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Most I've ever gone through would be in Athens last year, for anyone who hasn't been there's a market and a street full of second hand but mostly junk shops, 99%of the records in piles with no sleeves I would guess ex juke box, hope was fed by finding several import red and black atlantics , a couple of Joe Tex on I think Greek Mercury all in shocking condition, a decent Greek release of Groovin with Mr Bloe which I regret not paying three euros for no other reason than the label but you know what it's like there might just be that hidden nugget so waded through piles and piles of dusty unloved 45's. We went in one second hand shop of the tourist trail , three Paul Anka ep's , couldn't work out the titles so left 'em, came on here on our return to see a post mentioning a Paul Anka track only available on a foreign ep, think it was Spanish, didn't go with any expectation of finding any records at all and was pleasantly surprised though ultimately disappointed.

Sculpture outside Evergreen Jazz Club Kotor, Fisherman Bay Of Kotor, Perast, sign outsiide bar and finally the last thing I expected to see in Montenegro Laurel and Hardy

I'm no expert on Ebay but probably a stock photo copied from Discogs, neither of them say the photo is of the actual record for sale, or one may have copied the other one off Ebay itself, quite lazy whichever way just as easy to copy a decent picture you'd think. I'm more bemused by the prices the guy gets for his what I guess are white label carvers. As has been said many times on here crazy things happen on Ebay and their self policing leaves a lot to be desired. What does annoy me is people putting up for auction brand new releases, by that I mean releases on Kent etc that are still readily available from any recognised dealer, trying to filter these out on a search is nigh impossible.

I really wish they had been at least the hotel would have had one nights entertainment in an area offering very little to do at night, on the positive side it has made me take more seriously the chances of it happening next year when we go on a small group tour of Kerala in India, prior to this I have taken it very lightly joking " I'll eat anything so I'm bound to get the trots" doesn't sound half as funny now. Yes the statue was brilliant, they had another sculpture which I think they possibly light up at night that looked like it had what may have been steam rising through it, didn't look much during the day sadly after walking all day we didn't feel up to the walk through a building site to the marina at night.

Last hours in Montenegro, fountain in the new Porto Novi marina complex just down from our hotel, last day and I've been up all night with the Bombay Trots, with impeccable timing no water in hotel when we got up.

Graffiti in the shade Hercig Novi

Looking towards Kumbor from Hercig Novi Montenegro this afternoon

Mine too, managed to grab a cheap one relative to Discogs prices, followed your advice re profit on the record I sold, bought a few re issues but mostly new stuff and originals, it's been a steep learning curve buying again.

Ironing and packing for holiday in Montenegro, diet starts tomorrow if reviews of the hotel food are to be believed, last chance to play some recent purchases and a few old uns' Bobby Moore Chained to Your Heart (nice French issue picture cover) . Jive Five You'll Fall In Love The Agents You Were Meant For Me Homer Banks Twenty Four Hour Lover Man Fats Domino It Keeps Raining Verdelle Smith Piece of the Sky Jimmy Norman This I Beg Of You Sonny Knight If You Want This Love Brenda Lee If You Don't Irma Thomas These Four Walls Timi Yuro When Something Is Wrong with My Baby Two Tons Of Love It's a Bad Situation in a Beautiful Place Sammy Davis In the Shelter of Your Arms (impulse buy off the old bay, juries still out, couple of bits let it down a tad) Billy Sha-Rae Do It (Blue Spectrum, not sure if it's an official release Discogs says Unknown looked up a couple of old threads on here no wiser, any clarification please?) Judy Clay Bed of Roses Miami Kill Tat Roach Bobby Moore You Got me Baby The Companions Be Yourself Wales Wallace Somebody I know Jimmy Sterling If You Were Me Melvin Brown & James Matthews Love Stormy Weather Bobby Oroza Your Love Is So Cold Jackie Wilson Soul Galore Shirley and the Shirelles Look What You Done To My Heart Betty Everett Getting Mighty Crowded Bob Kuban The Cheater last three still give me the same thrill as when I first heard em' all those years ago

My mate has the Canadian issue which he got from Sam himself when he was interviewed on the Ray Rose show on Marcher. Apparently Sam's wife had brought several copies over in her handbag.

Walked round there myself a couple of weeks ago, loads of options for extending a walk from there, some really nice circular routes to Ramsbottom taking in Holcombe Hill.

This thread reminded me I had this cd given to me some time ago lying somewhere in the house, not sure I have ever played it,

Didn't know that one, there was a time the lyrics could have been the theme tune to my life, Sixteen Tons brought back happy memories of my youth , couldn't find the version I used to listen to before I was old enough to actually buy records which puzzled me, age has taken its toll on parts of my recall. Nice selection.

