Frankie Crocker

And now there’s one on Manship’s auction, it’ll be interesting to see if it achieves four figures. Agreed, £800 is excessive even before eBay postage and taxes are added in.

I’ve now worked out why Manny has record auctions - this way, he has free publicity on Soul Source. Apart from Rita and The Tiaras which was obviously an auction item, just about everything else went for a set-sale price. Ted Wilson went for less than expected, so someone had a bargain.

Henry’s prices are very fair and reasonable. Too many British sellers think they can achieve maximum eBay prices for records they paid peanuts for. If buyers are patient enough, their record wants will come along sooner or later.

The Majestics on Linda DJ actually sold for £934.01 Today, Henry Atkinson’s sales list had an issue and a DJ copy for sale at £425. Buying records on an auction with a global audience can seriously damage your wallet.

The promo on Linda isn’t worth £800 although someone felt the need to pay that much for a copy (plus all the hidden taxes). The purple issue on Linda is much scarcer. Rampart white demos are styrene so possibly less desirable. The blue Rampart issue featured at the start of the thread is the scarcest variation, but presumably on styrene? Factoring in the David and Ruben green issues and white demos on Warner Bros vinyl means there are six ways of owning this tune, and what a truly great sound it is too.

Maybe we’ve entered an era of ‘semi-instrumentals’ with the likes of Manny Corchado and Gentleman June Gardner being two of the biggest tunes in recent years? I put ‘Ton Of Dynamite’ in that category, but in truth, it felt like a vocal back in the day. None of the previous posts mention Mike Post or Travis Wammack, two of the biggest instrumentals of the 70’s. Super-fast dance music for serious dancers. There’s still a place for soulful instrumentals these days - plenty of top tunes have a great backing track on the flip eg Al Wilson’s ‘Help Me’, Saxie Russell’s ‘Psychedelic Soul’ to name but two brilliant pairings.

I hope you’re gonna treat the handbag brigade to 6 by 6...now that’s what I call a proper party-starter.

All you need to do is win a record then the message flashes up. I don’t know if eBay have published this new tactic. I got the new message at least twice when competing for records a week so ago, but not all the records I won. As mentioned above, instead of instant confirmation of the winning bid, the message informs the bidder calculations are taking place and to refresh the page to see the bidding history.

A recent eBay innovation involves them not stating ‘You Won This Auction’ but instead saying hold on while we calculate who won or words to that effect. This seems mighty odd. Yes, a last second collision of multiple bids could need sorting out. On the other hand though, this action gives eBay more time to act in their own interests...

Yes and Jack Montgomery and Danny Wagner...the words ‘Set Sale’ come to mind...

No, these two copies were different. John’s went up first. Then the second one popped up giving bidders the option of dodging the inevitable premium price John’s would go for. Tonight’s price for Chuck just proves some people have plenty of money and are prepared to spend it on rare records.

Hi Billy. Hope you’re well. I guess you missed the white demo on Steve Jeffries web-site hence your request. Just checked again and couldn’t see it so presume it was snapped up at a bargain price... Not seen a gold issue for quite a while so good luck in your quest mate.

Don’t know who the person is, but like you, I’m curious. I don’t think they own the records as they are generally ‘nice’ scans rather than a mixture of used labels. I’ve read some of the comments posted on YouTube but there is nothing to suggest who puts up the sound-clips. It looks like someone has set out to create a channel that has a sizeable following that could possibly yield a small financial return. Throwing the cat amongst the pigeons, it could be several people called Brian, Colin, Malcolm and Ignatius but I have no proof of this...

I used to have records delivered to my work address until I retired, but this was more to do with safe delivery with someone on reception to sign for them. The only time a delivery ‘failed’ was when someone in my block of flats stole the record from the postbox. Always best to tell your partner what you’re spending so they can see the assets appreciating and the estate growing.

Not seen one for sale for a long, long time. A really good sound and well worth searching for. Be prepared to pay whatever it takes to win a copy.

As were many of the records that now sell for three or four figures. I sold a copy with the help of Soul Source on 15/11/18 for £70 plus postage. Yet again, John achieves a stupidly high price for a common record.

Priceless. Dead rare. Price Guide indications are hopelessly out. If one in the USA was put on eBay, it would fetch a four figure sum. Are you selling or buying?

About right. Was £400 over the last decade. Styrene record so a mint unplayed copy is worth the money.

Sounds better on a black label...might colour my blue one in with a black felt pen... Evidently a rare label variation.

Thanks for posting as usual. Some of the record auctions have clearly finished with winning bids indicated. Other records appear to have no final figures as presumably the auctions continue beyond 6.00 p.m.

An interesting question, and one that's been covered in earlier threads. Essentially, early Northern dancers emulated 60’s soul artists’ dance styles seen in USA music shows featuring the footwork of Major Lance, Jackie Wilson, James Brown and others. When Wigan opened in 1973, the dance style was predominantly shuffling side to side with much rapid footwork. As the scene moved on, it attracted masses of attendees not aware of the Wheel-Torch dance style so the late 70’s witnessed the arrival of the ‘lazy two-step style’ popular in discos. Packed dance floors to some extent forced this ‘dancing-on-the-spot’ approach as there was no space to move side to side. The late 70’s saw the emergence of a modern dance style that later came to be called ‘shuffling’ - the faster sounds of the contemporary newies encouraged dancers to move backwards and forwards. Today’s events usually display a variety of dance styles with older attendees favouring the lazy-two-step, youngsters wearing trainers doing the ‘modern shuffling’, veterans embracing the Wheel-Torch old-style shuffle and plenty of free-style-dance-how-you-wanna punters generally doing their own thing.

Detroit Soul - never seen it sell for so much in all of my life... Jumped from £30 to £100 then to £200 in the last five years with (presumably) DJ spins provoking collectors’ interest.

Is this thread to do with the copy that was removed from eBay on Wednesday afternoon? It always baffles me when a record I’ve bid on is suddenly taken down.

Bonkers. More money than sense. This is not a particularly rare record. Mind you, it is a decent sound 🎶🎶🎶

Great sales list. Crackle at start of Tommy Bush is a recording flaw evident on all copies.