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Bagged one this week, superb.

Losin boy one of my earliest memory's RIP Eddie

Something worth turning the tv on for at last !

Some great music in this field, the Kent CD is a great introduction to the canon, an excellent addition to ones' collection of eclectic sounds! I particularly enjoy the Panama label, home to some great tracks by my fave Lowrider oldies artist Little Francisco Greaves, here's two from his catalogue both very different from one another. Fast funky 'Jump' groove. Slow laid back groover, very trippy this one can be, lovely tune on the Sally Ruth label.

I know nothing !!

someone paid £85 for one those last September according to Discogs, so this was licenced then?

Staffie New Year to all dog lovers especially anyone who has rescued a pup, this story just shows what can be achieved with rescue doggos

hi RobbK any chance of a photo?

M arvin Gaye E sther Marrow R onnie Dyson R andy Crawford Y vonne Fair C armen Lundy H ank Ballard R onnie McNeir I rma Thomas S ylvia Smith T eddy Pendergrass M arlena Shaw A nn Sexton S idney Joe Quails

was not expecting that, hilarious, cheers merry Xmas all, best wishes to you and yours

Wishing all soulies everywhere a very merry Christmas and a Soulful New Year!

A very Merry Christmas to one and all. And here's hoping every single one of us has a truly wonderful 2019.

got this from the US when released, only 100 hand stamped copies, just nice authentic low rider soul music (good luck getting a copy)

just order mine for my other half reading on here bet he dont get it for Xmas

Received today....thanks once more for making available previously unreleased lost treasures from the vaults... steve

RON GRAINER ORCH - JOE 90 THEME someone offered me a free copy of this haha, must be the absolute worst one?

Historically this is true, however these days buying original records is much easier, information is on tap and there's no excuse to be "unaware". Similarly, access to hearing pretty much any tune you want to hear can be achieved through various digital formats so if it is just the need to hear music that can be done easily, and I do it myself through youtube, mixcloud, soundcloud, downloads, CDs etc etc etc. as I imagine almost all people do. However, to me that is merely "research" for buying original records, which is not only the music, but it's a historical artifact connecting you directly to that time and place - whereas these knockoffs have zero historical relevance, no more so than a digital sound file... it simply doesn't make any sense to me spending money on them whatsoever... And the people who make them are literally undermining that special thing of buying proper records - in fact they make it genuinely harder - not cos I can't tell the difference cos I can - but because on ebay in particular you have to trawl through bucketloads of fake bollocks just to find a few proper ones... it's like wading through a swamp of shite... so much so that I rarely bother with ebay anymore and stick to buying from dealers or from discogs. People say it "doesn't impact on the market for genuine records" but I think it does - maybe not in price - but in other ways for sure. The bottom line is that they simply don't need to exist and NEVER HAVE, other than to line the pockets of the selfish c*nts who make them, giving no royalties to the artists and paying no due respect to the hardworking dedicated "diggers" who find them in the first place. Parasites.

damn fine shoes imo

These people are absolute parasites, and I think it's fair sentence, in fact I wish it were more severe - it's been a long time in the making for the authorities to clamp down on these tossers, and I hope they have a terrible time in prison. It'll hopefully act as a strong deterrent for any wannabees, charlatans and cheats who want to selfishly make a quick (and seemingly very substantial) buck, piggy-backing on the work of proper collectors who spend the time and money tracking down these records and playing them - which is what initially makes them popular, and creates the "demand". And as for asking to borrow records from collectors to scan..... needs to have an entire box of his bootlegs shoved right up his arse!!!!!!

@Winsford Soul Goodyear welted, nice!

Is this the one with Bettye Swann "Kiss my love goodbye" on the other side? As i bought one of these from a local record shop ( therefore thought that it was a legit re-issue) for use at home, sold it on ebay when i picked up an original Bettye Swann.

Unfortunately it appears that some of the dodgy gear featured in the news item including the Prince Philip Mitchel double sider 45 are still for sale on Ebay. There's a guy in the Midlands currently offering dozens of these knockdown counterfeits. You close one operation and another carrys on often with the same stock.

1. chucked mine in a bin years ago, probably 2003 I think - these were records I bought in good faith from record fairs mostly, thinking they were original (off topic I once witnessed a woman angrily chucking loads of what looked like original punk 45s into the Widnes skip, presumably a divorce thing) 2. I do tend now to buy from JM and very well reviewed sellers on Discogs, usually US, I might end up paying more but it's (relative) peace of mind, nothing worse than discovering you bought a boot

I see, I have a friend who has a considerable collection of 'Outta Sight' 45s as well as Kents. She bought them from Allan Godfrey, she did assure me that the Outtasights were fully licenced reissues. So just for the record are we confirming that these were NOT the counterfeit records being discussed here? Mind you that doesn't rule out bootleggers making counterfeit pressings of legit reissues... Minefield!

It is entirely possible that the bootleggers were also dealing in legit reissues, perhaps the more expensive of their records were in fact legit, I think someone said they saw boxes of Kents in the photos. Obviously they will only get done for the illegal counterfeits, unless of course there are (as is likely) further charges brought in relation to income tax VAT etc. So my comment about Dusty Wilson and Blind Willie Johnson might have been talking about legitimate reissues, in which case fifteen quid is around the correct pricing I would imagine.