Im Gone

[Guest Baz]

see there is a eddie parker up for aution on ovenchips site do we know the source of the record i.e has it turned up or auctioning it for some one my mate wayne sharman sold his collection to shifty just after christmas and i know this was in there along with most of the other big big ticket items cario's ect im not sure if im correct but i think mick h had the eddie parker (dont quote me on that) just wondered if this was said copy

[Marc Forrest]

wayne sharman sold his collection to shifty just after christmas

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So that is one of the sources those good 45s cam eform shortly after xmas. Wayne must have had an awesome collection indeed

[Guest Baz]

So that is one of the sources those good 45s cam eform shortly after xmas. Wayne must have had an awesome collection indeed 

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oh awsome was not the word got to shoot now i'll carry on with you about this tomorrow

[Guest Rich Walker]

How much do you think this will go for? Around £4000 ???

Thanks,

Rich.

Edited May 15, 2005 by Rich Walker

[Guest Baz]

How much do you think this will go for? Around £4000 ??? 

Thanks,

Rich.

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£4000+ i recscon on oven chips site

[Quinvy]

£4000+ i recscon on oven chips site

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Just how rare is this record, anyone know? I'm thinking of remortgageing my house. I'd like the bobby rich an ole.

[Simon T]

I would have said £10,000 at least, maybe £30,00 plus a frank wilson

[Guest Baz]

Just how rare is this record, anyone know? I'm thinking of remortgageing my house. I'd like the bobby rich an ole.

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lets have a count up well i know the one sold to shifty early on in the year

whitch maybe was sold to mick ???? who maybe past it on to ovenchip?????

tim b has a copy and thats all i know

oh one on ebay last year just befor christmas that for nearly £4000 if i recall

[Guest Jamie]

lets have a count up well i know the one sold to shifty early on in the year

whitch maybe was sold to mick ???? who maybe past it on to ovenchip?????

tim b has a copy and thats all i know

oh one on ebay last year just befor christmas that for nearly £4000 if i recall

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Mark Bicknell's got one.

And Awake502 on this site may also have one, but I'm just guessin'

Jamie

[Guest Baz]

thats a posible 4/5 any more for the culldron

[Ged Parker]

George Hunt has one an absolute mint one he traveled down to Prestatyn from Carlisle for a couple of hours so he could get Eddie to sign the cover.

[Simon T]

thats a posible 4/5 any more for the culldron

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Carl Fortnum has had one for ages.

[Guest Baz]

Carl Fortnum has had one for ages.

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didn't think about carl didnt supprise me when you said though

[Guest]

lets have a count up well i know the one sold to shifty early on in the year

whitch maybe was sold to mick ???? who maybe past it on to ovenchip?????

tim b has a copy and thats all i know

oh one on ebay last year just befor christmas that for nearly £4000 if i recall

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Kenny B has it

[Guest Jamie]

Kenny B has it 

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So that's 7/8.

Any more??

[Guest Richard Bergman]

see there is a eddie parker up for aution on ovenchips site do we know the source of the record i.e has it turned up or auctioning it for some one my mate wayne sharman sold his collection to shifty just after christmas and i know this was in there along with most of the other big big ticket items cario's ect im not sure if im correct but i think mick h had the eddie parker (dont quote me on that) just wondered if this was said copy

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Never thought much of the record myself , obviously a 'cult ' record and one that could be used to describe to a stranger northern soul but ...............

Edited May 16, 2005 by Richard Bergman

[Guest Baz]

Kenny B has it 

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umm again that might be the one my friend sold i know kenny was havnig a few of his records through shifty (Again i dont know what happened to them once they left wayne but i know kenny and mick had a few. this is just an edjecated guess)

[Reg]

Eddie Parker was held up at gunpoint to give up his one remaining personal copy...the robber was last seen mopping his brow with a beer towel driving up the north Wales coast yelling "I'm gone"....

It's real...I've seen it

[Pete S]

It's pointless trying to count the number of copies of a record because there are so many people who are unknown to 'the scene' who collect from home. I know someone who bought I'm Gone for £2 at The Torch on the back of Love You Baby!

[MarkWhiteley]

One sold on ebay around 2yrs ago for $7500 (£4000), so I'd think nearer £6/7000 for Mr Manship, maybe more.

