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Cashmeres - 2182£

Clydie King - 313£

Tavasco - 4192£

Wow. So the Charles Spurling Demo climbs and climbs and climbs ... A very interesting development!
I think this is the third one in the last 4 years and it started at 190 (I bought it once, which I thought was too much at the time), the second one was already in the mid 200s. Remains constant in this range.

Thank you for sharing as always my friend 🙏.

Charles Spurling is a great record. 

Epitome of sound . Tune of the highest order but surely only worth half that price. 

Tavasco. Is certainly up with there with the greatest modern / crossover type tunes. 

There we go. I do like some records,  for whoever it was saying the other week I called everything . Not that I'm bothered who it was. 

Edited June 2, 20214 yr by Winsford Soul

Kim Weston looks cheap...

Ed

Oh Clydie! How beautifully you sing

Soul City cameo demo a bargain.

Epitome of Sound jumped up £250 beyond the going rate, but such a great tune. Clydie King a set-sale record any day of the week, fetched a set-sale price once commission was deducted. Cashmeres a 2K record nowadays when in good condition like this one, so somebody will be pleased; two top sides for the money.

3 hours ago, Winsford Soul said:

Thank you for sharing as always my friend 🙏.

Charles Spurling is a great record. 

Epitome of sound . Tune of the highest order but surely only worth half that price. 

Tavasco. Is certainly up with there with the greatest modern / crossover type tunes. 

There we go. I do like some records,  for whoever it was saying the other week I called everything . Not that I'm bothered who it was. 

Steve, your frequent contributions on here are testament to how much you love the music.

Epitome Of Sound - top 500, overplayed etc etc.  Still love it to bits, for me a NS masterpiece which should always fill a dancefloor, even if it is just the kitchen at the moment!!

Tavasco was cheap (im being ironic btw)🤣

On 02/06/2021 at 22:00, Frankie Crocker said:

Epitome of Sound jumped up £250 beyond the going rate, but such a great tune. Clydie King a set-sale record any day of the week, fetched a set-sale price once commission was deducted. Cashmeres a 2K record nowadays when in good condition like this one, so somebody will be pleased; two top sides for the money.

Rare (unheard of?) to see Clydie's record go for much more than £200 so I think you're wrong here. Her Imperial releases are now attracting interest beyond NS collectors so auction values may increase further

Lots of copies of Epitome of Sound about, I sold one a couple of weeks back for £300

That's what it's worth, if you posted up in a 'wants' forum you would get one for that price 

From soul source...

You Don't Love Me had reached No. 11 on the charts in Cleveland, and it looked like the Epitome of Sound was on their way to stardom!

Must be a few thousand originals knocking about..

Ed

On 03/06/2021 at 10:19, Ted Massey said:

Tavasco was cheap (im being ironic btw)🤣

I was chuffed when I found this cutting

47 minutes ago, Blackpoolsoul said:

I was chuffed when I found this cutting

My mate bought one off Tim Ashibendi in the 80,s for £60 

There is a quote in one of john manships early price guide that at least 1000 copies of epitome of sound arrived in just one day. It's not that rare and for sale every week for 300 which is too much for how often it is available

1 hour ago, davidwapples said:

There is a quote in one of john manships early price guide that at least 1000 copies of epitome of sound arrived in just one day. It's not that rare and for sale every week for 300 which is too much for how often it is available

Discogs has a quote on the Demo stating that the Demo is 10x rare then the Dubious issue.

Can someone shed some light on that comment please ?

5 hours ago, Tomangoes said:

 

You Don't Love Me had reached No. 11 on the charts in Cleveland, and it looked like the Epitome of Sound was on their way to stardom!

"You Don't Love Me " also got some airplay in Detroit ( #27) - 

 

15 minutes ago, The Yank said:

"You Don't Love Me " also got some airplay in Detroit ( #27) - 

 

I thought it was earlier than the end of 1967 as per some stuff I have read, unless I have read it wrong (again)

Edited June 4, 20214 yr by Blackpoolsoul

There's only a month difference between your article (June 10, 1967) and the WJLB survey (July 10, 1967) so the time seems about right to me. 

1 hour ago, The Yank said:

There's only a month difference between your article (June 10, 1967) and the WJLB survey (July 10, 1967) so the time seems about right to me. 

I apologise for not making myself clear. In Kev Robert's article (Copyright Robert Paladino 2010) it states early 1968 release date, under the 2nd picture of the group, which makes no sense to me unless the sun here in Blackpool is frying my brain

Perhaps Demos 1967 and issues early 1968

Edited June 4, 20214 yr by Blackpoolsoul

I thought you were referring to the Record World article. After reading Bob Paladino's info, it might be he misremembered or the proofreader changed his info ( the same info is on the back of the Go Ahead label reissue from 2010.)

    Here's a Cleveland survey with the 45 at number 30 and the release year as 1967. Also , look at Lou Ragland at #23- 

11 hours ago, tom c said:

Rare (unheard of?) to see Clydie's record go for much more than £200 so I think you're wrong here. Her Imperial releases are now attracting interest beyond NS collectors so auction values may increase further

The ten highest Popsike sales figures for Clydie King’s ‘Soft And Gentle Ways’ range from £200 to £254. The most recent sale was in April 2021 for £219. ‘Soft And Gentle Ways’ is her most wanted Imperial release judging from Popsike sales, although a Philips 45 sells for a bit more. The Manship sale price at £313 was therefore 20% above the Popsike peak value and c90% above the recent benchmark. The record should set-sale at £200 for a VG+ copy, £225 for Ex and £250 for M-. The record is regularly auctioned by eBay, but a top dealer like John should sell this at a set-sale price.

If a mint minus is 250 then an ex should be 180 and a vg plus 125 with the record collector grading scale. 

 

313 minus the 20 percent sale commission means the seller gets the 250 it went for on popsike etc

Edited June 5, 20214 yr by davidwapples

11 hours ago, davidwapples said:

If a mint minus is 250 then an ex should be 180 and a vg plus 125 with the record collector grading scale. 

 

313 minus the 20 percent sale commission means the seller gets the 250 it went for on popsike etc

I wish dealers would apply the Record Collector price/grading-scale to the records I bought... Whenever I’m in the States, just about everything is priced as if it was mint. With the feeding-frenzy auctions we’re currently seeing, the price/grading scale just goes out the window.