Chalky

Do you know who said thief is?

They were issued on Tie but as for an acetate, could be but could very well be an emidisc.

MOM is far superior, why it was never flipped at Casino/Central I'm not sure as it would have gone down a storm even then. MOM and Rita both superior to Milton James as well.

Great photo courtesy of Dave Welding

Sir Joe, loads love it, many willing to pay for it too. One mans meat an all that......

This flyer is courtesy of Jerry Hipkiss from a previous topic where the Invitations appeared as the Drifters.

Tim Browns latest has one.

Two on Doré. Swans "Nitty Gritty City" and Little Johnny Hamilton "Keep On Movin" both one offs as far as I know.

I think one I have is called Soul On CD, about 6 issues, all with a free cd.

I have a couple of titles that came with a CD, not sure if this is one. I will have to check.

I thought it was the going rate these days? Have seen it sold for less as well in recent years.

Lonely Lonely is Roy Haggins on lead and not Morris. Sounds very much like Morris but it isn't.

Harry Starr is not a pseudonym for anyone. He was married to one of the Spellbinders, Elouise Pennington I think. Chris Lalor will confirm. I did a cd of Harry's material which his grandson opened. I tried to get some info out of Ella but she wouldn't talk about him, bit of a rum un by all accounts.

Eddie Parker been through ebay and private sale as well in recent times. Quite a few copies in the hands of collectors and DJ's Most records mentioned copies have surfaced. Inspirations probably the one with just the four known copies that have been known of for some time now. Larry Clinton good few demos about but just the three red issues. Kell Osborne, just the three known copies? Same for Junior McCants, two or three only known. Many of the so called rarest of the rare, copies have surfaced.

It has been fetching upwards £200 and in the odd case more but for a VG copy non way. I would say £175 is is a fair price for a decent copy but if someone daft enough to pay £250 for a VG copy then it is up to them.....but it sets a marker other sales will follow.

Narrated by Neil Sedaka, and excellent insight into The Brill Building, the music, the artists and the characters. Two parter, first can be got on demand and second is tonight at 10. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05sfhnp

I'm glad you enjoyed it Mal. I bet most who participated went on line though. But my point was it isn't hard to see why independent record stores are struggling and closing when you see the prices be asked. Lp's twice the price they should be. As Mike says cut the middle man out and go to the label directly if they have a store. It would make far better business sense to cut the price and sell more wouldn't it? I'd love to see the stores thriving, we don't have one in our town, but I'm not going to be taken for a mug paying over the odds for essentially reissue LP's, wouldn't mind if it was unreleased material.

Whereas the day was born to celebrate independant record stores it now seems to be a day where they can screw everyone for what they can. £20, £25 for a reissued Lp? Really? £29 for a double Lp? Really? The Linda Jones original can be bought for not much more if you look around. Soul Junction, Secret Stash (double Lps as well) and others releasing quality unissued material for around a tenner, why can't others do this? They seem to be shooting themselves in the foot IMO. I no longer bother with record store day because as Steve says commercialisation and greed seem to have overtaken what the day was supposed to be about.

I was robbed then at 50p....or was it 75p? Issue as well.

Cecil Washington everything you want in Rare Soul IMO. Not hard to see why it was one of Richard's biggest records.

But there has always been exceptions, going back to the early days it was clear mid tempo and some slower stuff was played. Plenty throughout Wigan's history. Different genres too when you look at Mecca and Cleethorpes playlists. I would say the scene began to change and accept slower tempo and more modern records as a rule rather than the exception with Richard Searling's later Wigan sets, John & The Weirdest, Cecil Washington etc etc. I have seen Cecil Washington described several times in fanzines as scene changing. The 80's just took it further and quicker. Of course you still had your records and genres that were very divisive, some people were more tolerant than others.

That many? Must be a shed load of new doscoveries

Love this record, both sides. Wish I had some money to spend on discs like this.

Yep, it is alive and kicking in Longton, Stoke.

Not sure about that. The first person to play it was Cliff Steele. It came from a Northants Rock & Roll collector who mocved the soulful stuff on to Cliff. It was unknown as far as I am aware prior to this.