Remember reading somewhere taht there were 12 copies last count, can't remember where I read it though somewhere on here probably...

Mark

[Reg]

It's pointless trying to count the number of copies of a record because there are so many people who are unknown to 'the scene' who collect from home.  I know someone who bought I'm Gone for £2 at The Torch on the back of Love You Baby!

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Exactly, somebody's got it who isn't a well known dj and he/she wants to sell it. No mystery

[Guest Baz]

It's pointless trying to count the number of copies of a record because there are so many people who are unknown to 'the scene' who collect from home.  I know someone who bought I'm Gone for £2 at The Torch on the back of Love You Baby!

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good point pete

[Guest]

In addition to the ones mentioned

Tim Brown has it

Butch has it

I think Ginger also has it.

I think Mark Hanson has or had it.

I know more but will have to think a bit.

The last one on ebay made almost £4000 like you say. There was another copy before that though that ended at around £2800. I spoke to Mick at Prestatyn about his copy since I knew he did not have it before and he said he "got it from an old mate and the price was £2700". Mick is (or at least was) on the forum so he might be able to confirm.

I think there must be at least a dozen copies in the UK, probably more.

I am more interested in knowing who is selling his Bobby Rich? The ones I know have (or at least had at some point) copies are.

Butch

Arthur Fenn

Ginger

Mick H. (Bob Hinsley's old copy I was told)

And I also think Tim Brown has it.

Mick Smith?

Any others?

Edited May 16, 2005 by Guest

[MarkWhiteley]

Mick Smith has definately got Bobby Rich. I think John Parker's got one too

[Guest Richard Bergman]

see there is a eddie parker up for aution on ovenchips site do we know the source of the record i.e has it turned up or auctioning it for some one my mate wayne sharman sold his collection to shifty just after christmas and i know this was in there along with most of the other big big ticket items cario's ect im not sure if im correct but i think mick h had the eddie parker (dont quote me on that) just wondered if this was said copy

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Maybe a foreign collector/ dealer - who knows

[Soulie78]

I am more interested in knowing who is selling his Bobby Rich? The ones I know have (or at least had at some point) copies are.

Butch

Arthur Fenn

Ginger

Mick H. (Bob Hinsley's old copy I was told)

And I also think Tim Brown has it.

Mick Smith?

Any others?

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[Guest Rich Walker]

Never thought much of the record myself , obviously a 'cult ' record and one that could be used to describe to a stranger northern soul but ...............

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but ............... NOTHING!!!! This is what Soul music is all about!

[Marc Forrest]

but ............... NOTHING!!!! This is what Soul music is all about! 

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Right. And a nice 45 to have indeed. But considering its value, rarity and price I think Billy Sha Raes great version on Spectrum should profit from it in a more and wider acceptance as it is not one single step less a truly great Soul 45

[Guest Jamie]

Right. And a nice 45 to have indeed. But considering its value, rarity and price I think Billy Sha Raes great version on Spectrum should profit from it in a more and wider acceptance as it is not one single step less a truly great Soul 45

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Good call Marc, and the flip is exceptional IMVHO too, 'Do It' - what a fantastic, explosive piece of music that is

Same/similar backing as September Jones on Kapp, can anyone confirm which came first??

Jamie

[Guest]

Right. And a nice 45 to have indeed. But considering its value, rarity and price I think Billy Sha Raes great version on Spectrum should profit from it in a more and wider acceptance as it is not one single step less a truly great Soul 45

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Well said

I love Eddies version and always ask for it to be played if I know a DJ has it, but I am quite happy with my Billy Sha Rae one, infact I played it saturday

[Guest]

Good call Marc, and the flip is exceptional IMVHO too, 'Do It' - what a fantastic, explosive piece of music that is

Same/similar backing as September Jones on Kapp, can anyone confirm which came first??

