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Cheers for that Adam.. Not my cuppa tea, I'm afraid Dan Fingers

Much appreciated..

Any soundbite's available please Daniel.. ?? Fingers

I think you should've included a WARNING notice with these sales, Des, informing potential purchasers of the Loop 45 about the serious risk of immediate arrest & incarcaration.. for commiting HIGHWAY ROBBERY !! I've sold two copies of this, for low 3-figure sums, since Y2K.. Someone's in for 'Bargain Of The Century' !! Fingers

PM to order Payment via Cash (your risk), Cheque, Money Order, Bank Transfer - 'NO PAYPAL' !! P&P : (UK) Orders over £100 - FREE otherwise: Recorded Delivery £1.75 / Special Delivery £5 (Rest Of The World) Quoted individually. Thanx Fingers Sue Johnny Darrow Hand In Hand/Why Do You.. Ex White DJ £30.00 Sue Beverly McKay He'll Never Change M- White DJ £30.00 Sure-Shot Buster Jones Baby Boy Ex Promo £20.00 SOLD T.Motown D.Ross / Supremes / Temps Uptight Ex UK £20.00 T.Motown Stevie Wonder If You Really Love Me Ex G&W DJ~UK £20.00 Tamla Mickey McCullers Same Old Story Vg++ White DJ £50.00 Viking Dinah Lee Too Many People Ex wol New Zealand £30.00 Virtue Cindy Gibson Step By Step G ~ plays + Acetate £150.00 Virtue Ronnie Walker Now There Is You G ~ plays Vg Acetate £75.00 Watch Crescents That's All She Left Me Vg++ wol ~ stn ~ London dist £40.00 WIG Gino Washington Now You're Lonely Vg++ £30.00 (None) Satan Dolls Touch Me/Sorry 'Bout That Vg ~ plays ++ Acetate £300.00

Graham Woollams from Stafford.. Although I have a mailing address for him - I need to contact him reasonably quickly and wondered if someone out there might assist my efforts.. I was talking to him at Bishops Wood last night but neglected to obtain the details myself. My thanks in advance & anticipation. Fingers

PM to order Payment via Cash (your risk), Cheque, Money Order, Bank Transfer - 'NO PAYPAL' !! P&P : (UK) Orders over £100 - FREE otherwise: Recorded Delivery £1.75 / Special Delivery £5 (Rest Of The World) Quoted individually. Thanx Fingers Rowena The Victorians I Want To Belong To You Vg++ £150.00 Scepter Ronnie Milsap 1000 Miles From Nowhere/When It Comes To My Baby Ex White DJ ~ wol £20.00 Scepter The Shirelles Wait Till I Give The Signal Vg++ wol ~ Promo £40.00 Scepter The Shirelles Look Away Ex Promo £15.00 Scepter Maurice Williams Nobody Knows Ex Promo £30.00 Sea-Horn Maurice Williams Return Vg++ drill hole £75.00 Siana Jimmy Stokes Keep On Goin' Ex £80.00 SOLD Sound Chuck Corby & Chances Happy Go Lucky Vg++ 1st issue £30.00 Speciality Eddie Floyd Bye Bye Baby Ex UK £25.00 Stateside Linda Carr Trying To Be Good../Everytime Ex stkr tear £40.00 Stateside The Esquires And Get Away Ex G&W DJ~UK £40.00 Stateside The Fashions I.O.U. A Lifetime../When Love Slips Away Vg++ G&W DJ~UK £30.00 Stateside Inez & Charlie Fox No Stranger To Love Ex G&W DJ~UK £50.00 Stateside Jimmy Jones 39-21-46 Shape Ex G&W DJ~UK £25.00 Stateside James & Bobby Purify Do Unto Me Ex G&W DJ~UK £25.00 Stateside Lynn Roman The Penthouse Ex G&W DJ~UK £25.00 Stateside Johnny Thunder & Ruby Winters Make Love To Me M- G&W DJ~UK £20.00 Stateside Jimmy Witherspoon You're Next Ex R&W DJ~UK £25.00

And yet another excellent production from Mr Quezergue (Wardell).. Just now wondering if Wendy, from Donny, still has her copy I'll try & find out and, if it is, put you both in touch to sort a deal. Fingers

