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HI ALL THE POPPIES- DAWN - TONY ORLANDO-DOT MOORE, 5TH DIMENSION .CASTON & MAJOR..I AM BOARD I WILL THINK OF SOME OH THE GUESS WHO FRANKIE VALI DAVE

HI ALL .....BAZ JUST A GLANCE THROUGH THE JAY BOY CAT ESPECIALLY THE 20s TO 60s RINGS TO MIND AND EVOKES THE READING OF BLUES & SOUL WHEN THEY (JOHN ABBEY) WOULD MAKE THE COMMENT OF BEING ONE FOR UP NORTH OR NORTH OF WATFORD, , I USED TO ORDER THE 45s FROM STEVENS IN THE ARCADE IN LETCHWORTH EACH RECORD TOOK 8 WEEKS TO ARRIVE BUT WELL WORTH THE WAIT PHILIP MITCHEL'S GONNA BUILD CALIFORNIA TOOK 30 YEARS TO CATCH ON AND IF YOU LOOK THROUGH THE LIST THERE ARE STILL SOME GEMS STILL TO GET PLAYS. #2 TO #19 & #21 ARE A PAIN TO PICK UP, #2 BEING A MOD RECORD WELL FIND THEM EVEN IF YOU THINK THEY ARE CRAP, THEY ARE ALL WORTH MIN OF £5 AS ARE THE KC AND GEORGE Mc C REA AS DEMOS WITH A DEMO OF QUEEN OF CLUBS (MECCA SPIN) I FOUND TO BE THE HARDEST OF THEM ALL TO FIND, AS ALWAYS DAVE

HI ALL ... CROSSOVER WELL THERE ARE SEVERAL VERSIONS OF THIS TERM THAT CAN BE APPLIED, BUT I THINK MINE IS THE MOST MEANINGFUL, CROSS SOEVER SOUL WAS A NAME USED BUY SOME PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO HAVE LOTS OF CHEAP DISCO RECORDS AND TRY TO BECOME A DJ WITH THEM, THIS IS NOT THE SAME AS IAN LAVINIE COLIN CURTIS SOUL SAM KEB DARGE AND SO ON WHO ENJOYED THIS TYPE OF SOUND, IT WAS AIMED AT PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO HAVE A RARE 60S NORTHERN SOUL COLLECTION BUT SIMPLY COULD NOT AFFORD 10 RARE NORTHERN RECORDS WHEN THEY COULD USE HALF OF THE MONEY TO BUY 1000 RUN OF THE MIL SOUL RECORDS FROM THE LATE 50S AND 70S , SO IT IS FOR HAT REASON ALONE IT IS CALLED CROSSOVER, ANOTHER POINT TO CONSIDER IS, WOULD YOU CLASS GREG PERRY THE CARSTAIS MONTCLAIR'S WELL YOU GOT IT AS NORTHERN OR CROSSOVER, OF COARSE IT'S NORTHERN, CROSSOVER IS FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN NOT AFFORD TO BUY RARE RECORDS AS ALWAYS DAVE

PETE HOW FAR AWAY IS JOHN MILES FROM BABE RUTH ,, WHEN FILED ON A SHELF. IN INCHES PLEASE? DAVE

HI MATE...I WILL GIVE IT A GO , BUT FIRST I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED THIS GREAT RECORD AND FULLY RECOMMEND IT IN EVERY BODY'S COLLECTION, IT'S PRICE DOES NOT REFLECT THE CLASS, IN THE SAME WAY SPYDER TURNERS i CANT ...ANYMORE MGM, RUBEN BELL, I HAVE ALWAYS ASSUMED IS THE SAME RUBIN THAT GAVE US THE CLASSIC "YOU BEEN AWAY DECCA. CUT THIS DISC I THINK IN 71 FOR HOUSE OF FOX, I REMEMBER GLORIA TAYLOR VOCAL TO ED WINGATE CLASSIC INST AND LITTLE JOHNNY BLAIR "MOMERS GONE" AND YOUR RECORD , ALTHOUGH IT WAS ADVERTISED AS A NEW US RELEASE IN BLUES AND SOUL MY 1ST COPY WAS FROM MICK SMITH IN 84, I AM SURE IT MUST HAVE BEEN PLAYED AT STAFORD / 100 CLUB PRIOR TO THAT, I HAVE HAD IT ON A BLACK & SILVER LABEL AND THE NICE LOOKING COLORED LABEL, VALUE IS STILL LOW £10 - £15 THE BLACK LABEL BEING A BIT HARDER, +++++ DON'T FORGET IT IS IN THE GREAT REISSUE BOX SET ACTION SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS (THE BEST OF SSS INTERNATIONAL) AS ALWAYS DAVE

