Pete S

Sorry Mikey you're right, it's The Artistics Hope We Have, but not Earl jackson

Er..no..Earl Jackson did Soul Self satisfaction, and this isn't it, it's Marvin Smith Have More Time

1 tommy neal 2 gerri granger 3 reparata 4 cavaliers 5 v an dykes 6 marvin smith 7 8 peoples choice 9 olympics (or fred smith orch) 10 homer banks I'll get 7 in a minute

Blimey!

on UK MotownTMG 1267. Excellent condition, with picture sleeve (which is a bit tatty on the open edge). Label has two lines drawn on it (see pic). Any offers - don't know what to ask, was just told it was in demand.

I'm glad this subject has come up, I have a copy of the Aretha version but it just doesn't look like any Columbia record I've ever seen - yet I doubt that this title has ever been bootlegged. But this one must surely be a boot. In the run off it says: "does love believe in me"...thats scratched in. Also has a scratched in ztsp number and it's on vinyl, so I'm presuming it's a recent one which came out after the last John Manship bootleg book came out...unless anyone knows different.

Looks pretty immaculate from that scan. I'm tempted...

It's impossible to accurately visualy grade a styrene record.

Marky boy, need that number...

If a record has cue burn it has to be mentioned, as does styrene noise, which is common - even on mint records you can get styrene noise. I try and play everything, sometimes maybe if it's a big list with a lot of 10 quid records on then some may slip through but I play about 98%. If a record has cue burn I just comment on the burn - for instance, if it starts before the track begins and ends on the first note, I'll still grade it as EX but mention the burn. If it's a significant burn, say 2 seconds or more, I'd probably downgrade it as well as explaining it. The bottom line is, I try to think how I would feel if someone sent me a record and hadn't described a problem - I wouldn't be happy, so I try not to let that situation occur.

Thanks so much for doing that Mark, I'll tell his parents tomorrow and maybe try to record it for them

Oops that's but a damper on this thread then..

Well what is it then???

Seeing someone die on the side car park at Wigan. Getting mugged at knifepoint at Wigan. Dave McCadden and Crispie dying this year.

Sorry to be picky Baz but Jet Boy Jet Girl was actually by Captain Sensible & The Softies, just after he left the Damned for the first time. Also recorded by someone called Elton Motello who was supposed to be that bloke with the irritating accent from Masterchef. I know you meant Jet Boy by the New York Dolls

Long running joke then - definitely played for more than one weekend!

It's Homely Girl innit? I used to like this til UB40 killed it

Another one - Chi Lites - Stoned out of my mind..

Sorry if anyones already mentioned it but one of the coolest, smoothest soul records must be William Devaughan - Be thankful for what you've got. Absoloute classic.

You're right, he did, that was what was on the disc I bought off him - it was at a newcastle Tiffanies alldayer must be late 77 or early 78...what was She Devil?

Absolutely. I remember the shock horror exclamations when I announced this as one of my all time favourite records a year or two ago. Did you hear Paul Weller massacre it last year?

Not "Born To Be Alive" by Patrick Hernandez??

I'm pretty sure I've got the book that those came out of, but I thought the Louvin Brothers cover design was great, and I especially liked "The karatist Priest" and the woman with no hands who played the organ...a true miracle.

I remember that but only the hookline...whats that, 79, 80?

How about this one, a real forgotten gem which just about touched the charts (I sound like Mike Smash) Ronnie Dyson - When you get right down to it