Mal C

I agree, lots of valid points in all the above replies, and we may never know if its one certain thing, all we do know is, they seem to be getting costlier again... One thing I have always thought about, is what I loosely term the generation handover, by that I mean the guys that were buying in the sixties, then seventies, and so on are all getting older, and those collections become avaialbe as time marches on... but I think in the next 5 maybe 7/8 years there will be a influx of 45's onto the market that might outstrip demand in terms of there being more records avaialbe... its a fact, the sixties generation are disappearing, or bluntly dying, will that become a big driver in this I think, bigger than a find in the states of a stash or records say.. dunno, what do you all think about that one? mal

Pm'd ya mate Mal

I think that the unpredictability factor had definitely come into it, sellers who would have normally set sale at a certain price, now try their luck as something very inflated...and can we blame them really... I just personally wont buy from them, but there seems to be no shortage of folk out there with pocket fulls of cash to spend on rare and not so rare soul and funk, at silly prices... I agree with Paul above, they are out there if your prepared to look, and at prices to make you smile.... for what its worth, I really do shop about to get stuff at the right price, and I'm prepared to wait it out in most cases...see thats something you get as you get older, these younguns are all biting at the bit with their cash at the ready... only to find the same record half the price a month later... we've all done it! Mal

Cant believe the Truetones hasn't sold, if the faster side dont get ya, the slower flip certainly will... Such a quality record, I cant believe you would sell it Mark..but good luck to you mal;_)

The IV Royals- one girl/random soul on TAHIA...VG++ $200 you should list this separately, I get emails about a copy I sold years back, literally every other week.. good luck Mal

well thats an over whelming response to this thread.... lets turn it around a bit, whats your colour? M

The Cost of Soul 45s? I've seen a distinct rise in Northern and Modern soul 45s in the last two months, especially on this site. I dont know what to attribute this to, maybe summer, maybe not..demand obviously, but there are some vary off the mark prices, and Ive seen the same track listed at the same time between multiple sellers at very different prices...not the real rare stuff either.. Dunno what do folk think? Mal

There not as good as James brown are they...

you know what, forget these two, DCM / SULTANS and buy The Uniques - Not Too Long Ago, save yourself a load of cash and get a better track while your doing it...

listen to the flip on eBay, then listen to the track again... its a white garage record, although it has a soul feel to it, you can hear where they are coming from...

Great track, Had it years ago, then listened t it in the car the other day, and that was it, I must have it! now sorted btw..

saw that, Tim Brown had one didn't he some years back, nice to hear the flip as well on that listing... That said, its mediocre garage track really, I dont much of it at all, might be rare but musically its not a very impressive track.. Malcolm

you should read Robert Pruters book, I'm sure you have already, but he does a whole major chapter on this subject...

joking!!! I saw this and emailed Glynn above thinking he was the guy selling it,,,, Glyn you buggar I saw you read my message!! If you got it, good for you, great 45... M

thats Soul Inc is dam hard to follow... Remember having just bought Rotations - Dime on D9 at the 100 club, took it out the sleeve, and it flew out of my hand, rolled about 3/4 feet from me, then in a circle till it came to a stop.. the frightening thing was there were people everywhere, I thought it was going to get stamped on, luckily I picked it up sharpish, and no harm came to it.. Phew....!! Mal

Your right, its no where other than You Tube as a clip.... lovely record though..

go onto Manship's site,and deduct 1/3rd... mal

anybody got a mint / Ex+++ copy of daises - cold wave? mal

nightclub, furniture shop and crèche! laughs... that is brilliant. I really like this club... music is great of course, Frank Wilson was a bit too obvious for my taste, but hey music is good medicine when and where ever its played... I dont really understand the negative comments in this thread, but each to their own, if I'm in town Maryam I'll drop you a line and come on over! mal

no problem, can I take the better of the two pink ones pls? 1st class post pls, pip us the details in messenger, and I'll return my addy.. Cheers mal

FLOYD HENLEY Believe in me KAS-MO Ex £12 Love this 45, real quality tune, just one question, yours is red, normally see yellow ones with a slightly different cat / release number, (Kas-Mo 1001) Yellow / Pink (22 001) , pink has Amy/Bell dist, so would the yellow be first, and pink simply a distributed run by Amy Bell? i know you may not really care about this detail rob, but it matter to me... Mal

Our paths must have met then, we were always there sat morning on the circuit of record shops in town.......Don was a massive name in music in Birmingham wasn't he? strangely there were all sorts of stories about Don, I never saw him outside of the counter, I mean him behind it, me in front, but somebody told me he had half a leg or something? dunno bout that story, never confirmed by me as I only ever saw him from waist up o to speak..... though it might have had some truth., he was shot supposedly..... the place went down hill when he sold it, and we all started buying records of a very young Lee Fisher, not the northern soul geezer of the same name, this guy made a name for himself in the House scene, and released a track that went top 40.. owned a shop in Digbeth, then behind the Law Courts.. one of the Kings Standing lot... phew, memories.. mal actually I did get into the basement, after Don sold the shop, there was a ton of Italian Imports, had some nice stuff from in there, there was allot of crap as well..

Still Brilliant Little Richard! If I hadn't spent up this month mate, Id have taken that demo.. :-(( Never realised it had Hurry Sundown on the flip, is that the Milt Greyson song on MGM? Mal

cheers Robb, I guess we may never know...I dint know however that Maurice Jackson took them to Gene Chandler... M

Hi all, Kick ass Funk record here, Serious wah wah action, as they say... Flame & the Sons of Darkness - Solid Funk / P&P Records (Wol) EX+++ play £35 Inc 1st class signed for post within the Uk.. You tube For reference, scan is of the 45 for sale... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqaIvVLGNII