Rob Wigley

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Nice to see a bit of authentic "Smoke damage" on the left hand brick Mark--would make a nice pair of ear rings !! Rob

Chris Marriott attended the First All-Nighter Come on Dean Penford I need help-he used to wear a white FRED PERRY with a RED TRIANGLE shaped badge on it with white stitching--remember Dean ? Look out some of your old photos! This was from early 1973 only ever seen a couple of them in 36 years !! The early ones I remember were "Russ and Richard" Heart of soul and the much copied standard Red Rose Wigan Casino badge-which there must be Thousands! Rob

150 Northern Soul Classics from the Golden age of the 1970s ! Pressings & UK issues. Just bought a Mobile DJ collection and this is his "Northern Floorfillers" box-approx 1974 to 1977. No original US but just seen the price of some of the early Pressing are fetching Loads of legal first issue UK items The records are there for making punters dance !! Guaranteed classic Northern all the way. Not everyones cup of tea, but its where we all started. Too many too list but everyone really well known First £450 £375 Takes the lot-ideal for someone starting out collecting/or DJing at a local "DO". there is at least £800 worth -maybe more-loads of £10 stuff in there. It would take ages to track them all down! All records in Great condition. Come and pick them up--WORKSOP- or I'll pay carriage to anywhere in UK. PM me with your number and I will go through them on the phone Cheers Rob

New price added thanks.

Tim check out some local solicitors who are doing a "Wills for free" scheme where you make a pledge to donate a sum to charity in your will from your estate -they draw up the will and don't charge are you in a Union ? most will do a free will service via the union solicitors ASLEF uses Thompsons for example Rob

We are unable to attend the funeral today, please accept our apologies But Dave and the kids and all on here who knew Margie as a friend are very much in our thoughts . Thinking of you all Rob & Karen

Small clear out of some great tunes that i have spares of The Superlatives "Lonely in a crowd" Westbound Ex £10 Azie Mortimer "I don't care" / "Prove it" Okeh M £10 William Bell "The man in the street" Stax £20-E- a few fine surface marks NAP Gene Stridel "Tomorrow is another day" Atlantic Ex £20 Edwin Starr "Twenty five miles" Gordy Ex £7-just brilliant ! Roy Hamilton "Earthquake" Epic 5-9538 Looks VG-- plays perfect £60 ************************************************************** Last chance to buy these all for £90 inc Post ! PLEASE NOTE WILL NOW TAKE £90 FOR ALL THE ABOVE TO CLEAR-collection builder !!! ********************************************************* Paypal ,cheque cash, postal orders, green shield stamps euros etc PM to reserve add £2 P&P 1st class recorded-over £30 free P&P or will trade on my wants. Patti Jo "Make me believe in you" Wand Maxine Brown "Let me give you my loving" Wand MUST be Mint or EX+ NO SURFACE NOISE or CUE BURN PLEASE -replacing my own copies. ta Rob

There is a story behind this record at Wigan, Dave was mates with us Mansfield boys and in particular Rob & Chris Marriott Chris told Dave to "Get this F***er played Dave, it will be massive" and he sold him a copy on Linda for about £6-Dave played it in his "oldies" spots when in fact it hadn't had air time before--the rest , as they say , is history. George Benson "On Broadway" massive Wigan spin for Evo late 1977/early 1978--I must have sold 30 copies in the record bar at £3 a time UK warner Bros--they were all over the place in Notts & S Yorks at 20p a throw. They kept me a float during a 6 week period when I was unemployed prior to statrting on the railway !! Rob

Need 2 wand records to replace a couple of things I've knackered playing to death!!! Must be Ex and would like MINT copies--both not too expensive-but Condition is king. Maxine Brown "Let me give you my lovin" WAND Patti Jo "Make me believe in you" Wand Also looking to replace my Masqueraders "Do you love me baby" which has 3 seconds of cue burn in the intro at some point for a Ex or Mint copy--if you're thinking of selling or would trade my copy and stuff against a better one let me know. Thanks # Rob ps a few sales on at the moment if you want to swap owt !!!

