Mark Bicknell

Fantastic, still have the ethos for sure, records well I have a rainy day box lol plus getting records has never been a problem lol I do think it's how you play them and my ear is still pretty good.

Baz was a top bloke mad as a box of frogs, lived in Reading for a few years so I became good friends with him, he had a really bad accident hitting a tree in his car and lost an eye, his party trick was to take out his false eye and drop it in his or other people's drinks, he DJ'd a lot around that time, I remember he pested me to sell him Ray Pollard - This Time on Shrine allnight at Leighton Buzzard till I finally gave in and sold it to him for fifty quid lol, he loved to party big time, top bloke.

OK, not wishing to be over dramatic or using this thread as a platform to self promote but this old footage has been the kick up the backside I needed, it's reminded me what the scene really means to me deep down and what it should be about, it's fair to say that I don't have the tunes I once owned and I refuse to ride the back of past DJ'ing but I can certainly put something together and would be happy to bring something to the current party, I've been out of the loop really for about 8 or 9 years for a number of reasons but if the invitation is there Len and I'm allowed to dip my toe I would love to make a return now and again so let's do it lol Mark.

Omg yes I remember being a little unwell in the back of your car, sorry about the paint job, me drinking lol I was simply car sick yeah right lol can't believe it was 30 years ago just mad.

Why Len old son? do we really wanna go there lol

That's the period and scene I miss, it was still so exciting then and made me proud to be part of it, wonderful times, was one of the regular Buzzard DJ's can't believe it was 30 years ago.

Sadly short lived 'Sweetest Feeling' stuck with a theme.

ALL RECORDS ARE IN NICE CLEAN CONDITION UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED, ADD £3.00 SIGN FOR MAIL OR £7.00 SPECIAL DELIVERY, PAY PAL WELCOME AS A GIFT TO AVOID FEES/BANK TRANSFER/CASH/CHEQUE - CONTACT VIA PM HERE OR EMAIL bicknellmark@aol.com SAM FLETCHER - I'D THINK IT OVER - TOLLIE DEMO - DEMO IDENT SCRATCHED OUT, STAMPED ORIGINAL, VINYL NICE CONDITION, PLAYS NICE £225.00 REDUCED. CLARA WARD - THE RIGHT DIRECTION - VERVE DEMO - WOL NOTHING MAJOR, BEAUTIFUL CONDITION COPY - £100.00 GREG PERRY - IT TAKES HEART - ALFA - NICE CLEAN COPY - £60.00 REDUCED. FRANKIE AND THE CLASSICALS - WHAT SHALL I DO - CALLA - NOT TALKING INTRO, NICE CLEAN COPY - £30.00 DRIZABONE - REAL LOVE - UK ISLAND 7" - PICTURE BAG, NICE CONDITION - £25.00 REDUCED. PORGY AND THE MONARCHS - THAT'S MY GIRL B/W THE GIRL AND THE BOY - SYLVES - LIME GREEN COPY, HARD TO FIND, NICE CLEAN COPY, TWO GOOD SIDES - £75.00 - SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD DENIECE CHANDLER - MAMA, I WISH I STAYED HOME - LOCK DEMO - £45.00 REDUCED. EDDIE SULL - I'M LOOKING FOR MY BABY - RENEE - STUNNING NORTHERN RECORD, NICE CONDITION - £45.00 ELDRIDGE HOLMES - WORRIED OVER YOU - JET SET - £30.00 - SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD NICE CONDITION, AWESOME RECORD. NICE AUTOGRAPH FOR SALE, READY FOR FRAMING - CHUBBY CHECKER - SIGNED BLACK AND WHITE 8 X 10 PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED IN MARKER PEN, COMES WITH TWO POSTCARD SIZE PICTURES, READY TO FRAME - £30.00

Someone would find something to have a moan about or pop at lol

EDDIE SULL - I'M LOOKING FOR MY BABY - RENNEE - HARDER TO FIND RELEASE, CLASS NORTHERN SOUL IN NICE CLEAN CONDITION - £60.00 DENIECE CHANDLER - MAMA I WISH I STAYED HOME - LOCK DEMO - TASTY TUNE IN NICE CLEAN CONDTION - £50.00 ADD £3.00 SIGN FOR MAIL OR £7.00 SPECIAL DELIVERY, PAY PAL WELCOME AS A GIFT TO AVOID FEES,BANK TRANSFER/CASH/CHEQUE/POSTAL ORDERS, CONTACT VIA PM HERE OR EMAIL bicknellmark@aol.com

