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HI ALL...As a record collector when cleaning my records, I have always used Meth's spirit, lighter fuel, & mild soapy water, as , lighter fuel is ideal for removing sticker & also hard snot from the groves, warn mild soapy water will remove 90% of crap, & meth's will finish the job, a anti static spray will finish the job, and while you are cleaning your 45's don't forget your deck needs cleaning as this is always attacks dust, so anti static polish is a recommendation as it's a neglected part of the cleaning proses always use lint free rags & cloths. DAVE K

HI ALL....MAJOR LANCE OKeh-7250 "INVESTIGATE" b/w LITTLE YOUNG LOVER,, OKeh-7255 "IT'S THE BEAT" b/w "YOU'LL WANT ME .BACK" Are the only official company recordings, as DEMO'S & ISSUES,, anything else is a boot, INVESTIGATE had a picture sleeve, I think? DAVE K

HI YOUNG SOULSTER, AND WELCOME TO THE WORLDS LONGEST RUNNING YOUTH SUB CULTURE/MUSIC SCENE UNBROKEN SINCE IT EMERGED IN THE MID 6T's when the MODS adopted black music from JAMAICA & USofA in the form of SKA & ROCK STEADY, CHICARGO BLUES & R&B From both sides of the Mason Dixie Line DETROIT SOUL/TAMLA MOTOWN, & THE CLASSIC SOUL of STAX ATLANTIC, added to the music policy were the CLUBS most popular were the 12 to 6 clubs in SOHO that specialised in playing Black music, the first recognised SOUL ALL NIGHTER was the SCENE CLUB & outside London the TWISTED WHEEL KING MOJO,NIGHT OWL,, All the 6t's MOD clubs had live music, (sadly missing from the scene today, although not totally as Ady Croesdale ACE/KENT RECORDS 100 club DJ & promoter of he weekender concept, that does include live acts) many live acts were white UK groups that played their adapted cover version of R&B SOUL, at this point I would urge you to listen to the CD's of early SOUL CLUBS, THAT YOU CAN GET FROM GOLDMINE RECORDS AND THEN BUY 45's DAVE K

Hi All This classic has turned many a head since 71 and still in 2013 many people who have great knowledge of SOUL, don't no it today, a great record that is guaranteed never to rise in price? check them B sides PEEPS DAVE K

HI ALL ....Just found this rather tatty picture from the article on W igan CHEERS DAVE K

HI ALL Over the years I have never completed the set, still 8 short, but have all the rare ones except NABY& DUKE BROWNER, I would sell them now if for one moment thought I would get those prices quoted? DAVE K

HI ALL mmmmmMMMMMMM soundz Like STINGGGG is it the POLICE? DAVE K

HI ALL I PAID £100 FOR A UK DEECA ISSUE COPY, LAST YEAR VG++, IT WILL DO ME, UNLESS I SEE A DEMO DAVE K

Hi All Martyn I am sure the TRIP label is 100% legit, as a reissue "golden oldies label" However the first bootlegs & illicit recordings started to appear in late 67, the OTIS REDDING/JIMI HENDRIX LP LIVE MONTERAY, was a big seller at Richard Branson's.. VIRGIN SHOP Another Jimi Hendrix bootleg LP was the LULU SHOW, HENDRIX READDING & MITCHELL sang "HEY JOE" LIVE STOPPED IN HE MIDLE TO PLAY A DEDICATION TO THE CREAM with "sunshine of your love" and HENDRIX say "are we still on the air"? also a live version of "WILD THING" At the Virgin shop I got from Mr Branson a copy of Bob Dylan's "talking bear mountain picnic massacre Blues" LP The 1st bootlegs that have rare soul on, are from 68, anything earlier soul wise are Private copy's I have a copy of Chubby Checker Discotheque b/w the Tams ""hey g irl", very rare, Roy Gelder has a couple of early Bootlegs pre-dating my copy, so that means 1968 was the big year ,I think? DAVE K

HI ALL New to me, did you know the track "there's a riot going on" is 0 seconds long, mentioned on some 1st issue LP's cover but not on labels?? DAVE K

