Hi

Can anybody shed some light on the Dean Barlow promo copies coming on to E-Bay resently. I bid on a so called second issue promo which had been made for the Jamaican market and was out bid. The seller claimed that he had only one extra copy but has since offered me a copy and has sold another as a buy it now item. Today i find he has put yet anther copy for sale....it seems fishy to me?

Collectors are paying big sums for these so called second issues are they lagit?

Any info would help.

Confused Mitch.

It's a bootleg, and was probably pressed in the last 12 months.

Avoid 'em like the clap, is what I say.

Got a VG+ blue issue plays ex for £150 if anybody wants it

Got a VG+ blue issue plays ex for £150 if anybody wants it

Mace just close the door you've got company

Leon

push 'im out the window i says

i bid on the same record mate and lost it and i recieved a email offering me a copy . i think it was aboot as well

Mace just close the door you've got company

Leon

Still laughing at that...

Anybody on AOL should be aware ol the voice booming out 'You've got company' when some-one on your buddy list logs onto AOL.

When it happened to Leon he though some f*cker had tapped into his p.c. so he shut it down and unplugged it from the mains...

Near p*ssed me pants when he told me Tuesday night.......

Thanks for the info guys...... Has anybody seen a real promo? If so is it the same as the bootleg and how can you the difference.

Think there are a few different 45s of this nature from same source.

Holly Maxwell, Chuck Wright included - usually white promos.

Trouble is, on a scan, they look to be okay, but any mention of 'second pressing' or RE or RI in description, plus a quick search on sellers history to see if he/she has sold any in last month should usually ring a few alarm bells.

do you think Dean Barlow backed with Larry Trider could be used as a "torture" disc for interrogations in our police state ......Andrew?

do you think Dean Barlow backed with Larry Trider could be used as a "torture" disc for interrogations in our police state ......Andrew?

wouldnt need both,one of them would be enough

Thanks for the info guys...... Has anybody seen a real promo? If so is it the same as the bootleg and how can you the difference.

Mines a genuine demo and from the scans on ebay it looks like the lables on the boot are a direct copy. Obviously you can't tell the run out info from the photo and I haven't dug mine out for a look. Mind you the seller is up front about them being reissues although he obviously means boots.

do you think Dean Barlow backed with Larry Trider could be used as a "torture" disc for interrogations in our police state ......Andrew?

well said!

Two of the worst records to have been inflicted on the Soul & mod scenes in recent years.... no - make that ever!

I should be seeing the seller at the London, Ontario Record Show on Sunday. I will ask him.

well said!

Two of the worst records to have been inflicted on the Soul & mod scenes in recent years.... no - make that ever!

Who started spinning these two erm bits of plastic (can hardly call them records can we?) they want tieing up and dumped in the rive with some concerete boots on

Ho hum..the old Dean Barlow/Larry Trider thread...almost as refreshing as CD vs Vinyl etc...........

Both tunes pack dancefloors at soul nights up and down the country....some of you don't like them...so what's new about this topic?

Get over it and move on...

anyone who has danced to Dean Barlow or Larry Trider (apart from Andrew) put their hands up (i can arrange counselling)

do you think Dean Barlow backed with Larry Trider could be used as a "torture" disc for interrogations in our police state ......Andrew?

what amazes me is people actually buying it

anyone who has danced to Dean Barlow or Larry Trider (apart from Andrew) put their hands up (i can arrange counselling)

Ha, rather see a show of hands for anybody on here who has seen me dance to 'owt (not a pretty sight!)

Anyway, enough of hijacking this thread with the whining chorus of how much you lot hate these 2 tunes......it ain't gonna change the fact that they pack floors...

Two of the worst records to have been inflicted on the Soul & mod scenes in recent years.... no - make that ever!

I'm surprised either got played at soul do's and I'm not keen on Dean Barlow even as a pop record, though it's better than most, but Larry Trider is a good pop record with a groove, i've never been aware that the mod scene was adverse to such records.

Edited February 8, 200718 yr by mik parry

I'm surprised either got played at soul do's and I'm not keen on Dean Barlow even as a pop record, though it's better than most, but Larry Trider is a good pop record with a groove, i've never been aware that the mod scene was adverse to such records.

The mod scene isn't adverse to good pop records Mik - but personally i can't STAND that record. It's those horrible twee strings... "do dododo do do". ARRRRRGHHH! f*** - OFF Trider!

The mod scene isn't adverse to good pop records Mik - but personally i can't STAND that record. It's those horrible twee strings... "do dododo do do". ARRRRRGHHH! f*** - OFF Trider!

ha ha! well, as Ive never been guilty of playing it out I'll have to say 'fair enough' to that!

Another Canadian seller has just started listing Dean Barlow and the Paul Smith. One based in Whitby, the other in Scarborough which are about 20 mins apart?

Who started spinning these two erm bits of plastic (can hardly call them records can we?) they want tieing up and dumped in the rive with some concerete boots on

I played the "moustrap aniversary 45" at normington years and years ago,rammed the dancefloor concrete boots oh no i`m orf

Joe 90 & Muriel Day packed the dance floor at Wigan in 78 I suppose that makes them good records???

Dean Barlow its that crap ,i wouldnt use it as ballast lol.

I like this song, gets many plays out here usually bv a DJ named Martin but can't understand why so much hate it

The mod scene isn't adverse to good pop records Mik - but personally i can't STAND that record. It's those horrible twee strings... "do dododo do do". ARRRRRGHHH! f*** - OFF Trider!

Now look what you've done - made me and Rowly agree again.

Larry Trider is bloody awful (Barlow isn't nearly as bad imo)

As for them packing dancefloors - surely not nowadays? I haven't heard them anywhere for years.

the Larry Trider's alright, but listening to the Dean Barlow is a painful experience, made worse by the feeling that there's a reasonable song under there ruined by the singing and arrangement...

Spoke to one of the guys selling these but he wont tell me where they come from, just that he is selling them on consignment?

Another Canadian seller has just started listing Dean Barlow and the Paul Smith. One based in Whitby, the other in Scarborough which are about 20 mins apart?

20 mins from Whitby to Scarborough. Feck me what are you driving?

Takes us about 45 on a good day. Mind you I'm not Canadian - are they more streamlined?

Godz

I'm surprised either got played at soul do's and I'm not keen on Dean Barlow even as a pop record, though it's better than most, but Larry Trider is a good pop record with a groove, i've never been aware that the mod scene was adverse to such records.

Have heard Larry Trider played at the 100 Club within the last couple (maybe 3) years. I danced to it. Don't think Dean Barlow is a bad as everyone makes out, though neither that soulful, so some of the comments understandable I guess.

Now look what you've done - made me and Rowly agree again.

Larry Trider is bloody awful (Barlow isn't nearly as bad imo)

Aye well.... even YOU can't be wrong about everything all the time mate... you gotta get it right sometimes. Law of averages, innit!?!

Edited February 13, 200718 yr by Rowly