Derek Pearson

If you'd have asked this question 2 or 3 years ago I could've told you exactly where, when and how all the answers you ever wanted to know. Even down to what colour socks I had on when I bought my copy. But these days I've all on to remember that I once had a copy (smile). For me personally I would have suggested exactly what the above 2 chaps have said. And thank you Alan - you summed it up so neatly with all the relevant details. My story on how I got a copy of said 45 is quite funny but too long winded - especially the way I tell 'em - to reproduce on here (laughs). Dx

That was lucky - I had only just finished looking on the Covers33 website and had noticed these 25 count boxes. Never had to buy any before and think it's the first time I've ever noticed anybody in the UK selling 'em before. Derek https://www.covers33.co.uk/shop/for-your-vinyl/7-vinyl/7-mailing-products/7-pizza-type-mailing-box-holds-approx-20-pack-of-50/

And the winner is........ Derek Any idea what sorta time period d'ya think it's from?

Bought a 45* from overseas last year and to my surprise** it came adorned with this rather good looking Motown paper sleeve. As I sorta collect original paper company sleeves (I know I know.....) it was a most welcome addition to my box of sleeves. Just for a larf does anybody fancy having a guess at which country they think this sleeve originally comes from? And if anybody knows which country it's from for certain let the game run for a bit eh? before I reveal all (oo-er). Dx Clues (sort of/possibly/maybe?): * I can't say for certain that the country where I bought this record from is actually the country where this paper sleeve originates from. Though it's more likely to be I'd have thought. ** And just in case you were wondering I didn't actually buy any sort of Motown (or related) record which this sleeve came with. The front and rear of the sleeve are identical. No other information (such as country of origin etc etc) was printed on the front and/or rear of the sleeve. Please don't think I mention this because I've actually covered up/masked some additional info (which I haven't) that was printed on the sleeve which would spoil all the fun of this question wouldn't it hahaha?

KELLEE PATTERSON I’m Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby / You Are So Beautiful (uk Mint CHEW 10) stunning female version of the Barry White song released 1976. Impossibly rare UK release in outstanding condition. £85 Label: clean green paper; solid centre – Excellent plus Record: super deep shine and gloss – Excellent plus UK first class recorded delivery £2.40p. Paypal is good. PM to reserve/discuss etc etc. Ta, Dx

Sadly the Bradford Mecca Locarno has been derelict for many years now and given Bradford's very unfortunate tendency for un-wanted buildings to suddenly burst into flames in the middle of the night I'm surpried to see it still standing. Have a look at the website of Mark Davis (Professional Photographer) to see his fascinating pictures taken of the interior of the club. The date of when the photographs were taken is unknown (probably within the last 5-10 years at least). Derek https://www.mark-davis-photography.com/?s=Bradford+Mecca

Seem to be noticing more and more requests by people searching for specific UK & US label company sleeves to adorn their favourite 45s with. Following on from this and I’m fairly certain we’ve had similar type threads over the years (and yes I plead guilty many times over to not researching archived threads before launching into this one). What company sleeves would you dearly love to see after all these years of searching and being told they simply weren’t any? And if they don’t exist what do you think they probably would’ve looked like? I guess many would collectors would love to hold a Shrine Records company sleeve in their hands – I imagine it’s design would be based around the JFK flame which figures so prominently within the label design. Here’s another question that’s just popped up in my mind – what’s the biggest label in terms of numbers of releases that you can think of which as far as you know never had any type of company sleeve? Mirwood is the first name that immediately answers my own question. Your input is welcomed. And scans of what you consider 'interesting' company sleeves would be even better. Derek Do you think there's any mileage in having a specific central folder for members to upload their company sleeves as opposed to having scans scattered here, there and everywhere across the width and breadth of members personal albums within their profile page?

