Pete S

I think it is, on a Goldmine insts comp

I remember buying 2 or 3 of those Lynn Randells off you - mint issues with demo copy stickers on them I think

1994, I got an Anthony & The Aqua Lads "I Remember" on Gold Bee out of a shop in Eastbourne, the bloke actually gave it to me for nothing because I bought a few others off him including a Detroit Spinners "I'll Always Love You" Tamla Motown red and white demo for £25.

Demo £80 - £125 Issue £50 - £75 I've had maybe six issue and three demos, the last demo I had was last year

Nobody has said they have had a problem with anything they've bought from them...just talking about some prices and descriptions

I've thought of another one The Upsetters - Granny Show - UK Upsetter that's another Pop A Top tune loads and loads of stuff like that for sale on my website www.raresoul.co.uk

PETE SMITH 4 BLAKELEY HEATH DRIVE WOMBOURNE WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0HW 01902 326306 pete.smith@freeuk.com SOME MORE NICE ORIGINALS WHICH I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO DESCRIBE TO PERFECTION! HOPE YOU FIND SOMETHING OF INTEREST ANYONE INTO SKA/REGGAE, I'VE NOW PUT OVER 250 OF MY BEST RECORDS UP ON MY WEBSITE AT www.raresoul.co.uk CHEERS PETE BEVERLY ANN - HE'S COMING HOME - RCA W/DEMO EX 100 Lovely copy JERRY FULLER - DOUBLE LIFE - CHALLENGE DEMO EX 75 Has two clicks on the bass intro then plays mint. Fabulous beat ballad on the B side too, Turn To Me, recommended MARSHA GEE - BABY I NEED YOU - UPTOWN EX+ 175 SOLD The super-rare original LAURA GREENE - MOONLIGHT MUSIC IN YOU - RCA W/DEMO VG++ 50 SOLD Intro is a little crackly hence price EDDIE HOLMAN - EDDIE'S MY NAME - PARKWAY W/DEMO VG+ 40 SOLD Very rare on a white demo - but visually only VG, plays nice and loud with no problems BRENDA LEE JONES - YOU'RE THE LOVE OF MY LIFE - RUST W/DEMO EX 60 This is the white demo not the coloured one, lovely copy JESSICA JAMES & THE OUTLAWS - WE'LL BE MAKIN' OUT - DYNOVOICE DEMO EX+ 50 SOLD Massive tune 73-74 JUST BROTHERS - SLICED TOMATOES - MUSIC MERCHANT DEMO EX+ 40 Rare demo. Same both sides. JAY & THE AMERICANS - GOT HUNG UP ALONG THE WAY - UNITED ARTISTS EX 30 SOLD Nice practicallly forgotten Wigan spin for Richard Searling LITTLE ANTHONY & THE IMPERIALS - BETTER USE YOUR HEAD - VEEP EX 35 SOLD Octagonal label design, great copy, small 50 cent sticker on label THE Q - THAT'S THE WAY - HOUND EX 150 The heavier original press with Reeve Watkins writing credit NITA ROSSI - SOMETHING TO GIVE - HICKORY ISSUE EX+ 30 Rarest format - USA issue THE SWEET - BROKEN HEART ATTACK - SMASH EX+ 30 Another old Richard spin from the later Wigan years MARY SAENZ - WOULD SHE DO THAT FOR YOU - BIG BEN EX 50 Tough original issue THE TIFFANIES - IT'S GOT TO BE A GREAT SONG - KR EX 40 Classic oldie. No demos of this remember. THE VELVET SATINS - NOTHING CAN COMPARE TO YOU - GENERAL AMERICAN DEMO EX+ 170 SOLD Original demo, red swirl design, with Bell Sound stamp - and what a copy, immaculate PERCY WIGGINS - THAT'S LOVING YOU - ABET DEMO EX- 100 SOLD People often confuse the 1976 repress as the original - it's nothing like it, this is the original brown/grey/yellow label and a demo to boot. Have graded as EX- as it has a few marks but plays EX+ WAKEFIELD SUN - TRYPT ON LOVE - MGM DEMO EX+ 40 Big tune circa 78 LAINIE HILL - TIME MARCHES ON - NEW VOICE DEMO EX- 300 SOLD Again I've given an EX- because of one mark on the vinyl, I'm obviously getting paranoid about this grading business! It plays as near to mint as you could possibly wish for. Cleethorpes / St. Ives / Wigan anthem. DON THOMAS - COME ON TRAIN - NUVJ W/DEMO EX 125 SOLD The absolute rarest format of this classic - beautiful white demo copy KENNY SMITH - LORD WHAT'S HAPPENING TO YOUR PEOPLE - GAR ISSUE EX 150 SOLD You rarely see this beautiful stock copy, half blue, half white with the red banner, really stunning - and what a record too JOHNNY MOORE - WALK LIKE A MAN - DATE VG++ 40 A little ring wear but plays fantastic LEE ANDREWS & THE HEARTS - I'VE HAD IT - CRIMSON W/DEMO EX- 100 SOLD Has four little pops on the intro otherwise perfect. Mecca classic on the rare white demo. OTIS BLACKWELL - IT'S ALL OVER ME - EPIC DEMO EX+ 50 SOLD Storming oldie, ready for reactivation 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 SLIGHTLY, 1ST CLASS RECORDED IS NOW £2.25 FOR ONE RECORD WITH NO EXTRA CHARGE FOR 2 ADDITIONAL ITEMS. SPECIAL DELIVERY IS £6.35 OVERSEAS: EUROPE IS £3.20 AIRMAIL, £8.50 REGISTERED POST. ITEMS OVER £40 NEED TO GO BY REGISTERED POST. REST OF THE WORLD IS £4.20 AIRMAIL, £9.50 REGISTERED POST.

