Marc Forrest

the fact that searlings copy (one of the first) came via john anderson goes congruent with post #36 which inform us that soul bowl had a "three figure quatity"...so we can rest assure that there are about 100, 200 or even more copies tucked away safely in English collections. A mega rarity ? definitely not. A mega kudos, trophy or icon record ? judging by the feedback on this thread definitely yes. so the only thing that seems to "justify" its current price hike must be the latter plus the big bouns of this copy coming along with a nice letter of authenticity from mr jack ashford himself! so nth wrong with the current price, its the bidders money. if people want it that bad that they go and bid theirselves up (but why oh why so early in the auction process ?!) and remember: it only takes two (bidders). In the end it will be only good for JA who will get a nice return on his copy I suppose ? Most likely it will be more than he had a return on this disc back in the day LOL! Final line: its definitely not a 5000 gbp..let alone 10k record (to me), if it was and if the justification for it being a 5000+ gbp record would be its status as one of the holy grails and icon records everything incl. salvadors, del larks etc would have to be a 10k 45. will it still reach more than 6000 gbp though? I am most definitely sure it will. Only can hope the next people trying to sell their copies wont take the upcoming auction result as an indicator for how much their copy is worth.. Marc NB I really love -and thats not tongue in cheek- I really love reading JM`s auction talk/item descriptions. I really think they are brilliant and I often wonder how he manages to come up with new superlatives for all those precious and pricey records again and again. would be nice and interesting to have a tool to controll and match how much impact they have on the final auction result.

again pete, if that would be a logic widely accepted as a common rule for potential buyers to go by one could say, well the picture clearly shows a pic sleeve which means as a interested buyer you should know or get the knowledge before placing a bid that this record never was released in the uk with a picture sleeve.

cant agree on that Pete, as if your theory would be "common sense and order" there wouldnt be any jamaican reggae 45s on either ebay.com or ebay.co.uk or in general any foreign records on any ebay-url allowed. In general its all down to "you win some, you loose some" IMO. As a buyer I believe it is YOUR job to make sure you are bidding on the right item. Not the sellers job. the seller didnt state it was swedish simply because he may have thought its simply not important esp as he included a picture. I made myself so many bidding mistakes in the past... mostly on unknown stuff just lke Boba. But I always assumed it was my fault, I was taking on the risk. Again: You win some, you loose some. IMVHO. If I would have won it I indeed too would have binned it, framed it (not really LOL) or put it straight into the sales box and move on... much too much time and effort to be invested in a 10 ukp record otherwise really. And most of all lifes too short to worry about such unimportant things (too long) really. Just my opinion.

hmmmm Dynamic Corvettes

top offer is 100 usd so far, no reserve but will let it run for a few days.

btw..of course I tried the "big" boys incl. butch, Dave Thorley Andy Dyson..they all didnt knew it... ;)

hi everybody, found this nice tune some three / four years ago...I really love it and have included it in my sets here and there. There was only one spare to be found in all these years...which of course I tried to get my hands on. So here it is for anyone who loves to play a bit innovative and upfront.. https://snd.sc/HIQjPp I didnt C/UP still if you google it there s only one hit... PM Me your serious offer if nterested, thanks a lot

you are all wrong, it started over here some odd 80 years ago.. LOL

yep two nice little 45s indeed ;)

funny i read this NOW...someone just posted me informing me he has just been offered to buy one..

theres no rue de la garde in lille according to google...

actually theres only one boot around, done in the early eighties by good old henry... anyway, its easy to detect as it has big(gger run in groove), thinner vinyl and a label prinbt really gives it away completely. it had been done alongside satintones "angel", "Motor City", miracles "bad girl" and others alongside them wonderful white label early MOtown LP`s back then. More important though is the fact that this tune exists in two different versions...I am most definitely sure you are after the heavier punchier version as is almost everybody. I had several of both but must admit it did take me a while to detect that there are two versions around.. most didnt knew that until end of the nineties when I found out.

although its sad and should be the other way round really I think you are right. furthermore to be always up to date with new stuff or fairly newer /semi-known stuff you have to be on the case everywhere, niters, podcasts, soundclouds, mixclouds, radio shows, cd`s, ebay, soul-source, fb and all its various groups etc etc etc just too much really. hence why people (like me) end up hearing stuff first via a dj at an allnighter (butch in this case). a bit like in old times really, despite you had them so called collectors tape swaps back then. seems as if they are complete replaced by now by the list of possiblitites I compiled earlier in this message. plus and to repeat myself here, I sadly never listened to Jasons shows due to a lack of time. same applies to finewine etc. I know jason personally and met him a few times here in Berlin, a top bloke and knows his stuff for sure. so I am more than sorry to have missed his shows back then. If I wouldnt have I might have been able to catch up with you on stuff like Clay Brown/Aljon ;) LOL

accumalator with strong tendencies towards category C only hold back from time to time by the economic need to let go and sell the one or other item LOL

Definitely mate, it was indeed great, and fantastic and highly enjoyable that double-decking session with yours! Indeed we should have already repeated it a long time ago !! highlight/best moment of the whole weekender for me as well ..maybe only rivalled by that mountain of shoes created by some students or festival visitors in the middle of the dancefloor later that very same night which was accompanied by a Soulie wearibng a KTF black fist Northern Soul t-shirt shaking me hands and saying "Welcome to Engalnd mate, this is Northern Soul" !? LOL

I remember that july night when Greg played it at the Hip City and everybody becoming aware that Greg wass playing Butch`s c/up. At once there was a que behind consisting of people who wanted to interrogate woth Greg who it is by...Everybody that night mentioned the C/UP, no one mentioned Jason, his radio programme let alone that group called "Crossover" on FB. Just goes to show not everyone is/can be actively involved in social media activities like FB all the time so tends to miss out on some interesting bits of information.

did you try your luck last night again ? again another example of strange ebay bidding IMO. Two bidders with low feedback/transactions were bidding the thing up from 15 to slightly over 1500 USD LOL...needless to say neither won it!

cheers brett, yes luckily I have a copy. Played it at solid hit in london, the nürnberg weekender at the start of december and our big new years eve weekender here in berlin and alwaysa a full floor and/or people asking what it is. despite having been included on outasights "crossover" cd 99.9 % of teh soul community seem to have not known it before. as you say, brill tune!

its been posted on the 6ts site..at least it was a few months back

massive spins at the beginning of the hip city..it was one of the first 45s I ever ordered from across the ocean.. someone re-activated it overe here recently, cant remember who though.

..here`s another one. should be easy to find for under 50 usd ;)

heres another one from me

fab call this one, definitely already one of the upcoming top tunes judging from the feedback on fb and dancefloors across europe

Its not only the instro, as the instrumental refrain is repeated as well. If you prefer to call it a " song with a nicked intro" instead of "version" ..I am fine with that. Re insult, I heard different opinions, some said it was funnny, some said it was well needed and well received (by the audience) some like you said it was an insult. Personally I wouldnt put him into a roman inquistion and "burn" him for that...esp as I personally think it was quite funny indeed LOL

German release on German Liberty Records