Pete S

Thanks a lot Sean.

What's the Anyone Can Tell track then, don't think I know this

OR LINKS TO SCANS ANYWAY...SOME CRACKING STUFF HERE PETE SMITH pete.smith@freeuk.com WOMBOURNE, WEST MIDLANDS, ENGLAND HELLO FOLKS, BACK WITH A FEW MORE INTERESTING REGGAE 45's AT WHAT I HOPE ARE COMPETITIVE PRICES. PRICES IN GBP. ALL HONESTLY GRADED AFTER PLAYING THE ITEMS. ** SORRY BUT NOT INTERESTED IN ANY TRADES AT THE MOMENT ** THE UNTOUCHABLES — TIGHTEN UP — TROJAN 613 TIGHTEN UP / GOOD AMBITION (ROY SHIRLEY) CONDITION: VG++ £30 Few marks, light crackle at start but a strong player, very loud, decent copy. Very small wol https://www.rare-soul.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/untouchables.jpg DENNIS ALCAPONE — WAKE UP JAMAICA — TREASURE ISLE 7074 WAKE UP JAMAICA / VERSION CONDITION: EX+ £25 Beautiful copy. This is one of those strange black and white Treasure Isle labels Trojan used for a short period in 1973 (they used black and white versions of practically all of their labels for a couple of months) https://www.rare-soul.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dennis-alcapone.jpg THE EAGLES — YOUR ENEMIES CAN’T HURT YOU — DUKE REID 2522 YOUR ENEMIES CAN'T HURT YOU / VERSION CONDITION: VG++ £25 Credited to Duke Reid Allstars on the label, this is one of the hardest Duke Reid 45's to find. https://www.rare-soul.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/reid-allstars.jpg DENNIS ALCAPONE & KEITH HUDSON — SHADES OF HUDSON — BIG SHOT 565 SHADES OF HUDSON / SPANISH AMIGO CONDITION: VG++ £40 Little crackle, nothing major, this is a really tough one to find, "Amigo" has a little noise towards the end but no real problems with either side https://www.rare-soul.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/keith-hudson.jpg PAT KELLY — NEVER GIVE UP — GAS 110 NEVER GIVE UP / WORKMAN SONG CONDITION: EX+ £30 https://www.rare-soul.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/pat-kelly.jpg THE HEPTONES — A CHANGE IS GOING TO COME — STUDIO ONE 2005 A CHANGE IS GOING TO COME / NOBODY KNOWS CONDITION: NEAR MINT £150 You will have to wait a long, long time before you see a better copy than this one, stunning vinyl and labels, plus two of the greatest tracks ever issued on Studio One. Kills me to sell this. https://www.rare-soul.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/heptones.jpg LYNN TAIT & CARL BRYAN — WAY OF LIFE — BLUE CAT BS 108 WAY OF LIFE / JOE WHITE - I'M SO PROUD CONDITION: WAY OF LIFE IS TYPICAL REGGAE VG AT THE START, CRACKLES BUT MUSIC VERY LOUD, PLAYS REALLY EXCELLENT FOR MOST OF THE TRACK BUT VISUALLY ONLY VG+. THE JOE WHITE SIDE HAS A SCRATCH WHICH MAKES IT STICK ON ONE GROOVE ON MY DECK, TINY BIT OF WEIGHT AND IT PLAYED THROUGH, BUT I'D ONLY GRADE THAT SIDE AS 'GOOD'. WAY OF LIFE PLAYS GREAT THOUGH, THAT'S THE SIDE I BOUGHT IT FOR. £50 https://www.rare-soul.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/lynn-tait.jpg BIG YOUTH — KEEP ON MOVING (VERSION) — UPSETTER 393 MOVING (VERSION) / UPSETTERS - CRUMMY PEOPLE CONDITION: VG++ TO EX- £15 B SIDE HAS A FEW MARKS MAINLY VG+ https://www.rare-soul.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/DSCN3715.jpg BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS — SMALL AXE — UPSETTERS 357 SMALL AXE / ALL IN ONE CONDITION: VG TO EX- CRACKLY INTRO £15 https://www.rare-soul.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/DSCN3714.jpg NEVILLE GRANT — BLACK MAN’S TIME — UPSETTER 384 BLACK MAN'S TIME / ANSEL COLLINS - BLACK SUPREME CONDITION: VG++ TO EX £15 https://www.rare-soul.