Simon T

Although Columbia had their own pressing plants, maybe they outsourced some of the pressing to other plants, and they pressed vinyl, not styrene? Also, when you consider the size of the country, it might have been much more economically viable to transport a set of pressing plates & / or lacquers, than the pressed up records? Some (e.g. west coast) used styrene, others vinyl. I the A, B, C refer to the press run i.e. C= 3rd time it was pressed, that is the umber of occasions it’s appeared on vinyl, hence you can get one side of a record with A on it, and the other D; quite odd whatever it stands for.

Strange record, never really gets going / goes anywhere. Anyone know why the label is a different design to other HoO releases? Was it his last outing? I know he died of a heart attack in 1984 aged 38.

Jerry Washington - Don't Waste My Time – Glades £543 Donna Colman - Your Loves Too Strong – Avin £386 Cashmeres - Show Stopper c/w Don't Let The door Hit Your Back – Hem £1929 La Reine La Mar - That's Not The Way To Love – Cloud £288 Emanuel Laskey - I'd Rather Leave on My Feet – DT £302 Tobi Legend - Time Will Pas You By - Mala Promo £410 Gail Anderson - Be Proud (You're In Love) c/w Let's Fall In Love All Over – Salvador £122 Flight - Playing Your Games – SGA £346 Soul Bros. Inc - Pyramid - Golden Eye £559 Bobby Paris - I Walked Away – Capitol £190 Marvin Gaye - Little Darling (I need you) - Tamla Motown Promo £124 John & the Wierdest - Can't Get Over These Memories c/w No Time – Tie £2666

You’re seriously mistaken Simon, I don’t have one and never have, just pretended to have, to make myself popular on the scene. Don’t have any vinyl, never had.

I don't think I've got any rare records. Just some that now I am selling up that I've sort of promised, but I acctualy a letting them go as a job lot, and wondered if anyone else had had to let their 'mate' down' or been let down by a mate who has sold up.. I've not heard of any of the above, could you put some sound files up of them please.

If I ever sell up…………. Ever been in this situation either on the ‘promised’ side or ‘obligated’ side? 1) “If I ever sell up, the Frank Wilson’s yours, honest you’ve got first refusal, being my best mate” 2) “Sell it to me, being your best mate, and if I ever sell up, you can have first refusal on it, and for what I’m paying you for it now” Is all fair in love & war, & record collecting? Some I’ve been told: “Well that was 15 years ago when it was £100, sorry, I’ve been offered £1000 it now and I need the money”! “Sorry mate, I’ve let it go, didn’t think you would be able to afford it, and didn’t want to embarrass you by turning your offer down”. “Had to let it go as part of a job lot” “Sorry mate, thought you’d already got one, so let it go” Any one had any similar experiences?

Mercy Mercy - What are we gonna do about it new release 1986

I've posted Paul the sound file

Anyone got last nights JM finishing prices? I was after the Salvadors finishing price mainly. Johnny Praye - Can't Get Too Much Love – Sidewalk £2591 Ritchie Adams - I Can't Escape From You – Congress £314 Montclairs - Hey You! Don't Fight It ! – Arch £715 Sly & The Family Stone - Dance To The Music - Columbia promo £122 Andrea Henry - I Need You Like A Baby c/w The Grass Is Greener – MGM £359 Salvadors - Stick By Me, Baby - Wise World £3116 Billy Floyd - My Oh My c/w Time, Made You Change Your Mind - Arctic promo £1210 Emanuel Laskey - Don't Lead Me On Baby (1st. take) - Thelma promo £208 Luther Ingram - If It's All The Same To You Babe c/w Exus Trek - Hib Records Promo £464 Little Anthony and the Imperials - Gonna Fix You Good - United Artists Promo £124 Supremes - We Couldn't Make It Without You (3 takes) – Acetate £311 Major Lance - Major Lance live @ Stafford Ticket - Top Dog Soul Club £3

Apparently, using the 'retail price index' £5 of 1978 is equivalent to £19.21 in 2005. Might make sense if you think about a loaf of bread or pint of beer, but doesn't seem relevant to today's record prices.

Labels the size of Brunswick would have probably had some kind of automatic process of pressing up demos of their releases, but maybe in the case if H&H they were never sent out in large quantities, if at all, because of the feedback from pre-release radio plays. Straight to issue of H&H and national distribution for retail sales?

