, particularly since some items which may be considered "played out" and were relatively common in 70's and 80's are still in demand and commanding high prices.

e.g. Frances Nero, always a great tune but wasn't difficult years ago :

https://www.popsike.com/php/quicksearch.php?searchtext=Frances+Nero&thumbs=&currsel=&sortord=&x=13&y=10

I'm thinking here of original US Northern/Crossover type releases only, not those records rare due to dint of matrix number or as MJ or Diana related collectables.

For example :

Kim Weston's withdrawn 1964 beautiful Tamla release "A Little More Love" TM54106, commands

a very high price but has little to commend it from a Northern Soul point of view.

Is there anything worth investing our hard earned in?

What a fantastic site, who's behind that?

Thank you very much! That would be me.

Edited July 20, 201212 yr by Motown Junkies

Thank you very much! That would be me.

Fantastic, well done!

Thank you for taking the time to build such a detailed resource.

Mick

ive had a fairly rare one on vip,oma heard-mr lonely heart-vip,not a bad little tune.

this is one of the records that people used to think was ultra-rare until ebay came along. bob miner still thinks it's really rare and deosn't believe how many copies i've seen for sale.

Thank you very much! That would be me.

Amazing

thats right boba,when i first got it about 7 yrs ago for about 70 quid i thought id hit jackpot,but since then ive seen quite a few copies,always around the 100 quid mark,the oma heard is a good tune,just a tad bit slow,sounds better speeded up a notch.

ive had a fairly rare one on vip,oma heard-mr lonely heart-vip,not a bad little tune.

Very nice:

Prices:

https://www.popsike.com/php/quicksearch.php?searchtext=oma+heard-mr+lonely+heart&thumbs=&currsel=&sortord=&x=13&y=15

Is this on any of the CD Compilations anywhere?

Thanks

Mick

The Oma Heard is on one of the Complete Motown Singles Cd releases.

Just been reading a review of this by Pete Lawson in one of his mags.

It's on Volume 4 (1964); it's actually listed as a B-side to bizarre Please Please Me retread "Lifetime Man". I got up to September '64 and reviewed both sides this April just gone:

https://motownjunkies.co.uk/470/ Lifetime Man

https://motownjunkies.co.uk/471/ Mr Lonely Heart

Edited July 22, 201212 yr by Motown Junkies

Thank you very much! That would be me.

Well am still none the wiser but well done with the site.

I added a little comment about there being a second mix of Jimmy Ruffin on MIracle.

Thats probably the only thing I know that wasn't on the site

this is one of the records that people used to think was ultra-rare until ebay came along. bob miner still thinks it's really rare and deosn't believe how many copies i've seen for sale.

thats right, me too. remember buying this at a very high price via a uk source end of the nineties, ended up trading it with someone only to replace it some five to ten years ago via ebay for indeed a quite low price. also tamla 101 and 102 seemed to be very very scarce before ebay. seen a couple of these too. seldomly in very good nick though!

On 7/17/2012 at 21:18, chalky said:

 

 

Think I am now you mention it.

I,m pretty sure Funny way now resides with Carl & Maria and is actually the velvelettes not the Aandantes, not sure of history etc but sure Pete Lowrie from Carlisle had summit to do with it !

 

On 17 July 2012 at 17:49, Manfromsoul45s said:

Originals - "Young Train" Soul

This was apparently actually the music for an advert for a furniture store according to Ty Hunter jnr and Hank Dixon - along with Soupy Sales it would seem they were being lined up to become the Jobette Jingle department.

As an aside Ty told us his father's best friend was Jimmy Soul Clarke, sadly he apparently had a serious habit that eventually killed him.

Dx