Derek Pearson

Hey up Trev - must confess its one record Ive never liked - its that spongey bouncy white northern beachy type sound that turns me off. There I've said it go straight to Rome! Luckily for me I got hold of 4 copies whilst in Alabama mid 90s and sold them all off asap. Think I flogged one to Pat Brady for £250 and he probably shifted it off for £500. Touted the others around at the Grifffin allnighters in Leeds. Its all good fun innit, derek The label Norala stands for North Alabama.

Its one of those records thats good without being brilliant, seem to think there's a couple of dodgy moments in it somewhere thats lets it down..... Would agree with Les' valuation of it and yes I've seen it with a picture cover seem to think it was more like a black & white shot of a black mans head (possibly Chicago Pete's?) derek

The Jamaican Glen Miller release is on STAG, a beautiful purple label with cool white logo. and here it is -

can The Dob get back to me off list please, seems to be a bit of a pc problem as I can't reply direct back to you? cheers, derek

Don & Juan "Heartbreaking truth" Mala 509 DJ £275 mint. So shiny you could have a shave in it. Off list chat please. P&P extra of course. derek

£127 who are these mentalists! Think I bought a copy off you last year or so for £20 which is all it should be worth. Anybody wanna give me £15 for a copy of yesterdays Daily Mirror hehe. derek

Yeah it is a great little track respected by many - whether its got enough mileage in it to become well known in the bigger clubs is anybodies guess. And shame on you Mister Onetrout for not mentioning the simply sensational 45 by Ollie Nightingale 'I don't know why I love you' which came out a few months later on Memphis 105. Now that is pure soul. derek What a great little label Memphis was - great colourful design. There must have been some money behind it as the company sleeves are quite plentiful.

Need to make some space and raise a bit more cash. All are under priced (most half price) to shift. P&P extra. All Ex unless stated, simply return for money back. Any questions please ask off list to D.Pearson@bradford.ac.uk Masters of Soul 'I can see it in your eyes' (Duke) pdj VG+ £2; Four Tops 'Something about you' (Motown) £3; Margie Joseph 'Never can you be' (Volt) dj same both sides VG needs a clean £2; Otis Leavill 'I love you/I need you' (Dakar) Ex- £3; 100 Proof 'I've come to save you' (Hot Wax) £3; Ben E King 'I can't take it like a man' (Maxwell) £3; George Benson 'On Broadway' (WB) £2; Ollie & Nightingales 'Youre leaving me' (Stax) £3; Young Vandals 'I've been good to you/Too busy thinking' (T Neck) £5; Dan Brantley 'It must be love' (Deluxe) ydj £3; Gloria Taylor 'You got to pay the price' (Silver Fox) £3; Maxine Brown 'We'll cry together' (Comm Utd) wdj £2; Major Lance 'Stay away from me' (Curtom) dj same both sides £2; Candi Staton 'In the ghetto' (Fame) VG+ £2; Doris Duke 'Feeling is right' (Canyon) £3; Calvin Leavy 'Give me a love' (Soul Beat) VG+ £2; Joe Hinton "You gotta have love' (Back Beat) £2. If anybody wants the lot there's 17 records there totalling £45 - You can have them for £40 and I'll pay P&P UK only (Foreign bulk to pay postage). Or make me an offer you never know? Cheers, derek

Here's some more records I've thinned out of my collection, offers considered if you think I'm too high or low. All Ex unless stated. Don Gardner 'My baby likes to boogaloo" (Truglotown)green Ex- £35; Rockmasters 'My lonely one' (Onederful)dj £20; Connie McGill 'Peace of mind' (Triode) £20; Betty Everett 'Ive got a claim on you' (Onederful) £20; Ed Townsend 'I might like it' (Maxx) £20; Don Covay 'See about me' (Columbia) £20; Pearlettes 'Duchess of earl' (Vee Jay) VG+ £10; Oscar Mack 'Dream Girl' (Stax) Ex- £15. P&P extra. Paypal is fine. Off list replies please (D.Pearson@bradford.ac.uk) cheers, derek Its Friday and its the Wilton tonight....

