Colouredman

For Sale: Enchantments: I’m in love with your daughter: Faro. Lovely mint minus, label and vinyl. £600. Beautiful Orange and white stock copy; rarely seen. Even a demo (far more common), went for $1000 just 4 months ago in January.

OFFERS: Fuller Bros. Times a wasting Soul Clock. Rare DEMO. Great condition: Looks Ex. Plays Mint to Mint minus.

I’ll tell you the story about Bobbie Smith and how it came to be played. Back in the early 80’s I had boxes of junk records at my Mums. George Romanis (R.I.P), used to get oddball stuff off me and asked if he could come and have a look thru what I had. I actually used to refer to It as my ‘Shit Box’ coz to me everything in it was rubbish; rejects and totally none Northern. Bear in mind this was late Wigan / Early Stafford time, when the sound was about to change (to slower etc) but hadn’t quite done so. So to me, at that time Bobbie Smith bore no resemblance to Northern as we knew it hitherto. To me it sounded too early, not smooth, no instrumentation or breaks or high points, just a morose ‘going nowhere’ oddity. It was something I’d bought blind from Goldmine or Discoveries magazine hoping it would be as good as the Volumes on same label, but sadly, for me it wasn’t. I still think the same now. Sorry to upset people here but when you consider the credentials... Duke Browner etc it’s poor (Think Volumes, Magnetics, Lollipops, Duke himself etc), it’s a very poor record. Sounds like that we’re always my problem with Stafford; too many mediocre plodding mid tempo records with poor lyrics or no melody or obvious hook, too early, too slow etc, and way too morose. How many feel good happy records did Stafford throw up? Not many. Anyway I digress; that’s another story. So this one summer Sunday George came to my Mums. I pointed him in the direction of the ‘Shit Boxes’ describing them exactly so, and left him to it while I disappeared for a couple of hours to play a game in a Squash League. I returned to find (to my amazement) that George had managed to ‘find’ quite a pile of stuff, including the Bobbie Smith. I couldn’t believe it; I couldn’t believe that someone actually wanted to buy my junk records! By the way, every record in that box was automatically a quid! Incidentally out of the same box he also pulled Jimmy Seals Yesterday of our love’ so that’s where that one started out too. George then went on to sell it to either Gary or Guy I think, but it started life as a reject in my ‘Shit Box’!!! Lol.

=For Sale: Soul Shakers. I’m hip to you girl. Loma (Mint minus) Brilliant mid tempo West Coast northern, which will have its day. Len Jewell production; and one of the best. £75.

I think I can add something to this which may be of interest. Way back in the late 70’s and thru to the 80’s and 90’s I was tracking people like crazy; artists, producers, songwriters etc. I was writing letters and making phone calls like a mad man! I have about 15 files full of letters from those years from many big name label credits; Charlie Calello, Sandy Linzer, Joe Hunter, Sammy Lowe, Jet Loring, Chuck Holiday, Sam Ward, Miles Grayson, Paula Durante, Billy Arnell, Laura Greene, Cody Black, Johnny Northern, Mickey Lane, Kenard Gardner, Herschel Dwellingham, etc etc; hundreds of em. Anyway top of my hit list was Mike Terry. Everyone was trying to find him. I remember many conversations with the likes of Gilly about his likely whereabouts. But no one could find him. Sammy Lowe was a great contact for me coz he had been in the music business so long, (right back to Big Band era etc), much like Joe Hunter who also later led me to many Detroit people such as Billy Kennedy etc. Anyway one day out of the blue in 1989 I get a letter from Sammy with the contact details for people I’d been asking about. I opened the letter and nearly fell off my chair! Coz bang smack in the middle of these other names sat Mikes, with a note from Sammy that he knew Mike well, not least coz he lived around the corner from him right there in Teaneck New Jersey! We’d all been looking in the wrong place! Anyway I then immediately wrote to Mike who sent me back a card with a little note about some of the Motown songs he’d played on. Mike said he’d played on about 90% of Motown hits. On a subsequent trip I visited Mike and his wife on the 10th of April 1990 at their home in New Jersey, and interviewed him. I have 2 x C90 tapes of the interview, which I’ll publish one day when time allows. Mike was a lovely guy, and his wife too. I of course asked Mike the obvious question about whether he had any records, acetates etc. He said not, which was a huge disappointment given that he’d played on so much. Mikes explanation of this was that coz he was a session musician, he turned up at the studio, did his bit and left, being pretty much unconcerned about ending up with the physical vinyl disc; he said there was just too much material to follow up on, as we know only too well. The funny thing was, the only record he had, was an LP by the Atlanta Disco Band which he’d played on, which of course I had less than zero interest in! I seem to recall him saying that he’d been living in Atlanta; maybe that’s another reason why no one had found him. He was an absolute legend and I’m proud to say I think I was the first person from our scene to ever talk to him, meet him or interview him. Sometimes even now I can’t believe I met him, but I have the photos as evidence. For any doubters check out my attached photos complete with the Baritone Sax which became so much an integral part of the sounds we love. The proof that this meeting took place a long time ago is that me (and Mike) still actually had hair lol.

