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Invitations & Paramount Four on hold, Oscar Tolbert Sold

3 in demand sales: The Invitations - Watch Out Little Girl - MGM demo - M- £400 SOLD The Paramount Four - You Don't Know - Southern City - M- £400 SOLD Oscar Tolbert - I Can't Handle It - Chi-Land Soul - Ex £230 SOLD Pm me or email paul@paulsrecords.co.uk Postage will be Special Delivery in the UK at £8 or Tracked and signed for (with appropriate insurance) overseas. Payment by bank transfer (preferred) or PayPal (F&F or add 5%) Thanks Paul

I would imagine this is one of those situations where somebody has the rights to the group name and so can make the line up anyone they want. The group would still be "The Dynamics" in the legal sense even though the members m may not have sung on any of the original records. All IMHO, no knowledge of the actual situation claimed, just seen this sort of thing before.

Just 2 needed now!

Not many to go now :-)

Thanks but I've been offered one for nothing, they are just trying to find it ( fingers crossed)

11009 and 11016 both on their way , getting expensive now

US Motown LPs, selling as I have the UK ones now (apart from Chuck Jackson but I know where one is!). Chris Clark - Soul Sounds - Motown MS 664 Vinyl Ex/Cover VG+ £30 A couple of light marks on vinyl, cover has slight ring wear and sticker tear on front, some discolouring on rear and a small number on rear. Motown fan club/advertising inner. Marvin Gaye - Moods of - Tamla 266 Ex/G £20 Light marks on vinyl, slight ring wear and scuffing on cover, one corner of cover missing due to water damage, small price sticker on rear. Chuck Jackson - Arrives! - Motown MS 667 Ex/VG £20 Just a few light marks on vinyl, sleeve would be Ex but has drill hole in lower right corner. Marvelettes - The Marvelettes - Tamla 274 Stereo Ex/VG+ £15 Light marks on vinyl, slight ring wear & scuffing to sleeve. Original inner with advertising. Postage is £3.85 UK (£5 for recorded). Thanks

Marvelettes 11052 in the box, 11080 on its way, 11027 and 11071 possibly the next ones; located but not yet bought.

Another few sorted, last two were a tenner and a fiver :-)

Updated this as I've got a few, a couple more might be on their way :-)

I don't think the re-issues affect the price of originals as people who buy originals generally aren't much interested in re-issues. But they mess my ebay saved searches up!

I've been on an idle quest to collect the first 100 UK Tamla Motown LPs for some time now. I tend to buy them as they come up at the right price, rather than pay whatever is asked. I like them to be in at least VG+ (vinyl & cover). These are the ones I still need so if you have them and would like to sell them to a good home please pm me or email to paul [at] paulsrecords.co.uk I know some are more expensive than others and I probably can't afford to buy them all at once if they were offered as one lot, picking them up as and when is half the fun. Anyway, these are what I still need: TML11008 Marvelettes The Marvelous Marvelettes (on its way) TML11011 Campbell, Choker Hits of the Sixties TML11013 Martha & the Vandellas Dance Party STML/TML11025 Eckstine, Billy The Prime of My Life (on its way, from another seller) TML11027 V/A The Motortown Revue in Paris (hopefully, on its way) TML11076 King, Dr Martin Luther The Great March to Freedom (on its way) Thanks Paul

Finishing tomorrow

Herb Ward - Strange Change - Argo 5510 Ex SOLD (Some light marks that do not affect play) £450 plus p&p (7.50 special delivery in the UK) pm me or paul [at] paulsrecords.co.uk

Only just seen this, it's on hold for you. I've sent you a message with my details etc. Thanks Paul

Just put this up on eBay: https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=331635126109 VG but plays really well

I prefer to post the records so that they are fully insured, particularly when people pay using paypal as they can claim the full amount back from me if the postal system loses the item. If you want to pay by bank transfer I'll send them recorded or just first class but at your risk (recorded insures up to £50, 1st class is the same I think with proof of posting). So if the postal system loses a record that you've paid 150 quid for (for example) I would only refund you 50 as that is what I can claim for recorded delivery etc. Posting things by second class is pretty much like throwing them in the bin IMHO.

Starting to sell up (again!) so here are the first few: (Prices in pounds) Marjorie Black - One More Hurt - Sue 132 (Black & White stripes) M- 100 SOLD Shirley Karol - Just To Make You Happy - Dakar 1449 M- 150 SOLD Ernie & Ed - Indication - Jay Boy 58 M- 150 Big Frank & The Essences - I Won't Let Her See Me Cry - Philips 40283 Ex (very light marks) 200 SOLD The Ethics - I Want My Baby Back - Vent 1006 VG++ 80 (a few marks and slight ring wear) Jesse Fisher - You're Not Loving A Beginner - Way Out 104 (multicoloured) M- 150 Tommy Rodgers - Pass The Word - AJP 1510 M- 175 Creations - Footsteps/A Dream - Zodiac 1005 Ex 100 (Some storage blotching on label on Dream side, nothing terrible.) Fantastic Puzzles - Come Back - PYE (Portuguese pic sleeve) M- 75 (Pic sleeve is Ex) Lorraine Chandler - I Can't Hold On RCA Victor 8980 White demo Ex 125 SOLD Jackie Lee - Darkest Days - ABC 11146 (Delta 73393) Ex 125 (Slight label wear) The Metros - Since I Found My Baby - RCA Victor 9159 White Demo Ex 200 (very, very slight ring wear on label) Postage is £7.50 for special delivery in the UK Payment by bank transfer opreferred but Paypal OK (either F&F or add 4%). Pm me or email paul[at]paulsrecords.co.uk (if you need a sound file or scan just ask) I won't hold these for very long as in the past things I could have sold have not been paid for. Thanks Paul For reference (not from my copy):

I think pricing records has become so difficult these days because what a record will sell for is so unpredictable. It seems that there are quite a few people who are happy to pay any price to get hold of a record, they don't care that they've paid over the odds for something. If you have an in demand and/or rare record to sell, how on earth do you price it given that scenario? The sad thing for me is that some of the records I'd like to have are now unattainable as there are people who will pay anything for them. On the other side of the coin some genre's seem to be out of fashion so prices are not so daft, I buy male voice mid-tempo more than anything these days and have picked up quite a few over the last year or so at reasonable prices. There's still a lot of less well known records out there at reasonable prices but if you want the well known quality records you need to dig deep these days.

Sad news, didn't know him personally but appreciated his contributions on here.

Personally, I think that common records should be listed at the minimum you want for them, I've had a few at 99p. In demand/rare records will always find their price on an auction no matter what you start them at. the thing about eBay is that you are trying to find a buyer in 7 days, so records can go for wildly different prices. I've listed things that don't sell and just re-listed them at the same price to see them take off sometimes on the 3rd listing. no point trying to second guess ebay

Empty club, Dee-Dah-Doo, obligatory man with no teeth. Great promotion, amazing 40 seconds of coverage on the beeb, should be a packer next time.

How much was it?