Pete S

Oh I thought you said we should all still be doing it I'm just thinking, the thought of adults in their 50's taking gear* is as bad and sad as adults in their 50's dressing up in clothes of the same style they wore in 1977. * not aimed at anyone in particular, just in general

Nowhere near £100! Thats more like a Manship auction price.

It's slightly easier to do all that when you're 17 than when you're in your 50's for most of us - and half of our contemporaries have already passed away so who in their right mind is going to push it like that while approaching pension age?

He did a really good version of What Does It Take To Win Your Love, I've got it on a 1972 LP so it may be LP only but it's as good as any of the other covers.

Here's a cracking selection of classic UK produced Girl 45's of the 60's, some you'll know, some hopefully you won't. It's not an out and out Northern Soul compilation as there are some Wall Of Soundalikes and Beat Ballads included amongst the stompers. Not done one of these for a long time so hopefully this will fill the gap until the next one. ALMA COGAN - SNAKES AND SNAILS FIVE & A PENNY - YOU SON'T KNOW WHERE YOUR INTEREST LIES THE BREAKAWAYS - THAT'S HOW IT GOES JUDY CANNON - THE FIRST DAY I MET YOU LESLEY DAWSON - RUN FOR SHELTER BILLIE DAVIS - JUST WALK IN MY SHOES SUE LYNNE - DON'T PITY ME KAROL KEYES - CAN YOU HEAR THE MUSIC HELEN SHPIARO - TAKE ME FOR A WHILE LORRAINE SILVER - THE HAPPY FACES LESLEY DUNCAN - SEE THAT GUY TWIGGY - BEAUTIFUL DREAMS PERPETUAL LANGLEY - TWO BY TWO ELKIE BROOKS - HE'S GOTTA LOVE ME JACKIE LEE - THE TOWN I LIVE IN JENNY WREN - CHASING MY DREAMS ALL OVER TOWN JACKIE TRENT - IF YOU LOVE ME JEANNIE LAMBE - DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY JACKIE TRENT - YOU BABY KAROL KEYES - ONE IN A MILLION DANA GILLESPIE - PAY YOU BACK WITH INTEREST CAROL DEENE - HE JUST DON'T KNOW JACKI BOND - WHY CAN'T I LOVE HIM ANTOINETTE - LULLABY OF LOVE THE CHANTELLES - THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT YOU TAWNY REED - YOU CAN'T TAKE IT AWAY TAMMY ST JOHN - NOBODY KNOWS WHAT'S GOIN' ON IN MY MIND BUT ME MARGO & THE MARVETTES - WHEN LOVE SLIPS AWAY HELEN SHAPIRO - HE KNOWS HOW TO LOVE ME SAMANTHA JONES - SOMEBODY ELSE'S BABY LYNDA GRAHAM - YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT SHARON TANDY - NOW THAT YOU'VE GONE EMMA REDE - I GOTTA BE WITH YOU DANY CHANDELLE - LYING AWAKE THE CARROLLS - SURRENDER YOUR LOVE BARRY ST JOHN - DON'T YOU FEEL PROUD CLAIRE FRANCIS - BUT I DON'T CARE PETULA CLARK - YOU BETTER COME HOME https://x.mixcloud.com/mayfairmenthol/brit-girls-strike-back/

Yes Gotta Be Free is extremely rare - but the common one with Soul Meeting on the other side shouldn't really cost more than £50

Less than half that..

I didn't realise it was about 'new' records, I thought it was just any cheapies that were half decent, so I apologise for posting JJ Barnes!

Well if you ain't selling them why bother telling us?

There's an interesting topic about this record elsewhere.

Like I said, £250 then..

It's worth £250 then...

All the EMI group's labels changed late 66 early 67. Tamla Motown, Stateside, Verve, Liberty, United Artists, HMV, MGM all changed to green and white. Verve and MGM only had a few green and whites before both changing to pink and silver. At the same time, Pye changed from white demo to yellow demo. I honestly have no idea why this happened.

If theres not hundreds, you can always send me a list and I'll tell you whats real or not and how much you ought to ask for them..

Might be a one off but it's not gonna be worth anything I'm afraid - Suspicion is available on at least 3 bootleg 45's and The Flirtations record is only worth a tenner anyway...

Yes they were both booted, the Paula Parfitt is as Simon says, easy to spot as it has no serrated edge and 99% of all of them have a USA type centre and no stamped numbers on the run off. On the Cheryl Williams, the original is off white/beige and the bootleg is black and white

Has the Paula Parfitt got a centre?

I'm afraid I didn't enjoy it very much, it's too dark in it's outlook and I only got two thirds of the way through and haven't gone back to it, sorry.

Can't see it making much difference, there's a search facility

What an absolutely ill founded assumption. Ask me my top 100 and at least 40% come from the post Wigan days. The record in question sounded like two people were singing different songs!

Can you imagine having the thrill of hearing this for the first time ever? I especially love that kind of choral part right in the middle before it shifts up a gear and gets even more intense. What a record.

No wonder it was unreleased...

Here is the world's best £10 record. I can't believe anyone could not like this. It is very special.

That Soul Yogi is actually a great record though, gets a bit boring half way through but up til then, superb.

I know you like this one...