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I’m curious,with many years of the power of the internet and YouTube etc…are there any surprises left,what 45 would make your EYES POP OUT,or HEART SKIP A BEAT at the shear site of it on eBay etc….. this isn’t a topic of the good and bad of a record or the value,just a bit of mindless fun of what would stop you in your tracks? for me its.. MARTHA STARR SWEET TEMPTATION ON CHARAY

Sorry just been on YouTube,decent tune,and I guess uni is the USA 45?

Don’t know the tune,aussie only 45? Any other variants?

Wide awake in a dream kapp white demo in excellent condition £90 inc post

Mate I could pick out dozens of over priced soul45s off discogs! I only go on there when I need to laugh at something! ebay buy it nows and discogs are an insult to our intelligence

Yeah it’ll be the death of me to my mate

Looks like a bargain to me? Is it the n good nick simon?

Wide awake in a dream kapp white demo in excellent condition £90 inc post

@1500 quid he also claims only known copy……until now

For me this version doesn’t create any impact purely from the recording aspect,any pre digital song then recorded digitally just sounds plastic! The drifter like 1000’ of other 60’s songs are recorded analogue and in mono,that’s a big part of the appeal! This cover version may have sounded better if they found an old studio using tape and old mics etc.. tbh his voice is the only thing that works,the music sounds flat! Please don’t tell me it’s qbase onboard instruments? personally I don’t like any cover versions,utterly pointless! If your gonna spend a week in a studio with musicians etc then at least do original material,even if it sounds “northern soulie”

Fa fa fa fa fa fa?

I think he means it sounds like Joe Murphy’s so blue?

That’s what I’m not sure about? The two song titles aren’t even on YouTube either,so I can’t tell if it’s unissued or just a simple typo error

Just played them on YouTube,very similar indeed

So the 45 on veejay 668 (which is his last 45 on the label)with songs empty balcony/where did you go last night,actually plays a song “I can’t get away from your love (below) on the “night” side question is…is it the correct song but with the wrong title? Or wrong song and correct title? And also is this the case on all the said 45s ? Both issues and demos?

Speaking of the 45 itself,I always thought it was reasonably rare item,but the last couple of years it’s seams there is one around every corner! At least 6 on Discogs alone! Compared to the people’s choice and the couple of other bits on this palmer variation jimmy mack is in abundance,and to be a bore on values,why is jimmy Mack usually 1500 upwards, and people’s choice half that? Isn’t people’s choice much rarer and dare I say it a better quality tune?

Chalky is right,it isn’t all just about northern anymore! If you want a good time and dance to stuff you’ve grown up listening to then there are loads of places to attend ,also chill out places,and places that play a bit of all sorts! But I do think it’s the major niters that drive the values on records,if a big name starting hammering the shepards at every major niter then the value would no doubt well exceed even the 350 mark! Personally I love the record,but wouldn’t pay past the 150 quid regardless of any demand or popularity

I do wonder if a lot of these records are nice quality records,and in some cases rare too! However there’s records to own and play at home,then there are the niter and soul nites records,seems to me that the two differ greatly! The shepards is a quality tune,but it’s never grabbed the floor!

Rare northern soul.com

I reckon someone will take it eventually for a tidy sum,but it won’t be anyone to do with northern soul! Probably word will get to a shiek in Dubai

Can’t believe it’s still there been in a while now!

on jet set issue or demo thanks lee

Also with the wrong sides your looking like a “should have gone to spec savers advert”

A very nice looking set that lad

Mouth watering pieces them mate