Chalky

Reply from Eric 11/8...... We were waiting on more records. The plant short shipped us!They are at our offices and will go to the distribution center tomorrow,then on to you.Sorry for the wait,Eric

I was told theee or four weeks ago they had been pressed and had arrived at the office, they were then taking them to the distributor.

Tommy Tate.... https://acerecords.co.uk/im-so-satisfied-the-complete-ko-ko-recordings-and-more

Have you tried ace records? If they are still in print they will be on there, or amazon or discogs.

Cheers mate. Larry isn't the Larry Banks from NYC on the likes of Spring.

I was there Steve but my memory not as good....I'd had more than are beers I do remember him saying he took a finger full and that he could/would go back for the others.

UK prices are often ridiculous, you only have to look at discogs to realise that UK sellers do not care what is happening around them. They are often two three and four times dearer than foreign sellers on discogs so a UK seller trying to get twice as much as this is selling for on eBay doesn't surprise me. Two copies of the Pinkertones soldon ebay within the last month or so by the same seller for I think $117 and $137.

the seller I mention above is from Inglewood....I've seen several of his sales so he could be a good place to start, looks like the same scan too for each sale.

this guy (soulfunkmore) seems to have sold a few, the last couple not much over $100 https://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-ORIGINAL-NORTHERN-SOUL-45-THE-PINKERTONES-ITS-NOT-THE-WAY-YOU-WALK-/152213772189?hash=item2370a5d79d:g:ZV4AAOSwIgNXudeY

three on eBay now, two in the US one in the UK. Two having a laugh with price considering the amount for sale recently, one has starting price of $99 which I doubt I would pay anymore than that to be honest.

The car broke down at the beginning of the week....didn't get fixed till Thursday so I made good use of those three days by writing this, full time job Many thanks everyone for the comments, they are much appreciated.

Having a root round Steve G says the label went bust for the first time when this was recorded...the engineer hadn't been paid and kept around 200 records. John A took 8 of them, the rest...who knows, certainly a few copies made there way over but the rest who knows? Might still be sat in that box somewhere waiting to be found!

Wigan as well as Cleethorpes. Richard says he played it on the way back from Soul Bowl after collecting it in Kettering on a Friday night.

I know John said he took what he could get on his finger but wasn't the label being shut down, everything in the skip etc? The engineer had a box of these (25).....some alcohol had been consumed during the conversation

I remember John Anderson telling us the story of how he found this...the studio engineer (I think) had a box and John took what he could get on his finger, the rest skipped along with everything else from the studio I believe.

Who was the seller who seemed to have or still has quantity on this? He was trickling them out on ebay etc. Loads for sale the past 12-18 months.

Kent 100 Club Anniversary SIngles Sound files and/or scans available on request. All in Excellent nick, some never played. Some that have do have the odd superficial mark but overall they are all in great condition. The Charmaines - I Idolise You M&M & The Peanuts - Can’t Say No 23rd Anniversary Storming Norther! £50 The Devonnes - Doin’ The Gittin’ Up Mayberry Movement - I See Him Making Love To You 26th Anniversary Great Northern and an excellent version of the Anderson Brothers classic. £50 Tokays - (Marriage Is Only) A State Of Mind The Cavaliers - We Go Together 33rd Anniversary £50 June Jackson & the Jackals - Port Of Happiness September Jones - You Better Know Why 35th Anniversary £50 Payment Paypal (gift preferred to avoid fees) to chalky@karlwhite.me.uk. Postage & Packing Over £15 it is sent Recorded. Over £40 it is sent Special Delivery. The disc(s) is NOT insured otherwise. UK Recorded = £2.50 Special delivery = £7.50 Europe Internationally Tracked & Signed For = £9.00 up to £50 Internationally Tracked & Signed For = £12 up to £250 Rest of World Internationally Tracked & Signed For = £10.00 up to £50 Internationally Tracked & Signed For = £12.50 up to £250

Lonnette McKee

I thought it was confirmed at some point that it is his son? May have been a previous topic or elsewhere?

A lot of vinyl was reused or reground (especially in the 70s and the oil crisis) which resulted in oxygen getting in the regrind, thats why there are many mint vinyl copies that play with noise. Most (quality) brand new styrene presses is often far better quality initially but its deteriorates far too quick. The styrene stampers lasted much much longer than vinyl stampers. But at the end of the day records weren't made to last though and many record companies were just interested in the here and now and making a quick buck.

Just to complete the 45 scans....

A big thank you to Larry Banks. I was hoping to do this story with James Bailey until he was moved to another home. However Larry came through with not only his story but some amazing photographs as you can see. There are more photos that I will post over time so that Larry can tell the story behind them. @larrybanks1941

I couldn't remember the Betty Wilson cover up bit for sure, who covered it up?

I don't remember it being covered up?

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