Colouredman

Bang on Tony👍🏽

Yre welcome Mick👍🏽The first Velvet Satins I bought, cost me a fortune, £11! It was £11 I couldnt afford and it turned out to be a Simon Soussan boot, lol.

Lol, 😂yeah Kev 👍🏽

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Oddfellows; now that was a good venue Oddfellows, now that was a good niter; I enjoyed it there; Gary, Adam, The Vicar djaying as I recall. Think it through from every angle Mick, and you’ll make the ‘right’ decision👍🏽.

Yre very welcome. These are all things Ive pondered on and been introspective about many times, so it was all there in my head; I just had to put it down in writing. Good luck with whatever you decide. Its definitely a ‘First World’ problem, which is nice for a change. None of us could have predicted the way its all gone, and if our records were all worthless financially now, we wouldnt be talking about any of this. But here we are; it is what it is, so think it through every which way, and Im sure you’ll make the right decision for the right reasons.👍🏽

No one can tell you what the right thing to do is; its subjective and very personal. You could take advice from 100 people here, but only YOU will be impacted by either selling your records or keeping them. But it may help to consider the following (mostly philosophical) issues: If you sell, later when the money is gone, then what; how will you feel? Like many of us, your records will have been the soundtrack of your life; so if you sell, does a significant part of you go with it? Are you selling to cash in, coz some records fetch good money now, or are you selling coz you’ve had enough of (some) them? As above, if most of your records were worth pocket change, would you still be considering selling them? If the premise for selling is that yre getting old and cant take them with you; doesnt that also apply to every other asset you own? You cant take with you the money you get for the records either, if your demise occurs before you spend it all! For many of us of a certain generation, the records we bought, and own were cheap, and now ‘owe us nothing’. So the percentage gain in selling them now is enormous. But we never bought them as investments; we bought coz we were/are emotionally invested in them. Are you still; or have they (or some of them) lost some of that for you? Back in the day, the only way to hear records we loved, in our own homes, was to buy them (originals or boots), or tape them ‘live’ at a venue. Now this is no longer the case; we can now own nothing, yet have pretty much 99% of mainstream and obscure records on mp3 via YouTube etc, streamed right into our homes. So if you sell, you can still listen to everything you currently own (and more). So the question is really about to what extent the ownership of the physical product/entity means to you. If these records/collection have been a part of you for most/all of your adult life (maybe before that), and been the soundtrack of it; if you sell them will you still be the person you were/the person you’ve been??? Is there a way for you to assess the value of what you sell, and the pleasure that money (or what you do with it) will give you, against the pleasure of continuing to keep them? Whatever the answer to that is, may well be the right way to go. Finally; take note of all those before us who’ve sold up, and how many of them express regret; coz they wish they hadnt, coz records have shot up ridiculously in price since, coz they miss them, etc etc. How will it feel to be one of the many constantly saying..”I used to have that”😜

FOR SALE: SAMMY AMBROSE. . Welcome to Dreamsville. Musicor WD. EX (SOLD) Vinyl plays flawlessly, but label has been defaced where it indicates ‘Promotional copy’ hence overall condition of EX not NM/M. Free Special Delivery Postage.

FOR SALE. Charlie Gracie. He’ll never love you like I do. UK Stateside Demo. EX/NM £450. Postage: Free Special Delivery.

FOR SALE. Solomon King. This beautiful day. Columbia Demo. NM/M £450 Special Delivery Postage: Free

FOR SALE WHAT A PAIR!…….as they say, lol. Fathers Angels. Bok to Bach. UK MGM Demo. NM £900. April Stevens. Wanting you. UK MGM Demo. EX /NM £450. Postage: FREE Special Delivery.

It sounded absolutely fantastic in there with those ballroom accoustics. Yre right about being there; no one cares about instrumentals anymore, but as you know they used to light the Casino up, and cause dancefloor mayhem, lol.

