Jason S

Surely it's subjective and depends on the individual. If you have huge amounts of disposable income then spending heavily on a 'hobby' maybe means something different to if you spend heavily on a 'hobby' in order to convert it into some kind of 'career' (DJing) or if you're buying those expensive objects in order to attain/buy some kind of respect from your peers. The former often needs nothing more than personal satisfaction from acquiring possessions as it's raison d'etre, whereas the latter needs a captive audience of one or more in order to justify the expenditure - there are record buyers out there that would admit to 'not being collectors but DJs', not having a collection but a set of records that are earmarked for DJing, the records being tools for the job first, foremost and probably solely - fair enough. That may rankle against the romantic notion that 'artforms' such as records (produced primarily as commodities to generate an income for those involved in thier production, don't forget) shouldn't be 'reduced' to mere objects to be easily bought and sold once their 'use' has expired. But essentially that's what they are....mass produced objects originally created as an advertisement of the makers abilities. And the more they sold, the better. Of course there are those who are able to both collect and 'use' their collection to DJ with - I guess that's maybe where the true desire shows through: an urge to share the music (though there has to be the inevitable aspect of one-upmanship too, that's just the spirit of being competitive) coupled with a desire to 'have it all' to satisfy a personal crusade. Why does anyone collect anything? Sense of personal achievement? Generate respect amongst peers? An obsession to have everything? Maybe some people live through their posessions and need to have them as evidence of their existence? Take away the posessions what's left? I'm not sure about your statement "I have no one these days to display my wares to anymore" seeing as this forum alone provides a perfect platform to display your wares, all you have to do is look in the media section...or in a slightly different way, in the wants/sales posts for that matter: the classic 'mine's not for sale' or 'paid xxx (insert low price) for mine in 1977", friendly but undeniable 'cock waving' done, in one respect out of a need to display the collected wares to peers (and if anyone denies that, they're kidding themselves) Nothing wrong with it but maybe it shows that for some folk there's an innate need to feel that their collection is worth more than the records that it contains: maybe as you hinted at, for some, if it's not shared (in whatever form...DJing, posting up media clips, commenting on sales/wants to tell people that they have a copy of something) maybe it doesn't really exist (like the tree in the woods) In a culture of competitiveness surely one-upmanship is a natural and healthy part of it, keeps it ticking over and keeps people pushing the boundaries. That said I'm not sure spending heavily proves you love the music any more than someone who doesn't have the means to do that. Proves you have more cash and maybe shows that the music is sometimes secondary to just 'owning' things: "Took me 15 years to find this, finally got it, played it twice then filed it away". But like I say, surely it's subjective and people do this for their own reasons.

There's one (7") buy it now on ebay if you want it back - $49.99

Copy on Anglo's site Baz or try https://www.puresoul.de

Really? Not so sure. The market for that sound/era seems to be growing - even on the funk board some people who you assumed were staunch '69-73' funk only collectors have started asking for the late 70's soul-disco funk stuff of late and it seems to be increasing. I'm sure there are still a few serious collectors who have the means to pay £2000 for Halo and would willingly do so...it's not like it really comes up these days and I'm sure a few who want it are missing it. Also, if one was offered most likely the seller would maybe go direct to a few sources that they knew would be more ready to pay than offer it here first. I get asked almost every day for this type of sound from all corners of the globe so I think it's maybe more bouyant than it may seem. That said not sure one has been offered on here before so it remains to be seen.

Someone from the group told me the Dyco issue was pressed up by the manager unbeknownst to the group, essentially making it possibly a bootleg - though maybe the manager was just trying to recoup costs or something Dunno, what a tune though!

15% off marked price plus free regular worldwide shipping...ends today Too many to list here, see them here > https://www.witchsbrew.co.uk/

Just got this through this morning...nice tune

you need to consult recordsreunited.com

Been asked to post this link, over 1300 4's all set sale (there are some LP's in there too) Click here (Don't PM me about them, please - anything you want, go direct)

Wrighty got mine a few years ago...I'd only had it about 4 months when he bullied it out of us. I found out that several 'big names' had passed it up at Yarmouth 6 months before I got it as it was pretty much an 'unknown' at that time (think Keb had been playing it a few months). Every man and his vinyl carving mate's got one now, haven't they?

Too many to include here but you can find it online here All have soundclips, and all have 15% off marked price and free regular postage

Skye - Ain't No Need (the flip side version by the sounds of it )

Right click, 'save as'. It's a PDF - not the final thing as loads more came in after this, the First Edition

Not heard of any of them but a vocabularly of popular (and formerly un-thought up) phrases was recently compiled on the funk board. Some classics there https://www.fryer-mantis.co.uk/viewtopic.ph...amp;hilit=vocab

Could be from this list - both records on there (?) /Updated...eam#entry722590

Definately issued on a 45 - missed it on ebay a few times (seemed to go 'cheap' too...£50ish) Not sure I ever saved a pic of it - if I did I'll post it up.

Not a UK press to my knowledge, sure others can give more detail on it. Wasn't Ward sent a bunch of these in the 80's? Mine came from a random guy in the US a few years ago, so it'd be strange a UK press ending up there 20 years after it was issued. Love it and play it.

