The Icemen - 45S Listings,

[dthedrug]

Dave in 2006 when Memory Lane was still open I walked in and they had one on the desk, I said how much is that, he said £150, I said ok I'll have it, I bought it, went outside, phoned up Mick and said you interested in The Icemen, he says how much, I said £300, he said yeah sure....

HI PETE......Nice one, and another MEMORY LANE find, I had a few excellent bargains from them,DEAN JONES DEMO £5. "soft walk-in" TOTO PIC SLEEVE £10, JIMMY THOMAS DEMO £20, & many records for under £5,

If you look again at my posting, you will see that I put RN in it, this refers to one of my favourite collectors, who's knowledge on soul music facts is outstanding. I'm talking about Roger Nichols from Willingly, Roger gave me a box of rare 45s to sell, all quality & all rare, in the box was OLE-9 on a blue press, I had the box for about 6 weeks, I met Mick at the services on the M6 & showed him the box,

(now we go back many years, and most records I have sold mick have always been at the same price I got them for, and he did the same in return, remember the day you wanted the Screamin Jay Hawkins DECCA DEMO, that I got of Mick? that was a typical deal)

when it come to putting a price on the record I said £200, he thought about it, but turned it down, I assumed he thought I had to have got it for £100 and that I had marked it up???

I think you had just moved back from Kent, just a few moths later, and I bet Roger had sold it to John, as he had got a few thousand from him,

Now I was told Mick had paid £400 for a copy, but your selling price seems to be what a dealer would pay, but if both records are the same record it means you mugged him or Mick mugged himself, only if it's the same record,

I won't tell him! DAVE

[Pete S]

HI PETE......Nice one, and another MEMORY LANE find, I had a few excellent bargains from them,DEAN JONES DEMO £5. "soft walk-in" TOTO PIC SLEEVE £10, JIMMY THOMAS DEMO £20, & many records for under £5,

If you look again at my posting, you will see that I put RN in it, this refers to one of my favourite collectors, who's knowledge on soul music facts is outstanding. I'm talking about Roger Nichols from Willingly, Roger gave me a box of rare 45s to sell, all quality & all rare, in the box was OLE-9 on a blue press, I had the box for about 6 weeks, I met Mick at the services on the M6 & showed him the box,

(now we go back many years, and most records I have sold mick have always been at the same price I got them for, and he did the same in return, remember the day you wanted the Screamin Jay Hawkins DECCA DEMO, that I got of Mick? that was a typical deal)

when it come to putting a price on the record I said £200, he thought about it, but turned it down, I assumed he thought I had to have got it for £100 and that I had marked it up???

I think you had just moved back from Kent, just a few moths later, and I bet Roger had sold it to John, as he had got a few thousand from him,

Now I was told Mick had paid £400 for a copy, but your selling price seems to be what a dealer would pay, but if both records are the same record it means you mugged him or Mick mugged himself, only if it's the same record,

I won't tell him! DAVE

It's the same record Dave, it was definitely Roger's copy, maybe I did charge him £400, however much it was it was double what I paid for it.

[Guest]

For myself, and from a Northern Soul point of view, the storming pounding, ' (I Wonder) What It Takes', wins hands down over all their other tracks, including ITYK...easily! This is a real powerhouse thumping all-nighter tune with all the right ingredients to make it on main floors...imo.

I see this has popped up within JohnM's current auction pieces...currently riding at £159

[Garethx]

Crazy. I got one off musicstack no more than three months ago from a UK seller for under £30.

[Roburt]

Jimmy Hendrix played on the Icemen's Samar 45 tracks ("She's A Fox" & "What It Takes"). The tracks were cut in Abtone studio, New York in mid June 1966.

Abtone Studio was on Broadway, between 55^th and 56^th. The studio was located on the second floor & was an 8 track set-up.

INFO: (My girl) She's a fox -- Composers: Richard Poindexter & Robert Poindexter

Arranged by: Lonnie Youngblood Producer: Johnny Brantley

The Icemen were Gino Armstrong & James Stokes -- did they ever do anything else (recording wise) after the Icemen ??.

............... https://www.sirshambl...cemen/index.php

Edited July 18, 2012 by Roburt

[boba]

garethx above posted an earlier (I think) track by James Stokes. Although maybe it was later with just an earlier sound, as it has the london type label design.

[Roburt]

Cheers Bob.

Jimmy Stokes "Keep On Goin" .... would that track still be licensed to London Records then (& thus available for CD release) ??

[Tlscapital]

Hi Steve, you say yours is black vinyl, but is it still black facing back a direct light ? Mine looks black, but it's red barely see through behind a light ! Like those Kurt Harris on Diamond vinyl pressings, they're all (or most) see through brownish colours behind a light. But they seem plain black otherwise. How's your Icemen on OLE-9 then ? The same as mine or black even behind a light source ? Cheers, Tim

I have "it's time you knew" on black vinyl, not blue.