Pete S

I've only ever heard The Astronauts - Syncopate, which was featured on the original Trojan story but I don't know why...it's a weird guitar instrumental...think it may have also came out on Island.

This is the thing with Jamaican records Chris, many of them have over 50 different versions, some over 100! I prefer the ones that have maybe one different take myself. For instance, I was amazed to find there was another track that uses the rhythm to The Whip (Ethiopians), been collecting the music for over 35 years and never knew it existed til last year (it's rubbish mind...Fatty by Bim & Bam)

Yes, but only sketchy info from what I remember reading. Tony would probably be your best bet. I remember it was apparently run by a guy called Count Hala and he was from Guyana and I think the recordings were all done in the UK...thats all I know!

No, but I have got a story about it, I probably had the first copy of this that was up for sale, about 15 years back, maybe more, anyway I went to Brighton one friday and in one of the record shops they had a downstairs part but the the lights were off and I asked the bloke if I could go have a look, he said ok, I only actually found 2 records in about 3 hours but one was the Maxine Brown EP which was as new, 10 quid, and the other was a record I've never even seen again, the vocal version of Paradox - Ring The Changes on black RCA, and I'm pretty sure that was the first copy if not found, certainly reviewed (by me, a few weeks later) p.s. I'd have thought about 75 for the EP

Ian you are the first person I have come across in all my years on the scene that doesn't like this record. Makes no difference to me, just saying, everyone seems to like it. (I'd give it 10 out of 10 myself, and the other side isn't far off).

You're right the, the demo bootleg is practically spot on but I think it has a dramatic dip towards the centre rather than a steady one. I had one a couple of years back and nobody could tell me if it was real or not. A very rare boot though.