PM to order Payment via Cash (your risk), Cheque, Money Order, Bank Transfer - 'NO PAYPAL' !! P&P : (UK) Orders over £100 - FREE otherwise: Recorded Delivery £1.75 / Special Delivery £5 (Rest Of The World) Quoted individually. Thanx Fingers Miss Hemisphere Lydia O'Connor Nobody Wants You Vg++ wol £200.00 Motown Connie Van Dyke It Hurt Me Too Ex wol £40.00 Motown Connie Van Dyke It Hurt Me Too Ex xol ~ White DJ £50.00 Old Town Bobby & Betty Lou Soul Stirrer Ex White DJ £30.00 Philips SteveTyrell A Boy Without A Girl M- White DJ £20.00 SOLD Plug Dennis Jones Is There A Reason Vg++ £20.00 Poncello Leevert Allison I Want To Give.. Ex £20.00 Quick Nat Phillips Swingin' Party Vg++ £50.00 Reprise Fitzgerald, Ella Get Ready Ex £20.00 Revue Marvin L Sims Talkin' 'Bout Soul Ex wol £15.00 Ric Tic San Remo Golden Strings Festival Time Ex White DJ £35.00 Ric Tic San Remo Golden Strings Hungry For Love/All Turned On Vg++ White DJ £20.00 Rivoli Carl Spencer Big City Girl Ex £50.00 Roulette Shawn Elliott The Joker Ex White DJ £20.00 Roulette The Impossibles It's All Right Vg++ White DJ £40.00

I'd be inclined to agree with ya Ezzie.. Me scanner's fooked at the mo, though, so can't post any scans !! Belated 'Many Happy Returns' too buddy.. Fingers

Oops !! Sorry, Sandi.. That should've been in WANTS !! See's ya both Saturday.. Fingers

PM to order Payment via Cash (your risk), Cheque, Money Order, Bank Transfer - 'NO PAYPAL' !! P&P : (UK) Orders over £100 - FREE otherwise: Recorded Delivery £1.75 / Special Delivery £5 (Rest Of The World) Quoted individually. Thanx Fingers Duo Virgo Larry Laster That's Just What You Did Vg++ bad lbl wear £125.00 Early Bird Harold Andrews You're A Winner Ex £65.00 Harmon Roger Wade Little Girl Ex wol £50.00 Jet Set Eldridge Holmes Gone Gone Gone/Worried Over You Ex £20.00 SOLD Jo-Mar Towanda Barnes Love Slipped../I've Gotta Get Away M- £15.00 SOLD Kapp The Hesitations I'm Not Built.. Soul Superman Ex Pic Slv ~ Holland £400.00 Kapp Patti & Emblems All My Tomorrows.. Ex Pic Slv ~ Holland £50.00 Kayden Leverett Sisters A Place For Me/Stop.. Ex White DJ £60.00 Ko Ko Little Dooley Pity For The Lonely Ex £50.00 London Jimmy Hughes My Loving Time/I'm Qualified Ex UK £50.00 London American Donald Height 365 Days Ex UK £40.00 Lu Tall Robert Taylor Hot Lady M- £20.00 Mala Tobi Legend No Good To Cry Vg++ Promo £20.00 Merging Billie Warfield Crying All The Time Ex £50.00

PM to order Payment via Cash (your risk), Cheque, Money Order, Bank Transfer - 'NO PAYPAL' !! P&P : (UK) Orders over £100 - FREE otherwise: Recorded Delivery £1.75 / Special Delivery £5 (Rest Of The World) Quoted individually. Thanx Fingers Amos Nesbit, Sam Black Mother Goose/Chase Those Clouds.. Vg++ Promo £350.00 Amy Rays, The Love Another Girl Ex Promo £200.00 Arock Gary & Gary I'm Leaving M- White DJ £20.00 Atlantic Gallant, Ronnie Shadows Ex £40.00 Atlantic Jackson, Deon You Said You Loved Me M- wol ~ B&W DJ £20.00 Atlantic Stridel, Gene Tomorrow Is Another Day Vg++ B&W DJ £20.00 Audio Arts George, Cassietta The Tremblor Vg++ DJ £20.00 Constellation Chandler, Gene From Day To Day Ex xol~White DJ £20.00 Constellation Clark, Dee She's My Baby M- White DJ £20.00 Crackerjack Morris, Elmore Before I Turned../Seemed Like.. Vg++ White DJ £20.00 Decca Shifrin, Susan 25 Miles Ex Blue/White DJ~UK £50.00

