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Tracked these and others last night on ebay - concerned that sound bites were not from actual 45's - they seemed too good for VG- / G- and G gradings given and maybe explains high final bids somebody is either going to be pleasantly surprised (happy) or somewhat miffed if 45's turn out to be representative of usual condition of these grades. Buyer beware it can & does end in tears Steve

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And its got a crack - Makes Rudzi's copy look a bargain Best of luck What a sound - Maria Willingham dedicated it to me recently at the Birmingham Night Owl all-nighter Steve

JUST THE ONE TODAY !! - another monster Usually I'm a set-sale guy but on this one I'm looking for best offer on this awesome rarity will start at £750 and let it run until Sunday 5th Feb. Herman Lewis - Who's kissing you tonight - Mercury EX Pressed as Mercury red stockers but stamped on other side as 'not for sale - promotional copy' Probably explains rarity - picked up from Stone Blue to go nationally then pulled due to lack of demand - creating yet another Northern anomaly Only 2 on popsike in all the years and no photos or sound bites off the Mercury release on youtube. AND you all know how great it is PM me if interested / questions Reserve the right to sell outright if I feel the right offer is received Steve

Two tough ones Helene Smith - 'The pot can't talk about the kettle' - Blue Soul Zircons - 'Was it meant to be this way' - Heigh-ho Anybody out there - condition /price Here's hoping Steve

ANDY, Did you sort this - if not I have a minter at £50 Steve

CLASSIC POUNDING RARITY DONNA COLEMAN - LOVES TOO STRONG - AVIN WLP VG+ £425 -SOLD Some label discolouration due to age - no writing/tears - flip side noise but top side great and what a sound interest - give me a shout

REVISED listing for 2017 - all proper Northern play out sounds - no fillers USUAL GREAT PRICES !! - some reduced EXITS - I DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT - GEMINI VG+ £125 £115 Superb West Coast - Conwell/Graham/Colbert..... Nuff Said - lovely issue MONORAYS - LOVE - 20TH CENTURY WLP M- £150 £135 Sublime Robert Banks arr. classic - immaculate DOUG BANKS - I JUST KEPT ON DANCING - ARGO DJ VG+ £175 Another all-time dance floor igniter - and the promo BEN ATKINS & NOMADS - COME ON OVER VG £80 £70 Another killer from the label 1/3 price - plays great for dj'ing STEELERS - JUST BEGINNING TO LOVE YOU - CRASH EX £275 Immense Chicago horn driven killer - needs more plays - why so many tired spots when there's stuff like this out there BARGAIN - LISTED ELSEWHERE AT MUCH MORE LAST WEEKEND AND ANOTHER SOLD WITHIN MINUTES AT £300 IF ANY INTEREST GIVE ME A SHOUT AS USUAL

Sidney Barnes - I hurt on the other side - Red Bird WLP - £150 - Discogs Fred Waters - Don't let it get you down boy - Ref-O-Ree WLP - £50 - major dealer set sale list But like most great opportunities you have to be logged on as they get listed - or they are gone and from 5 yrs ago - Mr. Soul - What happened to yesterday - Genuine - $89 incl postage - ebay 01.32 in the morning If only it was that easy all the time Steve

Recently Royal Mail lost a High Court case (on appeal) that they could not enforce the handling charge to collect money on behalf of Revenue & Customs and should charge R&C for the service not the customer - who had refused to pay/hand-over the money at the counter and as they had the package in their hands they walked away telling those always obliging staff to take the matter up with the R&C. The Royal Mail duly began enforcement action on the customer and a long winded case ensued, which they eventually lost. GOOD NEWS ? NO - the Royal Mail knowing that this would set a precedent settled this one particular case and then blithely ignored the ruling, reasoning that very few people would have the resources or determination to engage in a costly battle with them. So despite the handling charge verdict going against them we are all still having to pay. What gets me is the £15 trigger point - what can you get for £15 nowadays (any category of product) - and the fact that you pay 20% VAT on the full amount - so a £15 item is duty free but a £16 item cops for a £3.20 duty charge and the Royal Mails £8.50 collection/handling charge - so a £16 item costs a further £11.70 on top of the postage already paid, invariably doubling the actual cost.

