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HI ALL I was sure I had put this on the other day?? it just looks nice on this iconic LP DAVE

HI ALL I am still looking for this one, WB16588 WHITE DEMO- ANY CONDITION?. ALSO WANTED:- DEMO PRE RELEASES OF PHONOGRAM RECORDS OF LANDSLIDE TONY CLARK, WHAT'S IT GONNA BE DUSTY SPRINGFIELD, PHILIP'S RE-ISSUE PAPER LABEL? And I am seeking in any-condition JOX 05 TEST PRESSING/EARLY BOOT? AMBASSADORS - "ALL YOU GOT GIRL" I STILL HAVE SOME RARE UK MODERN SOUL TO TRADE IF YOU HAVE UNWANTED RARE 60'S SOUL, LIKE FOR LIKE NOT PRICE FOR PRICE! as records are to fickle these days to price, it's should be in a category of how rare not in-demand, if you have a collection? DAVE

HI ALL if you are interested in the MOD to SKINHEAD 60's youth sub cultures? then you may be interested in this, due to bad fortune and illness i am selling of some bit's of my stuff, i have kept many things from the past especially cloths. I Am selling my bleacher big E LEVI it has a true pronounce as a original skinhead item from 69, me as I was and still am one of the 1 st original SKINHEADS or as I prefer BOOT / BOVVER BOYS 68 -70 The jacket as such has seen action, plus it has a original wigan casino badge on it, Again I was an original 73 Casino goer, it would be nice if this went to a person who has a passion for authentic stuff and not re pros the item is now on EBAY #180729607536 TAKE A LOOK, IF YOU WOULD LIKE REAL AND PROPER INFO ON THE SPIRIT OF 69 PM ME ANY TIME. DAVE "THE SPIRIT OF 69"

HI ALL, After going through all my ARCTIC RECORDS and also a few J/G VIRTUE Pressed records, it seems there is a pattern to them, all originals will have virtue on and 180 degrees will have the hand written matrix info, reissues there will Bean extra letter, any thing that is not in line, 45, 90, 135. 180. 225. 270. 315. 360 degree's on most records world wide indicates to me, it's dodgy! big corporation's take pride on what they want there product is, and this is so true in the music industry, Thats why collecting rare soul is so addictive, for example who in their right minds would hold back and destroy the FRANK WILLIAMS RELEASE! but they did because of standards in the corporation, if they had known about the taste of the UK market and it's loe for up tempo soul, they would of capitalized on it, the UK soul scene was not an oldies scene as we know today most records released in the UK at the time where at best 6 months old and the up-tempo soul was 2 to 4 years old, to-days dance scenes how old a record is does not matter any more, it's a different world now. but back then the standards where high and aimed at money making not at making a loss, I have 5 different Arctic labels from darkish blue and black writing to what i know clearly what is an original 1st press, more info from collectors of US SOUL is needed to help as I am no expert, but would like to know more. I always look for the symmetry in the run of Grove as a starting point to identify the genuine from fake, it applies here with all J/G VIRTUE pressings? DAVE

HI ALL All are realy great so far, this one has to great sides, I have hadthis for many years, don't think it's played any more at all? but top side is the best ersion of this classic i still cant work out how to put a sound clip on to a computor, i have ion turntable and insperion 1720 laptop? SORRY NO SOUND CLIPS...BUT TRUST ME THIS IS A GOOD ONE TO HAVE IN THE BOX, GREAT LABEL. DAVE

HI ALL THESE ARE A COUPLE MORE, THE JIMMY JAMES WAS GIE TO ME WHEN HE DID A SMALL TOUR BY JIMMY TO PROMOTE "HELP YOUR SELF" THE FACT HE HAD A CONTRACT WITH PYE RECORDS, DIDN'T PHASE HIM, I HE THE FLY-ER SOMEWHERE AND I WORKED IT OUT LAST YEAR THAT "HELP yourself" ON MIAMI, IS THE LAST SOUL RECORD FROM THE ISLAND/B&C LINAGE, IF YOU FOLLOW ALL THE LABELS, ISLAND, SUE, ACTION, B&C, PEOPLE & MIAMI, A REISSUE FROM TROJAN,JUST BEATING THE CHOSEN FEW. UNLESS YOU NO OF ANOTHER ONE?? DAVE

