Charlene & the Soul Serenaders:

How much would you say a Mint, unplayed issue on VOLT in company sleeve is worth ?

Heres both sides, the bottom clip is of course the double sided Demo, the issue has both sides. Also came out on Paradox, but need the valuation for the VOLT issue.

Best Russ

Edited May 22, 201212 yr by Russ Vickers

One went through Ebay the other week for about 350?

What was the condition Tony & was that $ or £ mate ???

Russ

NEAR MINT - pounds

45 RPM Charlene & the Soul Serenaders "Volt 4052" RARE Northern Soul MONSTER

End price:

USD

881

End date:

2012-05-07

Start price:

USD

10

Start date:

2012-04-30

Number of bids:

20

Auctioned at:

ebay

Country:

USA

Welcome to thevinylrecordfinder auction!

Charlene & the Soul Serenaders from 1970 on the Volt Label.

Comes in original factory sleeve.

This MONSTER 45 is extremely rare and impossible to find.

It is on the Volt Label VOA-4052 out of Memphis, Tennessee.

The two tracks are:

Can You Win/ Love Changes

This rare beauty is in STONE MINT

condition and is unplayed!

The factory sleeve is near perfect condition with NO seam splits or tears.

The labels are the ORIGINAL BLUE and are in excellent condition.

This is the real deal!

how about this russ,from popsike.

ricky.

  On 22/05/2012 at 13:21, trickbag said:

45 RPM Charlene & the Soul Serenaders "Volt 4052" RARE Northern Soul MONSTER

End price:

USD

881

End date:

2012-05-07

Start price:

USD

10

Start date:

2012-04-30

Number of bids:

20

Auctioned at:

ebay

Country:

USA

Welcome to thevinylrecordfinder auction!

Charlene & the Soul Serenaders from 1970 on the Volt Label.

Comes in original factory sleeve.

This MONSTER 45 is extremely rare and impossible to find.

It is on the Volt Label VOA-4052 out of Memphis, Tennessee.

The two tracks are:

Can You Win/ Love Changes

This rare beauty is in STONE MINT

condition and is unplayed!

The factory sleeve is near perfect condition with NO seam splits or tears.

The labels are the ORIGINAL BLUE and are in excellent condition.

This is the real deal!

how about this russ,from popsike.

ricky.

Is this a realistic price ?. Thx for posting BTW.

Russ

I think its in demand but the price would be ok cause of its rarity..

  On 22/05/2012 at 12:59, Tony Smith said:

One went through Ebay the other week for about 350?

was that with the orig company sleeve ?

If yes, 348 without out the sleeve ;)

The same guy had Paul Thompson "Special Kind Of Woman" also.

Manship got nearly 2g for one at auction didn't he?

Price is artificially inflated due to current demand. Was a 25er a couple of years ago. Do you need it that much RUSS?

Steve, the £1917 Manship one was on Paradox, but still a massive rise from the last one on Paradox which went for $643 according to popsike.

Mark

Thanks for clarifying Mark. Memory frazzled...

This 45 is genuinely scarce on Paradox.

Steve is correct in stating that it was until relatively recently a twenty-five quitter on Volt, but I'd have to say that price tag didn't really reflect the degree of difficulty in finding an issue versus the double sided demo which only features Love Changes.

The blue issue has never been particularly easy to pick up but there was no specialist demand on any dance scene for Can You Win until the last four or five years, so really the price premium reflected the fact that it was mainly for label completists only. White demos have always been in the 'common' category.

Fast forward a few years and every man and his dog now recognises the appeal of the dance side. The prices being quoted today are realistic because demand currently exceeds supply and will continue to do so until deejays at all levels of the foodchain are sorted and everyone is sick of hearing the thing.

For what it's worth I think this is a pretty special record with an identity and charm all of its own.

I said this in one of the previous thread and concur with Gareth. The Paradox release has always been in demand for as long as I can remember although it generally wasn't chased for Can You Win. It might not have commanded the prices it goes for today, but it was still hard to get hold of.

Edited May 23, 201212 yr by John Reed

one sold on facebook today by ian wright for £350 in vg+ condition.... i thought the ebay copy was £545.......the paul thompson was over £700 ..both mint mind

Edited May 22, 201212 yr by dave pinch

  On 22/05/2012 at 17:10, Steve G said:

Manship got nearly 2g for one at auction didn't he?

Price is artificially inflated due to current demand. Was a 25er a couple of years ago. Do you need it that much RUSS?

I have it Steve - was just interested. Hope you are well mate.

Best Russ

  On 22/05/2012 at 18:06, garethx said:

This 45 is genuinely scarce on Paradox.

Steve is correct in stating that it was until relatively recently a twenty-five quitter on Volt, but I'd have to say that price tag didn't really reflect the degree of difficulty in finding an issue versus the double sided demo which only features Love Changes.

The blue issue has never been particularly easy to pick up but there was no specialist demand on any dance scene for Can You Win until the last four or five years, so really the price premium reflected the fact that it was mainly for label completists only. White demos have always been in the 'common' category.

Fast forward a few years and every man and his dog now recognises the appeal of the dance side. The prices being quoted today are realistic because demand currently exceeds supply and will continue to do so until deejays at all levels of the foodchain are sorted and everyone is sick of hearing the thing.

For what it's worth I think this is a pretty special record with an identity and charm all of its own.

As ever Gareth, the voice of reason...

Russ

A year ago, on Ebay, the blue VOLT reissue was a Buy It Now for $30.

I think the original on PARADOX has gone for about $600.

Why Russ, was it after my Facebook comment.

I wasn't sure about its rarity but I can see a demand for it today.

  On 23/05/2012 at 15:54, Prophonics 2029 said:

Why Russ, was it after my Facebook comment.

I wasn't sure about its rarity but I can see a demand for it today.

Russ is just so happy to finally own it and tell everyone

  On 23/05/2012 at 15:54, Prophonics 2029 said:

Why Russ, was it after my Facebook comment.

I wasn't sure about its rarity but I can see a demand for it today.

Why what Tony, not sure what your saying mate ?

Russ

I was thinking that you may have thought I had valued it to high?.

  On 24/05/2012 at 08:30, Prophonics 2029 said:

I was thinking that you may have thought I had valued it to high?.

Not at all Tony, have posted in a few places to get a better over view of the current price.

Best Russ

Nice enough tune but so overpriced at the moment.