Pete S

I agreed to sell my copy of Joanne Courcey - I Got The Power, to Max Millward, I said I'd drop it off at his shop which was about 10 miles away from me, so I thought rather than have it on the seat next to me where it's bound to get broken, I'll put it in a mailer, so I slid it into a mailer which already had card board in it, it met with a bit of resistance so I pushed harder - and put my finger straight through it, leaving a 2cm crack from the edge. I gave it to Max, he was chuffed with it and gave me the £500 I was asking, I said no Max, look closer, and eventually he spotted the crack and I gave him £300 back...

Look at the state of this, good grief! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/7-inch-CONFUCIOUS-DON-DRUMMOND-/280958617043?pt=UK_Records&hash=item416a7045d3#ht_500wt_1414

That white one is a stock copy as far as I know. It doesn't say promo anywhere on the label.

Did I sell you that white Wand Maxine Brown Paul? If not, I sold it someone for either 15 or 20 quid. Had it for months or even 2 years, no interest whatsoever.

Aah but it's not though is it Dave - it's a NORTHERN SOUL record though....one of the best

He definitely shouldn't have missed that but when I was doing Beatin Rhythm I lost count of the new discoveries we found on CBS, I"m still finding them now even. This is my current favourite, IT'S NOT NORTHERN AND IT'S NOT SOUL but it's a brilliant, catchy record - give it a chance before you tell me I'm mad. It's also practically impossible to find...

I paid £150 for a VG one in 1992, that was my first one.

