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HI ... I have most of the proper Casino Badges Have some spare (4 I think) however I am missing the 3rd anniversary badge, if you have a spare will swap, I will add photo later DAVE K

HI ALL ... Trust me this method works well, ideal for removing the all-nighter snot off the rare dusty. DAVE K

HI ALL ... Although I have many Tamla Motown DEMOS Red & White, Green & White, & Black & Silver, It is the later that I want the value of & the rarest of them? Once upon a time it was the R&W Demos that people wanted (still do) & the G&W Demos although look good with some great tunes in there, they were cheap, it is only in the past 10 years that the price has risen from £5 - £10 each to whatever. So what is the latest prices for Black & Silver Demos, TMG 865 Jackson 5 = skywriter ps was the first in this format, here are a few to look at, DAVE K

Hi All ... I'm not sure if it's the same group, but for years I have been looking for this record on ACTION record label. DOES IT EXIST?? DAVE K

HI ALL ..... Well what can I say after listening to the Mike Raven clip, well it takes me back to my post Reggae era, when I for the second time got into soul music, this period for me was a time when I actually had long hair? & also listened to prog rock music. The clip is like Mike Raven had swallowed the latest copy of BLUES & SOUL magazine, it is clear that Mike was a close friend of John Abbey as they had similar taste in music, which included Country music that they both loved, Thanks to Pete Smith for saving this brief historical recording, As a footnote Mike narrated the TROJAN film of the 1970 Wembley Reggae Festival, that has been much booted since the day I had 1 of 3 copy's taken direct from the 32m film, there is a story behind this that I can't talk about? Dave K

HI ALL.... ORIGANAL THOMAS LABEL AT THIS TIME WAS A FLESH/PINK! HOWEVER THE TYPE SET WAS NEVER THE SAME AS THESE 2 ORIGANAL COPYS SHOW?? DAVE K

HI ALL .... WHAT A TOFF, BUT HE KNEW HIS STUFF, I was lucky enough to be able to listen to his show on pirate radio, and also to meet him in the 7ts, I have a couple of his LPs that are worth getting, in fact I recommend them, TRA SAM 5 - THE MIKE RAVEN SHOW, BLUES SAMPLER. TRANSATLANTIC. XTRA 1047 - THE MIKE RAVEN - BLUES SHOW. BOTH ARE UK ISSUED LPs. the 2nd LP is more rare than the 1st, however I have not seen both for sale for a long time. can give more info if need it?? DAVE K

HI The UK PYE is the one to get, both the 7" & 12" the same goes for Janice on UNDERWORLD, UK winners

Hi All.... I was just wondering what BUTCH would get for his solid centre GAMBLE, DAVE K

HI ALL....We have had this debate before, but here's my thoughts on the 45, all DEMOS are proper, Styrene snide, Plastic vinyl copy iffy, However as the Coaster spent most of the year in Jamaica the copy looks very much like it ws made at FEDERAL RECORDS, so it may well be a Feddy special DAVE K

HI ALL....For many people at the end of the 6ts the near mention of the word "reggae" Would be greeted with a blank kook, or that supioror look down the nose at you, as far as the majority of young people progressive blues or folk music was what to listen to with a 3 skin joint thus making more involved or meaningful, the 3 minute 45 also had died, they were into 25 minute track taking up 1 side of an album, In the spring of 67 there was a big split on the LONDON mod scene this include not only the bespoke clothing of the MOD but also the music, the All night dancing of the SOHO SCENE were deserted as the MOD no longer was into R&B SOUL & MOTOWN, the influx of black youth went on to fill the void, while the MOD went into "FLOWER POWER" (PSHYCHODELIC HEADISM, WITH LOVE PEACE & LSD) SOME OF MY MATES WENT TO WOBAN ABBEY, THEY COME BACK, TALKING STRANGE? THE WORD "MAN" & "FAR OUT" MOST OF THE GOT A GOOD KICK IN, Just before the change the new sound of Jamaican SKA & ROCK STEADY hit the discos, In 1968 the music was Reggae, and in London & the home counties reggae took of big time, this scene lasted until mid 71 when soul music was again the in music. During this period the soul boys in the north, made it clear that they did not want reggae moving into their scene, this is well documented in BLUES & SOUL which had a reggae section plus chart & new releases, the Pen to Paper article had many letters from members of the twisted wheel club, object to the reggae column, it was dropped from the mag. We all are aware that once the REGGAE lost favour & the rare soul scene was renamed NORTHERN SOUL, this went on without the inclusion of any Jamaican music, however in the last 15 years many people have grown to appreciate Jamaican recordings and it goes without saying the records that had a soul groove were ideal for the scene & rare to boot, 3 records that are very collectable are shown the GLEN MILLER is still sort after the other 2 you may not know, but they are just as good, and hard to find, no sound files for them so you will have to find some way to hear them good luck kids. DAVE K my copy's

HI ALL A nice white MGM UK DEMO of Roy H or a carver of LOU? what would I want, what is the best, what have I got, yep! there is no competition, the Lou Johnson would only appeal to a DJ who wanted to play something different, DAVE K

HI ALL .... I must admit that I was surprised that it had gone up in price & £50 was a tad to much, the record does not fall into the rare soul bracket, it has always been available on a list somewhere, the record is like most records on CHESS labels had huge stock piles, with only a few that are truly rare, I think that was the feeling of the 1st entry of the thread, Don't You? DAVE K

Hi D So was I! I don't think I would have been able to get the ladder through that slit in the pillar box, (that's the 1st time for many years I have call the post box a pillar box?) Cheers DAVE K

