Pete S

Plates, on long poles

No not anymore Dave sorry - I can remember it clear as day though.

Dave, if you could have read Dave McCadden's original Soul Time mag, back in late 76 early 77, he actually mentions that story that Kyp Gainsboro is a dog!

My favourite bass players, Leroy Sibbles of The Heptones and Studio One session man, some of the incredible bass lines he invented for Studio One that have been used over and over again...and Jah Wobble on PIL's album Metal Box...

Gloria & T-Airas, about right really I think, £400 maybe, I was lucky enough to buy a couple of copies when it was still hardly known (despite it having one Wigan play in 77) but it was £100+ then, 20 years back - in fact I got my first one off Gene Robertson on here as a swap...anyway point being, a very tough record to find. Quality too. I have a very special copy with Lost Soul on the other side

There's no strings on the Detroit Strings track brilliant instrumental but I just call it the Detroit Rhythm Section

It's beyond me mate. Not even a demo!

You got a great buy there and it sounds really good - I'd say your version was worth £75 to £100, would have been more but for the clicks in the middle. Having said that I rare a minter at £200 to £250, have to say not had one for years though and never had an issue which I would rate at the price that the auction one went for.

On another thread I said that Servicemen was only worth £100 - £125 but I didn't realise it was one with the labels the right way round. I don't think it's worth what it sold for but it's definitely a rare one.

He'll definitely confirm cos I had it on tape at the same time

I thought Ady had the acetate years before Kent got the Lou Johnson tapes - I'm talking 1991-ish here

UST THESE LEFT NOW SOME CLASS OLDIES HERE FOLKS — BARGAINS! THE INTERTAINS — GLAD I FOUND YOU — UPTOWN DEMO EX 100 No takers on this excellent dancer? £200 / £250 elsewhere. LITTLE CHARLES & THE SIDEWINDERS — TALKIN’ BOUT YOU BABE — DECCA VG++ 70 Issue copy — used but plays perfectly JANICE — I NEED YOU LIKE A BABY — ROULETTE DEMO EX 75 Great version of Andrea Henry, same backing track, updated — giving it away TERI BRYANT — GENI — VERVE DEMO EX 45 Fantastic oldie — nice demo WAYNE COCHRAN — I’M IN TROUBLE — MERCURY M- 20 Wigan oldie HIGH VOLTAGE — COUNTRY ROAD — COLUMBIA EX 40 Cleethorpes monster — stock copy FOR FIRST 3 RECORDS IN THE UK (RECORDED) SPECIAL DELIVERY IS RECOMMENDED FOR RARER ITEMS! COST £7.10 DON’T FORGET YOU ARE ONLY COVERED UP TO ABOUT £40 FOR RECORDED DELIVERY ITEMS, IT’S WORTH PAYING THE EXTRA TO GET £500 INSURANCE OVERSEAS WILL QUOTE BUT IT’S USUALLY £9 EUROPE AND £10 ELSEWHERE FOR REGISTERED POSTAGE. CHEERS PETE

Oh no! But that's the thing about collecting British, it's just crazy that People - including me- would rather not have the record without a centre than have one with the centre missing - just shows it's nothing to do with the music really and it's more of an obsession.

You know stuff about me that I don't know myself! Weird...

If you really think Frankie Crocker is worth £400 then you and one other person are out there on your own and it's you who doesn't 'get' it. You honestly think these daft auction prices for common records are the norm? Why? Is the Skullsnaps on UK worth £300 then?

I really need a UK demo of Roy Hamilton - one of the few British I've never had

It's on a Kent cd.

Premium Stuff on another topic is saying this is a 'real world' price!

No, that's double what it's worth

Yeah but not two at the same time? (Although I did once have a UK single on acetate, demo and issue, all the same record)

I wouldn't take any notice Steve, that's not the real world...Frankie Crocker £200 Servicemen £100 - £125.

You're right Chalky, it can't be more than ten years ago that I sold my own copy for £250 or £300. As for the Yum Yums demo - I sold one in 2009 for £500, it's worth three times that now?

Brilliant thank you folks, I knew it was familiar, I've got the bloomin' thing on the red vinyl 12" LP

Showstoppers on UK Beacon with no centre - £85 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/THE-SHOW-STOPPERS-Aint-Nothing-But-A-House-Part-Rare-1960s-UK-7-Single-/330661383500?pt=UK_Records&hash=item4cfcf44d4c

Not the Willows on MGM - girl solo, sounds like it could be Detroit, my arms to hold you close to me, my lips to kiss you tenderly my heart to make you proud of me you're my kind of guy, you're my kind of guy something like that anyway thanks