Mark Bicknell

Bumpy bump.

I guess the industry market leader is 'Stanton' but like most things there are numerous makes that are as good, I use Stanton Disc Master V3 (which I believe is also favoured by 'The Treski' fela) to record my weekly radio show on which is fitted to the turntable for that and everyday use which comes in at about £50.00 per cartridge and comes with two stylus so pretty good value, the Stanton Diablo V3 is also pretty good and comes in at about £40.00 includes cartridge and one stylus I think but still good value for money and is the model I have on the house party messing about with decks, both of these are I think good mid priced concord designs but of course like everything else you can pay upwards of £100.00 each for the better top of the range ones, if I was to reccommend one I'd go for the Disc Master it more than does the job. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Here, here Phil, never used a set of headphones in my life or cueing/back winding think the same lines as you the worst your gonna have is 2/3 second gap before the record starts, I've lost count the number of blank looks I've got over the years when a fellow DJ's say's 'There's the cue button or headphone control' alway's done it by eye and it works for me still I'm a professional....lol at what I don't know...lol Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Gene sent you a PM sir. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Buggar I just noticed that, still it was very early this morning when I posted the thread, still I'm thick at the best of times. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Few more added for the weekend. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

I've just recently been upgrading my DJ equipment ready for the start of the House Party/BBQ season which us and a close circle of friends throughout the summer get together at the various houses, eat, drink and play tunes from dusk till dawn, so I've been getting all the gear up to scratch, new mixer, Amp, speakers and the most important bit of kit 'The Stylus' which got me thinking what the state and condition is of the said stylus at Rare Soul venues? you hear of horror stories over the years of iffy and bad sound systems at gigs but apart form bad sound, sub standard equipment etc. how often is the stylus checked, maintained and replaced with new ones?, when you consider the value of many of the records I would like to think that the condition of the stylus should be nothing less than first class, I remember several years ago at an Allnighter Roger Banks totally wrecked his copy of Syl Johnson - 'Do You Know What Love Is' because the arm setting on the deck was too heavy and the stylus was way past it's sell by date resulting in the record having cue burn all the way through it, Roger went mental but nothing was done or offered to cover the fact that the record was fcuked caused by sub standard equipment i.e. a shagged stylus. When you consider that you can buy a pair of high quality 'Stanton' heads and stylus for example from about £60/70.00 I think this is a small price to pay to avoid any possible nightmares of damage to records, just wondering how often people maintain and change the stylus, if you consider that even a good quality one lasts for approx 500 hours playing time which by my calculations based on say an 8 hour allnight session means used 60 times, that it would need to be replaced at best once a year? but I suspect some would be used longer or never changed? I guess with this time scale and life span that it's easy to forget to change/replace on a regular basis but remember this a stylus can be replaced but in many instances the records can't if they are damaged as a result of cue burn, iffy of clapped out stylus, would be interested on your thought on this. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

List updated. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Mines gone up too, thought I was going mental...lol is anyone else having problems posting feedback as I've been trying on and off for the last couple of days and click the blue button and it just won't fire it through? this can't post negative feedback to a buyer is a pain in the arse I reckon, no right to reply at all for the seller if a transaction goes tits up, what happens when your waiting, weeks or whatever for payment off someone, if you go through Ebay for payment not been paid route then the buyer could after they finally pay post negative feedback because you simply wanted your money, personally I think it sucks. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Barbara Acklin, Inezz And Charlie Foxx and Soul Sisters now sold. More titles to follow. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Bump for tea time. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Tony Clark Chess Demo now sold. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Capitols Demo now sold. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Willie Cager now this so where is my commission Mr Flynn??????lol Regards - Mark Bicknell.

