Diggin' Dave

If anyone wondered why his package to Germany didn't arrive: https://ibnlive.in.co...y/73230-13.html edit: don't read this if you're an avid collector with heart problems!

Worst one I've heard someone ask during a soul night was the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Priceless look on the DJ's face when that one was requested

At that price I'd like it to be a bit more than 77% new...

Now theat he's gone, can anyone guess what caused all this bullying he's been doing via this website and other channels? I think he would've received much more sympathy and maybe sold more cds if he would've stayed polite and informative, but I always had the feeling some kind of trauma kept him from acting normal...

I've seen these listings too and think they're purposely misleading which I find strange cause it's a bit silly to ruin your reputation with things like this. How hard is it to just use the word repress if it's a repress?

Also think the original quantity that's been found has dried up now. As Gene said there'll still be some on dealer lists, but I think it'd be wise to secure a copy now if you want it...

ouch! You'd think there's enough space on the label to drill it there... I guess somebody wasn't too keen on the outros of those tunes eh

I often see record condition described as 'a real shame about the drill hole, otherwise would be mint', and it seometimes seems to put a few collectors off a bit. For some reason I don't care about them and got to admit I even prefer the ones with drillholes. I also never mention it in my sales descriptions because I don't really see it as an imperfection (as opposed to wol etc.), more as something that gives a record some kind of edge. What are your views about this? Does anyone really care if there's a drill hole in the label of one of your beloved 45s? Anorak question I know, but I take pride in my record nerdism and I'm sure I'm not the only one on here

