John Moffatt

All in decent nick. Please PM me if interested. P&P is £2 in UK. Outside, please ask. Paypal, cash, cheque. Gold, diamonds, camels considered. The 5th Dimension — The Girl’s Song / I’ll Never Be The Same Again Soul City £4 Mel Carter — Dreams (mono / stereo) RCA demo £5 Ruby & Romantics — Sweet Love And Sweet Forgiveness / My Summer Love Kapp £7 Cameo — Find My way / Good Company Chocolate City £5 Third Time Around — Soon Everything Is Gonna Be Alright (vocal / instr) Denine £5 Imperial Wonders — Love Coming Down / My Baby Musicore £10 Cheers, John.

I bet this guy thinks Karaoke is great

So, it's 'I've created a brand new sound but kept my interference to a minimum so as not to completely bugger up the original.' Since no part of that statement is accurate, I think we can safely dismiss this whole charade.

Pound to a penny - they're all coming to a 'soul' night near you soon. Some clueless numpty is bound to be on a 'look what I've discovered' kick.

Surely, the black fist image predates any use on the soul scene by a long time. It's use as a symbol of left-wing solidarity is well known. That takes it back to 1917, at least. So, what's all the fuss about? I can't see anyone succeeding in trying to copyright it, but, more importantly, I don't understand why anyone would want to.

Thankyou all folks, and apologies Ady for not recognising it at a Kent CD release. (Big OOOOOOOPSSS!!!)

Hi all, does anyone know the history of this record? It's on a white Epic demo 5-9449, and I always assumed it's a bootleg, probably ripped from a Goldemine CD (forget which one it was on). I picked it up a few years ago, but have never come across another. Any info much appreciated. Cheers John

ALL VG+ TO M-. Postage in UK is FREE, EU £4, ROW £6. Full refund, with one-way postage, if in any way unhappy. Always open to offers. Bobby Taylor - If You Love Her - Gordy 7073 - £7 Gladys Knight - You Need Love Like I Do - Soul 35071 - £6 Miracles - I Gotta Dance To Keep From Crying - Tamla 54098 - £10 Gladys Knight - The Nitty Gritty - Soul 35063 - £8 Originals - Baby I'm For Real - Soul 35066 Red Vinyl Promo - £10 Eddie Holland - Just Ain't Enough Love - Motown 1058 - £20 Supremes - Stoned Love - Tamla Motown 760 - £3 Jimmy Ruffin - What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted - Soul 35022 - £7 Please send a PM if interested. Paypal, personal cheque, cash. Cheers, John.

A bit of unusual R&B... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuHFEWTc5EM

Levi and the guys, from 1956. Long before their fame at Motown, the promise was there... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nf93BsIVlTs

Mine's on a white label and just says 'On licence from Disques Elver' and is dated 1974, with the number FL 479. It has El Bimbo as the A-side! Not sure where I got it, but it didn't cost much.

I bid recently on a record that had 'Reserve not met' set. I bid a few quid over £50, though the latest bid on it was less than £10 at the time. Straight away my bid went in at £50, and the 'Reserve..' legend disappeared. I wasn't expecting a figure that high (bit of a shock), so I'm assuming that is how it works. I couldn't imagine the seller set it that high through any free choice.

Hah-ha. On that note...... Thanks for your input Gene Cheers John

Wouldn't surprise me in the slightest. I was wondering if there is any wording or release number info, or something, that they can filter on. Might try a modification or two, and see what happens. And yet, choose what the reason, I can't see any logic in it being deliberate. It makes no sense. Scratch head and have a beer methinks :-)

See my bit above - is yours a UK release?

Possibly. There are a couple of web URLs that I didn't follow, but the .com and .ca options have been removed from the two records I got the emails about, and not the other. And, there is no relation to starting price either. The only thing I can see is that the two in the emails were English and French productions, whereas the untouched one was from America originally. Could that be it?

You'd be amazed how many RELY on boots, never mind try to 'get away' with playing them.

Isn't Ebay's minimum bid (reserved price) something like £50? Bloody ridiculous, doesn't give you half a chance of picking up a reasonable price unless you start it at what you want for it. Rather defeats the object somehow. Might as well list it BIN.

I've just had a couple of emails from ebay customer support, telling me they have removed my option to list on ebay.com and ebay.ca. The statement says something about different countries' ebay policies. But, these are two relistings that went through without any problem first time around, and are part of a longer list, the rest of which is unaffected. Anyone got any idea what's going on here?

Utterly stunning!

Hi, sent you a PM. Cheers John

Fair point Pete, you don't, but quite a few do. I buy more than I sell, and have often bought and sent the payment 'as gift', which means I pay the fees. If that's wrong then I'm not going to argue, but, to be fair, paying the fees has never been a particular hassle to me. I wasn't aware that Paypal were getting a bit hot under the collar about it.

I didn't particularly offer any logic. I asked a few questions looking for any further info that might clarify the position. You and others have provided that, so thanks very much. I see the problem that Paypal has. It raises the next question though, should we be telling all the sellers who pretty much demand 'as gift', that they can't do that? That'll ruffle a few feathers :-)

What I don't get is, if they don't like it, why offer the option? Why not charge a fee anyway? And why threaten to close down your account? Without users and accounts Paypal will fail to exist. It doesn't make sense, unless someone has more info on how it all works.

Quality as always Gav :-) PS If you ever get tired of 'Screaming Please' or Tommy Mosely, let me know. :-)))))))