Steve G

Well spotted Miff. I rest my case. If you're lucky the buyer might find "Ring my bell" in there too!

Well he must have sold his records at some point......cos he ain't got 'em anymore. : The mystery that was Wigan Casino eh. Never seen a picture of the Central Station before today either.....I always wondered why Station Road didn't have a station

Dave do you know which came first Smoke City or Midtown? I can't remember. Had the Smoke City one a little while will have to dig it out.

This bit of the "Russ's records have been stolen" bit I never knew or heard we were slow with the "gossip".

Me for one Joan - Would rather watch paint dry than trawl through another 600 crap records / repros / UK 70s etc - there won't be anything for the likes of us in there kiddo Tezza, the seller says: There is approx 600 7" singles Fookin' heavy box to lug about all over the country!!!

I played the crossover side at a venue once it bombed and the bar suddenly became very busy! Shades of Curtis M in the vocals I thought......good record.

Yes it says Andrew Hamilton at the end Bob. Quite interesting article I thought - Joan Baez on Way Out? :

Not really common obviously, but I've seen a few go by.....am I not playing by the rules? Apologies..... I don't think the Betty Wright demo is common either, took me a long while to find one.

Carbon Copies for me. I've seen several float by the window, but there's always been something I wanted more, or a maniac with an oversized bank balance to contend with

I am not sure Chalky, I only just joined Mixcloud so am still finding my way round.

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Well done Cliff. But please do it live.....ATB Steve

There are at least two different People labels in the US. Which one?

Soul people shows are recorded bY Zane and stored on essentialmodernsoul on the radio page, under solar. ATB Steve

nice one.

I got the Tripplets from Adey Pierce Bob, really to complete all my Tripplet Twins records, didn't realise it was hard. It was a £10 er.

Thanks Dylan not aware of that LP which is much later than all her Cat stuff and the Atlantic one....which is about where I cut off as far as Gwennie Babes is concerned. Also has Robbing Peter to pay Paul etc, I have the original version of that on Hot Rays somewhere, but would need to dig it out to remember who did it (not saying it's rare as clearly it was a soul bowl front page focus in the early 80s). Cheers Steve

Next few years Ian? Well I hope they hurry up and put them out before those that are interested in unissued material all end up "retired" or "programmed" only to be receptive to the singalong 70s classics. WHat timescale please Ian?

Dylan, I wasn't aware of a Gwen McCrae standing room only, unless it's a more recent thing? Certainly not on my albums or 45s....

Strewth Wigans Ovation worse than I remember them and that's saying something!!!!

Nice one Steve

Hi Bob, are there many of us sweet collectors left out there? Sometimes it feels like a lonely existance

Gulp!

A "few hundred" may be a bit of poetic licence for 200-300 or something (only John knows), but there must be at least 50 in the UK alone when you think about it - even more if Garry took 50 off of John. Even I am surprised by how many oldies DJs I hear end on it.....I don't really see this one as a holy grail I am afraid. Hard to source now maybe and that's why the price has gone so high. As well as the overseas collectors there are also some folks in the UK that collect records and don't DJ I know you know that and we mustn't forget them. Yes very good :lol: I also have a cage where I keep my 'Lion' label stuff. and a fridge which is stacked with "Philadelphia" records :