All 45s from my sales list from earlier this week reduced, so check carefully if you're after quality sounds at good prices... If interested PM. I can keep records on hold for up to 7 days. Shipping for any number of 45s to anywhere in the world is £5. Might seem a bit steep but that's the actual amount I have to pay to send a 45 to the UK. If you have any questions (detailed description of condition, soundfile of the flipside, matrix info etc.) don't hesitate to ask. I'll to answer all PMs as quickly as possible. Rythms and Blues - She won't give in / Put some soul in it - Spark-ee 101 Beautiful group harmony 45 that's very hard to track down. Copy looks and sounds barely played. Cleanest copy of this one I've ever seen. £600 Rythms and Blues - She won't give in.mp3 Tommy Youngblood - Now you're on your own / Why did you leave me - Rayco 518 Rare R&B dancer. Vinyl looks a bit scuffy but plays like a dream. £300 Tommy Youngblood - Now you're on your own.mp3 Commands - I've got love for my baby / Blank - Dynamic 123 DJ Copy Very rare group soul 45. Probably one of the cleanest of the 25 copies that were originally pressed. £250 Commands - I've got love for my baby.mp3 Kenny Hamber - These arms of mine / Looking for a love - Arctic 139 Very rare issue copy with deep flipside. One of Manship's rarest of the rare. Plays very strong. £200 Kenny Hamber - These arms of mine.mp3 The Soul Lovers - Gonna have fun tonight / It's alright - Pacemaker 1983 SOLD Charnessa & The Charmettes - Personal woman / I can feel my love comin' down - Atco 6836 One of the rarest soul 45s on Atco. Looks excellent but plays with a bit of crackle during the quiet passages. £150 Charnessa & The Charmettes - Personal woman.mp3 Benny Royce & Company - Drivin' my love away / Since you set me free - Delmar 4975 Beautiful dancer that could set any open-minded dancefloor on fire. Clean copy with just a hint of ringwear. £150 Benny Royce - Drivin' my love away.mp3 Winfield Parker - Mr. Clean Pt I / II - Ru-Jac 101 HOLD Clean copy of this funky mid-paced dancer outta Baltimore. £130 Winfield Parker - Mr.mp3 Seleno Clarke - Stimulation / Exploitation of soul - Right-ahead 1000 Hard to find funk breaks. Some wear on vinyl and background noise in places, but nothing too distracting. Freat flipside too. £110 Seleno Clarke - Stimulation.mp3 Brenda and The Sentries - Don't make me lie / Things we said today - Bee 101 Dog rare Philly soul that could make you smile all day. Slight bit of ringwear, but a pretty clean copy nevertheless. £110 Brenda and The Sentries - Don't make me lie.mp3 Phil Lowman - Rock me till I want no more / Saving my love for you - Palos 1056 HOLD Nice original copy. Same backing track as the LJ Reynolds tune on Law-ton. Vinyl looks barely played. £100 Phil Lowman - Rock me till I want no more.mp3 The Heartbreakers - I've found a new lover / I'm falling in love again - Miracle 101 HOLD Rare one from Louisville, Kentucky. Just a few smaller marks on vinyl but they don't affect play. £100 The Heartbreakers - I've found a new lover.mp3 Leonard Pierce - Lock up / Please don't leave me - Givhan 108 Uptempo R&B dancer. A few scratches on vinyl, but plays strong all the way through. £70 Leonard Pierce - Lock up.mp3 Bobby Angelle - It's just gotta be that way / You got me dizzy - Money 137 SOLD The Two Friends - Family reunion / Just to much to hope for - H.P.C. 001 1960 R&B/soul from Steve Mancha and Wilburt Jackson. First seconds sound a bit crackly, but no problems after that. £75 The Two Friends - Family reunion.mp3 Jimmy Jules - Don't let yourself go / Nothing will ever change - Carnival 534 HOLD One of the harder to track down on the label. Nice tune in superb nick. £80 Jimmy Jules - Don't let yourself go.mp3 The Volcanos - The Laws of love / blank - Arctic 115 DJ Copy Should need no introduction. Few marks on the vinyl, but should play pretty well after it's been cleaned. £80 The Volcanos - The laws of love.mp3 The Seekers - Search your heart / La la lover - Cougar 103 Clean copy of this semi-known soul oldie with potential on the popcorn scene too. £70 The Seekers - Search your heart.mp3 The Blue Grass - P.O.W. Pt I/II - B.N.M. 002 Killer funk 45 from New York. Great arrangement and breaks right, left and centre. £65 The Blue Grass - P.O.W.mp3 Top Hat & Little Jeff - Mississippi bump / Dorothy May - C.J. 670 Barely played copy of this hard to find Chicago funk 45. £65 Top Hat & Little Jeff - Mississippi bump.mp3 Theresa Lindsey - It's love / Good idea - Correc-tone 