PETE SMITH 4 BLAKELEY HEATH DRIVE WOMBOURNE WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0HW 01902 326306 pete.smith@freeuk.com THERE'S SOME VERY GOOD BARGAINS ON THIS LIST FOLKS, USED BUT USEFUL! MORE MOTOWN, MOTOWN RELATED, DETROIT & OTHER ODDS AND ENDS (REDUCED SOME PRICES FOR MY MAILING LIST PEOPLE COMPARED TO THE WEBSITE) LAURA LEE - TO WIN YOUR HEART — RIC TIC DEMO EX- 35.00 SOLD LISTEN, DON'T LET APPEARANCES PUT YOU OFF, OK SO THE LABEL IS A BIT SCRUFFY BUT THE VINYL PLAYS ABSOLUTELY GREAT, TINY CRACKLE NEAR THE START BUT BARELY NOTICEABLE — PLAYS FANTASTIC. N.B. THERE IS NO LABEL ON SIDE TWO! THE ELGINS — MY TWO ARMS + YOU = TEARS / MY LOVE FOR YOUR LOVE — ACETATE CARVER (VIP LABEL) M- 20 THIS IS THE ONLY ONE I'VE GOT LEFT, AND I'M REALLY SURPRISED, TWO GREAT SIDES! CHRIS CLARK — LOVE'S GONE BAD — VIP DEMO EX 25.00 SOLD SIGNED BY CHRIS ON ONE SIDE VIRGIL HENRY — YOU AIN'T SAYIN' NOTHIN' NEW — TAMLA VG/EX 20.00 SOLD THIS HAS AN EVIL LITTLE SCRATCH FOR THE FIRST 40 SECONDS, MIGHT NEED TO BE WEIGHTED, PLAYS THROUGH ON MY DECK BUT IT'S GOT A HEAVY ARM EDDIE HOLLAND — JUST AIN'T ENOUGH LOVE — MOTOWN VG+ 15.00 RING WEAR AND A BIT SCRUFFY BUT PLAYS GREAT THE SPINNERS — SWEET THING — MOTOWN VG++ 15.00 AS ABOVE, A ON LABEL MARVIN GAYE & TAMMI TERRELL — AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH — TAMLA EX 20.00 SOLD MAKES A CHANGE TO SEE ONE THAT'S NOT BEAT UP! CAROLYN CRAWFORD — MY SMILE IS JUST A FROWN TURNED UPSIDE DOWN — MOTOWN VG+ 30.00 SOLD VG VISUALLY, PLAYS GREAT THOUGH, BARELY A POP OR CLICK, B SIDE SLIGHTLY LESSER BUT BOTH SIDES PLAY NICE AND LOUD WITH NO PROBLEMS. NEVER SEEN A SLEEVE. THIS IS £150 ELSEWHERE. DON'T LET THE SCRUFFY APPEARANCE PUT YOU OFF, ONE OF MOTOWN'S BEST EVER DOUBLE SIDERS. SLEEVE HAS A LOVELY MESSAGE AND AUTOGRAPH FROM CAROLYN CRAWFORD. LITTLE STEVIE WONDER — CONTRACT ON LOVE — TAMLA VG 20.00 VG PLAYS REALLY WELL, MINOR BACKGROUND NOISE NEAR START BUT PLAYS LOUD, SOUNDS GREAT THE TWO FELLOWS — STOP (DON'T GIVE UP YOUR LOVE) — MUTT EX 30.00 SIGNED ON LABEL BY THE SONG'S PRODUCER FRED BRIDGES (B O S = BROTHERS OF SOUL). THIS WAS SIGNED LAST YEAR IN DETROIT. SAM COOKE — SUGAR DUMPLING — RCA VG++ 20.00 BLACK ISSUE TSU TORONADOES — WHAT GOOD AM I — ATLANTIC VG 10.00 SOME LIGHT CRACKLE IN PLACES, SCRUFFY COPY, SMALL TEAR NEAR CENTRE, FOR 10 QUID, A PERFECTLY GOOD DJ-ING COPY WILLIAM BELL — HAPPY — STAX EX 10.00 SOLD CLASSIC DANCER THE SPELLBINDERS — HELP ME (GET MYSELF BACK TOGETHER AGAIN) — COLUMBIA VG+ 20.00 VINYL LOOKS VG BUT RECORD PLAYS EX, HAS SOME TIPPEX ON LABEL AND A NAME (INSIDE THE TIPPEX, IF YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN) JOE SIMON — THE GIRL'S ALRIGHT WITH ME — SOUND STAGE 7 EX+ 25.00 THIS IS NOT THE MOTOWN TUNE AND IT'S AN ABSOLUTELY STORMING UPTEMPO NORTHERN DANCER WITH TONS OF POTENTIAL, IF YOU WANT TO BUY A LESSER KNOWN AND GET NOTICED, TRY THIS ONE JOE TEX — UNDER YOUR POWERFUL LOVE — DIAL EX- 15.00 Couple of very small pops on the intro otherwise perfect BARBARA LEWIS — I STILL REMEMBER THE FEELING — ATLANTIC EX- 15.00 ANOTHER ONE THAT'S HAD SOME USE BUT STILL PLAYS GREAT, BIT OF RINGWEAR ON THE LABEL CHUCK JACKSON — HAND IT OVER — WAND EX 20.00 WITH SINCE I DON'T HAVE YOU ON B SIDE ROCKY ROBERTS & THE AIREDALES — JUST BECAUSE OF YOU — UA INTERNATIONAL DEMO VG++ 15.00 RARE ON THIS LABEL. OLD TORCH AND M'S STOMPER. THE DRAMATICS — INKY DINKY WANG DANG DOO — WINGATE EX 15.00 THEY DON'T WRITE THEM LIKE THIS ANYMORE. THANKFULLY. THE HIT PACK — NEVER SAY NO TO YOUR BABY — SOUL EX 25.00 THIS IS AN ISSUE WITH NO BELL DISTRIBUTION REFERENCE MARTHA REEVES & THE VANDELLAS - I GOTTA LET YOU GO — GORDY EX 15.00 GREAT DANCER THE SUPREMES — HE'S ALL I GOT / LOVE IS LIKE AN ITCHING — MOTOWN EX 20.00 STILL PACKING THE FLOORS TAMMI TERRELL — COME ON AND SEE ME — MOTOWN EX 20.00 SUPERB 45 FROM TAMMI THE DELLS — RUN FOR COVER — CADET VG+ 20.00 FEW LITTLE CLICKS ON THE INTRO, WOL, MARKS ON LABEL BUT PLAYS FINE. BARGAIN THE BLOSSOMS — THAT'S WHEN THE TEARS START — REPRISE VG++ 25.00 ANOTHER ONE WITH SIGNS OF USE BUT WHICH PLAYS BRILLIANTLY, COUPLE OF VERY QUIET POPS OTHERWISE ABSOLUTELY PERFECT. ISSUE TOO. BIT OF LABEL WEAR. ANOTHER REAL BARGAIN. THE ETHICS — LOOK AT ME — VENT VG++ 15.00 SAM CONDITION AS ABOVE REALLY, ONE OR TWO LITTLE POPS, RING WEAR ON LABEL, BUT PLAYIONG GREAT. OH AND THIS IS SIGNED ON THE SLEEVE BY LEAD SINGER RON TYSON. BARBARA RANDOLPH — I GOT A FEELING — SOUL EX 15.00 SOLD CLASSIC, VERY LIGHT LABEL WEAR GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS — JUST WALK IN MY SHOES — SOUL EX 20.00 ANOTHER ALL TIME HITSVILLE CLASSIC JR. WALKER & THE ALL STARS — TUNE UP — SOUL EX 20.00 STYRENE COPY BUT PROBABLY THE BEST PLAYING COPY I'VE HAD, REALLY NICE ONE THE FABULOUS PEPS — MY LOVE LOOKS GOOD ON YOU — D TOWN VG 25.00 THIS IS THE RARER 219 MIX BUT IT LOOKS AS ROUGH AS A BEAR'S ARSE, OK, THE LABEL IS DIRTY ON THE RAISED PART WITH SOME SLIGHT TEARS, THE VINYL LOOKS USED, BUT I'M LISTENING TO IT NOW AND IF YOU COULDN'T SEE THE RECORD YOU'D SAY IT WAS LIKE AN EX MINUS OR THEREABOUTS, DOESN'T REALLY HAVE ANY SCRATCHES OR POPS. DECENT DJ COPY BUT WON'T WIN ANY BEAUTY CONTESTS. SIGNED BY JOE PEP ON SLEEVE. EMANUEL LASKY — LUCKY TO BE LOVED (BY YOU) — WILD DEUCE VG++ 30.00 LABEL MUCH BETTER ON THIS ONE, JUST A SLIGHT AMOUNT OF WEAR, VINYL IS MARKED BUT PLAYS ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING, THINK I COUNTED THREE SMALL POPS ON THE ENTIRE RECORD. THE FANTASTIC FOUR — CAN'T STOP LOOKING FOR MY BABY — RIC TIC VG++ 35.00 SOLD THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT IT PLAYS FANTASTIC. THE BAD NEWS, AND THE REASON FOR THE LOW LOW PRICE, IS THAT THIS COPY AT SOME POINT MUST HAVE GOTTEN STUCK TO ANOTHER RECORD AND WHEN THEY WERE SEPARATED SOME BAD LABEL DAMAGE WAS DONE. THERE ARE TEARS OVER THE TITLE, THE ARTISTS NAME CAN BE SEEN CLEARLY BUT THERE IS A BIG TEAR BELOW THAT. SO IF YOU ONLY CARE ABOUT WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE, FOR 35 QUID THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE BARGAIN. THE SUPERLATIVES — LONELY IN A CROWD / DON'T WALK AWAY — DYNAMICS EX 50.00 THIS IS THE RARE, RARE FIRST RELEASE OF THESE TWO TRACKS BEFORE WESTBOUND, GREAT COPY OKAY THAT'LL DO FOR TODAY, HOPE YOU ENKOYED BROWSING THE LIST, AS I SAID, I ALWAYS PLAY THESE RECORDS AND CLEAN THEM SO MY DESCRIPTION SHOULD REALLY BE SPOT ON, IF IT SOUNDS LIKE SHIT I WILL TELL YOU IT SOUNDS LIKE SHIT, IF IT SOUNDS GREAT I WILL TELL YOU IT SOUNDS GREAT, THERE IS NEVER ANY POINT SAYING SOMETHING IS BETTER THAN IT ACTUALLY IS! YOU CAN SEE MANY THESE AND OTHERS HERE https://www.rare-soul.com/wordpress/ POSTAGE £2.15 RECORDED IN THE UK POSTAGE IN THE UK IS £2.15 RECORDED DELIVERY AND £6.30 SPECIAL DELIVERY OVERSEAS POSTAGE £3 TO EUROPE £4 ELSEWHERE, REGISTERED POSTAGE £9 HAPPY TO TAKE PAYMENT BY PAYPAL, CARD, BANK TRANSFER, CHEQUE ETC PAYPAL ADDRESS IS pete.smith@freeuk.com

