Pete S

I did actually send her the recording for nothing, remember? As I would have done for anyone.

Cheers mate.

Thanks

So I went to this birthday bash last night and the dj played - off a cd - a vocal version of The Champion by Tommy Hunt apparently called Soul In The Sun. Did I imagine this? Obviously knocked up last year but has anyone got it/heard it?

Yes Donna, come to think of it I have noticed this stipulation at the bottom of all dealers record lists that are sent to me, sent to Soul Source and on their own websites, how stupid of me to forget about this. That's why people are free to "buy" records, play them, record them and then return them for no reason isn't it.

I've just spoken with Ian Levine who phoned up Eddie's wife Raynoma to express his condolences and she told him that Eddie has actually been dead for 8 months and that his ashes were scattered on Table Mountain.

No matter how hard I tried, I don't think I could

Seems pretty logical to me, first release on the label. They don't just want to put "1" so they use 01 or 101

Clutching at straws - I;d have called it a reissue as well

Any advance on £45???

I love the fact she thinks I've got 2 copies of the record and I recorded a different one to the one I sent her. The last one I had before this, I sold to Stuart Tyler back in about 2000. That's seven years ago. The likelihood of me having to is - well the likelihood of anyone having two - is highly unlikely or more like impossible

So I've been rude have I? Here are the actual emails I've sent you, for everyone to see Pal I gave you a full length mp3 of the entire track and you had every opportunity to listen to it, which you did, and then you told me to send the record. That's what happened. If you weren't happy with the sound quality then why did you buy it after hearing it? I am not going to refund the money, I'm sorry. We had a deal. I fulfilled my part and just because you don't like some surface marks you now want to mess me about. You'll have to sue me for the money, sorry. Pete Are you honestly trying to say that I somehow managed to record the record and then change the sound? Are you crazy? Why would I want to do that? The object is to let the person listen to the record in it's exact state and then make a decision which you did. Has the record deteriorated in sound quality while on the plane from the Uk to Spain? No it hasn't, you heard This is just ridiculous Paloma. I stand by my gradings, the record was exactly as described, you even heard the record before you paid for it. This is just too suspicious in my opinion and I think you are only saying this because you don't think you can make a profit on it when you sell it. If I have not graded this correctly then it means that I have not graded the other 10,000 or so records I've sold in the last 10 years correctly, but amazingly I can't remember any complaints. Anyone who had really wanted the record would have been happy with that price and in no way would have complained, not considering whyat it's really worth. OK for the last time. This record crops up once maybe twice a year. Anyone buying it knows how much it's worth, and it's a lot more than 400 quid. If someone really wanted it they would be perfectly happy with this record which is in exactly the condition it was described as. I have not 'fraud' anyone, if anyone's trying a fraud it's you. I never said nobody would hear you. You can say what you like about me, I know that I am in the right and have done nothing wrong. And why don't you sell it anyway? If you didn't keep making these silly threats then maybe we could have sorted this out but if that's your attitude then I'm not going to correspond with you anymore. OK NOW WHERE HAVE I BEEN RUDE?

Yes I do, if it is not as described. This was as described and she even heard the bloody thing, what more can I offer?

Another problem here is that if you look at the statement from her, she's going to slag me off to anyone who will listen, but to be honest, anyone who's dealt with me, and a lot of people go back with me 20 years or more, they'll see straight through this for what it is.

Well at least I did her free postage

Actually yes, if the record is not in the condition stated then I would guarantee it, her argument that it is vg not vg+ ( ) but although visually it may be vg, I play grade my records and as you can hear from the mp3, not only is it vg+ it actually sounds better than that!

The whole point of sending out the mp3 is so that people can hear the bloody record, how much more certain can you be if you've got the actual record to listen to? And at £400 I'm not f*cking about, it's a desirable record and it's not there to lend out to people. Would JM lend out a record to see if anyone wanted to buy it? No he puts sound samples up. It's a con mate, a stitch up. Seen it before, like on ebay when you sell a record for 100 quid and the customer says it's got a scratch but I'll keep it if you knock 20 quid off

What did I tell you... Apart, I will inform all my customers about you, I will tell this story in all the soul forums of USA, UK, Spain, France, Italy and Japan and I will say my friends that do the same because they know that I don't lie.

OK everyone, not sure if this is the right section but I have to tell you the following as the sh*t will soon start to hit the fan. About 10 days ago I offered for sale a copy of Monique - If You Love Me (Show Me) - Maurci. I graded it vg+, said it was crackly at the start but overall played really well and loud - which it did. I very rarely overgrade records, especially when they are expensive/rare like this one. So I had an email from a prospective buyer asking if I could send an mp3 of the record. I recorded the actual record and sent the full mp3 to the interested party. This party being Paloma Garcia from Spain. Yes, fine, she wants to buy the record, and pays me same day. I send the record, it's a done deal. Until yesterday when she says that the record I sent her was not the one I recorded to mp3 - like I've got multiple copies of the Monique record lying around I WISH - and it crackled throughout. Well yes it did but it was barely audible under the very loud reproduction and of course she had already listened to the actual record and decided it was fine. So she asks for her money back and I say no. I graded it accurately, she heard the whole record, just why should I refund the money because someone changes their mind or thinks can't make a profit on it? So now, and I quote, she is going to cause me "damages" which will no doubt include a posting on here as to how I am a villain, a rip off merchant and a horder of Monique records. So I'm explaining this now so you all know whats really going on. Yes I have disagreements with people on SS over topics. But I've never ripped off or deceived anyone with my record selling business, I'm not like that, I undergrade records and I will always sort something out in the unlikely event that there is a problem with a record. But when there isn't, and the person has already checked the record, why the hell should I refund the money? Thanks for reading.

N.B. LISTINGS CONTAIN SOME VINYL CARVERS JOBS, IF YOU ARE OFFENDED BY THESE THEN DO NOT READ Have put some new stuff in the Ebay shop, a few good acetates, some nice Northern bits, all on "Buy It Now" if anyone's interested. There are label scans of many of them. If you want something and don't want to go via Ebay then just let me know and I'll withdraw it and we can do the deal privately as normal. Here's the link https://stores.ebay.co.uk/PETE-SMITHS-PLANE...1QQftidZ2QQtZkm if they are not already in order, go to the right hand side and choose "highest priced first" and you'll see all the new stuff. Oh also I have a copy of IRIS HARVEY - BETRAYED - COLUMBIA DEMO EX 70 and KEN BOOTHE - FEEL GOOD / MUSTANG SALLY - STUDIO ONE (UK) EX 25 tough to find in decent nick Many thanks Pete

I sold one on ebay about a month ago and as far as I can remember it fetched about 22 quid

Thanks Reg..

Dunno, just another case of emperors new clothes to me, though I did hear one really good voice on the radio, except she was singing some ridiculous song about "chasing pavements", apart from that, superb...who's that, anyone know

There's already a Duffy thread with the videos, and the general concensus is THUMBS DOWN to this Lulu soundalike

Bonnie Brisker used to be quite rare then all of a sudden, there's a beat up one on ebay every week!