Hi All I am well aware, that some of the posts on SS do become samey? but was hoping from you a better response, any way here are to records that still get me going, both from the UNITED ARTIST LABEL 1,Henry Jerone "uptight" this is a brilliant instrumental, from top man Henry (it's the pink pant ha) played at the TORCH but not since? why not listen to the whole thing now! 2. Electric Indian "keem-o-sabee" b/w "broad street" the A side is a great oldie, but the B side is every thing I like in soul instrumentals, it's the break in this one, that hits the spot and if sampled would be as god to-day, both these singles get you ready for TORCH 11. DAVE

Hi All The one that comes to mind, although it was many years ago now! but still haunts me to-day is / was Frankie & the Classical "What shall I do" UK Philip's mint -, Perhaps one of the great blunders in the history of Record Collecting, while wiping the record free from static I used a cloth that I had used half hour before on another job, Just a quick wipe is all it needed, and like magic I whiteness my record go from mint to a heated groove f**k up, The cloth had thiners on it. The only positive to come from this was to make other minty copies a bit more rare? DAVE

HI the ORIG JA STAG COPY, ISTHE RAREST ON DEP RED & SILER THE OTHER WHITE & GREEN STAG IS RARE, BUT A LATER COPY AS WITH BRA opies DOCTER BIRD COPIES are very rare to find and in this condition is a bargen ofthe year, as my copy is EX+ and you wanta trade for simmular PM me,

HI Q1.."What's ART PUTTY? - Thats proberly my name for it, a proper art shop (the one the Art Students use) or a craft/Hobby shop will know, but to be basic there are 2 types Art 2 dimensional oil, water colour crayons, andevery thing else you can do on a flat surface some of the differant things that are used for a host of projects are made non permanant tape & putty come in differant ways for the purpos of not tocause harn or damage to other parts of the projed, they are like extra hands, so for example in water colors your prep work wouls be sketching refrancephoto once youhave donea rough out sketch you may have sketched a river at night a wet dark night, how do you paintthe glow from a street light, with the fine rain cought in it's glow? you soak and paint the bits you need making sure that on certain areas are masked of, so the paint does not penatrate that area, however the mask must be able to be removable, so selotape is out as it will cause to much damage, you dont no how it will behave so dont use it use the profesional eqpt, these products are well worth looking at, as well as picture restoreing as chemicals for cleaning are great, so throw your thinners away, 3d art is sculptures ceramics weaving and so on if you are into sculpture in any way you will need a product to hold something in place, blue tack was the 1st types of art putty used right it's magic a bit like when that Dutch kid put his finger in the local dyke, the thing is the town folk got angry when he told them he had to finger the dyke... so thereare several newtypes of blue tack so you can use to pin the record, use blue tack if you want ??? does this bolocks make sence???? Weller make very good soldering irion that can be used for decoratind cloth leather abd weld ing2 differant materials like plast to wood clever stuff, if you want use your iron as that has many temp marks on it it's a bit big, but it has to work, my concern would be areoun the area of the iron giving out heat my wayou usr a area of 1/16 x radius x cherry pie, improvise practice, but agaib if you get a good jion with a bit of tape who cares and lets be honest if it bothers you buy a good copy, DAVE the BLOCKHEAD

HI Thats the piont of what I would like to see on SOULSAUECE, It's a quantem thing, like hereing Lou Pride being played on Steve Wright in the afternoon, the unexpected for no reason. I remember in 76 I was in HMP Liecester on remand, Diddy David Hamalton played T D Valantine Love Trap and Yvonne Baker was his record of the week?? WHY? but it made my day! I hope someone out there plays the MARV JOHNSON AND FOR A MOMENT THINK, WELL I NEVER BOTHERD CHERS DAVE. If you get me drift, as long as it makes you happy! share it, it's a HIT! DAVE

