Dazdakin Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Mello Souls - what a tune!! It was sold recently, stayed within our shore line and i now believe it to be the 2nd highest paid for a northern tune £14000!! All of this info was i must admit learnt outside kings hall on sat eve sun morning and there was a few slight variations on who when where but what did stay a constant was how much......once again as if you say it quick it dont sound that much......£14000!! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 14 grand! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Chalky Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 Mello Souls - what a tune!! It was sold recently, stayed within our shore line and i now believe it to be the 2nd highest paid for a northern tune £14000!! All of this info was i must admit learnt outside kings hall on sat eve sun morning and there was a few slight variations on who when where but what did stay a constant was how much......once again as if you say it quick it dont sound that much......£14000!! Rumours don't you just love 'em It wasn't £14k according to the man who bought it and if they read soul source they would know who sold it and who bought it Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Pomonkey Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 (edited) There's another clean copy emerged here in the States, found in a basement in nowheresville for $4, changed hands since then for a larger sum but an utter bargain compared to the last one Edited March 14, 2011 by pomonkey Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Simsy Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 There's another clean copy emerged here in the States, found in a basement in nowheresville for $4, changed hands since then for a larger sum but an utter bargain compared to the last one Any more info on this? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Pomonkey Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 If the lucky owner wants to post details I'm sure he will, he's a very happy bunny right now that's for sure Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest rach Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 (edited) There's another clean copy emerged here in the States, found in a basement in nowheresville for $4, changed hands since then for a larger sum but an utter bargain compared to the last one So does that make it one more copy out there OR is this one already in the mix? Edited March 14, 2011 by rach Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Chalky Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 So does that make it one more copy out there OR is this one already in the mix? who has the other(s) over there? Thought they was all over here up until this one?I presume it's Honky? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest SteveC Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Thought Honky brought Micks recently Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Chalky Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Thought Honky brought Micks recently dunno? Mick's played it recently. I know Andy Killick bought Kitch's copy. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Pomonkey Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 This is a new one in the mix Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest rach Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 This is a new one in the mix cheers Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Marc Forrest Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Thought Honky brought Micks recently maybe after the find he didnt need to anymore Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Harrogatesoul Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 There's another clean copy emerged here in the States, found in a basement in nowheresville for $4, changed hands since then for a larger sum but an utter bargain compared to the last one Although I'm jealous nay seething with envy ! about finds like this it's great to know stuff is still out there waiting to be found. Like Brian Georgiasouls' 99 cent bid on the Eddie Billpups on ebay recently - there's bits out there waiting to be found. Still bloody jealous though and I tip my hat to the guys who find this stuff. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
KevH Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 (edited) This is a new one in the mix How long ago was the find?.When did it change hands,? Edited March 14, 2011 by KevH Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Richard Fisher Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Hello, I'm new to this but not to Northern Soul. I have been reading this post. I am from Wilmington Delaware where Silas Phifer is from, his family lives here though I do not know them. I have an ORIGINAL Copy of the MELLO SOULS - I got My Pride / We Can Make 45rpm record. It is in fair condition meaning that it plays through without and skips but there is background hiss through out. Just the HOLY GRAIL of Northern Soul because, as mentioned earlier in the forum, it was only released to DJ's in the area. If you are interested in this copy email me ricihardfisher2@comcast.net. I can send you scans and an audio file of the record itself. It is not cheap but less then the supposed $17,200.00 - that is 14,000.00 converted into dollars that sold in 2010. I got my record a long time ago at an outdoor flea market, yes, I found a gem, and have had if for awhile and would like someone else to enjoy it. This one has not been counted in the 3 or 4 that have surfaced over the years. If you know this record at all and know where it was pressed, what the label is about then you will automatically know it is a TRUE PRESSING. I do not deal with anything else. As I said, it is my Holy Grail but I have to let others enjoy it if not for what it is then for a boost to your collection! Thanks for looking, Rich Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
NEV Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 STAMPEDE ! 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Ted Massey Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 what you gonna sell then Nev Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
NEV Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 what you gonna sell then Nev Sadly Ted ...it's way above my limits ,plus it looks a bit rough for me ..you know how fussy I am 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
KevH Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 (edited) what you gonna sell then Nev A kidney. And for the record - wow.!! Edited August 13, 2012 by KevH Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Dave Thorley Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 A kidney. And for the record - wow.!! I'm interested in your kidney, PM me details 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
