Pete S

I'd personally love to see a full length set of Dean Parrish having never actually witnessed him performing live..

here's a coincidence for you - been to a boot sale this morning and picked up: THE MIKE RAVEN BLUES SHOW (XTRA 1047) THE MIKE RAVEN BLUES SAMPLER (TRANSATLANTIC TRA SAM 5) THIS IS BLUES (ISLAND IWP 5) whats the chances of that, one day after speaking about Mike Raven?

God what an uninspired and lame version of Keep On keeping On, sounds like half the band didn't turn up!

My wants list would take you all day to read mate but I especially need any of the island 3000 series, I only have these below so any others I would take: if you are serious about looking, I will send you an abbreviated list though. Will always trade northern for this sort of stuff. Island 3000's NOT needed as already have WI 3000 Roy Richards - South Viet Nam // Roy Richards - You Must Be Sorry WI 3002 The Gaylads - Stop Making Love // The Gaylads - They Call Her Dawn WI 3013 Delroy Wilson - Dancing Mood // The Soul Brothers - More And More WI 3014 Melodians - Lay It On // Melodians - Meet Me WI 3016 The Soul Brothers - Mr. Flint // The Soul Brothers - Too Young To Love WI 3020 Ken Boothe - Train Is Coming // Ken Boothe - This Is Me WI 3022 Gaylads - Don't Say No // Sonny Burke - You Rule My Heart WI 3025 The Gaylads - No Good Girl // The Gaylads - Yes Girl WI 3028 Bobby Aitken - Kiss Bam Bam // Cynthia Richards - How Could I WI 3032 Clarendonians - Shoo Be Doo Be // Clarendonians - Sweet Heart Of Beauty WI 3035 Ken Boothe - I Don't Want To See You Cry // Ken Boothe - Baby I Need You WI 3041 Clarendonians - You Can't Be Happy // Clarendonians - Goodbye Forever WI 3043 The Wailers - Bend Down Low // The Wailers - Freedom Time WI 3046 Alton Ellis & The Flames - Cry Tough // Carol With Tommy McCook - Mr. Solo WI 3048 Justin Hines & The Dominoes - Save A Bread // Justin Hinds & Dominoes - On A Saturday Night WI 3049 The Moving Brothers - Darling I Love You // Tommy McCook - Saboo WI 3050 Delroy Wilson - Get Ready // Roy Richards - Port 'O'Jam WI 3054 Hopeton Lewis - Rock Steady // Hopeton Lewis - Cool Collie WI 3058 Tartans - Dance All Night // Tartans - What Can I Do WI 3063 Derrick Harriott - The Loser // Derrick Harriott - Bless You WI 3066 Lynn Tait & The Jets - Something Stupid // Lynn Tait & The Jets - Blue Tuesday WI 3070 Slim Smith & Uniques - People Get Ready // Slim Smith & Uniques - Trying Hard To Find A Home WI 3071 Roy Shirley - Musical War // Roy Shirley - Soul Voice WI 3082 Ken Parker - How Could I // Sonny Burke - Choo Choo Train WI 3085 Keith & Tex - Tonight // Lynn Tait - You Have Caught Me WI 3130 Alfred Brown & Melmoth - I Want Someone // Alfred Brown - One Scotch One Bourbon One Beer WI 3133 The Tennors - Ride Your Donkey // The Tennors - I've Got To Get You Off My Mind Produced by A. Murphy WI 3140 The Tennors - Copy Me Donkey // Ronnie Davis - The Stage WI 3144 Lyn Beckford - Combination // Keelynn Beckford - Hey Little Girl WI 3153 Derrick Harriott - Tang Tang Festival Song // Ike Bennett & Crystalites - James Ray Actually makes me a bit sad to read that, this time last year I had going on 300 Islands, then when we found out baby was coming I started to sell them off, and the Doctor Birds, Caltones, Blue Cats, Treasure Isles etc. I've now got a lot back and the quality of this collection is way better than before but it's still a shame.

Why would anyone pay more than a fiver for this???

You sure it's on Island??? . No it's on Ska Beat..

Well if you find it, or any others, flog em to me, I collect the label...honest

I sold a copy of the Four Vandals for £500 on behalf of someone who posts on this site, before the scam was revealed. This copy had been rubbed around a carpet for hours by the looks of it, had writing on the label and a fag burn on one side. Considering it had only been manufactured that year, I'd say this was a real scam by the seller, who I won't name. But I had absolutely no idea and it wasn't until I showed the record to John Manship - it was the first he'd seen - that the little light bulbs started to flash...

Oh, and don't want to fall out with you mate but didn't I send you a cd of the sounds that Gavin "bootlegged"? And I f*cking hate it when people call for other members to be banned, it's like those cheating foreign footballers waving their hands about asking the ref to give yellow cards.

There's always been tailor mades though. I was only thinking the other night, it sounds daft now but when I hear the intro to WEAK SPOT I think back to how exciting it was at the time!

I've got loads of Mike Raven shows on reel to reel and I've posted a few extracts up in the past. never much interest though. What a boring voice that guy had..

The truth about the 4 Vandals came out long after the Rocket finished..

Believe it or not there are adults on this forum Shane, how about treating us as such? (actually having read it, I take that back, sorry Sir)

Maybe he forgot he was here a couple of weeks back. Bump on the head or something.

I'd come if it wasn't in London.

Wigan was only getting 3 or 400 for the last year mate...

He posted it the other week and I said I'd try and find out, I remembered him from KTF, anyway all I got was that his real name is Neil and he comes from Derby..

Yeah thats a f*cking terrible song - Richard Harris - but I also remember that one. I remember I used to write down the artists and title of the records and give them points out of 10. I always knew I'd end up working with records

You are definitely right about it being played on the BBC as I recognised this when I heard it played 'out' for the first time so I had to have heard it when it came out. And it must have been daytime radio too. I was 8 when it came out and I can't remember many records I heard on the radio back then but I distinctly remember hearing "Beggin" by Timebox on a sick day off from school. The record that reminds me most of the 60's and having breakfast vefore going to school with the radio on, is "Excerpt from a teenage opera (grocer jack)" by keith West, every time I hear that I'm transported back to our council house in Bull Lane. Sorry, am rambling on...

I blame Thatcher. :angry: Stuart, it's not me nagging you, it's the people I sold copies to 4 months ago that keep asking me where they are

I thought she was in the first as well? The main male characters were just so obnoxious. But that one guy is now a big star in the States, forgot his name but he was in The Truth About Cats And Dogs, which is quite a good film (if you are female person)

Mikey it's a bit naieve to say there was no sabotage when there was a shocking campaign against Ian Levine by the rest of London's promoters. With Levine going hand in hand with The Rocket, it was bound to have a knock on effect. And remember they organised a nighter for the sole purpose of clashing with The Rocket. Or did that never happen? Post office?????

Well if you come on shouting about Ady Croasdel you have to have something to back it up with mate otherwise it looks like you are just slagging people off for no reason.

I'm going to start sending you vaguely threatening emails soon :angry: