Martyn Pitt

Pop record, never a soul record in any shape or form ... certainly never played at any soul event I have attended over the last 45+ years, thank goodness.

Sad news indeed, rest peacefully Jon

Tony's Empress Ballroom ... now that was dark, there were corners in there you couldn't see using military grade image intensifiers

Steve I'm sure that you will still be able to call by and stand in the doorway reliving old memories ... Be a struggle to do the same at Winsford, Bretby & Willington seeing as they knocked the buildings down but I am sure they will leave the Monaco intact. x

Tune, beat and lyrics nail it

Well worth the ten bob I paid for it mate, I had to pay a couple of quid for the Towanda Barnes version

The Ohio Players version on Compass is worth a listen, has a subtle difference to it, and was always cheaper than Towanda Barnes version.

I had forgotten about those two days in 1976 Steve , it would be a boring world if we all liked the same thing.

Saxie Russell is a dancers record Steve , awesome loud and booming, but 1500 quids worth? ... somebody thinks so.

Steve, I had heard that as well, waiting to see what the Z9 brings in the way of technology.

I bought it to use for photographing the grand children, and to take on holidays, mainly because they make using manual focus lenses simple, and I have a few of those. Face and eye detect using the A/F lenses is brilliant. But for wildlife give me an optical viewfinder over a TV screen every time. I was happy how it grabbed focus on the Long Tailed Tits, but will stick to taking out the DSLR for the birding stuff for the near future. I may even grab a cropped sensor body again, unless the next batch of Nikon mirrorless get close to the Sony focus abilities. I like the size of the mirrorless stuff, the number of focus sensors, and the stunning new lenses Nikon are putting out for them. Mine came with a "kit lens" 24-70 f4, razor sharp wide open, ridiculous quality for what it is.

At last ... first time this year out with the 500mm, was trying out a Z6ii mirrorless body, the Long Tailed Tits were attending a brood, but they had this habit of hovering near to the nest site.

After not seeing my children for 5 months, I managed to get down to see my latest grandsons. Burnie is my daughters first child and is 10 months old Louie is my sons first child and is 8 months old

I am stunned Steve, for the past 25 years there have not been many nighters where the two Daves haven't been when I got there. I am glad to have been able to call him a friend, he was a smashing bloke and was always willing to help someone out, he will be missed. Rest peacefully old friend Martyn & Carol x

In the 90's they both went for the same sort of money £20 - £30 (if my memory serves me correctly)

Pre internet ... they were cheaper I bought loads of records blind, generally cheap as chips, much more fun, especially now when I see records I paid pennies for fetching stupid money. In my teens my dad asked why I was wasting my money on all those b****y records, I wish I'd had more money to waste on them.

He is 70 next week bless him

I paid £10 for a Valentinos back in the 90's, played it out a few weeks later and somebody came up to the decks and offered me £30 for it ... I was tempted but £500 unbelievable. I paid £40 for a Jimmy Fraser at Tony's it started getting hammered by every DJ and his dog so swapped it a short time later for Strange Neighborhood.

Sad news, another great dancer left us before his time. R.I.P. Duncan

Sad to hear of his passing, condolences to his family and friends R.I.P Mark

If my brain worked I would be dangerous Steve ...

It was Dave and Sarah’s wedding night at Winsford Steve, knowing Sarah it would have been Prosecco

The Bottom & Co went on past the 6.00 end time, John has a system in place to stop snipe bids, where if a last minute bid is made the auction software automatically adds a few minutes, if another bid is made time is added again. Zanetti takes a screen grab at 6.00 ish so that he can capture all the items (they can disappear off the page pretty quickly) then manually notes the actually finishing prices for the extra time records. Zanetti always quotes the prices in pound sterling

Too much hair Steve

Dave was a personality indeed, I used to enjoy a chat with him, he had some right tales to tell. Sad to hear of his passing, condolences to his family and friends. RIP Dave