Marc Forrest

Well a collectors piece as well maybe, but surely one of the very very few new discoveries (or shall I say very little known 45s) to be found and played these days. So more a hot and ready to play 45 for the scene rather than a sheer collectors item. At a guess its been bought for that very reason...and because of that the final price doesn`t seem too stupid given two (in fact three) desperate DJ`s wanting to have sth unique and "fresh" and bid-fighting over it.

Very likely to be, wouldn`t surprise me.

seconded, great record and as I played it there in 2006 you could even say its a 100 CLUB spin LOL ! Marc

It used to be a "massive" spin for me two years ago, always played alongside Harvey Scales "Trying To Survive". Fantastic tune indeed and I have seen copies go already for around 250 UKP....wouldn`t sell mine.

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Really like his voice! And Buddy Ace is a winner (as always) too. Marc

just found both on youtube, how nice

Uh, well alright, when your two minters have gone I will be happy to sell this mint minus copy for 50 UKP as well. As long as I can make some one happy I won`t mind.

Two tips from me on the cheaper side of things ICE "HARD TIMES" Beautiful Modern mover very much in the same vein as Timeless Legend etc. If this would be only more known and rarer and played by someone called Martin, Mark or Mick it would be a 1000 UKP record. GARLAND GREEN "CAN`T BELIEVE YOU QUIT ME UNI" Awesome -funkly-edged- flipside of one of his classic sides on UNI. So much en vogue with its sound that its almost frightening...just play it after Roy Roberts "You Move Me" and you will see what I mean....

I remember playing this in 2008 at S.O.U.L. in Gijon /Spain resulting in some of the UK Funk boys eye brows raising...great 45 indeed but I won`t say better than Billy Byrd as both are way too different then to be compared with each other. Both brrilliant in my book. Billy Byrd the one to hunt down in 2010 though

Funny little record this is. Had it for ages before it went into my sales box some years ago already. No takers at only 50,- . When I noticed one very known DJ purchased a copy for 250 UKP early last year I pulled it out again and stucked it in my play box...only to never pleay it agan. In other words it hasn`t made it in the past, it has not made it in 2009 it won`t make it in 2010. Any takers out there for a minter at 100 ,- ?? Marc

Soul Sam must have heard The Jan from Hamburg playing this earlier last year in bamberg as he was first to reactivate it

Don`t think there can be one distinctive answer to the original question. It will always depend on the records demand, rarity and and how much the crack is affecting the play. Nobody would b willing to pay 100 UKP for a cracked Sam Fletcher yet I bet there are people out there who would be more then happy to pay 5000 UKP for a cracked but OK playing Frankie Wilson (to name just one example). Marc

Another musical genius has left...and lleaves us with a big gap. I once had the pleasure of meeting him in 1989. RIP Willie Mitchell. I am sure you will be sitting up there with the best of them. Marc

Maybe till the wallet is full again LOL ! Seriously though, if both sides of a record are great it doesn`t make sense to me to go for a destroyed copy (the one on ebay is destroyed for 2/3 of its lenght). I would sit back and wait for a better one to come along. A rare one yes, but as we just have seen not an impossible one. Too many other good 45s out there to buy which would not bring a tear to your eye everytime the needle hits the flipside. Just my opinion of course.

As I love the flipside "baby" -but then I am a su**er when it comes to group harmonies- a copy in this condition is nearly worthless (to me) and I would wait for a better one to come along. Still I can understand other people hunting it down just for the uptempo side. So maybe a lot of people who think they can make a "bargain" here will just end up spiraling the price up and up and up. Wouldn`t be the first time and I bet not the last time..

so true. and if you have one you are very lucky! One of the rarest of the rare, I only know of Val Shively`s and my very own copy although Steve Smith once told me he found two copies ( he discovered it back at TOTW).

Great, we will party hardy..as you know "the new year starts here!" ;-)

OUCH, you will have missed the Hip City by just three days then. Try Funkyouariat @ near tube station M¤rkisches Museum (2nd Hand 45s) Downtwon Records Brunnenstraí…¸e (opposite tube station Rosenthaler Platz, specialized in Black music, old Vinyl etc.) Platten Pedro in Schlossstraí…¸e Berlin Charlottenburg (second hand) and if you like contemporary Soul as well Scratch Records / Zossener Str. (Underground station Gneisenaustr.) That will keep you busy I believe

yes, and price seems to be very much okay as well IMO.

Awesome Brian, many thanks for sharing. Love this mans output, to see him kicking it "live"...phew! Marc

Cheers Dave, your Houston Outlaws C/U definitely one of the top 45s for me this year...although I first heard you play it already back in 2008. Followed DEFO by Salt & Pepper "Man Of My Words" and Lee Fields "Take Me Back"...think this must have been the biggest reactivated tune ever in 2009 ? My personal top three 2009 tunes though would be completed with Keith Curtiss / Smoke

Another one originally first championed by Andy Dyson who found a (very) few copies. Think Tim Brown was the seocnd to play it as aC/UP "Bring Me My Coffe In The Morning". It nice to have guest DJ´s like these so we could hear it twice this year at the Hip City without any of the residents owning a copy

Yes, an Andy Killick spin originally.

Great 45, was a Hip City spin some years ago. Only two 45s on Ree Flair I know of and have. Originally championed by Andy Dyson mind!