JACK MONTGOMERY - MY DEAR BELOVED B/W DO YOU BELIEVE IT - SCEPTER STOCK/ISSUE COPY, CLASSIC ICONIC DOUBLE HEADER, SOME SLIGHT LABEL WEAR ON 'Dear' SIDE NOTHING MAJOR, SMALL DRILL HOLE, BOTH SIDES PLAY NICE, CLEAN COPY, COMES WITH ORIGINAL SCEPTER COMPANY SLEEVE - £275.00 SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD ADD £3.00 SIGN FOR MAIL OR £7.00 SPECIAL DELIVERY, PAY PAL WELCOME AS A GIFT TO AVOID FEES/BANK TRANSFER/CASH/CHEQUE/POSTAL ORDERS, CONTACT VIA PM HERE OR EMAIL bicknellmark@aol.com

What does OVO mean?????????????????????????? lol

DRIZABONE - REAL LOVE - UK ISLAND 7" PICTURE BAG, HARD TO FIND NOW, NICE CLEAN CONDITION COPY - £35.00 ADD £3.00 SIGN FOR MAIL - PAY PAL WELCOME AS A GIFT TO AVOID FEES - BANK TRANSFER/CASH/CHEQUE - PM HERE OR EMAIL bicknellmark@aol.com

SAM FLETCHER - I'D THINK IT OVER - TOLLIE DEMO - STAMPED ORIGINAL - HAS DEMO IDENT SCRATCHED OUT REFLECTED IN ASKING PRICE - £250.00 PORGY AND THE MONARCHS - THAT'S MY GIRL B/W THE GIRL AND THE BOY - SYLVES - HARDER TO FIND DARKER LIME GREEN LABEL, TWO STUNNING SIDES - £100.00 THE BLOSSOMS - THAT'S WHEN THE TEARS START - REPRISE - VERY SLIGHT RING WEAR BUT VERY MINOR, VINYL NICE CLEAN CONDITION - £30.00 SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD CLARA WARD - THE RIGHT DIRECTION - VERE DEMO - WOL SEE SCAN, OTHERWISE NICE CLEAN COPY - £120.00 SCANS FROM ACTUAL RECORD. ADD £3.00 SIGN FOR MAIL OR £7.00 SPECIAL DELIVERY - PAY PAL WELCOME AS A GIFT TO AVOID FEES/BANK TRANSFER/CASH/CHEQUE - PM HERE OR EMAIL bicknellmark@aol.com

SONNY CRAVER - I'M NO FOOL B/W I WANNA THANK YOU - TERI DE - STUNNING DOUBLE HEADER IN NICE CLEAN CONDITION (SCAN IS GENERIC AND NOT FROM ACTUAL RECORD, SALES COPY BOTH VINYL AND LABELS CLEAN) - £175.00 SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD ADD £3.00 sign for mail or £7.00 special delivery mail - PM HERE OR email bicknellmark@aol.com PAY PAL WELCOME AS A GIFT TO AVOID FEES/BANK TRANSFER/CASH/CHEQUE.

Some nice tunes there Rod.

THE FOUR LARKS - GROOVING AT THE GO GO B/W I STILL LOVE YOU - TOWER DEMO - STUNNING CLASSY DOUBLE HEADER IN NICE CLEAN CONDITION - SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD - ADD £3.00 SIGN FOR MAIL OR £7.00 SPECIAL DELIVERY MAIL - PAY PAL WELCOME AS A GIFT TO AVOID FEES OR BANK TRANSFER/CASH - CONTACT VIA PM HERE OR EMAIL bicknellmark@aol.com.

