Dean

I can quote a few I've lost to you. All's fair in record bidding, best of luck Pete.

I can mostly smile about it. Your right you never know what the top bid is and if you would only succeed in bumping up the price for the top bidder rather than winning. I seem to go through stages where I'm always the second highest bidder and I end up thinking "if only person x would hadn't been looking". Silly I know but it's an often held thought. Doesn't feel so bad when there's 3 or 4 bidders above you. It's only vinyl

Only to entertain myself for a few minutes.: Being a tight arsed bargain hunter I'm always on the watch. I've seen a couple of threads recently about 'Last 5 bought' and 'bargains'. Not that these are the most frustrating to me (if I was that bothered I'd bid more), these are just the last 5 I've missed on ebay by one late bid. There are some bargains out there; Barbara English - Sittin in the Corner: AURORA, bid £52 went for £53. Great and clean, X felt tip on label. https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=400155489612&ssPageName=STRK:MEDWX:IT LaBrenda Ben - Just Be Yourself / I can't Help it: Gordy white promo. Bid $14 went for $14.50. Looks a good VG+ https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220671888272&ssPageName=STRK:MEDWX:IT J. B. Troy - Live On: Musicor. This was interesting, seller lister as J. B. Hunt - Live On. Bid $83 went for $84. Only rated as Vg but looked ok. https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290476878008&ssPageName=STRK:MEDWX:IT Bunny Sigler - Will You Love Me Tomorrow / Comparatively Speaking: Decca Issue. Bid $31 went for $32. Sated as nea mint and looked near mint. https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270636567824&ssPageName=STRK:MEDWX:IT Nolan Porter - If I Could Only Be Sure - Probe (Peruvian Issue). Bid $42 went for $43, VG+ good Peru sleeve too, nice curiosity. https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320587376448&ssPageName=STRK:MEDWX:IT How many times do you sit and think if it wasn't one other buyer I'd have got right bargain there!!

ACCEPTABLE bootleg, did someone just light some blue touch-paper

I'll take it that neither track is on a compliation then . . . .

erm......... to answer my own question, it got a release on Tamla. Curiosity led me to pic up the picture sleeve from John Manship's list. I've been outbid on everything I was interested in on ebay so just fancied buying something. Didn't read it well enough and was pleasantly greeted this morning with a USA Tamla pic sleeve. Tasty.

Wow, timewarp stuff. Previous post 22 Sept 2007, 3 years drift by . . . . . . . twilight zone!!

Don't know anything about this, not recommending it, just seen it on Sheffild Showroom cinema site: https://www.showroomworkstation.org.uk/wigansworld Apologies if it's already in one of the other threads about the movie, I got bored with those. Mark Wigan Williams is an artist, writer and educator. A prolific graphic artist, his drawings and paintings have chronicled and celebrated international underground club cultures. Mark's 'Wigan' nickname was derived from regular visits to The Wigan Casino Soul Club in the 1970s and early 1980s and his allegiance to the Northern Soul Scene. His drawings and paintings have chronicled and celebrated international underground club cultures. To coincide with the release of the film SoulBoy set in the Northern Soul scene of the 70's at the Showroom Cinema on Friday 3 September, the Workstation is exhibiting a selection of Wigan's works, including prints, paintings, drawings, animation and film inspired by worldwide nightclub culture. Exhibition launch: Friday 3 September from 5.30pm. The exhibition in the Workstation is open to the public: Monday-Friday, 8.45am-8pm. 03-27 September FREE Mark Wigan's work will be available to purchase.

Amongst the plethora of Motown CDs from the vaults that are around now, does anyone know if there's one with Bob Babbitt - Gospel truth or Running Like A Rabbit. included. This was unissue SOUL S35101 from 1973. I can't see one. Several years ago when I'd just started buying again and got into ebay I saw an acetate of Running Like A Rabbit go through but missed it (not being used to ebay bidding at the time). Big regret that one. It may be rubbish, never heard either track, just want to satisfy my curiosity about the sound. Bob was (is?) a great respected bass player on some of Motowns great tracks as well as other soul items (including Darrell Banks and J J Barnes) Discography here: https://www.bobbabbitt.com/disc.htm makes impressive reading and just increases my curiosity of what his own track would sound like.

It got a UK TMG release in 1970, Manship has some pic sleeves for sale at £15, did it get a US release on any subsiduary? Agree about the quality.

THE CARSTAIRS - IT REALLY HURTS ME GIRL - RED COACH VG/EX 20 Clicks all the way through the intro I'm afraid - I counted 13 rotations Just waiting for the comments to come in!

Thought this worth sharing just for interest: watched a couple of Bobby Treetop - Wait Till I Get To Know Ya on TUFF, both look genuine to me. They finished less than an hour apart: https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170538610903&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT Finished first at $43 (+$8 pp) https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330471740348&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT Finished shortly after at $102.50 (+$6 pp) Both listed as VG but second looks slightly better. There's another with 3 days to go still at M-, currently up to $113.50 https://cgi.ebay.com/Rare-Northern-Soul-45-BOBBY-TREETOP-Wait-Till-I-on-Tuff_W0QQitemZ260665443952QQcategoryZ306QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp4340.m263QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DSI%26its%3DI%252BC%26itu%3DUCI%252BUA%252BFICS%26otn%3D10%26pmod%3D330471740348%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D5568593825886161320 Just thought it was a good reminder of the link of price and condition.

