El Corol

Well if anyone wants a copy I'll flog you one. I'll knock a nought off and call it £50, the only thing is you'll have to wait a few weeks coz I need to buy it from the states for $10 and wait for delivery. Yes its that rare!!!!!

Not surprised the Spyder Turner went in 5 minutes at that price, in like flint there!

Slightly at a tangent but wasn't this covered up as Spyder Turner, I seem to remember Chris Plant introducing it as that?

I think some people see a record in an auction and automatically think it must be hard to get if the said dealer has put it in an auction. Its not helped by dealers putting records that aren't that hard to get, into auctions instead of set sale, but of course we all know that by doing so potentially increases prices and therefore profit. Dealers also know what records they get asked for regularly, so if they get hold of a not so rare, but popular record then chances are it will go into an auction as there will be a chance of a couple of people battling it out and therefore pushing the price up. Also since the rise of ebay people have got used to auctions so more people see it as normal, which adds to the equation. I get put off buying some records if they go into auction as I can't be bothered, of course it can work the other way and you grab a bargain, but most times it doesn't seem that way to me, at least not anymore. You may be able to tell that I prefer a record for sale at a set price and then I can make a decision whether to buy or not (so long as someone else hasn't beat me to it). Sometimes change isn't always for the better.

Thanks for the info gents, guess it must be one of those other versions I have swirling around in the back of my head and not a different song with the same backing..........unless anyone else knows different???

Thanks Dave, But is there another track that uses the same backing but a different song (ie not "A Dream")?

Some help needed as I don't know if my mind is playing tricks and I'm imagining things or whether the grey matter is failing and I can't remember? So: The Creations - A dream - Zodiac Brothers of Soul - Dream - Shock Both the same song with different arrangements. But has this backing track been used on anything else? I seem to have it swirling round my head but don't know if I've dreamt this one up and its starting to bug me now? Thanks EC

I know celebrity lookalikes are popular but I've never heard of Des Penza! Sorry I'll get me coat

Snake Davis?

Is Soussan "The Joker"?

At the end of the day it wasn't always about what was played but what you chose to dance to. Always was and always will be.

Personally I think its a joke expecting to sell a record that skips for that money, as elgeepee said it makes it pretty worthless, but there always seems to be someone out there! I would love to know how much high ticket soul goes to other countries besides UK ones and whether those countries have lower or no import charges? At a tangent, but parts of this song sound like a slowed down version of Your Song (Dells etc not Elton) to me.

I get Ian D's point about pretty strict parameters when assessing a potential northern record back in the 70's and I get how it changed in the 80s, however as much as I hear stories of The Seven Souls clearing the dancefloor in the 70s things like George Kirby, Ray Pollard, Gene McDaniels etc all did well at Wigan so some tracks that were slower than the norm made it. Cool Off isn't exactly 100 mph so who was championing the exceptions? Its starting to sound like the 80s changed everything but to my ears that change had already started. The 80s wasn't a overturning of the 70s just a progression of a wider range of tempos, productions etc that had already started.

Did you really need to use five examples, Steve? On my way to A&E now because my ears won't stop bleeding!

The guy who wrote Wild Thing and Angelof the Morning. Also Jon Voights brother and Angelina Jolie's uncle! A bit of talent in that family.

What about Bruce Lee!

A couple of mine:

Most jazz flute track on the scene must be The Fyfe Piper?

How was Russ able to stay up allnight if he didn't use amphtetamines........aah that other drug "how much have I made tonight" I seem to remember a few of the DJs with dilated pupils and chewing a lot also so some of his employees were at it.

Patti & the Emblems - ..........Long, Long Time

The Maisonettes did get some plays courtesy of Dave Evison!

Yes you're right. heres some extracts from the book: "From Jazz funk & Fusion To Acid Jazz" by Mark "Snowboy" Cotgrove; (2009)

" ............ East Midlands vibe!" "Put em up, put em up, I'll fight ya with one hand behind my back, me duck"

How about this one, a fave of mine: https://youtu.be/kDHDfalzEvI

I went to this site to download some tracks but its an insurance site, can you please not give out misleading information. Thank you.