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That’s bizarre!!!

Just another nail in the coffin of the rare soul scene. Flogging a dead horse.

Great post from Tim there. Always thoughtful and well written. My own personal experience of this record, comes from much later in time. I’m not certain whether it was the very first Lifeline all-nighter or the second one? Anyway, some friends of mine were constantly regaling me on the quality cover ups that Butch used to play back in the day. And one in particular, was his old Del-larks cover up. Well, I had been dying to hear this record, and all the other unknown to me sounds that Mr. Dobson had at his disposal. So it was with this in mind that I drove out to Dewsbury and the first ever Lifeline at Sherringhams. The place was rammed, and Butch did his usual 90 minute spot, which I recorded on a small cassette recorder. During that time, I approached Mark and asked if he could possibly play the Del-larks as I had never heard it? He replied that he couldn’t because he hadn’t brought it with him. But he promised to bring it next month, and would play it for me. Only slightly disappointed, his set was incredible, I went away and thought no more about it. Roll on to the following month, I was dancing away to Butch’s spot, when he suddenly announced over the mic. This one for Phil. Boom! The place went mental. I’ve never seen a reaction like it. Needless to say, I loved it. After that reaction at Lifeline, everywhere I went to see Butch, he opened with the Mello Souls. I can clearly remember the first CIS all-nighter in Manchester. We all trooped downstairs to another room that had a temporary dance floor, as Butch was playing in there. He opened with the Mello Souls again, and the reaction was even greater than before. I’ve still to this day never seen such a reaction as people rushed it seemed from every direction to get on the dance floor. I must agree with Tim though. This type of record, and there are many, don’t sound like anything when played at home. These aren’t listening tunes, they are made for throwing yourself around to. Absolute dynamite for me at the time.

It was played at Burnley by myself and Cliff Camfield. Great record, very silly lyrics though. I can’t remember who I sold it to now.

That’s it, that’s it! Brilliantly done my friend, thanks very much.

You’ve all missed the best one: Jackie Beavers - I need my baby/ a love that never grows old - Revilot

On the Fantastic Four, I asked Tim. apparently someone bid on it by mistake, instead of Minnie Jones. so there were no bids on the Fantastic Four.

What’s SPG?

Most of these records are acetates with unknown artists.

Can anyone help please? A while ago, someone put a tune up on this forum. Male vocal, 60’s. Only a cheapie, but the backing track was almost identical to the great Mr Lucky, Born to Love You, mega rarity. I meant to get a copy at the time, but have totally forgotten about it, and can’t for the life in me remember what it was. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I’m sure that an email to Craig would provide the answers.

On the other side of the coin though. Discogs is responsible for a race to the bottom for prices of common records. Every seller has to beat the competition in order to generate sales. At that end of the market, it really is a buyers market.

Why are you calling everyone mush, Mush?

Very good Rod.

I only ever saw this happen once, and I won’t mention the person’s name, because his set was totally ruined by the tone arms constantly jumping on the records.

How the heck do you change the carts/head shells and set them up, at an event? It’s dark, and you’ve only got three minutes max?

Yup, seen loads of dealers using those.

Well I don’t know what’s happening there then. When I clean records they end up sparkling.

This fits in with my own personal findings, and it’s not just confined to dealers either. The decks and PA at many events is also either of terrible quality, or badly set up. Makes me cringe thinking of the damage being done to some incredibly rare vinyl, and to peoples hearing.

Once you get to the classics, most aren’t rare, but are so popular that everyone wants to own them. Therefore they become scarce to obtain, but will be plentiful in Dj boxes and collections.

Apologies for going off topic a bit. I agree. When I used to go out regularly, I could hear when someone was playing a carver or boot. The quality just dropped. In my humble opinion, digitisation of music has been the worst thing to have happened. I can hear the difference when MP3’s are played. I refuse to use them and record all my vinyl onto WAV files. I’ve never tried playing my files through a big system, but would be interested in hearing it in comparison to playing vinyl.

They have been skimmed, or polished. A disgusting practice, where knackered records have the surface removed with a light abrasive surface while being spun. I’ve had loads over the years. I just send them back straight away.

I’ve remembered number two, Barbara and the believers on Capitol. Sorted now thanks.

Many thanks Alan, much appreciated.

So I've been trawling through my minidiscs today. Old recordings of my vinyl from years ago. I've tried Shazam, but just can't remember who these two are by. Any help would be appreciated. Mystery 1 _1.mp3 Mystery 2 _1.mp3