I Wish I'd Kept It! Records You Had, But Then Allowed To Get Away

[Guest mel brat]

Great idea for a thread ian but i went through serious depression some years ago and don`t want to go through it again thankyou

Ha Ha! - quite!

Edited May 5, 2008 by mel brat

[Harry Crosby]

Back at last after a weekend in york, heres a few i regret letting go, WILLIE HUTCH-THE DUCK-DUNHILL ISSUE, JOHNNY HENDLEY-MY BABY CAME FROM OUT OF NOWHERE-MUTT N JEFF SINGLE SIDED, APPRECIATIONS- I CAN`T HIDE IT-AWARE, GENE TOONES-WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT-SIMCO ISSUE, PARISIANS-TWINKLE LITTLE STAR-DEMON HOT [sOLD FOR £6] SUNLINERS-ALL ALONE-GOLDEN WORLD 10" ACETATE [sOLD FOR £10] no wonder i went through serious depression

[Keithw]

sold

admirations on peaches----30-00

barbara at clair--teacherman--20-00

denis dell----30-00

passed up a "lady in green" 100

sold -kelly and the soul explosions to kev johnson-----about 30-00

still picked up plenty og bargins in my time

like frankie beverley sassy dj------30-00

[Robin S]

In 1987 I had decided to wind down the Djing and was moving to London. I'll always remember turning up at Thorne with a sales box (Florence Trapp, Troy Johnson, Willie Darrington and more...) Rob Wigley and Gavin had some easy pickings that night But glad they went to a good home and it was way before the internet and explosion of values. Like others, I've sold a lot of stuff over the years but have cdr'd it all .Luckily I've got plenty left and most will never have a value that will tempt me to sell.

[Winsford Soul]

Back at last after a weekend in york, heres a few i regret letting go, WILLIE HUTCH-THE DUCK-DUNHILL ISSUE, JOHNNY HENDLEY-MY BABY CAME FROM OUT OF NOWHERE-MUTT N JEFF SINGLE SIDED, APPRECIATIONS- I CAN`T HIDE IT-AWARE, GENE TOONES-WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT-SIMCO ISSUE, PARISIANS-TWINKLE LITTLE STAR-DEMON HOT [sOLD FOR £6] SUNLINERS-ALL ALONE-GOLDEN WORLD 10" ACETATE [sOLD FOR £10] no wonder i went through serious depression

My baby came from out of nowhere. What a tune. What memories. Sound clip anyone ?

Steve

[Ian Dewhirst]

In 1987 I had decided to wind down the Djing and was moving to London. I'll always remember turning up at Thorne with a sales box (Florence Trapp, Troy Johnson, Willie Darrington and more...) Rob Wigley and Gavin had some easy pickings that night But glad they went to a good home and it was way before the internet and explosion of values. Like others, I've sold a lot of stuff over the years but have cdr'd it all .Luckily I've got plenty left and most will never have a value that will tempt me to sell.

Glad you mentioned that Robin.

Even if it hurts to let a record go, it's not so bad if it goes to someone who can really use it. In fact, many times I've got rid of stuff which I never play anymore simply because it's an unwanted luxury to have it sitting on a shelf gathering dust. I'd much rather 'recycle' a record and get it to someone who will either play it or cherish it more than me.

Ian D

[Guest CliftonHall1]

Nightmares ? the last time I read through it , I wept uncontrollably ........

I will just throw a teaser in for later when I dig the list out ..........

Doni Burdick " BT " , Rita DaCosta " DBMD " and Ronnie McNeir " SIMC " ...........

Prepare to shed a tear with me children ...........

Malc Burton

Sounds JUST like my old lists Malc.

In May 1997 list someone one reminded merecently

Velvet Satins red & white promo £15, Bari Track £20, Ronnie McNeir "Sittin" £12, Margaret Mandolph £20 and a couple of real "expensive" ones too Lol if wasnt so sad!

Eddie Parker "I'm Gone" £100 (Tim Ashibende) and Tamala Lewis £50 (Pat Brady) and Willie Hutch "Love/Duck" ISSUE £100 to Keith Williams......now that one does hurt!

Aint is just amazing you can remember detail like that, names of buyers etc?

Thinkin about it reminds me of Tim Ashibende

At the time at my moms we didnt have a phone (only recently got leckky!) so people couldnt reserve over the phone so just hoped and sent their cash. This sometimes meant the tunes had gone. So instead of sending credit notes out i would send records of more value, on approval, so as Tim had sent me £3 i sent him a Edwin Starr "Mellow/My kinda" which promptly was returned by him with a letter of disapproval.

Saw him some time later and he asked if i still had any Edwin Starr's left, regretably just the one of my own and sighned by the late great man.......

Any how things improved when i paid to have the phone put in and i left my old fella (RIP) to answer when the next list went out while i was out at work.

Trouble was, as a lot of people will recall, he was all but death after years of working alongside the drop hammer in the forge at SPT Sheffield.

