Mr Smithy

Glad you enjoyed it.

We all thrilled earlier in the year to Pete murdering Chuck J's - I don't want to cry So for those with strong ears and stomachs here's an Xmas treat of the B side. An unconscionable slaughtering of Chuck W's - What am I living for. ( Seems to have it in for the Chucks) https://soundcloud.com/mr-smithy-2/pj-wailf-rab-2 You should have got over it by Xmas so a Merry one from across the pond and a Happy 13

One handed and moving, Magic!! Boring after a while I'm sure but..........

Nope, that's another Mustang, Falcons and Mercury Comets ( also same chassis & mostly same power plants ) were on another line entirely. The guy dropping that 8 in there on his tod!! Now that's talent. You have to get the 2 1/2" bolts right in the body mount holes and you can't see them. With tranny that's about 500lbs +.

Little Jewel- I want to / I doesn't matter - Tay Ster 6011 VG++ - $125 Willie Hightower Because I Love You / For Sentimental Reasons — Capitol 5916 VG++ ¼” coh $80 Bobbie Smith — I’ll be around / Wait — Bell 628 Promo VG++ $225 Tyree Glenn Jr. & Fabulous Imperials — Yesterday / Hold my hand — Sue 109 VG++ Signed by 3 band members on Yesterday side $150 PATTI AUSTIN - He's good enough for me / Earl -Coral 62455 Issue VG++ $180 Master 4 — Love from the far east / Not the End— Tay Ster 6012 VG+ - Dancers label. Nasty looking scuff on End side, NAP $100 Carmen Cole -I'll Never Stand In Your Way/Step Right Up- Groove wlp M- $65 Lou Courtney- Hot Butter 'n All — Hurdy-Gurdy 101 VG++ - Very light label ring $50 SOLD Billy Van -There Goes That Sound Again / She's All Right -DRA 326 Promo VG ++ $50 J.B. Troy — Ain’t it the Truth / Every man needs a woman — Musicor 1188 VG++ $35 Anyone wants a pic /clip, email / PM I'd be glad to send you one. I will hold for 3 days if you want pics clips, after that automatically back up Prices in US$. PP gift ( I’m quite available, any problems send it back in the same condition and no questions asked refund without mother getting involved) or any other viable payment means accepted. Any questions, feel free. Located in NYC. Mail $3 US Domestic $7 Everywhere else For the higher priced items I’ll split the cost of registered mail to be safe. So add $6 Thanks for looking

I've seen these guys, Ditto a lot better than some of the talentless muppets that get on stages nowadays.

Apparently so, but I'm more curious about this. I know sellers are responsible for everything that goes wrong with anything anywhere but how can they hassle you if buyers can't be assed to tick the boxes !?! I mean what are you supposed to do? NOTE!!! If you win this item PLEASE fill in the DSR's when leaving feedback!! I am having MAJOR trouble with ebay as the DSR's and not being filled in by buyers. PLEASE HELP me!! Cheers!

Just my opinion but that sounds like a list worth typing, especially if there was a 5k shot in there.

If you are willing to do a little research there is probably something in there, and it's nice that you think before you heave. Be prepared to do a lot of looking before you find something, or as you've gone to the trouble of starting and you are a demon typist put up a list here and someone will be glad to assist e.g. Junk Junk 2 bob on a good day Dibs -PM'd ya $10 etc As a general rule though they do usually have to be clean -search record grading somewhere Whilst I don't condone filling up Ebay with acres more garbage, somewhere there is a market for everything we hold to be dross and you can do alright nickel by nickel https://www.ebay.com/itm/Joe-Walsh-mint-promo-45-rpm-Rocky-Mountain-Way-/300815516733?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item460a00843d&nma=true&si=bLCWbdy%2Fpg675M%2BpNvoTRlLvn8M%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Brian Right or wrong ( and Pete's right ) Do your research first before you moan. and when you've moaned and got your money back and everyone's wasted a ton of time on this - Don't be a pillock and leave a neg. Take it back. You've done the wrong thing but you can still make it right.

I'd be interested if you could find it, sounds creative.

I'd like to see that, any chance of a picture Bob?

It may not have been you, sometimes Div S just goes Divvy for a while for no reason. Hence the name I guess. If it does I just try later. or there's a sort of cousin of DS called Kadoo that gets you in the back door that sometimes works when divshare doesn't.

Well, now you do know. What fun you'll be at trivia night.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/ERCOL-DINING-ROOM-CHAIRS-AND-CARVERS-/290771701836?nma=true&si=5rWXhb2sOKh1BD%2Bp1ZGlL1BG43g%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 He at least knows what a carver is.

Thanks Pete. I looked there too. So no guesses from anyone?

Thanks, I was aware of that, but since it has Markeys Song written on it, I would assume it wasn't them. Does anyone know who it was.

Anyone got any thoughts / ideas about this. There's a minute and a half here so you get the idea. Other side isn't up to much All there is in the matrix is RO ( or D) 69779 B 4W Hand scratched https://soundcloud.com/mr-smithy-2/instro-cheer-edit

Benji FWIW if I click your links they all show up. and if I do a search they do too. Who knows?

