Solidsoul

That's what I said earlier on this thread.

Most of the later releases on Red Coach, like Universal Mind, were normal releases for the USA market.

There are several stories about this. Ian levine say's he first heard it on the radio in Florida. The radio station will have had the white demo. Another story is that it was found at John Andersons "Soul Bowl" at Kings Lynn. When the record was first played and made into a monster sound, there were no pink issue copies, only Red Coach White Demos made by GRT Chess who went into liquidation shortly after this release. It was legally repressed/shipped to UK for the Nothern Scene on the familar pink issue Red Coach label by Red Lite (Gene Redd JR). There where loads of those pink issues in just about every selling box, for the price of a pressing, by 1976! It never sold in the USA and looking back over the years, only white demos have been found or sold by USA dealers. You will be very hard pushed to find a pink issue in the States, unless one found it's way back there from the UK!

The only true original of this record is the Red Coach GRT Chess distributed White Demo. This has the word Sterling machine stamped into the runout groove. The 1970's demo bootlegs have the word Sterling scratched into the run out groove. The Pink issues are a 1000 copy legal press made later for export to the UK and the 1970's Northern Soul scene by Gene Redd Jr, the label owner. Wigan record bar was swomped with these in 75/76. The copy you describe with the word "Record" written in a straight line, instead of the usual curved shape is a recent/modern repress of the white demo.

The only true original of this record is the Red Coach White Demo. This has the word Sterling machine stamped into the runout groove. The 1970's demo bootlegs have the word Sterling scratched into the run out groove. The Pink issues are legal represses made for the 1970's Northern Soul scene demand by Gene Redd Jr, the label owner. The copy you describe with the word "Record" written in a straight line, instead of the usual curved shape is a recent/modern repress of the white demo.

Drown My Heart - David Coleman £189 was not an excessive price for a great record!

I'm sorry you never found anything in the shops in 1987. But in those pre-internet days, the people who did know all the great records, got all the great records! They deserved them, as it took many years of study, hard work and dedication to get that knowledge!! Now people can get that knowledge, without really trying, from the internet and price guides too easy. They can make a lot of money out of it, without really liking or caring about these great records.

Nice to see Jackie Wilson's great L.P. in the rack on the right, "I Get The Sweetest Feeling" Nice artwork on it as well as some great tracks! The young lady would be better off buying that L.P!!😁

Maybe someone who has had a Matthew Barnett for many years, could compare to the ones that are turning up recently.

It sounds to me that Ohio Players is vocally poor (he talks it, more than sings!) compared to wonderful Towanda Barnes. Although the funkier production on the Ohio Players version may be more in vogue these days!

That's the money Towanda Barnes should be getting. Loved it since I first heard it in Wigan Casino!

There is a reissue of Huriah Boynton that's been about for a long time! The label has a paler red label than the richer red first issue. I had this in my selling box for years and nobody ever showed any interest in it! Strange how it got to £970!

Guy Hennigan impressed me with his knowledge on this sort of thing!

Yes, who are these people? I wish they would buy my records! I would be embarrassed to tell anybody that I had paid any of these way over the odds, prices!

Which fool would part with $3.250 for something that they can't tell if it's an original or not? It looked just the same profile as the Blanch Carter GSF 1970's boot! A fool and his money are easily parted!

Saxie Russell is a brilliant nighter record. It has built in allnighter atmosphere! But that price is the usual madness we have come to expect with these auctions! Len Jewell is the same, great traditional Northern Soul classic, but about three times more money than I have ever seen it go for!

I used to like getting on the dance floor at the start of a nighter, and know I had about 7 hours dancing in front of me, to a lot of great records.

The copy on the left looks like a typical styrene 70's boot. I would not be surprised if it was a Monarch delta number pressing. As you say, the original should be vinyl.

That's a great unrealesed on USA label, cut/version of "I Can't Go On" Deon Jackson on Contempo! The one without the backing singers!

Well spotted! Probably getting hard to find on this boot these days! Picture of the boot. Boot is styrene as opposed to the vinyl original.

Sorry to reply to my own post, but I like the HMV advert to the right of the first picture!😜 Dave Evison, Dave McAdden and Frank Elson buy their records from HMV. BUT don't let that fact put you off😁😆

All through the mid to late 1970's, Colin Bee used to run big adverts in music papers like Black Echoes etc, to sell all the latest Northern Soul pressings/reissues. There was a lot of them at it, but he seemed to have the latest, newest pressings first. He ran his business from Surrey. Sometimes certain DJ's used to get annoyed, because records that still had a lot of life in them were getting pressed, far to early. This always caused the record to be dropped from major dj's playlists. I have always wondered if Colin Bee was his real name? Was he a DJ or promoter? Was he just a leach on the scene? Was he providing a needed service?

Great record and always available, as it is not that rare. It was about in the Wigan Casino sales record bar, but I can't remember anyone playing it back then! Every collection should have one!

All good things must come to an end!!? Or does it! Even the Highland room had more than one last night! Because it really didn't close then!! It went on in a different format for several years after that. With many Northern Soul alldayers and Soul nights held in the Highland room, to great success and into the early 80's! Just a bit of nostalgia🙂!

I'm pleased you and four others think it's a good idea!😁👍😊. It's not just Pat's auctions, it's any rare soul auction! Then we will have a more balanced view of UK rare soul auctions!