Pete S

I would say 'unbelievable' but it's not. I even had one guy who came round to do a one for one swap and he was on my left looking at records and I could see him pull a record out, move it to the side of the box and start to move it to his side to hide it under his jumper...I said "so that's the one you want is it" and he looks shocked and says "oh yeah, this one". I was also told a story about two people, let's call them dealer 1 and dealer 2. Dealer 2 went to see dealer 1 to buy a quantity of records, he was there for quite a while and kept nipping to the toilet. Eventually when dealer 1 went to the toilet himself, he found several records stashed by dealer 2 'hidden' in the bathroom. Dealer 1 told me this story himself.

No not a chance...the only one of theirs to get anywhere near back in the 60's was Guns Of Navarone.

This is my tribute to some of the greatest musicians ever to record music in Jamaica, I do have literally hundreds of Skatalites tracks but I know that instrumental compilations can be boring so I've whittled this down to 25 or so of the real top top tunes. The collective of musicians recorded under a bewildering number of names; often the lead soloist would be given credit, other times they would be named after the producer that they recorded for, anyway all of these tracks feature The Skatalites or members of The Skatalites band. For a great history of the band, here is their Wikipedia page. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Skatalites I do hope you enjoy this one, the music is simply awesome. https://www.mixcloud.com/mayfairmenthol/the-skatalites-friends-killer-diller/ SKATALITES - TIMOTHY SKATALITES - BALL OF FIRE BUSTERS ALL STARS - JET 707 KING EDWARD ALLSTARS - FOUR SEASONS OF THE YEAR SKATALITES - CLEOPATRA SKATALITES - MISS SKA CULATION KING EDWARD ALLSTARS - LON CHANEY SKATALITES - LUCKY SEVEN SKATALITES - KILLER DILLER ROLAND AL & THE SOUL BROS - PHOENIX CITY SKATALITES - DR. KILDARE BABA BROOKS - ALCATRAZ TOMMY McCOOK - GOLDFINGER ROLAND AL & THE SOUL BROS - DR. RING DING SOUL BROS - TRAIN TO SKAVILLE TOMMY McCOOK - ROCKET SHIP SKATALITES - BEARDSMAN SKA SKATALITES - INDEPEDENT ANNIVERSARY SKA DON DRUMMOND - COOLIE BOY ROLAND ALPHONSO - EL PUSSY CAT SKATALITES - GUNS OF NAVARONE BABA BROOKS - VIRGINIA SKA aka YEAH YEAH VIETNAM ALL STARS - THE TOUGHEST

This is why it's too difficult to choose favourites, I'm doing a "Skatalites & Friends" podcast tonight, around 35 tracks, and at least 20 of them deserve to be called all time classics, it's impossible to choose the best, how about this one for a start THE SKATALITES - CLEOPATRA

Just JW then I think

Hurting Thing. People often get that title wrong. Comes from when it came out on a Soul Supply LP and that's what they printed the title as.

Jeanette Williams - All of a sudden booted in 77 Carl Carlton - Competition also booted but not on a lookalike, just label name

Got a feeling that the bootlegs have the title in the run off, there's a batch of a couple of hundred titles all from the same manufacturer / bootlegger

I was thinking that from the label design but it sounds a couple of years earlier, sort of ...

Keith - Roy C is a UK reissue from the late 70's, I have a David Bowie single same as that

Yes mate it is 2 years and 4 months since it arrived and they did the outside drainage today so things finally moving.

What a FANTASTIC record - anyone know what year this is from?

Hmmm - yeah - but it made sense to sell them when so many represses kept coming out, and I need that f*cking kitchen done (work now started, hoorah!)

Nah it's easy - just buy reissues!

