Bo Diddley

I came across this book today while looking for something else. "The Record Players" is a book that came out in 2010. It features interviews with various DJ's from different era's and styles. I hadn't come across this before and enjoyed reading the chapters on "Farmer" Carl Dene, Kev Roberts, Ian Levine and Ian Dewhirst. Kev and Ian being members on here. I thought I'd post a link in case anyone fancies having a look. Cheers Kev Bod https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=CCHy-FcMP1EC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

Best buy for me was a Towanda Barnes -" You Don't Mean It" Brown Issue. I was the only bidder for it on eBay. Not a cheap opening bid but, advertised under "Rock". I'd always wanted an Issue.

Or, as Mary said to Joseph, "My Baby Came From Out of Nowhere"

By today's standards it isn't very good. But imagine a time and place far far away where "My hearts Symphony", "Nine Times Out of Ten", "Wait a Minute" and "Joe 90" were played and danced to.......

It looks to me as if the thread starter is referring to Original Vinyl Only do's as a Chinstrokers get together, for those who appreciate the obscure with little regard for the ability of the attendees to dance to said records. Whereas you can also go out to a night where every record played is a "top 500", "battered to death" oldie that everybody can dance to, BUT played from Original Vinyl. Incidentally, some of those records played at the Chinstroking Festival where nobody can dance to them very often are played at the Battered to death Oldies nights 5 years later - played from Boots. Just my opinion

I love Columbo and particularly the Patrick McGoohan ones. I was less keen when he returned to the scene many years later and had become a caricature of the original. Hmmm, that sounds familiar.

Hi Rod, They all have the same description of the vinyl which is "Near Mint". None of them seem to have been "well loved" by previous owners. Incidentally, can someone mention to the seller that you spell it "Excellent". Personally, I'm past caring about it now. I wouldn't buy "pretend/repo" furniture and I wouldn't buy "pretend/repo" records. I did get wound up at one time, particularly when one such seller listed a record with a copied label of one I had bought about 6-12 months earlier. It had the same WOL !! (Edit - I've just checked and it's the same seller who sold the record with a copy label of one of my records. He's changed names)

https://www.ebay.com/itm/112227584267?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT I noticed this one and the previous one starting at $2,500. The seller is making a big point about there being NO RETURNS!! The other items he has for sale include various reissues etc which were done for the UK market in the 70's - Bobby Hutton/Willie Hutch, Hoagy Lands, Chuck Wood etc.

WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You'll be telling me next that Lenny Gamble wasn't really Lenny Gamble.

There was a whole thread on the Patti Austin record on 3rd November.

Paul, Try asking these "experts" what ISN'T Proper and ask for examples. Might be interesting It all seems "proper" to me.

Try kilda49 and mellow64 on eBay

Volcanoes - Laws of Love reissue/boot for £84. Early bidding was between 2 who had low(ish) feedback so I assume they thought it was an original. The winner, with a "snipe"has feedback of over 1,200 !! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/351895037774?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT I was considering trading/selling a bunch of about 30+ of these things I bought in the 70's. The guy offered £300 which wasn't an insult by any means but I decided to keep them for sentimental reasons AND it looked like a big bundle of records for the price of a decent original! With things like this Volcanos and the Robert Thomas mentioned above, it might be worth having a think about getting rid of them. (p.s. - I'm certainly NOT having a "pop" at the guy who offered £300)

I'm surprised we are 25 replies into the thread before Samantha Jones - "Surrounded By A Ray Of Sunshine" gets a mention!

There's one on ebay which finishes in about 5 days which will give you a fair idea.

I think it was covered as Odd Billy and The Bad Boys. Possibly a Russ spin but not sure. I've seen the TOTP clip now. It's strange how the memory plays tricks as I don't remember it just being gymnastics out of step with the music. Anyway, here is a clip of the original Chosen Few. They left the TOTP set saying they wanted to dance to something with more musical integrity. No accounting for taste.

Sorry, the bad news is.....

That order sounds logical to me. Also, it would mean my copy was before the grey.

I wonder what the order of the label design was around this time. As far as I was aware, George Carrow was on the SOLID RED columbia first, then GREY (and the orange fade thingy later). George was before Patti. High Voltage and Lou Edwards were on GREY and were after Patti. Patti is in between George and HV/LE and on GREY and RED with the Columbia in the background. Was it: - 1. Solid Red, Red with Columbia background, then Grey or 2. Solid Red, Grey, and then Red with Columbia background (p.s. - This anorak is a bit warm to wear in the house )

This is my copy. The grey copy JM has is the same as Lou Edwards issues and High Voltage issues. I've no idea of which came first or when. I assume the JM one is first. Cheers Kev Bod

Cheers.

I noticed that and put a "watch" on it when it was first listed to see the end result. Since then it's coming up as one of the "most watched" records on the ebay listings you see on this site. Is the Southbound Freeway record sought after in it's own right by a different group of record collectors?

This Robert Thomas is going well. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Northern-Soul-Robert-Thomas-Salvation-Charay-/152282826422?_trksid=p2141725.m3641.l6368 I thought the yellow one's were the original's and these were "re-issues".

I've got 4 and would like 11 of the others. You can keep the other 85!! I'm unlikely to add to my score at current price's. It's not that long ago I bought an Adams Apples off a seller on this site at about 1/4 of the price above.

A copy like the one above sold on eBay this week for £35 !!! This was the starting price of the auction and there was just 1 bid. The description said it was an original demo. I was under the impression it was a bootleg. I don't think is gets played out much these days. I would have thought an original would be about £100 but wouldn't be surprised to see it anywhere between £50 and £250 in the current mad world of records. Certainly one that you would NOT describe as "just right for today"! By the way, I've always liked it from when it was a "newie" back in the 70's.