Dave Moore

Just package 'em up and stick 'em on here. Cheaper than Ebay and folks easier to barter with. Regards, Dave

Hi John, Rest assured they went to a good home! Regards, Dave

Hello Mate, Glad it wasn't just me that loved the place then. I remember their prices being all over the place and some stuff was 5UKP and right next to it the same thing at 15. You're right they were never the cheapest but it was the quality and quantity that always dragged me back. Just thinking back now I must have taken at least 150 UK TMG Demos out of there over the years. Happy hunting Matey... Regards, Dave PS. Did you ever get access behind that blokes white goods repair shop in Chertsey? I had a great result in there too once...but that's another tale.

Just been wondering about this place. Anyone else enjoy their visits to this gaff? I built up a pretty much a whole Tamla Motown Demo collection from there. I always remember coming out potless and thinking..."Where can I get another couple of hundred quid to snap them up before they go!". Stuff like : All the Marvin, Mary, Contours, Isleys, Stevie stuff on R/Ws. Lots of Stateside, Oriole, London stuff and I found a couple I didn't know even existed then: Spinners - That's What Girls Are Made For - Columbia Stocker! In the same box was the Demo but I'd had one of those for a while. I remember almost shouting out loud when the green stocker showed. Another great find was Jimmy Thomas on a Parlophone black stocker too! I went straight up to Melton Mowbray with that for trades when JM was above the Audio/TV shop. I was always wondering how I could ALWAYS find stuff in there when there were all those collectors from London always about? Happy Days indeed. Anyone else have any memories of the place? Regards, Dave

Ok Mate - Thanks anyway. I'm in the same boat. Have the EP of Driving Beat but no sleeve! Regards, Dave

Steve, If you have the covers - I'll take ém Mate. Regards, Dave

Here's another Father and Daughter combination or you: Chris of course recorded that great double sider on Cub amongst others. Regards, Dave

World's full of them. I just hope they all decide to "cash in" at the same time before it's too late....there are a few of us vultures circling! Regards, Dave

Some certainly are but in my experience, there are literally hundreds of guys playing original records week in week out at gigs all over UK. I certainly sell records to lots of them as I'm sure others do. Guys who are happy to buy originals and play them at their local gigs, which many of them actually run themselves. There are loads of "DJs" who rotate round their local areas with their boxes of 200 45s. (And why shouldn't they if they are driven by the wish to DJ?). My point is that this grouping is often overlooked when discussing how the dynamics of record buying are dictated. Regards, Dave

That's a very good point. But even Ebay now with it's modus operandi now off kilter due to the hike in US postage and the growing number of dissatisfied buyers is looking more and more precarious from a buyers perspective. I know a number of collectors who have seen their purchasing drop down to a trickle now. Best. Dave

I'm not so sure than JM would pay VAT at the point of sale. Maybe it's only on his commission of 20% which is also never factored into sales by people using a guide. Remove 20% commission 20% VAT 10/15% per drop in each level of condition and there you have it. Most offers I put in nowadays are around this level. Much to some sellers chagrin I have to say. "But I paid more than that for it!".....well Matey..."you paid too much!" Of course this strategy only works for people who are in the collecting game for the duration and long haul, as we can sit back and wait until that right copy at the right price comes along. If you're a returnee DJ whose desperate to play what that guy in the next town's playing then...get your plastic out. As more than a few have discovered. God Bless 'em There's obviously a number of different categories of record buyers nowadays. Some feed the dealer market and use that environment to source their 45s and some don't. The dynamics of collecting have completely changed with the advent of the internet and then the guides. Just the way it is. The ONE factor that people continually choose to ignore, maybe because they don't want to identify themselves with it, is the market of the Saturday Night working men's club "DJs". They drive the market, they pay these prices, they are at the heart of the escalating prices. Buying a 45 at just below "book price" and assuming you got a bargain is nuts. Then after thrashing your once nice styrene copies to death for a year for 50 of your Mates at your venue and then adding 25% on to it whilst attempting to sell them on is even nuttier! I've no doubt that as the dynamics and demographics change once again that all those classic 45s I decided to gamble with and sold over the past decade or so at twenty/thirty times what I paid for them will undoubtedly find their way home at some stage at prices similar to what I originally paid. That's my theory anyway. Regards, Dave

I can confirm that the thread was removed. People NEED/have a duty to confirm any information like the aforementioned thread before posting it in public. Regards, Dave

Any sales list, in any format whatsoever that has the mere mention of a book warrants no further interest from me anymore. Speaking to a few Mates, I'm not the only one. Regards, Dave

As is usual these are recent finds so end up getting battered for a few weeks: Showstoppers - Heartbreaker - Spanish Beacon Picture Sleeve Bobby Hebb - Everything's Coming Up Roses - Phillips Picture Sleeve Regards, Dave

Yes Yes....but is it Morris Bailey! ..... Regards, Dave

I have a couple of copies still. Great read and I hope you re-instate it Tim. Put me down for a sub Matey. Regards, Dave

Does anyone know if the M Bailey on the White #120 copy is Morris Bailey? Regards, Dave

Eh? What you on about Jocko? This site is rammed full of respect for our heroes? Explain yerself Sir? Regards, Dave

Vibrations too maybe? Regards, Dave

Major Lance Regards, Dave Beat me to it Rich.

Yep, quite possibly. Or even the UK "talking heads? of the time recommending keeping the Okeh stuff separate due to the label's more credible "reputation" with UK soul fans. Both Epic and Okeh were separate businesses from Columbia with their own staff and budgets, albeit owned by the same conglomerate. Regards, Dave

Weren't the CSP and The Epic ones around the same time though Pete? Just seems strange to go with UK for some and US with others when it's all the same company. I'm not too well up on all this so there may well be a perfectly good reason mind. Regards, Dave

Yep, watched it too. Great programme. Recommended for sure. Regards, Dave

The other strange quandary about the Okeh reissues was the fact that some were issued in UK on Epic. (Williams and Watson, Sandi Sheldon etc). You would have thought it better business to use the UK option rather then import them from the US manufacturer? I'm not sure as to the relation time wise between the CSP 45s and the Epic ones. (Pete?). Maybe a different advisor or new avenue of int? Regards, Dave

Topic moved to general sales as seems more appropriate forum. Regards, Dave