I know this was unissued. but how many are there and who has them/it ?

Gerri Grainger ... Why cant it be tonight

I'm sure Carl & Maria Willingham have the Acetate of this wonderful recording

And Ady Croasdell. There was a third but was broken by someone's disgruntled wife!

And Ady Croasdell. There was a third but was broken by someone's disgruntled wife!

jeez! its not that bad a record. Carl and Maria certainly do play this out

jeez! its not that bad a record. Carl and Maria certainly do play this out

I presume it's wife no longer .

Carl won the one on JM auction last year.

I presume it's wife no longer .

Carl won the one on JM auction last year.

your right he did Chalky, remember him telling me about it and his final bid which i cant quite remember now.

Hope to see u sat at Radcliffe mate

Grant

And Ady Croasdell. There was a third but was broken by someone's disgruntled wife!

Don't think P & J were married ?

Edited January 24, 201312 yr by spook

Is there a 78 play copy or was this Lou J's Thr Panic Is On?

He beat me with his bid £400 +, I remember this being played at the Cottons allnighters .

Don't think P & J were married ?

I didn't think they were after I'd written what I did but wasn't sure, knew someone would say for sure

Gets played at Grimsargh and it's Bobby Smith on my copy. 

3 hours ago, Soulfulmerlin said:

Gets played at Grimsargh and it's Bobby Smith on my copy. 

Dub I take it

EP 

Bobbie Smith 

sounds nothing like bobbie smith

7 hours ago, Soulfulmerlin said:

EP 

Maybe but it’s not a real one is it? That was my point. Just three acetates existed all from the same source, one was broken and we know where the other two are. 

Edited February 16, 20241 yr by Chalky

It's a real EP

16 minutes ago, Soulfulmerlin said:

It's a real EP

Interesting. What label is it on, scan?

Yep - love to see a scan of that 

1 hour ago, The Tempest said:

Yep - love to see a scan of that 

Me too, the 3 acetates that ady pulled from the vaults were hill and range publisher's acetates with no artist credited on them, certainly sounds nothing like bobbie smiths distinctive voice, call me cynical, but, i've got a feeling it's going to look something like this...

Edited February 16, 20241 yr by Trev Thomas
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7 hours ago, Chalky said:

Maybe but it’s not a real one is it? That was my point. Just three acetates existed all from the same source, one was broken and we know where the other two are. 

I could be wrong but didn't Andy Peake have one and swapped it to Steve Chadwick for The Tranells.

Edited February 16, 20241 yr by Jessie Pinkman

6 hours ago, Trev Thomas said:

Me too, the 3 acetates that ady pulled from the vaults were hill and range publisher's acetates with no artist credited on them, certainly sounds nothing like bobbie smiths distinctive voice, call me cynical, but, i've got a feeling it's going to look something like this...

Yep - agreed - am guessing a 10” acetate or something similar 

Nope. It maybe cover its not Gerrie Grainger either lol 😆.

Nice to actually own it. I didn't realise was so rare. 

 

5 minutes ago, Soulfulmerlin said:

Nope. It maybe cover its not Gerrie Grainger either lol 😆.

Nice to actually own it. I didn't realise was so rare. 

 

So where's the requested scan of this "real" EP ... ?

offtopic video dropped 

if you got something to say, then say it directly to the member

21 hours ago, Jessie Pinkman said:

I could be wrong but didn't Andy Peake have one and swapped it to Steve Chadwick for The Tranells.

He had it, thought he sold it to the lad who had his copy broken….he did tell me but memory of a goldfish these days lol

1 hour ago, Chalky said:

He had it, thought he sold it to the lad who had his copy broken….he did tell me but memory of a goldfish these days lol

I collected The Tranells off Steve Chadwick for him on some Hotel Car Park, I'm pretty sure the trade was for Gerri Grainger. possibly Chaddy's copy was then broken?

Edited February 17, 20241 yr by Jessie Pinkman

I think Saus had it off Ady,  then sold it to the guy who had it broken, as far as i can recall it was broken long before chaddy and his (companys) chequebook appeared

Edited February 18, 20241 yr by Trev Thomas
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1 hour ago, Trev Thomas said:

I think Saus had it off Ady,  then sold it to the guy who had it broken, as far as i can recall it was broken long before chaddy and his (companys) chequebook appeared

🤣

5 hours ago, Trev Thomas said:

I think Saus had it off Ady,  then sold it to the guy who had it broken, as far as i can recall it was broken long before chaddy and his (companys) chequebook appeared

Ady still has his

24 minutes ago, Chalky said:

Ady still has his

Ady had 3, the one he's still got, the one he sold that got broken, and a third that he mislaid which he found again about 8/9 years ago which is the one that was on manships auction which carl willingham got

12 hours ago, Trev Thomas said:

Ady had 3, the one he's still got, the one he sold that got broken, and a third that he mislaid which he found again about 8/9 years ago which is the one that was on manships auction which carl willingham got

Yes that is my understanding too

7 hours ago, Chalky said:

Yes that is my understanding too

And now we're still waiting on provenance of mystic merlins bobbie Smith ep version

Edited February 19, 20241 yr by Trev Thomas
spelling mistake

On 17/02/2024 at 11:33, Jessie Pinkman said:

I collected The Tranells off Steve Chadwick for him on some Hotel Car Park, I'm pretty sure the trade was for Gerri Grainger. possibly Chaddy's copy was then broken?

I am pretty sure that the one that got broken came from Steve Chadwick.

The guy that owned it at that point told where it came from. He left all of his records at my house for some time circa 1995 including the "Why Can't It Be Tonight" acetate.

Did the 3rd copy actually get broken ?? Anybody seen it ?? I know both the then girlfriend  (J) who apparently threw the record box down the stairs and the then owner of the 45 (Paul E). It might just be a story and the 45 was sold to somebody else..I have never asked either one , I do see J out at the same venues as me but never even thought of asking, if I did, I might only get a knowing smile ?

There is another person who might know the real story (KO) ??

It's certainly an interesting record, rarity or not. I'm stone deaf, but don't connect the record vocally in anyway with IGTP. 

Just a thought from a simple man.

Peter

On 15/02/2024 at 15:43, Soulfulmerlin said:

Si I wonder whether you might like to play this off my 10 inch Acertate 

It's listed as Bobbie Smith just to be sure.

PM me and I'll bring it along. 

Defo getting a spin at Grimsargh Village Hall like. 24th Feb 

 

 

 

Still no response from the "EP" owner then , I thought it unlikely that a scan would appear ... 

So, from what I gather from my very learned friends, there are three known real one's - perhaps one is/was broken, but nonetheless just 3?

The record isn't my cup of tea, but it's a very interesting thread.

Thanks.

Peter