Hi Mate have you got what you requested? if you need more stuff I have every Dave Godin column, met him a few times, However I would suggest he should speak to Dave Rimmer from Dudley not only for his personal knowledge but on the other subjects also, and plus his academic attributes to the written word, thats assuming he is not to busy? you can contact Dave through Soul Source DAVE K

Hi Ady If you need a copy I will be with Mick Smith tomorrow at WOLVES RECORD FAIR 9 till 4, and I can give him a copy of the UK ISSUE, not the DEMO as they are quite rare these days and my copy is in my collection, let me no if you have been sorted if possible by 10 am, AS ALWAYS DAVE

:hatsoff2:Hi All ...Well here we go again, and like Mark has already stated and I am on record stating my hatred for this type of activity, yes I have nicked a few records in my life out of junk shops and of Hippy types, and it was a common event in the early 70s, I was quite often offed a handful of records in exchange for dubes or a wrap of speed (in fact my 1st northern soul collection was obtained with money i made from dealing speed) when i think of the old days it is amazing what a wrap of sulfate could buy at 3.30am, However I have also had my box nicked and when this happens, in my case my mates just turned a blind eye to the theft??? you would be surprised if you new who witnessed the theft, OK that was a long time ago, and we have all grown up since then, To hear that in 2011 a box has gone really means a big theft, and should be treated as such, if the old bill don't help, you are left with 2 choices 1, let the thieve get away with it, 2, Name & Shame the person and contact people like me to retrieve them for you, a quick visit thats all that needed to get a result, AS ALWAYS DAVE

HI ALL .. GREAT OLDIE FROM JOHN ANDERSONS SOUL BOWL, NEVER BOOTED ON YELLOW LINDE, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE SO MANY BOOTS OF THE PERIOD IT WAS PROBERLEY PRESED UP WHILE SIMON WAS LISTENING KBOX PAPA OO MOW MOW, PETE I HAVE CHECKED FOR THE MISSING POST MATE, NOT THIS TIME DAVE

HI THERE.. SADLY THE AUTISTICS CLASSIC 2 SIDER AS A BLUE DEMO SHOULD BE UP THERE, SADLY I AGREE WITH THE VALUES, THIS IS WHY I PREFER TO SWAP RATHER THAN F**K ABOUT WITH SOMMELIERS VALUE, I AM SURE THAT IT'S HIGHER & HIGHER THATS THE HARD ONE AND THEN THE CLASSIC WHO WHO SONG, IF YOU WANT TO SWAP OR TRADE LET ME KNOW BY PM, CHEERS DAVE, PS PETE SMITH OR TED MASSEY ALWAYS SEEM TO NO VALUES, RARE DOES NOT = VALUE??

HI ALL ...EARLY ON IN THIS THREAD I TALK ABOUT GOERGINA FROM CAMBRIDGE, ANY WAY FOUND THIS YESTERDAY, IT'S A CHRISTMAS CARD FROM 74, THINK WIGAN! THE MESSAGE READS "MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR, MAY IT BE A GOOD ONE WITH PLENTY OF GEAR". IT'S A CLASSIC OF THE TIME, DAVE

