Chalky

Make your mind up. Your above comment should be dance floor friendly and rarity then ;) Not everything is judged by the dancefloor, not everyone who buys records are northern soul fans.

What's driving the price of Chuck Flamingo then? Didn't do bad for a record that isn't a good dancer?

Timmion charge 33 euros or thereabouts for a two sided acetate. Proper acetates with metal centre. Better sound quality than carvers too in my experience. You have to send the sound file, best quality possible, wav for instance via sendspace or something similar. https://www.timmion.com/cutting/dubs/

I can remember The Icemen fetching 900 quid or so, i can't remember if that was a black or blue copy? I can't remember Chuck Flamingo fetching 300 quid or so though, not on recent times prices, always been tough.

There are 21 copies of the Icemen on popsike from the last 18 months and only two are over 400 quid. The one yesterday seems to be comparable to other auction prices in recent times. If it was blue vinyl then yes I would have expected it to sell for more. As said it isn't as rare as some make out and it wasn't an absolute bargain as suggested but probably the going rate for a black vinyl copy. How many more the guy on ebay has is open to speculation unless someone has inside knowledge.

Keb did play it Stafford time. Believe it had the odd spin mid 70's?

To give this some perspective how many sales has it taken to achieve this?

I remember at one time 50 copies turning up would render the 45 practically worthless, 5/600 for Icemen with 50 copies coming onto the market, maybe more, not IMO, it'd be less than the auction figure IMO. Been plenty of copies around in the past, not common I grant but nevertheless.......

There is also a radio two tribute tomorrow night at ten, Trevor Nelson I think doing it. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04b3pvx

A pimple protrudes, a dimple is an indentation (goes inwards) ;)

Top bloke and so sorry to hear this. Hope you are back to your best soon Rick.

Magic Touch is the sound track yes, but the record on the deck when they show Guy when it starts isn 't Magic Touch.

There are plenty of cubes on the net but none of this quality. Even so price pits them out of my pocket, probably the postage too As for beer crates I don't think our lass would be impressed with some of those in the living room......in the cupboard either come to think of it I currently use the LP storage crate from Really Useful Boxes.

As an aside, Guy isn't playing Magic Touch and when he talks I think the voice is Jimmy Wensiora

https://www.discogs.com/Melba-Moore-Honey-Bees-The-Magic-Touch-Never-In-A-Million-Years/release/4700047

Is that the one above the bus station?

Think Tim Brown had a quantity as well.

Three current highly in demand dance floor fillers. Offers invited, nothing daft or insulting as I know full well what they are fetching on various lists and auctions. Offers via PM please. Will leave them open for a while or until I get an offer I find hard to refuse, if not they will go on ebay or back on the shelf. All three VG+ at least. Sound files and scans are of the actual records. Variations - I Wanna Take You Uptown - Right On. SOLD https://www.divshare.com/download/25844725-794 Grier Brothers - Weeping Baby All The Time/I Got A Good Woman - Melody Disc https://www.divshare.com/download/25844723-ff8 Tommy Rodgers - Pass The Word - AJP. SOLD https://www.divshare.com/download/25844724-502

Is the Fabulus release legit?