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/DSCN3713.jpg SLIM SMITH & DAVE BARKER — BLESSED ARE THE MEEK — UNITY 567 BLESSED ARE THE MEEK / JEFF BARNES - PEOPLE'S VOICE CONDITION: A SIDE VG TO VG++ B SIDE VG £20 https://www.rare-soul.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/DSCN3712.jpg KEN BOOTHE — MOVING AWAY — STUDIO ONE 2053 MOVING AWAY / COME TOMORROW CONDITION: VG TO VG++ £25 HAS WHAT LOOKS LIKE SILVER PAINT IN SOME GROOVES - HARDLY ANY NOISE CAN BE HEARD WHEN THE STYLUS PLAYS THROUGH THESE PARTS AT THE START, BUT A SMALL SPLASH AT THE END CAUSES A FEW CLICKS, THE REST PLAYS GREAT ACTUALLY. THE "TOMORROW" SIDE ALSO HAS A LITTLE OF THE SAME MATERIAL IN THE GROOVE BUT ONLY CRACKLES FOR A FEW ROTATIONS. TRUST ME - THIS ONE PLAYS REALLY WELL AND IS PRICED CORRECTLY. https://www.rare-soul.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/DSCN3688.jpg DERRICK HARRIOTT & THE CHOSEN FEW — PSYCHEDELIC TRAIN — SONG BIRD 1029 PSYCHEDELIC TRAIN / PART 2 £20 CONDITION: EXCELLENT MINUS https://www.rare-soul.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/DSCN3682.jpg ROY SHIRLEY & KEN BOOTHE — PARADISE — SKA BEAT 253 PARADISE / CALLING £25 CONDITION: EXCELLENT https://www.rare-soul.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/DSCN3671.jpg DION CAMERON & THE THREE TOPS — LORD HAVE MERCY — RIO 111 LORD HAVE MERCY / GET READY (SEARCH IS ON) CONDITION: VG TO VG+ £25 https://www.rare-soul.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/DSCN3664.jpg DESMOND DEKKER & THE ACES — BEAUTIFUL AND DANGEROUS — PYRAMID 6031 BEAUTIFUL AND DANGEROUS / I'VE GOT THE BLUES CONDITION: VG TO VG++ CRACKLY START £25 THE RIO GRANDES — SOLDIERS TAKE OVER — PYRAMID 6001 SOLDIERS TAKE OVER / MOSES CONDITION: VG TO VG++ £25 VERY ODD CYMBALS SOUND ON THIS! https://www.rare-soul.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/DSCN3649.jpg THE PIONEERS — EASY COME EASY GO — PYRAMID 6062 EASY COME, EASY GO / BEVERLEYS ALL STARS - ONLY A SMILE CONDITION: VG++ TO EX- £60 https://www.rare-soul.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/DSCN3648.jpg BYRON LEE & KEN LAZARUS — SLOOPY — PYRAMID 6015 SLOOPY / GOLDFINGER CONDITION: EXCELLENT £30 A SUPERB VERSION OF THE McCOYS, FANTASTIC MOD DANCER https://www.rare-soul.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/DSCN3647.jpg BUSTY BROWN — I LOVE YOU MADLY — PUNCH 38 I LOVE YOU MADLY / GREATEST LOVE CONDITION: EXCELLENT £20 https://www.rare-soul.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/DSCN3643.jpg THE SOUL TOPS — SWING BABY SWING — NU BEAT 002 SWING BABY SWING / RAIN AND THUNDER CONDITION: VG TO VG++ https://www.rare-soul.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/DSCN3634.jpg DERRICK HARRIOTT - THE LOSER / GROOVY SITUATION - TROJAN 7887 CONDITION: EXCELLENT £50 VERY HARD TO FIND ON THIS 73 ISSUE, MOST COPIES ARE GROOVY SITUATION ON BOTH SIDES CLANCYS ALL STARS - C.N. EXPRESS / I WAS MEANT FOR YOU (LEE PERRY) - PAMA 722 CONDITION: EXCELLENT MINUS £45 NICE COPY OK THAT'LL DO FOR THIS WEEK I THINK EASIEST WAY TO RESERVE ANYTHING SHOULD YOU WISH TO DO SO, IS TO EMAIL ME AT pete.smith@freeuk.com I TAKE CARDS, PAYPAL, BANK TRANSFER, CHEQUE etc PAYPAL NAME IS pete.smith@freeuk.com PLEASE NOTE I DO NOT RESERVE RECORDS, THEY ARE SOLD ON A FIRST COME, FIRST PAY BASIS POSTAGE RATES HAVE CHANGED AGAIN, 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 £30 NEED TO GO BY REGISTERED POST. REST OF THE WORLD IS £4.50 AIRMAIL, £10.00 REGISTERED POST. ITEMS OVER £30 NEED TO GO BY REGISTERED POST.

