Mel Williams

[Guest sean daniels]

Anyone got the finishing prices on JM auction please fellas?

[Quinvy]

Anyone got the finishing prices on JM auction please fellas?

Already been done lower down mate. But here you go anyway.

Billy Miranda - You Sould've Had a Good Thing Going - Queen's £758

Triumphs - I'm Coming To Your Rescue - Okeh promo £207

Mel Williams - Burn, Baby, Burn - Star £709

Nabay - Believe It or Not - Impact £1778

Major Lance - You Don't Want Me No More - Okeh promo £442

Orthea Barnes - Your Picture On The Wall - Soundcraft Aceate £127

Jackie Edwards - I Feel So Bad - Island £462

Side Show - Lonely Girl - Trey £337

Danny Harrison - Girl, Girl, Girl - Coral £227

Bobby Treetop - So Sweet So Satisfyin' - Tuff promo £247

Ivan Neville - Dance Your Blues Away - Cookie £106

Jeanette White - Music - A&M £75

Stimulation - Magic Touch Of Love - Hi - Stepping £103

Jimmy Ricks - Oh! What A Feeling - Festival promo £300

Majestics - (I love her so much it hurts me) It Hurts Me - Linda promo £487

[Chalky]

What.....no shouts of now tell me prices are coming down

[Pete S]

Jackie Edwards £460, I'd have sold mine for half that, or a third even, sold a no centre one earlier this year for £40

[Mal C]

Majestics - (I love her so much it hurts me) It Hurts Me - Linda promo £487

Madness, Sheer Madness!!!

Anybody id the film that immortal line is from?

Mal:)

[Quinvy]

What.....no shouts of now tell me prices are coming down

I still reccon that's way too much for Mel Williams, but less than half of what a certain DJ paid for the last one. Crackers.

[Guest Dan]

Jackie Edwards £460, I'd have sold mine for half that, or a third even, sold a no centre one earlier this year for £40

blimey, i'll have to change my tune re prices.

i'll sell mine, ex+ with centre, for 400 notes. if anyone wants it PM me

[Chalky]

I still reccon that's way too much for Mel Williams, but less than half of what a certain DJ paid for the last one. Crackers.

Gotta disagree with you Phil. Just how many Mel Williams Burn Baby Burn do you see? One went on e-bay this year for artound £800. Its a rare record IMHO and I can think of quite a few that fetch what this fetched and more that aren't in the same league, both rarity wise and class!!!!

Edited November 9, 2007 by chalky

[Guest]

Gotta disagree with you Phil. Just how many Mel Williams Burn Baby Burn do you see? One went on e-bay this year for artound £800. Its a rare record IMHO and I can think of quite a few that fetch what this fetched and more that aren't in the same league, both rarity wise and class!!!!

Totally agree with you Chalky, can't really see what Phil is basing his idea of Mel Williams is too much @ £700 ?

For me anyway, it's RARE i've probably only ever had 3 copies in my entire life... It's a damn good slab of Northern, the guy who won it really knows his stuff and i'm sure he's more than pleased. I rate it a fabulous piece of Northern Soul and a strong 4 figure 45, with solid proven rarity.

Edited November 11, 2007 by john manship

[Guest Bearsy]

surely this cant be right

Danny Harrison - Girl, Girl, Girl - Coral £227

i have a mint Promo in company sleeve, i paid £40 for it only about 8 months ago

[Pauldonnelly]

why do I always get this feeling that the finished prices on Mannys auction is in somehow Johns fault.

As a long time friend of Johns I can remember the days where he had the vat man up his arse, Inland Revenue down his throat and a bank manager chasing him around Liecs and Notts, I for one am chuffed he's turned it around as a uk rare soul scene without John Manship is like Jam Roly Poly without custard.

If folk want to bid silly money for anything, fair play to em.

Btw I sold my Mel Williams for £80

[Guest]

surely this cant be right

Danny Harrison - Girl, Girl, Girl - Coral £227

i have a mint Promo in company sleeve, i paid £40 for it only about 8 months ago

Paul,

BLACK STOCK copy was the selling element on the disc. There is a huge following for black stocks on Coral, Decca, Brunswick, RCA and MGM. And those who collect them don't mind paying cause in some case they are seriously rare. Interestintg to see if the rarity of The Bobbettes - Having Fun will be fully appreciate by "stock" collectors.

John

Edited November 11, 2007 by john manship

[Pete S]

surely this cant be right

Danny Harrison - Girl, Girl, Girl - Coral £227

i have a mint Promo in company sleeve, i paid £40 for it only about 8 months ago

It's always been 50 or 60 quid tops on demo Bearsy, think this one was an issue so I'd have thought maybe £100..

[Bazm]

Majestics - (I love her so much it hurts me) It Hurts Me - Linda promo £487

Madness, Sheer Madness!!!

Anybody id the film that immortal line is from?

Mal:)

Planet of the Apes?

[Sweeney]

Majestics - (I love her so much it hurts me) It Hurts Me - Linda promo £487

Madness, Sheer Madness!!!

Anybody id the film that immortal line is from?

Mal:)

Bridge on the River Kwai?

[Guest Bearsy]

Paul,

BLACK STOCK copy was the selling element on the disc. There is a huge following for black stocks on Coral, Decca, Brunswick, RCA and MGM. And those who collect them don't mind paying cause in some case they are seriously rare. Interestintg to see if the rarity of The Bobbettes - Having Fun will be fully appreciate by "stock" collectors.

