Guest rosies dad Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 the topic about the most battered 45 on your collection got me thinking about what these records we collect have been thru for 40+ years... how many owners theyve gone thru, how many parties they went to etc.. and of course so many of them have stickers with the original owners name on them or the original owners name written in pen or permanant marker. you have to believe so many of them were teenagers making sure their siblings knew exactly WHO THIS RECORD belongs to hahaha.. but have any of you ever found a 45 that was previously owned by someone with your same name?? i havent, although i've found one with my full initials J.J.S. thats the closest ive come... itd be a nice little treasure to find something with your name on it eh? jacob Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Ian Dewhirst Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 the topic about the most battered 45 on your collection got me thinking about what these records we collect have been thru for 40+ years... how many owners theyve gone thru, how many parties they went to etc.. and of course so many of them have stickers with the original owners name on them or the original owners name written in pen or permanant marker. you have to believe so many of them were teenagers making sure their siblings knew exactly WHO THIS RECORD belongs to hahaha.. but have any of you ever found a 45 that was previously owned by someone with your same name?? i havent, although i've found one with my full initials J.J.S. thats the closest ive come... itd be a nice little treasure to find something with your name on it eh? jacob Towards the end of my Northern dee-jaying era I took to inscribing my name in the dead wax with a steel needle - I've never been a fan of defacing the record label with a pen or sticker. I learnt that lesson early on when I defaced my early Motown and British pressings with stickers but luckily had grown out of that by the time I found the Northern scene. But there was an issue with people wanting to nick records and targeting anyone who had 'em. One time there was a plot afoot to nick my entire box from Cleethorpes but that got stopped thank God. But after that, I thought that inscribing the records would be another security measure and wouldn't affect the value of them or ruin the look of them. Every so often, if I'm flicking through someone's collection I'll occasionally spot a record which jumps out because I used to own it and I can somehow tell. It's weird. Last time it happened was with the Lenny Curtis in Ginger's box. Ginger didn't believe me until I showed him the inscription. It's nice to think about the lives that old records of mine have touched over 35 years. Quite poetic when you think about it. The life of a Northern Soul record is pretty much top-of-the-tree isn't it. They're expensive, housed in luxurious sleeves in a warm record room, played every so often and kept in good maintenance , go to all the best gigs and parties and are lavished with love by their owners. I wanna come back as a rare Northern Soul record in my next life. Y'know, one of those perennial greats that no one ever gets rid of like a Salvadores or something. That'd be just great........... Ian D Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Kris Holmes Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 haven't found any with my name on them, but every now & then I'll google the name of a previous owner & flick them an email to see if it's the same person (has to be a pretty unique name of course, John Smith won't cut it). I've had a few replies back that were positive & managed to get stories about how records left their possession. Pretty cool when it works out. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Pomonkey Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 I bought a David Robinson on Orbitone as that's my little brother's name Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest rosies dad Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 hmm, never met anyone named Orbitone. Interesting name. ha Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Pomonkey Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Local Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 Around 30 yrs ago at Bolton market I bought a copy of Barbara Mills on (UK) WHITE HICKORY which had a ink fingerprint on the label. It would have been impossible to remove without causing serious damage and it was certainley still on when I sold it a couple of years later. Over the years I've very often wondered who has it now. I cant believe that it would have ever been sold to anyone other than a serious collector and maybe someone on here ? Great topic btw Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Tony A Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 I Used to scratch Ado in the deadwax. a nickname. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Wally Francis Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 I have quite a few with the name BOB SLATER wtitten on the label. He was a local guy with a very large collection which he sold to John Manship i believe some years back. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Dylan Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 I like what Ian did scratching his name in the deadwax. Tempted to do that myself..... Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Dazdakin Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 somebody somewhere has an imaginations/ 7th avenue aviators/sam williams ...ISSUE!!/Arcades/cecil washington/willie hutch + many many others all with my name scratched in the dead wax......D.Dakin Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest rosies dad Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 then years from now there will be a topic on here saying "i found suchnsuch 45 with Ian in the deadwax is it a boot?" and someone will reply "it must be a boot cos mine has Dylan in the deadwax!" haha Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
soulsalmon Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 Had quite few with TimFinches/Col Taylors name scrartched in Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Jerry Hipkiss Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 Off the top of my head, Dave Kilworth, Dave Thorley, Steve Snook, Baz Ryley and Danny Everard all scratched their names in the runout of 45's now in my collection... Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
bri pinch Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 SCRATCHING OUR NAMES (D + B PINCHES) IN THE DEADWAX IS SOMETHING ME AND DAVE HAVE DONE, CERTAINLY OVER THE LAST DOZEN YEARS OR SO BRI PINCH Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Ian Seaman Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 yeah i bought a Dana Valery demo off Kev Cox a long time ago and it had "Lewi from Runcorn" scratched in the dead wax. I used to go to Wigan with Lewi, we used to meet at Warrington Patton arms many a saturday night !! Asked Kev and he said he bought it off a small guy at the 100 club , Lewi was fairly small as i recall !! Ian. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Missgoldie Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 I bought a David Robinson on Orbitone as that's my little brother's name Really Po.... thats the only reason you bought it As for me, there's the Goldie lable:D Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest rosies dad Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 i think ill start scribbling my buddies names onto 45s, then show them "look what i found what are the chances someone with your name owned this originally??.. Ill trade it to you!" haha. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
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