Everything posted by Steve L
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Blue-eyed Soul?
Phyllis Brown (was in the Babies) - Oh Baby
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elvis memorabilia - is this the future ?
I admire your optimism mate but can't agree with the logic you're applying. Its the volume of collectors willing to pay money that will affect the value of records, which is what we're talking about, the number will inevitably decrease - lets not beat around the bush, a lot of us will be dead in 10/20 years! Best sounds on the planet? Of course I agree with that but again, we're in a tiny minority that will become tinier due to my point above. People put forward the argument of new/younger people coming along and worldwide interest etc but i just don't buy it
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elvis memorabilia - is this the future ?
Absolutely, its inevitable. People who argues otherwise (and there are a lot whenever this subject comes up) are deluding themselves
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So pleased I held on to my original copy of this
Yes you were ripped off there mate, mine cost me a fiver around the same time! As has been mentioned someone had hundreds of mint copies and was knocking them out week after week on eBay fetching maybe a tenner on average? Sums up the sad state of record collecting at the moment for mere mortals with a modest budget
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Milton Wright on Satiron
Thanks again Mick
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Milton Wright on Satiron
The one I've got looks exactly like the discogs one Mick but with different matrix. Do you mean the bootleg has a different typeface?
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Milton Wright on Satiron
Thanks Mick, life's full of disappointments
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Milton Wright on Satiron
Has anyone got a proper one of these so I can compare the run out details?
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Milton Wright on Satiron
The much talked about (in recent times) release by John Anderson from the 70s - I Belong To You / Like A Rolling Stone - has it ever been booted? I can see a "reissue" on disco's with I Belong on both sides...
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Comedy Sale Of The Day
"lovely condition"........no its not
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Frankie & Classicals
The beginning of the journey for me - Frankie & The Classicals was part of my introduction to northern as a 13 year old in 1974, still have the copy I bought back then with all the other disco demands and still love it!
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Playlist Wigan Casino 31/3/1974
24 hrs? I don't think my hearing has ever recovered......
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Divs are more abundant than ever......
Correct about it starting before the films Russ. On your second point about them all buggering off, I think I've said to you on here before when this topic has been discussed you'll be waiting a long time cos theres no sign of it happening any time soon. They're here to stay whether we like it or not. I remember being at a local soul night quite a few years ago and noticing that out of maybe 15/20 people standing near me who I knew well, only 5 of us had any history of the 'proper scene'. The rest have just jumped onto the bandwagon for a safe night out with people their own age. In effect a large proportion of the scene (if you can still call it that) has just become a social night out for the over 50s. The quality of the music is irrelevant to these people and this is reflected in the lack of atmosphere at a lot of place IMO - dancers just going through the motions like robots with no obvious passion on display. The genie's never going back in the bottle I'm afraid
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Soul Sounds record label. Legit or bootlegs?
Bootlegs
- Pat & The Blenders
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Eddie Parker Awake How Many Copies
First one is The Exciters - Number One, the name of the instrumental escapes me at the minute
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Various old Grapevine 45s
I completed mine about 2 years ago Kev so it took me 38 years... (I think I bought my first one in 77?)
- Porgy and the monarchs
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Piano Intros
John & The Weirdest
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Please Stay - The Ivories
I've always struggled hearing lyrics clearly in a lot of records. Someone posted a while ago about the lyrics in the Formations At The Top Of The Stairs and I found it brought a whole new element to the record listening to it while reading the lyrics. Same for this one, its unbelievable really how different the record sounds when you know what the singer is actually singing!
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Ebay Flirtations, Genuine?
Dear god, when you think things can't get any dafter they do................
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Robert Thomas - Salvation
Yes
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Robert Thomas - Salvation
Really? Can you point me in the direction of one?
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Robert Thomas - Salvation
Picked a minter up for £6 about 5 years ago, when no one wanted it - should be a £30 record
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First all nighter record that you remember most
Unfortunately the record that stands out in my mind from my first trip to Wigan (march 78) is Muriel Day... I reckon it was played about 4 times that night Ive had nightmares about it ever since...