Purely by chance I was looking through a variety of old record boxes that I had stashed away (for future use) when I noticed some old cloth badges stuck onto the underside of the lid. Whether I hadn't noticed them before or had done and over time had simply forgotten all about them I don't know? Was this Pendulum Soul Manchester cloth badge (approx 3.5" diameter) originally made whilst the club was still operating or was it a later type thing? Derek

Hi Mal - not soul as such but a website featuring DJ Kinetic's ode to all things Aussie and funky. Stumbled upon this site purely by chance - great stories behind the records, high quality label scans of the most obscure releases, fantastic me thinks, could read stuff like this all day long - bang went another lost hour when I shoulda been doing summat else (oops). Dx https://aussiefunk.blogspot.co.uk/

All minimum Excellent minus unless stated. THE SPECIALS ‘I can’t find another’ (Satch) £250** SOLD BILLY DAVIS ‘Stanky (Get Funky)’ (Cobblestone) £140** LOU EDWARDS ‘Talkin’ ‘bout poor folks’ (Columbia) WDJ £100** AL KENT ‘The way you been acting’ (Ric Tic) £60 MILTON WRIGHT ‘The Gallop’ (Carla) WDJ £80 THE THIRD GUITAR ‘Sad Girl’ (Rojac) £50 The records marked ** will only be sent within the UK via 'Royal Mail Special Delivery' to be added at cost £7.25p. The remaining records will be sent within the UK by 'Royal Mail Signed For' to be added at cost £2.40p. Paypal is fine. Please PM to reserve/discuss etc etc. Ta. Dx

Hey up Alan - good to hear from you. Take care. Dx I was with you when you first showed your arse in Harrod's window way back when (laughs).

I often wonder re situations concerning blatant fraudulent activity (such as with this Eula Cooper 45) how it pans out in the end. Apart from members on here jumping up and down is there a conclusion to it all? Does he get dragged through the streets; a public hanging or just gets his knuckles rapped and quietly slips away? Who knows and I guess we'll never find out. And before you know it up pops another dodgy seller and the chap behind the Eula Cooper cut-out is just a distant memory, just another brick in the wall. Well I'm sure many people on here will be pleased to know the said chap is no longer a registered user on Ebay (hooray). I'd like to think both Ebay and Paypal in this case came down on him like a ton of bricks. Check his feedback before he exited with a feedback of 33%. Derek https://feedback.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=stwar0&ftab=AllFeedback&myworld=true&rt=nc

Now that did shock me a bit to be honest. The seller has/had some great 45s for sale and also got good money for a couple of other 100 Club promos (Carla Thomas and Peggy Gaines). Some of the other 100 Club 45s didn't fare so well though. Derek

Just acquired a large collection of mixed 45's and stumbled upon this record tucked away amongst a load of cheaper end stuff. Didn't know it and it wasn't until I started to investigate it that I discovered it was the classic northern song first cut by Yvonne Baker in 1967. This thread was started in 2008 and in the intervening 10 years the internet and the knowledge contained within it has expanded as far as your imagination will allow. So from what I can gather here's the said 45 in all its various forms: **Grey Columbia issue copy. * Orange Columbia issue copy **'Day By Day' double sided Columbia promo (mono/stereo) copy. Red label Columbia West Coast styrene copy (stamped ZSS 156400-1C / ZSS 156401-1B) I wouldn't be surprised to find out there's a West Coast promo copy out there somewhere to complete the line up? Derek * label scan lifted from Popsike ** label scans lifted from Discogs.

All in Excellent condition. The Volcanoes ‘The Laws Of Love’ (Artic) WDJ single sided £225** Ann Sexton ‘You’ve Been Gone Too Long’ (Seventy 7) £120** LaVern Baker ‘I’m The One To Do It’ (Brunswick) £100** SOLD Mickey Lee Lane ‘Hey Sah-Lo-Ney’ (Swan) WDJ £70 ON HOLD Dobie Gray ‘Honey, You Can’t Take It Back’ (White Whale) DJ £50 SOLD The 3 records marked ** will only be sent within the UK via Royal Mail Special Delivery to be added at cost £7.25p. The remaining 2 records will be sent within the UK by Royal Mail Signed For to be added at cost £2.40p. Overseas buyers contact me first for postal costs. Paypal is fine. Please PM to reserve/discuss etc etc. Ta. Dx

