Ian Dewhirst

You must have been going through some temporary mental illness Steve. A UK released 12" for an issue of Willie Kendicks? This thread just gets weirder and weirder.......... What next? A Slade 7" UK hit for a Robbie Lawson anyone? Ian D

Probably is - in fact, I can't personaly think of anything worse really LOL. Bobby Bland seems quite complimentary about it though - "You're phrasing was good," Bland proclaims. "It's not the same phrasing as mine, but you did one helluva job!" Or do we think he was just saying that LOL? Ian D

It's happened to all of us Bri. I still remember "Cool Off" and "Love On A Rampage" on one of your lists for 30p apiece mate! Is that hangover any better yet? Did you feel the knife twist? Ian D

Including Catherine Zeta-Jones the jammy bugger......... That Charlie Drake imagery and oodles of dosh really seems to work for him........ But serenading 'em with Bobby Bland tunes.........? Who had thought that would work........? Ian D

Well, just sold it for well over double that, but it is listed in the guide @ £150 or thereabouts, so the £50 one looks like a bargain........ I found it in Croydon recently for 10p! Ian D

That's what I love about this scene LOL. It's the sheer poetry of a literary mind delivered in a firm, yet, strangely authoritive fashion.......... Ian D

Well, that's 'cos it's true Mike. When was the last time you saw a 6 page article on Bobby Bland in one of the world's most popular magazines? Funnily enough, I'm not into either Bobby Bland or Mick Hucknall, so it's immaterial to me. I just think think it's kinda easy to be pompous about it. They're both musicians, so why not just leave 'em to it? Bobby Bland will undoubtably gain a lot of new fans as a result of all this and Mick Hucknall will probably lose a few as it'll be too deep for his mainline audience. Ian D

Ernie Andrews - a leather-wearing, motorbike-riding rocker who likes looking at fish? Something just doesn't seem to compute here LOL..... Ian D

Bloody hell. Such poisonous diatribes aganst the ginger one. I left off this thread 'cos I didn't see much point in getting involved in a Mick Hucknall slag-off. But having just read a 6 page Bobby Bland article in in this month's Mojo including some great photos by Andy Fallon, a Bobby Bland interview by Mick Hucknall which was dead interesting, some other coverage by Andria Lisle and a '4 Steps To Bobby' buying guide from Geoff Brown, I'd say that this has probably garnished more publicity for Bobby Bland than he's managed for the majority of his life to date. Plus it get's him in front of 120,000 readers who wouldn't normally be that interested in BB. The only people who seem to have a problem with all this are on here LOL. Bobby Bland certainly doesn't, believe me. Ian D

Haha LOL! I think that qualifies as someone's bargain of the century Pete. Got to be the winner to date in terms of regret surely. Current book price on Lester Tipton is £3,500 whereas that same 4g's of whizz will probably still be £40 I guess. So that's a net loss of £3,460 over 30 years. Difficult to beat that I reckon........ And the record's still massively rare! Can anyone beat that? Ian D

Trust me not to read the small print. My collection's far superior under those conditions! In fact I've got tons of stuff he hasn't got! I thought it was odd that he wasn't listing labels/numbers etc....... Ian D

Ending later today chaps. Will be loading more on tonight....... Dunno how anyone finds anythng on E-Bay these days 'cos it took me ages to locate these LOL.... https://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZrockthedancefloor Ian D

What I don't get is the guy indicates that he hasn't been buying 45's that long - a couple of years in fact. He seems to have accumulated a lot of titles in a short space of time which seems odd to say to least. I haven't gone through the whole lot but a 10 minute browse was enough to impress me. You'd have thought a lot of the Northern titles would have been difficult to dig up wouldn't you? Unless the guy's a millionaire of course...... How was Saturday? Ian D

That's actually a very good idea! "Records I Have Loved And Lost". Dot com. You could have the scans with a soundfile and a nice little comment box for your memories of the record in question. I like it mate! Ian D

Haha LOL! That's funny Alan. Not only that, but they'd have to deal with the dulcit tones of deepest Rotherham - shouts in the background "Sithee, wilst tha put wood in't ole"? That's 'close the door' for the unititiated LOL............ Ian D

Glad you mentioned that Robin. Even if it hurts to let a record go, it's not so bad if it goes to someone who can really use it. In fact, many times I've got rid of stuff which I never play anymore simply because it's an unwanted luxury to have it sitting on a shelf gathering dust. I'd much rather 'recycle' a record and get it to someone who will either play it or cherish it more than me. Ian D