1053 HOLD Classic Detroit soul. Plays well, but has some background nosie in places. £60 Theresa Lindsey - It's love.mp3 The Patrick Bradley - Just one more chance / same - Decca 34467 DJ Copy Vocal version on both sides of this forgotten oldie. £55 The Patrick Bradley - Just one more chance.mp3 The Three-of-us trio - Telegram / Sugar Jump - York 118 Rare mid-tempo R&B oldie. Vinyl looks wor, but record plays amazingly well. £50 The Three-of-us Trio - Telegram.mp3 Steve Colt - Dynamite / Take away - Big Beat 105 SOLD The Soulful Seven - I've got a feelin' / Double shot of my baby's love - MGM 14160 DJ Copy SOLD Jimmey Soul Clark - I'll be your winner / A girl's world - Soulhawk 003 SOLD Buster Brown - Trying to learn how to love you / Broadway on fire - Gwenn 601 Nice and rare R&B double-sider. Few small marks. Plays great. £40 Buster Brown - Trying to learn how to love you.mp3 Lee Tillman - Here I go again / Tarzan - Sonora 211 DJ Copy Very reasonably priced rare popcorn oldie. Few inaudible marks on vinyl. £35 Lee Tillman - Here I go again.mp3 Kenny Smith and The Lovelighters - Bye bye / Woman (I can't do enough) - Clear Hill 101 SOLD Little Johnny Truitt - Bring my baby on home / That's what love will do - A-Bet 9423 DJ Copy HOLD Recommended fingersnapper. Excellent copy. £35 Little Johnny Truitt - Bring my baby on home.mp3 Leon and The Metronomes - I'll catch you on the rebound / Buy this record for me - Carnival 515 DJ Copy HOLD Mid-tempo 60s soul dancer. Beautiful and clean chite demo. £35 Leon and The Metronomes - I'll catch you on the rebound.mp3 Daylighters - Cool breeze / Baby I love you - Tip Top 2002 SOLD Willard Burton and The Funky Four - Funky in here / Every beat of my heart - Capitol 3175 Laid-back organ funk. Copy looks barely played. £25 Willard Burton & The Funky Four - Funky in here.mp3 Leonard Kaigler - I can't get you off my mind / same - Majot 501 Kiddie funk from 1973. Vinyl looks a bit scuffy. £25 Leonard Kaigler - I can't get you off my mind.mp3 Donoman and The Skylarks - Do you know / Here comes the fool - Thunderbird 102 Uptempo R&B-ish dancer. Few small marks on vinyl, nothing to worry about. £25 Donoman and The Skylarks - Do you know.mp3 Backyard Heavies - Soul junction / Expo 83 - Scepter 12314 DJ Copy Classic organ breaks. Marks on vinyl but plays well. £25 Backyard Heavies - Soul junction.mp3 Virgil Henry - I'll be true / You fooled me - Colossus 102 HOLD Quality early 70s soul (I think). Looks perfect apart from the marker on label. £25 Virgil Henry - I'll be true.mp3 Bobby Williams - You waited too long / Keep on loving me - Sure-Shot 5005 HOLD Clean and relatively cheap copy of this 60s sound. £25 Bobby Williams - You waited too long.mp3 Five Royales - I'm standing in the shadows / Doin' everything - Todd 1086 SOLD Sleepy King - Lost man / The Pillow - Awake 909 R&B influenced soul rarity. Label wear on flipside but vinyl itself looks excellent. £20 Sleepy King - Lost man.mp3 Cloud One - Disco juice / Charleston hopscotch - P&P 777 SOLD Lamont Anthony - Benny the skinny man / Let's talk it over - Anna 1125 Nice price for this R&B classic. Some marks on vinyl, but this one's known for its very strong pressing. £15 Lamont Anthony - Benny the skinny man.mp3 Jesse Anderson - Ow, wow man / Women's liberation - Outta Cyte 100 Slab of funky Chicago soul. Few scratches not affecting play. £15 Jesse Anderson - Ow, wow man.mp3 Little Jimmy Dee - You're the one for me / Put me in all your life - Infinity 004 Clean copy of this popcorn oldie. £15 Little Jimmy Dee - You're the one for me.mp3 Joey Gilmore - Give me your love / Rhythm in my bone - Blue Candle 1527 Laid-back modern. £15 Joey Gilmore - Give me your love.mp3 Leonard Howard - I got a love / If you want to be true - Heres 349 Semi-known 60s soul with a nice break on the flipside. £15 Leonard Howard - I got a love.mp3 Miller Sisters - Walk on / Oh why! - Rayna 5004 Uplifting R&B dancer. Bit of labelwear. £15 Miller Sisters - Walk on.mp3 Kim Tolliver - I gotta find a way / I'll try to do better - Rojac 126 SOLD Afro Cuban Band - Something's gotta give / Have a real good time - Arista 0461 DJ Copy Mint laid-back modern. £15 Afro Cuban Band - Something's gotta give.mp3 The Moods - King hustler / Hustlin' - Reddog 4001 Funky soul that doesn't put up very often. £15 The Moods - King hustler.mp3 Ross Carnegie - The kid / Ebb tide - El Con 50 A few audible scratches, but nothing too disctracting from the funky organ grooves. £10 Ross Carnegie - The kid.mp3

