Chalky

£36 is for gift. From HMRC... VATYou pay VAT on goods sent from non-European Union (EU) countries and EUspecial territories (eg the Canary Islands) if they’re: gifts worth more than £36other goods worth more than £15alcohol, tobacco products and fragrances (eg perfume, eau de toilette and cologne) - of any valueYou have to pay VAT on all goods sent by mail order from the Channel Islands no matter what their value.

Thje handling charge can rise to £13.50 as well for high value items. The import tax for the UK from what I can see comes into effect when the total including postage is over £36.

is is low as that? I thought it was anot £26?

By the way, I am not saying anything dodgy is going on with the bidding here, John Tefteller is a reliable trustworthy seller. In this instance the buyer completely taken leave of senses. There have been other auctions on ebay where it is pretty obvious all is not what it seems and the seller has little feedback or any kind of reputation. I know a record to some degree is only worth what someone is willing to pay but come on, twice the previous going rate?

I take some convincing about the credibility of mNy of these daft auction prices on ebay of late. Either someone has taken complete leave of their senses or some dodgy goings on. As every week goes by I get more and more dissalusioned with the 45's market.

you had the same argument then as you do now

As Rick said probably just different pressing plants. I think Decca signified which plant of theirs they used by a single figure number after the matrix.

Plenty of so called promoters have made profits for themselves on back of charity events. Not only do they get a large profit the Dj's usually do the job for free and the room hire is usually discounted. The charity usually sees very little if anything as the promoter lo and behold doesn't cover his or her costs. I personally don't think they should be allowed to advertise as a charity event unless registered with the charity commission, aligned to a particular charity with correspondence to back it up and then once the event has taken place they post up a letter of thanks from the particular charity with the amount raised. I wonder how many charit events would disappear?

I've also seen Iranian pressings, Sly and Family Stone for one, blue vinyl.

we all love the classics, they are what we grew up with and I don't disagree with you, you need an element of the known alongside the unknown, even more so today. But the choice is down to the Dj, personally if I wanted to hear the Salvadors I'd go to kings hall, far more known records I would sooner hear at an upfront (whatever that means today) night than that and the likes of Eddie Parker which has also featured at lifeline. When a Dj is given the licence to be imaginative and adventurous and not worry about the floor as much they should take it. if ypu can't or are afraid to use some imagination at an upfront nigt then there is littlehope left for the future, it will be a totally retro scene in no time. well I didn't want to be the one to tell you but....... you play some great sets mate, probably more upfront than most if not all.

yeah ot was at Bell. But you are probably right regarding a few top oldies needed, they always are.

his first record wasn't a new record to him, the fact he'd just paid £3k for it was the reason he felt fit to play it, it was the Salvador's, the supposedly St Louis press. Lifeline has always played quality oldies in the mix. Neither do we tell djs what to play, just use some imagination.

There is nothing better than listening to or dancing to a well thought out, imaginative set that flows effortlessly from record to record.......ok may be sex runs it close

i think what is actually meant is the set flows and the records compliment each other. I've heard some Djs with the rarest of the rare but styles, genres and tempos all over the place leading to a disjointed set and the interest of the dancers couldn't be sustained.

Just seen the link posted by Stuart Cosgrove elsewhere of the death of Al Abrams, an integral part of the Motown Empire, especially in the early days. https://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/music/brian-mccollum/2015/10/03/al-abrams-early-motown-publicist-dies-obituary/73283738/ R.I.P. Al.

Quite a few on discogs. https://www.discogs.com/sell/list?master_id=299987&ev=mb

All these podcasts are being added to mixcloud so go and check them out. https://m.mixcloud.com/Chalkster/ plent more stuff to listen to there as well.

yep

Will be a tenner well spent too. as an aside I was in touch a while back with the last surviving member of the group. I was planning to get his story of the group as little seems to be known about them. He was in a home but the equivelant of the social services moved him and my other contact couldn't tell me where for legal reasons? I might give her a shout at the weekend see if anything has changed.

it can take 5 years to break a record dependant on who is playing it and how many copies there are on todays more regional scene. So what exactly does upfront constitute? It used to be newies but they are few and far between these days. i remember some of Butch's spins from the early 90's, Johnny Praye and Tommy and the Derby's not getting wider recognition until the early Lifeline evenets when Andy Dyson got copies, that was ten years or so later. Prior to that you only ever heard them really was when Butch Dj'ed and maybe Carl Fortnum with Tommy.

Little guy, suit and glasses?

Twelve months possible too short these days, it can take 5 years plus to break a record depending on who has copies and hope many. Once upon a time 4 weeks and it was an oldie

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I don't recall seeing it on eBay, maybe in the early days. Although Popsicle doesn't show everything that's gone through eBay. I've seen it sold via dealers or collectors. One was £8k if memory serves another was half that.