Pete S

I'd sell them for £175 Major Lance and £250 Earl Jackson if that helps

Brilliant instrumental, I play that one quite a lot here at home.

PETE SMITH Pete.smith@freeuk.com 01902 326306 HI FOLKS, GOT A FEW REGGAE AND SKA 45'S WHICH I'M PUTTING ON EBAY THIS EVENING, THOUGHT I OUGHT TO SEE IF ANYONE WANTS TO BUY THEM SET SALE FIRST THERE'S JUST ONE CONDITION, I NEED MONEY IN MY PAYPAL ACCOUNT TO PAY FOR SOME RECORDS SO IF YOU WANT ANYTHING I NEED INSTANT PAYMENT BY EITHER PAYPAL OR CARD OK, THANKS. I WON'T RSERVE ANYTHING, FIRST TO PAY GETS THE RECORD THESE HAVE BEEN VERY STRICTLY GRADED PUNCH 70 - KEN BOOTHE - STOP YOUR CRYING / CONSCIOUS MINDS - SUFFERING THROUGH THE LAND MINT UNPLAYED 15 PAMA SUPREME 329 - EUGENE PAUL - BAD MINDED NEIGHBOUR / SOMEBODY'S CHANGING MY SWEET BABY'S MIND MINT UNPLAYED 15 PAMA SUPREME 339 - LLOYD CHALMERS - SHAFT / HARRY'S MOOD MINT UNPLAYED 15 PUNCH 91 - 3RD AND 4TH GENERATION - RUDIES MEDLEY / RUDE BOY VERSION MINT UNPLAYED 20 HARRY J 6699 - HORACE ANDY - LONELY WOMAN / VERSION VG++ 20 DOWNTOWN 447 - MUSIC DOCTORS - MUSIC DOCTOR CHAPTER 1 / CHAPTER 2 Little writing on label and tiny tear. Has a small warp but plays with no problems at all apart from a few clicks/crackles VG 15 SKA BEAT 270 - BONNIE - DID YOU GET THE MESSAGE / A MAN CALLED DAN EX 15 SUPREME 204 - THE MOHAWKS - LET IT BE / / LOOKING BACK VG++ 10 feelable scratch at start but doesn't sound GAS 168 - ERNEST WILSON - WHAT YOU GONNA DO ABOUT IT / DOBBY DOBSON - HALFWAY TO PARADISE EX 35 rare number, great copy DYNAMIC 415 - JO SPENCER - BED OF ROSES / FORGIVE ME VG/VG+ 10 EXPLOSION 2044 - TONY BINNS - MUSICAL SHOWER / LOVE I MADLY VG 15 wol GG 4504 - PAULETEE & GEE - IT'S BEEN A LONG LONG TIME / WINSTON WRIGHT - FEEL IT MORE AND MORE EX 15 TREASURE ISLE 7052 - ANDY CAPP - POPATOP / RECO - THE LION SPEAKS M- 20 best copy you'll ever see PUNCH 45 - THE MODIFIES - BYE BYE HAPPINESS / SUFFERATION WE MUST BEAR EX 15 ISLAND 3005 - THE CLARENDONIANS - RULES OF LIFE / I'LL NEVER CHANGE EX 25 RIO 43 - DOTTY & BONNIE - I'M SO GLAD / DOUGLAS BROTHERS - GOT YOU ON MY MIND EX 20 two great ska sides, tiny bump on edge not affecting play TROJAN 629 - LEE PERRY - YOU CRUMMY / DANNY & LEE - SENTENCE VG++ 40 plays fantastic, writing on label (4 initials) GAS 109 - SOUL CATS - CHO CHO TRAIN / THE LOAD G 10 has a scratch throughout first half of record DUKE 56 - SIR COLLINS & THE EARTHQUAKES - EARTHQUAKE / SIMMERING EX 40 great copy, rare DOCTOR BIRD 1057 - LESTER STERLING - INEZ / GLORIA CRAWFORD - SAD MOVIES EX- 25 both sides play superbly POSTAGE UK £2 RECORDED DELIVERY OVERSEAS £8 SPECIAL DELIVERY (MORE THAN 1 RECORD I WILL QUOTE YOU) Paypal to pete.smith@freeuk.com THANKS FOR READING

It's ok I pay tax! And that was 8 years ago. I paid tax then also.

Can you get me one now then?

Think it was Mr Lucky 'I was born to love you'. Paid £800, sold for four times that a week later. But that was just to make some money, can't stand the record. Most I paid for one for myself was probably £500 for Johnnie Mae Matthews 'I have no choice'. Which I also sold a few weeks later. Can't and never have been able to afford expensive records but then again, have only ever really collected British and there aren't that many mega many items there.

Searling was the only one I ever heard play Dawn.

Absolutely brilliant instrumental!

Chalky - make sure you take some money to pay for all those transatlantic phone calls and whatever else it cost you, nobody will mind and you should do it anyway.

Got to admit I really enjoyed that, good version too, except the kazoo right at the end

Thanks Chris...something a bit different

Paul, many years later I discovered that Graham, the Selectavision owner, and Sid, his engineer, were both Cats regulars. You should have seen some of the records I got off Sid, well no doubt you did see them, everything I asked him for he seemed to have; april stevens on black mgm, when they started playing Bella Dalena he bought out an unplayed UK copy, ditto Flirtations little darling, Mirwood things, all sorts. Apparently he moved to Scotland but still has the records. Every time I walk past that shop (closed in 1981) I get a lump in my throat. As for first ever Northern records. Difficult because I had Northern records before I knew what Northern was. I had In Orbit and Festival Time in 1972 (somehow went home with them from a party ) but the one that put me on the road was the Cherub pressing of Butch Baker - The Jocker (sic) I played that til it nearly wore out, I just could not believe the intensity of the beat...and when some lads came to our youth club and gave the dj Tim Nightingale some records to play, then did an amazing dancing display, that was it, I got a pressing of Tainted Love the following friday from Ruby Red, this would be late 74, the time of Ghost In My House, Javells and Wayne Gibson charting. Funny that I can remember stuff like that but literally nothing from 1978 onwards...

Chalky, this is always a problem when you reach a target and there's too much money. As the money was collected specifically for Percy's family - and you say they are not at all well off anyway - I doubt if many would mind if you gave them the rest of the money. Just my opinion.

Was Alan Rhodes for definite, then Russ, then everyone else, Rhodesy also first to play Colored Man

I like that - put it on one of my podcasts recently, sounded fantastic

Best thing to do is that now the money has been raised, pay the funeral home and then leave them all to get on with it.

Right are you sure you want it stopped Chalky, I'll email everyone and tell them if you're sure.

I love Rain. I like Boogie Man Orchestra as well. Rain used to sound brilliant at Wigan with all the clapping.

Again and Again by Judith Durham. Beautiful string arrangement, great vocal, love it.

The people on my mailing list are brilliant John (as are the people on here). They always respond like this.

Got this email this morning: Hello Pete, what an unbelievable story. Sad, sad. Sent Roy a tenner, but what is more important: Copied the infos to my facebook site. Hope this will help. Best Ralf must be nearly there now?

Fine, I bow down to your superior everything John.

Yes that is extremely annoying! That especially happens on gemm.

Are these two sites basically the same site with different names, because practically everything on one site can be found on the other!

It's actually around $530 Chalky. Use this site www.xe.com