So most people now phoning up were greeted with a "eh", "cannie 'ear thi cock can tha shaat up"

"Alan phones been ringing all bloody day, i cant get mi tomatoes seeen too in greenharse"

What they want?

"Hal Williams, all o' em"

Memories

[Guest CliftonHall1]

Glad you mentioned that Robin.

Even if it hurts to let a record go, it's not so bad if it goes to someone who can really use it. In fact, many times I've got rid of stuff which I never play anymore simply because it's an unwanted luxury to have it sitting on a shelf gathering dust. I'd much rather 'recycle' a record and get it to someone who will either play it or cherish it more than me.

Ian D

I have a interesting concept to alleviate this condition which i myself are familiar with, a sort of on line shrine (ptp) to visit.....

[Guest moggy]

He is not a member on SS but I will put a mention in for my mate Jimmy Sheard from Sheldon

like a good lad he sold me his copy of

Tommy Bush "I dont Like It" Purple Rika Issue and mint

for the princely sum of £5.00 in the Casino bar

Thank You James

Regrets Ive had a few, but then again too few to mention

Betty Wilson Dayco, Majestics Linda Demo, Willie Kendrick Issue, Ruby Sherry ARRRRGGGHHHHH

Im off this hurts like f**K

[Ian Dewhirst]

Sounds JUST like my old lists Malc.

In May 1997 list someone one reminded merecently

Velvet Satins red & white promo £15, Bari Track £20, Ronnie McNeir "Sittin" £12, Margaret Mandolph £20 and a couple of real "expensive" ones too Lol if wasnt so sad!

Eddie Parker "I'm Gone" £100 (Tim Ashibende) and Tamala Lewis £50 (Pat Brady) and Willie Hutch "Love/Duck" ISSUE £100 to Keith Williams......now that one does hurt!

Aint is just amazing you can remember detail like that, names of buyers etc?

Thinkin about it reminds me of Tim Ashibende

At the time at my moms we didnt have a phone (only recently got leckky!) so people couldnt reserve over the phone so just hoped and sent their cash. This sometimes meant the tunes had gone. So instead of sending credit notes out i would send records of more value, on approval, so as Tim had sent me £3 i sent him a Edwin Starr "Mellow/My kinda" which promptly was returned by him with a letter of disapproval.

Saw him some time later and he asked if i still had any Edwin Starr's left, regretably just the one of my own and sighned by the late great man.......

Any how things improved when i paid to have the phone put in and i left my old fella (RIP) to answer when the next list went out while i was out at work.

Trouble was, as a lot of people will recall, he was all but death after years of working alongside the drop hammer in the forge at SPT Sheffield.

So most people now phoning up were greeted with a "eh", "cannie 'ear thi cock can tha shaat up"

"Alan phones been ringing all bloody day, i cant get mi tomatoes seeen too in greenharse"

What they want?

"Hal Williams, all o' em"

Memories

Haha LOL! That's funny Alan.

Not only that, but they'd have to deal with the dulcit tones of deepest Rotherham - shouts in the background "Sithee, wilst tha put wood in't ole"?

That's 'close the door' for the unititiated LOL............

Ian D

[Ian Dewhirst]

I have a interesting concept to alleviate this condition which i myself are familiar with, a sort of on line shrine (ptp) to visit.....

That's actually a very good idea!

"Records I Have Loved And Lost". Dot com.

You could have the scans with a soundfile and a nice little comment box for your memories of the record in question.

I like it mate!

Ian D

[Pete Morgan]

whilst working in Germany my record partner in the late 70,s sold our Lester Tipton for 40 quid worth of whizz!!

sad day when i found out he also sold at bargain prices , chandlers 20 quid , dean courtney ...etc etc

oh well i have managed to replace most of them except mr tipton,

pete m

[Ian Dewhirst]

whilst working in Germany my record partner in the late 70,s sold our Lester Tipton for 40 quid worth of whizz!!

sad day when i found out he also sold at bargain prices , chandlers 20 quid , dean courtney ...etc etc

oh well i have managed to replace most of them except mr tipton,

pete m

Haha LOL!

I think that qualifies as someone's bargain of the century Pete. Got to be the winner to date in terms of regret surely.

Current book price on Lester Tipton is £3,500 whereas that same 4g's of whizz will probably still be £40 I guess.

So that's a net loss of £3,460 over 30 years. Difficult to beat that I reckon........

And the record's still massively rare!

Can anyone beat that?

Ian D

[Guest Martin Coleman]

Well I don't know that one Chris. Just thought I found one but it's gone....

https://www.recordsbymail.com/static/artist...POWERED%20CLOCK

Was it any good? I'm intrigued......

Ian D

I've always loved this instrumental, and it's a cheapie too (15GBP). If you flip it over though, and play the vocal, it's just plain awful. How is this possible?

I let a copy of The Valentinos go a few weeks back but, as I got a Ringleaders in return, I wasn't that bothered. But let's not talk about the stupid swap I made for my Carol Jones and the Soul Reflections (RMR) ouch...

