Pete S

I'll show you his actual message: Dear mayfairmenthol, Hi there, received my record in super fast time, thankyou. however I misunderstood wol, I took it to be small" wear on label", not" writing on label". I am happy to keep the record, I wondered if you might consider a part refund. kind regards Phil

Yeah I was just saying exactly when it came out Dave

pete.smith@freeuk.com A FEW NICE BITS AND PIECES TODAY AL JAMES - SOCKA TING - BIG BEAT EX 15 Another dance craze that never caught on! DEAN PARRISH - TELL HER - BOOM EX 30 Another lovely Boom issue THE THRILLS - WHAT CAN GO WRONG - CAPITOL EX- 50 Their rare one - very light use and a bit of ring wear/ small wol but still a nice copy - oh and an added bonus, there's a monster beat ballad on the flip BUNNY SHIVEL - TOP TWENTY - CAPITOL EX 25 One of two good singles by this girl...cracking dancer RICHARD BROWN - SWEET AND KIND - STEELTOWN INC EX 35 Stafford classic - what a record DON HART - KEEP ON HOLDING ON / I CAN MAKE IT - COOL SCHOOL EX 75 This is a rare 45 - was withdrawn and titled changed to "Soldier Coming Home" THE PEACHES - BABY THINK IT OVER / MUSIC TO MY EARS - CONSTELLATION EX 25 Two girl group thumpers GAIL KELLY - WHO DO YOU THINK YOU'RE FOOLING - CAPITOL EX 25 Rare blue eyed midtempo dancer - uptempo dancer on the B side too MOSES SMITH - KEEP ON STRIVING / COME ON LET ME LOVE YOU - COTILLION DEMO EX 250 Top early 70's rarity - beautiful copy too CAMEO - FIND MY WAY - CHOCOLATE CITY EX 10 Ah happy memories... DEVONNES - I'M GONNA PICK UP MY TOYS - COLOSSUS EX 25 Nice and pretty scarce original stock copy MARTY HILL - MR. ORACLE OF LOVE - COLUMBIA DEMO EX 100 A superb Columbia demo but with a very rare promotional photo and biog card included! BILLY JOE ROYAL - YO YO - COLUMBIA DEMO EX 25 Torch dancer CAPT JESSE FOUNTAIN - I'M MARCHIN' - CAMEO EX 15 Someone paid something like £800 for an acetate of this on ebay recently thinking it was an unreleased track... THE DELLS - RUN FOR COVER - CADET EX 50 All time classic MARLENA SHAW - LET'S WADE IN THE WATER - CADET DEMO EX 60 Rare one sided demo THE THRILLS - SHOW THE WORLD WHERE IT'S AT - CAPITOL DEMO EX 20 Good girl group tune but a bit fast for the old legs nowadays, think Pat Powdrill at double speed THE HUMAN BEINZ - NOBODY BUT ME - CAPITOL EX 15 Needs no introduction JIMMY RADCLIFFE - MY SHIP IS COMING IN - AURORA EX 30 A stunning record in every way...actually I love The Walker Brothers version of this, and Walter Jackson's, but this one tops the lot BILLY WATSON - GET MYSELF TOGETHER - BARRACUDA EX 25 Used to get tipped a lot this one, never did become popular though - label is not the Detroit one PAYPAL TO pete.smith@freeuk.com please (PLEASE MAKE SURE ITEM IS AVAILABLE BEFORE SENDING ANY MONEY!) 1ST CLASS RECORDED IS NOW £2.40 FOR ONE RECORD WITH NO EXTRA CHARGE FOR 2 ADDITIONAL ITEMS. SPECIAL DELIVERY IS £7.00 OVERSEAS: EUROPE IS £3.50 AIRMAIL, £9.00 REGISTERED POST. ITEMS OVER £40 NEED TO GO BY REGISTERED POST. REST OF THE WORLD IS £4.50 AIRMAIL, £10.00 REGISTERED POST. ITEMS OVER £40 NEED TO GO BY REGISTERED POST.

You weren't the only one!

As a p.s., the second case I mention above, I realised I'd sent him the 3 records but in 2 packages, I did a track and trace on both and as he said, he received the one with 2 in it but the royal mail have managed to lose the second one, so I apologise for insinuating that there may have been something underhand there. If ever you get a message that your parcel is 'progressing through their system', you'll most likely never see it again

Not sure what your point is Nev, are you trying to say that it's worth 2 grand? Is that £15 Solomon Burke record sold at auction for £400 worth £400?

Yeah I saw that. Means f*ck all though does it, we could all stick a record up for 2 grand and hope some mug bites

What do you reckon then Geoff, price wise, someone wants me to sell it for them

The import MCA reissue, if thats whats being referred to, was issued in 1977 the same week as Lee Roye and Joey Heatherton.

I have seen that one before Dave but it may well have been on that very scan that you've shown me before!

Blimey I thought I'd had or seen 'em all, anyone know how common / rare this is, or have a copy?

£15 - £20, same as the Ackee label one - but the Lord Koos has a different B side, Breaking Up making it a little more collectable. Was one for £15 on ebay today.

