Not much round the boot sales nowadays record wise but now the car boot season is upon us after the last 2 days of getting up at around 5am and mainly trying to buy antique and collectable items (which i do for a living) along with a Clarice Cliff Fantasque bowl for £3.00 have also picked up loads of UK 45s early on including the ones below for little or nothing which is nice to do and make the early starts more worth while.

Do unto me - James & Bobby Purify - Bell

Friday night - The Ojays - Liberty 66197

Dont leave me - Al Greene - Stateside 2079

I'll do anything - Doris Troy - Toast 507

Rudy a message to you - Dandy - Ska beat 273.

Plus

14 thinks to think about - Chris Farlowe - UK Immediate 005 LP , Including versions of Lipstick traces , I just dont know what to do with myself &the Garnett Mimms classic Looking for you!

Anyone else had anything cheap.

No!!

Anyone else had anything cheap.

I know you said anyone had anything recently, well it's certainly getting harder to get stuff on the old boot sales these days. When they first started in the mid 80's you could get some real gems! I once wrote down (for a fanzine article) some of the stuff i've had from boot sales and charity shops....here's 37 I picked up earlier in my life....all for less than a quid and all very collectable!

1. Dont Want To See You Cry / I Need You - Ken Boothe / Wailers - Island UK

2. This Music Got Soul - Hopretone Lewis - Island UK

3. Dont Make Me Love You - The Huns' Review - Sorro (10p!)

4. Impossible Dream L.P - Roy Hamilton - RCA

5. Johnnie Taylor L.P - Soul City UK

6. Might Sam L.P - Soul City UK

7. Sufferer L.P - Kingstonians - Trojan UK

8. Gonna Be Somebody - King George - London UK

9. Everything Crash - Ethiopians - J.J UK

10. Reggae Power L.P - Ethiopians - Trojan UK

11. Stop The World L.P - Hearts Of Stone - V.I.P

12. Skinhead Speaks His Mind - Hot Rod All Stars - Hot Rod UK

13. Watch Out Girl - The Embers - MGM (found this at the council yard in a box of other USA 45s)

14. Scratchy - Travis Wammack - Atlantic UK

15. Lets Put It On Rocksteady L.P - Island UK

16. Together L.P - Marvin Gaye & Mary Wells - Stateside UK

17. Take Two L.P - Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston - T.Motown UK (far better cover than the USA one!)

18. No More Heartaches -Rocksteady) L.P - Trojan UK

19. Statera Mi Butto L.P - Rocky Roberts & Airdales - Durium (Itay)

20. Take A Ride L.P - Mitch Ryder & Detroit Wheels - Stateside UK

21. I Cant Stop Myself - Lemme B. Good - Mercury

22. Reggae With Soul L.P - Owen Gray - Trojan UK

23. Blue Beat Special L.P - Coxsone UK

24. The Lovely Dozen L.P - Pama UK

25. Liquidator L.P - Harry J Allstars - Harry J UK

26. Time Will Tell L.P - Millie - Trojan UK

27. 7 Day Lover - James Fountain - Peachtree

28. Teardrops Keep Falling On My Heart L.P - Chuck Jackson - V.I.P

29. Hijacked - Joe Gibbs allstars - Amalgamated UK

30. African Herbsman L.P - Wailers - Trojan

31. How Can I Get To You - Sharon Soul - Stateside UK

32. If You Dont Want My Love - Robert John - CBS UK

33. Piece Of Gold L.P - Bobby Bland - Action UK

34. And Suddenly Cherry People - MGM demo UK

35. Money - Marie Franklin - MGM demo UK

36. If I Could Only Be Sure - Nolan Porter - Probe demo UK

37. Rags To Riches To Rags - Donald Height - Honey (10p!)

keep searching, that box of Magnetics, Blue Jays, Arin Demain...etc is just around the corner...I Know it!!

I went to one on Sunday. I left Johnny Dynamite boot for 30p and Gloria Lynne LP on Paul Winley label inc "Tower of Strength" for £1. Both in Mintish nick. Should I have left them or am I too fussy.

ROD

I went to one on Sunday. I left Johnny Dynamite boot for 30p and Gloria Lynne LP on Paul Winley label inc "Tower of Strength" for £1. Both in Mintish nick. Should I have left them or am I too fussy.

ROD

Could have stuck em on ebay and made a profit (maybe). I have the Gloria Lynne l.p too, only bought it for THAT one tune, the rest of it's crap!

Some of the stuff I found I managed to get top dollar/trades for, others i've let go far too cheaply and can't get replacements...Embers, Huns Review, Donald Height....

I don't get to many carboots nowadays as have to take the little lad to footie practice now ... but my mate Billy Jones in Cardiff gets some cracking bargains when he goes to them down there ... always rings me up about 11am saying "hey, guess what I just got down the bootie"