FIVE WHITE DEMO KILLERS FOR CHRISTMAS SANDI SHELDON - YOU'RE GONNA MAKE ME LOVE YOU - OKEH WLP M- £850 SOLD The allure of the big red A - all time great sound - unbelievable copy in 2016 MAJOR HARRIS - CALL ME TOMORROW - OKEH WLP M- £350 Okeh killer tune again in immaculate nick - LOVE IT HOUSTON OUTLAWS - AIN'T NO TELLING -WESTBOUND WLP M- £400 SOLD Stonking so desirable sound - again in immaculate condition FRED WATERS - DON'T LET IT GET YOU DOWN, BOY - REF-O-REE WLP M- £150 SOLD Immense under the radar cross-over killer rarity -still to have it's day - one on ebay for $449 - 1/2 PRICE BARGAIN KELL OSBORNE - QUICKSAND / LONELY BOY SONG - TITANIC WLP VG+ £275 GAME CHANGING SOUND - IN MY TOP TEN - BRILLIANT DOUBLE SIDER LAST FEW FOR THIS YEAR - GOING OUT WITH A BANG ANY INTEREST GIVE ME SHOUT AS USUAL

Lou Johnson - Unsatisfied - Torch - Colin Curtis - the look on his face as my brother Chris and I presented him with a mint British London issue from our box - a bit like the British Nancy Ames on British Columbia alongside the Epic import - at the Mecca - dreadful irrespective of label

Harthon productions as a sound - not the label - all 3 were Tower issues

Got round to answering the Gene Latter question from 'Up the junction' - Can't really remember anything other than he sang 'Sign on the dotted line' several times and filled the rest of his spot with stds. Someone else mentions Four Larks - Groovin' at the go-go - Tower - (JM has just added one for auction in the run-up to Christmas with the blurb about it being a Torch monster) Setting the record straight - Dave Rivers pitched up at the Cats in mid '72 with 3 copies - got Max to play it - wow our 1st real exposure to Harthon. Max duly bought 1 for a fiver / Steve Frost likewise and Dave kept the last one and it remained like that almost until the Torch closed in early 73, I guess because that short period of time became known as the Torch era, numerous sounds which never saw the light of day in Tunstall or were at best guest spins from other boxes - Sam & Kitty being another, got bracketed together. Probably says more about who went to what venues than anything else.

penned a reply about Gene Latter / Mecca and all sorts of things - wasn't signed in so lost content - can't be arsed to repeat tonight. Steve

Furys - I'm satisfied with you - Keymen & Art Freeman - Slipping around - Red UK Atlantic - Up the junction - Crewe - Early '72 - Both a fiver - seemed like a fortune - little did I know 45yrs later!! - Alan Day up the ladder to the decks. What a club / bangers and beans for breakfast to get round the licensing laws into Sunday - Gene Latter @ Donnie Elbert live - cartoons in the back room / settees and all, nicking milk off the doorstep Sunday morning before heading back to Loughborough to prepare to unleash the latest acquisitions on the Fantasia crowd. HAPPY DAYS !!!

Great night / great sounds / great company - great venue and even greater shock - Frostie senior at an all-nighter - two in a month - I'll be back with my box. Steve

ONE MORE FOR THIS WEEK - TOP TUNE EXITS - I DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT - GEMINI VOC/INSTR. VG+ £135 Soundville brilliance - just look at the credits - Conwell/Colbert/Graham Steve

WEDS UP-DATE LIST - BRILLIANT SOUNDS AS USUAL - BRILLIANT PRICES AS USUAL. AUGUST MOON - WASTED YEARS / YOU'RE TOGETHER - O-GEE EX £350 SOLD Brilliant double sider and then some - back on the play-lists of those who own one - don't miss out CONQUISTADORS - SADNESS & GLADNESS / LONELY WAS I - SIGNETT EX £350 Their best by some margin - fantastic 2 for the price of one killer - drop the needle on either side STEELERS - JUST BEGINNING TO LOVE YOU - CRASH EX £300 Horn driven - thumping u/tempo monster - cannot do this sound justice - immense TECHNICS - CAUSE I REALLY LOVE YOU - CHEX VG+ £60 Better than 1/2 price Detroit BRISTOLS - WITH A GIRL LIKE HER - AUDIO DYNAMICS VG+ £175 Again brilliant group dancer - £400 on JM - so much better than 1/2 price again GEORGE JAY & THE ROCKIN' RAVENS - SAY THAT YOU LOVE ME - DYNAMIC (PROMO STAMPED) VG+ - £225 SOLD Simply brilliant San Antonio masterpiece on this iconic label - some marks but what a sound ICEMEN - IT'S TIME YOU KNEW - OLE-9 M- £300 SOLD I know a few surfaced but they have now disappeared and they don't get much better than this - immaculate MONORAYS - LOVE - 20TH CENTURY WLP EX £145 Fabulous Robert Banks arranged group killer SHADDOWS - TOGETHER AGAIN - UNITED AUDIO VG £130 Another killer sound - plays much better than grade - much better than 1/2 price -don't miss out - bargain give me a shout as usual Steve