Blimey Rod, I wish you'd asked me, I thought you knew I collected these. I've got rid of around 50 in the last 2 weeks alone on ebay, starting price £5. I've still got a few left. But you'd have to lower your gradings expectations as you'll never get everything in mint or near mint. Plus the prices can be off-putting. Most expensive for me where the uniques - gypsy woman 150, derrick morgan - conquering ruler 125. Plus the majority of the 3000 series are very hard to find which is why I gave up trying to complete the collection. This is all I've got left, accurate to about 2 weeks back (not included the early white Islands) WI 108 Tanamo - Come Down // Tanamo - I Am Holding On S.E.P. Jamaica 1963 WI 142 Eric Morris - Penny Reel 'O // Dotty & Bonny - Darling When 1964 WI 146 Owen & Leon - Next Door Neighbour // Roland Alphonso & His Group - Feeling Fine D. Reid 1964 WI 149 Don Drummond - Eastern Standard Time // Dotty & Bonny - Sun Rises Produced by Duke Reid 1964 WI 152 Baba Brooks - Boat Ride // Stranger & Patsy - Yeah Baby 1964 WI 154 The Charms - Carry, Go, Bring, Come // L. Reid's Group - Hill And Gully A-side actually Justin Hinds And The Dominoes B-side also credited to The Charms D. Reid 1964 WI 164 Owen And Leon - The Fits Is On Me // Skatalites - Good News Beverleys Jamaica 1964 WI 168 The Skatalites - Guns Of Navarone // Skatalites - Where Is Marcus Garvey B-side actually by Bongoman Byfield 1965 WI 169 Stranger Cole With Owen & Leon - Cow In A Pasture // Gloria & The Dreamlets -Stay Where You Are Duke Reid, Jamaica 1965 WI 170 Owen & Leon Silvera - I Want My Cock // Baba Brooks & Don Drummond - Dr. Decker Produced by Duke Reid 1965 WI 170 Derek Harriott - I Am Only Human // Roy Panton - Good Man 1965 WI 176 Techniques - Telling Me Lies // Techniques - Don't Leave Me 1965 WI 177 Stranger Cole - Run Joe // Stranger Cole - Make Believe 1965 WI 186 Shenley Duffus - Rukumbine // Shenley Duffus - One Morning Edwards Jamaica 1965 WI 187 Lloyd Briscoe - Jonah (The Master) // Lloyd Briscoe - Mr. Cleveland Edwards Jamaica 1965 WI 190 Wilfred & Millicent - The Vow // Wilfred & Millicent - I'll Never Believe In You 1965 WI 191 Skatalites - Doctor Kildare // Roland Alphonso - Sucu Sucu C.S. Dodd 1965 WI 192 Don Drummond And Drumbago - Stampede // Justin Hines - Come Bail Me D. Reid 1965 WI 194 Justin Hines And The Dominoes - Rub Up Push Up // Justin Hinds And The Dominoes - The Ark Duke Reid 1965 WI 197 The Riots - I Am In Love // The Riots - When Your Wrong 1965 WI 199 Eric Morris - Fast Mouth // Eric Morris - The Harder They Come 1965 WI 204 Don Drummond - Collie Boy // Lord Antics - You May Stray 1965 WI 207 The Skatalites - Ball "O" Fire // Linval Spencer - Can't Go On 1965 WI 208 Don Drummond - Man In The Street // Rita & Benny - You Are My One Love 1965 WI 214 Blues Busters - How Sweet It Is // Blues Busters - I Had A Dream 1965 WI 217 Roland Alphonso - El Pussy Cat // Lord Brynner - Tigar In Your Tank 1965 hilip James And The Blues Busters - Wide Awake In A Dream // Maytals - Tell Me The Reason 1965 WI 226 The Skatalites - Dick Tracey // Rita & The Soulettes - One More Chance 1965 WI 227 Jackie Opel - Old Rockin' Chair // Skatalites - Ska In Vienna Woods 1965 WI 229 Baba Brooks - Guns Fever // Dotty And Bonny - Don't Do It 1965 WI 231 Techniques - Little Did You Know // Don Drummond - Cool Smoke 1965 WI 232 Tommy McCook - Rocket Ship // Justin Hines - Turn Them Back 1965 WI 233 Baba Brooks - Independence Ska // Stranger And Claudette - Seven Days 1965 WI 234 Baba Brooks - Greenfield Ska // Eric Morris - Children Of Today 1965 WI 236 Justin Hines And The Dominoes - Peace And Love // Lynn Taits & Jets - Skalarama 1965 WI 237 Derrick Harriott - My Three Loves // Derrick Harriott - The Jerk 1965 239 Alton & The Flames - Dance Crasher // Baba Brooks - Vitamin A 1965 WI 241 Baba Brooks - Teenage Ska // Alton Ellis - You Are Not To Blame 1965 WI 242 Don Drummond - University Goes Ska // Derrick & Naomi - Pain In My Heart 1965 WI 244 Justin Hinds & The Dominoes - Lucky Seven // Justin Hinds & The Dominoes - Never Too Young 1965 WI 247 Techniques - Yeah Yeah // Baba Brooks - Virginia Ska 1965 WI 252 Owen Gray - Shook, Shimmy And Shake // Owen Gray - Gonna Work Out Fine Produced by Chris Blackwell 1966 WI 257 Shirley & Lee - Let The Good Times Roll // Shirley & Lee - I'm Gone 1965 WI 260 The Skatalites - Independant Anniversary Ska // The Wailers - Jumbie Jamboree 1966 WI 268 The Wailers - Put It On // The Wailers - Love Won't Be Mine 1966 WI 273 Roy "C" - Shotgun Wedding // Roy "C" - High School Dropout A Hammond Production 1966 WI 277 Derrick Morgan - It's Allright // Derrick Morgan & Blenders - I Need Someone 1966 WI 281 The Gaylads - Goodbye Daddy // The Gaylads - Your Eyes 1966 WI 283 Roy Richards - Double Trouble // Fitsy & Freddie - Why Did You Do It 1966 WI 284 Clarendonians - Try Me One More Time // Clarendonians - You Can't Keep Me Down 1966 WI 286 Robert Parker - Barefootin // Robert Parker - Let Go Baby 1966 WI 291 The Gaylads - You Never Leave Him // The Gaylads - Message To My Girl 1966 WI 292 King Perry - Doctor Dick // Soul Brothers - Magic Star 1966 WI 295 Desmond Baker And The Claredonians - Rude Boy-Gone Jail // The Sharks - Don't Fool Me 1966 WI 298 King Perry And The Soulettes - Rub And Squeeze // The Soul Brothers - Here Comes The Minx 1966 WI 299 Roy Richards - Western Standard Time // Eagles - What An Agony 1966 WI 3000 Roy Richards - South Viet Nam // Roy Richards - You Must Be Sorry 1966 WI 3005 Claredonians - I'll Never Change // Clarendonians - Rules Of Life 1966 WI 3009 The Wailers - Let Him Go (Rude Boy Get Bail) // Wailers - Sinner Man 1966 WI 3010 Derrick Morgan - Gather Together Now // Derrick Morgan - Soft Hand Nice 1966 WI 3013 Delroy Wilson - Dancing Mood // The Soul Brothers - More And More 1966 WI 3014 Melodians - Lay It On // Melodians - Meet Me 1966 WI 3020 Ken Boothe - Train Is Coming // Ken Boothe - This Is Me 1966 WI 3025 The Gaylads - No Good Girl // The Gaylads - Yes Girl 1967 WI 3028 Bobby Aiken - Kiss Bam Bam // Cynthia Richards - How Could I 1967 WI 3032 Clarendonians - Shoo Be Doo Be // Clarendonians - Sweet Heart Of Beauty 1967 WI 3033 Delroy Wilson - Riding For A Fall // Delroy Wilson - Got To Change Your Ways 1967 WI 3034 Dudley Sibley - Gun Man // Denzil Thorpe - Monkey Speaks His Mind 1967 WI 3035 Ken Boothe - I Don't Want To See You Cry // Ken Boothe - Baby I Need You 1967 WI 3040 Bob Andy - I've Got To Go Back Home // Sonny Burke - Rudy Girl C.S. Dodd Jamaica 1967 WI 3041 The Claredonians - You Can't Be Happy // The Claredonians - Goodbye Forever C.S. Dodd Jamaica 1967 WI 3042 Peter Touch - I Am The Toughest // Marcia Griffiths - No Faith C.S. Dodd 1967 WI 3053 Winston Samuels - I Won't Be Discouraged // Freddie& Fitsy - Why Did My Little Girl Cry 1967 WI 3058 The Tartans - Dance All Night // Tartans - What Can I Do Produced by Sam Mitchell Arranged and Conducted by: Keith Scott A Federal Records, Jamaica, Production 1967 WI 3063 Derrick Harriott - The Loser // Derrick Harriott - Bless You 1967 WI 3077 Derrick Harriott - Walk The Streets // Bobby Ellis - Step Softly A Derrick Harriott Production 1967 WI 3079 Derrick & Pauline Morgan - Someone // Derrick & Pauline Morgan - Do You Love Me 1967 WI 3084 Uniques - Gypsy Woman // Ken Rose - Wall Flower A Bunnie Lee Production 1967 WI 3087 Uniques - Never Let Me Go // Don Lee - Lees Special Produced by B. Lee 1967 WI 3094 Derrick Morgan - Conquering Ruler // Lloyd & Devon - Red Bum Ball // Produced by D. Morgan 1968 WI 3121 Pat Kelly - Somebody's Baby // Bevely Simmons - Please Don't Leave Me Produced by B. Lee 1968 WI 3122 Slim Smith & The Uniques - My Conversation // Slim Smith - Love One Another Produced by B. Lee 1968 WI 3133 The Tennors - Ride Your Donkey // The Tennors - I've Got To Get You Off My Mind Produced by A. Murphy 1968 WI 3140 The Tennors - Cope Me Donkey // Ronnie Davis - The Stage Produced: Murhy 1968 WI 3146 Val Bennett - The Russians Are Coming // Lester Sterling - Sir Lee's Whip Produced by B. Lee 1968 WI 3151 Ike B & Crystalites - Try A Little Merriness // Ike B & Crystalites - Patricia 1968 WI 3159 Derrick Morgan - Hold You Jack // Derrick Morgan - One Morning In May Produced by: B. Lee 1968 WI 3160 D. Tony Lee - It's Reggae Time // Errol Dunkley - The Clamp 1968

