Gary Samways

Thanks Mark

What happened to the Fantastics???

About £100

The original has a different matrix number but the easiest way to tell is that the spindle hole on the first issue has a raised ring around it

cheers mate

cheers mate long time no see

thanks mark, obviously these are only some of the tunes, really hard to remember everything they took, it comes back in waves really, the Mirrwood collection really pissed me off, been collecting them for years was trying to get everything on a white demo and almost succeeded, had my best year this year for finding the elusive ones and I had one left to go!!!!! hope you are well mate, you may not remember but we used to verbal for hours at Stafford lol

having a great response from everyone on this and I am a bit overwhelmed by support from friends and people I don't know thank you all it really is very kind and shows that the good people on this scene outway the bad by miles and miles love and respect to you all Gary and Karen

police have been good mate

bless you darling

nice idea simsy but I suspect they are tucked away somewhere for now, whoever had them will probably sit on them for a while then drip them out

That's terrible mate

Thanks Ivor long time no see, hope you're both well

Right here is the second list of stolen records, sorry to bother you all again but I would like to find them. Jive Five - if I had a chance to love you -decca 3 Pieces - I need you girl - fantasy Freddie Scott - I guess god wants it this way - vanguard Timothy Wilson - loving you - buddah Pete Warner - I just want to spend my life with you - polydor Checkmates ltd - all alone by the telephone - polydor (demo) Big Dee Irwin - you satisfy my needs - rotate Bill Harris - am i cold am I hot - rca Crystal Motion - you're my main squeeze - sound gems Chuck Cissel - don't tell me you're sorry - arista Archie Bell - dancing to your music - glades (3 copies!) Dee Dee Warwick - funny how we change places - (uk) private stock (2 copies) Dede Scwartz - funny how we change places - rca (demo) Dells - make sure - cadet Edwin Starr - don't tell me i'm crazy - soul Kim Weston - i'm still loving you - tamla Kim Weston - helpless - gordy - (demo) Exceptionals - unlucky girl - grt Eric & The Vikings - i'm truly yours - gordy Four Tops - ask the lonely - motown (2 copies) Supremes - you've been wonderful to me - motown Martha Reeves - love guess who - gordy Sunliners - all alone - golden world Theresa Lindsey - i'll bet you - golden world Rose Batiste - sweetheart darling - golden world (demo) Gwen Owens -you better watch out - (uk) Casablanca Ghetto Children - it's not easy to say goodbye - roulette (demo) High Voltage - country road - Columbia (demo) Ila Van - you made me this way - pip Jimmy Radcliffe - long after tonight is all over - stateside Darrell Banks - our love - stateside Peels - time marches on - audio fidelity Joe Tex - under your powerful love - dial Jesse James - if you want a love affair - 20th century (demo) James Walsh Gypsy Band - cuz it's you girl - rca (demo) Jerry Butler - moody woman - (uk) mercury (1st issue) Lorraine Ellison - call me anytime you need some loving - (uk) mercury Johnnie Taylor - Friday night - (uk) stax (1st issue) Lennie Satin - homebound - fip Lou Ragland - since you said you'd be mine - (uk) wb Larry Brown - breaking training - fireworks Memphians - south Memphis - bluff city Magic Night - if you and I had never met - pye (demo) Marvin Holmes & Justice - you better keep her - brown door (vinyl) Natural Four - i thought you were mine - abc Numonics - you lied / forever and a day - hodisk Prince & Princess - stick together - bell (demo) Tina Britt - who was that - veep (demo) Tommy Tate - you taught me how to love - sundance Virgil Henry - you aint saying nothing new - colossus Virgil Henry - i'll be true - colossus I.A.P. Co - check yourself - colossus Melba Moore - magic touch - 100 club anniversary single (2 copies) Platters - not my girl - 100 club anniversary single (2 copies) Mary Love - hey stoney face - 100 club anniversary single (2 copies) Teardrops - here comes loneliness - 100 club anniversary single P P Arnold - 80's double single gatefold re-issue on immediate featuring "every thing is gonna be alright"- I reckon this might be just as rare as the original, it didn't sell and you never see it. Roger Hatcher - Sweetest Girl In The World - Excello (slight water stain on lable) right thats it for now, obviously there are loads more but I appreciate there's only so much you can digest. Thank you all for your continued support Gary

yeah was thinking that mate, that's why I added it, thanks for that

cheers mick really appreciate that, Karen and gary

thanks Mick, it is terrible... Karen sends her love and hopes you are well ... she said she hopes you still have the tapes she did you back in Bradford days?

hard to describe how it feels, violated I suppose, every noise at night you wake up, it's not just about the theft ...

just remembered some 100 club anniversary singles were there as well!! had 2 copies of melba moore magic touch, 2 copies of platters not my girl, 2 copies of mary love hey stoney face and one copy of teardrops hear comes lonliness

yes we know mike

thanks everyone for your support, just hope we may be in with a chance of retrieving them

already started a new thread with that on mate

thanks mark, have posted some on hear and fb, told all the big guns

cheers flanny

right, here's a list of some of the records stolen from me this weekend,i can't list them all because there is simply too many but if any of these surface then we have a lead. a complete set of mirwood lable, most of them white demo's a complete set of grapevine singles, 1st series and grapevine 2000 a complete set of soul junction singles tavasco - love is trying to get a hold on me - rampart (near mint) Charles johnson - never had a love so good- alston lew kirton- heaven in the afternoon- alston (this came fro john buck in the 80's and has RSG stamped on it) bobby taylor -there are roses somewhere in the world -sunflower (issue) tamiko jones - cross my heart -metromedia demo rick sheppard - can we share it - cbs demo exportations - I want you daddy maxfield - I've always been in love with you - ua demo Alfie Davidson - love is serious business - mercury vel vets - i'm gonna find me somebody - 20th century - issue patti Austin - I've given all my love- coral - demo patti Austin - too much a part of me - coral - demo patti Austin - someones gonna cry - coral - demo ortheia barnes - I never loved nobody -coral -demo star treks - gonna need magic - veep - demo Barbara banks - river of tears - veep - demo darrow fletcher - what good am I - Jacklyn darrow fletcher - infatuation - Jacklyn bobby sheen - something new to do - wb -issue bobby sheen - if I ever thought i'd hurt you -wb demo we the people - making my daydream real - lion - demo (this has a pink cross on this side) art and honey - lets make love now - motown - demo betty wright - man of mine - alston Barbara lewis - I remember the feeling - uk red atlantic deon Jackson - ooh baby - uk red atlantic Loretta Williams - baby cakes - uk red atlantic drifters - baby what I mean - uk red atlantic jay and the americans - got hung up along the way - uk ua paul newman and the excallibers - aint you got a heart - uk mercury Jackie Wilson - it's all over - Brunswick - demo barret strong - man up in the sky - capitol barret strong - is it true - capitol right that's it for now, making me feel sick just typing that! please if anyone gets a whiff of these then let me know or the police. many thanks