Pete S

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You wouldn't have been able to give him negative Swifty, you can only leave positive feedback for buyers, and even then if you leave a 'negative positive' they can remove it. Sellers have no chance.

That was the one I was trying to think of Dave, thanks - Billy Cole.

That's utter rubbish from Anglo, I sold an issue for £50 last week, demo I'd want £60 or £70 for - it's always an indemand record and not that easy to find.

It's black and white Andy but don't you find the concept quite exciting? You can write a book, send the publishers a master copy and when you sell one, they just print it off! No more minmum print runs. I'm seriously planning something now...

Mark I'd love to know more about the process of getting the book published via Blurb. What did you design it on - the layout etc - and how do you go about getting it to Blurb? They obviously print off copies as and when, I just bought one and they said it would go to print in an hour.

Yeah thats one, there's another though...can't remember now. I know there's a really weird release, I think it came out on US Andee as Turn me On by Arctic Strings - came out on Power exchange as a B side with totally different artist and title...not worth anything, just unusual

£9 international signed for - £4 normal airmail

Someone's bid £50 or £60 on this one though...I'd have thought £25 was pushing it...isn't there a version of something like Everything Man that's worth a few quid on that label?

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What, literally a dress?

https://www.raresoulman.co.uk/auction/7858/if-this-is-love-id-rather-be-lonely I've got this, though mine doesn't have two photocopied pieces of paper with it so it's probably worthless...actually must be quite scarce though, don't think I've had an "A" copy before

More Jamaican versions of well known and not so well known Soul numbers. The last one of these I did went down really well, hope you like this one too. DELROY WILSON - YOUR LOVE IS AMAZING ERROLL DUNKLEY - LETTER TO MOMMY AND DADDY JOE WHITE - TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS ALTON ELLIS - IT'S A SHAME JOHN HOLT - I AM YOUR MAN JEANETTE SIMPSON - WHATCHA GONNA DO ABOUT IT DAVE BARKER - LOVE IS WHAT I BRING BITTY McLEAN - CRUISING CARL DAWKINS - HARD TO HANDLE WINSTON BLAKE - BIG THING WINSTON GROOVEY - YOU SEND ME THE UNIQUES - MY WOMAN'S LOVE ALTON ELLIS - IT'S GONNA TAKE A MIRACLE DERRICK HARRIOTT - YOU REALLY GOT A HOLD ON ME THE WAILING WAILERS - SKA JERK CARL DAWKINS - ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CHOSEN FEW - SHAFT OWEN GRAY - GIMME LITTLE SIGN AL BROWN + SKIN, FLESH & BONES - HERE I AM BABY NOEL BROWN - MAN'S TEMPTATION THE GAYLADS - LOVE IS A HURTING THING DERRICK MORGAN - SEVEN LETTERS THE TECHNIQUES - YOU'RE MY EVERYTHING ALTON ELLIS - BABY NOW THAT I'VE FOUND YOU LEROY SIBBLES - BREAK UP TO MAKE UP https://www.mixcloud.com/mayfairmenthol/reggae-soul-chapter-2/

Ken Boothe - Moving Away - UK Studio One Pablo & Fay - Bedroom Mazurka - UK Randys (another cut to The Loser) actually that's wrong, it's a cut to "Tonight" by Keith & Tex

I think Third World would be very surprised to find that they are a UK outfit having all been born in Jamaica