List reopened due to deal falling through, some nice little bargains to be found in this little lot. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Big list of all USA Originals, mixed bag of Northern/R'n'B all in clean condtion, Cheques/Postal Orders/Cash and Pay Pal welcome add 4% to cover Pay Pal fee, Postage £2.50 sent 'Sign For' Mail, contact bicknellmark@aol.com or PM via here. If you fancy anything I'm open to offers - more titles to follow. List updated Sunday August 3rd - Some nice little bargains still left. Would consider selling all the records below as a job lot, if interested PM or email an offer - bicknellmark@aol.com Tamiko - Don't Laugh If I Cry At Your Party - Atco - Some marks on vinyl play's really well, hard to find record - £30.00 The Elgins - I Lost My Love In The Big City - Lummtone - Harder to find release, fabulous group record - £25.00 McKinley Mitchell - No Love (Like My Love) - One-Derful - Label a little grubby but nothing major, stunning R'n'B tune - £15.00 Al "TNT" Braggs - I Like What You Do To Me - Peacock - £8.00 Frank Dell - Baby You've Got It - Valise - £30.00 Robbie Montgomery - Crazy In Love - Teena - Great Record - £8.00 Lindel Hill - Crush On You B/W Ain't Got Time - Bright Star Demo - £8.00 Maxine Womack - When You're Through (Playing Games) - Magum Rare - £8.00 The Blendtones - Come On Home - Success - £8.00 Joe Stubbs - Keep On Loving Me - Lu-Pine - £8.00 Bobby Bland - Good Time Charlie - Duke Demo - £8.00 Bobby Bland - Honey Child - Duke - £8.00 Mitty Collier - My Party - One Sided Chess White Demo - Nice record - £8.00 Junior Parker - Why Do You Make Me Cry - Duke Demo - Great record - £8.00 Junior Parker - These Kind Of Blues - Duke - £8.00 Booker T. & The M.G's - My Sweet Potato - Stax - Class Instrumental - £8.00 McKinley Mitchell - You Know I've Been Tried - One-Derful White Demo - Nice record £8.00 bargain! Vernon And Jewel - That's A Rocking Good Way - Kent Demo - Class R'n'B - £15.00 Tams - What Kind Of Fool (Do You Think I Am) ABC Paramount - £8.00 Jimmy Hughes - Neighbor, Neighbor - Fame - £5.00 Ernie Andrews - Where Were You (When I Needed You) - Capitol - £8.00 Jay Dee Bryant - Get It - Enjoy - £8.00 Johnnie Taylor - I Ain't Particular - Stax Demo - £8.00 Carla Thomas - A Dime A Dozen - Stax Demo - £8.00 Mable John - Able Mable - Stax Demo - £8.00 Jackey Owens - You're Doing Something Awfully Good - Groovy White Demo - £20.00 bargain! Johnny Nash - Strange Feeling - Argo - £8.00 Larry Barnes - Rags Is Rags - Smash White Demo - £8.00 Phyllis Hyman - You Know How To Love Me - Arista _ £8.00 Tina Britt - "Who Was That" - Veep White Demo - Some writing on label in blue ink - Nice tune £15.00 Jackie Lee - The Duck - Mirwood - £8.00 Willie Cobbs - Don't Worry About Me - Riceland Rare R'n'b - £15.00 Little Milton - Ain't No Big Deal On You/Who's Cheating Who? - Checker - £8.00 The Martinels - I Don't Care - Success - £8.00 The Du-Ettes - Every Beat Of My Heart - Mar-V-Lus - £10.00 bargain! Eldridge Holmes - Begging For Your Love - Alon Demo - £8.00 Walter Jackson - My One Chance to Make It - Okeh White Demo - Slight hair line small crack but palys perfectly well - £8.00 The Four Tees - Like My Baby - Vee Jay - Corker of a tune - £15.00 Cleo Randle - Big City Lights B/W You Got Everything - Sta Set - Hard to find wonderful record - £25.00 Walter Jackson - Where Have All The Flowers Gone B/W I'll Keep Trying Okeh White Demo - two good sides - £25.00 nice price. Thanks for looking regards Mark Bicknell.

Back of the cue Mr Trouble or behind me at least....lol Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Paul, sent you a PM. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Sent you a PM....lol Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Two stunning sides, not often seen for sale so you have got to be looking at £350/400.00? Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Just an observation but would it not be a good idea for people posting 'Wants' on Soul Source to perhaps offer a guide price of what they are prepared to pay for a tune? I'm sure many of us have responded to 'Records Wanted' by people on here some don't reply and others come back with it's too much or I'm only prepared to pay x,y,z, I would of thought if you are posting a 'want' that it makes it a sellers market rather than a buyers one? don't get me wrong here we all like to cut a deal and get records at a fair price but it might make sense to give some indication of your budget? nine times out of ten when responding to a 'want' a deal is never clean cut, I use the price guides and try to work around the values and how much the record cost me in the first palce, add inflation, demand, condition etc. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Is it just me or is the Soultown release a cleaner sounding mix than the Canterbury one? I've still got a Soultown copy as I just think it sounds better?????? Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Hi Helen, sorry for the delay in sending the signed stuff for your raffle but been a little busy all last week, it's now sorted, packed and ready to send so should be with you this week, again sorry for the delay. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

The beat goes on tonight www.starpointradio.com Regards - Mark Bicknell.

The beat goes on tonight 10pm - Midnight. Regards - Mark Bicknell.