Another instalment of the Stafford Story. This time featuring the mid 80's spins for Jimmy Wensiora who had some great records back then and doesn't get the credit or recognition I think he deserves at times. https://www.soulunderground.co.uk/StaffordTOTW/files/4104f44065542e531037104350979fd7-56.html Charmianes - Standing In The Need Of Love - April & Blackwood Acetate Joan Baker - Everybody’s Talking - Diamond (Bettye LaVette) Bernard Williams & The Original Bluenotes - Tears Tell The Whole Sad Story - Virtue Acetate. Re-Vells - I Want A New Love - Trent Town Ty Karim - You Really Made It Good To Me - Romark Tina Roberts - One Way Or The Other - Security (Honey & The Bees) Admirations - You Left Me - Peaches Richard Anthony - Keep On Living On - Virtue Jimmy Armstrong - Mystery - Shrine James Wesley Smith - Talkin’ About Women - Angel Town Cheques - Deeper - Heatwave Van McCoy - Sing Yeah Sing - Unissued Studio Acetate Boss Four - Walking By - RIM (The Fascinators - Just Wakin By) George Lemons - Fascinating Girl - Gold Soul Janeen Henry - Baby Boy - Blue Rock Mary Hunt - I Want To Love And Be Loved - Soul Mate (Alice Clark) Benny Harper - My Prayer - Harper Soul Out Of Sights - For The Rest Of My Life - Saru (Sammy Campbell - My Baby She's Gone) Ralph Graham - She Just Sits There - Upfront (Monster bit later for Colin Law covered up very briefly Tommy Navarro as James Conwell) Dynamic Three - She Said Yeah - Del Val Magnetics - Count The Days - Sable Del- Chontays - Baby I Love You - Steeltown Debonaires - Come Back Baby - SouL Click (Tempos) Speedlimit - Can’t Say No - Cutlass Acetate Citations - (To Win The Race) Keep The Faith - Ballad (Magnificent Men) Soulettes - Bring Your Fine Self Home - Scope Romona Collins - You’ve Been Cheating - Clark’s Flairs - You Got To Steal It - RAP (Ventures) Two Plus Two - Love Will Conquer All - Ditto (Servicemen) Gracie Dumas - Song Of A Woman - El Dorado Acetate/J-Gems Betty Wilson - I’m Yours - Dayco Chico Lamarr - Who Do You Think You Are - Fuller Eric Mercury - Lonely Girl - SAC Jesse Davis - Gonna Hang On In There Girl - Era J.D. Bryant - I Won’t Be Coming Back - Shrine

He is on FB, ask Julie to ask him though on FB.

I asked Richard about the Barrons but he can't remember, try Dave Molloy he said.

Help Truth & The Portraits - Emotions - True Love. SOLD Ex Stafford spin, terrible Tom cover up. Nice white demo of this manic Northern 45 which seems to be gaining in popularity again. Has slight storage warp that doesn't affect play inn any way. £50 Sound file of the actual record for sale Help, Truth & The Portraits - Emotions - True Love.mp3 Faithful Wonders - Ol' John (Behold Thy Mother) - Checker Indemand nighter spin, Northern/Gospel dancer. £60 Sound file of the actual record for sale Faithful Wonders - Ol John (Behold Thy Mother) - Checker.mp3

I put it in a podcast in 2010 that was pretty popular, posted it on here with all the info, had been playing it a while prior to that, Andy Dyson as well had played it out. Other DJ's had played it out, Keb back in the 80's, I did hear it was played at the Mecca, think Levine mentioned it as he put it in a recent podcast I think, I'd have to listen again to check what he said. James Trouble was selling one on here in 2006 for £80 although for the other side, Shifty was selling one on his list on here in 2008 for £60. It was £75 or thereabouts 3, 4 or 5 years ago the ones I saw in sales boxes and lists etc. In 2011 it was already on the rise. Now it packs the floor. It matters little what a few anoraks think today. Karmello Brooks was £25 back in the 80's, try finding one today for less than £1500. Betty Lloyd was £30 all day long late 80's early 90's, now you'd have to part with several hundred quid, Dottie and Millie a fiver now it is £150 plus and I've seen hundreds more copies of that than Grier Brothers, Ruby Andrews the same and there's thousands of copies. The same can be said for countless records. We can all say it isn't worth this or that but it is irrelevant, it's what something sells for today that matters not 30 years ago and the Grier Brothers the last few I have seen have been in the price wise in the hundreds not tens of pounds. Supply and demand as they say and demand is out stripping supply of this right now.

Why ask Chris? He didn't find it, posts above say who found the track and how and where it was played first.