HI K WHATS THE POSTAGE ON 60 RECORDS?? AND HOW IS IT SOAKED UP IN THE VALUATION, PLEASE DAVE

Hi All not the response I was hoping for on this, is it because people still don't collect LPs or the fact you don't no the value of them?? or you ain't got nothing to swap, here are some wants if you have them :- 45 Hesitations- I'm not built that way - KAPP orig, UK copy Sapphires - Gotta have your love - HMV any condition considered as it's missing in the HMV run, 3 LP's TO ADD ARE:- SOUL OF JAMAICA TRL3 TROJAN ORANGE LABEL (DUKE REID BLOCKED OUT) RARE. I HAVE A JA REISSUE MINT OF THE ABOVE FOR SALE £8, IF YOU CANT TRADE FOR THE ORIG ABOVE, TIGHTEN UP (VOL1) VA, TTL1. MINT ORIG 1st ISSUE OF THIS CLASSIC LP, THAT STARTED THE WHOLE THING OF, A RARE AND UNIQUE COPY OF THIS LP, YOU WILL NEVER SEE A BETTER COPY, HENCE IT'S A TRADE NOT A SALE ITEM. I BET EVEN JOHN ANDERSON'S COPY AIN'T THIS GOOD?? PLEASE GIVE ME SOME IDEA OF WHAT YOU LIKE AS I HAVE TRIED TO BE ECLECTIVE? DAVE

HI ALL...JUST A BIT MORE INFO ON THE PRESSINGS OF THIS CLASSIC, I WOULD GO ON RECORD THAT BOTH VOCAL & INSTRUMENTAL SIDES OF THIS CLASSIC, AT THE TIME OF PLAY, MADE IT A TOP DANCER AT WIGAN, AND LES WE FORGET, 80% OF PEOPLE ON THE SCENE IN THE MID 70s WENT TO WIGAN TO DANCE AND HAVE THE BEST SATURDAY NIGHT OUT IN THE COUNTRY, MAKING A RECORD LIKE CONNIE CLARK A CERTAIN WINNER AND TOP SELLER ON RE-PRES, AND I WOULD GUESS ON SOUL SOURCE WE HAVE ALL HAD A PRESSING OF THIS RECORD AT SOME TIME, IT WAS FIRST PRESSED ON A BLACK LABEL BY SIMON, AND THEN THERE WERE FOLLOW UP PRESSINGS AND EVEN A YELLOW LOOK ALIKE COUNTERFEIT COPY, BUT MY COPY IN MY COLLECTION OF CLASSICS, IS THE ONE IN THE PHOTO, WHICH I BELIEVE WAS PRESSED UP IN 1977, HOWEVER HAS ANY ONE GOT A LIST OF THE ORDER THEY COME OUT, I WOULD SPECULATE THAT MY COPY IS THE RAREST, BUT NOT SURE AND MANY PEOPLE MIGHT SAY THE YELLOW COPY IS THE ONE TO OWN IF YOU WANT IT IN A DJ BOX, ??? THEN I WOULD SAY WE DINT PLAY BOOTLEGS. (old school thinking) DAVE

HI ALL...I WAS GONNA SAY THAT. WHAT HAS BEEN SAID! SOUNDS 100% GENUINE, I THOIGHT IT WAS WORTH £300, BUT THATS ME? DAVE

Hi Kev my old mate Glen Bellamy, the man who DJ ed at all the venues used to have a few copes in stock, I had 1 copy of him and got it signed for Jim Silles in London a couple of years ago, as I have said I ain't seen glen for over a yea? But if any one knows where he is and gets a copy I Will pay for it mate if not Jim might not want his one, if any one could help well appreciated DAVE

Hi All....2 things for me to correct, it was a memorial night of corse, not a fund raising night reguarding his hospital bills, So did we ever do such an event, on the scene??/ or did I take some of that acid that i use to sell??? 2. that would mean that it was the record by the Vontastics, as iI dont remember the Gene Mc Danials ever being play prior 1977?? I was right about him dieing on my birthday 21/1/ old age is a comin :ph34r:DAVE

HI MAT ,, I HAVE AN ORIGANAL CAMOE PARKWAY UK PYE DEMO, & A COPY OF THE TYMES - HERE SHE COMES BOTH VERY RARE IF INTERSTED, ANYONE! DAVE