Jerry Fuller, fabulous tune

My tale of selling up, not selling up, selling, giving and regret. Around 15yrs ago I considered selling up, I hadn't played any vinyl for years, the vast majority of my collection was and still is Motown, early sixties , Atlantic, stuff from soul packs, general chart soul from the 70's and early 80's, I didn't think I had anything of great value , a bloke I met in my local pub a few months earlier showed an interest , came and had a look at the records said he'd make me an offer, I got cold feet went to his house to tell him I'd changed my mind ,he wasn't in but his wife said he'd be very disappointed he had just drawn out two grand, far more than I expected to be offered. Move on to about 7 yrs ago (which is frightening in itself a it seems like yesterday) I needed money for a holiday, a good mate and respected Dj came and had a look ,not wanting to fall soft again and knowing him to be a genuine guy I told him to take what he wanted and give me a fair price, I was happy with what I got even though I had no idea what I had sold, sold some more to another Dj mate and regrettably gave some to another. Move on again to two years ago and illness meant I had time on my hands ,off work for eighteen months I fixed up a deck and started playing my vinyl, this is where the regret kicked in, not so much for the ones sold at least I got something but the ones I gave away. Not a Northern night passes were I don't say to my mate "I used to have that" or "I think I've got that" only to get home and find I've either sold it or given it away. Move on to today and I'm back in the game so to speak, buying vinyl again on a small budget so some of the stuff I sold and would like to own again I can't afford, that small budget has slowly increased as the bug has bitten deeper, thanks to some of the audio threads on here I'm buying a mix new releases, bits and bobs of stuff I've always liked but thought were out of my price range but have been happy to find they aren't. I'm still in a quandary over Ovo, does it matter if I'm only playing them in the house, should I buy stuff on Kent, Outtasight etc when there's enough original releases for the same price that I like, does it really matter, probably not and enough people have told me that. Finally as a believer in Karma, the respected Dj and still a good mate finding out I was buying again has gifted me several great sounds ,as he says you were good to me back then.

I don't know where this rates as regards a jump in price I read the Wants thread on here last week not something I normally do and saw someone was looking for Eula Cooper Try, I thought I'm sure I've got that somewhere, got it in a soul pack back in the day, can't remember ever playing it past the initial don't like that but it's been there gathering dust for years. I was intrigued so looked it up on Discogs and Popsike ,fluctuated over the years from around £80 to the last one sold last Feb for upwards of £400 with an average of around £230. Still no wiser as to the reason for the price, is it a minor rarity or is it being played out, any of you more knowledgeable guys know. Haven't decided what to do with it as I don't like the record but a couple of hundred quid could seriously diminish my wants list.

My mate works in a couple of charity shops and gets some pretty decent British stuff on a regular basis. Trying to find something is a thankless task as he tells me you are up against dealers and collectors with time on their hands who do the rounds of the charity shops sometimes several times a week. It's a case of just being lucky, it's always worth asking have they anything in the back as stuff is brought in all the time. You never know next time it might be your turn to be lucky......we live in hope. I did get a couple of early Expansion cd's the other week, obviously not rare or anything but nice to find in a charity shop.

It looks at home in the Pyrenees, perhaps it hails from there.... I'll get mi coat 😊

Indeed, quality can come cheap I've been happy to find since I relatively recently started buying again.

Bit all over the place tonight, some recent buys, some old favourites and a few odd ones The Whatnauts Instigating (Trouble making Fool) Freddie Scott Where Does Love Go Lenny Welch Please Help Me I'm Falling Mark1V I Knew It Wouldn't Last Zoo Experience Love's Got a Hold on Me The Dynamites Feat Charles Walker Still Can't Get You Outta My Mind James Phelps Don't Be a Cry Baby The Drifters Chains of Love Marilyn Heywood Mama's Baby Ike and Tina Turner We Need An Understanding Inez and Charlie Fox Baby Drop a Dime Shirley and the Shirelles Look What You Done to My Heart Toussaint McCall The Toussaint Shuffle Harold Melvin Reachin For the World The Nite Liters Cherish Every Precious Moment Bill Withers Ruby Lee Undisputed Truth You Plus Me The Superboys Funky Soul Bettye LaVette Your Turn to Cry Bettye Swann Heading in the Right Direction

Cheers, looking forward to some sunshine 🌞

Bit of a mixed bag played between housework and holiday packing Johnny Nash Falling in and Out of Love Jean Wells Puttin' the Best on the Outside Ronnie Davie What Does It Matter to Me Now Gwen McCrea Let Me Do My Thing Lack Of Afro Roderigo Marvin and Mary Wells What's the Matter With You Baby Artistics The Chase is On Spyder Turner You're Good Enough For Me Jasper St Co Til' I Found You (inst) Dee Dee Sharp Don't Ever Give Up On Me Angel Break Out The Tears Johnny Moore You Fixed it for Me Connie Francis It's Gonna Take Some Time Al Green Full of Fire Lionel Hampton There it Is Johnny Nash You Never Know Bobby Byrd and Vikki Anderson Here Is My Everything Kim Weston Don't Compare Me With Her Rozetta Johnson Who You Gonna Love (your woman or your wife) Dee Dee Warwick She Didn't Know ( She Kept On Talking)

, Puttin' the Best on the Outside Jean Wells Along Came Pride Donnie Elbert It Takes Both of Us Act 1 Sinful Mr Bloe My Conscience The Lovelites

This one seemed to have no fear Martyn, we were outside the workshop when the driver waiting for his truck suddenly said where did that come from, when I turned around the bird was perched on one of the parcels, it flew out of the back of the truck onto the drum store roof, sat there for a few seconds then flew back into the truck and perched about two feet behind me on another parcel, I started to talk to it and it flew toward me landing on my shoulder, the apprentice just got the photo before it flew off, when I went inside to show the lads the photo our female mechanic who was working on an engine said it had landed near her ten minutes earlier and been flying around the workshop. I'd have been gutted if it had flown off before Harry the apprentice had the chance to take the photo, I'm sure it will certainly never happen again.

It was quite a fat little thing Steve, I tried to edit the photo so the bird was clearer this was the best I could manage.