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Thanks for the input guys. I think I'm sorted. Cheers, M

ANTHONY WHITE - NEVER LET YOU GET AWAY FROM ME - PIR 3574 Stocker or promo, and minter if possible plus postage to Spain... Muchas gracias señores, Mac.

It was considered an oldie by 1977/8 though. Brian Rae used to hammer it, along with the Valentines... in a fit of 'label association', probably...

I'll remember not to use the expression again, Dave. I'll just say that the 'floor reaction' was considerable.

Scaling the craggy heights of flippancy once again, dear chap?

I wouldn't set myself up as an arbiter of great taste but Don Gardner at Wigan used to have my fookin' hair standing on end. When Sam played Margaret Little in Barcelona the year before last it sounded fantastic and the floor was heaving. Willie J & Co. was the next record up. The floor continued to heave. Crap records? I think not.... Opinions, opinions... Colours, colours...

We've already answered that one. ;-)

But it doesn't have to be either though, does it?

Macarena is a girl's name, I'll have ye know.

I think that would be slightly uncharitable of you, Benji. What possibly could you gain from it?

Will the Emperor please stand up!!

Well that was precisely my point dear fellow.

Quite.

Don Gardner is as good as anything that's ever been played, covered up or otherwise, from the Wheel to the 100 Club and beyond. What some people perceive as being "naf", "ok" and sublime changes according to one's taste, time, place and other subjective factors. Opinions are like colours, there's lots of them, differents shades, hues etc...

Either way she should step forward and receive some deserved applause and Soul Source love and affection. we've had Lorraine Chandler, Darryl Stewart and Cecil Washington honour us all with their presence, so why not our Margaret?

Rarely ventured in there up to 78, too smoky and poky for my liking and always preferred what was on offer in the main room up to that point. Around 79-80, coinciding perhaps with Larry Houston/Top Cat and the like, I began to venture in there a lot more. Remember us all sitting on the counter of that bar at the back and talking bloody nonsense and the next thing you knew it was 6am. Stuff like Dottie Cambridge ' Cry Your Eyes Out', Moses Smith 'The Girl Across The Street', Marsha Gee 'Baby I Need You', Del Larks 'Job Opening' and Bob & Earl 'My Little Girl' come to mind.

is margie joseph one more chance popular with northern dancers then? would have thought it a bit too 'crossover' for them. tremendous record.

Record arrived on Thursday (at the UK address I gave him). End of story for me. I shan't be dealing with him again. Thanks for all your input.

So you've already crossed paths then?

Fantastic. Muchas gracias everyone. :-)

I'll wait to see if it arrives in peterborough before I take any action via ebay. It's more than a month since the auction closed now so time's running out, if ain't run out already. I'll just put him on my shysters list and put it down to experience. thanks again for your input folks.

His last message to me on Monday was to kindly inform me that the record "ships within 48 hours". So that's 9,00 + 2.50 + whatever it costs my dear 88 year old Dad at the Peterborough GPO, bless him... All for a UK demo of Al Wilson Show & Tell which I won for 9.99... Mark O'Shaughnessy - Resolution Records, Bath. Trades on Ebay as Louisjoe... Mac. p.s.He didn't exactly catch his arse on the door in his rush to get to the post office either, did he?

Thanks for your thoughts on this one chaps. He also indicated in one of his 'options' that I could make the claim against the Royal Mail, but I don't see why I should have to do that. Surely that's for him to resolve once the record is back in his hands? I won't buy from him again, obviously. Here's the message that got my goat. Perhaps I should have been more assertive as DaveK suggested. Here are yr alternatives: 1) Have it shipped to a UK address @ £2.50 2) I'll refund the record price @ £9.99 3) Send me £9.00 to resend it to Spain by tracked mail 4) Make a claim to PO for the £9.00 (good luck dealing with these utter incompetents) 5) Have it shipped regular mail to Spain @ £4 at yr own risk (not advisable) one thing that WON'T be happening here is me re-shipping the record again @ my own expense. I'll then have actually lost money on a £9.99 sale.

I've been looking for a 1st release 45 of this tune but have seen various label designs. Can someone point me in the right direction, please?