Artus Satterfield Don’t lie (slower version of Charles Holiday) London House Mint- £250 Kenny Carter I’ve gotta get myself together RCA. Beautiful Black issue. Mint - £200 Sheila Anthony Livin in love Buttercup issue. Mint -£130 Lillian Dupree Hide and seek D Town Mint - £125 Syng McGowan Loneliness is a pleasure Hope Mint - £100 Linda Jones I just can’t live my life W.Bros UK Mint- £100 Paramonts Come go with me Ole Mint - £140 Jerri Jackson I can almost believe Parallax Ex £100 Pat Clayton Someone else’s turn Silver Tip Mint - £100 United Four She’s puttin you on Harthon (Proper red Original) VG++ £75 Phil Terrell I’ll erase you Carnival Mint - £75 (Both sides superb mid tempo) 100% Pure Poison You keep coming back UK EMI demo (Rare demo; with company promotional insert) Mint - £150

Just for info; it came out also on a much rarer label called ‘Franette’

Eddie Holman at Lowton many many years ago. He was absolutely outstanding. Lowton was packed every time it was on, but sometimes with quite a lot of handbag dancers, who obviously didn’t have a clue who he was and consequently didn’t bother turning up to hear him perform. It was half empty as I recall, compared to ‘normal’ nights. Shame coz he was fantastic vocally and probably (for overall vocal range) one of the best soul vocalists ever; not to mention his pedigree as a part of the whole Philly Harthon thing. He was awesome.

