Pete S

I remember one I got off ebay, didn't cost much, maybe $100, this is back in 2000, anyway when it came it had like a dart puncture right in the middle which made it skip 2 grooves, so I sold it for £200 I think, the guy who bought it melted some wax into the hole and made a new groove if you see what I mean, and it played mint! Now why didn't I think of that...

Well John Manship says it was. I personally remain unconvinced, though he did explain it to me once. Whats certain is that every copy was sold as an original at the time and they all came from one source who found the entire dead stock (Kev Roberts in fact)

1) Does anyone actually know the record pictured below 2) Does anyone know why it's listed at £200, is it popular somewhere or has it been maybe? 3) If I was to sell it for £60 would anyone buy it?

Just shows how many mugs there are around buying records these days

I had the same problem with that record, I think I sold the WD for £25!

It still amazes me the prices people ask for records though, especially on Soul Source, someone will have say The Vibrations - Cause You're Mine - Epic original, hisses for first 3 seconds, label wear, bargain £100! In that nick it should be £30 if that. Just check the sales lists and see how many records with defects are sold at more or less full price.

Sold one about 6 weeks ago for £150. It's gone from £10 to £250 in the space of 3 years, not quite sure why.

There's a photo of Billy Sharae in There's That Beat 3 or 4, it's a promo photograph.

Can anyone else except me remember him doing this live on The Golden Shot in 1974?? I bought it the next day...

THE PRESENT - MANY'S THE SLIP TWIXT THE CIP AND THE LIP - PHILIPS EX 40 Light crackle right at the start otherwise great MARVIN HOLMES & JUSTICE - YOU BETTER KEEP HER - BROWN DOOR EX 15 TONY NORTHERN - COVERED WITH MONEY - ARIEL EX 40 Crossover dancer books 75 TOMMY & EDDIE - I DON'T WANT NOBODY - MONEY EX 20 CHICO HOLIDAY - FOLLOW THE SUN - MEADOWBROOK EX 50 THE CONTESSAS - I KEEP ON KEEPIN ON - E EX 30 THE BOUQUETS - I LOVE HIM SO - MALA EX- 25 Two girl group sides

01902 893569 pete.smith@freeuk.com DENNIS D'ELL - BETTER USE YOUR HEAD - UK CBS DEMO Great version - always been a rare one to find - this copy is beautiful EX+ £250 NIKKI BLU - WHOA WHOA I LOVE HIM SO - PARKWAY STOCK COPY Another of the rare Parkway issues £40 SANDY WYNNS - THE TOUCH OF VENUS - CHAMPION EX 35 THEO-COFF INVASION - LUCKY DAY - DEARBORN EX 40 BARBARA MASON - BOBBY IS MY BABY - ARCTIC EX 30 HELEN BRYANT - THAT'S A PROMISE - FURY (GOOD R & - EX £30 LESLIE UGGAMS - DON'T YOU EVEN CARE - ATLANTIC DEMO (2 CLICKS AS IT FADES OUT OTHERWISE A LOVELY COPY, RARE DEMO) EX £50 BEN ZINE - VILLAGE OF TEARS - PARKWAY DEMO EX £75 EARL WRIGHT - THUMB A RIDE - CAPITOL EX £40 BIG MAYBELLE - LET ME GO / NO BETTER FOR YOU - PORT DEMO EX- £20 MAGICTONES - HOW CAN I FORGET YOU - WHEELSVILLE EX BUT CRACK AROUND PART OF LABEL NOWHERE NEAR PLAYING SURFACE £70

Absolutely - can't afford not to. Also because of financial restrictions I can only really but items I am pretty sure I can sell. This is getting harder though as some dead certs haven't sold.

The title says 'some records\are too good to be booted' and then goes on to talk about The Deadbeats. Surely some mistake here. What a pile of garageband sh*t.

Ian told me that every instrument on this album is real...as in not synthesised. Just saying what he told me!

I couldn't believe when I was looking for it that there are loads and loads of websites set up in tribute to him! Taking the mick obviously..

You're kidding! I undercut everyone...I mean, everyone!

But Tony Galla's been played for over 20 years as well!

225 represents 100 quid profit and I would be happy with that even if it is worth 300. I've never been greedy!

Well most people will know where these came from, there must have been a few hundred found, in fact I can point you to a US website where you have been able to buy this at a set sale price for 2 years now and as soon as one is sold, they replace it with another...

Yeah but £15? Better than a poke in the eye...

You jizzbag, you had me going there for a minute and I actually went and looked!

And to add to that, I just won a record which books at £300 for less than £20! Never heard it but if it says the words A SOLID HITBOUND PRODUCTION on the label it'll do for me..

Can't get my head round this. I just bought a Paris Blues Mala stock copy off Ebay for £125. I was the only bidder. A year ago this record would have gone for £300. It's "in the book" at £350. What on earth is happening? (p.s. FOR SALE - TONY MIDDLETON - PARIS BLUES - MALA ISSUE £225 )

And now it's sold