Pete S

No, different artist, Glen Brown (& Lloyd Robinson)

pete.smith@freeuk.com post extra (£2.40 recorded) cheers VALERIE & NICK - IT AIN'T LIKE THAT / YOU DON'T OWE ME ANYTHING - GLOVER W/DEMO EX £25 Hardest of their singles on this label, decent midtempo dancer, B side isa really nice midtempo the tune of which sounds like Patti Austin's "He's Good Enough For Me" THE WANDERERS - SOMEBODY ELSE'S SWEETHEART - CUB DEMO VG++ £30 Brilliant early dancer with ray Pollard on vocals. Really nice shape, only graded vg++ as it has a mark on the vinyl. Has radio station stamp and X. GOODIE WILSON - THE DOOR BELL RINGS - TITANIC EX £30 Classic popcorn style dancer NAT WRIGHT - I'M GLAD IT WAS YOU / RUN, SONNY, RUN - PETAL EX £60 Two early dancers, the very smooth "I'm Glad It Was You" and what I'd call 'novelty R & B' on the flip, "Run Sonny Run" with sound effects like search dogs barking etc. Rare single this, books and has sold for over £100. CALVIN WILLIAMS - LONELY YOU'LL BE / IT WON'T MATTER AT ALL - ATCO EX £30 Got to be a bargain for this excellent Detroit double sider, uptempo dancer on side one and a slower paced midtempo tune on the flip DORIS WILSON - BIG FLAME (IS GONNA BREAK MY HEART IN TWO) - AUTHENTIC SOLD VG++ £50 Well not sure about this one, it books at £300 but I've never had any interest in it, this copy has some surface marks hence my grading but it plays absolutely EX with no scratches, clicks, nothing thats stops it playing perfectly. So JM has it at £300 but no popsike copies have ever fetched anything like that, so..£50? MAURICE WILLIAMS - DON'T BE HALF SAFE - DEESU VG++ £15 Another nice double sider from Maurice Williams, "How To Pick A Winner" on the flip, has a few non-sounding marks and a little label damage to both sides. RUBEN WRIGHT - HEY GIRL / I'M WALKING OUT ON YOU SOLD EX £15 Excellent pairing of two uptempo dancers, surprisngly this came out on UK Capitol as well KING WILLIAMS - PATIENCE BABY / FIGHT FOR YOUR GIRL - MGM EX £15 A nice midtempo dancer back with a huge, deep voiced beat ballad, I'd really recommend that B side if you like the likes of "The Panic Is On" THE TAMS - UNTIE ME / DISILLUSIONED - ARLEN SOLD EX £15 Two good early dancers, especially "Untie Me". Rare label design (apparently), logo to the left of the label. Thanks for reading, ten more tomorrow. 07772 616402 if anyone needs to speak to me about any records

Been trying to sell an original Bill Pursell for 6 months with no success - very very rare on original...but a sound that belongs to another era really?

That one with Heartbeat didn't come out until way after the first one Simon, a good 18 months to 2 years, in fact maybe more - remember seeing it and thinking WTF?