KevH Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 I'm interested in your kidney, PM me details Its Nev's kidney i'm offering up Dave. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Dave Thorley Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Its Nev's kidney i'm offering up Dave. That's OK, i'm not fussy 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Ian Dewhirst Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 I'm interested in your kidney, PM me details Don't listen to him. He's a dealer and so he'll mark up the kidney. I however, am a serious aesthethic lover of kidneys and willing to pay a fair market price. Ian D Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Dave Thorley Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Don't listen to him. He's a dealer and so he'll mark up the kidney. I however, am a serious aesthethic lover of kidneys and willing to pay a fair market price. Ian D No Ian, this was for myself. Was thinking some fava beans and nice chianti, should go down a treat 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Wiganer1 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Hello, I'm new to this but not to Northern Soul. I have been reading this post. I am from Wilmington Delaware where Silas Phifer is from, his family lives here though I do not know them. I have an ORIGINAL Copy of the MELLO SOULS - I got My Pride / We Can Make 45rpm record. It is in fair condition meaning that it plays through without and skips but there is background hiss through out. Just the HOLY GRAIL of Northern Soul because, as mentioned earlier in the forum, it was only released to DJ's in the area. If you are interested in this copy email me ricihardfisher2@comcast.net. I can send you scans and an audio file of the record itself. It is not cheap but less then the supposed $17,200.00 - that is 14,000.00 converted into dollars that sold in 2010. I got my record a long time ago at an outdoor flea market, yes, I found a gem, and have had if for awhile and would like someone else to enjoy it. This one has not been counted in the 3 or 4 that have surfaced over the years. If you know this record at all and know where it was pressed, what the label is about then you will automatically know it is a TRUE PRESSING. I do not deal with anything else. As I said, it is my Holy Grail but I have to let others enjoy it if not for what it is then for a boost to your collection! Thanks for looking, Rich ========== sounded brilliant at the nuneaton coop allniter last saturday... Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Simon T Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Anyone know what 'I've got my pride' sounds like? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
macca Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Kidneys poached lightly in Jerez vinegar are divine. Don't you just love this scene? Emails like this coming out of the blue, and someone's wish is about to come true. Bloody marvellous. 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
boba Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 If the purchaser of the above 45 wants to make it sound as good as possible for a fee, please contact me. if i can't make it sound VG+ or better, no charge... Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest giant Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 you can get an acetate done at numerous places, it is no different to a carver, if for your own listening pleasure fine, if sold or played out it is no different to a bootleg. If it is of an unisuued or cut from unissued master tape, again no problems with those. Don't know how you can suggest what you have is any different to a cut/carver or whatever you want to call them. People have been cutting acetates for years and years, carvers are simply more modern method. You can or could still buy original Virtue blanks and get stuff cut to them. There are loads of acetates and carvers of Sandi Golden, my mate had Robs copy for a while before it went to Richard S and cut and acetate. Rob no doubt did at least one. Mello Souls is btw a Virtue recording, it says so in the run out. well said C you can get an acetate done at numerous places, it is no different to a carver, if for your own listening pleasure fine, if sold or played out it is no different to a bootleg. If it is of an unisuued or cut from unissued master tape, again no problems with those. Don't know how you can suggest what you have is any different to a cut/carver or whatever you want to call them. People have been cutting acetates for years and years, carvers are simply more modern method. You can or could still buy original Virtue blanks and get stuff cut to them. There are loads of acetates and carvers of Sandi Golden, my mate had Robs copy for a while before it went to Richard S and cut and acetate. Rob no doubt did at least one. Mello Souls is btw a Virtue recording, it says so in the run out. well said Chalky you are 100% correct Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Prophonics 2029 Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Mello souls is a virtue wow!! well I never quiet poor pressings compared to other stuff but there are no hard nd fast rules to sound quality of these old discs. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Richard Fisher Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 (edited) True, VIRTUE on the matrix, not machine stamped but rather hand etched. Edited August 15, 2012 by Richard Fisher Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest ruppy Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 No Steve,it is reserved for a good mate in three years,so you will still get the chance to hear it over here till then best Mick Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Marc Forrest Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 No Steve,it is reserved for a good mate in three years,so you will still get the chance to hear it over here till then best Mick Yippie!! in that that case please bring it with you in three weeks for the Hip City mate! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Simon T Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Hello, I'm new to this but not to Northern Soul. I have been reading this post. I am from Wilmington Delaware where Silas Phifer is from, his family lives here though I do not know them. I have an ORIGINAL Copy of the MELLO SOULS - I got My Pride / We Can Make 45rpm record. It is in fair condition meaning that it plays through without and skips but there is background hiss through out. Just the HOLY GRAIL of Northern Soul because, as mentioned earlier in the forum, it was only released to DJ's in the area. If you are interested in this copy email me ricihardfisher2@comcast.net. I can send you scans and an audio file of the record itself. It is not cheap but less then the supposed $17,200.00 - that is 14,000.00 converted into dollars that sold in 2010. I got my record a long time ago at an outdoor flea market, yes, I found a gem, and have had if for awhile and would like someone else to enjoy it. This one has not been counted in the 3 or 4 that have surfaced over the years. If you know this record at all and know where it was pressed, what the label is about then you will automatically know it is a TRUE PRESSING. I do not deal with anything else. As I said, it is my Holy Grail but I have to let others enjoy it if not for what it is then for a boost to your collection! Thanks for looking, Rich Does anyone have an update on this sale? Has it gone to an anonymous buyer for an undisclosed fee? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
