foolish fool

Really sad news Kev, I first met him when I was an 11/12 yr old lad and he often called in my dad's corner shop, although he was a few years older. when he found I had a fledgling interest in Soul music, he always took the time to chat with me about it, he had a great passion for the music and was such a warm wonderful person, I hitched up a few times with him in Florida for some vinyl digging and had some great laughs along the way. A heartfelt condolence goes out to his lovely wife Lynn and his family. R.I.P Mick

yeah remember it well Phil..Sparkles on old town, couple of melvin davis i must love you's a nice Trilby and 2 unworn bowlers tats

Yep, brilliant hat, i still wear it....wouldn't trade it for any of them beat up 45's What a fantastic woman she was....coming up from the cellar with brush staves full of vinyl...........great times Gilly

Anyone out there got one fro sale or trade?

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All will be revealed over the next few months........

ouch!

Sad Sad loss, One of the most genuine people i have ever had the pleasure of meeting. his massive massive talents were even overshadowed by his warmth and hospitality. love you popcorn. R.i.P. Tats

LIES, LIES, LIES. IV'E GOTTA GO IN COMPLETE DENIAL ON THE SHELL SUIT

I am disappointed Ian. you can get distracted from the vinyl

Maybe not the biggest record find but possibly one of the strangest, circa 88 me and Rob were in LA and we answered a local paper ad for "20,000 records for sale". we met a guy the following day and he told us the records belonged to his son who was a dj before he was killed in Nam, and the vinyl had been untouched since 1971. They were in storage at a friends garage. The friends turned out to be Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn,the garage turned out to be their aircraft hanger!. Amongst their private planes and classic car collection were stacks of 100 count 45 boxes. The first box threw a Jades on Nite-life which set the nerves jangling at the thought of what was in the rest.......not a lot as it turned out We probably came away with about 30 records. I reckon Kurt had already been thru em, they invited us to a "hollywood barby" the following weekend, but we had a better offer of records to look thru in a flea pit in Pheonix. Tats

Ian good c/u name The Incinerators. twas easier to explain than the Kenyan massage i had last year!! Tats

Ones that got away... Sometime in the late 80s, myself and rob wigley were driving thru Georgia on the vinyl hunt listening to coloured music on the radio. When the DJ announced that from next week they would be switching to CD only ...not being aficionados of this format, we decided to contact the radio station and voice our disapproval and help relieve them of the unwanted records . The next gas stop provided the yellow page we needed with the stations address (I wonder how many yellow pages have had the record store listings torn out over the years) . 2hrs later we arrived at w.a.n.k or something like that in the middle of nowhere, only to find it was closed at the weekend and the shows are pre recorded. Undeterred we decided to have a look around the back of the building, as we were about to jemmy the window (joke...honest) this old black caretaker appeared (think turkle from "one flew over the cuckoos nest") who gently informed us that 3 trucks had taken the vinyl to the incinerator 2 days ago. As we dejectedly walked away "wait a minute, you might want these" shouted turkle, and he produced 3 old paint buckets with about 100 singles in each one. " I scooped a few handfuls up for the grandkids" he said "but you can have them if you want". 1st record on the top was Bobby Adams "that's the kind of man", we found about 40 nice northern things in those 3 buckets, but I am still haunted by Images of those wagons with 30-50 thousand 45s destined for the incinerator. Tats +spellchecker and roose