Mal C

about to say the same, 'Oh WOW', I've never been to Thailand, but with views like that Alan!!

That baby is very disconcerting... here is a picture of another body sculpture made in Soap, which degrades with time and weather, taken in Santiago De Compostela a few years back. I did look for the arms, I guess they assumed the arms would go first, so they didnt include them, that said who would steal the arms? lol

Hi folks, always after sleeves, anybody got good condition sleeves from the following Aussie lables? Sue, Chess (Plastic or Paper designs), Atlantic (Green), Festival (Blue Logo), Festival Hits, Astor, Verve (Brown or White/Red). I also always need W&G, but they must be the corresponding overseas pops series, generally the ones that fit the WG-S-8000 series, as most of the blue label stuff was licensed from the UK and USA, and those are the records I collect, not that country racket from Tamworth!! The sleeves normally state pops from abroard, or list non Aussie artists... I'll see if I can scan an example.. cheers all Malcolm

Sold my Pat Johnson at £200 a few years back, I love that track but it took a while to go, think I had it at £250 to start... if it plays through ok Nige I'd be interested in that 45... Malc

Ha, Simon Mayo went to my school in the West Midlands, said it was dump... he didn't stay long...

Great track that Shades record...

Can’t argue with that, I knew I’d get proven wrong as I wrote that out, I think there are the classics, Human Beings, Sheep etc plus loads more, but there does seem to be a steady stream of unknown stuff being offered up. As I say I collect garage, I don’t need converting, I love the stuff. It’s a hard nut to crack this one, but to say we / they/ the new unwashed don’t have that Motown sound as a base as it was to folks in the late 6ts early 7ts… that is different…

Anybody got a nice copy of this one? I managed to warp mine, how I did that I’ll never know. This is a common cheapie pls don’t pm me with silly 50 quid offers… Lee Lamont - I’ll take Love / back beat Cheers malc

How about just great film scores, You can’t beat Clint Eastwood in Magnum Force, the music or the film… but that opening music is a killer! It’s NASTY!

Just some thoughts... Let me start with Garage posing as Northern Soul, seems to have crept in big the last ten years, I like garage records allot, I collect them, not all of them of course, but I hear people saying this allot, and I'd have to agree, it's not Northern Soul. The other music that's become a big part of 'now' is the new productions in a Sixties, or Northern style. I buy some of them, but my sense is that music genre has its own scene, and I think that it will on the whole appeal to more diverse and younger audience, thats not 'Northern Soul' is it? In addition, the reissue and unreleased market has never been so good, so the 'Soul Scene' today does have allot of new streams of music feeding into it. As to Tim's point above I think he is right, Northern Soul seems to have lost its way, if you hold the past against today, and I think that decline started after 2002/3/4. I think the internet has made it more accessible to all, a good thing, but it's definitely watered it down, add in age, and the fact that there were only so many traditional 'Northern' soul 45's out there, it is inevitable that the Northern Scene would change, so much so that for some it has become unrecognisable. Recently I've really enjoyed allot of Colin Curtis's radio shows, especially the chats with Pep and Tim Ashibende, and there have been lots of posts and info on classic sounds, the Showstoppers thread for example on here. I hadn't thought about it much, but I think unconsciously there is a yearning from some for what traditional Northern soul was and is. It's has captured my imagination again, and reminded me of life before Ebay and Discogs, like most on here I preferred printed sales lists, swapping tapes, calling up and making your order, and boxes at venues. And I think the prices of original 45's has in a way tainted things, there were always rare expensive records, that’s the core of it, but auction sites with common records, making silly money, aside of the argument about the market dictates! and all that, it just puts me off it. I can’t offer any thoughts on venues, as I don't get out any more at all, although I do sometimes flutter with idea, I just wouldn't want to turn up somewhere and find the music is so diverse I could not get a handle it...or they played crap music... Maybe Rob (Lionelonthevinyl) can explain where 'wolfies' is, not heard of that one Rob..

ahhhh... you're right there... Still, not worth £115 either BAH HUMBUG!! laughing

I'm reading 'A People Betrayed' by Paul Preston at the moment, a history of the corruption in modern Spain, thankfully which is now lifting, Spain is looking up, it's a great country and culture... But it reminded me of a film somebody send me as a DVD on here from the last Film thread, can't remember who it was, thank you btw. It's called 'Butterfly's Tounge'. well worth watching, directed by Jose Luis Cuerdas. Thought I'd break up you French film buffs! I'm joking.. Laughing

If you have Netflix there are loads of great Spanish productions to check out. I especially like ERRMENTARI (The Blacksmith and the Devil). Well worth watching, and you get to practice your Spanish while you're at it... ¡gran película! "A blacksmith holds a demon in captivity, torturing it as revenge for his troubles. One day, an orphan girl stumbles upon the demon's enclosure and unwittingly releases it."

Noticed John Manship missed the Aussie 'Ember' release of Mr. Flood's Party - Compared To What. Worth mentioning because he went into all the other releases to build credability of the 45 he was auctioning... and he missed one!! I didn't think much of the rest to be honest, I love the Patterson Twins, but for £2k, that track doesnt move my mountain... the Kimtone record, sorry guys that was a dreadful track.. £2k to look at a rare label... Unexciting would be the best descriptive word I can offer... Pat Brown, great track, but folks have been saying the same for 20 odd years... I'd have flipped to get a copy back then, but it just seems old me now... The Uptights was the best record on that list, but fifty quid too much I thought..

Carl Stewart - Ain't going back to that (Mercury) class record, remains very cheap... love Robert Lee & Exquisites as well, and Freddie Hughes always sounds fresh, great set mate btw, is Emory & The Dynamics 'Things That A Lady Ain't Suppose To Do' same 45 as 4 Dynamics? sounds the same to my ears, but I cant locate a 45 with Emory in the credits? why it's expensive I guess...?

Hi folks, anybody got one of these? Sue Sleeve (Australian) as in the image below. not the 45, I have that, I need sleeves, in fact I need five of them in total, but I'll take what I can get. If you have any other Aussie Sleeves, I'm always interested, I have tons of spares I'd be happy to swap for ones I'm after. Pm me if you can help. Cheers Malc

Makes my heart sink reading that list... absolute F*** sods... they will get caught, you cant hide a collection like that forever, there will be a lead at some point...

must be made of solid gold! pip us the link, I'd like to see this!

and it's gone to a good home, I really enjoyed opening that for its first time... you get that smell we all know, smells lush...

I put Ernest Baker at £600/650 so that’s a good price I think... only other track on there I'd be interested in is Curtis Anderson, you never see it, so I guess you can’t argue with 2K.. Ikettes is a silly price, I’ve still got all my Kent Lp's, buggar three hundred quid, I'll play it off there!!

Dreadful news, I’ve read you are physically ok at least Ted, stay strong.

a 'House Party' from From Down Under, looks like this one was sold via Palings in Sydney, wierd cause that looks like it was printed on the label, not added after... anyhow Palings sold all sorts of stuff back in the day.

Outstanding! Love it. Fits really well with the interviews that Colin Curtis has been doing in the past few weeks, talking to guys like ‘Pep’ about the beginnings of the soul scene here in the uk. This was and is an important record, with the likes of the Orlons 81, Mel Torme, Flamingos ‘Boogaloo party’ and so on.. well done Joel, great article

yep, true, I've been busting your balls, and you know why... The above comment from me was too much, I put my hand up for that, I apologise. But I asked you for a refund, twice, and you totally ignored me. You can't have both ways...

I did get mine, I havent played it, every time I look at it, just cant be bothered as it was such a pain to get...