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Two quid to get in? Token amount, cd thing tut worthy at that price I'd say.

If you didn't pay to get in, it's cool. If you did, then it's a bit off.

Born in 66'. My folks would go to house parties and take me and my sister and some 45's. They would come home with UK Lou Johnson demo's that they didn't set out with. My dad din't buy loads of vinyl but he bought a bit and every weekend he'd have the radiogram on and I'd get to hear Ray Stevens on CBS 'Turn your radio on' and 'Everything is beautiful'. O.C Smith's - Son of Hickory Hollers tramp was massive in our house and I still love that record to this day. Lots of CBS, Fontana, London, Decca, the records had a wiff of old leather, or a certain sort of scent that I can still remember. We had the Beatles Help LP and that got hammered. I listened to both sides this sunday - post bath. We also had The Beach Boys 20 Golden Greats on 8 track in my Dad's Ford Zodiac Executive - XYX 83G and I'm sure 2 girls said that 'Barbara Anne' sounded really cool whilst on holiday in Tenby in that baking summer of 76'. By 1979 I was 13. Me and my best mate Steve Cashman, a Jewish kid who lived round the corner from me and supported Spurs. We won't hold that against him, but like me he had a keen interest in music. Mid seventies we were listening to the Searchers, needle & pins amongst others, Simon & Garfunkel - keep the customer satisfied/bridge over. We were listening to Blondie, Elvis Costello, Olivia Newton-John - one that I want (oh the shame). Beatles - taste of honey. Flux of Pink Indians, Crass and the Sex Pistols. I remember No More Heroes being played at the 1st year school disco in 1977 - think it was number 1? Before you knew it we were in the second year and listening to 'It rained again today' by Secret Affair in Necky's classroom, then Madness, then the Specials, the Beat. Wasn't allowed a skinhead, but had a crew cut, dad chased me round the kitchen. Being a sort of rude boy, Sta Press type geezer apart from the 2 Tone bands the options were limited. Bands like the 4Skins and 'Oi' and shit like that. Contemporary mod bands could be a bit flaky, Merton Parkas, Lambrettas, however for me unlike the rude boy/skinhead scene, musically the mod movement also had attached to it, things like Smokey Robinson and the Four Tops etc. I went to a record shop in Cambridge (The Beat Goes On) and swapped all of my ska for soul. In 1983 one of the faces from The Prize Guys Scooter Club played Out on The Floor on Charger records and that was it. I'd buffeted about with some half decent genres and settled on rare soul. Nearly 30 years on, essentially music taste remains the same and I have my ska collection back.

His sets are not to be sniffed at either, cracking tunes!

No bother. I did find out a copy sold earlier in the year for circa £60.

Asking same question in Box thread. Offered one earlier, 250.

Pete, would you have a view on a price for the 'can't believe you're gone' track?

Bearsy has one I think, you could lean on him?

Worth knowing, thanks Gene.

Soul Source member Monique (Sue) had one for sale on here, a good while back. Will see if I can find the thread. Ahh.. offers.. Monique, on Jul 27 2007, 07:14 PM, said: Up for offers Can't Believe You're Gone - The Blues Brothers - BRA- M-

What's an up to date value for this?

Good topic. More likely to be out of my mind when procuring vinyl at a venue. This can lead to impetuous purchases which has seen me pay through the nose in the past.

No price on this one mate?

Awesome record!

Very sad news, R.I.P Frank.

EX+ UK DEMO 45 - LONDON - JIMMY BEAUMONT - YOU GOT TOO MUCH GOING FOR YOU 2012-05-20 209 GBP LISTEN NORTHERN SOUL RARE BRITISH JIMMY BEAUMONT DEMO 2007-01-26 182 GBP

Post deffo.. No more paying subs for lists and no Soul Source?

Oh good show! Can't remember what I paid for mine, £170 ish I think. High on the list of lovelies once owned that needs to be replaced with priority, Closely followed by The Lost Soul. I did managed to get another copy of Clarence Hill for a hundred quid less than I paid for the first one though.. Can't believe I've shelled out 800 sheets in total on that record. Northern Soul eh?

I know! What were we thinking??? Just get to sorrowfully gaze at a scan of my old copy theses days. We'll get another copy one day. Maybe I'll get a copy of the Pyramid and a 'Dream my Heart' - Shirley Edwards also..

I still don't think GTM sounds like Ben E. Too deep. Unless he was on a baritone tone tip in the early days. What year? Is on atco though, hmmm..

A minute and thirty in for that familiar piano riff ...

Yes I will, just don't tell the wife!

I seem to remember you having the magic touch on your answering machine in the 80's Ade? So anyone phoning you back then would have got an earful! Great track then and now and as influential still with the nu-rave crowd picking it up as 'Simon Harris' - 'Your Smile'.

Well I can remember dating this sort called Michella when I lived at the Grange and took her with me to the 100 one night. Can remember hearing GG played. Doubt it was later than 94 as I'd moved from the Grange by then. I'm sticking with 94, or earlier.