Small clear out of some great tunes that i have spares of The Superlatives "Lonely in a crowd" Westbound Ex £10 Azie Mortimer "I don't care" / "Prove it" Okeh M £10 William Bell "The man in the street" Stax £20-E- a few fine surface marks NAP Gene Stridel "Tomorrow is another day" Atlantic Ex £20 King George "So long Johnny" RCA DJ £20 EX Bobbie Brown "I gotta have you" Jacklyn M SOLD Ann Sexton "You've been gone too long" Seventy-Seven 77-104 £110 Ex (Yellow label original --all time classic) Edwin Starr "Twenty five miles" Gordy Ex £7-just brilliant ! Roy Hamilton "Earthquake" Epic 5-9538 Looks VG plays perfect £60 Paypal ,cheque cash, postal orders, green shield stamps euros etc PM to reserve add £2 P&P 1st class recorded-over £50 free P&P Would also consider good offer for the lot-or a trade on my wants. ta Rob

E b y gum them Goodies were funny in their day....

Very sorry to hear this news-our condolences to all Taffy's family and friends Rob & Karen

If anyone can dig it out he is mentioned in a Frank Elson column in Blues and Soul, I seem to remember frank says Bill was a member at the Catacombs !!And well into the music at that time! It may have been in response to someone moaning about THAT line in Black Puddin' Bertha

Go to the BBC 2 web site--sounds of the 60s--its 1 hour 19mins into the prog. The backing is a beat ballard type thing--the vocal is F***ing awful !! I didn't know it though Rob

I found 8 copies in Subway records in New York in 1979-it was being played by Sam as The Carstairs c/u-I actually owned the record as a new release purchased in Syd Booths from Phil kingswood around 1975 -always loved it-they are the same as the scan. ps dont forget about the UK Grapevine release as well Rob

Melvin Davis was drafted into the US Navy--did his basic training--except he could not swim--then had his "Shots" (vaccinations for posting abroad) But he had an allergic reaction to the stuff they used and was excused duty and demobbed!

Ray Pollard--lost an arm in the Korean war

As a regular there, I have several "early" photos which are really crap-as Parkash said 110 cassette film and a 2 watt flash !! in 1979 i bought a 35mm camera with built in flash and got some really good pics of people-and some of the dance floor as well. i have cassette tapes-but we used to record over the tapes week on week to get the latest sounds. There was never enough light for a cine camera-so doubt if anyone did it-most were without sound anyway ! Rob

Ernie Andrews is a great record that you never hear these days and a bargain too !!!

Where's your reply Chris !! and on the subject of "misheard at the Casino"---I used to think Eddie Regan "Playing hide and seek" was "Way out at sea" (play the game of love) Rob

Booted after a couple of plays on the strength of "Wash & Wear love" which is a totally different type of sound. Never had an original-but bought a boot on here last year for £5 as I had heard it out somewhere as well. A Cleethorpes sound via Rick Scott ?? so may explain why so many knew it at Drax Rob

Think this thread has been mis-named, all points taken in above-Love Music was a Russ biggie and probably a "Discovery" "along comes Mary" was another of his from the same time. I think the thread should read records "Broken" by Russ-here's one-the most Wigan Pies eaten in one evening at the casino..... Paul Anka is a Russ sound, but not discovered by him. The dance floor was/ always seemed busy early on as well. But with the passage of time the records played by the other DJs Richard, Sam ,Gary, Pat & all especially in the last 2 years have in general, remained VERY sought after and have remained very hard to find. Where as Russ's you could probably still buy at around £5-£10 each The Casino was a WEEKLY all-nighter and very unique I met some great people there and had some fantastic times and I must say without Russ it would not have happened. And lets not forget Dean Parrish "I'm on my way" played at other places first-but forever a Casino sound! Rob ps when he played leon Thomas L-O-V-E I used to think it was called "Hello Vicky"

Wasn't Yvonne Baker a Richard Searling spin at Wigan ? Russ's "discoveries" you can list on the rear of a postage stamp.........