Benji

Many thanks, much appreciated. Mind, english isn't my first language. So sometimes it's hard for me to understand lyrics....

I like both cuts. Both proper stomping Northern. 👍 But what I don‘t understand is what he‘s singing about. Can anyone explain that to me? Lyrics don‘t make sense to me….

Agree, though it seems to me that Chalky talks about "the scene" whereas Sooty talks about "himself on the scene".

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Please no whataboutism. This isn't about Mr. Gordy and his business behaviour. My view on disco edits (or any edits that is): I'm fine with them (and there are some pretty good ones out there!) but as soon as they earn money with them the original artist (or whoever holds the copyrights) must be compensated.

I just looked it up on Discogs. Coloured man wasn't a TV show. It was a comedy album written by Teddy Vann. Lord Darth Vader (aka James Earl Jones) credited on the album. Is he the voice in the YT vid? Voices are not identical to me. But the album was recorded a few years before he took over running the Death Star

I wouldn't worry about post offices or delivery vans in a heatwave. It's if people have their mailbox outside which would worry me. Once sold a record to Florida. It arrived during heatwave and was left in an outside mailbox all day. This turned the record into a nice ashtray.

If they had really made counterfeits of the Royal Esquires wouldn't it have been a pretty stupid idea to flood the market with them and see the price going down dramatically?

It was an anniversary do so pretty likely it was a Northern Soul fan. But let's not talk about this any more. It's just when I read what @Soulman posted this annoying incident came back to my mind.

Was told to "f*ck off back where I come from" at the 100 club a couple of years ago.

NOS = new old stock

Royal Esquires one of the worst deals I ever made. Was offered a copy @500, bought it straight away thinking I got a real bargain. 4 weeks later the NOS copies flooded the market. Eventually turned out seller (well known DJ) knew about the NOS copies and tried to get rid of his copy before price would fall. Not mad about this but it still leaves a sour taste in the mouth.

help me out please, where's the mistake?

Sounds reasonable, B-side is a nice lowrider sound. It used to be shit-rare and four figures before a few NOS boxes were found and price went down. I guess even though many of these unplayed copies are in circulation demand is higher than supply these days.

Don't be that hard on them. It was just a petrol station giveaway.

Last copy on Discogs went for 400 quid in June 22. And the one before in May was $650. So there are infact people paying these prices. However, the copies before these two sold for 250/300 quid max. So there seems to be a rise in demand from whatever part of the world.

Many thanks Sebastian! No idea why I couldn't find it. Anyway, reason for asking I was quite surprised to see this auctioned as a Soul or R&B record. Both sides are plain pop IMO.

Can somebody please post the item description for king size Taylor on UK Polydor? I couldn't find it on JM site.

Yawn! this was covered countless times....

Most prices seem to be in fact really reasonable in today's price climate. Was the Chancellors 45 the issue? This is a good price if it was the issue. Which Willie Tee press was it? With or without piano?

Don't know if this is actually true, but was told that the jamaican rocksteady trio Three Tops is called Tree Tops on a handful of releases because somebody gave the printers the release details for the labels via phone. And how do you pronounce "three" in a jamaican accent? Tree.

Wow, never seen or heard of a pic sleeve for c. mcphatter before. Any chance of a nice scan of it?

Royal Esquires and Dream Team another two examples....

complete set of 37 CDs available for GBP 120 incl. shipping to EU and UK. Anyone? Please PM me.

Both Belita Woods on Moira are hard to find in better condition aren't they? Am surprised a bit about some of the records mentioned in this thread. Had couple of copies each over the years of Harry Deal and Freddie Houston, all EX or better. Never noticed how hard to find they are nowadays in acceptable condition. And yes, that records as ballast for ships is just urban myth.