Pete S

It came about because the originator of the term couldn't pronounce "substandard throwaway B side fodder"

When they first opened the shops at telford, when it was a new town, they sent out one of these to almost every household in the west midlands, it featured Ed Stewpot Stewart telling everyone that he was going to be opening the carrefour(?) warehouse in telford. Plastic flexidisc that you played with a pin or something that was stuck in the card packaging. Circa 1974.

PETE SMITH 14 MARKET LANE LOWER PENN WOLVERHAMPTON WV4 4UJ 01902 340255 07784 507360 Pete.smith@freeuk.com AMBASSADORS - STORM WARNING - ARCTIC DEMO M- 75 SOLD In-demand version LEE ANDREWS - QUIET AS IT'S KEPT - RCA ISSUE M- 50 Very rare black issue copy SAM ANDERSON - STANDING AT THE EDGE OF THE SEA – DECK VG++ 70 AD LIBS - NOTHING WORSE THAN BEING ALONE - SHARE DEMO M- 30 Nice white demo, don’t see this very often BILLY BUTLER - NEVERTHELESS – OKEH M- 20 BUTLERS - LAUGH LAUGH LAUGH – PHILA EX 25 Blue lettering CASINOS - IF I TOLD YOU - DEL VAL EX+ 40 LITTLE BEN & THE CHEERS - I'M GONNA GET EVEN WITH YOU – PENNY EX+ 40 Cracking underrated dancer CYNTHIA & THE IMIGINATIONS - HEY BOY I LOVE YOU - BLUE ROCK M- 80 SOLD Spotless original in Blue Rock sleeve FIFTH DIMENSION - TRAIN KEEP ON MOVIN' - SOUL CITY DEMO EX 30 Keep telling everyone who tough this is on original, it really is! Fantastic stomper SAM FLETCHER - I'D THINK IT OVER - TOLLIE ISSUE VG+ 175 SOLD Couple of scratches near the end with soft clicks – no hiss or any other problems GROOVE - LOVE IT'S GETTING BETTER – WAND EX 30 GIGI & CHARMAINES - POOR UNFORTUNATE ME - COLUMBIA DEMO M- 25 EDDIE HILL - I CAN HEAR YOU CRYING - GE GE (YELLOW) M 70 Very rare on this design, the yellow label JOBELL & ORCHESTRA - NEVER GONNA LET YOU GO - JAN EX+ 50 Never seen this on orig before, styrene, lighter green label GLORIA JONES - FINDERS KEEPERS – UPTOWN M- 30 JAMIE - THE PRICELESS GEM - MGM DEMO EX 25 LITTLE ANTHONY - GONNA FIX YOU GOOD – VEEP EX 30 LITTLE ANTHONY - BETTER USE YOUR HEAD – VEEP EX 40 Both Anthony’s have the hexagonal design label. Better Use Your Head has writing on the label DARLENE LOVE - TOO LATE TO SAY YOU'RE SORRY - REPRISE DEMO VG++ 75 Light marks, plays fine BARBARA LEWIS - I REMEMBER THE FEELING – ATLANTIC EX- 30 BARBARA MILLS - QUEEN OF FOOLS – HICKORY EX 50 Nice original BARBARA MASON - AIN'T GOT NOBODY – ARCTIC EX 20 THE M & M & THE PEANUTS - THE PHILLIE – MONEY M- 40 SOLD Immaculate copy PEG LEG MOFFETT - THE SHOCKER – PEACHTREE VG+ 30 Looks a bit rough but plays great NATURAL FOUR - I THOUGHT YOU WERE MINE - ABC DEMO EX 275 SOLD Lovely copy, plays beautifully with no hiss or styrene noise THE ORLONS - ENVY - CAMEO DEMO EX+ 60 Great oldie SAXY RUSSELL - PSYCHEDELIC SOUL – THOMAS EX+ 150 SOLD Very hard original, light pink label, stunning BUNNY SIGLER - GIRL DON'T MAKE ME WAIT - PARKWAY EX+ 30 THE SPINDLES - TEN SHADES OF BLUE - ABC DEMO VG++ 30 Four X’s on label SPYDER TURNER - I CAN'T MAKE IT ANYMORE - MGM DEMO M- 75 Stunning condition TEEN TURBANS - WE NEED TO BE LOVED - LOMA DEMO EX 30 TRADITIONS - MY LIFE WITH YOU – BARCLAY EX+ 100 What a stormer…hard to find now as well HONEY TOWNSEND - THE WORLD AGAIN - MALA DEMO EX 40 SOLD Instrumental of What Shall I Do etc THE VOICES - FALL IN LOVE AGAIN - AUDIODISC 8” ACETATE EX 100 I think this came out on the Chicago label Penny, not sure if same take as on Penny label but it’s utterly brilliant anyway. This is one sided as the lacquer has come away from the other (ballad) side. A truly superb girl group stormer. GAIL WYNTERS - YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE IN LOVE - HICKORY DEMO EX+ 40 THANKS FOR READING – HOPE YOU FIND SOMETHING OF INTEREST I TAKE CREDIT CARDS, PAYPAL (THERE’S A CHARGE FOR THIS OVER £50 SORRY), CHEQUE, CASH, AND BANK TRANSFER. POSTAGE: ANYTHING UP TO 3 RECORDS 1.80 RECORDED DELIVERY. AFTER THAT, 20p EXTRA. SPECIAL DELIVERY IS 5.50 AND IS RECOMMENDED FOR ANYTHING OVER 50.00 – YOU ARE ONLY INSURED FOR 38.00 WITH RECORDED SO IT’S ESSENTIAL THAT YOU TAKE THE SPECIAL DELIVERY OPTION IF YOU BUY AN EXPENSIVE RECORD. OVERSEAS, SAME PRICE FOR STANDARD POSTAGE AND 6.00 FOR SPECIAL DELIVERY.