ERNIE & ED ‘Indication’ (uk Jay Boy) EX- £150 SOLD THE STEVE KARMEN BIG BAND featuring Jimmy Radcliffe ‘Breakaway Pts 1 & 2’ (United Artists) WDJ EX £160 MARKE JACKSON ‘I’ll Never Forget You’ (Jamie) WDJ EX £125 THE AD LIBS ‘Think Of Me’ (Karen 527) WDJ EX £100 ROBERT THOMAS ‘Salvation’ (Charay) EX £125 CHARLES DIAMOND ‘No One Can Take Your Place’ (Breakthrough) pink 1977 EX £80 SOLD Add UK Special Delivery £7.20p. Paypal is good (as friends preferred) PM to reserve/discuss etc. Ta. Derek

Who knows? But I'm sure you're glad it did hahaha smile. Dx

Fascinating reading indeed Roburt thanks for sharing it. If you ever needed any proof (and I doubt many on here reading this will do) as to just how important Berry Gordy and his Motown empire were not only to the rise of soul/R&B music across America during the sixties and seventies, but to the emergence of true musical superstars across the world throughout the last 4 decades, consider this. Out of the 12 greatest soul groups listed by the Birmingham Times newspaper 7 were connected to him and the team that surrounded him. Now that is pretty damn impressive me thinks. Dx

Hey up Paul - when I was younger I often casually wondered why so many European released soul 45s came with really attractive picture sleeves whilst we in the UK got palmed off with a basic paper company sleeve if we were lucky. One day I dreamt up a very loose theory - broadly speaking there was an established market as such for soul/R&B 45s in the UK at the time via various youth subcultures so there was no need for the record companies to spend extra money dressing up their 45s with picture sleeves to make them more attractive, as they knew that (hopefull) the demand from the UK specialist record buying public meant they would buy the 45s anyway. And I guess a plain paper sleeve would help to keep the retail selling price down as well which would please most people I imagine? Whereas broadly speaking the soul/R&B 45 market across Europe was so much smaller numbers wise so the record companies had to work so much harder to sell their specialist 45s - hence the addition of an attractive eye catching picture sleeve. Bear in mind I don't collect British or European 45s per say so there's a good chance I'm probably talking complete ball bag. What say you? Dx

Whilst I'm not a collector of UK 45's per say - I gotta give credit where credit is due - your blogsite is pretty damn amazing. Stunning in fact. I can look at record scans all day long and your blogsite makes it far too easy for me to burn several hours off. Nice one. Dx

Must admit I generally don't get involved in "prices paid threads" as we'll be turning over the same shock horror stories over and over till the cows come home. However I gotta admit I'm continually astounded by the sales techniques employed by many on the Discogs site. For example: Seller A has record B for sale -so on checking sales statistics of said record - lowest price sold for £5, highest price sold for £15 median £10. That's fair enough. Then you realise Seller A has record B for sale at £80 (or summat equally mental). Eh? Where does that fit in? I'm sure many on here - myself included - like to make as much money as possible when selling their records, that stands to reason, but if you really want to sell the records ya gotta be prepared to tweek the price. Better to accept less and shift it. Not like stating the bleedin obvious eh? (laughs) It's a little known fact that I was once voted runner up in the Young Yorkshire Businessman of the Year Award circa 1977 (honest) then I started collecting originals and it all went bing bong..... Dx