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Does any one of you have a link to those discoveries columns? You guys made me curious...

I really like Delta blues, but I guess these guys like it even more... It's a pretty long text, but shows how far collectors will go to chase down that elusive record they've been after all their life. Not northern soul-related, but I'm sure some of us will recognise themseves in some of these stories. July 12, 2009 They've Got Those Old, Hard-to-Find Blues By AMANDA PETRUSICH JOHN HENEGHAN tugged a large shellac disc from its brown paper sleeve, placed it on a turntable and gently nudged a needle into place. Behind him, in the corner of his East Village apartment, sat 16 wooden crates, each filled with meticulously cataloged 78-r.p.m. records. The coarse, crackling voice of the blues singer Charley Patton, performing "High Water Everywhere Part 1," his startling account of the 1927 Mississippi River flood, rose from the speakers, raw and unruly. The record is worth about $8,000. Mr. Heneghan, 41, is part of a small but fervent community of record collectors who for decades have hunted, compulsively and competitively, for 78s: the extraordinarily fragile 10-inch discs, introduced near the turn of the 20th century and made predominantly of shellac, that contain one two- to three-minute performance per side. At a time when music fans expect songs to be delivered instantaneously (and often at zero cost) online, scouring the globe for a rare record " and paying thousands of dollars for it " might seem ludicrous. (A rarer Patton record could command $15,000 to $20,000.) But according to some, the rare-record business is booming, despite the recession and the devaluation of music as a physical product. "Prices have been rising at a phenomenal rate, as people take money out of the stock market and out of different real estate investments and look for a place to put it," said John Tefteller, a collector who makes his living dealing in rare records. He noted a particular spike last fall, when the economy first faltered. Others, like Mark Berresford, who edits VJM's Jazz & Blues Mart, the oldest blues and jazz magazine still in print, are more cautious about looking to rare records for financial stability. "If one is considering collecting rare 78s solely as an investment, one should seek professional advice as to what should be purchased and from whom," Mr. Berresford wrote in an e-mail message. By any standard 78s are unwieldy, impractical and unstable. By the mid-1950s they had been mostly replaced by 33 1/3 r.p.m. long-playing albums and 45 r.p.m. singles. Collectors of 78s are enticed in part by the thrill of the quest, which they consider unmatched by a mouse click. "I'm not proud of the fact that I have to chase these records down like a maniac," said Mr. Heneghan, who supports himself by working as a video technician. (He also performs in an old-time duo, Eden and John's East River String Band.) Before he became friendly with other collectors, he said, he felt "sleazy and weird." "I knew I was doing it because I liked it, but it's strange when you can't relate to one single other person," he said. "You obviously start to question " like, is there something wrong with me?" Although most collectors subspecialize by genre, whether jazz or classical or country, it's early American rural blues " loose acoustic laments, recorded before 1935 and performed by artists who were born in or near the Mississippi Delta " that inspires the highest prices and the most fevered pursuits. "The early blues material from the '20s and '30s is the hottest material of all," Mr. Tefteller said in a phone interview. He said that on average a rare jazz 78 might sell for $1,500 to $5,000, whereas sales for a comparable blues record would start at $5,000. Blues music is in part mythological; its legend involves sweltering juke joints, homemade whiskey and Faustian bargains at rural crossroads. A furniture company in a largely white Midwestern suburb is rarely evoked in these reveries, but in the late 1920s and early 1930s Paramount Records " an arm of the Wisconsin Chair Company, a manufacturer of wooden phonograph cabinets in Port Washington, Wis. " became an unlikely home for blues legends like Patton, Blind Blake, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Son House and Skip James. Paramount's blues releases " especially its "race" records with label numbers in the 12000s and 13000s " are among the most coveted records in the world. "There are some people who would kill their own mother for the only copy of a Son House record," Mr. Heneghan said. "And they sure as hell would kill your mother, and you." Mr. Tefteller, 50, is one of the world's most prolific collectors of Paramount blues. Because these 78s are so scarce " of the thousands presumably pressed, many were lost, broken or melted down, and of the 1,356 titles said to have been issued in the 12000-13000 series, roughly one-third or more are of other genres " his collection (500 to 600, he said) is staggering in its comprehension. As Mr. Heneghan said in an e-mail message, Mr. Tefteller pursues complete runs of every Paramount blues artist he considers important. "This makes him completely insane, which alone would make me like him even if he weren't such a nice guy," Mr. Heneghan said. Mr. Tefteller lives in rural Oregon but spends much of the year traversing the country for fresh stock, placing "Records Wanted" advertisements in antiques catalogs and The Farmer's Almanac. (His Paramount 78s are not for resale.) He said he receives about a hundred calls a day, most yielding inconsequential