John

Thanks John, for a minute there i nearly had mine up for sale must admit ive not seen many if any Stock copies up for sale before is that for the reason there was less produced than the Demo`s hence the collector value.

Bearsy

[Guest Bearsy]

It's always been 50 or 60 quid tops on demo Bearsy, think this one was an issue so I'd have thought maybe £100..

i might paint me label black and cross out the promo bit

[Quinvy]

Totally agree with you Chalky, can't really see what Phil is basing his idea of Mel Williams is too much @ £700 ?

For me anyway, it's RARE i've probably only ever had 3 copies in my entire life... It's a damn good slab of Northern, the guy who won it really knows his stuff and i'm sure he's more than pleased. I rate it a fabulous piece of Northern Soul and a strong 4 figure 45, with solid proven rarity.

I was just trying to get one cheap.

[Chalky]

It's always been 50 or 60 quid tops on demo Bearsy, think this one was an issue so I'd have thought maybe £100..

I would have said £150, I saw it for that in a box somewhere couple years ago.

[Chalky]

Totally agree with you Chalky, can't really see what Phil is basing his idea of Mel Williams is too much @ £700 ?

For me anyway, it's RARE i've probably only ever had 3 copies in my entire life... It's a damn good slab of Northern, the guy who won it really knows his stuff and i'm sure he's more than pleased. I rate it a fabulous piece of Northern Soul and a strong 4 figure 45, with solid proven rarity.

Just how rare is it on a demo John? I only knew of one till Friday when someone told me they'd just acquired on a trip stateside. I agree with your 4 figure valuation too. It's a record I've rated for years since Paul Donnelly put it me on a tape years ago and Andy Dyson has been playing it for few years. John Philips was the only other copy I knew about till the few thats been about in recent times.

[Pete S]

I would have said £150, I saw it for that in a box somewhere couple years ago.

Bet it's still there...

[Chalky]

Bet it's still there...

maybe, but it's probably £250 if the seller watching the auction

[Guest]

Just how rare is it on a demo John? I only knew of one till Friday when someone told me they'd just acquired on a trip stateside. I agree with your 4 figure valuation too. It's a record I've rated for years since Paul Donnelly put it me on a tape years ago and Andy Dyson has been playing it for few years. John Philips was the only other copy I knew about till the few thats been about in recent times.

The Danny Harrison DEMO is not rare, we have a copy or two of that i'm sure. But we would easily attain £100 for it. The stock copy was the first I had seen in recent memory.

As for the Mel Williams the two copies I've had this year, one came out of perhaps the the finest vinyl collection in the world. The other came out of one the finest collections in the UK. BOTH have been in these collections for almost 40 years. So today it is no commoner than it was decades ago, the two copies have just changed owners..

Edited November 12, 2007 by john manship

[Pete S]

The Danny Harrison DEMO is not rare, we have a copy or two of that i'm sure. But we would easily attain £100 for it.

Thats double what I sell it for, it's no better than any UK pop stomper, I mean it's truly dreadful...his other records sound like Buddy Holly

[Chalky]

The Danny Harrison DEMO is not rare, we have a copy or two of that i'm sure. But we would easily attain £100 for it. The stock copy was the first I had seen in recent memory.

As for the Mel Williams the two copies I've had this year, one came out of perhaps the the finest vinyl collection in the world. The other came out of one the finest collections in the UK. BOTH have been in these collections for almost 40 years. So today it is no commoner than it was decades ago, the two copies have just changed owners..

I was referring to the Mel Williams demo John not Danny Harrison which I know isn't rare. I knew of just the one Mel Williamsd demo until told on Friday by someone that they'd just got one too.

[Guest]

I was referring to the Mel Williams demo John not Danny Harrison which I know isn't rare. I knew of just the one Mel Williamsd demo until told on Friday by someone that they'd just got one too.

The three copies of Mel Williams i've sold over the years have all been STOCK copies. I've seen a couple of demo's though, I'd say the DJ was slightly rarer. But I love the PINKY label of the stock.. much more attractive.

Edited November 14, 2007 by john manship

[Garethx]

I'd say the Mel Williams was auctioned for a more than fair price. It's a tough record and has never really been about in anything like large quantities.

The Billy Miranda 45 was once around in small quantity, but that was an age ago. I bought a copy off Kitch around fifteen years ago and it still had the original Richard Domar comments and price on the sleeve: something like "mid to uptempo dancer, could go big in the right hands: £8". Mind you if Domar was selling it for that price it must have been pretty scarce as his usual price for this type of unknown was in the region of £1.50 to £2.50. I eventually swapped that copy with Mr Manship. Wonder if it's the one that was auctioned?

[Guest]

I'd say the Mel Williams was auctioned for a more than fair price. It's a tough record and has never really been about in anything like large quantities.

The Billy Miranda 45 was once around in small quantity, but that was an age ago. I bought a copy off Kitch around fifteen years ago and it still had the original Richard Domar comments and price on the sleeve: something like "mid to uptempo dancer, could go big in the right hands: £8". Mind you if Domar was selling it for that price it must have been pretty scarce as his usual price for this type of unknown was in the region of £1.50 to £2.50. I eventually swapped that copy with Mr Manship. Wonder if it's the one that was auctioned?

Nope, the one you let me have, went straight into my feeble collection. That copy was a customers..which is shame 'cause it achieved a really solid price.

Edited November 14, 2007 by john manship

[Northern Soul Uk]

They're worth as much as people want to pay for them .