Hi All.... 1st things 1st, LOFT LADDERS AWAIT FOR THAT BOX<<< PM ME, I could spend loads of time on this thread, however? When I got back on the scene 1983 after 5 years away, as I have mentioned the Scene was playing many quality soul sounds, also the UK collecting scene had gone deeper, in fact the top dealers & collectors had mopped up and the shift towards the 7ts releases with that perfect engineered production, up tempo DISCO is what I called it, meanwhile I was playing catch up, What was handy was the excellent mag the Beating Rhythm?© Pete-Smithpublishing . so I was aware of "what's hot & what's not" on the UK Scene. scans of labels & a AtoZ Discography helped, all I had to do was fill in the gaps, but alas I only found about half dozon un discovered records, the best of which is below & as I thought at the time had the right sound, however it was given the thumbs down by Mick, so it has sat on my shelf since then, I still rate it & if you see a copy buy it as it is Rare & Good but should be cheap as it will only appeal to the collector, on the same label the now very rarest & best. sorry got no sound file of these 2, if anyone could post them up for me? DAVE K

Hi Am I sure? well the record has more in common with a UK 45 than a copy from Norway, it looks like a PHILIPS pressing to me, many 45s were pressed by Philips, for advertising, also there are a few different copies of various coke songs (check out YouTube) the Pet Clark is my fave, however the SUPREEMS is what sells this record, when I put this disc in my random selection of rare UK 45s, posting along with the Lloyd Michaels DEMO, was to make a point on what rare means, against I got a load of cash so I can buy the rarest of the rare, the "FLASHER" is a top record 1st played at the MECCA, sold sheds load, but I think the DEMO is rare, but the value is about £10 to most people, only time will tell, DAVE K

Hi All This is a true story Pete, sounds far fetched, Mick found this kid with a pile of rubbish 45s, but this was with them, and as he was dumb, not a word of where he got it from! found in West London Dumb, the home of the WHO, death DUMB & blind kid? I think it was in 75, possibly earlier, I remember when Mick Discovered Loraine Silver "lost Summer Love" in early 73 in the Watford area, but that's another story don't mention Elton DAVE K

Hi All here are a few scans that may not be top money, but they are hard to find these days???

Hi All my walking stick has flashing lights, looks good on the dance floor twirled, DAVE K

HI MATE Missed Mick the other weekend, when he was in Wolves, I will find out for you Nicks intention, I hope he has not had to much hustle from fools, my advice was sit on it as fools rush in, & that's all I can say, apart from Nick is not a fool, he is a lucky man, DAVE K

HI ALL...... I Have been collecting US SOUL that got a UK issue for many years, in 1971 I focused on popular new releases from the BLUES & SOUL CHARTS, also on what B&S described as "it will appeal to those north of Watford" the Jay By Releases were hard to get from my local record shop, they had to order them in each time, 6 weeks or more to get each copy, in it's own way, living in soul isolation of Letchworth, the Jay Boy records were for me rare. into 72 my collecting attitude had been totally transformed, thanks to meeting Mick Smith, venues like Up the Junction, the Torch & Bletsoe, gave me a proper insight into rare soul collecting, most of my collection come from second hand junk shops in Herts & Luton + Moors Carlows Redifuson & Selectordisc plus Contempo & Cheap Cheapo, THEM ARE ME ROOTS. After my over indulgence in the All-Nighters the big goodbye to Northern Soul & North Herts. 5 years later married with 2 kids living in Wolves I re-entered the scene, and quickly started collecting and selling rare soul, UK finds were more easy to find, but my observations on the UK issued record collecting scene was compared to the never ending finds of the 6ts & 7ts had dried up, and looking back today not much was discovered in them years, the 8ts big ones like Tony Middleton Sue Lynn Ray Merrel Mark Lloyd Soul Joe Clements Cajun Hart were stand alone in the S**t of the new Crossover SCENES?? most top UK collectables are priced very low in comparison to run of the mill US finds. The top UK SOUL Sounds for me are still mainly the same records that were discovered as rare soul in the 6ts &7ts top records from EMI Labels PYE & DECCA FONTANA PHILIPS are all rare & collectable, The Billy Harner inst is the rarest as PETE states, but the classics from POLYDOR CAMEO PARKWAY STATESIDE are still very rare, As are the releases from Jamaica Glen Miller is still the top rarity for the right reasons, Rare 45s from the MOD & beat scene also, however I have picked the John Andres & the Lonely ones as one of the real hard finds in 2014, I'm still a bewilder that Pete Smith sells it below it's proper price still we live and learn, also Mick got a good price for TOM CAT, & TIMI YURO is another top record. DAVE K

Hi ALL Looking back at soul packs that I got in the 7ts from Contempo in Hannaway Street, they were excellent at the time when records were very expensive to buy, most of us seem to forget this fact, in my first pack I got "fire" Ko Ko Taylor, "just like a yo yo" Ruby Winters at the time still being played at the WHEEL. Soul Bowl packs, not sure if available ring John Anderson he will give you a straight answer, DAVE K

WHAT no wall, gone you say? on a serious moment, I loved the Casino, would thumb up from LUTON on a Saturday morning would take about 10 hours, the Casino is the #1 ALL-NIGHTER for me from Oct 73 - May 78, RIGHT ON,

Hi All Because every body is aware of the current prices of rare records today? (WHAT!) you will not find the big newbie these days, but if you buy from a reputable dealer as Pete said or SOUL BOWL you will get some quality items, that I'm sure you will value far more than the price paid, Plus they are great fun, GOOD LUCK DAVE (the WHAT MAN) K