Dean

Cheap but beautiful Eddie Holman - Stay Mine By the way, saw Eddie's My Name above. Is this typically a tune that's easy to locate but hard to get a clean copy? I know mine's grubby, don't recall seeing too many promo's either.

See the promo posted above. Another early sound, imagine this would be a youth club tune for many of a similar age to me (27)

Early 2 side favourite of mine. Had the promo for donkey's years, must have been one of the first records I ever bought. Cu Ma La Be-Stay remains a favourite to this day.

Was this a boot or a case of large amounts coming to light. Remember about the same time of East Coast Connection - Summer in the Parks. Both played out extensively and then available for £1.

But . . . and finally (quarter to 4, must get out Christmas shopping), probabaly my personal favourite:

Used to play a couple of Times at The Attic. Karl H gave it a spin at the last Rugby:

2 more modern funky sounds, still cheap I think: T.U.M.E and Jerry Weaver

3 good oldies

just arrived yesterday, which prompted re-visit to thread. Lovin' this at home (Kev and Steve - one for the next wine tasting!)

MGM's a good label for the underplayed

Intersting point Chalky. I think in the past I've been guilty of linking a "noisy" track with styrene and making the assumption that it's styrene because of background noise. Never really thought about the use of re-grind mix in some cheaper vinyl pressings. Good info.

Jerry Ganey - You Don't Love Me - This should be heard much more often, great dancer. John Manship has the issue finishing tomorrow.

Just picked it up Sean, deal done, Lovelites sold. I'll pm further details. Thanks, Dean.

Sean, what condition is Lovelites. If it's close to ex I'll take.

Anyone clear on the difference East/West Coast? The popsike top 3 issues referred above have some label difference to the ebay listing. Time on left on popsike, right on ebay, 45 D - 4012 as opposed to D-4012.

Gentleman my A***, good marketing maybe . Apologies in advance Keiran, meant in humour, sure you really are a gent.

was hopefully tryin' to avoid a bidding war with you Smudge, I'm prepared to go to £205 . . . . you never know. Although worried now Paul D has posted looks dodgy, or is that a clever move to snag it at £200?

Bit of a fraud putting this in "Look at Your Box". Wish I was looking at it in my box. West Coast Dunhill issue on ebay Be very interesting to see what it goes for against what it may have reached in a more high profile auction like JM. Interesting that the seller is williehutchdarren - will he have to change his name once he sells? Must be like selling the family jewles. Must get a lottery ticket this week.

Hi Steve. I do recall a sudden influx of parka's that coincided with a boom ofr Booker T Green Onions and Russ attempting to get back to his roots. I don't think you can sum Wigan up as a single aspect. There was a different feel between Ms and the main room. There was a big change when the Friday oldies night started up. That was hugely popular, I think I recall it correct that the oldies night were monthly with occasional additional nights "Oldies revival" or some other revival thrown in on other Fridays. The oldies night affected the Saturady attendance. There was quite a different feel to fri Oldies night and regular saturday nights when the Fridays started. I'm sure I recall some Sat nights when Ms didn't open because there weren't enough people in. Whatever the many opinions, Wigan was an important night in the northern soul calendar of its time, and for some time it was The important night for some time. It did go through quite a few waves of popularity with complaints of commercial sell-out with lots of media interest. I'm happy to remember the good tunes played, the floor, and the people we met there, that could in no way be counted as a demise of the scene. I'm happy to pass over the other crap. Hope to see you out soon - by the way, was in London shopping with Molly on Saturday, she was thrilled to see your name outside 100 club, "That's him who stayed at our house who dresses old fashioned, but cool" Praise indeed.

I love the social history of these stories, kinda brings the disc / sleeve to life from another perspective. Love the Judy Street mum story too. There's a book in this somewhere.

Odd that on the whole until Nov 2010 feedback seems postive then almost all negative. Thanks for the warning shout, definitely to avoided.

Have a dcp promo of Gayle Harris - Ain't Gonna Let It Get Me Down (suitably the last record played at The Attic Soul Nights. . . . . . .so far), which doesn't look too great but plays fine and clear. Picked up a lovely looking, almost minter, issue that arrived yesterday. The marks on pic are shadows from outside. One of those records in my opinion that there are plenty around but most are tattered. Sooooo disappointed. Looks great, not blaming seller, but plays with such an overpowering hiss for half of the track it's next to useless. Record looks like never previously played, is there anything to be done regarding hiss removal? Is this a common feature with issues of these, is there a bad batch? Anybody want a hissing aint gonna let it get me down (not losing the irony!)?

Played ok here (hpoing I'm not infected now). Average instrumental. Although I do now have a date in Moscow.

Black issue is much harder. I'm sure Adam had a yellow demo in his box at Rugby for £100. I'm sure it was booted on the yellow demo too, as a loo-a-like without the special products logo, so beware of that. Think the blue/gold uk re-issue is legit re-issue but quite cheap still.