Pete S

I bought one off Swoz 3 years ago maybe 4 but can't remember who I sold it to.

Yes. You'd have to pay me a lot of money to sit through more than 5 minutes of Roots Reggae.

Not really - all the UK labels made both variations so that jukebox operators could knock the middles out.

They did but that was mainly around 69-70 when the producers could afford to come over here themselves to speak to Trojan and Pama.

I'll definitely have a copy of this for sale next week but not seen it yet so can't give you a price and condition, sorry...expecting it monday or tuesday

Anyone seen the documentary or heard of this guy, sounds like an interesting story and mentions a couple of names we are familiar with https://artiewayne.wordpress.com/2013/01/17/10477/

Because they licensed music in from all manner of Jamaican labels, in the first year alone mainly Coxsone Dodd and Duke Reid so they wouldn't have been able to get those until the 50 year thing applied as the Coxsone and Treasure Isle labels and subsidiaries were still active and releasing new and mainly reissue material of their own.

The Larry Santos and Jon Ford versions are probably about as hard to find as each other but the Jon Ford demo is extremely rare. What people don't realise is that the demo is a different mix to the issue, you need them both to compare but the version on the issue is more powerful than the demo. I've had two demos and maybe four issues, probably the same with Larry Santos. Dave I might have told you this already but I've actually spoken to 'Jon Ford', he was also known as 'Eli Bonaparte', had a minor hit on Decca. He lives in Penn. I asked him if he had any records and he said that the only copies around where some that the Nita Anderson booking agency had to hand out back in 1970.

They did, and they also got to release a live LP under their own name on Pama - was actually pretty good, only ever seen the one copy.

Paul it's on Jubilee

This is where it all begins for me. I think I heard this before Israelites and loved it immediately. And I think it does fit, it's Jamaican recorded with Lynn Tait.

Doubt it, he's dead...

If you just type in vinyl disc cutting into google you'll find them all over the place.

Don't spin back to cue with acetates though. Knackers them as easy as styrene.

Should be £100 to £150.

A keen eye and an artists scalpel is all you need, you can cut the scratch back into the groove, I got quite good at this but now my eyesight isn't good enough to be able to do it.

Remember It's Mighty Nice To Know? I just found the singer, or rather he found me. I have given his info to Boba so he should be on the radio soon hopefully.

No you are right Benji. Jackie Trent's rarest record by a mile is The One Who Really Loves You on Oriole, followed by You Baby on Pye.

I can't even hear a hint of a swear word there?

Never mind the innuendos, this has to be the worst record ever made

Ian Smith is a bit of a legend on the UK reggae scene...Hot Lead was based in Huddersfield I think

The one with the birds on is Leaving Rome by Jo Jo Bennett. Lovely instrumental

He says what it's all about in the description - a one sided carver with a label stuck on it!

This is a good podcast actually Jim, I think every track is unreleased or was at the time plus there's a couple on there that nobody else had got when I did it. Share The faith! And still nobody knows who the vocal of The Right Kind is by

Can't explain it any better than 'swoosh' sorry On the podcast below at around 26 minutes, this is the recording that people have been dubbing off https://www.mixcloud.com/mayfairmenthol/for-northern-soul-connoisseurs-everywhere/