"They" reckon the one with larger text is rarer but I doubt it

Some people must think us sellers have fallen from the trees. I sold a superb copy of The Maytals - Monkey Man the other day. There was a photo of it, looking spanking new. On the other side, someone had drawn four or five dots on the centrepiece, so I said WOL on B side. This guy who bought it has just sent me a message saying he did not know that WOL meant Writing On Label (despite it being the most common phrase used in describing records), he thought it meant Wear On Label, despite the fact there was a photo showing the perfect label, and he wants a part refund. You can imagine what my reply was. I have also had someone who bought 3 records off me saying he has only received 2, despite me packing them all in the same mailer and remembering doing so. And people wonder why we don't enjoy selling on ebay.

I missed that, what happened?

Bugger, trying to bid on this but am blocked for having 2 non payer strikes - was from when I won 3 singles and the bloke refused to consolidate the post and wanted £6 1st class postage when actual was £1.50, so I refused to pay him

Where was it broadcast mate?

PAYPAL TO pete.smith@freeuk.com please 1ST CLASS RECORDED IS NOW £2.40 FOR ONE RECORD WITH NO EXTRA CHARGE FOR 2 ADDITIONAL ITEMS. SPECIAL DELIVERY IS £7.00 OVERSEAS: EUROPE IS £3.50 AIRMAIL, £9.00 REGISTERED POST. ITEMS OVER £40 NEED TO GO BY REGISTERED POST. REST OF THE WORLD IS £4.50 AIRMAIL, £10.00 REGISTERED POST. ITEMS OVER £40 NEED TO GO BY REGISTERED POST. TWO LOTS OF THESE NEW TITLES TO GO - ONE TODAY, ONE TOMORROW (I THINK) INCLUDES MOSES SMITH (COTILLION), MARLENA SHAW, MARTY HILL (COLUMBIA) etc JEAN ELIAS - HOW LONG CAN I GO ON FOOLING MYSELF - BACKBEAT EX 15 Crossover - new one on me THE FIVE SHARPS - THE FIFE PIPER - CAMEO EX 25 Much harder to find version of The Dynamics BETTY LAVETTE - STAND UP LIKE A MAN / I'M JUST A FOOL FOR YOU - CALLA EX 50 Tremendous double sider BOBBY DUKES - JUST TO BE WITH YOU - CALLA EX 30 Nice 70's dancer, instrumental flip THE TYMES - THE LOVE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR - COLUMBIA DEMO EX 15 Same both sides DJ copy JAMES BOUNTY - ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS - COMPASS DEMO EX 50 Great dancer totally overshadowed by "Prove Yourself A Lady" - talk about a forgotten oldie TAWNY REED - YOU CAN'T TAKE IT AWAY - CONGRESS DEMO EX 20 Nice UK version, here on a scarce USA release VAN McCOY - LET ME DOWN EASY / SOUL IMPROVISATIONS PART 2 - BUDDAH EX 20 Classic 70's FRAN OLIVER - TOMORROW MAY NOT COME / YOU WON'T GET AWAY - BBS EX 25 Two crossover sides DEAN PARRISH - SKATE - BOOM EX 30 Mod classic instrumnetal - nice issur MARVIN HOLMES & JUSTICE - YOU BETTER KEEP HER - BROWN DOOR EX 25 Classic 70's dancer, vinyl copy. Light label wear. WALES WALLACE - SOMEBODY I KNOW - BRC EX 30 Another nice 70's dancer, great copy BOBBY LESTER - HANG UP YOUR HANG UPS - COLUMBIA DEMO EX 25 Old Casino / Mecca monster HANK JACOBS - ELIJAH ROCKIN' WITH SOUL - CALL ME REISSUE EX 20 As stated, this is the lookalike reissue not the original LONNIE YOUNGBLOOD - LET MY LOVE BRING OUT THE WOMAN IN YOU - CALLA EX 25 Stock copy THE SOULFUL STRINGS - BURNING SPEAR - CADET EX 15 Great instrumental, Birmingham Locarno 79! LIZA SMITH - I WANNA LOVE YOU - BIG TOP DEMO VG+ 10 Fierce sounding lady...plays with a bit of crackle

Also GARY BROWN & THE CHANTS - SPOILED CHILD - BROWNIE 105

Thanks Sean

Although this is an unbelievably brilliant record, the hype is astonishing, it's worth maybe £400 and I know nobody would sell it for that nowadays but it literally doubled in price overnight about 8 years back, it was only 15 years ago that it was £30. So good luck to you people raking it in on this one.

I can find these two sides separately on IX Chains records but not this coupling on Black Magic record In RANDOLPH BROWN & COPMANY - TAKE A FEW MORE STEPS / YOU CAN BE CURED - BMRS 001 any ideas? * also MOSES SMITH - KEEP ON STRIVING - COTILLION DEMO, thanks

Not going to argue with you Benji. I was talking about the reissue on Impact.

Think Giant is the original label and original version, Impact is a reissue from 4 or 5 years ago

It's not rare but it's pretty hard on it's UK issues Tim, on Ackee and Lord Koos, I've had 3 copies on Ackee I think but they were a couple of years apart. Benji the version on Impact is a different take.