Totally respect your perspective on things.. And we do live in a supposed world of free speech - which, after reading your post, I thought I'd get my twopenny worth in, relative to the elements of your post I've highlighted in red & in order to set the records straight.. What total BO**OCKS !! The ones that 'just don't get it' are those that still think they're in their late teens an early twenty's.. Stuck in a groove that, although extremely important to the Soul Music scene's history, is - just that - HISTORY !! I can only hazard a guess at this, but I'm presuming you only attend those types of promotions that cater for the more nostalgic amongst us and one's that have a policy of 'oldies'. Nothing wrong in that whatsoever !! To each their own, as they say, but I feel it necessary to point out that not all 'up-front' or 'progressive' promotions are the type where you'd go if you wanted to slow dance all night. There are several successful promotions out there - but I'll use just one as my example in relation to the tempo, style, and quality of tunes that you feel only those 'tried and tested - for nearly FOUR decades, now - can offer.. Move On S.C. in Coventry. Attendees to this promotion are fully aware, and even now expect, that a decent percentage of stuff played is gonna be new to the ears. But each and every one of 'em have the class & quality elements of those 'classic' oldies you favour so much. And if dancing to excellent soul tunes is your bag, then you'd better book your space on the dance floor in advance !! As 'Uptempo & 'Kicking' as 'Uptempo and Kicking' could possibly be !! Don't get me wrong.. Some of those timeless classic oldies get spun too - but are normally of the rarer variety, and mixed in with DJ sets to compliment the other tunes. These other tunes I just mentioned are ALSO oldies.. TOMORROWS oldies !! And there are several other regular monthly promotions around the country that will offer you the exact same. I don't knock your personal tastes or preferences in any way - same as I wouldn't expect you to knock mine, or anyone else's, and this posting is more an educational one - to correct infactual statements included in your post. SEEK and thou shalt FIND.. Fingers

Watch him, Adam.. They don't call 'Backdoor The Dealers' Kenny for nowt !! He'll be after knocking you down by at LEAST 98.5% Ken, Lad - got some more of them 'Job Lot' remnants to start knocking out very soon.. Best you hold back some of them pennies to throw in my direction.. 5 years (min.) of kicking around - but still at 2005 prices. More interested in reclaiming the space they take up, you know me.. 'Fingers' 10p & 30p specials' !! Fingers PS Sorry, Adam - didn't mean to hijack your sales (much.. )

My posting was, in fact, just my tongue in cheek attempt at humour.. As I was typing mine, Dean posted his second - saying it wasn't actually something he owned - so I missed that. In reality I would have to agree completely with your sentiments, Roger.. GOTTA be much harder than a U.S. stock/promo copy. The comment about personal preference also rings true.. Tim Brown, for example, would tell you until he's blue in the face, that Canadian releases are worth less than their U.S. counterpart. I put it into immediate perspective (I feel..) when I ask, for example, how many beautiful dark purple/red copies of Kurt Harris have you seen in comparison to the Diamond dozen copies ?? (Dime A Dozen' - gettit ??). Countless other examples too, could bear testimony to the scarcity of a lot (most ??) Canadian 45's.. Fingers

Sorry to burst your bubble, Dean.. But this is actually the most common format of this readily available oldie. They did a run of about 10,000,000,000 copies so it's worth only pennies buddy.. To make you feel a bit better, though, I'll give you a tenner for it Fingers

A good investment Dean.. Sooo many good tracks to be found on it !! Have a good 'un Saturday, buddy - and sorry I can't be there this time around.. Fingers

Can't believe this didn't sell it at £75.. At £65 it's even more of a BARGAIN !! An absolute stunning LP - I'll be giving the track 'What'll It Take To Make You Happy' an outing at Banbury on Saturday - if you want to get an idea as to just how good this album is. Fingers

Adam - one of co-promoters at this 'So Up Front & In Yer Face' Soul Music promotion, and ONLY one of it's kind in the area - has put together a little video for this Friday's night of 'Soul As Good As You Could Wish For.. And Then Some' !! in Coventry.. Superb DJ line-up's are GUARANTEED at Move On promotions - as is the MUSIC !! Check it out. Go On.. I DARE ya.. Fingers