It was already sold which is why I removed it

Shouldn't have been a photo let alone a price LOL

pete.smith@freeuk.com 01902 326306 ALL ORIGINAL JIMMY CLIFF - WATERFALL - A & M W/DEMO EX 15 SOLD MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS - I GOTTA LET YOU GO - GORDY W/DEMO EX 15 THE RAINBOWS - HELP ME IF YOU CAN - CAPITOL DEMO EX 20 AL KENT - THE WAY YOU BEEN ACTING LATELY - RIC TIC EX+ 25 SAMANTHA JONES - RAY OF SUNSHINE - UNITED ARTISTS DEMO EX 30 SOLD JOHN RHYS & THE LIVELY ONES - NOTHING BUT LOVE - IMPACT W/DEMO EX 25 BOBBY BLAND - CALL ON ME - DUKE EX 15 8TH AVENUE BAND - THE WHOLE THING - COLUMBIA DEMO EX 25 JAMES COIT - BLACK POWER - PHOOT EX 20 NITA ROSSI - SOMETHING TO GIVE - HICKORY BLACK ISSUE EX 30 THE TIFFANIES - IT'S GOT TO BE A GREAT SONG - KR EX 30 THE SAPPHIRES - GOTTA HAVE YOUR LOVE - ABC EX- 30 EDWIN STARR - BACK STREET - RIC TIC W/DEMO VG+ 30 SOLD Very rare white demo - has scuffs but plays spot on INSPIRATIONS - TOUCH ME KISS ME HOLD ME - BLACK PEARL EX 20 DAWN - LOVE IS A MAGIC WORD - UNITED ARTISTS ISSUE EX- 20 THE ATTRACTIONS - THAT GIRL IS MINE - BELL EX 20 BARBARA ENGLISH - ALL THE GOOD TIMES ARE GONE - WARNER BROS DEMO EX 25 MAD DOG & THE PUPS - WHY DID YOU LEAVE ME GIRL - MAGIC CITY EX £25 SHIRLEY & THE SHIRELLES - LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO MY HEART - BELL EX 20 THE PRETENDERS - I WANNA BE - CARNIVAL EX 15 red label JACKIE DESHANNON - FIND ME LOVE - IMPERIAL EX 15 DALTON, JAMES & SUTTON - RUN BABY - NATIONAL GENERAL W/DEMO EX 20 ALSO EDDIE SPENCER - IF THIS IS LOVE - POWER EXCHANGE DEMO EX 50 LIFE - CATS EYES - PHILIPS VG++ 25 Original paper labe JOHN E PAUL - I WANNA KNOW - DECCA 2ND ISSUE EX 30 FLAMMA SHERMAN - WHERE IS HE - SNB DEMO EX 50 MILLIE JACKSON - A HOUSE FOR SALE - SPRING EX 15 SOLD 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 £3.40 AIRMAIL, £9.00 REGISTERED POST. ITEMS OVER £40 NEED TO GO BY REGISTERED POST. REST OF THE WORLD IS £4.40 AIRMAIL, £10.00 REGISTERED POST. ITEMS OVER £40 NEED TO GO BY REGISTERED POST.

EX £125 one mark not affecting play EX £35 EX £30 EX £50 EX £40 SOLD EX- £50 EX £40 EX £50 EX £60 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 £3.40 AIRMAIL, £9.00 REGISTERED POST. ITEMS OVER £40 NEED TO GO BY REGISTERED POST. REST OF THE WORLD IS £4.40 AIRMAIL, £10.00 REGISTERED POST. ITEMS OVER £40 NEED TO GO BY REGISTERED POST.

PETE SMITH 01902 326306 pete.smith@freeuk.com ALL ORIGINALS EX £50 EX- £60 very light marks nap EX £50 EX £25 EX £25

You are correct Jerry, Soul Drums by Pretty Purdie

I sold one end of last year for £250 I think it was, though that may have been a bit cheap. It came from Chalky who got it from Stewart Ames in person.

White repress has Aneglina on both sides.

No there's a white original demo with King For A Day on B side, yellow is the issue

That'll teach me not to read the descriptions

I think that might be a real test pressing - the stickers added on later