results. "Records have a way of hiding," he said. These particular records, he explained, are a finite commodity. "I would doubt that there are a hundred total Charley Patton records left in the world," he said. Other artists' discographies are even more limited: only eight copies of various 78s by Son House (who recorded eight sides, or four records, for Paramount) and 15 copies of discs by Skip James (who recorded 18 sides) appear to remain. Last month a batch of hand-labeled Paramount test pressings unexpectedly appeared on eBay. The seller, Patrick Cather, discovered the records (alternate takes by Blind Blake, Ma Rainey, Papa Charlie Jackson and others) at an antiques store in Birmingham, Ala. Mr. Tefteller, who uses software to place bids in the last few seconds of an auction, successfully purchased everything he was interested in. In 2002 Mr. Tefteller mailed fliers to every resident within 100 miles of Paramount's former studio site in Grafton, Wis. "I flooded the area, and then I sat at the Best Western in Port Washington and fielded phone calls at the hotel for days," he said. Contemporary Grafton is not a hotbed of blues appreciation. "A lot of the elderly people here don't understand what the big deal is," said Angela Mack, the chairwoman of the Paramount Plaza Walk of Fame there. But his persistence paid off. One call produced the only known copy of King Solomon Hill's blistering 1932 blues sides "My Buddy Blind Papa Lemon"/"Times Has Done Got Hard." "I said, 'O.K., put it back in the sleeve and put it somewhere where you're not going to drop anything on it, and please don't even touch it until I get there,' " he recalled. "She got a nice pile of hundred-dollar bills from me for that one." In 2006 Mr. Tefteller also purchased Son House's "Clarksdale Moan"/"Mississippi County Farm Blues," another long-missing Paramount release. "I know the name of the person I bought it from, but he's very paranoid and doesn't want anybody to talk to him," he said. "It was found somewhere in the South is all he would tell me, and I think he got it from the person who actually found it, but I don't know. The more I pressed him, the more it was clear if I didn't shut up, I wasn't getting the record. I shut up and paid him." Mr. Tefteller declined to specify the purchase price. "Let's just say tens of thousands," he said. The acquisition spurred a fuss. Richard Nevins, a prominent collector and the president of Shanachie Entertainment, which released the recovered Son House sides on its Yazoo label in 2006 (on "The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of," a two-CD set of prewar rarities), said in an e-mail interview that the discovery was "a big, big, big, big deal." In many ways 78 collecting is a meritocracy: the most compelling songs earn the strongest responses. The Son House discovery was monumental, Mr. Nevins said, because "Clarksdale Moan" " a rich, rollicking ode to the artist's hometown " is considered a great record. The stakes are also high from a preservationist standpoint. If collectors weren't tracking these records, the songs might be lost entirely, and speculation surrounding Paramount's missing metal masters (the original transcriptions of a performance) has only amplified the significance of the remaining 78s. According to Alex van der Tuuk's book "Paramount's Rise and Fall" (Mainspring Press, 2003), in 1942 the bulk of the masters " by then corroded " were carted off by rail for reuse in World War II. "The building where the metal masters had been stored didn't have any insulation, and pigeons came into that building, and you can imagine what a bird does to a metal master," Mr. van der Tuuk said by phone from his home in the Netherlands. Still, rumors " that they were hurled into the Milwaukee River by disgruntled former employees, or used to patch rat holes in chicken coops " persist. In 2006 the PBS program "The History Detectives" arranged for a team of divers to scour the bottom of the Milwaukee River. They came up empty-handed. There are still records missing. Willie Brown, an enigma even by blues standards, cut six sides for Paramount in 1930, and while his "M&O Blues"/"Future Blues" has been recovered (Mr. Tefteller owns one of three known copies), the others have yet to emerge. Mr. Heneghan remains optimistic. "Maybe I'm more likely to believe in ghosts and aliens and the missing Willie Brown," he said with a shrug. Mr. Tefteller has a standing offer of $25,000 for either of the other two records. While most 78 collectors are devoted, educated fans of the music they gather, they're also desperate for the experience of the thing itself " for the colored label and inky, gleaming surface, the sizzle and spit of a needle slipping into groove. Even when a rare record is unearthed and made available digitally " as with Mr. Tefteller's Son House discovery " its value does not decrease. "You would think that it would," Mr. Heneghan said sheepishly. "Like, 'Well, now I don't need it.' But obviously, although we all like to think differently, collecting is about possessing an object." In the liner notes to "The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of," Mr. Nevins recounts approaching a rural cabin in North Carolina said to be the location of a handful of old country 78s. After being temporarily incapacitated by an electric fence, he stumbled to his feet, shook off a layer of mud and manure, and trudged on. Later that day he trotted off with a copy of "Daniel in the Lion's Den" by the North Carolina Cooper Boys. "I guess you could say that was a record to die for," Mr. Nevins writes. "In this case almost literally."

