Steve G

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In which case I would have thought you either take it on the chin and eat the difference, or you issue refunds to those who's orders you cannot satisfy. Radio silence is not a credible option.

The Artistics (Audiodisc Acetate) (VG) - £465 Corey Blake (Capitol 4057) (VG++) - £950 Kris Peterson (Top Dog 102) (VG++) - £525 The Four Sights (Shy-Soul 101) (VG++) - £923 Ree Flores (M&H 9343) (VG++) - £3,350 John Bowie (Merben 503 dj) (VG++) - £750 J.J. Barnes (Invasion 1001) (VG++) - £2,505 The Ascots (Bethlehem 3046 dj) (VG++) - £350 Sy Risby, Chuck Flintroy And The Night Train (6th Avenue 601) (VG++) - £250 Garnet Mimms (United Artists 951) (VG++) - £180 King Arthur (St. George International 402) (VG++) - £170 The Atos (Pato 107) (VG++) - No Bids The Sensations (Way Out 2005) (VG++) - £2,150 Jimmy Burns (Erica 02) (VG) - £4,500 Spider Turner (Good Time 1019) (M-) - £745 Kavetts (Len Dre 101 dj) (VG++) - £500 Melvin Davis (Groovesville 1003) (VG+) - £325 Ernest Wright (Surviving Hearts 2804) (M-) - £430

We are probably talking about two different things here. One the author who has obviously done an initial press run of 300. No problem with that, he is selling them on e-bay. And then there is the brewery town fella who claimed to have 100 copies for sale but never replied to people who ordered it from him on the very first day that he advertised them for sale.

Anyone got the scores on the doors please?

That is shocking Dave, but remembering the fiasco with the Nurons not entirely surprising. I would be very surprised if he sold the supposed 100 copies he had within a day.

Hi Andy, from this brewery town dude or the author?

That is where I got mine. Sold 5 the other day and put another 5 up a couple of days ago.

It all comes down to producers and researchers.

Yes, I have, but none of them were cheap. I would say printing cost has nearly doubled in the last few years. It was a real eye opener talking to them all.

Yes, I can believe that. Sadly printing costs have gone through the roof. No one wants to be left with unsold boxes of books and the market isn't massive for books like this. I hope you all get your copies and look forward to reading a review.

More often than not vinyl and CD. Not the obsession with og vinyl though, that is the preserve of part of the northern soul scene.

Absolutely yes, and comprehensive on owned and distributed labels.

I've tried to cover the good and the bad (well what I know of the bad). I shall look out for the paper version, All the best Steve

Well done on getting your book out Dan. Mine (which covers All Plat from 1967-1979) is just a few weeks away now. Will you publish in paper form?

Reply includes whole / parts of some eight song titles.

Ha! "Hold Back The Night" - it just so happens I finished my set Sunday evening with this. Floor rammed more so than any other northern classics and oldies. Make of that what you will.

Hello Mike, I went through every single issue of Billboard in 1977-1978 on another project, but kept an eye out as well for the disco award because when I heard about it I thought it was rather odd. I couldn't find a single mention of WC in the context of any award although there was a feature on Barry Kingston and RK Records and their Wigan links and an advert for "old masters" to be sent to "Wigan casino Records" (casino Classics).

It's the old maxim. If you say it often enough, it becomes "the truth".

Not that Billboard best disco in the world nonsense again? FFS.

You've only got to read the article to understand that it is the scene, but not as we know / remember it. PS: Richard is in it.

The genuinely rarer ones - there were never enough copies for them to take off properly. Gwen & Ray, Eddie Rey, Eddie Daniels etc.

A few years ago, purely by accident / coincidence, I came across someone who was into northern in the 70s. He had left the scene then and is now a multi millionaire with more money than he knows what to do with. When we got talking about it, he wanted me to take him to a venue (100 Club which he had heard of) so he could relive his youth (one more time) and he also told me he wanted to buy some records (mine were not for sale obv.). His knowledge only extended to the basic / obvious stuff and I got the impression that he originally bought boots in the 70s as he talked about this chest full of records he had bought at the time that had now long gone or were in his mother's loft (I can't remember which as these conversations get mixed up). By the end of the conversation, he told me how he had now decided he was going to buy some of the records once more. I can assure everyone that money was the last thing on his mind. Loose change to get what he wanted, he probably spends the same on his monthly car valeting and gardeners bill, or a trinket for his wife. I am sure he is not alone and that is just the world we live in. I don't think it's him buying this particular 45 as he appeared to have disappeared again soon after our initial conversation, but there will be plenty of others like him out there.

I always recall the Va Va ads from 72-73. I never went of course, but there was a list of sounds for you to come and hear. At the time, most of these were either cover ups or "rare". What is this thread about anyway?

Exactly this. And certainly by the time of Blackpool and Wigan (when I joined up for this ride), rarity and exclusivity was 100% "a thing". Even as kids, we wanted something exclusive that practically no one else had.