Chalky

Kindle version as well, cheers for that, added to wish list. A few to read yet but will get round to it.

I've sold a few lately and I've scanned most records, sent a scan and sound file to the buyer if any doubts and kept a copy of the PM/E-mail etc....hard to argue with really. Trouble is too many chancers on ebay, over grading etc out to rip you off, with that and ebay and paypal charges it's not hard to understand why many are deserting ebay. A warp shouldn't be hard to spot, actually pretty impossible to miss if it goes on a turntable and no excuse for not stating it has a warp.

Morning Simon and a Happy New Year to you as well. The venue doesn't have to be posh, just a decent standard, not a grotty damp club with tears and rips in the furniture with chairs you wouldn't stand on let alone sit on. Great when you are a whipper snapper as you say when you didn't have a care in the world but me old bones these days require something a little more comfy I think the reason working mens clubs are so popular is cause they are cheap, often free as they are stood idle most of the time but the music all too often (not every-time before some jump down me throat) often reflects the club, past it.

Some of us older uns have no wish to spend their time in grotty working men's or social clubs. One reason I've stopped going to many places, many are dumps. I've no wish to sit in a shitty mucky damp club anymore. It would be great if it shrank and was refreshed and some of the deadwood left to drift out to sea.

I think Gaz in post 127 just about sums it up. All we've seen mentioned in general is three or four clubs, most in the same geographical area and that will never sustain a nationwide rare soul scene. He's also echoed something I said early on that once kids and mortgages come to the fore will they be around to carry the torch so to speak?

I wouldn't have thought there's a great deal left to discover and what there is to discover I would think would come via you regular sources, they have the contacts built up over decades. so hand me downs and reactivated oldies will be the staple diet, you only have to read the playlists to realise not much is unknown. But there are loads of records ignored by those interested in Wigan oldies only, plenty of records to satisfy them for years to come. But at the end of the day they sould carry on what they are doing and ignore what anyone "advises" them to do, carry on doing their own thing.

Must have been the one only then Steve.

I wonder how many Rod Dearlove had (Small Society) or did he just have the one? One of his shouts late 80's/early 90's.

Above is a topic I posted with a magazine attached about Grapevine. Think the PDF even has the prices I paid around approx 87/88/89.

Not so sure about buyers being hard up, I think many collectors have had enough of ebay and no longer use it. Many use other sites now preferring straight cash deals.

I agree with you on the amount of venues and the quality Callum but what you say isn't the only reason. The scene in Europe is still pretty young and doesn't have the Torch, Wigan, Stafford today's scene baggage that we have over here. If we had a mixture from the beginning to now it would be a much better scene and pretty comparable to what is on offer abroad, over there it is just soul music from the last 40 plus years to choose from. Instead the majority of nights here are Wigan oldies nights and the music reflects that period, particularly in certain areas of the country.

calvin and catamounts I know my baby cares For me or Creation of love clint harmon on note?

Used to be a centre half and if we had the forward in our pocket it meant he never got a kick or sniff of goal.

I dopn't think I've ever seen an off the shelf box, two lanes that hold 50? two lanes that hold 100 each, loads. If no joy try speaking to Swan they are more than helpful and will make any box to your spec. They did me at no extra cost.

I've said all along, everyone should use a snipe, be allowed to enter one bid, as in "what you are prepared to pay" and everyone will be the better for it You might lose a few but prices would be a little more realistic.

It is irrelevant who's paypal was used to purchase the item as far as I know. If you file a complaint it will go through the account you have used, your sisters in this case and any money returned will be put back into this account. File a complaint using "not as described" and see what happens. Those that fail to correspond usually do so when one of these are filed. He has obviously taken you for a ride so f*ck em is how I think when it comes to dealing with them if they don't reply to correspondence.

I think most use some sort of snipe now judging by the auctions I have either lost or watched, always a last second bid that wins.

Dodgy ground when correcting others grammar (is that spelt right :lol), usually make a mistake next posting It's is an abbreviation of it is (or it has) but is usually avoided when referring to to the person. So I think Bob is technically right if referring to the record??? Where's the English teachers when you need them.

A group is simply more than two of whatever is making up the group. A band is a group of musicians.

If described as near mint and is only vg, give him e the chance to do something if no joy file a complaint, not as described.

was a real one or the boot he did?

As Nev said both the group and the label Richmond, VA

Thanks Jim, your words and every one else's are much appreciated. This has taken some time so far to put together, few years actually . But it's a labour of love more than anything and it is nice to know it is appreciated. Many thanks. Plenty more to come, hoping to get one or two more done this year but plenty for next year. I've not even started on Pat yet, I have enough tracks ready for another three sets for Robin and plenty more for Keb. I've Steve Smith, George Sharp and a few more all for you to all look forward to next year.

A christmas treat for you, two in two days. Guy once more. This is podcast 27 in the Stafford Story, each over an hour long, some an hour and half. I reckon there's about a day and a half listening with many more to come. https://www.soulunder...que-entry-id-27 1. Fantasions - G.I. Joe We Love You - Thomas 2. Keith Curtiss - I Gotta Keep You baby - Smoke (Ernest Blackwell" - "Keep Your Baby) 3. Stewart Ames - King For A Day - J&W (Whit Williams) 4. Romeos - Mon Petite Chow- Loma (Thaddeus Crawford & The Fi-Yi Band) 5. Willie Small - How High can YoU fly - Jessica (Spencer Jones - How High) 6. Lebaron Taylor & The Revilot Strings - In The Pocket - Unissued 7. Susan Rewis - they Say You Found A New Baby - Columbia (Denita James & The Wildside - All The Hurt And You) 8. Edward St Ann - More Luck To You Baby - USA (Tony Michaels" - "Good Luck To You) 9. Jay T - The Road Ahead - Bel-Ad 10. Elsie Strong - You Cut The Love Line - Empire 11. Stewart Ames - Angelina Oh Angelina - J&W (Clay McMurray & The Brothers Just - Angelina) 12. Richard Moorhead - Don't Try To Use Me - Aura 13. Outsiders - We Ain't Gonna Make It - Capitol 14. Faye Crawford - What Have I Done Wrong - RCA (June Edwards - Come On And Tell Me) 15. Matt Brown - Sweet Thing - Jar Val (Curtis Harrington - Such A Sweet Thing) 16. Motor City Sound - Shake Me Break Me - Unissued (Motown Brass) 17. Ad Libs - Johnny My Boy - Blue Cat (Magnetics Maybe Maybe) 18. Decrescendos - One Of The Crowd - Prism (Magnificents) 19. The Blockbusters - Muddy Pt 2 - Rockin (Lord Thunder) 20.The Stunners - Nobody But Me - Renfro 21. The Tribulations - You Gave Me Up For Promises - Liberty (Angelinos) 22.Billy Lee Riley - Happy Man - Atco (Otis Brown - Down The Road) 23. Ollie McLaughlin Band - Don't Say Maybe Baby - Unissued 24. Betty Willis - Gone With The Wind (Is My Love) - Mojo 25. Spidells - Pushed Out Of The Picture - Coral (James & The Four Souls) 26.The Stunners - Without You - Renfro 27. The Motor City Runners - Watch Your Step - Unissued Jobette Recording 28.Righteous Brothers - It's Up To You - Verve Souled Out LP (Jack Montgomery) 29. Jimmy Norman - I'm Leaving - Mercury (Robert Ward & The Ohio Untouchables - Ain't Got Nothing To Lose) 30. Joey Gee - It's More Than I Deserve - ABC Paramount (Don Adams - I'm Glad You Gave Me One More Chance)

wasn't this a Searling spin?