HI Thats the piont of what I would like to see on SOULSAUECE, It's a quantem thing, like hereing Lou Pride being played on Steve Wright in the afternoon, the unexpected for no reason. I remember in 76 I was in HMP Liecester on remand, Diddy David Hamalton played T D Valantine Love Trap and Yvonne Baker was his record of the week?? WHY? but it made my day! I hope someone out there plays the MARV JOHNSON AND FOR A MOMENT THINK, WELL I NEVER BOTHERD CHERS DAVE. If you get me drift, as long as it makes you happy! share it, it's a HIT! DAVE

PETE SMITH WILL TELL US MICK? DAVE

HI ALL Good idea, however last time this was done, it fizzeled out quick, I collect everything I can, my biggest regret was when I worked as a Roadie in the 70s I did not bother with photos autographs, it was a job, stil got a tambaren from MARVIN GAYE 76 BRUM. but i know he used it, but thats all the provanace, drum sticks from KOL AND THE GANG, And loads of stuff, any way this was got from Trentam gardens Mick Smith and myself sat talking with her foe ages dave

HI ALL DOES ANYONE FOLLOW NOGGERS DAILY PLAY, IF SO?? As i play records every day, often I think when was this last played or has this been played or do you know this, well lets here your recommended record of the day, keep it to just 1 45 and 1 LP. My LP of the day is MOCKINGBIRD INEZ & CHARLIE FOX - SUE ILP 911 **** Current value about £50+ Great LP club soul class, every track is a winner and will bring the MOD in you to the top, recommended. 45 of the day, most of you will have so play it as son as you can as i still cant do the sound clip thing. from the pen of BERRY GORDY, MARV JOHNSON - DON'T LEAVE ME - LONDON HL-T9013 1859 THIS WAS RELEASED? And it was one of the 1st SOUL records plus TAMLA, this is a great record and a must have for any young DJ to play and to learn about the roots of SOUL value £car boot cheap rate ***** DAVE K

HI ALL AVOID SUPER GLUE it should never be used on RARE RECORDS the best way that i can recommend is:- get the side that you don't play and tape the record with masking tape with the tip of your Little clean finger feel along the join for any steps or ridges, again with clean fingers and thumb press into place, next take it for a spin, place on turntable and cue the start, use headphones. depending on what type of fracture or break will determine next stage, if you here a loud click, put you glasses on. if you here a faint click, then it's properly the best you can do, but you can do better by checking the click in the run out, if thats a bit louder, use art putty and press it in the middle of the laying side, check again the cue in and the run out, you Will be surprised that you wont here the click, but if you can use a cocktail stick and go foreword and back wards and success is almost guaranteed remove the putty put 2 grams on head (I don't mean the 2 grams for the next all nighter) and play the record, if you are satisfied, leave alone as you have improved the record with no damage What's this I here you saying I already no that, weld the next stage is down to you and should only be done if you don't have the shakes or are buzzing after taking that 2 grams for the weekend, as whatever you do Will be permanent, and doit wrong you may be very sad Lets say the record you want to repair is Dena Barns sticking tape on one side, does not satisfy my needs as it has 2 excellent examples of great Detroit music, it's what I call a classic, start by saying HAIL MARY 3 X & 1 OUR FATHER:- YOU WILL NEED AND EYE GLASS AND MODEL MAKERS SOLDERING IRON ART PUTTY AND NO SUPER GLUE. Do as above but then tape the playing side, carefully remove the original tape if you did a good job and have not knocked the joint out of place you are in luck, repeat stage one cuing if satisfied use the putty and seal in place, now when you have double checked that every thing is still perfectly lined up, use the eye glass at Ali stages to check and the cocktail stick in the groove, you can feel the click through the stick when you are fully satisfied you Will be ready to spot weld the record, so before you start take a break CUPPA tea have a fag and check that you can use the iron by trying out how hot and for how long it takes on a Duff record, practice makes perfect. ONCE YOU HAVE SATISFIED YOURSELF, PRACTICED TO PERFECTION, OFF YOU GO, Start by spot in run out, if you do a quick smear weld it will look OK, turn over and repeat, a quick flick not a 10 second hole burn please? and now the cue in, check again all is in place, i weld the edge when doing this, but you get the same result by doing the flat side, IF YOU HAVE FOLLOWED THE ABOVE YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF YOUR WORK, IF THE WELD HAS TAKEN YOU WILL HARDLY NO THAT IT'S THERE, IF YOU ARE SELLING THE RECORD, PLEASE INFORM BUYER OF REPAIR, AS IT IS THE DECENT THING TO DO, AND PLEASE DON'T DO THIS WITHOUT PRACTICE, WE NED ONE OF THOSE HOSPITAL WELDERS. DAVE K