Yeah Tony it was. I still love it, but to many now its a joke, and an absolute no no to play. It worked superbly though in that huge ballroom.

Pal and the Prophets. Peace pipe. Jamie. Covered up as Luther Ingram Orch. ‘Space Odyssey’. Sounded great at the Casino, and the right tempo for those times lol. Also, another 2 in the morning monster instrumental……proper!

FOR SALE Syng McGowan. Loneliness is a pleasure. Hope. M- (SOLD).

I certainly think the whole focus on prices, be they via auction or otherwise, is pervasive in relation to other topics around our collecting/listening/buying hobby. Like others here I do love to see what prices records fetch, and sometimes Im surprised, not just by high prices, but also by low prices relative to the quality and/or rarity of the record, and herein lies my main gripe about the whole prices thing. If only there was the same level and volume of discussion and interest about how good this or that record is, (regardless of value) instead of just what price it fetches. I feel I learn so much on these and FB pages about values of records, but in contrast so little about ‘good records’. Surely thats the problem; not enough balance. Thats not a criticism of the info provided here about Auction results; keep em coming, no problem. But why is there so little discussion (Generally not just here, Northern-wise) about ‘good records’, be they £5 or £5000? Loving music got me into this thing, not a love of ‘commodity’ values. If you’ve ever played (privately to a mate, or publicly via djaying) a good cheap record, and witnessed the sheer unbridled pleasure it gives someone who likes it and is overjoyed to find its ‘only’ £20, you’ll know exactly what Im talkin about. Conversely if you only ever buy/collect/talk about expensive ‘Trophy’ records, you wont have a clue lol. Just a personal perspective.

FOR SALE: Edward Hamilton. Willing mind. Mary Jane. M- £275 Universal Minds. A chance at love. Charles. M- £195. Phyllis Brown. Ive got something on my mind. Le Cam (1st issue) M- £200 The Fifth Dimension. I’ll be loving you forever / Train keep… Soul City Demo. M- £130 Velvelettes. A bird in the hand. (Rarer West Coast styrene issue) V.I.P. M- £100 The Dolls. The reason why. Toy. Ex. (1st label before Loma) £100 Tojo. Broken hearted lover. M- £110. Eddy Morris. Come on. Look. Ex/M- £75. Postage: Special Delivery. £8. First Class Signed For. £5

I dont honestly know. I know others went through that stuff after Ian Clark and I, but what was left after that, and who ended up with it, I have no idea.

It should be very very interesting; looking forward to it. He certainly had a dodgy side, but I’d say this. I was lucky enough in the early 80’s along with Ian Clark, to be invited to Les McCutcheons home to view Simon Soussans collection, which was being sold through Les. What a sight that was! That haul of records all together like that, would blow most collectors minds; it blew mine!! Rarely do any of us see that many rare original records, all in one place in this country. It was phenomenol, amazing. Everything was for sale, and the pricing was amazing (Cheap!!)but thats a whole other story. Anyway, my point is, whatever retrospective judgements we feel inclined to make about SS, I think we shouldnt lose sight of the fact that he found, discovered, loved, and collected these records a long time before most of us here did, in a country where there was no other collector interest, and no Rare Soul Scene, as a context for doing so. That he was also clearly a bootlegger, along with everything immoral about that is not in doubt though. Whats also clear to me though, having seen and bought (extensively) from that collection, is that he really did love Northern. Somehow bootlegging and collecting the same music seem irreconcilable facts I guess, and Im not defending anything he did; depriving artists of what theyre due is just plain wrong. But somewhere in there is a man who loved what we do, and discovered and collected a lot of it before us, so for that I’ll give him credit.