POST £2.40 RECORDED JUNIOR WELLS - I'M GONNA CRAMP YOUR STYLE - BRIGHT STAR RARE EAST COAST DJ COPY EX £20 SOLD, BUT WHY'S EVERYONE ASKING FOR IT? DO YOU LOT KNOW SOMETHING I DON'T LOL LENNY WELCH - RUN TO MY LOVIN ARMS - KAPP BIG BEAT BALLAD, LIBRARY STICKER ON LABEL EX £10 JOHNNY WYATT - HANG UP THE PHONE - CHALLENGE W/DEMO EX- SMALL STICKER ON LABEL £20 ERIC WILLIAMS - I'LL GIVE MY LOVE TO YOU / GOODBYE MY LOVE - MONEY ONE OF THE LESSER KNOWN MONEY LABEL DANCERS, BOTH SIDES GOOD ACTUALLY EX £25 BABY WASHINGTON - RUN MY HEART / YOUR FOOL - SUE TWO GREAT SIDES. DRILL HOLE IN LABEL. EX £25 JANIE WELSH - OPEN ARMS, CLOSED HEART / I CAN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT YOU - GDC GOOD GIRL DANCERS EX £20 JERRY WILLIAMS - IF YOU ASK ME - CALLA THE 1973 RELEASE, SAME VERSION AS THE OTHER ONE, JUST A LATER PRESS EX+ £25 RUBY WINTERS - SWEETHEART THINGS - DIAMOND TOTALLY OVERLOOKED EX £15 YOUNG JESSIE - I'M A LOVIN' MAN - MERCURY DEMO UPTEMPO DANCER, NICE COPY EX £20 TIMI YURO - INSULT TO INJURY - LIBERTY HAS A BIT OF LABEL WEAR ON RAISED PART. CRACKING TRACK. VG++ £15 CHEERS PETE pete.smith@freeuk.com

Absolutely, thanks Ricky.

No, I know you're not, we had a chat about this the other day re the early Blue Beats, but that music is more like jitterbug or jumpin jive, whatever it's called, it honestly bears no resemblance to ska music, it doesn't even have any musical link (as far as I can tell) to New Orleans R&B, which are the real roots of the actual ska sound.

Can't find this one anywhere, it's kind of rocking r&b, just wondered if worth anything?

Well this time Buster is talking utter rubbish I'm afraid

It didn't "kick off the Ska boom", whatever that means - he was playing it for years as his theme tune at dances. Ska was 5 years away...

It's definitely not the 1976 styrene pressing, different colour blue and silver.

Doesn't look like styrene to me to be honest

Might have been me, but if it was, it will take me forever to find it again as it's saved to a disc. Having said that, when we've had discussions about rare issues, I put it up here a couple of times. I asked the seller if he'd take $250 for it as it had no bids and he said yes, this was in 2000 though...

Thanks very much. Was doing an LA podcast and wasn't sure.

I've had one of these, I thought I sold it to Mick Smith but he says not, so he had one too - so I've only seen one copy, ever.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/mayfairmenthol/m.html?_ipg=48&_sop=10&_rdc=1 a really decent selection of rare and not so rare tunes

Ady, or anyone, was the Era based in L.A. or New York?

I would help out of I could, really.

Probably the same as the US Veep one to be honest - £30. I've had one years ago. Bit of a specialist market so sometimes the Canadian things are hard to sell.

GEORGE 'N SONNY SANDS - DOWN BY THE OCEAN - NEW VOICE DEMO EX swol £30 THE BUTLER BROTHERS - REPUTATION - ACADEMY DEMO EX £40 The only sound file I can find of this one is on one of my podcasts, second track in https://www.mixcloud.com/mayfairmenthol/nothing-left-to-do-but-cry/ I'll do the two for £60 if anyone wants both Post is extra cheers pete

Two copies, one off centre, thats not good news!

Arrived this morning...