Another update on this - over 250 records listed all with clips (a couple need fixing but in the main they're all there) - too many to list here - full list here

List updated

Just updated the list on the site - https://www.witchsbrew.co.uk/ Inc. Willie Hightower, Edwin Starr (My Mellow), Soul Shakers, Buddy Ace, Ebonys, Four Sonics, Leroy Clofer etc.

It's finished now https://cgi.ebay.com/Modern-Soul-45-VEDA-We...1QQcmdZViewItem

Two different versions of this too, one on Shipp and one on Strakers. From memory the Shipp issue's better.

LPs and 12" single - Prices in £ 1 INDEPENDENTS - "CHUCK, HELEN, ERIC, MAURICE (KILLER VERSION OF LUCKY FELLOW - THE VERSION FOR ME...)" WAND E/VG 20 2 CORDIAL - "THEIR FIRST (3 TRACK 12"" INC MODERN SOUL DANCER 'SPECIAL LOVE' ONLY ON THIS RELEASE)" TOLIMAR M/E 150 *12" Single 3 ARCHIE BELL & THE DRELLS - WHERE WILL YOU GO WHEN THE PARTY'S OVER (INC TITLE TRACK + DON'T LET LOVE GET YOU DOWN) PIR M-/E 25 4 BOBBY WILSON - "I'LL BE YOUR RAINBOW (INC DEEPER & DEEPER, DON'T SHUT ME OUT - TWO KILLERS...NICE ALBUM)" BUDDAH E/VG+ (H2O WEAR ON BACK) 20 5 TRAMMPS - TRAMMPS (INC STOP AND THINK) GOLDEN FLEECE M-M/M 15 6 SAIL - "STEPPIN OUT ON A SATURDAY NIGHT (THIS IS ACTUALLY TARGET, LP INCS GIVE ME ONE MORE CHANCE, LOOK AT ME)" UA M-/E 20 7 LIFESTYLE - LIFESTYLE (INC KATRINA AND THE BETTER TRACK TRYING TO MAKE IT UP TO YOU) MCA M-/M- 15 8 THE ARTISTICS - "I'M GONNA MISS YOU (FAULTESS MASTERPIECE, INC SWEETER THAN SUGAR, LOVE SONG, HOPE WE HAVE, I'LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU, WHY, WHY,WHY, KILLER LP!)" BRUNSWICK "M//VG (SEAM SPLIT, COVER WEAR, WOC)" 30 9 DETROIT SPINNERS - "LOVE TRIPPIN (INC I JUST WANT TO FALL IN LOVE, SPLIT DECISION)" ATLANTIC (UK) M-/E 8 10 ARCHIE BELL & THE DRELLS - "TIGHTEN UP (INC TITLE TRACK, THE KILLER WHEN YOU LEFT ME HEARTACHE BEGAN, THOUSAND WONDERS +)" ATLANTIC (DEMO) E/VG++ 35 11 RANDY BROWN - "WELCOME TO MY ROOM (SO MANY GREAT TARCKS, DO IT BABY, I WANNA MAKE LOVE TO YOU, LOVE IS ALL WE NEED, I'M ALWAYS IN THE MOOD)" PARACHUTE E/E 15 12 AL GREEN - "I CAN'T STOP (GREAT DOUBLE LP FROM 2003, INC TITLE TRACK +)" BLUE NOTE M-/M- 20 13 LAMONT DOZIER - "OUT HERE ON MY OWN (FISH AIN'T BITIN, BREAKING OUT ALL OVER +)" ABC E/E 15 14 FUNK INC - CHICKEN LICKIN (INC LETS MAKE PEACE AND STOP THE WAR) PRESTIGE M-/E 30 15 MARCIA HINES - MARCIA SHINES (INC YOU GOTTA LET GO) WIZARD (AUS) M-/VG+ 20 16 THE DELLS - "THERE IS (INC RUN FOR COVER, THERE IS)" CHESS M-/E 20 17 SONNY TIL - "RETURNS (INC TEARS AND MISERY, LIFE WON'T BE THE SAME)" RCA M-/E- 15 18 MILLE JACKSON - "HURTS SO GOOD (KILLER ALBUM, INC DON'T SEND NOBODY ELSE, I CRY, NOW THAT YOU GOT IT, HYPOCRSIY - GOOD SET)" SPRING M-/E 25 19 C.A.T - "C.A.T (MY LOVE IS TRUE LOVE, WANTED TO FALL IN LOVE, BROWN SUGAR, THERE YA GO AGAIN - AWESOME MODERN DANCERS)" MAGNAGLIDE M-M- 75 20 LOU COURTNEY - I'M IN NEED OF LOVE (EVERY TRACK A WINNER....DEMO STICKER ON FRONT) EPIC (DEMO) E/VG++ 50 Postage: Recorded UK 1 LP £3 2 LP's £3.50 (inc double LP's) 3 LP's £4 Europe 1 LP £5 2 LP's £6 3 LP's £8 Outside Europe/UK will quote PM or email thecauldron@witchsbrew.co.uk

Had a few before - sold them for around £75 a pop if memory serves me correctly.

Craig Moerer has some at $25