Hopefully I've underpriced them all to shift to the collectors and the curious: All Ex unless stated. Offers considered if you think I'm too high or low hehe. Cal Jenkins "My phone / The Elbow" Triode 107 VG++ both sides a few light scuff £5; Bobby Smith "Soul of unit 7 / Rain" Triode 117 Ex £5; Teddy Washington "Come on / Hard times" Maxx 333 DJ VG+ £5; Eddie Jasper Daye "We are together" / same Flying Hawk 15101 WDJ £8; Johnny Starr "The swinging organ / Don't hold back" Eastern 60001 WDJ £5; Clyde Dickerson "Guess who / Cool weekend" Eastern 601 £5; McKinley Mitchell "Hand full of sorrows / A bit of soul" One-Derful 4817 £3; Andrew Tibbs "I made a mistake / Stone hearted woman" M-Pac 7228 £5; Dorothy Prince "Hey mister / I lost a love" M-Pac 7208 £5; Magnificents "Take me on / Skokie drive" Symbol 221 black label £5; Inez Foxx "Talk with me / Hi diddle diddle" Symbol 924 £3; Rancho Villa "Progress / Aint that bad" Symbol 202 £3; Quovans "boogaloo pt 1 / pt 2" Symbol 217 WDJ £5; Chuck Johnson "here we go round the m bush / Competition" Symbol 921 £10; Duke Turner "Give me some sugar baby pt 1 / pt 2" Spinning Top 22174 £3; Andrew Brown "If we try / You ought to be ashamed" Four Brothers 446 £3; G.L. Crockett "Gonna make you mine / Think twice before you go" Four Brothers 451 £3; Singing Sam "Messin / House o lords" Dee Dee 2223 £3; LaVerna Johnson "Foolish lies / Coward" Belinda 103 DJ £5; Andre Williams "Cadillac jack / Mrs Mother USA Checker 1205 DJ £5; Jackie Ross "We can do it" Chess 1940 WDJ single sided VG+ £3; Don & Juan "Lonely man / Could this be love" Mala 469 DJ VG £5. P&P extra. Off list to D.Pearson@bradford.ac.uk cheers, derek

Bet this is the first time you've ever seen 4 Billy Hambric records up for sale in one go (well maybe, possibly) in fact its 3 Billy's and 1 Bill. As Billy: I just cant stand it/New York City baby (Soho) £10; I gotta find that girl/I need your love so bad (Pyramid) £25; This is my prayer/Everybody needs love (Fury) £10; As Bill: Just have a little faith/All about carol (Ducan) £15. All discs in Ex shape. P&P extra. UK Chq prefered, Paypal overseas. Off list replies please. cheers, derek

I've got a copy of 'Peeped your hole card' and a daft offer might secure its release. Off list to D.Pearson@bradford.ac.uk if interested. Lets discuss anything could happen...... derek

just realised I've got a double sided white demo by him of 'Solid love affair' on SRO 231 from 1984. The song you're on about is on the flip side of the issue which I'd be interested in hearing. I know this doesnt help at all..... derek

Anybody fancy either of these 2? (Off list replies please to D.Pearson@bradford.ac.uk) Both in Ex nick. P&P extra. IKE NOBLE 'Its bad' (Alley) £50 (going rate seems to be about £70 for this awesome piece of deepness that you can dance to). VIVIAN COPELAND 'Chaos' (D'Oro) £60 labels reversed. onwards, derek

I'm thinking about selling my copy of Oliver Christian "Disatisfied man" on Legrand. Sorry unable to do Mp3's and all stuff. Its a tricky one to value as Manship rates it at £1000 due to the price he got selling it to a well known DJ, whilst Tim Brown's puts a measly £250 on it. Bit of a gap there methinks. If I get a decent offer either cash or part cash/part vinyl I'll let it go. Off list replies please to D.Pearson@bradford.ac.uk

Anybody got a M/Ex copy of Edwin Star's "Running back and forth / Time" on US Gordy for sale please? It came out twice in the UK as far as I know. derek off list replies please - thanks

Anybody want a mint black & white print demo of Brenton Wood's 'Cross the bridge / Sweet molly malone' on Brent 7057? £60 plus P&P off list please (D.Pearson@bradford.ac.uk) I'm sure I heard Carl Willingham play 'SMM' at a recent CIS. cheers, derek Just to indicate the gulf between the 2 price guides JM rates this at £150 whilst TB says £40.

Anybody fancy these? Off list replies please (D.Pearson@bradford.ac.uk). Danny Moore 'Somebody new' (Allrite) M £60; Reginald Day 'Lost love' (Midas) M £30; Jimmy Gilford 'Heartbreaker' (Solid Hit) Ex- £30; Edwin Starr 'Love the lonely peoples prayer' (UK TMG) Ex- £15. P&P extra. cheers, derek

Didnt realise it would generate that much interest, knew it was a great tune but thought it was worth about £50. Checked both price guides JMs £50 & TBs 'low'. So decided to float it at £40. Some lucky person would have got it for that but Mister Trouble made me an offer I couldnt refuse. Phew luckily I hadnt agreed to sell it to anyone for £40 as I would have followed through and done the deal. Alternatively I could have withdrawn it and stuck it on Ebay but £75's fair enough. derek Think my own copy and this sale one are both vinyl 45s will post scan later.