Yre welcome; it was fun to do; I hope it made a few ppl laugh😂

Lol, cheers😂😂😂

Great poem mate, it’s clear you’re a wordsmith.......But I think there’s some things I’d have to disagree with. Your poem here, is mighty fine......As an alternative view though, here is mine...... No disrespect to you at all my friend......But the oldies newies thing will persist to the end What can you say about the oldies firm......Antiquated, dinosoars, like Keegans curly perm! There’s never been a time when someone didn’t say.....“Play oldies mate, not The Ascots, ‘Another Day”. They’ll winge wen the dj plays something new.......But I bet they did the same When they first heard ‘Do I love you’! Now the same people dance to it all night long.......And talk about the memories which come with the song They won’t ever listen to anything ‘new’ ......And leave the dancefloor if they ever have to How you ever gonna hear the next ‘Out on the floor’......If wen the dj tries it, yre already through the door?? Today’s ‘newbie’ is tomorrow’s ‘overplayed’.......And when it is, you’ll wish you’d stayed Every ‘oldie’ starts as something new.......But your poem doesn’t say whether that occurred to you. Am I to assume from your poem about oldies.....That you still crawl over cobbled streets to buy your Hovis????? Did you cry when they took your horse and cart......Then moaned about Ford Escorts like a sad old fart? To some, a newie is such a big deal.....But if we don’t move on, we’re stuck at The Wheel! A good dj has to take a risk.....While YOU wanna still buy ‘Soul Fox’ from ‘Selectadisc’!!!! ‘Im gone’ first played to an empty Wigan floor......Coz the ‘Love you baby’ crowd had headed out the door! Now it’s top of everyone’s list .....And if the dj won’t play it,The dancers are pissed! Some dancers only want the likes of Bob and Earl .....But if they’d had their way, We wouldn’t have ‘Tough Girl’ If an oldies fan is all you’ve ever been.....Wouldn’t you be missing out on Lady in Green’?? Not every oldie’s good And every newie bad.....Coz you gotta be kiddin if ‘Paper Tiger’ is the best we’ve ever had?????? They moaned about Keb and they moaned about Guy, and about Billy Floyd: ‘My oh my’ I hear what yre saying bout ‘educate’......But the scene can’t stand still while the ‘Spencers’ crew we await!!! A progressive dj has to take a chance .......He can’t be concerned coz you may not dance Some cried ‘newie’ when they heard the Montclairs.....They complained to FBI: Internal Affairs! They said the same bout ‘Sittin in my class’.......“I prefer Mitch Ryder mate, so on Ronnie I’ll pass” I’m sure we all love ‘Girl across the street’....But not hearing it for a night, wont make your life incomplete. Don’t be afraid to open your ears....A song you don’t know, neednt be the worst of your fears. If youre scared to listen to anything but ‘Condition Red’.....You may as well not bother getting out of bed. If djs had never kept up with the pace.....We’d still be wearing ‘Tonics’ n dancing to ‘Rat Race! Every ‘oldie’ starts as something new.....Even the Tymes and Superiors ‘What would I do’ Every dj has to make key decisions.....To play Exus Trek, Mello Souls, or maybe the Precision’s. In that decision you have to trust, but I do understand for you Mel Britt is a must! It’s easy to stand there havin a pop.....In your ‘Prince of Wales check’ and your striped ‘Tank Top’ If you think it’s easy, then don’t just sit.....Get up there and wow em with the Funky Sisters ‘Do it to it’!! I bet you hate Lewis; as in Herman.......But I’m sure you love your brogues,and your check Ben Sherman. I hope you’ve understood what I’ve been sayin......Don’t get upset coz a new tune is playin. Open your ears and give them a chance......You may hear something good which will make you dance. But if you want to stay stuck in oldies apathy......Let’s bring back ‘Crossroads’ Flares, n Black and white TV!!!!!!! I do understand you love the top 500 hits....Bet u also hate ‘Breaking Bad’ but love the ‘Banana Splits’??? Don’t be offended coz I’ve taken the P_ss....I’m only trying to ensure a great new tune you don’t miss. I’m sure yre a real nice guy and such, even if you won’t dance when the dj is Butch! Next time yre out in your Bowling Shirt, and your Mrs is wearing her twirly flared skirt. Spare a thought for the poor Dee jay.....Who’s trying to play a ‘newie’ like Jimmie Raye!!!!!!!! While YOU stand there in yer ‘Pork Pie Hat’....Saying... “listen lad, we don’t want none of that”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It’s simple: It’s called Supply and Demand! It’s the oldest transaction equation known to man isn’t it; no surprise there. A couple of things maybe worth mentioning here: 1. For the ‘inflated price’ commentators........Does anyone here ever complain when they sell that (now) rare record they bought in the 70’s (for 70’s prices!) for today’s market or (inflated)value? Do they agree to settle for a much lesser amount than market value so as not to be ‘greedy’???No they dont; they take the cash, pocket it, and are thankful they were around to buy records when they were cheaper and more available. 2. An average semi in most areas of the country, other than London was no more than £3000 to £10,000 in early to mid 70’s; is it now??? 3. If you think record prices are inflated, do lots of research and planning, take many 1000’s of dollars and go try find em yourself. I’ll bet you your current mortgage you’ll come back with money and almost no credible records. 4. Oh and when you’re on that trip, think of the most bog standard cheapie northern record (rescue me, ric tic issues etc etc) and try find one. Go into oldies shop after oldies shop or record shows and try n find one. When you come back with your tail between your legs and no records to show off to your mates, believe me, you’ll have a whole different perspective on rarity and prices. 5. Dealers can only get what the market will pay. Don’t people understand that yet, after all these years? 6. A dealer only got the price wrong if he DIDNT sell it!!! If he did sell it, like it or not, that’s the price it can potentially fetch, and therefore he’s not greedy; he’s just a good businessman. How many major record dealers in UK went out of business in last 20 years coz the market wouldn’t put up with their ‘greedy’ ‘high’ prices?? None!! 7. Quite simply; the prices are rocketing coz more people want the records than there are copies around. Even now in 2018, there are people still chasing Epitome of Sound, Glories, Frank Beverley, Moses Smith etc etc. These records are not turning up regularly in quantity anymore, so why would prices not be high? They’re great records, and (relatively) harder to find in USA now, so why wouldn’t prices be high? 8. Also trends change and move. In the mid 70’s the only record anyone wanted on Groove City was Sister Lee, which explains why you could buy the Professionals for £15! No one was bothered about it; it probably wasn’t much less rare than it is now but there was NO DEMAND!! That’s the name of the game.

