Pete S

I'm one of them.

and many rich and unknowledgable customers...there are enough honest and trustworthy dealers to buy from NOT to have to pay double what a record is actually worth in an auction.

What amazes me is how the same record can be auctioned on both sites (Darrow Fletcher - London demo)

You can post about 8 records for £3.50!

Only 3/4 years ago it was still £75

Anyone who is concerned about this - go to the bottom of the listing, you'll see a link to 'report item', follow the instructions then click on email and it sends ebay a report that it is a bootleg record.

Yeah thats a Trojan label alright - B(eat) & C(ommercial) were Trojan's owners. That is some find I reckon!

Yeah thats what I thought mate, just had one enquiry so if thats down to you, I thank you

That one and especially the Tower one sound just like Smokey Robinson don't they. Nice.

Isn't this what you mean? Never in a million years would I have thought you would be all for a group of in house musicians singing the music we all love instead of the real thing.

£200 for Vel Vets is about right. I'll sell mine for £297 if anyone wants it.

Have just reduced most of the remaining 45's, please see the original post, thanks

Anyone actually know this let alone want to buy it? DON COVAY & THE GOODTIMERS - SEE ABOUT ME - COLUMBIA 42058. STOCK COPY. EX The writers of Stand By me should have sued as it's a thinly disguised rewrite of that classic but with it's own twist on the theme, it's a 'builder' too, I really like this and Anglo rate it at 75 - JM has it at 40. I'd take 40 for it if anyone's interested.

It's probably a real acetate but the point is, because it's such a common track, it's pretty worthless anyway. Ten quid maybe.

Looks like a Studio One offshoot. The two colour design and the printing.

Excuse me, I'll have you know that me and my band Dougan's Ovation are very popular at the Legion, you can't tell the difference between us and the record on our versions of Goodbye Nothing To Say, Northern Soul Dancer and I'm Shaft.

I think I'd have to disagree here, that's the third Al Wilson I've had in 2 years - not saying it's not rare, it is, I just got lucky - but I've only had one Satisfactions in 5 years before this. So if you asked me go find one, I don't think I could.

Penguins has been reissued hundreds of times, and any common record in poor condition isn't worth anything I'm afraid.

The Mel Williams turned out to be a bootleg so that's withdrawn from sale.

I'd have thought the opposite Steve - people had to buy an issue - demos were just given away. I'd ask the same for both.