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As Pete will confirm I know that feeling to well, as I wanted it to trade for neded Rare UK, Pete will give a good trade, stil send list, the US Demo was my 1st copy in the 70s all versions of the strange song are rare, uk demo is the rarest but a waste of money seen it sold at £375 as a demo why?? madness I HAVE 4 ON LIST IF PETE HAS SOMETHING FOR ME, DAVE

Hi All It's not for my collection, as far as I no it's not got any appeal to UK colectors, I wil ask ROY or Mick, then again I won't it's JUNK DAVE

HI That copy loks fine to me, there is a boot that sort of looks right, when you are at an ALL-NIGHTER but at home you can tell. it's not like the MIKE N IKE - BOOT, 1ST pressings and 2nd presings are prety easy to tell from bootlegs 2nd pres have a darker blue background, still worth haveing, the laws of love DEMO is a very rare record indeed, one for the big boys me thinks DAVE

HI ALL PUT MY NAME ON THE GUEST LIST. HAD ME ELECTRIC OF FOR 3 DAYS, I MIGHT FLOG A FEW TUNES, GOT BUSTED GOING TO St IVES IN 76, CHIEFY SO YOU REMEMBER THE HITCHIN LADS, SO YOU MUST KNOW SOME OFF MY OLD MATES, THEY WHERE ALL SKINHEADS IN 69, TONY THOMPSON AND A FEW OTHERS ARE WELL OF, DID YOU KNOW PAUL HULL, HE'S DOIN LIFE! DAVE

HI DAVE I think he ment the TORCH CASINO?? I 1st went in October 73 only about 500 in, however 10,000 claim to have gone? DAVE K

HI ALL It was all them and a fried breakfast! remember the Que to get in? I walked to the front Evey time, with the muted voices saying "who do them Cockneys think they are?" & "shurup you! he might here you, and he knows t DJ's" HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL CASINO GOERS, PAST & PRESENT DAVE KIL

HI Looks pretty good to me Paul, not seen it but I am in it? the original GRANADA TV FILM. well done! instead of royalties! a freebie will do me DAVE DA RUG OOOPPS! DtheDRUG.

HI ALL.When it comes to this recording & "a love reputation" they both have the same backing, as I'm sure you already know, the Mill Evens as far as I am aware also shares the backing track, and al 3 start at the same place, I have heard a semi instrumental of just like the "Werther" back in the 70's but I am positive it was just the 2 songs spliced together, I have done it many times, so I have discounted that one, however there is another version of " just like the weather" on the 1st constellation blue bootleg? (I assume it was a boot). Also of interest is the writer credits JLTW credits Richard Parker, while ALR credits L Baker & W H Emerson. so why are the songs only credited and not the music? as the music publisher are different, I have come to the conclusion that the music is ANON and like most Chicago tunes eg standard 12 bar blues no one can state ownership, it's just attributed to an artist. so to conclude there must be the instrumental of these classics out there as well as other songs, LETS HOPE SO DAVE