For Sale: Sheila Anthony: Livin in love Buttercup issue £150. Darrow Fletcher: What have I got now. Jacklyn M- £200 Bob Brady & Concords Goodbye Baby Chariot (Red)Looks Ex to M- but plays M- £150 Fabulous Capris: He won’t love you Cepro. £100 Mary Wells Can’t you see yre losing me UK Atlantic yellow & Black Demo (autographed on B side) M- £160 Chicago Indemander: Paramonts Come Go With Me Ole: lovely mint minus condition; hardly ever played. £150 Joe Bataan: Under the Street Lamp (his rare version of Exits): Fania, Rare double sided WD Ex. £100. The Cheers Take me to paradise Okeh WD: M- (Vinyl too, not styrene)£100 Drifters you got to pay your dues US Atlantic (rare stock copy) M- £100 Jimmy Soul Clark Sweet Darling US Soulhawk Vg to Vg+ £75 Jimmy Soul Clark Sweet Darling UK White label demo (Burn label) with instrumental on flip. £75 M- James Fountain Seven day lover UK Cream white label test press / demo £75 M- Wendy Rene Bar B Q Stax WD M- £150 Linda Jones I just can’t live my life UK Warner Bros M- £100 Leon Haywood Baby Reconsider M - UK Fantasy demo M- £50 Harold Melvin Get out M - UK Route demo M- £50 Lenis Guess Just ask me M - UK Route demo M- £40 Jelly Beans You don’t mean me no good M- UK Right On Demo £75 The Crow Your Autumn of tomorrow UK M - Right On Demo £50 Eddie Spencer If this is love UK Power Exchange M- £50 Jackie Lee Oh my Darling UK Jay Boy demo Ex / M- £ 50 Dean Parrish I’m on my way British UK American demo M- £75 Brenda Lee Jones Yre the love of my life British UK American demo M- £45 Fantastic Johnny C Don’t depend on me M- UK Island (Rare demo) £50 Soul Source - a soul music affair Powered by Invision Community

For Sale: All Mint minus. United Four: She’s puttin you on Harthon (Proper red original with Harthon down the right side of label not top). Looks Ex but plays Mint minus. £100. Decisions: I can’t forget about you Sussex Demo £40 Ethics: Look at me now: Vent £40. Denise Keeble Before it falls apart Pelican £50. Don Ray Sampson Baby come back: E Records £75

OFFERS: Enchantments: I’m in love with your daughter: Faro. (Issue!) Beautiful looking and Rare orange and white stock copy of this current in demand oldie. Mint minus label and vinyl. Looks so much better than the boring blue demo.

For Sale: 43 compilation LPs, mostly unplayed or thereabouts with mint minus vinyl and sleeves, pretty much as new. Most are Kent but also a few others; Charly etc, pretty much covering the best 1000 or so northern and crossover titles tunes there are. Prefer to sell as Job lot: £600

For sale: Sheila Anthony Livin in love Buttercup issue M- £150 Lou Ragland Since You said you’d be mine / Didn’t I tell you b/w live at Hinckley version of I travel alone M- UK Burn / Inferno White label demo £100 Gene Chandler I can take care of myself M- UK Action £150 Drifters you got to pay your dues US Atlantic (rare stock copy) M- £100 Jimmy Soul Clark Sweet Darling US Soulhawk Vg to Vg+ £50 Wendy Rene Bar B Q Stax WD M- £100

Strange but true..... just found these 2 or 3 years on; a pair of ‘Filtral’ glasses found late one night in the mud near one of the chalets at Prestatyn Weekender (the one featuring the Volcanoes). If you lost em and still need em; I’ve got them here. Photo att’d.