Sellers remorse... Happened to me more than once when buying records from the US (which obviously makes it tougher to go and knock on the man's door). And you can get your money back after a lot of hassle, but what are the chances of ever finding that particular record at that price again?

Cause it makes me feel young

I always try to be as unprejudiced as possible when it comes to music. I really think there's some good things in all forms of music. I just browsed through a small part of my record collection and encountered some jazz, jungle, hip-hop, delta blues, soul, garage, house, country, ambient, miami bass etc etc. Of course I listen to soul music a lot, but I feel listening to different genres keeps the ears fresh and prevents me from becoming a jaded chinstroking 'connoisseur' of a certain genre that doesn't know anything about 99.9% of all good music out there.

Question is why do they do this as it's obviously counter-productive for them too. I for one really don't like the new eBay and don't feel like spending any time on there and I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one!

Wanted do do an worldwide search on eBay, but noticed I can't opt out of the beta anymore. It's now impossible to view a listing with records from around the globe - great! Anyone know a way out of this?

Joe Harnell - Midnight Cowboy Pretty unknown Motown 45, and quite rightly so!

1) He threatened to give me negative feedback, but was probably unaware of the fact that it's impossible now to give negs to buyers 2) Whenever I encounter an auction that states 'will only ship in US' I 'em send the records to an adress of a VERY helpful guy in the US who then sends the records to me.

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Anyone fancy a bid on >>>THIS ONE<<< then? Only $80000

even bigger hint: his name is titans5959

US (hint - he's got a Cody Black on Groove City for sale atm)

This little gem of a message dropped in my inbox earlier this week... Bought something off this guy, he threatened to give me a negative feedback if I didn't pay immediately within 48hrs (ha!), and then when I paid he sent me this: He really seems to be the kind of guy that makes eBay such a great place to buy records...

Reel records that released the Louis Curry tune have a similar design to the Capitol one, but imo it even looks better. Don't know why, but I've always loved label designs with fish on 'em (Phil-LA, Tarpon etc.)