HI ALL, THE JACKIE WILSON NGHTER AT WIGAN, WAS A GREAT ALLNIGHTER, I THINK EVERY ONE WAS IN THERE OWN WAY, FELT GOOD ABOUT RAISING THE MONEY FOR HIS HOSPITAL BILLS, I AM SURE BUT MAYBE WRONG! THAT THE BAR AREA HAD THE TOP BOYS FROM THE SOUTH SELLING THERE WARES, MYSELF , MICK SMITH ADY CROSEDALE AND PETE WIDAON, IT WAS EITHER OR BOTH OF THESE, THE NIGHT BIG TIM ASHABENDI BOUGHT THE CLASSIC VONTASTICS - LADY LOVE GOREN & WHITE STATESIDE DEMO OF ME, I GOT A COPY OF GENE McDaniel's WALK WITH A WINNER UK LIBERTY FOR £7, HE GOT 5 COPAYS FROM HIS SECRET SHOP, AND SOLD ADY AND MICK 1 EACH £15 MY COPY WAS MINT WITH A CHIP OUT OF IT, AND I STILL GOT IT, IT'S SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT WHEN I THINK OF IT I PERSONALLY NEVER HAD A BAD ALLNIGHTER AT WIGAN SOME HOW ALWAYS COME AWAY ON TOP. THE DATE JACKIE WILSON DIED WAS JAN 21ST 78?? IF SO IT WAS ON MY BIRTHDAY, AND WHATS THE STORY AS WHY BRUNSWICK DID NOT PAY? AND HOW MUCH WAS RAISED ON THE NIGHT/? DAVE (I HAVE HIS AUTOGRAPH ON ME WALL...IT HIDES A.....) KIL

Hi STEVE...A MAN FROM ONE OF MY FAVORITE CITY'S IN ENGLAND, GREAT PLACE TO LIVE IN THE 70'S IY'S THE CITY THAT PUT THE "RULES OK!" AT THE END OF WALL GRAFFITI IN THE EARLY 1970's, I LIVED ON A RUN DOWN ESTATE OF THE HYDE PARK CORNER OF THE HEDGINGLY ROAD, GREAT DAYS, SPENT SPONGING OF THE UNIV GIRLS, HAVING A PINT IN THE FENTON, GOING UP THE CENTRAL AND BUYING RECORDS OUT OF JUMBO'S IN THE MERRION CENTER FOR 85np each, I LOVE YOUR POST AS IT HAS EVOKED A DORMANT SIDE OF MY OWN COLLECTION, FROM THOSE DAYS, YOUR LIST IS FULL OF GREAT TUNES (OK THEY ARE NOT ALL ORIG COPY'S) AND ESPECIALLY THE WAY YOU HAVE HIGHLIGHTED FRANK WILSON, YOU HAVE BEEN INFLUENCED VERY MUCH BY THE TORCH AND EARLY CASINO NORTHERN SOUL, AND KEITH'S RECORD LOOKS RIGHT AT HOME, WHILE READING THIS LIST, A FEW WORDS PETE SMITH SAID TO ME JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS, COME BACK TO ME? SO IF YOU PM ME YOUR DETAILS I WILL SEND YOU A COUPLE OF 45s TO ADD TO YOUR COLLECTION. OF ON A TANGENT, STEVE'S LIST SHOWS OR DEMONSTRATES THAT A FEW OF THE TOP SOUL DEALERS NORMALLY HAVE A BOX OF PRESSINGS FOR SALE AT REASONABLE PRICES, AND MANY ARE QUITE RARE NOW (70s NOT TODAYS REPRESS) PAT BRADY, Mr MINSHALL, JOHNNY MANSHIP, AND MICK SMITH ALWAYS HAVE THEM AVAILABLE, THERES MANY MORE DEALERS WHO SELL THEM AS WELL, GREAT STUFF STEVE, AND START ADDING A FEW MORE ASK A DEALER WHAT AMOUNT OR HOW MANY FOR £200 A SOUL PACK IF YOU LIKE! "I'LL SID EE":lol: DAVE