NEW NORTHERN OLDIES SELECTION I know some of us have heard 'em all before but I like these oldies podcasts to reach the ears of people who are maybe just testing the water as far as Northern Soul goes, there's a lot of stuff out there and I like to think that the Northern selections I do are of a pretty high standard and a good place for people to start. I maybe wrong, I don't know! One things for certain, play this lot out in a set and you won't get many empty floors. JERRY FULLER - DOUBLE LIFE MELVIN DAVIS - FIND A QUIET PLACE RONNIE FORTE - THAT WAS WHISKEY TALKING GENE CHANDLER - THERE WAS A TIME THE STAGEMASTERS - BABY I'M HERE JUST TO LOVE YOU JULIEN COVAY & THE MACHINE - A LITTLE BIT HURT THE SHARPETS - LOST IN THE WORLD OF A DREAM THE FIVE STAIRSTEPS - STAY CLOSE TO ME EULA COOPER - LET OUR LOVE GROW HIGHER JOEY HEATHERTON - WHEN YOU CALL ME BABY LILLIAN DUPREE - HIDE AND SEEK DAVE CHARLES - AIN'T GONNA CRY NO MORE POOKIE HUDSON - THIS GETS TO ME TAMIKO JONES - I'M SPELLBOUND EDDIE HOLMAN - HURT J.J. BARNES - PLEASE LET ME IN POINTER SISTERS - SEND HIM BACK ANN SEXTON - YOU'VE BEEN GONE TOO LONG SKULL SNAPS - MY HANG UP IS YOU POSSE - EVIL THE PHONETICS - JUST A BOYS DREAM LINDA GRINER - GOODBYE CRUEL LOVE GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS - STOP AND GET A HOLD OF MYSELF TERRY CALLIER - ORDINARY JOE THE SANDPIPERS - YOUNG GENERATION THE POETS - WRAPPED AROUND YOUR FINGER THE RIVINGTONS - I LOVE YOU ALWAYS FRANCES NERO - KEEP ON LOVING ME JUANITA WILLIAMS - BABY BOY THE ROTATIONS - PUT A DIME ON D9 J.D. BRYANT - I WON'T BE COMING BACK JIMMY McFARLAND - LONELY LOVER RAY & DAVE - WRONG, WRONG, WRONG BOBBIE SMITH - WALK ON INTO MY HEART ROBIN RICE - I'VE HAD IT THE PERSIANETTES - IT HAPPENS EVERY DAY PAUL THOMPSON - SPECIAL KIND OF WOMAN THE IMPERIAL C'S - SOMEONE TELL HER https://www.mixcloud.com/mayfairmenthol/a-new-northern-soul-oldies-selection/

RECORD BREAKER These are just a few 45's I've bought recently but I wanted to highlight the track "Record Breaker" by Sir Scorcher & The Black Emeralds because to most ears this would sound like prime Studio One material circa late 68 - early 69, except it's actually a 2013 release - possibly the most authentic attempt at recreating the classic early Reggae sound. It's on the Jan Disc label and even looks like an old UK release, complete with push out centre. Meanwhile, The Allentons Rocksteady tune, "Dreams", is also a contemporary release which brilliantly echoes the late Rocksteady period. Also worth noting is the semi-instrumental version of "The Israelites", lots of these previously unissued backing tracks of old classics are sneaking out on Beverleys reissues. THE CRYSTALITES - SLIPPERY JOHNNY MELODY - GOVERN YOUR MOUTH HOPETON LEWIS - COOL COLLIE NOEL BROWN - MAN'S TEMPTATION BEVERLEYS ALL STARS - SMOKE SCREEN SOUL BOYS - BLOOD PRESSURE RITA MARLEY - A DEH PON DEM COUNT STICKY & THE UPSETTERS - ROCKFORT PSCHEDELIA NOEL BROWN - HEARTBREAK GIRL VAL BENNETT - VAL BLOWS IN THE SKATALITES - DR. RING DING BABA BROOKS - SLY MONGOOSE ERIC MONTY MORRIS - BLACKMAN SKA LEE PERRY - ROAST DUCK ROBERT MARLEY - ONE CUP OF COFFEE ERIC MONTY MORRIS - A SPOT IN MY HEART FOR YOU FERDIE NELSON - SKA DOWN JAMAICA WAY THE MAYTALS - DO THE REGGAY VAL BENNETT - SOUL SURVIVOR DESMOND DEKKER & BEVERLEYS ALL STARS - ISRAELITES VERSION THE CRYSTALITES - TONIGHT VERSION SIR SCORCHER & THE BLACK EMERALDS - RECORD BREAKER GLEN ADAMS - SHE'S SO FINE (HARMONY BACKING) THE ALLENTONS - DREAMS https://www.mixcloud.com/mayfairmenthol/record-breaker/