Pete S

YOu do all know that there is a third press which is a bootleg right?

Bobby Sheen by a country mile...

Steve the copy I had was definitely a stock copy. It probably just stayed under the radar. I think the A side was some theme of some sort.

I don't know to be honest, but I do know he was in the New Seekers! I've only got one release down for that label.

This label?

Only other one I can find is by "Errol Daniel" but that might be reggae

All slightly different though, Steve's is more scattershot, the one about selection for auctions is definitely different and this one is more about people selling records based on auction prices, I wouldn't merge them personally..

No it's about auctions.

Paul Layton? Psyche thing?

Artist - Fork In The Road Title - Can't Turn Around Now from Detroit GM label most copies on the blue Ember design, hand written details. Issue is on the black Ember label, same design as Mr Floods party (which is also rare)

At last, someone gets it. That, and that alone, is my personal problem with these auctions, and it's not the auctions themselves, it's the by-product of them - the fact that people who should and do know better inflate the prices based on the auction sale. Now let's have a think, lets say for some reason there's a copy of FOOTSEE up for auction at the moment, now everyone knows that's a £5 record, £6 at the most for an unplayed one, any collector who wants it has already got it - BUT - if it follows the usual auction track and sells for say £125, you can bet your life that someone will put up a copy, within days, for at least £100. But nothing has changed with that record, it hasn't become rare overnight, it's still worth £5. The people who carry on selling it at £5 are the ones with a bit of integrity.

I absolutely love beat ballads but I do prefer them for home use only

There is Steve, definitely, I used it on the front cover of Beatin Rhythm 6 back in 1990, I could say where it is as well but he might not want me to so I won't. The rarest 70's release by a mile, in and in my opinion one of the rarest 3 UK releases ever is.... Billy Harner - What about the music - Kama Sutra INSTRUMENTAL VERSION

Mark that copy I had about 3/4 years ago is the only issue I've ever seen - I asked JM and he hadn't had it for 20 years - I doubt you'll ever find a copy.

When the bidding is going on, it's possible to see the ID's I think

I'd prefer it if they didn't exist but I like to read them as well. Or rather I did when I was actually interested...

When you say "we" who do you mean? "We" all managed perfectly well before the price guides came out, in fact some of us with "knowledge" made a great living

Right - thanks!

Len he was yawning because of the "I don't know how he does it" comment. Paul works for JM. Or if he doesn't work for him, he helps him out.

If you think an Atlantic demo of Solomon Burke selling for £500 isn't worth discussing then I'm not sure what you'd be interested in to be honest...

They had loads of record before us though Andy, they were dancing to sam Fletcher ten years before we were, and you never know which side of a record they go for, often it's different to the one we would be interested in.

I've got f*cking loads spare, if you ever want to borrow any....

Actually it is a blatant sales ad in the Look At Your Box section. Not that it bothers me. But if it were just about the price of the record, you wouldn't be asking for offers on another copy...

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