Ric-tic

jackie wilson,has to be

my best memory of the ritz was laughing and joking with the crown heights affair,they just came up and started talking,they were just 'hangin, out at the ritz' but the tavares actin like superstars i was in the foyer talking as they were leaving they all ran through and out of the door the last one turned to look back,i think he was expecting to see 800 screaming girls and there were none you should have seen the puzzled look on his face that one was still a great day and i have the ritz poster for that one firmly nailed to my wall

this could be argued by many, but id say undisputed truth and boney m daddy cool were released at exactly the same time,the u.k were really slow on the uptake well over a year behind america where they had become established and were selling in large numbers,i think the u.k companies got it wrong they believed stick any garbage out on twelve inch and it will sell cos the people are beggin for this stuff,they stuck out mixes that were too short or even the single versions,they totally missed the point.

jazzyjas the whirlwind stock copy was backed with TOUCH AND GO-ECSTACY PASSION AND PAIN PETE surprisingly car was wasnt a 12" it was originally played off the album,there was a long u.s promo single though PETE richard must have been using a u.k copy via r.c.a,eddie was released as a 12 in the u.s well the daddie of the ritz is here but neil youre forgetting the daddy 12" of the ritz THE MOMENTS-NINE TIMES/DO WHAT YOU FEEL THE RIMSHOTS-U.K PROMO ONLY ALL PLATINUM and im sure dee dee sharpe wasnt twelve inched till 1980 it was first an album track and a few more of those promo onlys we couldnt get [well till now TAVARES HEAVEN MUST BE MISSING AN ANGEL CAPITOL PROMO SOUTH SHORE COMISSION TRAIN CALLED FREEDOM SCEPTER TEST PRESS ESTHER PHILLIPS-WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES-SUNSHINE SOUND ACETATE EMOTIONS-THE BEST OF MY LOVE COLUMBIA-PROMO THE REFLECTIONS -GIFT WRAP MY LOVE-CAPITOL PROMO THE PLAYERS [CAMEO]-FIND MY WAY-CHOCOLATE CITY 10" ACETATE BOBBY MOORE-TRY TO HOLD ON SCEPTER TEST PRESS LOUIE RAMIREZ-SALSA-COTIQUE[was released] THE MIRACLES -LOVE MACHINE-TAMLA PROMO HURT SO BAD-PHILLY DEVOTIONS-COLUMBIA PROMO one more the holy grail of collecting 12"singles FREE MAN -SOUTH SHORE COMISSION SCEPTER TEST PRESS [have to get this before i die ]

nice one this was an old mecca one along with the flipside do the walk both with more than a twist of the crown heights affair

yes that was a u.k promo only then issued only in the u.s at the same time levine released as a u.k promo only [and never came out anywhere else] was james wells-baby im still the same man polydor that ran more than 7 minutes,these two were gigantic at the ritz,strangely as many times as these tracks have been 'thrown' onto c.d theyve never appeared in their full versions anywhere. and another is BODY SHOP-CLIFFORD CURRY-BUDDAH PROMO-but clifford wasnt credited on the label it just said body shop...

id go with that too MISCHIEF and also the break was different too the strings.

talking of disco international what about the 7 minute 12" re-edit of THE SHOWSTOPPERS-AINT NOTHING BUT A HOUSEPARTY 1975

bit of a quiz really name records that were played on the northern scene that got a 12" release,im obviously talking mecca /ritz/cleethorpes tracks, im really meaning the rare stuff from the early days of 12" 1975-1976 and most of these 'wouldnt' have been played on the scene because at the time they wernt really known about till later, as they were rare promo only copies. some of you may run from this and some may cry but some may be surprised ill start with MARBOO-WHAT ABOUT LOVE-MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL 1975 PROMO ONLY[nice long mix too ] must have been one of the very first.......

no one has really took the time to think what the artists might think about this its just selfish to say we dont want these records played played anywhere but 'our scene' most of the singers on northern soul records have made nothing from the northern soul scene,and for once these artists will get paid,and when they get thier cheques i for one hope they bathe in champagne lord knows they deserve it!