[Guest CliftonHall1]

Haha LOL! That's funny Alan.

Not only that, but they'd have to deal with the dulcit tones of deepest Rotherham - shouts in the background "Sithee, wilst tha put wood in't ole"?

That's 'close the door' for the unititiated LOL............

Ian D

LOL Spot on mate....was even worse without his teeth in!

Always remember Martin Koppel turnin up one grim night out of the rain, glasses all steamed up, wearing a Black leather trench coat carrying a small record box looking like Dr Gerbils of the 3rd Reich.

"OH MY GAWD" she exclaimed "i think you've got the wrong house, its next door wi yung lass in familee way"

Any how when i had explained "tis Kops wi records" she insisted he had some tea and wouldnt let him leave table till heeed had his Apple Pie.....tremendous networking excersise even in those days as he let me have a Little Johnny Hamilton.....happy days.

[Guest CliftonHall1]

That's actually a very good idea!

"Records I Have Loved And Lost". Dot com.

You could have the scans with a soundfile and a nice little comment box for your memories of the record in question.

I like it mate!

Ian D

HEY! HEY UP!! N ARTHEN THI

Tha too close to knuckle their mi owd,

r thy un who's been hidying in mi laptop?

Virus, VIRUS i gonna put some bleach on this lap top and kill the buggers sithi LOL

(Good script for Michael Palin that, just brings back memories of him throwing mantlepiece through "parlour" window re Ripping Yarns)

[Guest CliftonHall1]

That's actually a very good idea!

"Records I Have Loved And Lost". Dot com.

You could have the scans with a soundfile and a nice little comment box for your memories of the record in question.

I like it mate!

Ian D

SORTED! recordsihavelovedandlost.com .info .net .com

all parked up and ready to go, which one is the baby?

[Ernie Andrews]

January 1980 - Take my large box to Wigan as I had just started as a student nurse and was fed up of the Drugs involved in the scene.

Out of the records I sold was all the compass stuff on issue & demo and the Ohio players test press. Del larks (Got £62 for that) Most of the Canadian epic stuff Oh God it would take too long - Surfice to say I got just under £1900 in one night and was left with 6 records including Pete Warner which I sold to Pete S in 2000 The other 5 which included touch of venus on awhite Champion demo i swapped for a couple of Rock lps in a second hand record shop in reading.

I still have nightmares of what it is all worth now. I could never attain the same level of rarity /cost factor today.

What did I spen the money on?

A brand new Motorcycle / leathers helmet The lot and had a holiday and bought some clothes and a fish tank

[Ian Dewhirst]

January 1980 - Take my large box to Wigan as I had just started as a student nurse and was fed up of the Drugs involved in the scene.

Out of the records I sold was all the compass stuff on issue & demo and the Ohio players test press. Del larks (Got £62 for that) Most of the Canadian epic stuff Oh God it would take too long - Surfice to say I got just under £1900 in one night and was left with 6 records including Pete Warner which I sold to Pete S in 2000 The other 5 which included touch of venus on awhite Champion demo i swapped for a couple of Rock lps in a second hand record shop in reading.

I still have nightmares of what it is all worth now. I could never attain the same level of rarity /cost factor today.

What did I spen the money on?

A brand new Motorcycle / leathers helmet The lot and had a holiday and bought some clothes and a fish tank

Ernie Andrews - a leather-wearing, motorbike-riding rocker who likes looking at fish?

Something just doesn't seem to compute here LOL.....

Ian D

[bri phill]

Ian you're obviously trying to make yourself feel better with this sadistic topic and I feel I am going to get the pain out and doine with as quick as possible because I am not a writer OK and i've neded the inducement of alchol but no other chemicals.

In my time I have sold 30-40 thousand singles via record lists,personal deals and obviously many of them would bring nightmares with todays prices but business is business so no point in getting upset (at selling a £1000 sound for £2 thats business)

What this post is about by the evil man who started it is what causes pain WELL

After all my record dealing I saved about 6-8 hundred of my favourite sounds 80% english top tunes from the Wheel etc including A.lexandra patten,B obby sheen,Ray Pollard,Vala reagan,art freaman,dean parish,Invitations,Incredibles,Garnet Mimms,loads of demos like Helpless ,everybody loves a goodtime,sweet thing,unsatified,hoagy lands and lots more including later big tunes such as you satisfied my needs and more beat ballad stuff plus imports of the Baby reconsider quality etc.

They were causing nobody any trouble lying and totally forgotten up in a spare bedroom until I met up in some cheesy disco in about 1981 asked have I got any tunes left by 2 well known jocks I said yes (bad answer).

I didn't get railroded into it I didn't even need the money but I let them go at a very weak moment for about £200 but my comfort at the time was they would make better use of them than I would.

