Pete S

OK another damaged one unfortunately but the news is good. This has a chip out of the edge as you can see, but you still have two grooves to cue it in, I cued it without lining it up or anything, just dropped the needle straight into the groove. Bit of black tape stuck to the other side, nobody will ever know! (As you can see, I fixed it!) Apart from that, it's in fabulous condition, one mark and a few paper scuffs but plays as near to mint as you could hope for. Offers over £300 on this one. £360 offered so far

Here's one you don't see every day. Well to be honest, you never see it. Pretty sure it was never actually issued as a stock copy and there's only a handful of DJ copies turned up. This was the first copy discovered and came directly from Billy Jackson. The bad news is, it's got a hairline crack, one of those cracks that doesn't go through all the way so that the two edges can be separated, but enough to cause a couple of clicks on the stunning Beat Ballad on side 2. I would say the play grade of that is still EX minus. Love Keep Me Crying plays EX with no clicks whatsoever. As I say, the crack has not gone all the way through. WALTER WILSON - LOVE KEEPS ME CRYING / NOT NOW BUT LATER - WAND 1153 DJ. Accepting offers on this, starting at £500, will end when owner tells me offer is high enough, it's not an auction running to a set time, I'll just leave it up until it's sold.

Great expression - rare n boring - I agree with you

Love the Charlie Gracie record. The fact you spelt it Charley means you listened to it off a boot, if you hear it off a kosher copy it sounds great!

That is truly terrible. p.s. I have a demo

I bet none of you have got this one. It's for sale. VG and needs a clean. Earl Van Dyke - All For You - Rediffusion 78rpm 10" acetate. This was used on the Dusty / Motown special all the way through as backing music, and this came from someone who used to work for the TV company.

I bet none of you have got this one. It's for sale. Earl Van Dyke - All For You - Rediffusion 78rpm 10" acetate. This was used on the Dusty / Motown special all the way through as backing music, and this came from someone who used to work for the TV company.

Nowadays I don't care - I'll buy it on whatever is the cheapest label, if that means Steptoes white label specials, it'll do...I've done all my collecting

Asking someone who's probably spent £50,000 on UK label records why to buy British is probably not the way to go

I'd buy Billy Vera I think. Love the Idle Few.

IF you decide to buy UK Tamla Motown's you'll pay tons more than US ones...

Black issue??? Semi black do they mean?

Well if it's been reissued it's not going to have the proper stamped details in the run off like on the 77 release.

Not bad but there's better versions..

Yeah about that.

No if it's purple stock copy it's a reissue, official, from 1974-ish. If it's a white demo on vinyl, then it may well be a boot.

No but my missus does!

A friend of mine has a mint red and white demo WITH press release and 'cartoon' (they illustrated each title with a cartoon) in a Polydor promo folder. Neh-neh! But that's To The Ends Of The Earth. Paris Blues never came out on UK Polydor. If you want to know anything about British, you only have to ask me

That's interesting, "35 secs that's all you're getting" he said...wonder who posted it?

I think Billy Vera wrote the song so maybe this is his demo?

Courtesy of Ken, BIlly Vera - People That's Why

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It's the one mentioned above mate, The Four Winds, it's absolutely shocking.

That's brilliant, think it's the only one of the great Hi tracks I hadn't got.

Slow day?