Amsterdam Russ

Sorry to disappoint... It's the version by The Toys, but the disc credits only Barbara Harris. The flip is the standard take of Lover's Concerto, but again credited only to Barbara.

Too right - especially after it took 6 weeks to arrive!

And then there's this...

Pint of John Smiths for the lot?

Bo Diddley - Soul Train The Manhattans - Soul Train The Four Hi's - The Train (Leaving for misery)

George Gently takes on the Northern Soul scene. What a combination. How will the redoubtable and inscrutable Inspector Gently cope in a scene that offers only cover-up after cover-up? Would love to be involved in anything to do with what is one of the best period cop/crime dramas in recent years. Is 47 too old to be a bit part player? One question though, how did the evolutionaries of today's Northern Soul scene dance in the late 60s?

And there we have the definitive answer. Thanks, Chalky.

Now sorted... thanks!

Show off...

Ah, had my eye on that one as well. Think this was the first item I'd tried used a snipe on - and set it up wrong!

Nice, clean vinyl and labels on both sides, please. Preferably EX condition - Geneva or Terry. PM's preferred... Thanks!

Thanks for that, Steve. Am now heading to Wants to add a new post this very instant...

Heard this for the first time in what must be donkey's years just recently and couldn't believe what a great tune it was. Also couldn't believe I'd forgotten all about it. If I remember correctly, it used to get played quite a bit at the 100 Club, late 80s (I think). Title of the thread says it all - which was issued first, the Geneva or Terry issues, and is there any difference in rarity between the two?

My yellow label copy of Walk away is hiss free. Curiously, I could swear that the first copy I had of Happy/Callin' had surface noise toward the end - a swoosh at a certain part of the rotation that carried on into the runout grooves, but I played it the other day for the first time in ages and there was no noise whatsoever. I thought perhaps I'd mixed the two copies up, but no, both are clean. I can only put it down to differences in stylus/weight and tracking as that last time I played it would have been on a different turntable.

Yup... you're not alone in this...

No reason to doubt it. I bet that if I were to use other cleaning methods post-glue treatment, I could improve them further. And if I cleaned them again after that, they'd be cleaner still... It's not a competition - or is that what you're looking for? As far as I'm concerned, the glue treatment is just one of a variety of methods that can be used to clean records. Sometimes I use glue, sometimes I don't. Everyone has their own preferred methods for restoring records depending on the nature of the problem. I'm happy to give anything a try and have even attempted Pete's Smith's technique of ironing warped 45s (I think it was Pete who mentioned this on here some months back). Can't say that was successful, but maybe I didn't strike whilst the iron was hot enough! The next thing I want to try is putting warped records inbetween two sheets of glass and baking them. Anyway, I'm wandering off topic... It's great that you've given the glue method a try and it's been a lot of fun reading. Cheers!

Well, that's a real shame. The results I've had with PVA/wood glue have been very impressive overall and I'll continue to use it. Also, not getting glue on the labels or on the other side of the record is childsplay as far as I'm concerned. Maybe I've just had more practice. Perhaps the glue we have over here is just that much better for this purpose than the glue you have over there, regardless of their apparent similarities. Wood glue should be wood glue, but based on your poor results, something somewhere is certainly different.

Love this stormer from The La Niers/ Angels. Their other release - More than ever now / I've got to stop - is also a cracking 45 with a stormer on one side and a sweet ballad on the other. Double bubble enjoyment!

I wanna be happy - covered up as Howard Collins many years ago, I believe.

Specifically, it's "The American Folk Blues Festival - The British Tours 1963-1966".

I use a chopstick.

It works on styrene equally well...

The record on the green paper doesn't have enough glue on it. What you need is a consistent white covering. The record on the orange paper is much better, but still you have patches that need more glue. Here's the photo I uploaded in the other thread. You'll see that the application of glue is consistent across the playing surface. Note that the British UA 45 on the left does not have enough glue on it. And, after taking this picture, I applied more. Note that all these were done by hand - no turntable needed!

Bob, like you, I had problems with spill-over the first couple of times I tried the glue treatment. However, it is easily avoided. I used an old credit card (cut in half lengthways) to spread the glue evenly over the surface and work from the inside out. I try to work the glue to as close to the edge as possible, but don't attempt to get it perfect. There's no need to. Having said that, if you do use a plastic card to drag the glue a tiny amount past the edge, you should notice that its viscosity pulls it back and prevents it from dripping over. If glue dripping over the edge seems to be almost unavoidable, it may because you're using too much of the stuff, particularly around the outer edge. Another consideration is the temperature of the room in which you're storing and applying the glue. The glue will become slightly thinner/runnier in warm conditions. Ideally, you want to keep the glue stored somewhere cool and bring it out only when needed. This way it will keep its viscosity. When applying the glue, I have 45s resting on a piece of card, usually one of these you get when people pack records properly when mailing them to you. This is easy to rotate by hand, and is also a conveniently manageable size if you need to move the glue-covered discs somewhere safe to dry.

Not sure if you saw this thread or not...