Jamie 

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Do it is the flip to crying Clown Jamie

[Guest Jamie]

Do it is the flip to crying Clown Jamie

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Bloody Anoraks

I knew that 'cause I had that discussion through the day with someone. I just read your playlist and it threw me, as you followed it with I'm Gone

Should pay more attention

[Guest]

Bloody Anoraks 

  I knew that 'cause I had that discussion through the day with someone. I just read your playlist and it threw me, as you followed it with I'm Gone 

Should pay more attention 

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Sorry Jamie, but you know what us top DJ's are like

[Guest Jamie]

Sorry Jamie, but you know what us top DJ's are like     

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Oh indeed! Knowledge is the bomb

[Ted Massey]

Sorry Jamie, but you know what us top DJ's are like     

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I aint bragging but i got one and poossibly the cheapest £90 from Glen Griffin in 1989 what about the taxi driver from london

[Marc Forrest]

Do it is the flip to crying Clown Jamie

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Which of course is another great Soul tune. Also by eddie Parker of course on Triple B records

[Marc Forrest]

Good call Marc, and the flip is exceptional IMVHO too, 'Do It' - what a fantastic, explosive piece of music that is

Same/similar backing as September Jones on Kapp, can anyone confirm which came first??

Jamie 

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Sure you also like the follow up on that one then "Do It Again" ? If only memory would give me the title of the other side now

[Guest Jamie]

Sure you also like the follow up on that one then "Do It Again" ? If only memory would give me the title of the other side now 

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Hmm. From memory I think it's 'Want Some Satisfaction' Quite a funky number, though I may be getting mixed up with something else - I usually do!

Jamie

[Steve G]

It's on the move now - over 2g already....

[Dennisoul]

I am more interested in knowing who is selling his Bobby Rich? The ones I know have (or at least had at some point) copies are.

Butch

Arthur Fenn

Ginger

Mick H. (Bob Hinsley's old copy I was told)

And I also think Tim Brown has it.

Mick Smith?

Any others?

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[Guest Brian Ellis]

Sam also has a copy of Bobby Rich.

Brian

Edited May 17, 2005 by Brian Ellis

[Guest]

So at least 9 copies of Bobby Rich in the UK then it seems? Or have some of the ones listed sold to some of the other guys listed? I personally think Billy Sha Rae's version of "I'm Gone" sucks big time and is not worth buying at £15 IMO. His version of "Crying Clown" is also totally inferior to Eddie Parker's, Billy is simply not that good a singer when compared to the mighty Eddie Parker. How many copies of Eddie Parker in the UK? 20+ ?

[Garethx]

Agree heartily on the merits (or otherwise) of Billy Sha Rae's "I'm Gone". A very poor substitute for the real thing. Is "I'm Gone" as rare as everyone is making out? I don't think so, as I'm sure Soul Bowl had an (admittedly small) quantity of these in the seventies. There have to be more than a dozen copies.

[Guest Dan]

i knew at least two people who had it in the 80s. can't say if they still do as have lost touch but they were not the selling type.

had a listen on soulclub to refresh memory and what an amazing vocal performance. almost epitomises aggressively ballsy up-tempo northern soul.

[Marc Forrest]

Hmm. From memory I think it's 'Want Some Satisfaction' Quite a funky number, though I may be getting mixed up with something else - I usually do!

Jamie 

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"I`m Gone" it is...

[Guest Jamie]

"I`m Gone" it is...

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Hi Marc, I was on about the Triple B track

Crying Clown b/w Do It - Spectrum 114

I'm Gone b/w Let's Do It Again - Spectrum 120

Let's Do It Again b/w I Want Some Satisfaction - Triple B 4

And IMVHO, 'Do It' blows the lot away.

[back on topic]

Edited May 17, 2005 by Jamie

[Guest]

I've got a mate who recons he's got an Eddie Parker - I'm Gone. He's an old record collector from years gone by. I offered him £500 for it, as he doesn't follow the music anymore, but he also doesn't need the money, as he's minted anyway. I'm still waiting for him to make up his mind?

[Marc Forrest]

Let's Do It Again b/w I Want Some Satisfaction - Triple B 4

And IMVHO, 'Do It' blows the lot away.

[back on topic]

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So I need that then

[Guest ZTSC]

Mark Bicknell's got one.

And Awake502 on this site may also have one, but I'm just guessin' 

Jamie

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Heard that Mark recently sold his copy for £5K

Kev J

[Guest ZTSC]

I’ve got a mate who recons he’s got an Eddie Parker – I’m Gone. He’s an old record collector from years gone by. I offered him £500 for it, as he doesn’t follow the music anymore, but he also doesn’t need the money, as he’s minted anyway. I’m still waiting for him to make up his mind?

   

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Sorry - what was the address again?