Denbo

Sounded more like Mitch Ryder than Billy Butler or Major Lance to be honest.

Brilliant innit, when you get THAT feeling from a record like THIS. Awesome.

LOVE your avatar!!! :o)

In answer to your question, "Why did Hancock only get a half hour", because any longer than that and you would have died from laughter. But I guess that'll not be the fisrt time you've heard that? Along with Tommy Cooper and Ken Dodd, what more is there to comedy?

Hi Kev, I'm now in the Pub, with FREE T'internet access, good eh? Please send me a soundbyte of the Babs Tino track. Thanks. I'll listen to it tomorrow.

Yeah, but BIGBOY's report had me on the edge of my seat. Well written. BIGBOY, ever thought of writing a Thriller? :o)

Come on everybody, there MUST be somebody out there who can supply me with a scan of the label and a soundbyte of the track . . . . . please??? PM me if you like?

PLEASE, can somebody offer up a FULL soundbyte and a SCAN???

Turn Out The Lights / Nicotine Scene - Kayham. Anybody got one for sale and what does it go for? Has anybody got a scan and a full soundbyte? Please!!!

Cheers Chalky.

What, one went for £538 just recently on Manships Auction site? Or some other auction? Just want to see a scan of it. Seen the reissue thanks. Think I'll get it. Not into that £500+ kind of buying. Well, not imports anyhow. Why reissue it on Laurie? Why not Top Ten?

What does it sell for? Got a scan?

I've been collecting records on and off for over 35 years now (mostly UK releases) and I just love it when I stumble across a record for the first time, one that everybody else probably knows, but somehow, perhaps for some good reason, it has escaped my attention for absolutely donkies years. That record in question is 'Soul Sloopy' by the Dynamics, apparantly issued on Top Ten records and perhaps even Laurie, but that has yet to be confirmed so I've heard? My question is this. Is it a rare release on Top Ten or can I get it reasonably priced? Seems it probably IS rare on Laurie? Anyhow, anybody got a scan of it. I've got a soundbyte of it. All's I want now is a copy on Top Ten. But there I go you see. It's probably as rare as hens teeth or might even be just a £10 record, I just don't know. Either way it's a great record and I'm just happy for having 'discovered' it for myself. Brilliant.

Hang on, have I got this right, this 'stompa' instrumental soundbyte you've posted, which is great by the way, was on the Tony & The Tonics UK Lp on Toast? (Is that the LP with a big red double decker bus on it?) Tony & The Tonics did versions of Darrell Banks 'Open The Door To Your Heart' and 'I Get The Feeling' on this same Lp, as well as this instrumental. Have I got that right now? My question about how this instrumental soundbyte was relevant to the thread was based on the fact that everybody was offering different versions of DB songs. This instrumental soundbyte surely wasn't a DB version, or at least wasn't a DB version instrumental? Right? Forgive me. It's getting late and I'm tired.

Does anybody out there know if 'I Keep Wanting You' came out on a 45? If not, did it come out on an Lp, preferably a UK release like 'Cry Baby' or 'Warm & Soulful'? I'd check the Lp's myself but I'm not at home just now. Thanks in advance. Denbo.

What IS this track called, heard it elsewhere a few times without ever finding out what it was, and off what album on UK (?) Toast is it from, apart from just Tony & The Tonics? Title of Lp? Toast label number? And not that it matters but what's this track got to do with the Darrell Banks 'Open The Door To Your Heart' thread?

This guy's own stated shipping costs don't tally with the automated system that adds it to the winning bid on the 'Pay Now' system on eBay. To be honest, I was convinced that I saw shipping costs to UK at $4. But sometimes I've been known to see things that ain't there :o) Anyhow, when I saw the total, which included $13.45 p&p Airmail with no insurance, I checked his own stated shipping cost figures and found that $13.45 was for Lp's and 12 inchers and it should have been $10 for 45's. Still steep and I've told him so!!! Trying it on or what? Hoping the buyer wouldn't notice or couldn't be bothered to challenge it. I'm only buying this 45 for a pal and it's not in great shape but hopefully good enough but the point is I couldn't care less if the deal doesn't go through so it should be intersesting to see how he reacts to my challenge which has gone already. By the way, the winning bid was only $2.75