I had no regrets untiil 1999 when all of a sudden Richard Searling phoned me and 2 hours later Ian Levine knocked on my door with some cameras and I realised what a twat I'd been.AND WORST WHAT A TWAT IAN (FRANK) IS I HOPE THIS MAKES HIM FEEL BETTER because I have to cut it short to get it over and done with even though I am half pissed.

regards

Brian Phillips

[Ian Dewhirst]

Ian you're obviously trying to make yourself feel better with this sadistic topic and I feel I am going to get the pain out and doine with as quick as possible because I am not a writer OK and i've neded the inducement of alchol but no other chemicals.

In my time I have sold 30-40 thousand singles via record lists,personal deals and obviously many of them would bring nightmares with todays prices but business is business so no point in getting upset (at selling a £1000 sound for £2 thats business)

What this post is about by the evil man who started it is what causes pain WELL

After all my record dealing I saved about 6-8 hundred of my favourite sounds 80% english top tunes from the Wheel etc including A.lexandra patten,B obby sheen,Ray Pollard,Vala reagan,art freaman,dean parish,Invitations,Incredibles,Garnet Mimms,loads of demos like Helpless ,everybody loves a goodtime,sweet thing,unsatified,hoagy lands and lots more including later big tunes such as you satisfied my needs and more beat ballad stuff plus imports of the Baby reconsider quality etc.

They were causing nobody any trouble lying and totally forgotten up in a spare bedroom until I met up in some cheesy disco in about 1981 asked have I got any tunes left by 2 well known jocks I said yes (bad answer).

I didn't get railroded into it I didn't even need the money but I let them go at a very weak moment for about £200 but my comfort at the time was they would make better use of them than I would.

I had no regrets untiil 1999 when all of a sudden Richard Searling phoned me and 2 hours later Ian Levine knocked on my door with some cameras and I realised what a twat I'd been.AND WORST WHAT A TWAT IAN (FRANK) IS I HOPE THIS MAKES HIM FEEL BETTER because I have to cut it short to get it over and done with even though I am half pissed.

regards

Brian Phillips

It's happened to all of us Bri.

I still remember "Cool Off" and "Love On A Rampage" on one of your lists for 30p apiece mate!

Is that hangover any better yet?

Did you feel the knife twist?

Ian D

[Guest Roddy]

my pain dosent really compare to others (My pain is more that i didnt have the money in the eighties and ninties to really buy the tunes I wanted) but around 1980/81 i decided to get rid of all my pressings bootlegs etc in bundles of ten for a fiver to finance my collection of originals. as well as the usual crap in amongst it was a Billy Watkins era 3183 and a pink prince ella both of which i was convinced were boots.

Some young mod bought about six of the £5.00 bundles I have never seen him in Edinburgh again and wonder what happened to them.

And Ian you are wrong I dont feel better for writing it all down.

Roddy

[Guest SteveJohnston]

Well, it's happened to all of us hasn't it?

At some point most of us have had a record in our hands that is very special. Then, for one reason or another, you allow the record to leave the cosy comfort of your collection and then spend the rest of your life regretting the fact that you'd allowed it to slip through your fingers.

It may have been for a number of reasons. Possibly there was another fresher record that you wanted and in order to get it, you may have had to trade that special one, thinking that you'd be able to get it again in the future.

There's gotta be some GREAT stories here, so let's hear 'em!

Ian D

In late 81 early 82ish if my memory is right on the years "killer Joe" was a massive track on the jazz funk front being played by a few well known DJs but a hard one to find on 12" at the time, so I did a swap letting go my black issue of "change your ways" ...........................a load of K J's to turn up weeks later! ...................Hey Ian i feel like the world as been lifted......................................NOT! ..............................mind you had to at some of the post's!

Steve J

[Ian Dewhirst]

In late 81 early 82ish if my memory is right on the years "killer Joe" was a massive track on the jazz funk front being played by a few well known DJs but a hard one to find on 12" at the time, so I did a swap letting go my black issue of "change your ways" ...........................a load of K J's to turn up weeks later! ...................Hey Ian i feel like the world as been lifted......................................NOT! ..............................mind you had to at some of the post's!

Steve J

You must have been going through some temporary mental illness Steve.

A UK released 12" for an issue of Willie Kendicks?

This thread just gets weirder and weirder..........

What next? A Slade 7" UK hit for a Robbie Lawson anyone?

Ian D

[Guest SteveJohnston]

You must have been going through some temporary mental illness Steve.

A UK released 12" for an issue of Willie Kendicks?

This thread just gets weirder and weirder..........

What next? A Slade 7" UK hit for a Robbie Lawson anyone?

Ian D

Hey come on nothing temporary about it mate!

It was on the usa Mel Bay label if my memory is right sold it a few years back can't remember a uk 12" about when this was big!

I can just about remember, the deal was done in the record bar at the Casino so must of been late 81 with a few mates saying to me at the time "ho i would not let that go"

Steve J

Edited May 7, 2008 by SteveJohnston

[Andyd68]

When I was young I did buy Fuller Brothers ..Time a wasting on soul clock for a fiver from a little secound hand record shop.However took it back didn t sound too good on my record player and got my money back............