PETE SMITH 01902 326306 pete.smith@freeuk.com ALL ORIGINALS BOBBIE JEAN BLAND - I'M SATISFIED JUST LOVING YOU - SACK EX 30 Small WOL THE BELL BOYS - I DON'T WANT TO LOSE YOU - JAMAR VG+ 150 SOLD This is an ultra rare original, plays extremely well, has a few marks on the vinyl and some ring wear on the raised part of the label but a pretty solid copy. It has a small scratch for the last 15 or so seconds which is why I only graded it VG+. Bargain at the end of the day. BARBARA COOPER - WHAT'S ONE MORE TEAR / THE PLAYGROUND - RCA ISSUE EX- 40 SOLD Nice blue-eyed double sider on the rare black issue copy FRANKIE (LOVE MAN) CROCKER - TON OF DYNAMITE - TURBO (PINK) VG++ 175 SOLD Lovely pink label original. Vinyl shows a little use and there are some distant background crackles at times but you'll have no problems with this one at all - could have graded it EX- to be honest. Name written on B side label DEL CAPRIS - HEY LITTLE GIRL - RONJERDON EX- 40 A real forgotten oldie, rarely crops up nowadays. Plays solid EX EIGHTH AVENUE BAND - THE WHOLE THING - COLUMBIA W/DEMO EX+ 25 Crazy early 70's dancer on a mono/stereo demo ELLA FITZGERALD - GET READY - REPRISE W/DEMO EX+ 40 SOLD Excellent version of The Temptations THE FABULETTES - SCREAMIN' AND SHOUTIN' - SOUND STAGE 7 W/DEMO VG+ 25 SOLD Uptempo dancer, another forgotten oldie. Small white sticker on label. THE FLAIRS - YOU GOT TO STEAL IT - RAP EX+ 175 BIg sound these last few years - beautiful copy FORK IN THE ROAD - CAN'T TURN AROUND NOW - GM EX 15 Good early 70's dancer THE FULLER BROTHERS - TIME'S A WASTING - SOUL CLOCK M- 40 SOLD An immaculate copy on the original 'hexagonal clock' design label GENERAL ASSEMBLY - SENSITIVE MIND - DESIREE W/DEMO EX+ 75 SOLD A real stormer of a dancer, old Don Varner cover up THE GEMS - I'LL BE THERE - RIVERSIDE M- 30 Blue and pink issue copy MARVA JONES - I GOT YOUR NUMBER - SKI HI VG++ 40 Plays way better than the grade, no clicks scratches or pops, but has a little label damage where someone has had to fill in some of the black with marker pen on the logo - thats all... GLORIA JONES - HEARTBEAT - UPTOWN EX+ 15 Her big hit JUNE JACKSON - IT'S WHAT'S UNDERNEATH THAT COUNTS - IMPERIAL DEMO VG++ 50 Nice oldie, plays EX CINDY LYNN & THE IN SOUNDS - MEET ME AT MIDNIGHT - IN SOUND W/DEMO VG++ 130 SOLD Nice Wigan spin which always stayed rare - great copy - plays EX+ ERIC LOMAX - SEVEN THE LOSER - COLUMBIA W/DEMO M- 150 SOLD Big sound second time around LIVING COLOR - THANK THE LORD FOR LOVE - MADHATTER (PINK) EX 90 A real classy Chicago dancer THE PARTY FAVORS - CHANGED DISPOSITION - RSVP DEMO EX 50 SOLD Haunting girl group dancer, always loved this though - brilliant track GLORIA PARKER - THE BEST THING FOR YOU BABY - SAMAR EX 40 Cracking dancer, huge sound in 74-75 THE PRECISIONS - IF THIS IS LOVE - DREW M- 25 SOLD All time classic LOU ROBERTS - EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT LOVE - MGM W/DEMO M- 60 SOLD Very nice white demo, vinyl copy ROSCOE & FRIENDS - BROADWAY CISSY - TEC VG 50 SOLD OK this has marks on the vinyl and crackle but the music is still way louder than the crackles! First 30 seconds are the worst, after that it actually plays great. The 'Barnyard Soul' side is knackered so don't buy it for that side BUNNY SIGLER - FOLLOW YOUR HEART - PARKWAY GREY/WHITE DEMO EX 35 SOLD Great record anyway but beautiful on this demo label design MARION STEWART - I MUST BE LOSING YOU - R ISSUE M- 200 SOLD More or less unplayed copy on the pale blue stock copy - a fantastic, haunting midtempo classic JOE TEX - YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT BABY - DIAL (BLACK) EX+ 15 SOLD Top Casino reactivation - nice on the black label LESLIE UGGAMS - LOVE IS A GOOD FOUNDATION - SONDAY DEMO EX+ 50 HELD rare original demo and all the nicer due to it being on vinyl not styrene THE WORLD COLUMN - SO IS THE SUN - TOWER ISSUE EX 70 SOLD They don't come much better than this - rarer stock copy YOUNG HOLT UNLIMITED - CALIFORNIA MONTAGE - BRUNSWICK EX+ 25 SOLD Superb copy of The Mecca's traditional ender. Think I heard this in a lift once. PLEASE NOTE THESE RECORDS HAVE BEEN PLAY GRADED - SO IF THE VINYL IS MARKED, I WILL SAY SO, BUT THE GRADE IS FOR HOW IT PLAYS, SO PLEASE PLEASE, READ THE DESCRIPTION. I'M GOING TO UNDER GRADE A LOT OF THESE TO STAY ON THE SAFE SIDE. I GRADE HONESTLY AND ACCURATELY AND PLAY EVERY RECORD. IF YOU RETURN SOMETHING I DO NOT PAY RETURN POSTAGE UNLESS I HAVE MADE A SERIOUS COCK-UP! 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.

Yeah it is https://www.45cat.com/artist/chubby-checker/nz

Going by the catalogue number - New Zealand!