Ping.. ?!!? Statue Baby ?? It HAS to be - can't be TWO Pings and BOTH with the D.H. disc !?! Is it really you, Ping ?? - of Nicky/Sophie fame ?? Located in the absolute middle of nowhere, between H'don & Thrapston ?? Nah - It ain't.. Is it ?? The copy you sold, buddy.. Is that the same one I sold you years back & you never paid me for ?? I jest - of course, mate.. PM me please Ping - touch base, let's catch up and arrange a plan of attack to go out & have ourselves some Soul adventures.. Indulge in some 'play time'. DON'T just ignore me.. Like you normally do !! atb Fingers, (Sue & Charlie)

Reading of Johnny's passing reminded me of one of my life's most embarrassing moments.. It was the day of my permanent return to the UK, after living in the U.S. with my parents and a brother. My flight from where I was living, Albuquerque in the mid-west, was delayed and as a consequence my late arrival at Chicago's O'Hara airport resulted in missing my connecting flight to London. Having been transferred onto the next available flight I was ushered into a lounge reserved for passengers travelling First Class - which I was fortunate enough to be doing - to enjoy the passing time until ready to board. The wait was only around three hours and, after sitting minding my own business for a while (being the shy, young late-teen I was), a middle aged couple sat down on the sofa by the table where I was located. I've always felt - even now - that, with my being reasonably young and obviously alone (and perhaps seeming a bit vulnerable ??) the lady adopted a sort of 'motherly' type role in indulging me in some small-talk, where it was established we were on the same London bound flight, with long conversation ensuing, about all manner of things, including the reasons for making the flight the three of us were waiting for . Having explained my original emigration to the U.S. was a decision I had no choice in - due to my age at the time, being too young to stay in the UK alone - and that, now being able to support myself financially & make decisions for myself, I was returning 'home' to live. Showing politeness I enquired as to the reason for their trip - the gentleman, although very pleasant, was quite reserved with any conversation during our entire 'liaison'& seemed happy for his 'wife' (I presumed..) to chatter away on behalf of both of them - the answer from the lady being 'We are returning back home.. after just finishing our annual tour in Las Vegas'. I didn't really delve to much into the why's & wherefore's as to the type of 'performers' they were, or any other complexities of what their annual tour involved - and they didn't hanker on the subject or make any 'boasting' type statements to do with their 'profession' (like what 'massive crowd pullers' they were, for example..) so I more or less instantly thought them more likely 'showcasing' in some seedy back-street type joints, where they were maybe a warm-up act to the strippers - and had an average audience that consisted of maybe ten to twelve middle-aged, balding, paunched bellied, alcoholic, perverts !! The fact that they were travelling First Class being a completely irrelevant fact and not one that entered my mind. I arrived back in the UK during a Saturday and, after arriving at my temporary digs - a soulie friend, that lived at home - I sat down in the front room. It was then that the front cover of the latest issue of the T.V. Times - which gave the programme listings for the coming week, starting from the Sunday, along with relevant short editorials re highlighted programmes plus a 'main' 2 or 3 page related article - caught my eye.. The front cover was a photograph of the couple I'd been chatting with in Chicago, and THEY were the focus of this weeks 'main' article. The accompanying front page headline alongside the photo' proclaiming announcement of their eagerly awaited return to England after yet another hugely successful stint in Vegas !! It was only Cleo & Johnny weren't it !! I remember how totally stupid I felt once the 'penny had dropped'.. And just sooo thankful Cleo & Johnny were not able to witness the look on my face and so, hopefully, would never be aware of how I'd 'dismissed' them as a pair of 'wannabees' !! Oh, the JOYS of being young & innocent, eh ?? Fingers

Check Boba's first post - before his correction, re : 'Michael The Lover'.. You then post with The other side 'I'm A Good Guy' is great too.. (which is correct, if memory serves right ??). With me instantly believing you had indulged in a little polite sarcastic humour !! Obviously it appears the sarcasm slant must, instead, be a reflection of myself - an unconscious exposure of my own sarcastic streak where humour is concerned, perhaps ?? Was it a Psychology PhD thingy you earned last year, by any chance Joan - do I get a discounted rate ?? Fingers

If someone wanted to buy my issue copy - I'd GLADLY pay the postage. In fact.. I would HAND DELIVER IT !! So... Shall I put your name next to it then, Pete ?? Fingers

Do I read that correctly, Joan - as another fine example of your wickedly wonderful & sometimes mischievous sense of humour ?? I sincerely HOPE I'm right.. 'Cos I was rollin' about the floor in stitches !! Or am I the same stupid bod I always am and posts have simply overlapped ?? Fingers