Philt

bloody ridiculous Spittle, pack it in!

Alright, alright; that'll do

Nice mate, enjoyed it

Need to raise some cash so following gotta go. All at least Ex unless stated. Cash, cq or Paypal (gift please): Philip@threlfall.fsbusiness.co.uk I go on my hols next week so be quick if you want em before next weekend Jeffrey Allen - dilly dilly (Mala) Ex+ £200 Old Hal Miller top of the world c/u and at a decent price IMHO Little Charles & Sidewinders - talkin' about you babe (Decca demo) £100 Carol Anderson - taking my mind off love / I'm not worried (Whip) Ex+ £275 Phenomenal Detroit double sider Susan Rewis - they say you've found a new baby (Columbia w/d) Ex+ £100 Old 'Denita James' all the hurt and you c/u for Guy Bernard Williams - needless to say / focused on you (Harthon) Ex £140 Another mega double-sider, take yer pick Jimmy Seals - the yesterday of our love (Challenge w/d) Ex+ £250 Another old TOTW c/u - 'Moving Parts' Ozz & His Spurlings - can you qualify / daddy rolling stone (Goldenway w/d) vg+++++ £200 Awesome, awesome record IMHO. Small wol on flip. One mark dnap Patti Austin - you're too much a part of me (Coral demo) £90 I've raved about this for ages, absolutely fantastic uptempo dancer, her best IMHO and seen for £150 125th St Candy Store - silent heart / hey girl (Fania) vg+++ £75 Couple of marks but plays well with the odd slight crackle, nothing dramatic at all. Bargain IMHO. Two great sides Darrow Fletcher - what have I got now (Jacklyn) vg++ £100 wol and label slightly grubby. Vinyl is clean, odd v slight crackle but no dramas. Great record and half book Ambassadors - do you ever think about me (DeBrossard) Ex+ £125 This never seems to turn up anymore; rare record IMHO. Fantastic uptempo group dancer Al Hughes - take it or leave it (Scope) vg/+ £170 Here's a dog rare Detroit stormer in less than mint nick! Label is grubby and there's a couple of xs. Vinyl has lots of marks and it plays with a bit of crackle here n there but nothing horrendous by any means. I've played it out no probs. Get me a minter when you find one! Frank Anthony - hey girl (I wanna meet you) (Pink Dolphin) vg++ £225 Rare un and thumping dancer. Had Lifeline spins Fantastics - me and you (SS7) Ex+ £120 Slight dish dnap PM me with your crap offers

Itt was Willie Kendricks 'change your ways' that first gave me the WTF is THIS hit the first time I went to a nighter and Stafford did that with knobs on, regularly. As has been said many times, probably a combination of a whole range of factors, including my age, growing interest in rare soul / records, turnover of tunes, quality of the line up etc etc, but there was undeniably something different and special about it and you sort of knew it somehow, without knowing what or why it was - at least I didn't at the time. I've never felt it anywhere since, not even close.

Know what you're saying in terms of sustained, quality output but ... ... GoGate

Guess what, I was watching em t'other day funnily enough

Think I get on a few people's tits banging on about it at times

B-hell I was 18. As Dave says ... it still makes me smile when I look in my box now and see things like the Cairos, Soul Set, Royal Robins, Don and Juan, Fantasians; all TOTW tunes and absolutely mythical records for a yoof buying boots and the odd cheap thing off Mr Brady's list: "buy it now before the price rockets" ... never a truer word!!! Remember meeting up with a lad called Joe Skillern (a butcher from Loughborough way as I recall) on the train a couple of times and he supplied me with some great newies tapes. Dunno what happened to him as we lost touch when Stafford finished but wherever you are thanks mate Unbelievable times which, unbeknowns to me, would shape my taste forever! ps. Who first introduced the latin stuff?

b-hell mate, just sold one Shouldn't be too hard to track one down. atb Phil

The silver tongued cavalier strikes again

Just sold a vg+ copy to Steve Green for about 100 quid

Invaders is unbelievable uptempo Chicago and a toughie to get hold of too

You ARE the MoDo man Nev. Nice mate

Yep, still got one for sale. Gee w/d in Ex condition. £80 + p&p atb Phil

I can't believe I'm writing this and getting embroiled, lifes too short but I guess it shows that I have stronger feelings about it than maybe I thought I had for some reason ... ... that's the bit that fascinates me actually, where the strength of feeling comes from? Is it underpinend by some mythical 'code' that you were brought up with which was underpinned by who you knocked around with, which clubs you went to, how elitist you are, how much money you've got etc etc? Me, I think it's all tied in with the other (done to death) threads around too many DJs, venues etc etc. As a kid starting to buy records I can remember being daunted by even looking in some people's boxes for fear of exposing myself as an idiot who knew nothing (which I was). I certainly harboured no thoughts / dreams / pretensions about every dj-ing anywhere cos the lads who did that, and there were only a few of em, had been at it for donkeys, knew about things like producers, matrices, stamps etc etc and, more importantly, had earned the right to play out to paying punters because of the depth of their knowledge, commitment and collections. That was just how I thought and was taught to see things, very heirarchical and to some minds elitist you might say. Healthy? Encouraging? Dunno but I'm still at it 30 years on so didn't discourage me. In fact, it instilled in me a kind of pride in the elitism and hierarchies within the scene and made clear that it is more than a hobby or a social thing - to me anyway. Gaz Kellet said two things to me which made me laugh at the time but, on reflection, prove yet again that lads like him were ahead of the game and had it right (IMHO of course): - You can hear the Magnetics in Tesco, it's all fooked - They used to look down their noses at me as if to say f*ck off and buy your gear and I respected em for it So, IMHO (which is worth jacksh*t of course), if it's a first issue, you've got the original acetate, LP etc good on yer. If it's a different cut, unissued etc good on yer for rooting it out and bringing it to a wider audience. If it's owt else I wouldn't play it and I wouldn't knowingly attend a venue where a promoter or 'dj' would knowingly play it after I'd travelled and paid to get in. I have a room full of CDs and boxes full of tapes which contain pretty much everything I want record wise. Going out and hearing someone play the real mccoy is different gravy though. Don't put feckin lumps in it atb Phil ps. I still know nothing, am not a dj and never will be!

sorry if this is in the wrong place Mike / mods ... Anyone who's bought off me in the last week or so sincere apols for the delay in getting your vinyl out. I sold in excess of 30 records which meant I ran out of mailers (doh), hence the delay. All now parcelled up and ready to go so should be with you tomorrow all being well cheers Phil

Thanks mate Think you'll find though that it's The Goodies and it's truly, truly awful (IMHO of course, wouldn't do if we all liked the same stuff)

Paul Tony Foster has been chasing Johnny McCall - I need you. He'll be gutted if he misses it so drop him a PM PMd you re Sonics atb Phil

I've still got one. It's in in the section with Trammps, Candi Staton et al:whistling: Can't beat a bit of disco, our mam loves it and always asks me to get em on when she comes down Ronnie Walker - you're the one Maxine Nightingale Tell you what I can't stand though, that flippin' 'it's better to have' thing, is it Joe Tex? Always reminds me of Black Puddin Bertha

PMSL

couldn't sell mine (mint) and ended up trading it for 500 or thereabouts

Fabulous, a bit of MILF action on SS, things are looking up

Gary try 'Georgeous George' (Niel Holden) on here, I know he has one or at least he did atb Phil