When I lost my job I used to sell a few records here and there to try and get a bit more cash in to live on, we're talking about 1994 to 1996, someone grassed me up the dole that I was doing it for a living and they made me produce 2 years worth of bank statements (they had to pay for that to be done) anyway they couldn't find any time in that period where I was actually in the bank and the amounts were so piddling that the case was dropped immediately - but only after causing me massive stress. So my then partner convinced me that if I went about it the right way, there was probably some money to be made, so I sold my entire collection and with the money, I bought another one, then I sold that, and after about 6 months we registered it as a business. That was 16 odd years ago, it's been great and it's also been terrible, highs and lows like any other business, some weeks you make decent money, other weeks you don't make any money at all, last year there was a three week period where I had no income whatsoever. Also it might look like I turn over an awful lot of records/money going by my sales on here, but nearly all of those sales are for other people so for every hundred quids worth of records sold, I earn £20. Which of course makes me work harder to try and sell more for other people. If I were you Brett, just test the water, put a list out once or twice a month, if you make money then it would be a nice little sideline to top up your retirement pension, I don't know if it would be worth registering it as a business, why shouldn't you be able to sell your own property, after all, you already paid tax on it in the first place.

Well folks I think this may be the last in the series of The Thinking Man's Oldies. That's 8 volumes of top quality Northern Soul which I think stand really well together as a series. I think my favourites on this episode are the first and last tracks: Ducky & The Glo-Liters super rare Over And Over, and the truly uplifting Love Let's Try It Again by Silky Hargreaves. Inbetween, a mixture of uptempo dancers and beat ballads including a nice unissued version of The Sparkels Try My Love by Norma Jenkins (supposedly recorded for Motown). Could I just take this opportunity to do a bit of free advertising and say not to forget that I do a list of Northern Soul originals every week, coming up are the likes of Frankie Crocker, Lainie Hill, Marsha Gee, Marion Stewart, The Flairs etc , if you'd like to receive the list just send me a message making sure your own email address is on there and I will subscribe you to the mailing list. Back with some reggae later in the week, cheers, Pete DUCKY & THE GLOLITERS - OVER AND OVER ERNESTINE EADY - THE CHANGE ARTHUR ALEXANDER - KEEP HER GUESSING THE FLAIRS - YOU'VE GOT TO STEAL IT LITTLE FRANKIE LEE - I'VE GOT TO COME BACK HERB WARD - STRANGE CHANGE LITTLE JOHN - HEART BREAKING TIME CLAUDE HUEY - WHY WOULD YOU BLOW IT GEORGE BYRD - I'M AVAILABLE LIFE - TELL ME WHY THE PARAMOUNTS - COME GO WITH ME JIMMY SEALS - THE YESTERDAY OF OUR LOVE EDDIE DAYE & FOUR BARS - GUESS WHO LOVES YOU FREDDIE NORTH - THE HURT PATTI & THE EMBLEMS - IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS PATTI AUSTIN - SOMEONE'S GONNA CRY PEG LEG MOFFETT - THE SHOCKER ROGER HATCHER - SWEETEST GIRL IN THE WORLD JACKIE BURNS & THE BOW BELLS - I DO THE BEST I CAN THE SOUND MASTERS - LONELY LONELY ENTERTAINERS IV - GETTING BACK INTO CIRCULATION THE SHEPARDS - LITTLE GIRL LOST THE HYTONES - BIGGER AND BETTER JONES & BLUMENBERG - THE RIGHT TRACK NORMA JENKINS - TRY LOVE ONE MORE TIME EARTHA KITT - THERE COMES A TIME ART GENTRY - MERRY GO ROUND APRIL, MAY & JUNE - HE WENT AWAY THE CHESTERFIELDS - THINK IT OVER TOMMY DODSON - ONE DAY LOVE BUNNY SIGLER - FOR CRYING OUT LOUD ROGER PACE - THE MINUTE MY BACK WAS TURNED DUSTY WILSON - IT'S GOING TO BE A TRAGEDY THE TRENDS - NOT TOO OLD TO CRY SILKY HARGREAVES - LOVE LET'S TRY IT AGAIN https://www.mixcloud.com/mayfairmenthol/the-thinking-mans-oldies-8/

I once had to pay over £150 in import duty on this record

Whats the Shazam site?

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Kev. Deadwax reads Renfro 127 A, then a hand drawn oval with the letters DP or DD scratched in, then R-127-A, and finally directly opposite, a Star of David stamp n.b. the B side looks like it has been sanded off!

Hoagy Lands isn't it? I never heard Dean Parrish is a playlist spin, only ever as the last record, so presumably after it came out (on US Laurie reissue before UK issue) it was probably dropped and Russ then decided to use it as the ender - unless he already was using it.