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I remember John Scouse playing me a 78rpm Emi of James Coit, sound quality was crap but I suppose it was taped at Wigan originally.

Jimmy Robins - Jerhart, Mica & Impression

Leave the neg feedback on the 90th day after the auction, by the time he realises it'll be to late for him to do the same.

Don't even think about using T-cut on an expensive record, I should think the best you can hope for is that it looks in better nick than it is, I don't think it will get rid of the noise. You could try getting it skimmed, I'm sure someone on here knows where to get it done.

I've just checked a reggae LP i T-cutted, what was a deep scratch is now only faint and all the light scratches around it have gone. The area I did is slightly duller than the rest of the surface. Oh, and its totally unplayable, but it was before anyway. If you T-cut all the playing surface you can probably make a record look better but as for it sounding any better, I doubt it.

I can confirm that T-cut will remove light scratches, it will also remove deep ones as but will remove the grooves as well. I'd only try it on a record that's unplayable and there's nothing to lose.

I've been looking on the net for some info on Ray Whitley who wrote & originally recorded I'VE BEEN HURT & HEY GIRL DON'T BOTHER ME. The only Ray Whitley I can find is a sort of Roy Rogers type singing cowboy. Please tell me it's not the same bloke. Cheers Crumb

They can't chase him off, he's not an ebay member. This means that you shouldn't click on the respond now button in questions from ebay members unless you know they are genuine members. If in doubt, as glosters best said check if the message is on your ebay page as well. I suppose I should have sent it to ebay but I deleted it as soon as I realised it was dodgy. Cheers

Just had a message, supposedly via ebay from a member, pacific-real-estate saying "have you deceided yet". As I couldn't remember buying anything off this seller I clicked on the yellow reply button to ask him what it was all about but it asked me for my password & username, as I was already signed in to ebay I thought this a bit odd and did a search for this member & guess what? There's no one registered in that name nor did the message show in my messages, only outlook express. If I hadn't already been signed in I think I'd have just filled in my password & username as normal.

Delilah - Major Lance arrived last week sandwiched between 2 pieces of cardboard bent into a u shape. Since everything else I've got on Okeh is styrene I was sure it would be in 2 pieces but as I was unwrapping it a perfectly flat record fell out. It was the thinest most flexible vinyl I've ever seen, I suppose that's what saved it

I'LL COME RUNNING Carolyn Crawford Artistics Wade Flemmons any more ?

I STILL LOVE YOU Superlatives Harry Deal Seven Souls Ann Sexton Casinos Four Larks I'm sure there's more but I can't think of any so far

CALL ON ME by Barbara Mercer Persionettes Bobby Bland Percy Milem Dynells Four reputations or the Presentations If Frank Pop's allowed that would be 6 of each.

Ok, it might not be a dog but there's definitely a noise that shouldn't be there about 45 seconds in

Dena Barnes demo, £20 off soulbowl 77ish. Sold it for £150 about 20 years later & just replaced it for £300.

What's that supposed to mean ? Some are still on the scene, some are not and sadly some are dead.

I was on the same as most other people, except for the idiots who were barbed out of their minds. It was a great time in my life as well, but I took it far too seriously & just could not cope with Murial Day, Judith Durham, Tony Blackburn & all those Casino Classics shite. The music might have been better at Yate in 78-79 but it can never mean as much to me as the Casino did.

Ay up Shute Steve's going to email you.

I took to walking round the town all night before packing it in alltogether. I must admit though the music improved a great deal after I stopped going regularly.

I never danced to this & neither did any of my mates. I did get up & dance to Joe 90 once but I thought it was something else, once I realised what it was I didn't know what would make me look the biggest idiot, sitting down again or carrying on.

I'm sure I heard a dog bark on Candy Staton's now you've got the upper hand.

In the past it's had a negative effect in the short term but been good for the scene in the long run. I might never have got into it myself without footsee, This England etc but I don't think that applies today. I can't really see many youngsters discovering northern because of media coverage & it'll just turn us all into laughing stocks. I think people in bags, vests & beertowels look naff so if any 18 year olds did come, I think they'd soon piss off again.

I've sold loads of LP's on ebay & as long as they look ok don't bother to play them all the way through if I'm not expecting them to make much. If I've been surprised & they've gone for more than I was thinking I play them all the way through before I send it, even though it meant listening to a triple album of shite in one case. With a $400 45 there's no excuse for not playing it first.

Ain't no big thing must be one of the most covered soul songs, I know of around 30 issued versions & a few unissued ones. There's a fair few of Help Yourself as well, J&B Purify, Jimmy James, can't think of any more at the moment.