Another was in a flea market in cornwall about 84 and a found a bloke selling a box of 200 orginal northern 45s but he wouldn t split the box up and wanted £80,I didn t have the cash and never saw him again .......... I still can t forget.

Andy D

[Guest Lucy]

Still brings a tear to my eye when I think about the John Bowie ' Gonna Miss A Good Thing' I sold in approx 1992.

[Guest]

Nightmares ? the last time I read through it , I wept uncontrollably ........

I will just throw a teaser in for later when I dig the list out ..........

Doni Burdick " BT " , Rita DaCosta " DBMD " and Ronnie McNair " SIMC " ...........

Prepare to shed a tear with me children ...........

Malc Burton

The following are just a few that I sold from the list in 1982 .........

Just remember - you could not give them away at the time , so the prices were a reflection of the market .......

Andre Maurice - Your'e The Cream Of The Crop - Bale W/D .......... £ 3.00

Johnny Sayles - My Love is A Monster - Chi Town ............ £ 3.00

The Triumphs - I'm Coming To Your Rescue - Okeh W/D ...........£ 4.00

Eddie & Ernie - I Can't Do It - Eastern ......... £ 3.00

Ila Vann - You Made Me This Way - PIP ............£ 4.00

Roy Hamilton - Crackin' Up Over You - RCA ( black ) .......... £ 5.00

Danny Belline - Outside The City - RCA W/D .......... £ 5.00

Herbert Hunter - I was Born To Love You - Spar ......... £ 10.00

Dean Courtney - I'll Always Need you - RCA W/D ........... £ 20.00

Saxie Russell - Psychedelic Soul - Thomas W/D .......... £ 15.00

Rita DaCosta - Don't Bring Me Down - Mohawk W/D .......... £ 10.00

Doni Burdick - Bari Track - Sound Impressions ........... £ 15.00

Pookie Hudson - This Gets To Me - Jamie W/D .......... £ 15.00

Richard " Popcorn " Wylie - Rosemary , What Happened - Karen W/D ......... £ 10.00

Edward Hamilton - I'm Gonna Love You - Mary Jane ........ £ 5.00

Hoagy Lands - The Next In Line - Laurie Demo ........ £ 5.00

The Soul Twins - Quick Change Artist - Karen W/D ............. £ 10.00

Nancy Wilson - The End Of Our Love - Capitol Demo .......... £ 10.00

Anderson Brothers - I Can See Him Loving you - GSF W/D ........ £ 20.00

It is a good job that I typed this , as I would have slashed my wrists if I had to write with something sharp ......

Malc Burton

Edited May 7, 2008 by Malc Burton

[kevinsoulman]

And I wonder whether that was the one I found at Chris Peakes house in L.A. in '76 LOL.........

Dig out the list Malc 'cos there'll be a few nightmares there no doubt......

Talking of which, does anyone on here have a copy of my 'Vinyl Junky's" list from '77 I think? It was an 80 page booklet with 1000's of records listed all cheap. Frightening.............

Ian D

was it blue if so im sure i have got it on the bookshelf

kev

[bri phill]

The following are just a few that I sold from the list in 1982 .........

Just remember - you could not give them away at the time , so the prices were a reflection of the market .......

Andre Maurice - Your'e The Cream Of The Crop - Bale W/D .......... £ 3.00

Johnny Sayles - My Love is A Monster - Chi Town ............ £ 3.00

The Triumphs - I'm Coming To Your Rescue - Okeh W/D ...........£ 4.00

Eddie & Ernie - I Can't Do It - Eastern ......... £ 3.00

Ila Vann - You Made Me This Way - PIP ............£ 4.00

Roy Hamilton - Crackin' Up Over You - RCA ( black ) .......... £ 5.00

Danny Belline - Outside The City - RCA W/D .......... £ 5.00

Herbert Hunter - I was Born To Love You - Spar ......... £ 10.00

Dean Courtney - I'll Always Need you - RCA W/D ........... £ 20.00

Saxie Russell - Psychedelic Soul - Thomas W/D .......... £ 15.00

Rita DaCosta - Don't Bring Me Down - Mohawk W/D .......... £ 10.00

Doni Burdick - Bari Track - Sound Impressions ........... £ 15.00

Pookie Hudson - This Gets To Me - Jamie W/D .......... £ 15.00

Richard " Popcorn " Wylie - Rosemary , What Happened - Karen W/D ......... £ 10.00

Edward Hamilton - I'm Gonna Love You - Mary Jane ........ £ 5.00

Hoagy Lands - The Next In Line - Laurie Demo ........ £ 5.00

The Soul Twins - Quick Change Artist - Karen W/D ............. £ 10.00

Nancy Wilson - The End Of Our Love - Capitol Demo .......... £ 10.00

Anderson Brothers - I Can See Him Loving you - GSF W/D ........ £ 20.00

It is a good job that I typed this , as I would have slashed my wrists if I had to write with something sharp ......

