Steve G

.....several rarer Phil La's than either EE or IC's....but as they are not northern "pounders", guess no one is that interested

I remember when we went down to the Rocket once we parked up behind this camper van and it has this "Northern soul is a way of life" transparent sticky thing in the back window . It was rocking from side to side, ordinarily you'd think "bonking", but in this case I think the occupants were dancing in their kitchenette.

Indeed it was.....

Yeah but if it goes back there......do try and keep up , The Mello Souls is in the UK at the moment but may go back to the USA.....and when you go there you have to fill out these little blue forms....."Are you bringing in communist literature, fried chicken or goods to the value of more than $10,000". Not quite the same as crossing the border into Milton Keynes Tezza

Perhaps they were headed off for a weekender somewhere?

A shameless "bump", since this should be another good evening from BBC4......starting in half an hour.

....Yeah and fill in a customs declaration "Are you bringing goods of a value of more than $10,000 into the United States".....

I know that Chris but would you trust it to ANYONE? Have you seen how these postal operations operate in their warehouses etc? That was my point.....Good to see you at Clee Saturday....

Makes me wonder how these super expensive records get delivered. Hand delivery in the UK, but I mean if the winning bidder is in the US, would you trust the post? What do you put on the customs declaration?

I like Tim, he's a proper collector, with a broad taste in soul music (at least up until 1976 ), and generally he knows his stuff more than the majority. He's also an entertaining writer on the whole. Where he lets himself down is with the digs at Ace / Kent, and what seems like an obsession with the Manship price guide. I've lost count of how many articles Tim has written on the latter subject. .....But generally Tim's a good egg and at his best in print when he's talking about obscure records.

I like Tim, he's a proper collector, with a broad taste in soul music (at least up until 1976 ), and generally he knows his stuff more than the majority. He's also an entertaining writer on the whole. Where he lets himself down is with the digs at Ace / Kent, and what seems like an obsession with the Manship price guide. I've lost count of how many articles Tim has written on the latter subject. .....But generally Tim's a good egg and at his best in print when he's talking about obscure records.

Annie get yer gun! I think the original finder is on a piece of the action.....maybe another middle man or broker involved (local record dealer / intermediary), but I am sure the finder of this isn't going to come out of this with $20 less commission

A non soul bod found it.....and then realised what he had found.........There's gold in them thar rekkids kiddo!

Chalky if we form a consortium.....We can make it!

Yes enjoyed Betty Swann - great to see her.

Yes enjoyed Betty Swann - great to see her.

If you told us what the record was it might help....

has to be a BIG trophy record then.....we all know what's up there in that league.......

Yes and booted, nearly 40 years ago........totally different today when finding a new genuinly unknown record is truly an event.

Reality is (and I know you know this) there isn't going to be a credible cover up of a major or come to that semi-known recording artist at this stage. All of their records are well known to collectors etc. The only c/ups tend to be of complete unknown / lesser known acts who by definition didn't sell beans (hence relative scarcity). We're a million miles from Willie Hutch or Betty Lavette records being covered up...

Fred Dibner Jr played a copy at the Wheeltappers & Shunters club last month. How many more copies are there then?

So after Richard got it from John Anderson originally, I am pretty certain his copy ended up with Butch who played it for quite a while still covered up, certainly into the 90s. There are a number of copies around. Can't remember for sure now but I think mine came from one of them Burnley guys.

Thanks Mick will be in touch.

Does anyone do editing as well as carving? I have a nice 60s acetate but it's got a loud click for about four rotations, where someone looks to have gouged it with a screwdriver or nailfile or something.....

Interesting I thought they'd gone out of business?