Pete S

Sadly I can't add anything to the conversation I'm afraid.

I must have missed this topic and I'd be interested in it!

Yeah I was selling Job Opening the other day, not this Crowd one.

I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. You do know I'm talking about a different Del Larks record, right?

He was feeling his arse at the time (for anyone who didn't see who the unknown man was, it was Dave Lee Travis)

It's still sh*t.

John Manship didn't auction it Dave, it was John Tefteller over in the USA.

Do you mean the one I sold? Well the one on Ebay went for about 6.5K, this one went for less than that but the one I had is possibly the best copy ever to go on sale so someone missed out - anyway the 2nd bidder from the first auction did offer what he bid on the other auction, but it wasn't a set sale, it was an auction, and I wanted to do it out in the open so he decided to bid lower and then increase it if anyone outbid him.

Why, does it sound different to the pink label one?

You are not alone!

No, it's all three of those

Do I have to LOL

Hold Back Tonight

They probably thought Job Opening was on the other side.

It took me straight to his website!

Mostly, but Christine Cooper was a Mecca tune already bootlegged in 1975. Rita & T's, 1979.

PETE SMITH MIXED BAG OF MAINLY NORTHERN 45's..FEW CROSSOVER, BALLADS AS WELL DONNY BEAUMONT - DON'T MAKE ME GO NOW - MERCURY EX 20 Stunning crossover using backing track of George & Sonny Sands "Down By The Ocean". Last copy CHRISTINE KITTRELL - CALL HIS NAME - KING EX 20 R & B dancer LITTLE TOMMY & THE ELGINS - I WALK ON - ABC EX 25 Excellent dancer, still listed at £100 elsewhere YOUNG JESSIE - I'M A LOVIN' MAN - MERCURY DEMO EX 30 Superb copy TYRONE DAVIS - I'M RUNNING A LOSING RACE - SACK EX 20 Cracking Chicago dancer TSU TORONADOS - A THOUSAND WONDERS (TWO VERSIONS ONE UNISSUED) - NORTHERN SOUL STORIES PROMO ONLY 45 M 15 THE AD LIBS - JOHNNY MY BOY - UK CONTEMPO EX 20 BRENDA LEE - AIN'T GONNA CRY NO MORE - UK BRUNSWICK EX 15 BRENDA LEE - TIME AND TIME AGAIN - UK BRUNSWICK EX 15 TONY ORLANDO - CHILLS - UK COLUMBIA DEMO EX 20 Popcorn - rare demo PEACHES & HERB - I NEED YOUR LOVE SO DESPERATELY - UK CBS EX- 15 ROBERT PARKER - I CAUGHT YOU IN A LIE - UK CONTEMPO EX 20 THE ROYALETTES - POOR BOY - UK MGM DEMO EX 25 Typical lush Teddy Randazzo arrangement - big beat ballad SONS OF ROBIN STONE - GOT TO GET YOU BACK - UK ATLANTIC DEMO VG++ 15 VERDELLE SMITH - A PIECE OF THE SKY - UK CAPITOL DEMO EX 20 TWIGGY - BEAUTIFUL DREAMS - UK EMBER EX 25 Pop but you gotta love it! DODIE WEST - IN THE DEEP OF NIGHT - UK PICCADILLY EX 20 Nice on an issue TIMI YURO - CAN'T STOP RUNNING AWAY - UK MERCURY EX- 25 KAREN YOUNG - TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING - UK MAJOR MINOR EX 25 Be surprised how hard to find this is. Maybe a good reason for that. No centre. THE CLASSIC SULLIVANS - PAINT YOURSELF IN THE CORNER - KWANZA DEMO VG+ 8 JIMMY SOUL CLARK - IF I ONLY KNEW THEN - KAREN EX 8 THE EMPERORS - LOOKING FOR MY BABY - MALA DEMO EX 25 Crazy uptempo Mod type tune, hammond etc - good version of Coasters "Searchin'" on flip RAY DAHROUGE - I CAN SEE HIM MAKIN' LOVE TO YOU BABY - POLYDOR DEMO NM 15 Original version of The Anderson Brothers by the song's composer THE WINSTONS - COLOUR HIM FATHER - UK PYE INTERNATIONAL EX 20 A little label wear but both sides play perfectly INVICTUS - NEW BABE (SINCE I FOUND YOU) - RAMA RAMA EX 10 100mph dancer DELILAH MOORE - WRAPPED UP TIGHT / OO WEE BABY - MONEY NM 20 Crossover CYNTHIA SHEELER - I'LL CRY OVER YOU - UK GRAPEVINE 2000 NM 8 ALPACA PHASE III - I LIKE TO PARTY - ATLANTIC DEMO NM 10 Cleethorpes / Mecca / Wigan spin from 74 THE AVONS - TELL ME BABY (WHO WOULD I BE) - REF O REE EX 20 Tough one, Northern dancer with a beat ballad flip THE JADES - I'M WHERE IT'S AT - REE (REISSUE) EX 12 CATHY SAINT - BIG BAD WORLD - DAISY DEMO VG+ 15 Great girl group style dancer, plays fine. X on label HOSANNA - HIPIT - LHMA EX 10 Local label? BEVERLY McKAY - HE'LL NEVER CHANGE - SUE DEMO VG+ 20 Superb lesser known Sue dancer. Good B side too. Couple of pops at start otherwise EX LITTLE TONY & THE HAWKS - DON'T TRY TO FIGHT IT - RENFRO EX 20 ALVIN ROBINSON - FEVER / DOWN HOME GIRL - UK RED BIRD DEMO VG+ 25 Very rare UK demo. Does have a little background crackle in parts. JACKIE BURNS & THE BO BELLS - I DO THE BEST I CAN - MGM ISSUE EX 80 Not only a brilliant record but on a beautiful black MGM stock copy - never seen one before MARLINA MARS - HEAD AND SHOULDERS - MGM DEMO EX 35 Same track as Patti Young BOB MARSHALL & THE CRYSTALS - NEVER SEEN A GIRL LIKE YOU - L REV VG+ 15 CATE BROS. - WHERE CAN WE GO - UK ASYLUM EX- 15 Old Anderson Bros cover up. This one is kind of mint but has a scratch on it which doesn't sound. CANDACE LOVE - WONDERFUL NIGHT - AQUARIUS EX 30 Stunning Bridges, Knight & Easton production DARROW FLETCHER - IMPROVE - ATLANTIC DEMO EX 20 No idea about this one - bit funky for me - same both sides demo by the way, one side has some clicks at the start but it's identical to the other side anyway! SAM DEES - WORN OUT BROKEN HEART - ATLANTIC DEMO EX 10 Lovely ballad - same both sides m/s JOHNNY BRISTOL - LOVE NO LONGER HAS A HOLD ON ME - UK ARIOLA EX 15 THE PRECISIONS - IF THIS IS LOVE (EP, ALSO CONTAINS SUCH MISERY, SUGAR AIN'T SWEET, BABY YOU'RE MINE) - UK DREW / INFERNO M 15 In picture sleeve with biog, corners cut on the open edge of sleeve, no idea why but every one I've seen is like it POSTAGE £2.50 RECORDED IN THE UK OVERSEAS I'LL QUOTE (USUALLY £4 EUROPE, £5 ELSEWHERE, £9 REGISTERED)

