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R.i.p. Ted Massey Personally, i met him first early 80's, busy collecting uk releases, bought a few off me. Think he was already djing for a while by then but early days. Ted scaled the heights essentially, on pretty much most of the platforms that count. He bulit himself a wonderfully colourful and intuitive collection of records, that cemented his reputation with the masses...much in the same way that he nurtured and cultivating his beloved garden...his other great past time....even the shirts showed him as an outgoing person...and he coloured our worlds with his dj sets. I can't justify giving the people concerned who performed such an abhorrent act against him, any creedance other than to say...i sincerely hope you search your consciences. It's a black day for us all, but in remembrance in coming days and weeks, we'll celebrate the life and accomplishments of this man and uphold nothing but good memories of him. Gone before your time May your soul now rest in eternal peace God bless, Ted🙏

Henry Atkinson...best deals by a country mile...with respect to all others...

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Tony Middleton - 450 Nate Evans - 280 The Notations - 2200 The Milestones and Littler Leroy - 560 Towanda Barnes - 265 Bill Thomas and The Fendells - DNMR Hayes Cotton - 1650 Harry and Vee Vee - 270 Betty Turner and The Chevelles - 550 Ellipsis - 3098 Judy Freeman and Blackrock - 450 Frank Dell - 700 The Appreciations - 1236 Fantasy - 1200 Billy Arnell and The Sparkles - 1800 Traditions - 2500 Tsu Toronados - 275 Moonlighters Band - 440

Update: Tony Middleton - 425 Nate Evans - 250 The Notations - 1900 The Milestones - 500 Towanda Barnes - 250 Bill Thomas and The Fendells - 200 Hayes Cotton - 1050 Harry and Vee Vee - 250 Betty Turner and The Chevelles - 500 Ellipsis - 2680 Judy Freeman and Blackrock - 350 Frank Dell - 650 The Appreciations - 680 Fantasy - 1000 Billy Arnell and The Sparkles - 1750 Traditions - 2050 Tsu Toronados - 250 Moonlighters Band 250 For all bids and other information, refer to: https://www.raresoulvinyl.co.uk/

Loved going on the train to Brum, Mal...mid to late 70's me so, probably already missed out on the ' crate digging ' that would've been going on, afew years earlier. Remember Lester Marriner's shop, Reddington's ( in the subway before hurst st and the bullring ). Then the Oasis...and the Rag Market was great for tune hunting. Birmingham was a vibrant place then,...now, well....in recent years it's changed beyond all recognition...much like Wolverhampton. I remember visiting Reddington's in 98, some 29 years after the last occasion, it was now a single shop in Corporation street, across from the station, ground floor and basement...all those memories gone. I never did get to visit the Diskery, another famous shop, but doubtless, yourself and other folk, frequented that place too.

Wow!, what a ride that story was!, and thoroughly enjoyed reading it too....an extraordinary composite, speed reading it would leave anyone out of breath..it started out slow and accelerated as the decades passed by...which is consequentially, how perhaps all of our lives have mapped out...childhood dragged, yet adulthood has gone at light speed!....great pictures too, and oomph!!, right at the start it's the legendary Johnny Pate and that 64k question about Earl Jackson...the answer to which, we will never know. And breathe!😉👍

Chalky correct, nail on the head...it's about records getting a legitimate first release in this country and yes of course, if the American release came first then it's de facto that is the copt to play....but everyone and their finances, are different....a 2hole heap of wanted tunes exist in minute quantities....and if the chances are, the average aspiring dj is never going to be able to afford the rocking-horse rare, theyre going to see what's on offer legitimately. A super rare, but universally appreciated tune, can only be played in so many places in one time, but if it get's a legit uk issue ( and any parties or estates benefit from royalties or a windfall from sales ), in essence, it's helping to spread the word and popularity....and at the same time, as the global market is showing, the originals are no being devalued...like how folk maybe thought in the mid 70's and 80's...because theyre now ' antiques ' their values have increased substantially. Everybody's thought dna is different on this subject...isn't it a win-win circumstance if some long forgotten artist is actually getting their music played, and appreciated by a whole bunch of folk?, they may have failed monetarily, but the sound they created, didn't. the uk releases we've witnessed this last quarter century are as important as the one's soulies and mods alike, chased in the 60's....the 70's was important becahse it began the process of issukng tunes here, that actually never got a look in, or weren't discovered/known about 7 or 8 years previous. They all have their worth, whichever way we look at it.

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