If anybodies interested I've a copy of Barbara Mason's "You better stop it" on a neat little Artic 154 WDJ for sale @ £40. Condition between VG++ and Ex-. P&P extra. Off list replies please. cheers, derek

"I'll burn 80 minutes onto a CD so Mike Hughes can stream it up if he doesnt get chance to stream it direct. I'll post up my playlist asap". Phew bit late I know but there you go.... For those that don't know the 4 Hollidays give it a listen - gorgeous top quality mid tempo group Detroit, I swear thats Mike Terry's sax burping away (well maybe). Maybe slightly early for some but still a fine tune indeed. cheers, derek Sat 8 Jan 05 Holly Maxwell 'Don't say you love me' Star; Irma & Larks 'Without you baby' Priority; Barbara Jean 'Why werent you there' Big Hit; Johnnie Taylor 'Changes' Stax; Bessie Banks 'I cant make it' Verve; Vows 'Tell me' VIP; Commands 'No time' Dynamics; Inverts 'Time will change' Broadway; 4 Hollidays 'Deep down in my heart' Master; Johnny Gilliam 'Find yourself another' Bomar; Tommy Turner 'I'll be gone' El Bam; Danny Woods 'Sweet darling angel' Smash; Willie Charles Gray 'I'm gonna be a winner' Mercury; Bobby Wilburn 'I'm a lonely man' Gamble; Mary Holmes 'I'll make it up to you' Philly Groove; Dramatics 'Your love was strange' Volt; Lorraine Rudolph 'Keep coming back' Jetstream; Margie Joseph 'One more chance' Volt; Channel 3 'Sweetest thing' Dakar; Brothers Of Soul 'I'd be grateful' Boo; Claude Huey 'Why would you blow it' Galaxy; Volumes 'Aint gonna give you up' Karen; Delettes 'Whats the use' Blue Rock; Baby Washington 'I can't wait' Sue promo CD; Bobby Bland 'Shoes' Kent promo CD Edwin Starr 'My kinda woman' Ric Tic; Ad Libs 'Think of me' Karen; Johnny Guitar Watson 'Aint gonna move' Jowat; New Yorkers 'Don't wanna be your fool' TacFul; Rose Brooks 'I'm moanin' Soul City; Sam Fletcher 'I'd think it over' Tollie; Monique 'Never let me go' Maurci; Big Frank 'I wont let her see me cry' Blue Rock; Del Royals 'Man of value' Mercury; John Roberts 'To be my girl' Duke; Can Cameron 'They say' Capri; Willie Mallory 'You went back' Lanor; Syl Johnson 'We did it' Hi; Al Wilson 'You did it for me' Playboy; Chuck Cissel 'Don't tell me' Arista; Corey Blake 'How can I go on' Capitol; Keni Lewis 'Aint gonna make it' De-Vel; Detroit Emeralds 'Holding on' Westbound; Grover Mitchell 'Take your time' Josie; Butlers 'Laugh laugh laugh' Phila; Clifford Bins 'You got to help me' Carrie; Sonny Daye 'It's a long road' Power.

Danny Moore 'Somebody new' Allrite for sale/trade. Bit of a long shot this really as I suspect most people that have wanted a copy have got them now because the price has dropped so much when the sizeable batch was found. Just got a copy in trades at the weekend, so its up for grabs at £75 and its in ex condition (arent they all hehe...). P&P extra. Off list replies please to D.Pearson@bradford.ac.uk derek tell you what though for such a great record, and it really is, why do we never hear it played anywhere anymore? I can't recall the last time I ever heard it can you? Obviously no prizes for naming the cover up artist.

I've often wondered whats the lowest feedback you can get on Ebay and still remain on list. I'm not talking about fraudsters who have been naughty and are awaiting expulsion I'm talking about people being incompetant, unorganised and/or just plain dumb. And now I've found the jewel I've long been waiting for. Sit by the sewer and eventually a turd will come along..for those who've time at work check this - https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...4067058909&rd=1 Starting bid $1,000,000 for over 30,000 records. Here's his description: "I have seriously collected over 30,00 records (LP's/45's/78's)since 1955. The collection covers every facet of recording - including old time radio shows/film sound tracks -- and rare Elvis 45's with original picture sleeves - but I could go on -- if interested - the price is 1 million dollars for 50 years of collecting. Also, most are in mint condition. I have sold items before and the buyers were overwhelmed regarding the condition of the records". The sellers been a member on Ebay for well over 2 years and has positive feedback of 33% and a feedback score of -1. The buyers can't have been that overwhelmed then eh? 4 days left and no bids - you collectors can be so tight, can't you see a bargain hehehe. derek

Got a copy of Sandy Wynn's "I'll give it to you" on a Simco WDJ for sale or possible trades if anybodies interested. I'd describe it as in VG nick but plays VG+. There's lots of fine surface marks but last time I played it I couldnt hear any pops or clicks. Perfectly OK for DJing purposes. Labels are Ex. Lets call it £125 ono. TB rates it at £215, JM says £250. Full refund if unhappy. Off list replies please to D.Pearson@bradford.ac.uk derek I'll be at Lowton with it tonight if anybody wants to have a look at it.