Denbo

Absolute Bargain!!!

I'll second that. Quality nights, quality records, quality experience. That goes for Klubb Magnus too.

I'm on as well.

Yeah, one particular second hand record shop in Kensington, of which there were at least two, had some brilliant records pass through their racks. I bought nearly half a collection of absolute mint Soul records on labels like Stateside, Cameo Parkway, Black Atlantic, Red Atlantic, Columbia, Parlophone, Capitol, London, etc, etc, etc, whilst my old pal Frank (RIP) bought the other half. I ended up getting a few of them as well in swops and deals. There were a few shops like that in Liverpool and it somehow felt like me and Frank had them mostly to ourselves, based on the kinda stuff we picked up. Sadly, not like that anymore. You'd be hard pushed to find a handful of that kind of second hand record shop anymore in Liverpool, or elsewhere for that matter.

Ralphs and Spin In sound familiar, it might have been one of them. When I say 70s Brian, I mean 1970 / 1971 (/ 1972 at the latest). Most of my English collection came from the shops around Liverpool, of which, at one time, there were many. If you include second hand shops as well. Ah well, never mind, it's all in the past now.

Just guessing but perhaps it would have to go down as a Gift?

Thanks smudger

I did most of my record hunting in and around Liverpool on a weekly basis, visiting Manchester about once a month. So, for me, it would have been around the very early 70s. Does that help? Will admit though, I don't fully remember whether the bar was a suitable diameter for small British sized holes, or larger for the American Imports?

Where am I thinking of then Brian?

Pre 4 me. It was magical. Hard work, but magical.

That's what I thought Ste, thanks for that.

Yes, the cost of carriage is added, as well as the cost of any insurance. I can't see how either of those two costs have anything to do with the value of the item, nor how either of them add value to the item, which is what Vat is, isn't it, value added tax.

Thanks Shaun

Hmmm? Next time you spot a Timi Yuro and / or a Darrell Banks on London up for grabs, think on and let me know. Ta.

That's an alternate perception I hadn't thought of.

Wise decision.

Yeah? Having said that, if Darrell Banks on London ain't that rare, then why don't I have a copy? Because of available funds perhaps? I mean, what does that sell for these days? Also, Timi Yuro, with a centre?

On top of the administration fee charged by Royal Mail, is there any way of calculating what the import duty will be against a rising scale of US Dollar value?

Some of the decision making has to revolve around available resources too, don't you think?

To save on vinyl costs. Mingy bastards.

Yes it does.

Don't back down now Sean. I think you DID 'mean' record and NOT number in your original post. I know, because that's what we all did then and to a certain degree, we still do now. But more perhaps with American Imports now.

I completely agree with this Sean. Well put. I'm pretty sure that all UK releases on sale at Manchester's Mazell's Records back in the early days had their centres pushed out because, if memory serves me right, they were all stacked together by sliding them all onto an iron rod that had a padlock thingy on the end.

That's MY fault Ged, not yours. Still, it was good to be reminded.

I agree with you Pete and have had some very successful goes at it in the past. Except for those damned Demos.