Jordirip

I thought about getting some done to be honest. The main reason relates to the higher audio level you can get with the wider grooves of a 45 compared to a narrow grooved lp track. The wider the grooves, the louder the record which is why 12" singles sound so good. Now the reason I nearly got some done was because some of the equipment that you have to use when DJing is very poor and doesn't have the necessary b*llocks in the amp power, so when you turn up your narrow grooved lp track to give it the necessary volume boost to match the level of the previous 45 you've played, you get an almighty howl or hum of feedback coming from the speakers. So you then have to start dipping the bass down and messing around to try and get the thing to stop feeding back. If you've got a good sound system with a good powerful amp this won't happen as there's always some juice in the amp to cope with turning it up for your lp tracks. Jordi

A lot more shelf space.

A Dave Welding tune for me back in the late 90's. Jaw dropping tune with an equally fantastic slowie on the flip.

Decent little written synopsis I thought there. Shame about the Russ, Levine and Pharell trolleys being wheeled in.

Thanks to all the bidders on the Black Smoke 45, the auction's over and it's gone to a good home.

I have raised what I need for my want and I will be putting these records away after tonight, so I have reduced them a tad and thought I'd run them up the flag pole one last time. Oh, and the Black Smoke Band auction will end at 10pm tonight. UK Post= Standard Post add £2.25, Recorded Delivery add £3.00 or Special Delivery add £7.00. Outside UK depends on location and type of post. Generally, Standard Airmail add £5.00 (at buyers risk), any other post requirements I will contact the buyer. Payment by Paypal (paypal fees covered or payment to be sent as gift only) The Black and White Affair - Sweet Soul Lady (Topaz) M. £120 Very nice uptempo dancer, brassy, funky. Similar hook to Isley's 'Who that lady'. Eddie Horan - City Life (WMOT) M- £85 SOLD Very rare modern, spacey, atmospheric mid tempo from '82. Has sold for more than twice this price. Superb 45. Kittie Doswell - Just a Face in the Crowd (HES) M- £375 I don't want to part with this killer funky, moody mid tempo crossover gem, so don't buy it. Pretenders - I Call it Love / Everything About You (Carnival 560) M- £100 SOLD 2 dynamite uptempo dancers, quality all the way. Pretenders - Just Be Yourself (Carnival) M- £115 Big demand on this uptempo, feel good dancer which is just waiting to go massive on the Northern scene. Black Smoke Band - I'll Keep Searching / Get n' Off (Black Smoke) VG+ Offers over £650 CURRENT HIGH BID £1100 Seriously rare 45 here. Fantastic crossover dancer flipped with funk. Numerous very light scratches but it plays great. This never comes up for sale. Lorraine Rudolph - Keep Coming Back for More (Jet Stream) M- £50 SOLD Dear me, you just forget how great this actually is. What a voice! Las Vegas Connection - Running Back to You / Can't Nobody Love (Hep Me) M. £170 Very cheap price for this brilliant double sider. 'Can't' edges it for me as a midtempo killer. Iron Knowledge Band - Give Me a Little Taste of Your Love (Tammy) Ex £30 SOLD This uptempo, funky dancer is starting to get picked up on and it sounds awesome played out. Would be mint but for 2 fingernail scratches which are surface marks that don't affect play at all. The Tenth Dymentions - My Love for You is Growing Wild / Bushman (Sapphire) M- £25 Nice slow ballad flipped with dancefloor funk. Percy Stone - Chained (UK Grapevine Demo) M. £40 Withdrawn demo. Crossover brilliance. Sunrise Movement - Running Wild (Ghetto Prods.) Ex. £325 SOLD This is going big right now, raw, uptempo, adrenaline funk soul. Young Ideas - Losing You has Made me a Winner. (Jeree) M- £400 SOLD Absolutely beautiful copy of this funky dancer that is really starting to go. Tal Armstrong - Let It Go (Love) M- £150 Awesome rare 45. Brilliant dancer still to have it's day in the sun. Brethren - Can This be Real (Teen Town) EX. £75 Nice price on this current in demand tune. Sir Charles Hughes - You Say You're Leaving (Je-ena) M- £120 Cracking current play, uptempo funky crossover dancer. Eugene Gaspard - Holding On (Rosemont) M- £110 Dark and moody killer soul with gospel overtones Sounds so good played out. John Washington - Daddy Teddybear / Burn the Calendar (Sandwash) M- £120 Why pay £300 like I did, when you can get this double sided gem for this price. Doh!! Mandrill - Too Late (Arista) VG+ £30 I picked up a minty spare so this can go cheap. 2 secs. cue burn right at the start. Earnest King - You Gonna Miss Me (LK) VG+ £85 Monstrous, fast, funk soul dancer that you don't see very often. Few scuffs that don't affect play.Awesome 45. Ronnie McNeir - Good Side of your Love (Tortoise) Ex. £270 Fantastic, issue only feelgood soul dancer. Seldom up for sale. A couple of fingernail scuffs that don't affect play. A really nice copy. Thanks for looking.

I will be ending the Black Smoke Band bidding at 10pm tomorrow. (Thursday). Current bid £900. Thanks.