Malc Burton

Hey Malc you did well getting them prices I couldn't get them in the 70's for half of 'em (fool to myself)

Regards Brian

[Ian Dewhirst]

Hey come on nothing temporary about it mate!

It was on the usa Mel Bay label if my memory is right sold it a few years back can't remember a uk 12" about when this was big!

I can just about remember, the deal was done in the record bar at the Casino so must of been late 81 with a few mates saying to me at the time "ho i would not let that go"

Steve J

Haha LOL. If you had a "New Killer Joe" - Benny Golson on a label called Mel Bay, I reckon that's rarer than Willie Kendricks! I've never heard of it and I know about this stuff (mostly). I wasn't aware of a U.S. 12" - I thought the ONLY 12" was the UK one. I was under the impression that it was a Columbia recording as we first started playing it of the U.S. Columbia album and then it was issued on UK CBS on 12"........

Are you sure you weren't temporarily mad mate?

Ian D

[Ian Dewhirst]

The following are just a few that I sold from the list in 1982 .........

Just remember - you could not give them away at the time , so the prices were a reflection of the market .......

Andre Maurice - Your'e The Cream Of The Crop - Bale W/D .......... £ 3.00

Johnny Sayles - My Love is A Monster - Chi Town ............ £ 3.00

The Triumphs - I'm Coming To Your Rescue - Okeh W/D ...........£ 4.00

Eddie & Ernie - I Can't Do It - Eastern ......... £ 3.00

Ila Vann - You Made Me This Way - PIP ............£ 4.00

Roy Hamilton - Crackin' Up Over You - RCA ( black ) .......... £ 5.00

Danny Belline - Outside The City - RCA W/D .......... £ 5.00

Herbert Hunter - I was Born To Love You - Spar ......... £ 10.00

Dean Courtney - I'll Always Need you - RCA W/D ........... £ 20.00

Saxie Russell - Psychedelic Soul - Thomas W/D .......... £ 15.00

Rita DaCosta - Don't Bring Me Down - Mohawk W/D .......... £ 10.00

Doni Burdick - Bari Track - Sound Impressions ........... £ 15.00

Pookie Hudson - This Gets To Me - Jamie W/D .......... £ 15.00

Richard " Popcorn " Wylie - Rosemary , What Happened - Karen W/D ......... £ 10.00

Edward Hamilton - I'm Gonna Love You - Mary Jane ........ £ 5.00

Hoagy Lands - The Next In Line - Laurie Demo ........ £ 5.00

The Soul Twins - Quick Change Artist - Karen W/D ............. £ 10.00

Nancy Wilson - The End Of Our Love - Capitol Demo .......... £ 10.00

Anderson Brothers - I Can See Him Loving you - GSF W/D ........ £ 20.00

It is a good job that I typed this , as I would have slashed my wrists if I had to write with something sharp ......

Malc Burton

Ouch! I feel the pain mate. Can you believe those prices too.......?

Ever heard Darrow Fletcher's "The Pain Gets A Little Deeper" Malc....?

Ian D

PS I just flogged Ila Vann yesterday for £85 LOL.....

Edited May 7, 2008 by Ian Dewhirst

[Ian Dewhirst]

was it blue if so im sure i have got it on the bookshelf

kev

Yep, that sounds like the one Kevin. Lightish blue with a black overprint and like a mini book I seem to recollect. Does it have a psychedelic-type picture of a vinyl junky on the front LOL? I'm sure there's quite a few future goodies in there but I can't remember what they were.....

If there's any obvious cheapo clinkers in there (and there will be) I'm sure you'll let me know LOL.....

Ian D

[Guest]

Haha LOL. If you had a "New Killer Joe" - Benny Golson on a label called Mel Bay, I reckon that's rarer than Willie Kendricks! I've never heard of it and I know about this stuff (mostly). I wasn't aware of a U.S. 12" - I thought the ONLY 12" was the UK one. I was under the impression that it was a Columbia recording as we first started playing it of the U.S. Columbia album and then it was issued on UK CBS on 12"........

Are you sure you weren't temporarily mad mate?

Ian D

Colin Curtis was playing a US Columbia 12 of TNKJ , along with the BG album , for the track " Hesitation " ..........

The album turns up now and again , but I have not seen a copy of the 12 since the one Colin had .......

Malc Burton

[Guest]

Ouch! I feel the pain mate. Can you believe those prices too.......?

Ever heard Darrow Fletcher's "The Pain Gets A Little Deeper" Malc....?

Ian D

PS I just flogged Ila Vann yesterday for £85 LOL.....

With those prices , I wrote the sodding thing ........

They say time heals all wounds - bollocks ; I still have flashbacks ..........

Malc Burton

[snooky]

I was gutted that i couldn't get all the tunes i wanted,many years ago...but when i started collecting records at 14 and stopped at 21,i had some nice bits that i now wish i had kept!!!!

(don't we all)i was getting records of J Manship,Richard S,J Anderson,Ian clarke.......etc....spending all my pocket money.