At the age of 50 I asked my GP for the PSA. So annually since, I have what I call my MOT, lol. In one blood test, I get about 8 things covered; Cholesterol, Prostate, blood sugaretc etc; well worth it. Im well used to that GP line now…….”Your PSA result is………..and its fine, HOWEVER, its not conclusive, and a ONLY physical test can…………” As yre processing that statement, hes already putting the rubber gloves on, lol. In all honesty I’d say this. Its not exactly painful; more like weird and uncomfortable, BUT its 30 seconds to a minute, and thats all. From that point of view, its completely tolerable. Most people have had worse pain with other things, without batting an eyelid; for example falling off a bike and scraping a knee, (which is worse and lasts longer). So accept its gonna be uncomfortable, but acknowledge that for a few seconds every year you can take it. Get it sorted is my advice. You have to wonder at the NHS thinking in this country regarding preventative treatment (would surely save the NHS millions!). Every 2 years, since I hit 60, without requesting it, I get my bowel cancer pack posted to me. Yet for Prostate cancer which is more of a threat to UK mens health here, we have to request it; how dumb is that!!??

FOR SALE Wade Flemons. Two of a kind. Ramsel. Ex £800. (So much rarer than his other one, and underplayed). Steve Aldo. You’re absolutely right. UK Parlophone Demo. M- £850. (Rare UK-only powerhouse Northern). SOLD Free Special Delivery Postage.

Hi Stephen, someone alerted me today to your want post above, after I put my post up today. So just letting you know. You’ll see my sales post but anyway I have a Mint minus Solomon King Demo. Its actually Mint, but I never usually advertise a Mint record as such just to be super fussy and err on the side of caution. Its a beautiful copy, and hence its £400. Anyway just letting you know. Thanks Tim

FOR SALE Solomon King. This beautiful day. UK Columbia Demo. M- £400. April Stevens. Wanting you. UK MGM Demo. M- £400 Jerry Butler. Moody Woman. UK Mercury Demo. M- £200 Bobby McClure. You got me baby. UK Chess. M- £200. The Orlons. Spinning top. UK Planet. M- £150. Linda Carr. Everytime. UK Stateside Demo. M- £140 Helena Ferguson. My terms. UK London Demo. Ex/M- £100 James Wells. Im still the same man. UK IBC Studios Test Pressing / Acetate. (Looks Vg+ but plays at least Ex/M-). £80. James Fountain. Seven day lover. UK Cream Test Pressing. M- £60 Edward Hamilton. Willing mind. Mary Jane. M- £280. Moody Scott. My lovely lady. Straight ahead. M- £180 The Fifth Dimension. I’ll be loving you forever / Train keep… Soul City Demo. M- £150 Velvelettes. A bird in the hand. V.I.P. M- £100 Artus Satterfield. You are better. Axis Demo. Ex. £85. (Ex Gary Rushbrooke Wigan spin) Rare first issue before the purple reissue. Free Post on ALL. (Special Delivery on £100 & over. First Class Signed For on sub £100).

FOR SALE Edward Hamilton. Willing mind / My Darling baby. Mary Jane EX / M- £295 (Rarely crops up for sale in good condition). Moody Scott. My lovely lady. Straight Ahead. M- £195 Ad Libs. Think of me. Karen. Ex. £100 The Dolls. The reason why. Toy. Ex. £100. Lorenzo Manley. Swoop down in you. Original Sound Demo. M- £95 James Spencer. In law trouble. Taurus. M- £95 Gary Carl & The Orchids. Baby stay and make me happy. Phillips. M- £90 Eddy Morris. Come on. Look. M- £70 The Mirettes. Hes alright with me. French Festival. M- £70 The Styles. Baby you’re alive. Modern WD. M- £60 Taurus and Leo. I aint playing baby / Goin out the world backwards. Velvet Sound. M- (Rarer vinyl stock copy; most are styrene) £55 J L Brown. My true love. Clifton. M- £50 Mary Saenz. Would she do that for you. Big Ben. Demo. M- £45 Joan Moody. We must be doing something right. M- £35 Postage: Signed For £5. Special Delivery £8.

OFFERS invited for: BARBARA MILLS. QUEEN OF FOOLS. UK HICKORY. SOLD.