Well I've got one that looks like that but it ain't a bootleg! You'll be alright if it's a US Warner demo.

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The Nate Evans & Mean Green could be bought in any Northern soul import shop in late 76, we thought it was a bootleg to be honest and I always used to sell it as such, but apparently it wasn't.

It's not just that record, obviously, but as soon as people see a record selling for more than it should on auction, they seem to up the price. Now, I've just gone through over 100 really top quality originals for someone, I'm pricing up records like The Yum Yums which books at 800 quid on ABC dj, yet we all know thats because it sold at that price in auction - so I have priced it at 500 quid. Margaret mandolph, book price 500 quid because of auction, my price 325 quid. And so on and on...

Horry??

Last week a copy of Bobby Williams went for a ridiculous price of over £300 on JM's auction when we all know and have discussed the fact that it's only worth a maximum of £150. Today there is a set sale list with the same record listed at £350. So because of the price it attained in the auction, does this now mean that all copies are worth £350? Of course it doesn't. But it won't stop people listing it until £350 does actually become the recognised price. You might as well all use your price guides as door stops.

Yeah, tap water - but I haven't seen Aldi doing these for a while mate, no doubt you can get one off ebay

They get them in now and again but not seen for about a year - was only 15 quid. This is the thing I'm on about https://www.bestultrasonic.com/

This one is not the one I had so there must be three of these, the one I had had those like pink coconut round things with licorice in the middle on the cover. Theres at least 6 volumes of the Backtrack series, I've got 3 or 4 of them, my favourite isn't the soul one but the one with Andy Ellison - Been a long time and Johns Children - Desdemona.

The announcement just popped up while I was in My Ebay

Thing is - the songs are all amusing - but they can't half sing

Basically, all feedback has now been totted up, not just individual ones, so mine has jumped from 3500 to almost 600. But they have now bought in the rule where SELLERS cannot leave neutral or negative feedback for buyers! WHAT THE F*CK????

You might get a surprise - Bloomin well did!

You will get panned for this post because that is the nature of today's soulies, you go against the grain, you get a pasting mate. But I agree with you 100%.

I've got one of these Moth cleaning machines and it's very good for albums, works on the same principal as the VPI using a vacuum method. Having said that, to clean singles, I just put them on the deck, spray them with a mix of 75% isopropol alcohol 25% water, rub it in, play the record while it's still wet, dry it with a tissue - and that's equally as good as a cleaning machine. I would have though a splash of vinigar might help too as that seems to clean anything. When I get records which have dirt grained in, I use that small electro magnetic jewellery cleaning machine I got from aldi - you rotate the disc in a small water filled bath (small meaning about 3" deep) and an electro magnetic or electro static charge goes through the water and you can actually see dirt coming out of the grooves. Finally, do not attempt to wash your records in a dishwasher. I know someone who did, with tragic results.