The Tempest

With a buy it now of $2000.00 ! Which currently equates to what the last copy in August went for, £1200.00 , and that was in better condition all round

Talk to Keb Darge, I spent a very amusing night listening to his stories of when they kicked off Stafford and the Casino oldies / pop crowds turned up initially and were asking for the same old dross, I think he played one record five times in a row and then snapped it in half chucking it over his shoulder saying - " Right enough of that old stuff, let't try some new stuff " !!!!! The rest as they say is history........

Can somebody please ask Martin what the hell it was and put us out of our misery ! This has been rumbling on for 4months !! ;-)

Nice one Pete ! George Blackwell, my favourite sound, hairs still stand on the back of my neck even now after all these years with the opening bars! Clap your hands, won't you clap them for me, I'm in misery!!

Sold the first part of my 45's collection to JM in 2000 when my first kid came along and was very pleased with the deal, loads of original oldies that I had picked up in 83 / 84. , dirt cheap from my mates older brothers in tip top condition after the casino closed and they decided to Jack it all in and the constant pressure from their wife's to get rid of those bloody old records in the garage !!!! Second part of my 45's ( Stafford / Leicester / Morecambe / Blackburn / Shotts sounds onwards) to another known seller who again came up trumps. , 60 % - 40 % , when my second kid came along in 2002 and bought a lovely New people carrier, My experiences have been nothing but positive with UK dealers, long before you could do it yourself with eBay or the hassle of lists / fairs. Yes I know of horror stories where people themselves have been unsure whether they have owned an original or not and sold it for peanuts after being convinced it was a second issue, but these have been a lot rarer nowadays as people with thanks to this site and others can research themselves. Still got 500 + albums. / 12 " but not selling yet till the kids hit university !!!!!!

I see the 12" wlp went for £530.00 on evil bay tonight ! £200.00 more than I thought it was worth

Just ordered my DVD film copy, 9 quid from Amazon, out Monday !

Wow ! That's scary, time really does March on, great modern room , living in London at the time and plenty of faces from the smoke use to regularly travel up, that 1st Anniversary freebie Lp has to go down as one of the best anniversary giveaways ever !

Still looking for this one ! Pm me !

Its not often I'm disappointed on here ! I thought you were all talking about " Loving on borrowed time " That'll teach me to take in the group name spelling from now on ! Oh how my heart sank when I looked at Manships site and saw the other one ! £250 on a good day and £300 with the wind behind it !

Buy the album, it's way cheaper than the 45 !

Sold mine for £200.00 back in 2008 , was happy with that at the time, picked it up for £10.00 in 83 ! but seen it recently for double that ! I would say £ 300.00 in current climate, Great record

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As an album only collector nowadays I was glad to see Freddie Hughes go for that sum , a phenomenal album for it's time in both a series of quality of songs and it's production, it's worth every penny and so outshadows a lot of other. " one track " albums around that go for a lot more money , for once I can't complain or criticize, a first !!

Ruby Andrews ! Played to death !

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The entire Carla Whitney album, love it and perfect for a relaxing Sunday while my roast lamb cooks !

Winning bid of £1227.00 !

Managed to pick up a copy of the Dana Valery Lp sealed for 10 euros for a mate last month ! Why dont these punters just use " search " on Google !!

I see another copy has turned up on evil bay with a start price of $999.99 ! Be interesting to see how much this one goes for ?

Always loved it as a rare oldie from the casino, but subsequently due to it's rarity, seldom played out nowadays ! Seem to recall an autographed copy on evil bay last year accompanied by autographs and press release photos to promote the release at the time, nice tidy bundle, but our American friends are now found in a corner nowadays clutching a copy of Manship's latest pricing guide and it was'nt cheap by any means and that was before bidding began !!

Records and Relics, five minutes walk from the Winter Gardens in Caunce Street I use to pop in when I went to the weekender, plenty of records, soul, northern and memorabilia The local soul nights are advertised there also Don't forget your sun cream !

Always thought it was about 40 quid, HOWEVER, I don't know if it's been reactivated and picking up plays again to increase it's demand as I saw it recently on a well known site for 100 !

My previous postman was a top bloke, if nobody was in he would just leave them in my blue recycle bin to save me the hassle of trailing down town to the post office. Cue last summer holidays and being abroad, he left a few records in the bin as usual........ What I was'nt counting on was my new neighbours doing the neighbourly thing and putting my blue bin out for collection !!!!!!! I had to fight back the tears upon my return and thank them for it!!!!!!!!!!!!

Couldn't agree more My mates big brother posted him the the video up to Scotland as soon as it came out, we bunked off school that afternoon to watch and the rest as they say is history, as I watched that video taking in every step, turn and spin in that dance competition, I knew then and there that I wanted to be part of this scene in its entirety.................... , The mid eighties on the soul scene was a very unfashionable and underground place to be, and we loved it, no more baggy trousers and vest brigade with cries of " Right on brother and keep the faith " , Jesus wept!!! The amount of people I met as my job took me nationally who said, " I went to Wigan " was ridiculous! These weren't soul fans or even music fans but clubbers at the time who followed the crowd and went to where it was fashionable to go, they had nothing in common with me. and how I felt. I hated the fact that the Casino had attracted them in the first place. I'm glad Peterborough, Stafford, Morecambe, Leighton Buzzard, Loughborough, Blackburn, not to mention Allanton , and the rest of them did'nt get a mention, my memories of these venues that brought me through the eighties and early nineties are safely preserved. As previously stated the documentary was nothing more than a potted history of the scene with the focus firmly on the 70's. I enjoyed it.