Had things like Professionals,billy woods jimmy mack,jades,eula cooper,shawn robinson,frankie beverly and so on,i would be worth a fortune now.....and living a life of luxury...

I stopped as i had several wants that i thought i would never get....i could if i had more dosh....they were Inspirations-no one can take your place & Magnetics-when i'm with my baby,the other was robby lawson which i got only to sell 3 days after getting...could also have had Don Gardner!!!!!for swop on robby.......and cash!!!!

Does anyone know what these fetch now?

I sold many to a great friend who i saw for the first time in 33 years last summer,Dave Greet(greety)

Oh well i moved on into property and motorsport which is just if not more expensive as too collecting northern soul records!

Now living a different life of luxury in spain.....coming to uk to see old friends and sell a few more bits found in the loft......still gonna keep ISSUE of tobi legend.....how rare is it now!????its left in my will for Dave Thorley.....

Now i look at all the prices of tunes today,where does all the money come from,and its amazing J mansip is still finding NEW MINT records 30+ years old!!!!great man. ...well very rich man now....

Off to the beach to try and forget all those records GIVEN away!!!!for peanuts...

cheers snooky

[Ian Dewhirst]

I was gutted that i couldn't get all the tunes i wanted,many years ago...but when i started collecting records at 14 and stopped at 21,i had some nice bits that i now wish i had kept!!!!

(don't we all)i was getting records of J Manship,Richard S,J Anderson,Ian clarke.......etc....spending all my pocket money.

Had things like Professionals,billy woods jimmy mack,jades,eula cooper,shawn robinson,frankie beverly and so on,i would be worth a fortune now.....and living a life of luxury...

I stopped as i had several wants that i thought i would never get....i could if i had more dosh....they were Inspirations-no one can take your place & Magnetics-when i'm with my baby,the other was robby lawson which i got only to sell 3 days after getting...could also have had Don Gardner!!!!!for swop on robby.......and cash!!!!

Does anyone know what these fetch now?

I sold many to a great friend who i saw for the first time in 33 years last summer,Dave Greet(greety)

Oh well i moved on into property and motorsport which is just if not more expensive as too collecting northern soul records!

Now living a different life of luxury in spain.....coming to uk to see old friends and sell a few more bits found in the loft......still gonna keep ISSUE of tobi legend.....how rare is it now!????its left in my will for Dave Thorley.....

Now i look at all the prices of tunes today,where does all the money come from,and its amazing J mansip is still finding NEW MINT records 30+ years old!!!!great man. ...well very rich man now....

Off to the beach to try and forget all those records GIVEN away!!!!for peanuts...

cheers snooky

I wouldn't moan too much if yer living in Spain and hanging around on the beach Snooky!

Given the choice of owning a Robbie Lawson but having to live in rainy old England (where it's 75 degrees as I write this), or not owning a Robbie Lawson and hanging on the beach in Spain, I know which one I'd go for LOL....

Anyway, too risky having rare records in Spain with the sun and all. Who wants a slightly sun-warped Robbie Lawson anyway....?

And I'll have that Tobi Legend if you like. Dave's rich enough LOL........

Ian D

[Ian Dewhirst]

Colin Curtis was playing a US Columbia 12 of TNKJ , along with the BG album , for the track " Hesitation " ..........

The album turns up now and again , but I have not seen a copy of the 12 since the one Colin had .......

Malc Burton

Got one here - UK CBS 12" A13 1223 with the full 8.13 version on. It was the U.S. label 'Mel Bay' which got my attention leading me to wonder whether Benny issued it himself on a small label before Columbia picked it up......?

I'd sure be interested in seeing a Mel Bay 12" that's for sure.

Stranger things have happened. I found a U.S. 12" of "Nightlife" by Blair on a small label out of Buffalo called Solar Sounds a couple of years ago so I guess anything's possible.....

Ian D

[Guest CliftonHall1]

The following are just a few that I sold from the list in 1982 .........

Just remember - you could not give them away at the time , so the prices were a reflection of the market .......

Andre Maurice - Your'e The Cream Of The Crop - Bale W/D .......... £ 3.00

Johnny Sayles - My Love is A Monster - Chi Town ............ £ 3.00

The Triumphs - I'm Coming To Your Rescue - Okeh W/D ...........£ 4.00

Eddie & Ernie - I Can't Do It - Eastern ......... £ 3.00

Ila Vann - You Made Me This Way - PIP ............£ 4.00

Roy Hamilton - Crackin' Up Over You - RCA ( black ) .......... £ 5.00

Danny Belline - Outside The City - RCA W/D .......... £ 5.00

Herbert Hunter - I was Born To Love You - Spar ......... £ 10.00

Dean Courtney - I'll Always Need you - RCA W/D ........... £ 20.00

Saxie Russell - Psychedelic Soul - Thomas W/D .......... £ 15.00

Rita DaCosta - Don't Bring Me Down - Mohawk W/D .......... £ 10.00

Doni Burdick - Bari Track - Sound Impressions ........... £ 15.00

Pookie Hudson - This Gets To Me - Jamie W/D .......... £ 15.00

Richard " Popcorn " Wylie - Rosemary , What Happened - Karen W/D ......... £ 10.00

Edward Hamilton - I'm Gonna Love You - Mary Jane ........ £ 5.00

Hoagy Lands - The Next In Line - Laurie Demo ........ £ 5.00

The Soul Twins - Quick Change Artist - Karen W/D ............. £ 10.00

Nancy Wilson - The End Of Our Love - Capitol Demo .......... £ 10.00

Anderson Brothers - I Can See Him Loving you - GSF W/D ........ £ 20.00

It is a good job that I typed this , as I would have slashed my wrists if I had to write with something sharp ......