Yeah, wishful thinking Johnny. The way the guy's listed everything is weird 'cos he hasn't included any label info and he has a ton of awful pop on there too - https://users.telenet.be/60spop/Index.htm. A shame really. It'd be great if an unknown Magicians Villa 708 suddenly turned up LOL... 701 - Ozz And His Sperlings - Mo Jo Hanna / The Broadway Earthquake 702 - Ozz And His Sperlings - Dance (Holes In Your Shoes) / I Can't Jerk 703 - The Magicians - Love, Lets Try Again / Dance (Holes In Your Shoes) 704 - The Magicians - Is It All Gone? / Why Do I Do These Foolish Things 705 - The Checkerboard Squares - Double Cookin' / A Day In Sausalito 706 - The Magicians - Keep Your Hands Off (My Baby) / Why Must You Cry (I Deeply Love You) 707 - Performers - Darling I'm So Thankful / I'll Always Love You. Is that Performers record any good? Ian D

Wow, weird you should bring the Magicians up Mark 'cos I was looking at the bloke's 60's collection which I've posted up on here (elsewhere in this section) and there's a ton of Magicians records on his list and I only know about 3 of em.... MAGICIANS ABOUT MY LOVE 1966 MAGICIANS AN INVITATION TO CRY 1965 MAGICIANS ANGEL ON THE CORNER 1966 MAGICIANS BACK DOOR MAN 1967 MAGICIANS DOUBLE GOOD FEELING 1967 MAGICIANS I WON'T BE THERE TOMORROW 1967 MAGICIANS I'D LIKE TO KNOW 1966 MAGICIANS I'LL TELL THE WORLD ABOUT YOU 1966 MAGICIANS INVITATION TO CRY 1966 MAGICIANS IS IT ALL GONE 1966 MAGICIANS LADY FINGERS 1967 MAGICIANS PAINTING ON WOOD 1967 MAGICIANS RAIN DON'T FALL ON ME NO MORE 1967 MAGICIANS THAT'S WHAT LOVE IS MADE OF 1967 MAGICIANS WHO DO YOU LOVE 1967 MAGICIANS YOU'RE SO FINE 1967 Makes you wonder if there's any other goodies in there - I always loved "Is It All Gone" - I had a cracked copy which played fine for years but it just never broke for me back in the day........ Ian D

And I wonder whether that was the one I found at Chris Peakes house in L.A. in '76 LOL......... Dig out the list Malc 'cos there'll be a few nightmares there no doubt...... Talking of which, does anyone on here have a copy of my 'Vinyl Junky's" list from '77 I think? It was an 80 page booklet with 1000's of records listed all cheap. Frightening............. Ian D

My beautiful UK white promo went to Tim Brown along with the rest of my English, so I know exactly how you feel Steve! At least with a lot of the UK gear, you know it'll probably appear again soon when someone's collection come up, whereas with some of the US ones it could be anybody's guess...... Ian D

Nope Dave, that definitely sounds like a moment of madness to me. I don't even know the Vivian Carol Merben record but I do know that neither the Tomangoes or Cecil Washington grow on trees LOL...... A major nightmare inducer for sure. I still regret losing my Tomangoes in a swap deal in the 70's and I've never had another real one since...... Commiserations mate. I'd be beating myself up too! Ian D

Out of curiosity, what did you sell it for Dave? I'm just computing what was probably a one-off collection and 17 years of collecting, not that I want to make you feel even worse! I hear stories of a Detroit collector that has a full run of U.S. Motown and I'm sure there's a couple of complete UK Motown collections, but I'm curious as to what a full UK collection would be valued at these days. Very painful though mate......... Ian D

Well I don't know that one Chris. Just thought I found one but it's gone.... https://www.recordsbymail.com/static/artist...POWERED%20CLOCK Was it any good? I'm intrigued...... Ian D

Now this is what I call a collection! This guy's a vinyl nut. The amount of Northern he has is ridiculous if he's genuine - and I think he is. TONS of stuff tucked away in there which I guess goes to show that there's still plenty of stuff out there in private collections..... https://users.telenet.be/60spop/Index.htm Ian D

Now here's someone who has their priorities right. Steve, your attitude is much too sensible for 'Vinyl Therapy' LOL..... Quite right too: your health is your wealth at the end of the day. And there were a few black Patti & The Emblems around back in the day when it was a £2 'in every box' type record, I seem to remember......... Ian D