Blake H

Was it one of your many monsters Mr H? BH

Thats an arse as I have it in my search's...never saw that go through, oh well keep on looking BH

Gil Scott Heron "Lady day & John Coltrane"/"When you are who you are" UK Phillips Been looking out for this brilliant double sider for years to no avail, does it ever crop up in sales boxes at venues? It never seems to turn up on Ebay either so I guess its a toughie, anyone seen it for sale recently? BH

Have to agree Bri, on one of your cds from years ago and never seen it or I would have bought it. Is it the same label as Duke & Leonard "Just do the best you can" Stomp town 101? BH

And a new winger or should that be whinger. BH

Florida Spiritualaires - I Remenber When - Ernie's Record Parade £50 Thought this would have gone for more, great tune, £50 anyone? BH

If you dont ask....... Anyone want to swap/trade the Odyssey 45 "Our lives are shaped by what we love" Mowest mono/stereo promo for the Odyssey (Mowest) album? Values are about equal but can find some cash/trade for a minter!! Blake (cheek of the devil) Helliwell

US Epic & Polydor (70s) for me, as said before some tough stock issues and stuff still turning up. BH

Having only about 50 well known albums now that rules me out again, any chance of a "anything goes" swap? BH

Slightly different I know but this is what happened to an ex colleague of mine!! https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/mostpopular.var...y_is_seized.php BH

Me Too BH

Your'e right Harry, I go nearly every week and I've never had much luck soul wise but its a great way to spend 4 hours. I usually find a few cds and Nigel Parker has a pitch most weeks and has some goodies tucked away in the boot of his car at very reasonable prices. BH

Syl Johnson...We Did it.......Hi/London BH

My biggest faux pas was Andy Fisher "Hearts beating stronger" Fatfish, I asked a well known DJ/dealer for some address' in the states, a couple of days after I got back round he comes to see what I picked up, offered me £20 for said 45, as I was potless after the trip I let it go. The real bummer was I didn't even record it. What a tit. BH

I'm up for this, would have joined in last time but was moving house, bring it on. BH

Just stick it in the post my friend, I'll do the rest and return ASAP Blake

Heard this last week at Soul Essence, not heard it for years............ MP3 anyone, please. BH

Very nice on UK Ian, is the "One more chance" track wafer thin on the album LOL? A big track for you back in the day eh? BH

I first went to the States in 77 with my good friend Dave 'Jack' Horner, we went to LA in August and neither of us drove at that time. Anyone who's ever been to LA will know the folly of not driving there especially at the height of summer, we came back with only about 50 45s but had a good time nevertheless. I remember seeing a lot of Soulfox boots on that trip. Dave fancied some winter sun a couple of years later and decided to try Pheonix and found Grassroots Record Exchanger and had a good hit there (Dana Valery grey & red demos, Frank Beverly, Tears, Andy Fisher etc) and struck up quite a good friendship with the owner Joe ??? (he had written articles about the Beatles) we always tried to strike up a rapore with the owners with things like "Wheres the best steak in town" or offering a drink after work, they seemed to like that. He kept in touch with this guy by sending for records he'd seen on the shelves and later realised they were worth having (how many times have we all done that!!) Around 88 he wrote to Dave saying he was getting out of 45s as CDs were the thing and he wanted space in the store and did he know of anyone who might be intrested in buying his stock of about 44,000 45s, it wasn't all soul but we reconded we could sell on the pop/rock stuff We pondered this for 10 seconds, went and arranged a personal loan each and sent the draft over post haste. It seemed an eternity for the load to arrive as he had to box them up and the insurance company insisted they be shipped via the Panama canal and not overland via New York. In the interim we had saved the VAT, import tax, transport and storage money for the UK end, the big day arrived when delivery was arranged, a huge flatback lorry pulled up outside Daves house (on a busy main road) with a 8 cubic metre packing case on the back, it was massive "Wheres youre forklift mate?" Luckily we knew a guy who had a factory nearby with forklift but couldn't unload them untill the weekend so they went back in storage for a couple more days, toture We eventually got the box open and split the 250 count boxes 50/50 and went into isollation for a week I remember the very first box having a Imaginations Strange Neigbourhood in. An added bonus to this purchase was that Joe in his wisdom had shipped the load as 'Deceased Effects' on the shipping manifest, so no vat or import duty A big mistake was letting a few dealers round in the early days to buy a few bits in an attemt to recoup some of our outlay, we were a bit green on a lot of titles and some real goodies (deep, funk, rarities etc) went in those early days. A couple of years later and it was back to the States where I first met one of the real characters involved with records, that being John Hillyard in LA, well known to many I'm sure. I believe John had worked with Phil Spector in the early sixties and was known as Motorcycle Johnnie as he'd had a part in a "Leader of the pack" type record way back. His house was rammed with records and all the main dealers called in when in LA, a few hours digging and I'd only found 30 or so 45s when John said "all those 45s on that shelf are reserved for guys in Europe and there all overdue with payment (I think he was skint!) so if you want any there yours". An hour later I left there with 250 quality titles, George Smith, 21st century (Noel) etc etc, so if you ordered off John Hillyard and never recieved, thanks. I met up with him the year after at the Pasadena openair record fair, what a concept digging through records in brilliant Californian sunshine He had huge pile of records in front of him he'd just bought from a guy, he pointed me to where the guy was and I shot over only to find he'd just gone John told me he was one of the Entertainers 4 and he was going over to his place after the fair and he had a load more 45s and did I want to go with him, as I'd left the wife sunbathing at the hotel I declined not wanting to push my luck too far! I'd had quite a good day at the fair and picked up about 100 45s (Tony Galla, Flowers, Ruby, JB Bingham etc) but I always wonder what could have been. Anyway theres my contribution to this great thread. Blake Helliwell

One of my all time favourites on a mint UK demo......sorted BH Hope this is better!! bartley_00001.bmp

Shame refosoul is down I'd have posted Lenis Guess "You cant destroy a pure man" in his honour BH

Thanks for the tip buddy BH

It was only payback as I found out Ian was following me into Beanos in Croydon every week and hoovering up all the new stock, now there was a good place back in the day (the old shop in Surrey st) 000's of import 45s 10 p each or twenty for £1 Stevens & Foster, Trumains etc,etc. First saw Ians massive collection at his flat in Headingley after a nighter but never got to look through. Also remember Ian getting out a 50 count (CD single) of the Wizzards of Ooz "Tripping" saying you really need this, only bought 5 as I didnt know it at the time, big mistake as they flew out of the box at the next Soul Essence. The Bobby Taylor 45 went with my collection when I divorced Happy days BH

Why? Whats wrong asking for a track list, are they C/Us, let us in on the secret please we need to know. BH

I think we need some of your "back room" stories Sean BH