Calvin Grayson

[Brillo]

Any one know of a copy of Calvin Grayson "Loves Just Begun" b/w "You've Got To Be Willing" for sale and how many organs will I have to donate to buy it?

Ta!

Brillo

[Guest Jamie]

Manships books it at £500.

So depending on which organs you had mind, that could be cheap or expensive

Great tune

Jamie

[MarkWhiteley]

Seen them sell for a lot more that that James if you can get one for £500 go for it! I was offered two in result of a want on here - £700 and £750, and have missed two on ebay - $1100 and $980, but ended up paying a very reasonable price from a member of this board :dance:

Mark

[Brillo]

Any one know of a copy of Calvin Grayson "Loves Just Begun" b/w "You've Got To Be Willing" for sale and how many organs will I have to donate to buy it?

Ta!

Brillo

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Thanks Jamie, looks like a kidney then!

[MarkWhiteley]

P.S. flip is second best soul record ever made IMO (after John & Weirdest)

Edited March 29, 2005 by billytheboot

[Brillo]

Seen them sell for a lot more that that James if you can get one for £500 go for it! I was offered two in result of a want on here - £700 and £750, and have missed two on ebay - $1100 and $980, but ended up paying a very reasonable price from a member of this board :dance:

Mark

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Ouch! Stick with the CD then or get an acetate I think! Cheers.

[Guest Jamie]

Seen them sell for a lot more that that James if you can get one for £500 go for it! I was offered two in result of a want on here - £700 and £750, and have missed two on ebay - $1100 and $980, but ended up paying a very reasonable price from a member of this board :dance:

Mark

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Yeah saw those on ebay.

I think it's about time I won the lottery

[MarkWhiteley]

Me too

[Guest]

There was two M- copies from the same seller (a pro seller from the US) on ebay in the last 12 months or so, one went for around or slightly less than £400 the other for £350 or something (less than $700 anyway). I think the seller is a member of this forum, or at least was. I am sure someone will claim there was no such copies and that I probably dreamt it. It is possibly worth more than that in the UK though, and I thought they both looked 'cheap'. I do recall Manship had it at £300 (m-), but that was a number of years ago, maybe as much as 4 years ago.

Edited March 29, 2005 by Guest

[MarkWhiteley]

Yep that'll be me I didn't see them, and I've got it in my favourite searches (i.e. I get an email when a copy is listed) and still saw nothing

[Guest]

That could be because the artist name was not fully listed in item description title? How does the search work? Does it search only description or entire contents? I don't recall exactly how they were described, but I don't think they had 'northern soul' in the title, something that often reduces the price. I think the description went something like 'rare bla. bla on IN'. Unless you go through everything listed under R&B (or indeed everything!) chances are you will miss a lot of stuff.

Edited March 29, 2005 by Guest

[Guest]

I distinctly recall it, and the reason is there had been a lot of discussion just before the last one went, and there was several quotes of £700, and therefore I was a bit surprised it did not even make £400. I bid on it, but lost. I still want it, but will not pay or trade more than around £300.

[MarkWhiteley]

Woul you swap Satin for it

[Guest]

No I would not. I am not desperate and I am sure that there will be one for me at a reasonable price sooner or later. Satin is not impossible but I think it might be harder to replace, plus I like it more!

Edited March 29, 2005 by Guest

[MarkWhiteley]

Thought as much

[Chalky]

There was two M- copies from the same seller (a pro seller from the US) on ebay in the last 12 months or so, one went for around or slightly less than £400 the other for £350 or something (less than $700 anyway). I think the seller is a member of this forum, or at least was. I am sure someone will claim there was no such copies and that I probably dreamt it.   It is possibly worth more than that in the UK though, and I thought they both looked 'cheap'. I do recall Manship had it at £300 (m-), but that was a number of years ago, maybe as much as 4 years ago.

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Last one on e-bay went for (after conversion) £512. Seen it sold few times, through dealer for between £450 and £700.

[Guest]

I wonder how rare it is. Certainly not super rare (but then again, MOST things are not) but I have not seen that many over the years I have been aware of it, seems much less common than many other things anyway. Was it ever played very much? I mean, was it ever really popular in the past?

[Chalky]

I wonder how rare it is. Certainly not super rare (but then again, MOST things are not) but I have not seen that many over the years I have been aware of it, seems much less common than many other things anyway. Was it ever played very much? I mean, was it ever really popular in the past?

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Been played on and off for years Christian, certainly spun in the 80's although didn't hear it as much as I do these days. Great double sider IMHO.

[Guest]

I figured that it has been played on and off, like you say, (would be strange otherwise) but was it ever particularly popular, or is it yet to have it's day? If you know what I mean?

[Chalky]

I figured that it has been played on and off, like you say, (would be strange otherwise) but was it ever particularly popular, or is it yet to have it's day? If you know what I mean?

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Would probably be fair to say it's not had anthem or the "monster" status yet

[Guest Dan]

Anyone able to post up a label scan?

Great record and would like to get in the queue by the way.

[Guest in town Mikey]

As Christian says, some records are not as rare as some people might think.

And this is why it surprises me that now we have this t'internet vehicle, to help us in our quest to find our favourite records, prices should still be rising as much as they are.

For example. In the early 80s, my collecting roots, if we wanted a record, there was just a few dealers like Soul Bowl, Manship and a few others, we could leave our requests with. Sometimes it would take years for them to track down a copy you wanted, that was for sale.

Now you tap in a few details into ebay or Gemm etc, and sometimes it only takes seconds.

OK so the records are there for anyone to see, but I'm pretty sure I wasnt the only one asking JM for a copy of Larry Allen, etc

Sounds like, the Metro's - Since I found my baby, turn up on ebay as often as tickets for Chelsea matches, and yet people still pay my monthly food bill on a very common record.

Ty Karim on Romark, isnt uncommon on ebay. I even sold the copy I bought for a tenner for, £500+, while there was another copy on there. That was 7 months ago, and I have seen 8 for sale since, the latest went for around £400 last week. This tells me there are loads around, maybe not as many as the Metros, but certainly enough not to be paying the amounts some records fetch.

To use a mathmatical term, supply is indirectly proportional to prices in todays market, whereas a record's price seemed to be more directly proportional to its scarcity 25 years ago.

Who says we are older and wiser??