Simon T

That's has made me laugh! Any body else got any northern dealer's cliches to share? My favourite is "recommend". I always think this translates as "it's shite and that's why you've never heard of it, and why I can't get rid of it! Here's my effort at a sales pitch: Just got a mint copy of Eamon's northern rarity 'I Don't Want You Back' from the bargain bin in HMV; my first copy in over thirty years of dealing! Filling the floors up & down the country. £2 now, but what price in 20 year time?! Just think of all those jam sandwiches you'll be able to swap it for in your nursing home!!!

I just found this, which must have belonged to my elder sister. Anybody remeber going? (I was abit too young and buying Sex Pistol's records at the time)

I didn't realise it had been booted Here's what an original looks like, if thats any help.

It's on one of the CDs I sent you - cut yourself an EMI. Just to be pedantic, it's on Mable Anyone know of it's value nowadays?

I went around to Andy's on Monday night and he still has it. He sure there is only his and Butch's copies known at the moment. He has 'retired' from the Northern scene becasue he "can't be arsed". I asked if he was letting owt go and he said no becasue he intends to smash all his records to bits and then form the bits into a Roman style mosaic on his patio!!

Did it sound like this?

This is a scan of the only other known copy (?) which belong to Andy Rix (retired fron the Northern scene?!!) A couple of years ago he was offered £4K for it, so as JM would say "what price now"!

Arthur Willis & Soulful Dynamics - The Hurting Is Over - Mars La Tour ?? (Moderator note - Hippo - i decreased the size of the image so it loads in quicker. - Kolla)

It came out twice with different label designs. One is supposed to be rarer than the other, but I think that depends on which label design you have, or are trying to sell!

Pete Warner - I just want to spend my life with you - Polydor ??

JT you should have said when I was trying to get the Trace of Smoke of you! I bought it of Dave Raistrick for the "I wanna be loved by you" side about 15 - 20 years ago for £5 (?new release). At the time he had multiple copies of it. Is it different than the Full Sail R.I.?

Description: Gayle Adams - Baby I Need Your Loving - Epic 12 inch Currently filling floors around the country, a very in-demand 70's dancer.This copy is a UK 12 inch version White Label promo complete with it's promo sleeve. Check sound bite for far superior 12" version. A very difficult piece to find. Mint minus Ending price: £ 405 7'' now on the auction starting at £24!!!! www.raresoulman.co.uk/auction/auction_view.htm

When you're my age ? You cheeky young whipper-snapper, in ten years time you will be my age!

Sorry, I'm not that Hippo. I'm Hippo becasue I look like one, not because my name sounds like one! Sorry, I've never DJ'ed (2 things spinning at once and talk at the same time??!!) and so I won't be able to treat anyboy with it. What am going to do with it? I play the B side play the A side read the writer and producer credits pop it in a new white cardboerd sleeve put it on the shelf - 70's, etc to present day, alphabetically by label (of course) Forget about it Start looking for the next one on the 'wants' list How sad it that?!!!!!

Certainly not! You can't live in them, you can't eat them, and I doubt you can take them down to the shops and exchange them for a new TV! I suspect the increase in prices is down to fact that: the economy is good and disposable incomes are high. many people are ?returning? to the scene having jettisoned their kids, paid of the mortgage and are in better position to folk out for that record they always dreamt of owning. credit is very, very easy to get and you can put you purchase and eBay bid on the plastic ? no more asking your dad to write a cheque out for next month pocket-money to 'Soul Bowl'!!! a lot of people new to things do not realise that most records are not that rare and therefore not worth the prices currently being demanded. dealers are not collectors and thus want to get as much for a record as possible people publish price guides full of over inflated prices, not realising Americans can read! Many collectors like me have been collecting for 20+ years and have bought the fast majority of their collection and 'wants' at a fraction of the going prices. And I suspect that the only records going for big money in 10, 20 years time will be the truly rare ones that we all would like to own ? Lester Tipton, Magnetics, Andantes, J D Bryant etc, etc ....you get the picture? (My must have, before I die, wants list is about six records long) Twenty years ago I bought Ace Spectrum for 50p. In twenty years time I will be shitting myself about my lousy pension, and I very much doubt they'll be many people willing to give the equivalent of 50p for it then!!!

Mint minus 12/05/2004 18:08 (UK Time) £ 405

After three years of looking for it (the copy I was promised went to Sam ) will there be another "bongo" record in the collection?? Posted Friday, arrived Monday in a over sized thin air mail envelope with half dozen deep creases in it! (****** & broken too?!) Label quite clean except writing & signatures in biro Vinyl has quite a few paper scruffs, so I was expecting 3 minutes 10 seconds of frying eggs! There's four scratches that look they're from the need going across it & these lead to the odd faint click here and there. Apart from that, there's no real noise or hiss. Bongo bliss.................!!!!!

Perhaps a lot of people like me who where thinking of putting a bid in today, spent the whole day entertaing that ****ing "sasser" virus??!!

I think TOS is just 1980. Can anyone think of other good ones from the 80's? Particularly any from the mid eighties with that blood electronic drum machine and synths?!

Plus from 'Heart Trouble': "I'm turning grey from being blue, because you found somebody else"

Royal Robins - 'Something about you that sends me'.... is it possible to dance to this?

The Parliaments ? Don't be sore at me: My anger clouded my judgement & I saw a red flash Then my mouth wrote a cheque that my heart couldn't cash

The "bed" matrix is supposed to look like bed , but to me looks two Z's besides each other, but on their side, if that makes any sense! Them mark always seems to be faint, especially in the middle, and all you see is the 'bed ends'

Last one 'guest'. People will think I'm the guest; make yourself known or better still join up! No more sitting around hungering for you love I made a special request; I made it to the man above I said, Lord, send me a true bliss I don't intend to go on like this You see, I done, made up my mind I'm gonna make a change No more moping around at home while you play the field Getting out, yes, I want to see just what's the crowd around here Yes , a new pleaser and when we meet I'm gonna hug and squeeze her Cuz, I done, made up my mind I'm gonna make a change And it's about time that I've got strong enough to let you go Made up my mind that I've suffered long enough and now you know There're ain't gonna be no more moping around at home while you play the field I'm getting out, yes, I'm gonna find me a girl who's for real A new pretty somewhere in the city We're gonna get down to the nitty-gritty I'm looking for a new miss I gotta find a true biss I just can?t go on like this You see, I done, made up my mind I?m gonna make a change I done, made up my mind I done, made up my mind I done, made up my mind I'm gotta make a change I'm gotta make a change I got to find myself a new girl Yes I'm looking for a true girl I?m gotta make a change

For many years now, when I get a new record, I have always played the ?b? side first, just to make sure I don't miss out on anything. Two songs that I've been presently surprised by are: Doris Troy ? But I love him & Clifford Curry ? Ain?t no danger Cheap & good (IMO)!