I feel alright, I don't spend that much time really, I do 9.30 til 10.30am, then 1pm til 1.30, then 6.30 til 7pm - all the other times I come are inbetween doing other stuff and just clicking on new posts, if there's nothing I can add to I just go away again and come back later...

Not a tenth as good as Larry Clinton

I had a vinyl issue and it took bloody weeks to shift it, think it went for 70 in the end. As correctly stated, original demo is stereo/mono, boot is mono/mono

It was, mono/stereo

Haven't had a real bargain in ages but not been looking to be honest...when I lived in Hastings I used to get some great buys frankie & johnny - uk decca £1 ray charles - don't need no doctor - uk hmv demo 50p tintern abbey - vacuum cleaner - deram demo £5 artwoods - art gallery LP - uk decca 50p billy joe royal - hearts desire - uk cbs 30p steve alaimo - every day i have to cry - uk pye int 50p wilson pickett - let me be your boy - uk mgm demo £6 if anyone has any old copies of my magazine, I used to feature all the bargains in there, stacks of them the oddest one, was in 1999, I'd been to a boot sale, found nothing, got a phone call about an hour after I'd got back, bloke I know says he thinks he's found a record at the boot sale which I might be interested in - anyway, apparently this old lady only had the one single, it was leaning against the wheel of her car, he paid her 10p for it and was on the phone to me within minutes - it was a mint Uk Polydor demo of To The Ends Of The Earth by Tony Middleton! I gave him £200 for it...

Don't recall that - you might be thinking of Little Ritchie, they did a white label styrene DJ boot

No there isn't...

One name very conspicuous in it's absence - Mike Terry

It's all one on one private transactions between the advertiser and yourself, sort it out between you...

Night Owl. Not a 'pop' cover but a cover.

More or less everyone on here takes paypal as well though...

Marc if you have any reggae and ska loving pals please feel free to pass on that link. I've never seen so many red and white Islands in my life - and I haven't even got half way through them yet.

Very very well said. by the way If anyone would like to go to my website at www.raresoul.co.uk and take the mick out of my prices they are more than welcome, while you are there why not have a look around, I have the best selection of Jamaican 45's on the entire internet plus many very rare Northern Soul 45's, all available as buy it nows at very competitive prices. see, any publicity is good publicity

For goodness sake it's just a light hearted piss take. If you don't like it, don't read it, go elsewhere.

If they can withstand people taking the piss about their Northern Soul Burgers I'm sure this will be like water off a ducks back

The problem is though, we are all quick to take people to task on ebay for overpricing records, in fact there's been a thread running for 2 years on here Comedy Sale Of The Day. If I, personally, was selling records and putting these sort of prices on them I would expect someone to comment. I should also add and this is no word of a lie, I remember offering them my remaining UK collection in 2009 which at the time included Chapter 5, Chubby Checker, Cajun Hart, and 200 others, and they offered me £500 for the lot. Strike me down if I am lying. I've no bones to pick with anyone, I do what I do, others do what others do, but crazy prices and claims are things that will always get talked about. And I don't think anyone's being nasty about it.