I think the consensus was that they're a boot, but done quite a while ago (70's). The last one I saw didn't have a b side, it had completley been obliterated, being sanded off on an angle grinder, if you can imagine what I mean. The owner thought it may have been a different artist which would have given away the fact that it was a boot.

Anyone remember that Virtue studio acetate called 'I didn't know' by VS? Not the strongest vocal, but musically OK

This is really odd; in the whole of the Devotions track there's not one 'I', yes there's an 'I'll' so does your copy skip at that point? Broken record?

Cavaliers mate........... 30 second clip, for educational purposes only. Please delete from your PC once listed to.

Jimmy Burn - I really love you - Erica / Grapevine Bobby Carol - I really love you - Karol Tomangeos - I really love you - Washpan / Grapevine No, it's the Cavaliers - I really love you - RCA well I really care bit is

I think the answer depends on why you want the record, to some degree; is it all time top want, label filler, ‘current must have’ for a busy DJ, one of those you’ve meaning to buy for the last 20 years but never got around to, etc, etc. Personally my wants list consists of about half a dozen records I must have before I pop my clogs, and then several thousand “would like to have” but not that really bothered one way or the other. If it’s one of the few ‘must haves’, then I must have been looking for them for decades, and would go well over the odds to get it in the end. However, so would a few other hundred vinyl junkies too! The ‘would like to have’ ones are the real problem in recent times; basically they all fall into the same scenario, i.e. in my mind it’s a £10 record, with inflation and current demand for vinyl I’d expect it to be £10-£15 (would consider paying that for it), but they’re all at sale at £100! (Interesting to know the true turn over rate of record now days.) Then you see it for sale at £50 and I think ah!, that’s half price, but really I know it’s 3 to 5 times what it’s worth to me, and so I think sod it I ain’t forking out over the odds for a record that’s just gonna sit on a shelf because from a nostalgic point of view over the last 20 + years, I’ve convinced myself that I really need one. They’re the ones that have made me a bit jaded with collecting over the last couple of years. Always thought if a won a few million on the lottery that I would go out and buy thousand and thousands regardless of their asking price, fill the SUV with £50 notes and head of to ‘Pork Pie Land’, but in reality I’d now probably come back with a few ridiculously over-priced bits of plastic and play them till they were worn out and would have thoroughly enjoyed owning them at long last. (Plus every known copy of Joanne Courcey and a sledge hammer )

The original acetate is a "Cutlass" studio acetate as far as I remember. The take I have is poor quality becasue of the acetate and being a cassette recording of it. The original acetate comes to an end, and then about 2 seconds later they start up again with a final "can't say no", very odd.

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Chalky, I think you are after Music House? Music House Mill Mead Industrial Estate Mill Mead Road Tottenham Hale N17 9QU 0208 808 2571

can some kind soul please post me up a download of said toon. Many thanks in advance Simon

Ty Karim - You Just Don't Know c/w All In Vain – Romark £2700 Parisians with Mike and the Souls - Twinkle Little Star - Demon Hot £713 Buddy Ace - French 4 track EP with Cover inc: It's Gonna Be Me – Vogue £188 The Blue Soul - Sock Some Lovin To Me– Westwood £349 Gloria Jones - Come Go With Me - Uptown white demo £353 Johnny Hendley - My Baby Came From Out Of Nowhere Mutt & Jeff £880 Kenny Smith & the Loveliters - One More Day - Flo-Roe £229 John Drevar's Expression - The Closer She Gets - MGM Promo £310 Chantels - Indian Giver - Verve Promo £110 Chashers - Without My Girl – Uncle £461 Young Jessie - Brown Eyes – Vanessa £154 Timi Yuro - It'll Never Be Over For Me - Liberty acetate £611 Sam Dees - Lonely For You Baby - SSS International £434

The only record I know of that was suposed to have turned up in a real thrift store in recent years (about 3 or 4 years ago) is some copies of Greater Experience, by a lad who was a PhD student into the beach scene records. I spoke to him at lenght about the find, and he claimed he was staying with his relatives during term time at xxxx (can't the town remember now) a town close to Danville. Found half a dozen of them at a few cents each and stuck one on ebay, and sold a few other to the next bidders. Mine doesn't look like the ones that Ian Clarke turned up years ago and so I was a bit suspicious at the time. However, I've not seen any up on ebay, etc since.