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WEDS UP-DATE LIST - BRILLIANT SOUNDS AS USUAL - BRILLIANT PRICES AS USUAL. AUGUST MOON - WASTED YEARS / YOU'RE TOGETHER - O-GEE EX £350 Brilliant double sider and then some - back on the play-lists of those who own one - don't miss out CONQUISTADORS - SADNESS & GLADNESS / LONELY WAS I - SIGNETT EX £350 Their best by some margin - fantastic 2 for the price of one killer - drop the needle on either side STEELERS - JUST BEGINNING TO LOVE YOU - CRASH EX £300 Horn driven - thumping u/tempo monster - cannot do this sound justice - immense JACKIE WILSON - SOMEBODY UP THERE LIKES - CORAL VG+ £60 SOLD Mexican 7" EP - That voice - brilliant as you know TECHNICS - CAUSE I REALLY LOVE YOU - CHEX VG+ £60 Better than 1/2 price Detroit BRISTOLS - WITH A GIRL LIKE HER - AUDIO DYNAMICS VG+ £175 Again brilliant group dancer - £400 on JM - so much better than 1/2 price again JOHNNY BARTELL & SOUL MASTERS - IT THIS ISN'T LOVE - SOLID STATE EX £160 SOLD As good as it gets northern - every box should have one - lovely issue. SYL JOHNSON - DO YOU KNOW WHAT LOVE IS - SPECIAL AGENT VG+ £225 SOLD Yellow label mix - sublime in demand killer Chicago monster again - bargain give me a shout as usual Steve

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WEDS BARGAINS - TOP SOUNDS - SMARTEN UP YOUR PLAY LIST. JACKIE WILSON - SOMEBODY UP THERE LIKES YOU - CORAL VG+ £60 SOLD Mexican Coral 7" - the only way - brilliant - that voice TECHNICS - CAUSE I REALLY LOVE YOU - CHEX VG+ £60 Great Detroit - bargain - usually beat up - great copy BRISTOLS - WITH A GIRL LIKE HER - AUDIO DYNAMICS VG+ £175 Brilliant - male group sound - absolute quality - absolute bargain (£400 JM now) NEW GROUP - LOVE CAN'T BE MODERNIZED - GEMINI VG+ £160 SOLD Conwell/Colbert/Graham - West coast royalty - and it shows - superb DOUG BANKS - I JUST KEPT ON DANCING ARGO DJ Copy VG++ £185 SOLD Still such a haunting intro / production - floor packer (immaculate) BOBBY HUTTON - COME SEE WHAT'S LEFT OF ME - PHILIPS VG £50 SOLD Looks worn - plays out great - what a sound - Jo Armstead brilliance JOHNNY BARTELL & SOUL MASTERS - IF THIS ISN'T LOVE - SOLID STATE EX £160 'Northern soul' personified - dancefloor igniter still - brilliant - everyone should have one MARVA LEE - IF YOU CAN'T BE TRUE - ATCO WLP EX £160 SOLD Slated for Arctic release - went straight to national dist. on Atco - Mayfield / Curtom meets Harthon - massive for me in '73 one of the Levine 1st trip to Miami sounds. ANY INTEREST GIVE ME A SHOUT AS USUAL. Steve

One on Discogs - $US site - Scorpion release - make up your own mind on price/value - good catchy dancer though STEVE

REAL DEAL SOUNDS - REDUCED - NO LIST FILLERS ESSENTIAL DJ / COLLECTORS ORIGINALS IN GREAT NICK AT MY USUAL GREAT PRICES AUGUST MOON - WASTED YEARS / YOU'RE TOGETHER BABY - O-GEE EX £375 £340 essential brilliant double sider - such a great sound and so in demand again CONQUISTADORS - SADNESS & GLADNESS / LONELY WAS I - SIGNETT EX+ £375 £340 2 for the price of 1 - both sides blinding - their best. STEELERS - JUST BEGINNING TO LOVE YOU - CRASH EX £325 £300 Horn propelled killer - how good is this - * & 31/109 on label Any queries or to buy - give me a shout Steve