I'm off the phone now

PETE SMITH 28 JENKS ROAD WOMBOURNE WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0BL 01902 893569 Pete.smith@freeuk.com SOME REALLY NICE ORIGINAL CLASSIC OLDIES HERE FOR SALE. ANYWAY FIRST COME FIRST SERVED, HERE WE GO... TOBI LARK - HAPPINESS IS HERE - TOPPER EX 275 NOW 250 Nice copy, white Topper label AL WILSON - HELP ME - WAND DEMO EX 125 SOLD Brilliant oldie and always a tough one to find JACKIE DAY - BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE - MODERN DEMO EX 50 NOW 40 RESERVED Don't think I've ever seen a DJ copy of this before MIKE McDONALD - GOD KNOWS - RCA DEMO EX 50 NOW 40 Has a mark on the vinyl but plays mint SAMANTHA JONES - SURROUNDED BY A RAY OF SUNSHINE - UK UNITED ARTISTS DEMO EX 75 Green and white UK demo THE MONTCLAIRS - HUNG UP ON YOUR LOVE - PAULA EX 65 NOW 55 Bargain price nowadays for this! FRANK BEVERLY - IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANTED - SASSY EX 275 NOW 250 Seen this at 350. The world has gone mad. CARL CARLTON - NOTHIN' NO SWEETER THAN LOVE - GOLDEN WORLD DEMO EX 80 NOW 70 Nice WD FLORENCE DEVORE - KISS ME NOW (DON'T KISS ME LATER) - PHI DAN EX 50 SOLD Nice issue BILLY WATKINS - THE ICE MAN - ERA DEMO EX 70 NOW 60 One time monster - now forgotten THE SEQUINS - A CASE OF LOVE - RENFRO M 75 SOLD Beautiful and rare original CISSY HOUSTON - I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF - JANUS DEMO EX 40 SOLD Lovely white demo CHARLES DIAMOND & THE INSPIRATIONS - NO ONE CAN TAKE YOUR PLACE - BREAKTHRU M- 50 NOW 40 SOLD The 1977 pink issue FLAMING EMERALDS - HAVE SOME EVERYBODY - FEE EX 50 SOLD Orange label DENA BARNES - IF YOU EVER WALK OUT OF MY LIFE - INFERNO DEMO M 385 SOLD Best copy you'll ever see THE TEMPOS - (COUNTDOWN) HERE I COME - CANTERBURY M- 100 NOW 85 SOLD Never see this for sale anymore, and in beautiful condition too MEL WILLIAMS - CAN IT BE ME - MODERN DEMO EX 75 SOLD Not too sure about this one - it was bought many years ago as an original, and someone blacked out the "promotional copy not for sale" on both sides but apparently the demo was counterfeited. I compared it to the Jackie Day demo and they are pretty much the same. Anyway if it turns out to be a counterfeit, obviously please return it for full refund. VITO & THE SALUTATIONS - I BEST BE GOING - SANDBAG DEMO EX 40 SOLD Brilliant underrated oldie, needs reactivating - sounds a lot like The Wanderers - You Can't Run Away JOHNNY CASWELL - YOU DON'T LOVE ME ANYMORE - DECCA DEMO EX 300 Relisted...classic MARBOO - WHAT ABOUT LOVE - MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL M- 20 Cleethorpes classic - I love this! THE SATISFACTIONS - TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT - SMASH EX 120 SOLD Visually EX- with a few marks but plays Mint minus at worst, big indemander JACKIE EDWARDS - I FEEL SO BAD - UK ISLAND EX 175 NOW 150 This has no centre but it does have nice clean labels and is in excellent condition MADELINE BELL - PICTURE ME GONE - MOD ISSUE EX 25 NOW 20 The green and mauve issue - looks stunning - NOT PAID FOR LAST TIME! ROSE BATISTE - I MISS MY BABY / HIT AND RUN - REVILOT G 40 SOLD OK I don't usually advertise records in this nick but have a read anyway. This record has never been kept in a sleeve. I Miss My Baby has loads of marks and scratches but it actually plays really well. You get some background crackle on the intro but when it all kicks in, it plays great with the odd light pop and click now and again. It's Hit And Run which is the problem. It's got like a bit of the run on shaved off which means there is only one groove to land it on before it plays. Then it has a 3 rotation click. After that, it plays nice and loud, doesn't jump or anything, but you can hear some background noise, which is hardly surprising when you see the state of it. So play grades, I Miss My Baby gets an 8, Hit And Run gets a 6. As ever, I may be over-exaggerating the problems, so if you want a cheap play out copy, this'll probably do for you and of course I can supply full sound clips of both sides. PAYMENT BY CARD, BANK TRANSFER, PAYPAL (4%), CHEQUE, CASH....POSTAGE, ANYTHING OVER £50 NEEDS TO GO BY SPECIAL DELIVERY AT £5, OTHERWISE RECORDED £2. THANKS FOR READING

Thanks to everyone who helped with this

THE SATISFACTIONS - TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT - SMASH ISSUE Got so many people asking me about this, I'm supposed to be listing it tomorrow and I was going to stick £75 on it but someone just offered me more than that, whats an honest valuation of this record at the moment anyone? Condition is visually EX- with no scratches but a few marks, play grade is EX+ almost MINT except for the last miliseconds and the run out where you can hear a bit of crackle. Thanks in advance Pete

Just a reminder to look out for the new list tomorrow, cheers. And I've reduced that Frank Beverly. Personally I don't think it's worth more than £125, how anyone can charge over £300 is beyond me, but my mate sees what it's going for on ebay and in sales boxes and tells me to stick a high price on it. I told him it wouldn't sell.