Kev Cane

Having your own EAR was mentioned earlier Phil, and in all this, that was one of the points I was trying to get over, I think its a great little statement, and oh so very true, rather than following the crowd with your cheque book trying to acquire the "biggie". Karl obviously did that(used his own ear), and fair play to him, regardless of whether he bought cheap records or rare records, they appealed to him, what he wanted to listen to and play out, did his own leg work instead of becoming a sheep and buying records to impress other people. I don,t buy cheap records to make a statement, like I said previously, some records I have had to shell out a lot of cash for, but, they were for me, just like the cheap one's that take as much pride of place as the expensive one,s. Could have posted for example, Enchanters, "Look about you" but I think The Esquires and The Artistics that I posted are every bit the equal if not better, just 2 great examples in my opinion of stuff ignored through snobbery and lack of vision, taste and initiative, The Carnival catalogue is rammed with cheaper records that stand toe to toe with so called biggies. They are out there, in there thousands, looking for good homes, and I will say it again, buy a record because YOU like it, thats all that counts, use your own ear, not other peoples (recommendations by all means) Kev

Here,s another that stands up against anything for me, postage will probably cost as much as the record, Artistics-You left me-Brunswick Thinking mans soul, in fact it jumps right out at ya IMHO Kev

2 absolute beauties Kev

One more comment from me then I am out of here By all means pay a million pound for a record or 10p, but be true to yourself, buy it cos YOU like it, not to impress anybody or to Willy wave Best Kev

Ilove some biggies, in fact down the years I have loved and still do love a lot of harder to locate records, my point being, people who are only turned on because a record is a so called "big ticket" record, read further back, the guy who will ignore a record until some "BIG DJ" gets his hands on it (not his fault) spins it, the price goes up, THEN the cheque book comes out, as stated before, I have some rare records myself that I had to pay a few bob for, but they aren't "big ticket" records that have been established through name DJ,S playing them, they are records I have heard through hours of looking, physically and through media, thought, I must have that record, then through research have found out they are either cheap (yipee) or hard to locate and expensive, then I have to shift stuff to raise the funds. People have their own ear, I respect that, but, sometimes its nothing to do with ear, read Chalky.s last post, its down to a T Kev

On the very first page of this thread I said "not enough thinking mans record collectors" around anymore, which you have duly described above, and I stick by it, it doesn,t say much for someone who claims to be a soul fan when they need to base their buying on the so called "biggies" no vision, taste or initiative displayed there for me Kev

Welcome back Bob, show has been a real miss, for me, from the outstanding Sherrell Bros onwards, fantastic stuff, that, Myron, Denise, Ella, Brenda, Unnatural Funk Band, Calvi Harris, Valdons, Curtis Gray and Eddie McCloyd all outstanding, however as I type listening to the Naturals which sounds nice, realised while I was listening, Fir-Ya although completely different in production and arrangement etc sounded like the same lyrics as one of my all time fave records, George Perkins-Keep on trying on GPR. Great show Bob, thanks Hang on, Whispers Needle in a haystack playing now, outstanding, and now Lee Williams, Peepin through the window-Carnival Kev

No probs Len, fantastic version, deserves to be shared, thanks for that Kev

Looking for:- Soul Connection-Why am I supposed to cry-Socon Please PM with price and condition, Cannot pay by paypal at the moment, cash, cheque or bank transfer please Kev

Hi Nev What I meant to say was if anybody were trying to take it from me Understand what you are saying about the search for records, i have done plenty of that and have had to wait. I spend loads of time on looking on American collectors channels, (and a couple of great English collectors) to listen for new stuff. None of it is big ticket stuff to be played at venues, that does nothing for me these days, just stuff I hear and think, "I must have that record" not to impress anybody but myself and a lot of them have cost me a few bob, you are right, you enjoy what you are doing, so no need to change for anyone, totally agree Regards Kev

Talk about the Dream Team Kev

Yes, I have some rare records (albeit no trophy records) but, you would have to kill me to part me with this, cheap as chips, thats why nobody's interested in it Kev

Stands up against anything Kev

Love that version Len, new to me, still, The Esquires is to me the better version, but thanks for posting, fantastic record

See a Dramatics thread coming on, no complaints here Kev

Jock was replying to comments that Benji had made, why get all defensive ? Kev

Love this, "Treat me like a man" Kev

One on ABC Bob, not one of their better known one's "Treat me like a man" like this very much Kev

Me to Chris Kev

Jock mentions the volume of records on Chess/Cadet (that are quality) for under a tenner, all of the Dells stuff for a start (except maybe Thinkin about ya demand rather than rarity) and all of the Billy Stewart. Kev

Give that man a ceeegar, right on the button Kev

Brilliant indeed, do yourself a favour though, turn it over "Thankful For Your Love" is as good as anything they did IMHO Kev

Most of the collectors I know Chalky collect Group, Sweet and Deep soul, "Northern" if we are talking globally contributes a small percentage as far as collecting soul records is concerned Kev

Burke family, seriously under rated tune aswell Dave Kev

Starting to think that some people adopt the same attitude when buying records as some people have when listening to DJ,s, a guy can have a record for sale for a reasonable price but will be ignored by certain PUNTERS, then JM sticks it up for auction and the same PUNTER can't get his cheque book out quick enough, like the PUNTER who will only acknowledge a record a "NAME" DJ plays when he has totally ignored the same record when "Joe Average" played it. Think I am going bonkers, or am I Kev