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Your quite right, let's be honest romantically to me it's worth more than most people, some think it's crap and so on. To me it's a £500 - £600 record tops as there are hundreds out there, we must have a hundred in Stockport. Can't get anyone to sell it to me though, I once turned down a cracked demo for £15 which played perfect, more fool me they say. Wigan was a cheap night out back then getting the bus from Manchester foR 4p etc, but I've paid up since ha ha

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Your quite right, let's be honest romantically to me it's worth more than most people, some think it's crap and so on. To me it's a £500 - £600 record tops as there are hundreds out there, we must have a hundred in Stockport. Can't get anyone to sell it to me though, I once turned down a cracked demo for £15 which played perfect, more fool me they say. Wigan was a cheap night out back then getting the bus from Manchester foR 4p etc, but I've paid up since ha ha

F... Me sold my copy for £20 in the 80s, and I wouldnt pay anymore for it now !!

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Chapter 5 - Quite possibly the best thing to come out of Barrow in many a year :lol:

Cheeky t*at, I'm from Barrow (which may be proof positive actually). Used to go out with the singers daughter. He didn't have any lol

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didn't it get a later release , italian only ? under the lead singers name

Yep, Germany and Italy under the name John St John. I think I was the first person to speak to him (John Ritson) back in 1990-91(he was trying to buy a copy of their One In A Million 45) and He told me that the groups manager wanted to put out a solo single by him and change his name to John St John, he said no way and as far as he knew, nothing came of it - so the John St John single was issued without his knowledge and I have to admit I was astounded when the first one surfaced.

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Cheeky t*at, I'm from Barrow (which may be proof positive actually). Used to go out with the singers daughter. He didn't have any lol

My missus lived in Barrow as a teenager, so I do feel I am qualified to have a view on this one. Plus, unlike many people, I have actually been there :lol: :lol:

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Don't know if he's still got it but sold mine (M- condition issue) to a certain Mr Jeffries... and it really was flawless. You could always ask.One of the most atmospheric up-tempo blue eyed soul tunes to have graced the scene IMO

Steve

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Yes I'm sure you do Phil. ALthough she did manage to "escape" at a young age :lol:

Yes I'm sure you do Phil. ALthough she did manage to "escape" at a young age :lol:

Me too mate, I caught one of those trains so boldly advertised on Barrow southbound platform: "to Preston & beyond" :lol:

I kid you not.

Funnily enough, used to travel to Morecambe with the lass who's dad was, as you now know, the singer and Sean Flannagan who's dad was, I believe the drummer. Chapter 5 and the A590 both great and both out of Barra

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Yep, Germany and Italy under the name John St John. I think I was the first person to speak to him (John Ritson) back in 1990-91(he was trying to buy a copy of their One In A Million 45) and He told me that the groups manager wanted to put out a solo single by him and change his name to John St John, he said no way and as far as he knew, nothing came of it - so the John St John single was issued without his knowledge and I have to admit I was astounded when the first one surfaced.

does that make them bootlegs then pete if john ritson knew nothing about them...i`m only joking of course but the soul police might take a dim veiw :lol:

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Oh I am not dissing the record at all, I have a minty UK demo and seem to remember it sounded pretty good in an echoey hall in the 70s.

Agree, very atmospheric in that big main hall, something a bit different from the norm of the day I'd say.

Brian Rae offered one to my mate for a tenner in 79, my mate didn't bother as is wasn't a minter, mistake that me thinks.

Aid.

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But that was the right price for it about 28 years ago.

Was it £20 mid 80s?....bought my demo late 80s and paid £150.....remember it well cus it was my first 3 figure record.....actually considered selling it a few years ago but couldn't do it, great tune and still love to hear it out.

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I remember it on Rob Wigley's "La Beat" list as an auction item in the late 80s when I was a teenager! Pretty sure from memory the Four Tracks was another auction item on the same list. Where's Rob?!

I picked up YCMI recently on that weird italian EP on the same label as the italian 7". Several tracks each side, presumably a sort of label sampler. Think Pete Smith's had one through his hands...

Rich

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Was it £20 mid 80s?....bought my demo late 80s and paid £150.....remember it well cus it was my first 3 figure record.....actually considered selling it a few years ago but couldn't do it, great tune and still love to hear it out.

It looks like the price greatly escalated within a very short period of time. An old friend, Karl Simmonds, paid £18 for a demo of You Can't Mean It in 1984, and £20 for a demo of One In A Million both at the same time! I think it started to gain more exposure from here, and that's probably what caused the rapid hike in price.

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It looks like the price greatly escalated within a very short period of time. An old friend, Karl Simmonds, paid £18 for a demo of You Can't Mean It in 1984, and £20 for a demo of One In A Million both at the same time! I think it started to gain more exposure from here, and that's probably what caused the rapid hike in price.

I paid £150 for a VG one in 1992, that was my first one.

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It was a big want when it was a casino spin in the 7ts.

It looks like the price greatly escalated within a very short period of time. An old friend, Karl Simmonds, paid £18 for a demo of You Can't Mean It in 1984, and £20 for a demo of One In A Million both at the same time! I think it started to gain more exposure from here, and that's probably what caused the rapid hike in price.

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Strange that in his UK Soul series in Record Collector magazine Chris Savory didn't even mention it (Part 10 CBS, January 1981). He gave a £7.00 price tag to One In A Million.

Yes - remember that issue well and that Chris Savory's CBS soul discography was very far from complete.

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Yes - remember that issue well and that Chris Savory's CBS soul discography was very far from complete.

He definitely shouldn't have missed that but when I was doing Beatin Rhythm I lost count of the new discoveries we found on CBS, I"m still finding them now even.

This is my current favourite, IT'S NOT NORTHERN AND IT'S NOT SOUL but it's a brilliant, catchy record - give it a chance before you tell me I'm mad.

It's also practically impossible to find...

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