Everything posted by Davidwapples
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Jimmy James - Hey Girl
UK on pye and lp but not sure if it got a legit us release
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Marc Almond - Gone With the Wind
It's not bad in the sence of tainted love / what synth style that became popular of him with soft cell It's not a northern night tune but still ok
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Northern Soul & MP'3s
Ovo is there for the purists and for the old school djs to keep them relevant on the scene and to stop younger people taking the dj spots . Playing oldies means they dont have to buy new records to keep up Vinyl nights are for people who dont care about the history and want to.be djs playing whatever but see them superior to cd / mp3 playing djs but everything is available on a Carver for 20 quid or so so.they dont have to spend a fortune. Mp3 / cds are cheaper / remastered and dont have any background hiss so some say they sound better. It just depends on your view and budget Top 500 on original vinyl = cost of a house On bootleg / reissue vinyl about £5000 / 7500 On CD probably about £1000 / 1500 if you bought them when they came out maybe less if second hand cds On mp3 collection from ebay / etsy / dodgy soul night trader £10 / 20 So it depends on the budget to what format you get the music to play But in the end they are the same songs
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Bob Sinclar - Tribute - 7" Out Today £10.00
Probably better off asking lee in his sonic wax website or his dad Steve on rare northern soul
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Recording a CD from USB - Questions
If you are worried about a particular rare track and dont want to damage your vinyl then you can download it from YouTube with programmes easily Nero is what i used for burning but had a programme called sonix before that
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Stanky (Get Funky) - Billy Davis
Pete smith listed one this week on facebook I think
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NM or M-
People accept poor grading just to own records and chancers get away with it as sending back is a hassle and who knows where another copy will come from. The state of vg records these days is abysmal so this lowers the bands for ex etc . Only a minority of records will be mint etc after 60 years of playing them so will be top price. Most others ex / vg+ but a lot have been hammered at soul nights etc over the time Its headings like plays mint except first 10 seconds or has cue burn for first 4 rotations that take the Mickey. These should be classed as vg but as the price drops to 50 percent dealers wont do it
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Pricing
It can be a lottery. Nobody knows it can mean its sold as a super rare unknown recently discovered Or it's crap and nobody will touch it I've seen tunes listed for £100 on an expensive dealers site which sold when Jm had copies for a tenner
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Which is the best for Soul
Download some of the great mixcloud type podcast things from the likes of pete smith or ian levine with lots of unknown tracks mixed with classics Plus there are lots of live tapes that get uploaded from.past venues that have been recorded Or there is YouTube to download from
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Selling eBay, Etsy or Vinted - reporting to HMRC
So that means values of all items sold for cash at soul nights will be 20 percent cheaper then 😉
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Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution
Well worth watching it you have a spare hour or 3. Also covers the beginning of house music after disco died. Interview with a couple of well.known artists and DJs
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Who are the NS record collectors of the future?
Doo wop dropped in value as there are less fans as they are older and have passed away. The top sounds still hold good values though
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Who are the NS record collectors of the future?
Can just picture the scene in the future. Here is the top 500 on original vinyl valued at about 200k Here is the top 500 on mp3 and a house / flat for the same 200k What would any youngster do? People with the cash will still buy but its got dafter each year. Until the majority of older collectors die it wont crash the price
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Who are the NS record collectors of the future?
The cheapies mainly disappeared with the start of price guides saying the majority of records were worth at least a tenner.
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OK to play a 'second issue'
People were doing this years ago to protect their investment in the originals. Wanting the credit for djing but wont risk the records so played carvers Takes the piss, if you are worried about damaging it then play something else
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Cassette Tapes?
If your car has a radio you can buy transmitters to plug into an ipod / mp3 player and maybe a phone to listen through your speakers. That may be an option to still listen to the music you like if you cant get tapes
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Low rider records
Look for rossyboy on youtube as he produces mixes of low rider stuff plus other sites with download links
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hacked email Gilly?
I've had this too
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Come Go With Me - Instrumental
I had it on a b side of a Carver but no idea where it came from
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Is this a new format on the scene?
People were selling the top 500 in mp3 format on DVD/ usb sticks for 20 pounds. Drop these onto a playlist and hit random and you have your local soul club / pub northern night. No dj egos to feed , no expenses. Free night to the punters who most wont care about the format and just listen or dance to what they know so the floor will be busy
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BBC2 Northern Soul Prom on Saturday 26th August
It was a great adaptation of classic northern tunes by the orchestra Well worth a watch, I hope the other songs that were edited out are shown one day or even released on DVD
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When did it become about rarity?
It probably became about rarity when the older djs dreamed up ovo to protect themselves on the scene from other people playing the same records and getting bookings. If it was about the music 90 percent of sets could be played from mp3/cd hard drive and only the top collectors/ djs with the super rare acetate/ few known copies would need to be booked
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Is this a bootleg
Maybe changed his mind, did not have the money or found another copy elsewhere and didnt want to admit it
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New soul pun
Or be at an oldies night
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Ebay prices - crashing - Sign of what's to come ??
And 10 quid records in the uk are now 14 pound with postage costs so unless you can bundle some you are 40 percent out of pocket when you order