NEV Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Does anyone have an update on this sale? Has it gone to an anonymous buyer for an undisclosed fee? I heard Marc Forrest sold both his kidneys for it ,but the deal fell through when the recipient of kidney number two realised it was in fact a bulls liver from the butchers Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Ted Massey Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 it was at £13,000 but i think more since Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Marc Forrest Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 I heard Marc Forrest sold both his kidneys for it ,but the deal fell through when the recipient of kidney number two realised it was in fact a bulls liver from the butchers excuse me ? 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Richard Fisher Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 The sale is near completion, I will let the new owner discuss the terms if they choose to. I will have more hard to find Soul in the coming months! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest CARL D Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 Was going to ask on the latest MS thread if anyone had info' on the Mello Souls, but just found this on an earlier one. V.Interesting Andy-thanks, Carl.Thanks Chalky .... James Chavis, who owned Chavis & Candi Records, was based in Wilmingtom Silas Phifer did record for him as lead on the Mellow Fellows, the embryonic Mello Souls, on Candi James last saw Silas in the late 70's, as Chalky has said Silas ended up in a nursing home, and has since died. When I last spoke to Mr Chavis Jnr he said his dad, James, was also in a home and despite being 92 still had his memory fully intact On the occasions I spoke to James he was not interested enough to go into any great detail about his time in the music industry. Not exactly rude but you had to prepare yourself to call him back Marc Gordon was just the same As I recall the Empires (Candi), Mellow Fellows (Candi) & Matadors (Chavis) had strong family links, brothers/cousins etc, and group members would move from one to another as required Andy Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Mal C Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 (edited) So why is it a big mystery ? Just say who has it Ok, Ive bought the Mello Souls, and its come in the post this morning.... Houston, we have a problem.. Edited June 24, 2013 by Mal.C. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Quinvy Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 Ok, Ive bought the Mello Souls, and its come in the post this morning.... Houston, we have a problem.. What did it come by, tortoise post? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Steve Foran Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 Ok, Ive bought the Mello Souls, and its come in the post this morning.... Houston, we have a problem.. Have I missed something here? Is it a boot??? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Pete S Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 He's joking... Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Steve Foran Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 He's joking... Thank f**k for that! Cheers Pete! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Daz Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 Ive just listened to the sound bite either i have a serious ear infection or am i missing something? It sounds like a £10 record to me - not impressed - it's awful imo. If it was a £10 record i still wouldnt own one! The strange world of Northern Soul eh 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Seagrave Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 Ive just listened to the sound bite either i have a serious ear infection or am i missing something? It sounds like a £10 record to me - not impressed - it's awful imo. If it was a £10 record i still wouldnt own one! The strange world of Northern Soul eh Agreed, with respect to the We Can Make It side. You're definitely not missing anything (although others will beg to differ); and I know I don't have an ear infection! I would, however, pay £10 for the flip ... maybe even £20. 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Steve L Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Ive just listened to the sound bite either i have a serious ear infection or am i missing something? It sounds like a £10 record to me - not impressed - it's awful imo. If it was a £10 record i still wouldnt own one! The strange world of Northern Soul eh Yes very strange Anyone who doesnt like it must be 90% dead and extremeIy strange IMO No offence 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Pete S Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Yes very strange Anyone who doesnt like it must be 90% dead and extremeIy strange IMO No offence This record certainly appears to split opinion down the middle, either love it or hate it, I'm somewhere inbetween the middle of those two extremes bordering on 'liking' it. The problem is, although the intro is a call to arms to the dance floor, there's not much else to it really...I think it's a good record, not a great one, but if quality equates to money, then Frank Wilson is worth a million times more than this. 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Steve L Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 This record certainly appears to split opinion down the middle, either love it or hate it, I'm somewhere inbetween the middle of those two extremes bordering on 'liking' it. The problem is, although the intro is a call to arms to the dance floor, there's not much else to it really...I think it's a good record, not a great one, but if quality equates to money, then Frank Wilson is worth a million times more than this. Its been said before Pete, if you haven't heard it at a nighter under certain "conditions" you haven't had the full benefit of it, it just blows the roof off. Having said that I think I heard it first on the internet and still liked it straight away. Cant understand how anyone could describe it as awful but we've all got different tastes 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
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