Gene-r

Bill Bush, The Oxford Knights, George Smith......

In the early '80s I bought a copy of "Baby Love" by The Supremes on Stateside from a junk shop, and written on the label in pencil was "Barry The Mod"! Love to think it was an original '60s piece of WOL, but then again, who knows???

Last known to be seeing someone called Bell Sound

Some nice 'uns here, and all under £25! The Possessions - You and Your Lies (Britton - also on Parkway) The Casinos - I Still Love You (US Fraternity or UK President) Help Truth & The Portraits - Emotions (True Love) Marvel Love - Don't Break That Rule (New World - stunning track from 1978) Preston Peters - Got To Have Peace Of Mind (Markhap) Miss Madeleine - Lonely Girl/Behave Yourself (Mar-V-Lus) Darrow Fletcher - My Young Misery (Groovy) Baby Ray - The House on Soul Hill (Imperial) Troy Dodds - Trying To Find My Baby (Baytown) Hal Hardy - House of Broken Hearts (Hollywood) More later........

Hi Steve, Actually I thought it was the B-side of the US issue, "Dragnet" that was the TV crime theme? Interplay was composed by the tinkling two, under their full names Derek Cohen and Ray Smith. Released in the US in 1967. Mike McDonald dates from 1970. The 1977 release was the first UK release for either side. As well as seeing it with the orange RCA label, I've also seen issues with the black label, which may indicate that it was still being pressed as late as 1979-1980.

Why did you burn it?

Hey Dave - there's no need to bring the poor bloke's private life into this!!

OK, so wouldn't an inquest be in order for the following, in that case? Detroit Soul - All Of My Life Billy Storm - Please Don't Mention Her Name Seven Souls - I Still Love You (OK, just half an inquest then) Rufus Lumley - I'm Standing Rock Candy - Alone With No Love Lada Edmund Jr. - The Larue The Tempests - Someday .........given more thought, I could go on much longer!!!

I would say Ree Flores would be more like £1,000 these days (and £1,500 for the Little Willie Falk version). Also heard an inkling that the Caressors is now selling for the high three-figures. Is this correct?

Given that Jack Hammer's year of birth is documented as 1941, are you sure that the pre-1959 US singles are the same artist? Or maybe a different artist with the same name? Incidentally, "What Greater Love" can be heard on the Goldmine CD "British Soul, Vol.2", and (I think) was the original version from which the reggae version by Teddy Brown was covered. Gene

Used to, and may still, turn up on Ebay quite often. However, it is near impossible to find a Mint or even Near Mint copy - they are all VG+ or below (well all the copies I've seen and heard of, including mine).

What a brilliant story Frank! Here's one Okeh single that won't be played on the scene!! However, the collectability doesn't surprise me. When you consider the price of 78s by Robert Johnson on US Vocalion (approx £5,000/$8,500 each), then the Emmett Miller could easily fetch a neat four-figure sum, maybe even five-figures, given its recent surfacing. Already, the original version of "Stack-A-Lee" by Missisippi John Hurt, released on Okeh in 1927, will command around the $4,000 mark. I don't think any copies of this have sold within the UK. Little did Chris Barber know what he had given away for pennies!! Gene

Financially: "Chequerboard Lover/I Feel It Coming On" by The Celestrials (Don-El) - £5 Soulfully: "Got To Find A Way Out" by The Mar-J's (Magic Touch)

Never seen it before either Pete - but do you think it could be an early '70s issue?

It's a bootleg all right - and a really shite quality one with it. The intro comes in slow, like a badly-cued record, and I'm sure an audible scratch has been left in!

Also: "As Long As She Needs Me" - Carl Hall (Mercury) - cover of song from "Oliver" "It's A Sin To Tell A Lie" - Hayward Lee (Scamm) - originally recorded by Fats Waller in 1936 "Till The End Of Time" - The Metros (RCA LP) or Joe Buckman (Sepia) - originally recorded by Perry Como in 1945 "Ling Ting Tong" - Billy Hines (Wa-Tusi) - originaly recorded by the Five Keys in 1954 "Summertime" Tommy Navarro (Urania LP) or Billy Stewart (Chess) - from "Porgy & Bess"

File an "Unpaid Item Dispute" against the winning bidder. This usually acts as a good kick-ass method to make these people pay. If they still haven't paid after 10 days, add them to your blocked bidder list, and then leave them negative feedback. Unless you've made a second chance offer to someone else, you can reclaim your Final Value Fees having followed these procedures. Gene

I think you'll find RC's price guide completely redundant as far as Soul valuations go!

I would safely guess that you'd have to part with £150 for an issue, and around £200 - £250 for a red/white demo.

I doubt anyone's in danger of being duped..............it's so obvious, from the pic, that it's a boot.

Hi Carla, With due respect, this post is intended to be a tribute - I am sorry for Jimmy at the same time, but I feel that it is completely inappropriate to use this post as a political platform, especially when feelings run high. Gene

From www.telegraph.co.uk Danny Williams, who died on December 6 aged 63, recorded what many regard as the definitive version of Moon River, the ballad which became a Christmas hit and spent 19 weeks at No 1 in the British charts in 1961. The song was composed by Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer for Audrey Hepburn, who sang it in Breakfast at Tiffany's, winning the composers an Academy award for best song. Although an original score album to the film was released, it did not contain Audrey Hepburn's version. Instead a version recorded by Mancini and his chorus was taken from the album and released as a single, reaching the top 40. When Williams was approached to record the song, he was initially reluctant, complaining that the lyrics ("We're after the same Rainbow's end / Waitin' round the bend / My huckleberry friend") made little sense; but he relented after seeing the film. After his version reached No 1, Williams's hero Nat King Cole was approached to record Moon River as a solo single, but turned it down, saying that he could not do a better job than Danny Williams. The ballad was subsequently covered by many others, including Andy Williams, who adopted it as his theme song. Though Danny Williams had several other ballads in the lower reaches of the charts, he never repeated the success of Moon River and spent most of the remainder of his career on the night club and cabaret circuit, where he retained a faithful following. Danny Williams was born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, on January 7 1942 and began his singing career with a troupe called the Golden City Dixies. In 1957, during a tour of Britain, his boyish innocence and mellifluous tenor voice caught the attention of a talent scout who signed him up to the EMI label. As well as Moon River, he had hits with Jeannie (1962), Wonderful World of the Young (1962), Tears (1962), My Own True Love (1963), More (1963) and White on White (1963), a song which was also a hit in America. During the 1960s Williams toured with the Beatles, but later on, though he continued to issue singles from time to time, he struggled to find suitable material and was plagued by personal and money problems. In 1968 he suffered a nervous breakdown and, two years later, was declared bankrupt. He was, however, rewarded for his tenacity when, in 1977, he reached No 30 with a song called Dancin' Easy, based on a jingle from a television commercial. In the past few years, with the resurgence of interest in 1960s pop, Williams was experiencing the beginnings of a revival in his fortunes. This year he toured the country in a tribute show to Nat King Cole and in his own cabaret show. He had also been invited to do a charity show, followed by a commercial tour, in South Africa; and he will feature on an album to be issued shortly by the musician and producer Adam Sky. Danny Williams was married three times. He is survived by his son, the actor Anthony Barclay, by two daughters and by his long-term companion, Daniella.

No, sorry Dave - you mean Hemsby or the Norfolk Broads! That's proper East Coast territory!!

Paid $500 for mine (about £320) in Feb 2003.

I believe the label ran from 1962 to 1963. May even be a subsdiary of Hermes (or the other way round), as the label design of "Little Sweet Things You Do" by Oscar Boyd looks deadly similar to the Success label.