HI ALL In 2005 I started to put pen to paper, and write my book, based around the sub-youth cultures that I grew up in, the good & the bad, fashion style, gangs crews dance hall fights, girls, sorts & love, DC BORSTAL & PRISON, DRUGS CHEMICAL ADDICTION, DRUG TAKING & DRUG SELLING, MUSIC, LIVE MUSIC, BLACK MUSIC FROM TTHE BLUES TO TODAY, SPITIT OF 69 my participation at WHUFC NORTH BANK 7 CHICKEN RUN, BOOT BOY v SKINHEAD, GIRLFREINDS, HIPPIES, SOHO, WORKING AT HOLIDAY CAMPS CLACTON PUB FIGHTS GREAT YARMOUTH PUB FIGHTS, SAND IN MY FORESKIN, THE OLD BILL, MY FAMILY, MODS, HOW TO SREW A CHEMIST, WHY YOU DON'T GRASS, HOW TO THROW A PISSPOT OVER A NONCE AND NOT GET CHARGED, MATES, MICK SMITH NORTHERN SOUL, REGGAE 68 69 70 71, STABBING AND BEING STABBED, HEP C AND HOW IT GETS YOU, DJ & WORKING AS A ROADIE, WHY EVERYBODY SHOULD SPEND 1 YEAR LIVING ON A COMUNE, GOING STRAIGHT AND MUCH MUCH MORE, MUST HAVE WRITTEN 50000 WORDS ON MY BOOK "MORE THAN SKIN DEEP, BUT DID NOT BOTHER TO GET IT PUBLISHED, AS THE TRUTH IS QUITE SHOCKING TO READ, AS VIOLANCE COMES VERY HIGH IN MY LIFE, BUT NOT IN MOST OF YOURS SO NOT WANTING TO OFFEND, I HAVE SHELVED THE BOOK, MY BROTHER DID PUBLISH HIS BOOK "THE STORY OF F" (F BEING FRANKIE FRASER"} DAVE (the blade) K

HI ALL... you are 100% right DAVE K

HI ALL....Jimmy Raye's "Philly Dog around the World" on the dark blue label is a tuff one I have 2 almost identical copy's and it's only difference are small marks in the matrix, a hard one to spot with the naked eye, record has a brilliant B side by the way DAVE K

:hatsoff2:HI ALL ...Any marks that are put on records apart from the ones that are done by the manufacture, will devalue the record, this is why even the run of the mill, REGGAE 45 fetches good prices these days as you never see them in ex condition, In the late 6T's there was a trend to make SOUL & REGGAE 45s look like US copies or JA dub blanks, many records had the centres knocked out also, up to the mid 7T's it was very common to scratch your name on to a rare NORTHERN SOUL 45, I'm am guilty of this crime, As a rule I would say it is a pointless venture to disfigure a rare record today, If you are privileged to own the very top sounds and one gets stolen, it would be impossible for it to be played or shown to other collectors to sell it on, the same is true with large collections as the word would get back to you (IHOPE!) from other dealers, The big problem is when a isolated case of 2 or 3 records go missing from sale boxes or DJ boxes weather they are marked or not, once the thief has passed it on you really stand no chance of getting it back as you can't prove the new owner has any knowledge of the theft and you have no platform to work of unless you reported the theft to the police at the time of the theft, So it's down to you what you do, my advice is when taking records to events get someone to keep a eye on your box, this in the main has worked well for most dealers, the words "watch my box" is better then writing on a rare dusty DAVE K

HI ALL IF YOU COLECT SOUL MAGS, BUT DON'T HAVE THE SOUL SURVIVOR MAGS FROM 1980s YOU CAN BID FOR THE SET OF 10 IN jOHNS AUCTION OR YOU CAN OFFER GOOD SOUL RELATED SWAP, RARE BADGE, RECORDS OR FLYERS FROM PRE 1975, OR ANY UK SOUL 45'S THAT ARE RARE BUT ONLY VG, ISSUES #1-#3 to #10, #2 MISSING CASH DEAL £65 DAVE K

