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We were recently lent a pile of paper memorabilia by our good mate Nick

Sunday Times mags, Selecta disc lists, Ticket stubs Soul Bowl stuff etc

In amongst the papers was this

Sometime around 1974/75 someone in Bournmouth started a "Record lending service " for all the top sounds of the day. interesting "Rules" No names on the sheet, but basically borrow the top sounds of the day for a month, return them, enclose 25p and they send you another top sound

Now am I cynical or how many do you think they got back ?

Anyone use this service ? or know anything about it

Rob & Karen

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Amazing never heard of that before - northern soul top sounds - borrow for a month - if you don't see what you're looking for ask us,,,,,,imagine that today, every "hot boxers" dream :shades:

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Sometime around 1974/75 someone in Bournmouth started a "Record lending service " for all the top sounds of the day. interesting "Rules" No names on the sheet, but basically borrow the top sounds of the day for a month, return them, enclose 25p and they send you another top sound

Now am I cynical or how many do you think they got back ?

I heard they all ended up at some Mill in Todmordenwink.gifwhistling.gif

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We were recently lent a pile of paper memorabilia by our good mate Nick

Sunday Times mags, Selecta disc lists, Ticket stubs Soul Bowl stuff etc

In amongst the papers was this

Sometime around 1974/75 someone in Bournmouth started a "Record lending service " for all the top sounds of the day. interesting "Rules" No names on the sheet, but basically borrow the top sounds of the day for a month, return them, enclose 25p and they send you another top sound

Now am I cynical or how many do you think they got back ?

Anyone use this service ? or know anything about it

Rob & Karen

was told just a couple of weeks ago about someone who rents out sounds at a tenner per weekend, me saying dont be daft no one will do that,......then this post......?

wazz.

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We were recently lent a pile of paper memorabilia by our good mate Nick

Sunday Times mags, Selecta disc lists, Ticket stubs Soul Bowl stuff etc

In amongst the papers was this

Sometime around 1974/75 someone in Bournmouth started a "Record lending service " for all the top sounds of the day. interesting "Rules" No names on the sheet, but basically borrow the top sounds of the day for a month, return them, enclose 25p and they send you another top sound

Now am I cynical or how many do you think they got back ?

Anyone use this service ? or know anything about it

Rob & Karen

mmmg.gif What would 25p be worth today? Would they of made any money out of that?

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mmmg.gif What would 25p be worth today? Would they of made any money out of that?

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I also saw it advetised in the back of a magazine he lent me on a previous batch of stuff-now there were a lot of soulies in the Bournmouth area at that time-but its not a massive place-so anyone know who was behind it ??

Not sure if there was a joining fee or what

just might have been a scam ?

Rob

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If my memory serves me correctly it was Keith 'Mr. Magic' Clarke who lived in Tregonwell Road, Bournemouth. He used to have a record shop but I don't remember him renting records out. He used to DJ at Pandora's in Boscombe with Steve Sheppard circa '74, '75.

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Well if this got like borrowing CD's from liabray then the records would be unplayable by the end of a year.

crazy idea but today imagine how many people who want to DJ would buy the biggest hits to play out

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Looks like a Nigerian scam letter to me i suppose you had to send one of your records first, To Prince Aminit tworipya the church of lost souls south africa

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