No Jerry this one's a vocal, must be a different single then.

Have you ever seen this guys prices? I doubt if he's ever sold or ever will sell a record. He advertises on Ebid. In the comedy section.

Have you played the other side of that, I think it's really good, unless they had another single - in which case it's the b side of that! One of the b sides is good anyway. I'll get me coat.

https://shop.ebay.co.uk/mayfairmenthol/m.html?_dmd=1&_ipg=50&_sop=12&_rdc=1 still loads at way under book price

Kenny - Russ played it early 77, as mentioned above, it wasn't played for long because all those bootleg copies hit the scene, it was covered as Sherry Gibbs but eventually turned out to be an unissued track by The Fascinations. Mark if you're going by tapes that Minshull played it I can't argue with it but I know I got an emidisc done of it in the first few months of 77 and within weeks it was useless as it had been pressed. In fact I remember playing it on a tape on the coach to Wigan and none of them had ever heard it!

What a great voice he had. I never really 'got' Big Star but "The Letter" by the Box Tops is among my all time favourites. There used to be two youtube clips of this, both were identical except in one they had been overdubbed by the record and on the second they were playing it live, the vocals on the live one were fantastic.

How about "sellers who sell things on ebay, refund the money and still send the records"? About 5 weeks back I sold about 50 items, for some reason I never got confirmation that 5 of them had been paid for so after a fortnight or longer, the buyers asked me where their records were. I told them I always post out within 24 hours and there must be a good reason like the postman not leaving a note for them. Turns out I'd still got the records, got no confirmation off ebay, so I apologised sincerely, refunded their monies included postage and then sent them the records anyway. I should have checked myself, so it was my fault. I lost about £60 altogether. Better than one negative feedback though eh?

Well the demo is rare I guess, but it's such a poor version I still wouldn't pay more than £20 for it, demo or not

You surely can not be serious?

Twenty quid. Thirty if you're desperate. God there are some mugs around, I'm going to have to seriously think about tripling my prices.

https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/THE-POPPIES-THERES-A-PAIN-IN-MY-HEART_W0QQitemZ180481109760QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Records?hash=item2a05832f00 "Some are pressings,1st re-issue or possibly even Original, but do have a good look at the label to check just what you are getting, just to be on the safe side". Does this protect the seller from having to tell you whether you're buying a bootleg or not?

But they were called discos in those days, what's wrong with that? There was not another word for nightclubs, youthclubs etc that played music. They were discos.

The Cinderellas is quite rare on UK, I paid about £0 for a demo in the late 80's (I wouldn't have if I'd heard it first LOL cracking girl group sound but I thought it was going to be Northern)

Well put together but nicked from all over the place, several different sources in there. (Way Of The Crowd is correct by the way)

Both correct, Geno is definitely from the Soul Function dvd documentary, and the other clip is indeed "In the club".

Soul Sam insisted he played Hawaii 5-0 as a joke. Was it played widespread, I know it was played at our youth club a few times.

I think maybe some may read it as I was saying everyone should have liked it, what I meant was that anyone of my age at the time (15) would not have questioned the integrity of it and worry about Northern Soul being commercialised. I'd just bought Under My Thumb, Wade in the water, Festival time, The Jo©ker, Wigans Ovation and The Javells not long before that, what did I know? Come to think of it, when did all that stuff become illegal, when was I banned from liking the Paula Parfitts and the Lynne Randells?

Kazoo. If you hear the original Footsee it's much slower than the one you all love. Slower and even more horrible.

You're all f*cking liars trying to make yourselves look cool you loved it, you loved the neighbours asking your Mum if you were one of them Northern Soul dancers they saw on top of the pops

What the f*ck has Wigans Chosen Few got to do with This England? I was at both nights when they filmed This England and I was one of those who refused to go onto the floor out of principal, it wasn't just the "best dancers" it was half the people who would normally have been on the floor. It was two and a half years after Footsee, when Footsee was broadcast it was my dream to go to Wigan, by the time of This England I'd been over 50 times. You're missing the point, Footsee was an ignition point for a lot of people.

I'd say anyone who witnessed that TOTP episode took something from it, it was the talk of the school and youth club for weeks, I'm sure anyone who says "Yes I saw it but I hated the commercialisation of the scene caused by it" needs to get a life/is a f*ckwit. 1975, 15 years old, it was almost too EXCITING!