ALL RECORDS ARE IN NICE CLEAN CONDITION UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED. ROSE BATISTE - SWEETHEART DARLING - GOLDEN WORLD DEMO - £20.00 BARBARA MERCER - NOBODY LOVES YOU LIKE ME - GOLDEN WORLD - £10.00 AL WILLIAMS - I AM NOTHING - GRAPEVINE GRP 136 - SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD GEORGE BYRD - I'M AVAILABLE B/W BETTER TELL HER SO - ORANGE TANGERINE, SLIGHT STICKER TEAR ON TOPSIDE NOTHING MAJOR, PLAYS NICE - £75.00 BROWN SUGAR - THE GAME IS OVER B/W I'M GOING THROUGH CHANGES NOW - CAPITOL ISSUE - SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD. C.J AUSTIN AND GOLD STAR - WE GOT TO TURN IT AROUND B/W ALL AT ONCE - ZANZIBAR - £10.00 BOB GREEN - I'VE NEVER FOUND A GIRL B/W PLEASE FORGIVE ME - FRETONE - £10.00 OTIS BROWN - I DON'T WONN'A CRY B/W THE WILLIE BOP - SPECT - £15.00 THE FIESTAS - BROKEN HEART - OLD TOWN - £10.00 JIMMY McCRACKLIN - EVERY NIGHT EVERY DAY B/W CAN'T RAISE ME - IMPERIAL WHITE LABEL TEST PRESSING RARE - £40.00 THE BROADWAYS - GOIN GOIN GONE - MGM DEMO - £10.00 EMANUEL LASKEY - I'M A PEACE LOVING MAN B/W SWEET LIES - THELMA - SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD. LITTLE BEN AND THE CHEERS - BABY YOU'RE MINE - RUSH - £20.00 BARGAIN. THE SOOTHERS - I BELIEVE IN YOU - PORT - BLACK FELT MARK ON TOPSIDE - £25.00 THE ELGINS - I LOST MY HEART IN THE BIG CITY - LUMMTONE - £25.00 TONY HARRISON - SAD OCCASION - COMMERCE - £25.00 BARGAIN. MIGHTY JOE YOUNG - TELL ME SOMETHING B/W HENPECKED - CELTEX - £25.00 BARGAIN. SHAREN CLARK AND THE PRODUCT OF TIME - MAMA DID'T LIE - APT - £30.00 BARGAIN AWESOME RECORD. DEON JACKSON I'LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU - SHOUT - £25.00 BARGAIN. RAY RAYMOND - SHE'S ALRIGHT - TUFF - £20.00 GREAT RECORD. JOE AND MACK - DON'T YOU WORRY - ONE-DERFUL - CLASS TUNE - £30.00 CHEAP AS CHIPS. MEL WILLIAMS - THEY DON'T MAKE ME MAD - TASTY HASTY - RARE RECORD - £50.00 SEEN FOR A TON. LITTLE HELEN - MORE AND MORE - SOULTOWN - STRONG VG CONDITION PLAYS NICE - £30.00 CHEAP AS CHIPS. THE ROYAL PREMIERS - I CAN MAKE IT IF I TRY - M.B.S. STUNNING TUNE - £30.00 BARGAIN. ADD £3.00 FOR SIGN FOR MAIL OR £7.00 SPECIAL DELIVERY - CONTACT VIA PM HERE OR EMAIL bicknellmark@aol.com

THE SWEETHEARTS - BEAUTY IS JUST SKIN DEEP - KENT ISSUE - NICE COPY - SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD THE HIGH KEYS - LIVING A LIE B/W LET'S TAKE A CHANCE - RARE BLACK STOCK/ISSUE - VERY SLIGHT LABEL TEAR ON TOPSIDE NOTHING MAJOR, PLAYS NICE - SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD PAY PAL WELCOME AS A GIFT TO AVOID FEES - ADD £3.00 FOR SIGN FOR MAIL £7.00 FOR SPECIAL DELIVERY, CONTACT VIA PM HERE OR EMAIL bicknellmark@aol.com

Some of my nice bits and bobs, they look good, sound good and by golly they do you good, you can look as forward as you want and you wont even come close lol

I don't really collect now certainly not the rare stuff but love to dabble with Motown, never really bothered before but love it now, you can get some stunning records together and has it's been said for reasonable prices, great fun getting the Northern related stuff Vows, Liz Lands, Barbara McNair etc. I got a mint VIP R Dean Taylor Demo really cheap off ebay and numerous others, like Joe said just collect the good titles and leave the dross.

GREG PERRY - IT TAKES HEART - ALPHA - BEAUTIFUL CLEAN COPY - £80.00 TYRONE BARKLEY - MAN OF VALUE - MIDSONG - NICE CLEAN COPY - SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD MANDRILL - TOO LATE - ARISTA NICE COPY - £55.00 SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD ADD £3.00 FOR SIGN FOR POSTAGE - PAY PAL WELCOME AS A GIFT TO AVOID FEES. CONTACT VIA PM HERE OR EMAIL bicknellmark@aol.com

Had that happen to me many years ago had a Chuck Holiday on Gloria taken by a friend again never could prove it but he knows that I know and I'm afraid that's the only way I got any satisfaction, it's horrible to think that someone you know has done this to you that's the hardest thing to come to terms with all you can hope is they have bad luck, people like this are firstly not soul fans and secondly not your friend, really feel for you pal. Mark Bicknell.

It would be nice if Universal stepped up to the plate here and actually admitted they have fucked this up big style, let's hope if there is a Volume 2 that a little more care and quality control comes into play, would it not be too much to ask for a simple admission and apology.

Good old socks lol who said romance was dead....... now Motown socks there's an idea still knowing our luck they would have holes in them lol