Dave Thorley

Got it on my site, most copies out there came from me. The label owner had some in his basement as mis-presses, but most were thrown away.

New Image Group - In the park - New Image £1000 SOLD !!!!!

Hi All More stuff gone up on site in last few days, including Four Perfections - I'm not strong enough - Party Time Demo £750 Dynamic Disciples - Satan - Purified £450 E.J. Overton - I am here for you - Neco £500 Highway QC's - Be at rest - Peacock £75 De'sire - I don't care - Lou-Jo-Mare £360 Black Conspirators - Just got to be free/L-O-V-E - Get Down £800 New Image Group - In the park - New Image £1000 SOLD !!!!! Rod Brown - My World - Dave Harris £100 Randolph Bros. Plus - What it is - Star City £100 Plus even more, sound files and full descriptions on site......www.topdogrecords.co.uk Thanks for looking Dave & Malayka

Hi All Whole bunch more stuff gone up on the site this week, 'From the hard to find' Too the just plain good'. Including these shiny, pretty things Freeway - Get the feeling - Nebula Circle £400 Al Hudson - Spread love ABC £25 Hermon Kelly - Instant love groove - After School £220 Creations - Cookie N' Candy - Liberty Bell £50 Brutus - Fun tonight/Mellow days - Super 7 £75 June Jackson - It's whats underneath - Imperial £65 Kenny & Larry with the Hidden Persuaders - You and I - A Bem Soul £65 Moon Williams - Suspicious love MCA £30 Just Brothers - Things will be better - Empire £85 Plus a bunch more, thanks for looking www.topdogrecords.co.uk Dave & Malayka

Hi All Trying to track down for a mate Ben Westbeech - So good today - Brownswood Recordings £7 PM me if you've got one for sale, price shipped to UK Cheers Dave

Hi All 'From the hard to find, Too the just plain good' Been busy all week getting new stuff on the site loads more gone up in the last day including these......... Power Of Attorney Band - Love for you - Star Island £240 Carol Dionne - I'm in love with you - Gateway £45 Barbara Streisand - Our corner of the night - Columbia £25 Toni & The Harts - Back to school - Path £100 Neo Experience - Paradise - Sahara £55 M M & The Peanuts - The Phillie - Money £40 Natural Facts - Girl don't cry - Lucky Lou £200 Leon Ware & Janis Siegel - Why I came to California - Elektra £50 Exciting Changes - I've got something good for you - West Hill £150 Plus a whole bunch more, full description and sound files on site www.topdogrecords.co.uk Thanks for looking Dave & Malayka

Hi All www.topdogrecords.co.uk Another 200 titles gone up across the site. 'From the hard to find, Too the just plain good'. In cluding these mighty fine tunes.............. Bobby Wells - Be's that way sometimes - Rumor Demo £150 Bettye Swann - Kiss my love goodbye - Atlantic £80 Knights & Arthur - I can tell the world - Roulette Demo £30 Gwen Owens - Make him mine - Lau-reen £120 Richard Jackson - Fishcakes & frybread - Supreme £75 Willie White - Nobody likes me - Gold Soul £175 Patti Austin - Are we ready for love - Columbia £35 Charisma Band - Ain't nothing like your love - Buddah £250 Sound file and full description on the site, thanks for looking, hope you find something you like Dave & Malayka

Hi All www.topdogrecords.co.uk On a cold wet day, here, hopefully are a few things to cheer you up, some you may know, some you may not, all with sound files on the site. 'From the hard to find, Too the just plain good' Here are a small selection of 2days new additions............. Willie Dixon - Our nation - Mil-Smi £50 Products - Come down - Providence £1000 Bobbie Roberson - Don't turn your back on me - Bolivia £75 BoJack Thomas - Hear me now baby - Kojack £250 L.B & The Incredibale Soul Seekers - Big head / Craw Finger Soul - Stepping Stone £300 Lou D. Washington - Stay of execution - Steeltown £25 Patches - I'm gonna make this a better place - Phax £35 Weldon Irvine - I love you - RCA £180 Soul Brother Six - You gotta come a little closer - Phil L.A. Of Soul £60 Plus loads more, thanks for looking Dave & Malayka

As always love your enthusiasium Kirsty, but in reality I've had it for a few years and never been asked for it in this country. Do get asked for it abroad though a fair bit. Not like I've hidden it, played maybe every other radio show for at least a year. So as I say think it's gonna take a few other DJ's getting copies before it goes big, what ever that means.

The different fonts could well be something as simple as different pressing plants. Major labels, could use as many as 5 or 6 pressing plants for bigger runs of some 45's. But wouldn't surprise me to see a bootleg from more recent years, as nothing seem to be beyond their reach now days. Used to be a time when they wouldn't do major label stuff. But seems most major labels gave up chasing them years ago, as it was so hard to get convictions.

The 'How can I be sure' side sounded great at New Year, Marc. dare I say better than the original !!!!!, which I've never been a great fan of.

I totally agree Rob and the guys at Numero do a great job. They dig deep them selves plus have a wide network of peeps that help them. Along the same vain Nev I'm sure you'd want to big up Soul Junction who do an equally great job. As for Kirsty's offering of Fourth Level, unless more copies have turned up and she knows something I don't, there just aren't enough copies around for it to go big this year. As far as I know there are 4 real vinyl copies on 3 continents and not all with DJ's. I have a copy, but the other three I believe are with collectors and the reality is that I don't play out enough to really make that much impact on any record. It might become a hot topic this year, a swapped soundfile etc, but a big record, ie the general punters paying on the door, kind of known, don't think so. Think there is always a danger of this thread becoming 'I know something you don't know' a form of elitism. Where as I thought the thread was about records that have been known amongst a few collectors breaking through to being really popular.

Yep previously unreleased track from Richard Brooks of The Brooks Brothers. Gonna be coming out on Soul Junction in 2014

Here a few known by some but not by others, see what ya think......... https://youtu.be/uNw1OM4b6dQ

Anyone know who SOUL45COLLECTOR on Gemm is. Every time I order something from him I get the order cancelled or not in stock ?????

in fact here is the Youtube post I put up from the original acetate, and for Dave H, Richie Havens, which I have on a Bell Sound acetate, but did come out on Verve Folkways..................

Happy new year Dave, yep still got all of them, should you ever be going somewhere I'm DJing, let me know and I'll pop them in the box. Never gonna sell em' though, all are keepers

Yep from time to time

Sure I do Pete, courtesy cost nothing. Now more importantly hope you're saving what you can from the shed. PS Happy New Year Pete

Very true Sebastian and so I do owe Pete an apology.

Hi Seb No your not missing anything. Your right the Black copies were pressed back then and are original and maybe worth £££. It maybe that I owe Pete S an apology, I thought the ones he was talking about then and people have recently paid silly money for are the white label (recent re-presses) Dave