Yeah, but you never get any 'bargains' off Dealers, do you? And, you very rarely find undiscovered, unheard of records off Dealers either. Part of the fun of dealing with 'Joe Public' on eBay is the excitement of buying 'on spec', records that look like they might be worth taking a chance on. Problem is, you get the occasional plonker who thinks packaging a styrene 45 is okay between two pieces of cornflake box cardboard cut out 'roughly' to size (and sometimes not big enough), then wrapped with extremely sticky American tape that can only be cut through to get at the 45 inside using a blow torch, to ruin all the fun. Oh well, can't win 'em all eh?

Netspeaky, You say "Being buying for years only ever had 2 instances of badly packed record". Well lucky you!!! I too have been collecting for donkey's years and I ALWAYS ask that my records are well packed. And if I know it's a styrene 45 then I point that out and ask for extra special care. But, you guessed it, in one ear and out of the other!!!

Woolie Mark, As far as I am aware, Registered or Recorded Delivery, are of no use if being used to send items of value abroad as the tracking system used to otherwise determine final delivery, ends at the shores of the UK. Pete Smith, According to eBay and PayPal, if the item when it arrives is not as described, then you have a valid claim. Did the seller display the following? See below; When you pay with PayPal for an item covered by PayPal Buyer Protection, you may receive coverage up to $1,000 at no additional cost. To see if an item is covered by PayPal Buyer Protection, look for the following in the "seller information" section of the seller's listing. Transactions Covered by PayPal Buyer Protection PayPal Buyer Protection helps you in the event you do not receive your item or the item is significantly different from its description in the seller's listing. An item is covered by PayPal Buyer Protection if it meets the following eligibility requirements. The "Free PayPal Buyer Protection" message is displayed in the seller listing information. You purchase your item on eBay. You must use PayPal to pay for the item, and use the seller's email address associated with the listing. To make sure of this, use the gray Pay Now button when the eBay listing ends. The seller's eBay listing is for a physical item. Services and intangible items are not covered. You may only file one claim per PayPal payment. You are limited to three PayPal Buyer Protection refunds per calendar year. Claims must be filed within 45 days of the PayPal payment. There may be other requirements that apply to your item. Learn more about PayPal Buyer Protection. How PayPal Buyer Protection and eBay Standard Purchase Protection Program work together For most items not covered by PayPal Buyer Protection, eBay offers a standard purchase protection program which provides coverage up to $200 (less a $25 service fee). Both the eBay and PayPal purchase protection program offer coverage when you pay for an item that you don't receive or when you receive an item that is significantly different from the item that was described in the listing. If you pay with PayPal on listings that are not covered by PayPal Buyer Protection, and file your complaint with PayPal, PayPal will provide the protection outlined by the eBay Standard Purchase Protection Program. Receive full buyer protection with PayPal Buyer Credit When you use PayPal Buyer Credit to pay for merchandise on eBay, your transactions are eligible for full buyer protection at no additional cost. Buyer Protection from PayPal is in addition to any rights you have to dispute charges to your credit line with the credit issuer. You can receive full buyer protection if you pay for an item and never receive it or if you receive an item that you purchased on eBay and it is significantly different from the item that was described in the listing.

This is why some of us collect UK labels. Not exclusively, but whenever possible. Because you NEVER get this problem with UK labels. Some might get re-issued but NEVER booted.

Yeah, I've noticed that a lot lately. Like you said, if you take the time to query it they'll drop their costs. Trouble is, you'll get the odd git who'll send a styrene 45 totally inadequately wrapped on purpose, hoping it will crack in transit, which of course it will. Grrrr.

Couldn't agree with you more Pete. I have raised this point on more than one occasion but it continues. I just argue the case with each individual transaction and quite often get a polite and positive response . . . but not all the time :o( and have cancelled the odd order or two in retaliation. Having said that, I bet I don't deal on the Net as often as your good self. It helps to be calm and patient but even I get frustrated from time to time. Keep it up Pete, I'm certain it will pay dividends. These people need to realise they are nothing without us buyers!!!

If anybody has a copy for sale please state condition and price by Private Message. Thanks.