Pete S

Well that was a f*cking useful post wasn't it

I like it when someone emails me on the off chance asking if I've got a record, and by luck I do have one, so I write back and say yes, I"ve got one for £40 (inevitably cheaper than the last one they've been offered) and the guy comes back and says "will you do it for £30"?

I understand, thanks for explaining and the kind words. I spend most of my time looking on ebay for 60's reggae stuff and I see people asking crazy prices for records in shocking condition, I wouldn't buy them if I was a millionaire, there's one on there I saw today by The Slickers on Blue Cat, a mint one is worth maybe £30, the guy has a no centre torn label one in VG minus and he wants £125....what planet does he live on??

I don't know if anyone remembers me running the advert below, it was about 18 months ago, anyway I thought I'd ask again if anyone has quantities of cd's they want to sell, especially Kent / Ace / Goldmine titles. If you were thinking of getting rid of a collection of cd's or they're just stored away and you never bother with them anymore, maybe have a think about selling them? pete.smith@freeuk.com 01902 326306 As you may remember, I sold all mine a couple of years back, I had practically every Goldmine and Kent release, anyway I am regretting it now and after seeing someone put a collection up for sale on Soul Source and me missing out on it, I thought I'd ask to see if any of you were contemplating selling their cd's and going over to hard drive and itunes or whatever. I've not got a great amount of money to spend, but it doesn't hurt to ask, does it? Don't need any mp3's or pirate copies, just originals cheers pete

The worst part about selling, and I've said this a thousand times, is when people ask if you've got a record, you say yes, so you reserve it for them and then you wait...and wait...and eventually you lose the sale - or - you get fed up of waiting and sell it to the next person who asked. At that point the original enquirer will pop up and say he is ready to pay now and then he will call you a tw*t for selling 'his' record. Despite the fact you've waited 12 hours not knowing if he was going to pay you or not because he never replied to your email saying the item was available.

Do you mean everybody's thinking it about Keith, or about dealers record prices in general? This is how I price records. Either: look in the price guide then knock a third off, or go on popsike, find all the sales and get an average price, then knock it down slightly, or look on soul source, see if the item sold, if it did, sell it for around that same price, if it didn't, knock £10 off the selling price. Sometimes I go by my gut instinct, for example yesterday I had a stock copy of Wooden Nickels - Nobody But You, price guide says £150 but I knew I'd never had this before on an issue and it must be very rare, so I priced it higher than the price guide at £200 (actually took £190 on it). So basically, if someone told me, personally, to reduce my prices, I'd have to question whether they were sane or not

You can say that again...

Spot on Tony, Popsike seems to cherry pick what it lists, I often look back to try and find stuff I've bought or sold and it's not there.

Jim, I would say that going by the fact the original poster has zero posts, he's the person selling it, or representing the person selling it, in which case he'd have been better off a) giving the actual link or b) saying look I"ve got 10 copies and they're $450 each, who wants them, he'd sell them all in a few hours...I don't think it's a member giving the info away just for the sake of it

It's a good job you mentioned this because I had no idea that San Remo thing was worth anything at all, I'd have listed it with the Real Humdinger's and Agent 00 Soul's, in fact I probably have done. Wonder why this one should be so rare?

I don't mean this topic is pointless, I mean it's pointless because people will tell you that everything listed is played somewhere, defeating the object of what you're trying to say. You misinterpreted what I was saying.

Is it really that serious because someone doesn't reply to you? I know it's rude and annoying but it's hardly a hanging offence. I write to them and never expect a reply, it's a bonus when they do reply, but I don't lose any sleep over it.

That's when it really started, I agree with you, me and the then current girlfriend started having these newies/oldies arguments because I wouldn't go to the fridays.

Pointless topic - I did it last week with a podcast of records that aren't played out (much) anymore and before you could blink 3 or 4 people had started with the "I heard that out last week" thing so expect a lot of that! I"m still amazed that someone played "The Flasher" out though.

I love that record.

Sorry - it just meant that the Steve Flanagan one is a lot more expensive than the Jewel Akens ("a few bob" = a bit of money, bob is the old nickname for the British shilling) Old people like me tend to speak like that sometimes

Costs a couple of bob more as well...

Found the details, but unfortunately I can't tell you where to get it as I might get in trouble, sorry! Tighten Up - The Story Of Trojan Records BBC Radio 6 - Broadcast 1/2/3/4 March 2010 (first broadcast on BBC Radio in 2006) Episode 1 - length 29:01 Episode 2 - length 28:44 Episode 3 - length 29:46 Episode 4 - length 28:48 Tighten Up - The Story of Trojan Records. Don Letts presents his 4-part series celebrating the influential UK-based record label that helped Jamaican music reach a wider audience. Trojan Records is known as reggae's Motown and had a huge hand in introducing Jamaican music to the British public. In it's hey-day of the late 60's to the mid 70's, Trojan chalked up nearly 30 hit singles, released the legendary Tighten Up compilation series, and launched Jamaican acts in the UK such as Jimmy Cliff, John Holt, Ken Boothe, Bob and Marica, and Dave and Ansel Collins. The huge volume of records they released in this period made the name Trojan synonymous with classic rocksteady and reggae cuts. In 1970 alone, Trojan released 500 singles, selling over 1.5 million records. This series tells not just the story of Trojan Records, but also reveals how Jamaican music arrived in the UK. Discover how it all began and how the influx of young Jamaicans into post-war Britain kick-started a West Indian music scene in the UK. Find out how the British skinheads helped propel Ska and Reggae into the mainstream Pop charts and how the music adapted to UK tastes to become internationally successful. Learn too how the whole empire came crashing down, only for Punk and 2Tone to lead to a resurgence, helping confirm Trojan as one of the coolest and most important labels for Reggae music.? With contributions from Ken Boothe, Bunny Lee, BB Seaton, Derrick Harriott, Dandy Livingstone, John Holt, Ansel Collins, Rico Rodriguez, Bob Andy, Derrick Morgan and many more.

Beat this one "Snuffle Bird" Thats what my missus thought The Cairos were singing..."Snuffle Bird, Snuffle Bird, Snuff, Stop Overlooking Me"

It's a BBC Radio 6 documentary "The Trojan Story", it was narrated by Don Letts, 2 or 3 years ago.

This was a great series but I'm sure it was in 4 parts. Though I could just be going mad.

Absoloutely fantastic series on MFP and especially Sound Superb, also a few on Regal Starline - all were really cheap, under a quid? The Four Tops "I Can't Help Myself" compilation on Sounds Superb is still one of the best lp's I"ve ever owned I think.

Well I suppose the only people who will buy it are the ones who really want a copy no matter what label it's on, so naturally they'll be pleased with it and give positive feedback, the only way they'll get negative is if someone thinks they are buying an original and it turns out not to be and the seller has not stated that it's not an original...

No problem Paul, thanks for the business

Right here's the full info. Mick Smith got the first copy in 1995, he swapped it for L. Allen with a guy in Belgium. He covered it up as Marie Knight. The tape I did is called "Mick's Monsters" (ahem) and it's in issue 14 of Beatin' Rhythm magazine, which I used to run, dated Autumn 1995. The tape includes: CELEBRITIES DEWEY BLACK KELLY MICHAELS INFORMERS SONATAS CORNELIUS DWYER STRANGERS TEARS ENCHANTERS JAMES PHELPS CLARENCE HILL BETTY WILSON MARIE KNIGHT COVER UP WILLIE WILLIAMS COVER UP (ACTUALLY SOUL BROTHER AMNON ON CHESS)