HI ALL PETE that's a real nice badge you have, but can't help you as it's new to me also, value must be £30 min, if it is the 1st Aussie related N/S badge that price would be way out, the map reminds me of a rabbit DAVE K

HI ALL....I HAVE ALWAYS HAD THE BIG 45 ISSUE OF THIS, YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ALWAYS WITH WHITE DEMOS, AS IT LOOKED RIGHT TO ME! BUT PETE PROVES ME WRONG, DAVE K

HI TOADY BOY, Did you know in all the years I have had the record, I never ever wondered who was narrating? but it's Lyn Tait with the SKA HOOKS! I can do some toasting listen....."Stand up?.....Sit down?....Stand up?....Sit down Hhhughh! move you feet to the beat, when I say Bow you say WOW.......BOW.............................................................. OK don't join in with WOW I'm not playing any more, gonna play some Northern Soul Mate DAVE K

HI ALL.....TRYING TO PUT MY TOP 10 TOGETHER, HAS PROVED TO BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME, THE BIG PROBLEM IS a)producer. b)version. c)artist. d)studio. For every reggae 45 issued in the UK, there are at least 15 in JA, most records are based on rythem tracks which can have 10 versions of a hit tune. So it is with this in mind, I have chosen a track that sounds good to my ears in 2013 as it did when I first heard it, One of the essential LPs to have in 69 was the PAMA LP "BANG BANG LULU" THIS TRACK USED TO BE ON A SOHO JUKE BOX IN 68, THE CLUB WAS THE INFAMOUSE LA DUCE, A DIVE BAR AND A PLACE WHERE I GOT RAZORED, IN A FIGHT WITH THE KILBURN MAFIA, PAMA 45 LYN TAIT & THE JETS "SOUL FOOD" HAS TO BE IN MY TOP 10 JUST ON THE FACT IT BRINGS UP FOR ME THE EARLY DAYS OF THE SKINHEAD SUB CULTURE IN 68, HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS GREAT RECORD IT IS A CLASSIC, :hatsoff2:FOR SOME REASON I CAN NOT PUT THE TRACK ON THIS WRITE UP? I WILL TRY AGAIN, HOWEVER HERES THE POSTING DAVE K BIG THANKS TO PETE SMITH FOR POSTING THE CLIP OF SOUL FOOD,

HI ALL PETE YOU ARE SPOT ON WITH THIS ONE, IF IT IS POSSIBLE TO FIND A GENUINE BLUE UK COXONE, ALL THE COXONE & STUDIO 1 LP ARE HARD TO GET NOW, MAINLY BECAUSE MOST WENT TO JAPAN IN THE 80s & 90s, and although I collected REGGAE In THE LATE 60s must confess apart from the 2 special LPs I can't remember buying any 45 release and as for LPs no one bought them except the Harries,. Last year I put my copy up for sale on SOULSOURCE for £100, not 1 offer? still we all know it's rare, DAVE K

HI ALL JUST NOTICED THIS JACKIE MITTO LP? ON EBAY BUY IT NOW, FOR JUST UNDER £500, A GREAT LP TO OWN, BUT £500 REALLY WHAT IS THE CORRECT VALUATION OF HIS LP, I HAVE A COPY NOT FOR SALE, BUT IT'S YOURS FOR £2.50 DAVE K

HI ALL JUST SEEN ON BBC NEWS ARTICLE ABOUT N F PORTER FILM "KEEP ON KEEPING ON" CLIP OF 100 CLUB, MAYBE IT WILL BE ON MIDLANDS TO-DAY TO-NIGHT? DAVE K

Hi All Have I been glad? you betcha!, The nightmare of overbidding used to hit me on a Saturday morning, after a Friday night on the beer, often I would go on eBay when I got in from the pub, and put bids on many items, and many time I would find out that the $16.51 bid turned out to be £1651. It's just good luck that I did not get mugged, TIP never go on line P***ed up DAVE K

HI ALL MAY 78 Was the last time I went to the Casino after 4+ years, October 73 was my 1st night, and like most people I can recall looking over the balcony and hearing my first record Leslie Uggums "love is a good foundation" SONDAY, What's the chance of getting a copy from both of you, I will pay, great times great tunes, DAVE K