John Reed

Got done last month with one and called Royal Mail to ask them what the charge was for. The £8odd charge is their admin chanrge for paying customs on your behalf and from what I was told by people on here, theres no way round this. I think its daylight robbery.

My first lot went out today. Apologies and I'm not being tight, but I haven't included a CD sleeve with them as I've run out and all of my local shops are out too, so waiting for a delivery from the net... There must be a lot of CD swaps going on at the moment.

Dylan, I really like Sparks - I'll Show You, I assume this was before they made Beat The Clock & La Dolce Vita, when they were soulful.

I'm with Ken on this. I can't actually hear anything soulful in it.

Sacrilege......... Got three CD's yesterday and loaded them onto my Ipod last night. Loverly stuff chaps......... This is gonna be a good swap.

Blimey guys, I'm still hacking getting it down from about 4 CD's, let alone going through the burning and sending process. Think I'll do the easy part today and buy the stamps. Look forward to receiving them.

Just had another thought re stuff not in Refosoul. I used to post a few tunes in the Sweet & Deep thread and occasionally still do, so by posting stuff in Refosoul has actually cut down my options. Also as someone has said there are some big hitters participating in this swap, so there isn't gonna be anything new to them on my CD. My preference is would be to leave it open as possible and just make a quality CD irrespective of price or if the tunes are known? Just a thoughts. Got some great Dooley's tunes to sift through when I get home....

Steve, Sounds a great idea... I thought of quite a few tunes which I thought that were slightly out of the ordinary and they were already in RefoSoul . Think that might be quite a tough task.

Darrell Banks mentions DB when saying what Jerry Butler said to him in the song Only The Strong Survive talkie bit at the beginning. Little Richard mentions "Richard" half way through the talkie bit in I Don't Know What You Got But Its Me

yes please

Oooh, I'd be up for it although my PC is knackered at the moment. How miserable can we get?

Its Sylvia Pittman and its pants, but thats not saying that some will class it as blue eyed soul and start putting a high price on it, like other white soulless versions that have been discussed in the past.

There seems to be three designs on Mine Was Real, which are probably down to different pressing plants. Clintone in block caitals with CT-001 and Pub Moonsong, Cotillion, BMI and time on the right hand side of the label inderneath the calalogue number (CL-20247 SP). Clintone in stylised font with 45-001 and Pub Moonsong, Cotillion, BMI and time on the right hand side of the label inderneath the calalogue number (CL-20247-MO). Clintone in stylised font with CT-001 on the right hand side of the label and the Pub Moonsong, Cotillion, BMI and time on the left hand side of the label (CL-20247-PL). The production credits amd horn and string arrangements are all also in a different order on the three releases.

If you're on the buy side Crazybeat has one for sale for £70 https://www.crazybeat.co.uk/more-info/Beloyd/Get+Into+Your+Life++Demo+copy+of+this+top+Modern+Soul+Gem/20th+Century++Demo/60994//

It's on a Thursday (next ones on the 24th) and in central London (edge of the City/East end). They're great nights, although circumstances have meant I havent been able to go as much as I would like.

I've ordered a couple of records from the states. I recieved a letter from Parceforce informing me that I have to pay VAT of £7.84 and ok I understand that I have to pay that. What's annoyed me is that I've been hit with an £8 Parcelforce Clearance Fee. Is this their charge for writing a letter to you, to say that you've got a VAT charge to pay? I've already paid it, but does anyone know if there's a way of getting round the parcel force charge, which I think is just a p*ss take?

Rob, I'd like to wait until this swap is completed before rousing the crowds for the next one.

Never seen anything wrong with a DJ playing a readilly available record, its quality not price/rarity that should denote inclusion in a set. Always dubious about poppy tunes as I expect to hear soul at a soul night.

What a fantastic idea

At £8.95, quality Soul for less than the price of a pack of fags and a pint of beer. I've ordered mine.

I have been to some very dodgy places...and alas they've come to nothing. I don't know what it was like in the past, but these days you do have to sift through a lot of clothing and jewellery to get to the people selling bric-a-brac, but the Rosebank Market is quite interesting. I think over the years and with the World Cup coming that they're more geared up to sell tourist trinkets and other stuff.

Not that I've seen. Working for a Safa bank, I've had a hunt whenever I've visited and never seen hide not hair of this one. Although there are some nice SA releases out there... I hope someone does get lucky if they do go out there.

It can be picked up quite cheaply. I've found that the pinky/purple issue tougher to get than the W/D even though theres really no price difference.

The Lulu release is rarer and Manship recently sold a Lulu one for £100. It was on his site for quite a while and I asked him if he still had it at Soul Essence this year, but he said he sold it the month earlier

Not really sure if I'm replying with the right answers, but here are a few tunes, with what I think are great or unique baselines. Jean Elias - How long Can I Go On Fooling Myself - BackBeat Jean Plum - Here I Go Again - Hi Clausel - Let Me Love You - Up Right Ty Karin & George Griffin - Keep On Doin' Whatcha' Doin' - Sheridan House Ann Peebles - I Don't Lend My Man - Hi Barbara Brown - Can't Find Happiness - Atco Candi Staton - Evidence - Fame