i think it must have been pulled all i get is input error,if it comes back somebody should bid and make the toad pay the fees. come to think of it he must be gonna get a big bill for listing it, so soon he'll dissapear back to the sewer anyway. when i started selling on e.bay i always thought it was three strikes and youre out but not so,i was offering an original copy of ski-ing in the snow once,this girl had bid around £100 then she sent me an ask the seller a question saying shed bid on my 'INITIATIONS' and i thought something wrong here,it could have been a typo but ill check her out,i was almost blinded by the red on her feedback page,so i blocked her and got burn in hell e.mails for a month, but ive actually come across worse, 87 negatives and the real funny thing was people were still bidding on the guys stuff. anybody seen more than 87

the correct title for this album was wvon chicago sampler up all night,petes right there was another with inserts i have both somewhere,but my later copy didnt have inserts the tracklisting [petes insert?]was stuck to the back cover so it was a completely different album just using up the old cover must be they printed too many.

thanks for replySOULSMITH but iain isnt on the list

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I THINK THIS IS BORDELINE 75/76 BUT WHAT DATES IT FOR ME IS PAT LUNDY THIS WAS A BIG MECCA RECORD ROUND SEPT 75 BTW THIS TAPE CAN BE HEARD AT www.milliondollardisco.com NOT GREAT SOUND BUT NICE TO HEAR

ITS FROM THE 1972 MOWEST ALBUM SIMPLY CALLED THELMA HOUSTON PRE WIGAN THIS RECORD WAS PLAYED 'EVERYWHERE'

Valerie Simpson - Sinner Man - Tamla LP nice one BOOGALOO this MUST have been written with miss ross in mind,maybee she couldnt handle it

that aside i dont know why anybody would want to buy anything from him anyway,hes just not honest,i have never really had a problem with any other u.k dealers and ive had so many with him.ive had records so scratched no grade exists for them,the last time i dealt with him was a few years ago i ordered some videos,when they arrived one was short[promised later] the rest were blank, so i sent them back at my own expense and that was it nothing! i wrote to him later reminding him,he did reply no apologies he just had the face to tell me his video was broken and that was it,id prefer to pull my eyes out than to spend one penny with that guy

RECORDS FOR SALE ON E.BAY GAYLE ADAMS U.S LONG/SHORT WHITE DEMO IKE & TINA TURNER SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE NEEDS YOU U.K WARNERS DEMO TO WIN YOUR HEART LAURA LEE RIC-TIC IVE GOT TO TELL YOU LILLY FIELDS HOLTON CASHING IN VOICES EAST HARLEM A LITTLE TOGETHERNESS [YOUNGHEARTS] KINGS OF HEARTS ZEA WHITE DEMO PLUS A FEW MORE, ALL ORIGINALS..... https://cgi6.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi...0&since=-1&rd=1 CHEERS BOYS AND GIRLS

ROTHERHAM SOUL yes it was booted in the early 70s youd recognise it as a boot as its on the plain white out of the past label and value..dont reckon anyone would get mugged for a copy!

love em all TONYP but my top 3 has to be DAVID PAUL EDDIE have you got the new d.v.d ED SULLIVANS ROCK'N'ROLL CLASSICS-THE TEMPTATIONS& THE SUPREMES? dont look back/september in the rain/youve made me so very happy/run away child/i cant get next to you/just my imagination [come see about me/itching/im livin in shame/forever came today/no matter what sign you are/up the ladder] if not start saving your pocket money NOW!

sorry to go slightly off track newer04 but i think ric-tic 129 lets have a love in voc/inst on a white is really rare it took me years to find this as i love it, is this so? any values?? cheers

MIKE first commercial u.k DADDY COOL BONEY M,but id say YOU +ME UNDISPUTED TRUTH came out on the same day. promos hard one but the first i saw was the rare NINE TIMES -THE MOMENTS/DO WHAT YOU FEEL-THE RIMSHOTS U.S im told the new book love saves the day a history of u.s disco states BOBBY MOORE-CALL ME YOUR ANYTHING MAN-SCEPTER TEST PRESSING though i havnt read it yet,you mention south shore comission i have train called freedom on a test press but i assume you mean free man thats the only one of these i havnt got and i need it!!!! its funny how those u.k ritz monsters JAMES WELLS-BABY IM STILL THE SAME MAN and 24 HOURS A DAY-BARBRA PENNINGTON both full versions on u.k promos have been almost forgotten now,they are both really rare,and how BIG were these at the ritz!!

the brown sugar was a mint white promo but still £600!!!! i watched this and something ODD was going on it was supposed to end at 6 p.m and the auction went on and on for another 30 mins,dont know about you but i think thats NAUGHTY