SORRY I HAVE BEEN TO BUSYAVIODING HAVEING A GO, AND I DO APRECIATE YOU OFFERING, I WILL HAVE TO SORT THIS FEAR OF MY LAPTOP AS ALWAYS DAVE

HI MATE I HAVE THE RECORD AND ALL THE EQPT BUT CANT USE IT I AM SURE IT'S EASY, BUT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT I NEED SOMEONE TO SHOW ME, HOWEVER I WILL HAVE A GO FOR YOU THIS AFTERNOON, HER 2 RECORDS ON CRESCENT ARE WELL WORTH BUYING DAVE

HI KEITH ..I THINK IT WOULD BE EXCELLENT AS A RARE SOUL MEET-UP / FAIR A BIT LIKE JOHN PUGH DID YEARS AGO IN HEATH TOWN WOLVES, AND FITS IN WITH A WAY FOREWORD AS WE NEAR 40 YEARS SINCE UP THE JUNCTION, I HAVE PLENTY OF EVENT IDEAS, THAT I AM SURE IF PITCHED CORRECTLY WOULD ATTRACT YOUNG AS WELL AS US, YOU COULD PUT ON A 100 CLUB EVENT IN THE NORTH A BIT LIKE WHEN ADY MICK AND BUTCH DID NOW AND AGAIN AT KEELE, I RECKON IF YOU SAY IT'S GOT THE VIBES THEN IT.S WORTH A PUNT, ANY ASSISTANCE I CAN GIVE PM ME DAVE KILWORTH DtheDRUG, I AM CHEAP AS CHIPS..GOOD LUCK,

HI ALL.. THE POSTAGE COST HAS ALWAYS GOT TO ME ON EBAY, AS WE ALL NO IT'S A PERK FOR THE SELLER, IF I THINK IT'S TO HIGH, AND I MEAN LIBERTY TAKERS, EVERY ONE SHOULD SEND A MESSAGE TO THE SELLER STATING WHATS THE EXTRA CASH FOR, IT WOULD BE A GOOD THING IF EBAY HAD A POSTAGE CHART, AS A GUIDE FOR THE BUYER, I DON'T WANT TO UPSET DEALERS, BUT IT WORKS OUT, EVEN IF YOU ARE THE ONLY BIDDER A £1.99 45 COSTS £4 -£5 TO BUY, WHEN YOU TAKE YOUR BOX OUT TO A SOUL NIGHT AND SOME ONE PULLS A RECORD OUT AND SAYS HOW MUCH? YOU SAY £13 THEY SAY CHEERS I WILL HAVE IT AND YOU REPLY THAT WILL BE £21.55 WHAT WOULD YOUR RESPONSE BE?? YOUR PAUL ANKER IS A NICE COLLECTIBLE THE ACID TEST IS IF YOU COME TO SELL, I THINK IN YOUR CASE, THE RECORD IS A CLEVER TOUCH AND WORTH £30+ BUT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A BERGEN IF YOU HAD NOT PAID ABOVE THE ODDS POSTAGE, AND SOMETIMES IT COMES LATE, EVEN MORE REASON TO QUESTION THE POSTAGE. PAUL ANKAS NORTHER DANCERS ARE ALL WORTHY OF OWNING AS THEY GREAT EXAMPLES OF RECORDS THAT PACKED THE DANCE FLOOR AND WHEN PLAYED THE MEMORIES ARE AS STRONG AS THEY CAN GET, BOTH OF PAUL'S DANCERS IN MY BOOK AND ARE 1st CLASS EXAMPLES OF NORTHERN SOUL DAVE

I HAD A CHRS JACKSON ACCIITATE (UNFINISH TAKES) THAT I GOT FROM MARTIN B SOUL SAM, AT WOLVES BLACK HORSE IN 1989. I SWAPPED IT WITH MICK HOLDSWORTH FOR WHITE LABLE COPIES OF HERB WARD HOLLY MAXWELL CECIL WASHINGTON , THE ONLY COPY OF SOUL CITY 20 IS ALSO IN WOLVERHAMPTON IN TOP DJ JOHN PUGH COLLECTION DAVE