I don't collect records anymore, I just buy and sell them, can't afford to keep them..

Make sure there aren't two original pressings first though! I'll try and find out.

So many of these are sold as originals, because very few people knew it had been counterfeited. Even for the fake one, 25 is an absolute bargain.

I don't like Ben Zine, it's rubbish, where did you pull that one up from???...I like all the records you mention but I also like Lou Pride, Eddie Parker, Bernie Williams, Tomangoes, George Blackwell, Pointer Sisters, Tommy Bush, Garnet Mimms, Dean Courtney, Billy Woods, Larry Santos, Adams Apples, Paul Sindab, Pookie HUdson, Herbert Hunter, the list is endless and the argument is pointless..

I really do have to disagree Ian, I do know exactly what was played throughout the years, I'd been enough and I've heard enough and learned enough, but the music through 75 to 77 was equally as good as any other time on the scene, and I would go one to one with you that period vs post 78. 78 was bad, we all know that, but before it, it was as good as anything. You'll always have the Soussan instrumentals and various tailor mades, any era.

I'm still not sure how to use Facebook properly. Nice to hear from old mates out of the blue but I don't do a lot on there soul wise, though I do like Chalky's group and some of the old photo groups - but the thing I really dislike about it, is people keep signing me up to groups which I have no interest in - an invite would be nice, but not an unauthorised sign up.

Hopefully not a female walking past at the same time..

Thanks Dave.