Mace

https://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-Northern-Soul-Garage-Fuzz-ORIGINAL-45-Seven-7-Dwarfs-Stop-Girl-Ideal-HEAR?item=261086381262&cmd=ViewItem&_trksid=p5197.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D2%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D1766009543015571558

Is it just me who finds this record somewhat boring and repetitive 30 seconds after the intro......?

£150 - £200 is it's money.....issues are tougher..... Sick to death of hearing the fcuker personally

Crazy price. Least it's on the original Hiback and not the later Hirich (red label)....what's the score with that does anyone know...is Hirich a legitimate 2nd release / reissue, boot?

Nope, no idea, sold the DC 45 a few years back, and pretty sure I've got the Big Town 45 knocking about somewhere, but know nothing about the artist whatsoever. Which comp did I put 'Listen baby' on Callum...was it a Modculture CD swap one ?

He does indeed....think it on his site..www.midastouchsoul.co.uk

Beggsy says you can have his MM if ya want it...PM me for price and he'll take it Radcliffe on Saturday....

Very much so. I've often seen 45s with low starting bid prices go for way more than similar condition 45s listed a few hours apart with higher starting prices...sometimes the higher starting priced ones don't even attract any bids.

Apologies if already been posted...not read whole thread. Good, bad or indifferent ?

Beg to differ..... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZQfLkh_gzM

Si, Ruth Brown does a great version of Mambo Baby on Atlantic. Also check out 'New kind of mambo' by Big Maybelle on Okeh 45rpm. Not sure if it came out on 78 as well, but probably fits well with your current mambo fetish! Regards Mace

Always bid odd figures, say $56.67 instead of a figure rounded down to nearest dollar, or $5 etc The other bidders highest bid must have been $55 otherwise it would have incremented higher than your bid of $55. Also, always bid in last few seconds (use a snipe site to be sure) and always bid your max amount that you are happy to pay. Bidding early just pushes final price up and encourages any watching snipers to bid higher to allow for extra interest. Only time to bid early is if the starting bid price is very low and/or seller seems unaware of true value/rarity of record due to poor description, or artist/title spelling mistakes etc Bidding early may then prevent someone else offering seller a fixed price to take item off auction listings....in this case just bid same as starting bid price then put a snipe on for final bid amount. Regards Mace

Well, it still is going, though obviously with a much more 'user friendly' music policy Rod.....and not in the terms of an purely out and out overplayed top 500 oldies fest either (despite the odd ill informed rumour)....numbers are back up and the music is still top notch stuff....the feedback for August 4th on Facebook looks very promising... As for the nighters original format.....well it certainly had its moments of brilliance Rod, morseo in the first 4 years or so, but rose tinted specs aside, the last 12 months were on the whole, poorly attended. Truth is, 60 payers in a 200+ capacity does not make a brilliant event (whatever your state of mind) or pay the necessary bills, nor does it make the venue any respectable bar takings. On top of which, other nighters had started adopting a similar music policy for 2nd rooms and they can afford to offset any financial shortfall off the main room doortake.....the nighter calender is choc-a-bloc as it is, but at least the event used to be different enough to survive on it's own merits. Regards Mace

Terry, George was booked for Bidds when I was running it as an Upfront /Anything goes event...which definately included funky soul / soulful funk (call it what you like), as well as Northern, R&B, Latin etc He was booked to play what ever he wanted to play, and if he chose to play a funk heavy set then so be it. He did 2 x half hour sets approx 4 hours apart if my mind serves me right......can't be arsed to go check the DJ times but that's how it usually worked out.....the majority of folk attending Bidds knew that the night was then about many mixed genres (yourself included), it was advertised in this way and it most certainly didn't need to be advertised as a funk nighter for 2 half hour guest spots. Ultimately, if hearing 2 x half hour sets of stuff you don't know/don't like upsets you so much you surely should be sticking to oldies only events, or those venues you feel comfortable with? I obviously didn't instruct or coach him to play anything other than his own choices Terry, so if it helps in any way you can feel free to lay the blame at my door......some folk may feel at ease trying to convince less predictable DJs to 'tow the line' before DJing at their favourite venues ...... but I certainly wasn't prepared to do the same at Bidds. Was my policy for letting DJs do their own thing the main reason for the Upfront nights eventually failing at Bidds....was it my DJ line-ups or the set times I arranged.....? Maybe, maybe not, to be honest I don't really care either way....what's done is done.....I ran the venue this way for 6 years, the first 5 of which were pretty successful, so I'm quite happy with my lot. I've obviously since had to review the music policy at Bidds to a more Northern friendly nighter, and whilst I would have preferred to carry on with my original ethos for the night, since viewing these types of thread to often witness such predictable infighting amongst those who champion hearing 'something different', I feel quite relieved to be removed from it all.....

Interesting stuff, thanks for the indepth reply Paul. Regards Mace

Paul, putting the actual music to one side for a second, there is one area of lookalike repros that I have often wondered about. Does the use the lookalike labels, or labels which emulate the original labels, break any laws regards artistic design of the original label...... and if so has anyone ever been sued or likely to be sued for such ? Also, if applicable, would such (label) artistic license be subject to the same 50 year rule that supposedly restricts the illegal copying of the actual music? Regards Mace

'Do you want me again' is indeed a lovely record, and whilst £20 - £30 may be a fair price, it's certainly harder to find than that price suggests.

£300 then..... Interested? ;o)

I'll give you £200 for the phone...

There is an Ex- copy on Chris Andertons site, has a soundfile so you can check for yourself if suitable or not. https://midastouchsoul.co.uk/ourshop/prod_2041668-Clydie-King-amp-Mel-Carter-Who-do-you-love-Philips-E.html

At least you got some sort of response from your enquiry....I'm still waiting for a reply from you regards my PM sent over a week ago

Davie, I know you've never liked it, and your opinion on whether it's good, bad, or indifferent is as valid as anybody elses. However, to presume and comment that it's never had an 'immediate' effect on the dancefloor is just simply incorrect. Andy Dyson filled the floor with it as a cover-up at Bidds (the first time I heard it) and not long after Flanny did the same at Middleton. I first played my copy at one of the Xmas events at Weston-Super-Mare and it instantly filled the floor to a cross section of dancers, most of whom had never heard it before......I know this to be a fact by the size of the queue at the decks after it finished to try and see what it was. In fact, it was quite a while before I gave it any spins on the R&B / Mod scene, and no-one else was spinning it on those scenes prior to then (not that I'm aware of anyway) I remember playing it to Callum & Mik Parry down at Carole & Al Forteys house when it was still covered up...Callum made me play it about a dozen times on the trot (bit like the teletubbies...'again, again, again'...)...bless him!

Davie, you couldn't be more wrong old chap.....the record has had instant dancefloor appeal from the off.....over a big sound system the intro sounds the dogs and just drags folk onto the floor. Seen it have the same result at big venue oldies events as well as smaller R&B/Mod events as well...and this was well before it became well known to the masses. Regards Mace

PMed ya !

The Soulsmen - It's hard but it's fair - Juggy Ex Got a lovely clean Ex condition copy up for grabs....PM me and make me a tidy offer and it could be yours! Seems to be in high demand of late......latest copy on ebay just sold for $672....see it on link below (soundclip on ebay auction still working at mo if you don't know it) https://www.ebay.com/...984.m1423.l2649 I can send label scans mp3s to anyone with serious intentions to buy. Ta Mace