Here’s some Record Company promotional picture sleeves; nice if you already have the records and want to add the finishing touch for authenticity. Sound Patterns sleeve (for your Bari Track). The sleeve is rarer than the record! Offers. (Just the Sleeve! Lol) Walter Jackson: Great pic sleeve, to probably his best record. £10 Major Lance: Come See: Okeh Pic sleeve. £8 Major Lance Rhythm Okeh Pic Sleeve: £8 Major Lance Ain’t no soul Okeh Pic Sleeve: £10 Billy Storm. Please don’t mention her name HBR Pic Sleeve. £15 Kelly St Clair: Millage Sleeve. Super rare sleeve to ‘Hear that Beat’ £15. Jamo Thomas Arrest me Thomas Pic Sleeve. £10 Jackie Washington Why won’t they let me be. Vanguard sleeve £15 Otis Leavill let her love me Blue Rock Sleeve. £5 Johhnie Mae Matthews Here comes my baby Blue Rock Sleeve £5 Little Rose Little Get a hold of yourself Blue Rock Sleeve. £5

OFFERS: Gwen & Ray: Build your house on a strong foundation (BB223A) / If it makes you feel good (BK223B) One of the rarest oldies around and one of the oldest rareity in terms of, this is a Mecca Record which has never turned up in the almost 45 years since first played. Condition isn’t mint; I don’t think any around are, coz the vinyl is such poor quality. I would rate this as VG looks and audio. There is some background audible surface hiss but not enough to override the vocals (which fortunately are quite prominent and loud), or the instrumentation. It is what it is; a MEGA RARE record which is impossible to find and especially in great condition. Of course also it has the all important authentic numbers in the run out groove which differentiates it from the boot: BB223A. & BK223B (Bootleg has different numbers) Video file available.

Cheers Andy, I’d love to do more, and will; life just keeps getting in the way! Lol.

Thanks to all for your support for the mag; much appreciated, always.

For Sale: Chuck Jackson: What’s with this loneliness: Kent (Horace’s) 6T8. (Pinkish colour) Forget the Stardust ‘reissue’ this is the Original 6T’s 13th Anniversary Special; Promotional Only release. This is mint minus; absolutely pristine. Very possibly the finest example around. I would grade as mint except that mint for me means unplayed; this has been played twice maximum! Just a few weeks ago on 19th December this sold for £335 on EBay. £300.

For Sale: Tracks to your mind Fanzine: New Jersey Special. £10. This is a 22 year old fanzine put together in 1995, following a trip to New Jersey where I interviewed Paul Kyser and Earl Morgan about Robby Lawson Burning Sensation, The Superlatives,The Superbs On Catamount, The Shalimars and Ronnie Goodson. It’s a bit dated but the facts hold up still and the stories herein were unknown before the publication of this fanzine, some 30 years after these records were made and a good 20 years after they were first played. Sales were so poor at the time that I lost hope and never followed it up with a further fanzine, despite having 100’s of hours worth of taped interviews to do many such fanzines. The appetite back then was for pics and label photos and discographies, not background stories. My instinct is that things have changed, and that a deeper understanding is now being sought. So I’ll try again......22 years on! Lol. Go on, take a chance; learn a few things about what’s behind records we all love, and keep yourself off the streets for an hour or two! What’s a tenner in 2018? Two or three pints in the pub if that; leaving you with what? A bigger belly, a broken New Years Resolution possibly, a full bladder and not a lot else!

For Sale: Jackie Wilson: ‘Jackie Wilson in song’ Merrimac Music Corp 28 page A4 sheet music booklet with a page of great b/w pics in the middle, and a great b/w pic on the front cover. Early to mid 60’s publication: £25. Marvin Gaye: Take this heart of mine Detroit Jobete sheet music Distributed by Robbins, Feist and Miller (RFM sheet music always looks the business; great colours and great photos). A4 size in green and white with photo of Marvin in middle; looks great: £20. Archie Bell and the Drells: there’s gonna be a showdown. Another A4 RFM dist sheet music. Looks beautiful in pink black grey and white with b/w photo of the group in the middle. £15. Sue Thompson Paper Tiger Acuff Rose Pub Co. A4 sheet music, in purple and white. £10 Will consider an offer for all 4.