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Thirty Nine.. !??! Wot... You had 'ard life then Mike.. Fingers

This was a UK Demo Mike... all the same I was suprised at the final figure (left my, so I thought potential winning, bid so far back in the dark it's currently covered in moss ). Fingers

Brighton 'Junk Shop Quarter' 1984 - 10p for a warped (but amazingly played flawlessly) 45 on King. Mmm.. I thought, an alternative to Archie Bell's pleasant little ditty 'Tighten Up'. Great! Along with some Indy flexi-discs, a yellow vinyl u.s. import of 'Butterfly Collector' (The Jam), a Mike Oldfield 'Tublar Bells' pic disc LP (along with another pic disc album the details of which elude me at present... long night!) plus a handful of 12" Test Pressings the likes of Huey Lewis & the News; Rod Stewart & Bananarama. It was to be seven years later, when my dormant love for the soul scene was just beginning to see re-emergence, that my long time friend & one time 'travelling' companion Kev Draper pointed out the significance of the Tighten Up single in the scheme of the scene at that time: a £75 copy of Roosevelt Matthews 'You Got Me Digging You'!!! Sold for a pleasant £25 to Hert's soul nite promoter extrordinaire the Big 'O', at a Cambridge soul 'nite held above a Snooker Club from memory - but only after Neil had assured himself as to my claims of unhindered playthrough by insisting to the DJ on the decks at the time (Tony Dellar) how this 45 must be 'tested' and before the next tune was cued (sod the punters - eh Neil ). Charity shop - Brisbane, land of Oz, August 1983: 99 cents... Cheryl someone or other (not the sort of tune to which I alot much memory cells) with a take on 'You Don't Want Me Anymore'. Pretty sure it was on Decca, too (nice black Oz stock copy). The aforementioned Mr Draper relieved me of it within two days of my return to the UK.

My most, only recently realised, fortuitous purchase was actually a 'non-purchase' in that in the same sleeve as an (ordered & expected) blue Quaint release (part of a two-tiered 'bulk' purchase of mainly late 50's/early 60's 45's I negotiated) was another 45 - by the same artist, but on a yellow Quaint... need I mention that the artist in question is one Mr Otis Lee and the coveted 'Hard Road..' The irony of this particular pleasant suprise? I made the purchase 5 years ago!! and (due mainly to two house moves and the fact my 'record room' became such only once it'd finished it's service as the 'box room') they remained in their 'as arrived' state until I finally managed to get access to all my loverly stashed (& some completely forgotten) 45's and begin going through them (still not completed as we speak!) to achieve some sense & order, once more, to my treasured play boxes. At the other end of the spectrum, I could also admit to the mistake made in buying a piece based on a 'published' price - only to discover (after not being able to fathom out why I secured it so easily) that the 'published' price I used for reference was, in fact, a printing error... with an extra nought included!! I might just as well have driven down the road with my window wide open, chucking £20 notes out as I travelled! End result would've been the same! Oh those wonderful lessons in life thrown at us when we least expect them..

For being 'Very Rare'.. this guy ain't doing too bad at churning 'em out, is he!!!

Must confess.. I, too, thought 'need to meet this guy's dealer'

Who's the seller? Might serve as aclue ??

eh?... wot? I didn't understand when you posted that in the Lifeline thread either... ...but I'm actually thinking now.... Wot... are you actually saying what I am now thinking you are saying... no!! don't!!! I ain't... have I ?? .......... .........

My most favourite 'marketing' ploy when I used to produce the Turntable Records sales lists How else do you think I manged to sell all that sh**e!! Can't name them off the top of my head, but examples have included things that saw a dramatic change in tempo (after the clip offered, of course) and them one's that you discover, when you get 'em on the decks, had been recorded at either an increased or decreased speed. Best one was a 45 recorded at 33rpm I thought that was stretching things a bit tooo far! Fingers

Wot... Lifeline that good you forgotten then? Bet you sold 'em didn't you & bought sumink you liked instead . You wern't that sociable anyway - I just thought you had your mind on other things, or... just didn't have clue who I was! I still didn't manage to establish if I'd already given you the 'Rare Soul Vol.1' CD though...

Nice one Steve.. Top Geezer that I already knew you were you!

Anyone got a contact number for Shute please? He ain't answering his PM's!!!!!! Thanx... Fingers

I dunno... geezer sends you his telephone number and then, when you ring it - it's voicemail!! Steve... check your voicemail Johnny 'If I Had A Brain I'd Be Extremely Dangerous' Fingers (aka: Brains of a Rockin' Horse... with legs to match)

'Don't Come Crying To Me' (Roy Hamilton - Epic?) 'cos 'Some Thing's Are Better Left Unsaid' (Ketty Lester - RCA) but 'I feel In My Heart' (Mary Wheeler - Atom) so, not forgetting that, 'Can't lose My Head' (George Blackwell - Smoke) and .. all said & done 'Tomorrow Is Another Day' (Joey Heatherton - Decca). After all, what's the point of experiencing a 'Blue Prelude' (Roy Hamilton - Epic) when 'It Ain't Necessary' (Mamie Galore - St Lawrence).

-DITTO- Top Man Wayne...

All sorted - problem solved and said 45 now making it's way up the Motorway as we speak!! Thanx Paul S for the 'lift' (Thanx also, I'm certain - from it's intended recipient) and thanx to others for their assistance and suggestions. Another Job Well Done thanx to 'The SoulSource Collective' Phew!!!

Just to say - got hold of Paul and sorted!!! Thanx for all assistance

Anyone got a number to contact Paul S from Cambridge please????? I've pm'd him - but if he ain't on tonight I'm stuffed I need to either ring him, ar get someone to ask him to ring me re: my Lowton problem. Time is against me...

I desperately need to get a 45 (I was suppossed to get in the post today!! ) to the Lowton do tomorrow night. Is anybody from the south east area travelling, by car, that could take the record up there for me please? I could meet you somewhere convenient to 'give you the goods'. I am just of the A1 / A14 / M11 in Cambs.. Any assistance would be so grovellingly appreciated it will make you sick! THANK YOU!!

couldn't disagree with that Steve - at the very least they will certainly always give people something to talk about, eh!

There is normally between 9 and 12 places Trev so sure it wont be a prob!!

One of the key tools in preventing anger is 'stop... take a look at the bigger picture', and another being 'don't take things personally'.. Perhaps I am guilty of both those on this occassion and mistaking anger for frustration I'd best get myself booked in for another intensive weekend course with my therapist!!

Soooooo... what's all the fuss about then???? Surely it isn't just the repeated expression of difference of opinion on the rights and wrongs of cover ups? 'cos that one has been going on for the past ten trillion years already So what is it then !?!