There's a great version of this by Big Maybelle too

For Mr Prophonics 2029, I've got a white / green boot of Larry Hale "Once" here, in my own collection, I bought it in October 1976, there is absolutely nothing wrong with the sound quality at all. In fact I recorded it and posted it up so if you still insist it's poor quality, you can have a listen. https://www.divshare....ad/19529720-7d6 Edited slightly due to merging topics.

Yes it's the first boot (never noticed any problems with the sound quality though) there's a second one, a counterfeit which has fooled many many people over the years, they even went to the trouble of putting drill holes on many of them.

Absolutely Tone, one of the few records that make me feel that way too, such a sad sad record.

Chalky there should also be an unissued Ad Libs version of You'll Always be In Style on there?

Theses are great, I've got similar outtakes and studio stuff with Roddie Joy and Evie Sands plus insts and different takes of well known songs, they're off the last lot of Red Bird / Blue Cat cd's that came out. Similarly I've also got a mountain of Phil Spector tapes but seriously does anyone really want to listen to over 20 takes of Then He Kissed Me?

That one with the sticker IS an original though, it was available quite widespread in the UK in 75 and 76 at the same time as the one without it...of course I'm Your Pimp was never a single so it does make you wonder, maybe they were made as exports to the UK deliberately

Thought she did, well I think that was the intention when she originally moved? Dunno, I'll ask her.

Gene, Nancy married an Italian chap and moved over to live there, she still puts lists out. I used to get some fantastic stuff from Nancy.

Only five times actual value!

I wish I had one of those vinyl cutting machines, what a great toy to have!

I don't somehow think the whole world is going to be slugging it out over a crappy old record box...

Just going off the subject for a second, I've been told that there's an alternate version of Burning Bush, same backing, different song, anyone know anything about this?

No I love them but I have lost the capability to digest information. I'll rephrase it to say that Ginger is the person associated with first playing Burning Bush

Stemmons Express not released on Grapevine. Del Capris 1978 spin. Tipton / Anderson 79 spins.

Nor me. There was nothing to stop Richard playing Betty Boo in 1979 after it came out on Grapevine, I'm not saying that, just that it came across with a batch of unissued stuff and was played there and then in late 1977.