Neil did you know you've called the singer McPharter in your title?

DERRICK HARRIOTT - THE LOSER / GROOVY SITUATION - TROJAN 1973 MONSTER SOULFUL ROCKSTEADY CLASSIC, THIS IS A 1973 ISSUE ON THE BROWN TROJAN LABEL AND IS INCREDIBLY HARD TO FIND AS MOST COPIES HAVE GROOVY SITUATION ON BOTH SIDES. ONLY MY SECOND COPY EVER. EXCELLENT CONDITION. £50 PLUS POSTAGE

So is the silver text one no longer a counterfeit?

I do it by more than 50% most of the time.

Hey Tim, 13 years ago I didn't receive a magazine, what have you got to say about that

Not booted? It was booted twice at least! First on the green label, identical but with silver lettering instead of gold. Then on the maroon label with very difficult to read print. Whether that was a legal reissue is a moot point, two reissues appeared within months of each other. Don't know about a light blue copy by the way.

I keep toying with the idea of going round and interviewing people on video about their experiences on the scene and with collecting records, just to get it preserved. Even locally I can think of half a dozen interesting people. Budget would be zero and all could be uploaded so everyone could watch them.

I don't think anyone specialises in soul books anymore, I might be wrong. I'd love to take them all of you but I couldn't afford to. And I'd immediately put them on Amazon anyway - you ought to consider that as an option, I've lost count of the stuff I've sold on there. I'd like a crack at R&B indies if you decide to set sale them though, I was truly upset to have to sell mine.

It was a much smaller room, lower ceiling, still had a balcony, small but longish dancefloor, crowds of people around the edges of it, there was often DS in the toilets, sound was too loud and I didn't spend a lot of time in there myself.

Been offered £250. Going to be hard not to accept that...these iphones don't pay for themselves

As a subscriber, I can assure you I did not receive all 3 issues or a cd! In fact I remember buying a copy at Blackpool Weekender (off Mark Bicknell I think) and saying I'd already paid for it but never received it.

Must be nice to not have to care if you sell anything or not though

£150 tops.

What like say on for 10 days instead of 7?

It was one of those 'pay your subs and get f*ck all back' jobs in the end.

Paul, if I honestly knew I would be happy to but this is not my field of expertise, someone's offered me £125 for the lot but someone else said I should be looking at at least double that, so I think it's looking like an Ebay job...see what you mean though, if you re-frame it all, it would look nice

Those South African copies are an enigma. Some people rate them, some don't. I just think they're a nice curiosity piece but in the case of that one, I wouldn't have thought more than £30 to be honest

If I was still collecting UK I would say that £250 to £300 would be a fair price for an issue copy. Much less for a demo but I can't tell you how tough that issue is.

That first lot, I literally found those this afternoon in a little red box, I knew I'd got them but didn't know where they were, found by accident in the garage.

Next up, Chicago vs Los Angeles!

Actually it's a little unfair because there are more Detroit tracks than Philly tracks on there

Yeah I remember putting towards the collection, it was bought at a price way more than it was worth and I don't actually remember anything after that whatsoever!