Malc Burton

[Guest CliftonHall1]

Malc,

dont do anything hasty,

if you can't find a buyer then can i make a offer for the lot

I Can pay in cash if it helps matey.

ALAN

[Guest SteveJohnston]

Got one here - UK CBS 12" A13 1223 with the full 8.13 version on. It was the U.S. label 'Mel Bay' which got my attention leading me to wonder whether Benny issued it himself on a small label before Columbia picked it up......?

I'd sure be interested in seeing a Mel Bay 12" that's for sure.

Stranger things have happened. I found a U.S. 12" of "Nightlife" by Blair on a small label out of Buffalo called Solar Sounds a couple of years ago so I guess anything's possible.....

Ian D

Ian

I've not got the best memory in the world by a long way but i'm sure it was on Mel Bay "THE NEW" Killer Joe, only ever had one jazz funk track on the lable and i'm prity sure that was it can't recall my copy being on CBS at all ,........ saying that i've had a few 12" jazz funk tracks over the years

Steve J

Edited May 8, 2008 by SteveJohnston

[Guest]

Malc,

dont do anything hasty,

if you can't find a buyer then can i make a offer for the lot

I Can pay in cash if it helps matey.

ALAN

OK Alan .......

Let us find a tardis and we will go back , and of course I will accept cash from you .........

You have got plenty of it , doing a Doddy in the matress .........

Malc Burton

[Ian Dewhirst]

OK Alan .......

Let us find a tardis and we will go back , and of course I will accept cash from you .........

You have got plenty of it , doing a Doddy in the matress .........

Malc Burton

'Doing a doddy in the matress'..............?

Is that Yorkshire vernacular for having a quick one off the wrist in bed........?

Ian D

[kevinsoulman]

Yep, that sounds like the one Kevin. Lightish blue with a black overprint and like a mini book I seem to recollect. Does it have a psychedelic-type picture of a vinyl junky on the front LOL? I'm sure there's quite a few future goodies in there but I can't remember what they were.....

If there's any obvious cheapo clinkers in there (and there will be) I'm sure you'll let me know LOL.....

Ian D

just reading thru it

kev

[Guest cardysharpy]

About 12 years ago I was new to this rare soul lark and chanced upon a Bill Brandon "Streets got my lady".

Didn't like it much at the time (must have been deaf!) and swopped it for Donnel Pitman "your love is dynamite".

If anyone needs any free investment advice PM me.

[Ian Dewhirst]

just reading thru it

kev

Wah-Hey! That's the one Kevin. Haven't seen it for about 30 odd years! There should be some goodies in there and all cheap!

Ian D

[Ian Dewhirst]

just reading thru it

kev

Yep, that's the one Kevin.

I shudder to think what's listed in there 'cos they were all so cheap!

If you find any real clunkers in there then pray tell.........

Ian D

[Chris L]

Well, it's happened to all of us hasn't it?

At some point most of us have had a record in our hands that is very special. Then, for one reason or another, you allow the record to leave the cosy comfort of your collection and then spend the rest of your life regretting the fact that you'd allowed it to slip through your fingers.There's gotta be some GREAT stories here, so let's hear 'em!

Ian D

Even worse, one that you could have got for pratically nowt and let get away................

About 1999/2000-ish anyway very, very early Ebay days there was a Leon Haywood on

issue Fat Fish, starting price $4.99. 1 day to go no bids (he'd listed in rock & roll) and I

forgot to bid on it, went back and hod a look, didn't sell ( Tried contacting seller but got no reply.

Still hurts today......................

Chris L

[Guest]

'Doing a doddy in the matress'..............?

Is that Yorkshire vernacular for having a quick one off the wrist in bed........?

Ian D

It means hiding your money , as in when Ken Dodd used to secrete his money away from the tax man ........

It is also called " doing a Lester " ( Piggott ) .........

Where do you keep yours , Ian ? Offshore , or in a deposit box in Berne , Switzerland .........

Malc Burton

[SteveM]

It means hiding your money , as in when Ken Dodd used to secrete his money away from the tax man ........

It is also called " doing a Lester " ( Piggott ) .........

Where do you keep yours , Ian ? Offshore , or in a deposit box in Berne , Switzerland .........

Malc Burton

Talking of Lester Malc, did you know he was the first Derby winner to be ridden by a man weighing 19 stones ?