Mike Lofthouse

Do you not pay VAT on the the 20% commission you are charged as a seller. So if you sell a record for £1000 you get £760.

And playing himself in John Walters' Hairspray movie

Andy - thanks - nothing like a good ramble about these things. I have the 185 issue with 'Drown In My Own Tears' rather than the less inviting flip to 157 'Broomstick Horse Cowboy' !

Any ideas why (on Discogs) the later release 185 considerably more expensive than the earlier 157?

I Was Born To Love - Hawa

Not a lot in the scheme of things really. However, I've been playing the LP since this cropped up and I have to say that's the way to hear it!

Chris there was a seller on ebay selling lots of Curtom 'job lots' inc at least one box of 25 of this one. He also had multiple copies of the job lots - a nice lot of seven releases inc a copy of this which he had six lots of! one of which is winging its way to North Carolina as I speak 😀

Have a good trip you three!

I have the Rockin' The Same Old Boat aussie release

Mal - I have two label variations of ‘Cry Cry Cry’ with the second titled ‘Cry Cry’. Both are on the earlier brown/yellow. I don’t have an orange variation. ‘Ain’t That Loving You’/ ‘Jelly Jelly Jelly’ is the only one I have on both brown/yellow and orange. Mike

Been a bit of a project these past few years collecting Bobby's Duke 45's. Two short of the US releases - his first and 369 (anyone got one out there?), I'm not sure the second variation of Duke 160 exists(?) and I only have his second release on a 78 - he only put two singles out on the label before his Army service. Including Demos, Label anomalies, EPs (French, Jukebox, UK), Canadian Dukes (and London), Australian CBS and UK Vogue, Vocalion, Action, Sue, I'm up to 94. I'm not so bothered about his ABC, MCA, Malaco 45's.....maybe i'll get around it☺

The 'dreaded' Nashville and all that 'awful' country music eh?

The 'someone' at Stax who owned an MG was Chips Moman, thought that was as well known as any aspect.

Always thought 30% was the norm - if you are lucky

What a fantastic piece of work Red .... invaluable

Thanks....

I have no idea Sean.........just musing on the the possible connection of 'Rhonda' on Stax and the Rhonda on Volt (Stax subsidiary) ....... like I said I don't know the Stax track.......

you have me confused Roburt.... so Rhonda Washington was also signed to Duke before her work with Hot Sauce?

The 'lead' on Volt records act 'Hot Sauce' was a Rhonda Washington - half a dozen fine single before disappearing. I don't know the track you mention but I would guess it is from the vaults issued on the reactivated Stax label................. comparing the Washington (Volt) and Davis (Duke) tracks their voices are not a million miles apart ...but who knows?

There is a near mint on Discogs for 119.95 (anda green label/black text for £125)

Damp Squib for Soul fans maybe but 60,000 LPs and 30,000 45's sold on the day in the UK alone - keeps a lot of small businesses going.......

The Dells was a legendary night for sure Baz...everyone was there it seems, the only person who missed it I know was Kev Kane!

The sale of the remaining 4000 or so records from his collection was discussed at length on here - Featonbys Auctioneers on Tyneside sold them..something like £7 k was made on the day.... I have a copy of the spreadsheet the auctioneers provided...none of the lots really took my fancy....

I have seen some wonderful Soul performers in recent years....all performing far better than you have any right to expect.......some highlights include... Ann Sexton and Debbie Taylor at The Witon Irma Thomas, Barbara Lynn, Mabel John, Willie Hightower, Tony Owens, Brenda Holloway and Betty Harris in New Orleans in 2016 (Ponderosa Stomp) William Bell, Ann Sexton, Masqueraders, Denise Lasalle, Timmy Thomas, Spencer & Percy Wiggins, Don Bryant, John Gary Williams and Randy Brown in Memphis in 2016, also down the road in Muscle Shoals Eddie Floyd and Mary Gresham with Travis Wammack Phillip Mitchell, Barbara Mason, Michael James Kirkland, Lew Kirton, Lenny Williams and Margie Joseph in Bilbao over the past 5 years The O'jays in Nevada in 2010 and Aretha Franklin in North Carolina in 2016.. Nearer to home - William Bell at the Sage Gateshead last year (with the Stax Academy) were fantastic and in London last year Don Bryant at Ronnie Scotts was brilliant as were The Impressions at The Union Chapel.... The Albert King/John Lee Hooker/ Buddy Guy and Jnr Wells show at The Hammersmith Odeon mentioned earlier was a night to remember although Albert was in better form at Colne the year he died in '92. ...and not forgetting the great Bobby Bland at the Albert Hall back in 2000... Try to catch as many as I can..always worth the effort.......

in fairness Syl gave him hard time throughout the show.......don't think he up to the standard Syl Johnson was use to...