I put a thread up a few months ago about some boxes in B&Q. They hold two rows of 7". Not great quality, so not for traveling but good enough for home storage. I think if you find a post by Pete Smith his pic is (his daughter I would imagine) looking in a record box like the ones currently in B&Q. I thought I'd spotted something new but loads of folk already knew about them.

I like to think that my Right On false teeth overnight sterident soaker is quite hip. I was at V festival over the summer, more Northern Soul shirts than band shirts. Similar to other posts, my son Joe is 20 - he threatens to buy me one but only as a joke. He wouldn't get one for himslf as he knows how much it would entertain me, and that's the last thing he'd want to do. I think NS is up there with SuperDry as a label at the moment, and just as relevent to the kids wearing it.

I'm less liberal in my older years . . . . . . . .should've f'in burnt.

A bit late to this thread. Just remembered to dig out mine to have a check. Good shout on the BJD stamp. If mine's genuine (it has stamped SK4M - 2632 - 1), the BJD stamp is quite deep and very fancy letter design, like in calligraphy. Good call too Toad. The flip, Something's Bothering You, is well worth a mellow spin.

Saw your name on the Crosswind Cunnie . I put a speculative bid on that early on. Obviously a bit too optimistic on that one. If the £13 is real it goes to show it may be worth putting a speculative bid on something sometimes. That's happened before to me on JM, where I've wished after the close I would've bid. Of course that may only push the price up, doesn't mean I'd have won.

Wouldn't have thought £13 common Pete, and I thought it looked good. Would look nice on the turntables I think.

More often on here we read questions and statements about the high prices JM gets for his auction items. Had to look twice tonight when I checked finishing prices: Monitors - Fence Around Your Heart. What is most likely a very rare Peruvian (!!!!!!) Buddah label . . . . . . . . . £13 . . . .. . .unless there's a 0 missing? I'll give the buyer £20. Presuming it's a typo . . . . . . or is the economic situation worse than I thought . . . . . . living in Mansfield, the 2nd most vulnerable area in the UK. We can't even be the best at being worst.

A little off topic but related, and made me smile. I'm watching an ebay item at the momet with this description: "Small hairline stress separation" That'll be a crack then.

Playing devil's advocate a bit here. I was one of the earlier viewers that didn't reply Benji. My first thought was "yep, quite clear, clearer than a lot of descriptions seen on ebay", and I'm sticking to that, I do think you made it quite clear. I stopped myself from posting whilst I considered interpretation for a moment. I think most of us want the best price we can get from ebay for a record, what we hope for is 2 or 3 bidders who really want it. Most of us watch misrepresented boots/pressings go through for sometimes stupid prices, thinking "I wish I could get that for my old boot" (at least I do) We want to be upfront so as not to try to con a buyer. But I think we use terms like re-issue a little too often, perhaps in the hope of some half-way route to fairness whilst still hoping for a good price. I don't know if this is a re-issue or a boot, Pikey's dog mentioned he thought a boot. I know there are implications for advertising a "bootleg copy" on ebay but perhaps many of us (including me) hide behind the term re-issue or second issue which perhaps signifies more legitimacy than is the case. Sellers who do advertise a boot copy (as some do) don't get anywhere near the price of those where there is some degree of doubt. As I say Benji, I do actually agree with you and think it's a fair enough description, and quite clearly stated. Just putting an alternatiew viewpoint..

Thanks for posts and scans Roger. The label listing I received had: S35001 - S35016 - as white/purple tramlined S35017 - both designs S35018 & S35019 - white/ purple (This list accuracy is thrown into doubt by Frank Wilson S35019 and S35009 Earl Van Dyke All For You not being marked as Not Released, where S35086/89/101/121 are all marked as Not Released. S35007 and S35114 are not allocated titles on this list, when these should be Merced Blue Notes and Jr Walker - You Are The Sunshine of MY lIfe respectively. The list also doesn't mention the earlier allocation of S 35112 to Edwin Star Ain't It Hell Up In Harlem that was re-allocated to Originals Supernatural Voodoo Woman). S35020 - S35023 - Circle design S35024 - both designs S35025 onwards marked as Circle design only. That makes the S35030 you picture above very interesting. After posting yesterday I did look and see a very battered Shorty Long Function at the Junction (S35021) on white / purple tramlined design, but it was too battered to be worth buying. Hadn't seen one before, I hope it doesn't prove to be so elusive I regret that.

just for comparison, the tramlined Monarch S35023. As I mentioned earlier in the thread, I had a note from Motown with a lable list stating that S35020 - 23 inclusive were only on concentric circles. I've seen, but don't have a tramlined S35020 Francis Nero (Have the concentric circle, also have a white demo but can't recall design on that and it's in a box not with me at the moment). I've got tramlined S35022 and 23 (envious of |Rogers much cleaner 22). Don't recall seeing a tramlined S35021 Shorty Long - Function at the Junction / Call on me?

Anorak zipped up and ready to go: Monarch Press, Delta 61060, stamped number T4KM - 4441 - 1 (same as swilrl design). This is same design as my S35023 tramlined Gladys Knight - Just Walk In My Shoes / Stepping Closer to Your Heart. Monarch Press, Delta 62036, stamped number TK4M - 0402 - 1. I'm at wrong computer at the moment to upload a pic of that one, see if I can later. Coincidence T4KM and TK4M? Now . . . . .where did I put my life??

Here we go Roger. As I said, not a particularly clean one but will show slightly different design. This is very similar to the S35023 (Walk In My Shoes) tramlined design I have, smaller print on that one though. You wouldn't want to be sat between us at a dinner party would you, or stuck in a lift. Let's talk about record labels for a few hours eh!