Why on earth is it going for £50?

 

Not as if it rare there's been 4 or 5 copies up for sale on here alone in the last week or so.

 

I must have picked several dozen copies of it over the years at record fairs.

 

Puzzled of Horley

Why on earth is it going for £50?

 

Not as if it rare there's been 4 or 5 copies up for sale on here alone in the last week or so.

 

I must have picked several dozen copies of it over the years at record fairs.

 

Puzzled of Horley

It regularly goes for that sort of money. 

 

How much would you sell me one of the many copies which you have had for? 

 

Peter

It regularly goes for that sort of money. 

 

How much would you sell me one of the many copies which you have had for? 

 

Peter

 

I'm just amazed anyone would pay £50 for something so common. I've always sold the copies i've had but would be embarassed to ask £50 for the next one i find.

I'm just amazed anyone would pay £50 for something so common. I've always sold the copies i've had but would be embarassed to ask £50 for the next one i find.

How much have you been selling them for? Not trying to be arsey I'm just interested.

How much have you been selling them for? Not trying to be arsey I'm just interested.

 

No more than a tenner . 

No more than a tenner . 

I'll have the next one you get.

 

 

Peter

I'll have the next one you get.

 

 

Peter

 

If you like btw the Four Tops version is just as common!

If you like btw the Four Tops version is just as common!

Yep not as good though - imo.

Yep not as good though - imo.

Four Tops version is terrible can't believe it gets played!

Laura Lee has a good crack it at as well!  Four Tops on a 45 not that easy to turn up imo.

 

Adam

Laura Lee has a good crack it at as well!  Four Tops on a 45 not that easy to turn up imo.

 

Adam

I've passed on quite a few 45s of it over the years on account of it being a bit rubbish  have seen far more 12" of it for sure.

 

Laura Lee's version ain't bad but not a patch on the Dells

12 version more common and not as good - bit too much disco!  Agreed - Dells is best!

 HI ALL  .... I must admit that I was surprised that it had gone up in price & £50 was a tad to much, the record does not fall into the rare soul bracket, it has always been available on a list somewhere, the record is like most records on CHESS labels had huge stock piles, with only a few that are truly rare, I think that was the feeling of the 1st entry of the thread, Don't You?  DAVE K

I paid £50 for it on here from a well known dealer (a few years ago granted) just looking to recoup my money, sorry it irked you so much Mr Fifer, if you don't want to buy then fine.

Dells your song UK demos have sold for over £100 - well over and UK issues well north of £50.  £50 quid does seem about the going rate at the mo - it's what folks are prepared to pay. Some nutty suff going on - I posted a link to a UK Millie Jackson 'House for sale'  that went for £212 a few weeks ago on EBAY !!!! Makes the Dells at fifty quid look like the bargain of the century

Laura Lee has a good crack it at as well!  Four Tops on a 45 not that easy to turn up imo.

 

Adam

Laura Lee's is the original version.

I've never seen it listed for sale at £10 ever since it first got played out

 

People may have picked it up in the US at a low price with it being a major label and I've had a couple of cheap copies over the years that have been listed as the A side 'Passionate Breezes' but generally it gets listed around £50 and upwards

 

Lots of copies of the other release from the LP, 'All About The Paper' for less than £10, which I reckon is just as good as 'Your Song'

During the height of popularity I've seen the US copy go for between £80 - £100.

 

Not as sought after these days but £50 is definitely the going rate

No more than a tenner . 

 

I'll take 10 !

I've never seen it listed for sale at £10 ever since it first got played out

 

 

 

Me neither

I've never seen it listed for sale at £10 ever since it first got played out

 

If my memory serves me right I think I bought mine for a tenner at Clifton Hall - maybe a fiver, but that must be 30 years ago and it must have been a new release at the time.  It was a big spin at CH and other venues.

 

Peter

Four Tops version is terrible can't believe it gets played!

It just doesn`t suit Levi`s voice which is a shame because he`s probably the best male vocalist ever. 

Why on earth is it going for £50?

Not as if it rare there's been 4 or 5 copies up for sale on here alone in the last week or so.

I must have picked several dozen copies of it over the years at record fairs.

Puzzled of Horley

Class in same category as Ace Spectrum-Dont send.......Overpriced common record.:-)

Why on earth is it going for £50?

 

Not as if it rare there's been 4 or 5 copies up for sale on here alone in the last week or so.

 

I must have picked several dozen copies of it over the years at record fairs.

 

Puzzled of Horley

i bought loads of copies in a sale in Boots in St Helier round the time of release for nine pence each, so i guess it was near to charting around the time remember boots and Woolies only stocked the top 75....

Laura Lee's is the original version.

really? never knew...Carol Anderson c/p

really? never knew...Carol Anderson c/p

That rings a bell mate - I think you're right. My memory tells me that the Dells was the first one to get spins - and the Laura Lee cover up was played after.

 

It is entirely possible however that my memory is telling me bollox!    The Dells is the version of an average soul record - imo of course, which had and has a place in time. Clifton Hall and Cleethorpes in particular I suspect. 

 

Peter

You could order it at the time of release as it was played at the casino

Wigan and a copy from the local shop for £00.35p Pete that's the way round for me.

Brady and Minchull doing the rounds.

i bought it on uk release as a few on here would have, but how many did it sell? did it chart  ?  if not is it that common ?

 

kev

One I've been lucky with... Had half a dozen copies ..uk or USA ..never paid more than a tenner.. The uk ones with the A on are not promos.. The promos actually say promo on them.. RCA just had a habit of putting A on all releases at that time

Edited September 12, 201411 yr by dave pinch

You could order it at the time of release as it was played at the casino

Yep, ordered my copy from County records Bangor High Street, when it was a new release. £1.75 I think.  I've picked up a few copies since,for less than that though 

I've always loved all versions even the tops 7" Levi belting out a great dancer whats not to like.