A few people interested in the Black Smoke Band 45 so here's a link to the actual 45. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKEY0L4HBjs&feature=youtu.be Cheers for the interest. Jordi

I need to raise some dollars for a long time want which has reared it's ugly head on the horizon. Please feel free to help me out. UK Post= Standard Post add £2.25, Recorded Delivery add £3.00 or Special Delivery add £7.00. Outside UK depends on location and type of post. Generally, Standard Airmail add £5.00 (at buyers risk), any other post requirements I will contact the buyer. Payment by Paypal (paypal fees covered or payment to be sent as gift only) The Black and White Affair - Sweet Soul Lady (Topaz) M. £125 Very nice uptempo dancer, brassy, funky. Similar hook to Isley's 'Who that lady'. Eddie Horan - City Life (WMOT) M- £85 SOLD Very rare modern, spacey, atmospheric mid tempo from '82. Has sold for more than twice this price. Superb 45. Kittie Doswell - Just a Face in the Crowd (HES) M- £400 I don't want to part with this killer funky, moody mid tempo crossover gem, so don't buy it. Pretenders - I Call it Love / Everything About You (Carnival 560) M- £100 SOLD 2 dynamite uptempo dancers, quality all the way. Pretenders - Just Be Yourself (Carnival) M- £125 Big demand on this uptempo, feel good dancer which is just waiting to go massive on the Northern scene. Black Smoke Band - I'll Keep Searching / Get n' Off (Black Smoke) VG+ Offers over £650 CURRENT HIGH BID £1100 Seriously rare 45 here. Fantastic crossover dancer flipped with funk. Numerous very light scratches but it plays great. This never comes up for sale. Lorraine Rudolph - Keep Coming Back for More (Jet Stream) M- £50 SOLD Dear me, you just forget how great this actually is. What a voice! Las Vegas Connection - Running Back to You / Can't Nobody Love (Hep Me) M. £175 Very cheap price for this brilliant double sider. 'Can't' edges it for me as a midtempo killer. Iron Knowledge Band - Give Me a Little Taste of Your Love (Tammy) Ex £30 SOLD This uptempo, funky dancer is starting to get picked up on and it sounds awesome played out. Would be mint but for 2 fingernail scratches which are surface marks that don't affect play at all. The Tenth Dymentions - My Love for You is Growing Wild / Bushman (Sapphire) M- £30 Nice slow ballad flipped with dancefloor funk. Percy Stone - Chained (UK Grapevine Demo) M. £50 Withdrawn demo. Crossover brilliance. Sunrise Movement - Running Wild (Ghetto Prods.) Ex. £325 SOLD This is going big right now, raw, uptempo, adrenaline funk soul. Young Ideas - Losing You has Made me a Winner. (Jeree) M- £400 SOLD Absolutely beautiful copy of this funky dancer that is really starting to go. Tal Armstrong - Let It Go (Love) M- £160 Awesome rare 45. Brilliant dancer still to have it's day in the sun. Brethren - Can This be Real (Teen Town) EX. £80 Nice price on this current in demand tune. Sir Charles Hughes - You Say You're Leaving (Je-ena) M- £125 Cracking current play, uptempo funky crossover dancer. Eugene Gaspard - Holding On (Rosemont) M- £110 Dark and moody killer soul with gospel overtones Sounds so good played out. John Washington - Daddy Teddybear / Burn the Calendar (Sandwash) M- £125 Why pay £300 like I did, when you can get this double sided gem for this price. Doh!! Mandrill - Too Late (Arista) VG+ £35 I picked up a minty spare so this can go cheap. 2 secs. cue burn right at the start. Earnest King - You Gonna Miss Me (LK) VG+ £100 Monstrous, fast, funk soul dancer that you don't see very often. Few scuffs that don't affect play.Awesome 45. Ronnie McNeir - Good Side of your Love (Tortoise) Ex. £275 Fantastic, issue only feelgood soul dancer. Seldom up for sale. A couple of fingernail scuffs that don't affect play. A really nice copy. Thanks for looking.

Who was playing King Sporty? I would have thought that was far too slow to be danced to in the 100mph past.

4 to 5 hundred?

Ha Ha! There ought to be a 'smacked arse' smiley thingy.

Wasn't that the one Sam got?

Definitely. You get more of that fantastic rhythm guitar near the end that really elevates the track.

G-/F grading though Dave.

Wow!! I knew this was a tricky one but that's a helluva price.

Nice drum sound.

Mickey, that used to be my copy which I had off Cobbles (Frank) on here some years ago. I couldn't ever find any info about it anywhere. The flip is quite good I seem to remember as well.

Now that's the Mystic Meg question we would all love to know Russ. If only I had a time machine. It's impossible to predict when things like Mighty Lovers - 'Ain't gonna run no more' start going for massive bucks when it was always a £25 tune and it's not even what you would call an out and out dancer, then you get tunes like Ray Hines and Jacqueline Jones going for £200 a piece after years of staying rigidly at a certain price (£75 for J.Jones, much cheaper for Ray Hines). I suppose it depends who gets behind the tunes and how many people get to hear them played out.

He comes across as a really nice guy. The whole film made me smile, right down to seeing the huge pile of cut pieces of cardboard for his mailers.

I've got both of those Dave, but I'd have to dig 'em out to check flip sides.

Von Ryans Express.

There was a red boot, but also a red label which wasn't a boot, this had the 'Beach' side as a slower crossover/mid tempo northern paced version. The red boot as you say had a fast version of beach. I never really liked any version of 'Beach', I found the lyrics a bit sickly/cheesy. There is a thread from a few years ago which explains the differences between the labels.

'How do you say goodbye' is one of my all time favourite slowies. An old soul pack 45 from the 70's.

Lovely tune, whatever label.Are you sure about the Delite being the 1st press? Fos-Glo is always a lot dearer.