Not in the US. Domestic you can use various billpay or whatever they're called options but the last "Wire" transfer from UK cost me $13 ( or something like that) You can accept anything you want to accept Just a few months ago I sold something that added up to $19 & change with the mail, he asked me would I accept cash and just stuck a $20 bill in the mail, I sent him the 45 and everyone was happy. I even stuck a cheapie in there for him for being such a nice guy. Doesn't happen very often nowadays ( read , almost never) but it does revive your faith for about 10 minutes

Not to digress but I love the George Gently shows, but we don't get them over here for years, if at all if anyone could burn me a DVD of this or any other episodes and send them over I'd be grateful. All expenses paid. Ta in advance

Bit of a re-run of the above quote but... It's the old problem of 'what do you want when you can have anything you want' When you are limited you have to use some creativity / talent to make the best you can from what you have.I'm biased because I like simpler, rawer stuff but it seems to be that with too much to chose from you lose the idea of "finished".That's without going anywhere near the concept of an "imperfect" recording. When a voice broke from feeling or passion, when a missed beat added something. I'm never sure now if that would be allowed to happen, or if it did that six guys spent 3 days getting it "just so". Whine over, and I'm sure it's been done many times. Fortunately there's plenty to listen to without going there. It's almost better expressed by the visual world we are assaulted with everyday, any effect you want is easy to get, over used and in your face. When a "complicated" effect was needed years ago, it took skill, time and money, and stood out. Now anyone with a 6 month course, a 5 bob computer, and no imagination can (and repeatedly does) do it, and it blends in with all the rest.

I've sold a few pieces that were cracked and played well Put "CRACKED" the title. and then before you send it say- You know this is cracked don't you? Sound clip doesn't hurt either. Never had a problem with that.

.......and a warm, wonderful moment that must have been towards your fellow man, but with reasonably intact faculties your 5 would be wasted as it sat in your box, deprived of it's chance to shine. That said, I'm sure chud of this magnitude would be of great amusement to the guys at Waxidermy and the like. I don't play on there but if someone does and they sent them a link, there would be plenty more chuckles before this one retires to whatever I do with it. Would be interesting to see what Chuck thinks, sort of slip it under the door and run. I'm sure you could hear the reaction 2 doors down. I don't think he would have known about about it, I'm sure it wasn't burning up the airwaves. There are also no credits on there so I'm sure neither he nor Luther would have heard of it through that ( it's a fair bet Luther would have been kickin the guys door in as well if he heard it ) I still favour the "chequebook talent" theory, assuming anyone they gave it to had working cranium fins the bins outside would be full of them after the event and they'd all be at the bottom of the dump by now. Which they probably are anyway. Point of interest maybe, I found it in an essentially white neighborhood pretty far out on Long Island. Can't imagine how it got there. A 'band ' like ABs I'm sure would have made 100s of unsung ( or in this case shouldn't be sung, if in fact it was him- I'm still not totally convinced) records, a full list would probably take a lifetime to research. Being local I'm sure they would be open to ' payment in trade ' rather than wodges of cash for a more remote bunch of backers Brooklyn /Manhattan are near in the same way as Brixton / Soho are near. Geographically so but that's about it. I know more about early R&B /DW than The Soul, but in that case not every one wanted to deal with the George Goldners or Maurice Levys of the world or even the larger indies like Herald / Beltone ( both based not far from Crown Heights , the part of Brooklyn this came from) so a few bucks in the local garage/studio, off to the pressing plant and away you go. Also stores like Birdels were there for years, they put out a few ( mostly Gospel) but that wasn't far away so I'm sure they would help. Even in Manhattan labels like Rojac / Tas-ster ran from 125th St which might as well be Mars as far as central Manhattan is concerned. Same with Chicago, Detroit , LA etc. I'm sure

I'm not sure what they were about, obviously a "new Interpretation" was thought necessary. I would assume some sort of chequebook talent scouting was in place, and he was the most qualified. As you asked so nicely I won't put the other side up, but on a slow day I might. Sorta tempt fate, you know you shouldn't and you know you'll regret it, but somehow you can't help yourself. And , yes , it is another interpretation of an old fave. Not sure as nobody said, but even being forewarned you all seem to have made it to the end. Did anyone kill it after ?secs or did you all stick it out I must admit that when I put it on the first time me and the Mrs were very "deer in the headlights " and only at the end did we burst out laughing. A reasonable assessment. I wonder if he knows about it, but it would be a terrible thing to do to the man. Serious bodily harm has been dished out for lesser insults. Interesting you though about Al Browne's involvement. He was a local Brooklyn guy who played on 100s of tracks from Johnny Maestros early days through a myriad of local doo wops and as you said Wand / Scepter etc. I'm not sure about this I've never heard anything quite so bad from him, that I can recall. Maybe it was the AB B squad pushing it and hoping no one would notice. I'd like to think my record would be quite capable of clearing a room without any chemical assistance, and if not, a quick flip of the wrist- B Side up, along with the body count!! As I said in the intro, I quite liked Teddy & the Counts and it's many many miles ahead of this, has anyone else seen anything on this label? The numbering system is weird between the two 124/5 - 1034/5. Also T&Cs has Al Browne Production and it sounds much more like him, in time , tune etc. All that said though, it is rare!! So another few years when our hearing is more shot than it is now........