Definately on that pew marked Deep Soul. Oh Lord take me home. Dx

We all know that collecting records is weird and wonderful and that’s just the people that collect the damn things. For near as damn it 40 years collecting vinyl has allowed the obsessive in me a free reign to tick all the boxes any time I want. Vinyl satisfies me on 3 levels – the visual (staring at labels lovingly for hours also known as record porn), the statistical (that entire continual list making and the never ending numbers game) and most importantly the sound, the sound that comes out of them speakers. Over a good solid 30 year period I once worked out I did an all-nighter a month, every month continual. That’s roughly 360 ish all-nighters and at every one you’d find my legs hanging out of every record box no matter what size - big or small, cheap or expensive it didn’t matter – the lure of filthy vinyl was so strong. Over a 10 year period I went record hunting in America nearly every year, up and down every road and highway, my footprints were all over the place. I swear I could smell vinyl in the air. The UK was no different. Record fairs and shops were frequented here, there and everywhere. From Manchester down to London and back up to Leeds again. And all towns big and small in-between. Every town I visited be it for football or whatever it was compulsory to have a scuttle about through as many charity shops as possible. I couldn’t help myself it was in my blood, it was in my DNA. Then I started frequenting car boots at the weekends (coming home from all-nighters in the early hours had its advantages as it meant I could gatecrash car boots very early well before the sun started rising). And you know what over all these years on the road I never found anything of any great value (£150 tops) and I certainly never found any northern rarities. But it’s the thrill of the chase that excites; ya just never know what ya might find. It’s a numbers game pure and simple fuelled by luck. The more you look through the bigger the chance of finding summat. Right time right place so the old saying goes. You’ll never know what you just missed. That rarity you’ve been chasing could be six inch away, six yards away, six miles away even. Who knows? It’s more fun finding records than filing records. So for all the money spent, the hours invested and the years turned on the calendar the last 3 most interesting records I’ve picked up (over the last 4-5 months or so) and kept for myself all came from within 15 miles of my house and cost a total of 50p for the lot. (1) The Stony Island Band (Glades 1751) Released November 1978 the white label promos are double sided featuring “Stony Island Band“on both sides, it’s a pretty well known disco thumper type thing. But tucked away on the issue which must be damn obscure is ‘Peace Of Mind’ a surprisingly good ballad laced with chugging southern horns. 25p from a charity shop near where Todmorden Tim lives. (2) Raymond Myles “You Made A Man Out Of Me, Baby” (Kent 4541) arranged by legendary Wardell Quezerque and first released locally on Peek-A-Boo Records in New Orleans circa 1970 ish. ‘Sounds like a woman’ said Craig Butler when I played it to him recently. Not brilliant just interesting. Found hidden amongst a job lot freebie of several hundred unwanted records destined for a North Leeds chazza. (3) Dynamic Superiours “I’m A Looser” (Chapel 1008) Rolled up to a local car boot 5 miles from my house at about 8.30am ish. Only one person had any records for sale. Whilst wading through a yard long box of assorted car boot standards (James Last/ Henry Mancini/Bert Kampfart etc etc) out of the corner of my eye I thought I spotted a 7" record with a pink label sandwiched between some lousy compilation albums. Wow what a superb black gospel harmony group with no mention of the G or J word anywhere. Colbert Productions, Chicago Il 60620 gets printed on the label rim. They operated several labels such as Nike, Mellow (Azie Danfair; A.C. Reed) and Tip Top (Daylighters; Jimmy Burns) throughout the sixties across Chicago. Found without a sleeve, label’s water damaged and the vinyl’s thrashed but it plays through no problem. Yet another 25p Fair Deal Pearson purchase. I smiled and said thank you as I turned and walked away. Dx

Thanks to all that replied to this request. Thanks for reminding me about the Kent CD's Dave H - finally put some time aside and went through my unsorted wall of CD's phew that took far longer than anticipated/expected. Kent put out a series of 3 volumes on 'A Carnival Of Soul' - (Vol one) Wishes, (Vol two) Feelin Good and (Vol three) I Wanna Be. And yes I think you all know what's coming hahaha - I've got vols 1 & 2 but not vol 3 which would date the Pretenders 'Just Be Yourself'. At least I've narrowed the search down eh? I'm nearly there. Dx