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Craig Moerer has 2 on ebay at the mo [here] - unless its the same one twice

I reckon about one in ten of the records from the states are badly/bizarrely packed. Jiffy bags with no stiffeners are the most common and nearly all the records turning up like this are broken. Some prat in Chicago (runs a record shop) sent a 45 with no stiffeners in an LP mailer and then came on here slagging me off and reckoned a 5% breakage rate was OK! The strangest packing was a 6 by 6 by 4 cardboard box containing a 45 across the diagonal, packed in those polystyrene bits, sent by Pythagorus records The most recent was a Paul Sindab on Powertree that was in a (new) pizza box, wrapped in newspaper, shrink-wrapped to one side of the box. When I complained about the risk the dolt had taken with the record he said he didn't know what a record mailer was. I explained that a record mailer is for mailing rare, expensive, 45 rpm records internationally and a pizza box is designed to get hot fast food no more than 5 miles across town. He claimed people had thanked him for packaging the records well, so I explained the notion of irony to him. Weirdly, all the records that are sent normal postage always turn up. The only ones that go missing are those that are tracked to the departure point in the country of origin and then not tracked until signed for in the destination country. I suspect a record collecting postie/customs officer at the point of entry to the UK.

There's half a dozen on ebay [here] including a demo

No worries, mine's sold now Got a mint one the other week or I wouldn't have been selling it. It's not the rarest of the versions but I think it is one of the best - Clyde Milton probably shades it though. JM's 45 quid is somewhat out of date and just shows that guides are just that - guides!

There's 2 Beverly Ann's on ebay [here] - one is a ridiculous price but you can make an offer on both

There's a Fourth Day on my web site [here] - I've graded it VG but it plays well and its only £40

There's one on ebay [here]

I wonder if anyone ever did a photographic study of record shops - UK or US - they all seem to be closing an it would be good to know that there was some record of them. Can't beat going through stacks of records.

There's one finishing today on ebay [here] Nice tune Can't afford it

Tony Hestor - Just Can't Leave You or Jimmy Soul Clarke - I'll Be Your Winner B*gger! thats two.

There's one on ebay [here]

I was hoping that you'd put everyone off bidding the listing format looked familiar. Tried to get that fantastic 4 cheap but someone else did

If you paid by Paypal he has to send it to the address shown on paypal to be covered - don't think it would be his fault if you have the wrong address showing on paypal?

Must be common cos I've got one too I paid $213 (about 140 quid) for my M- copy off ebay mid march, there was another copy more recently which went for slightly less I think. Popsike has some old listings which show anything from $104 to $392. Someone did well at $104. JM has it at £250 in his latest guide. Looks like it is a hard one to price

There's a Leon Haywood on ebay [here]

I'm afraid that is rubbish, I wish this was a 10 quid record, it would be in my box all day long regardless of value. Absolutely fantastic tune, puts the hairs on the back of my neck up.

He does have a box full, he's been selling them for at least 6 months. I've had one and sold it on but I'm not having any more. The red copy looks nice.

Is it my ears or are the Art and ATCO releases different?

Selling these on ebay [here]

The Volcanos - Take Me Back Again - Harthon 146 - Ex+ 50 Barbara Lynn - This Is The Thanks I Get - Atlantic 2450 - Ex 15 The Invitations - Look On The Good Side - Silver Blue 818 - M- (small wol) 35 Jeff Perry - Love Don't Come No Stronger - Arista 133 - M- (small wol) 20 Jimmy (Soul) Clark - Sweet Darlin - Soulhawk 001 - M- 60 Fourth Day - You Turn Me On - DT 104 - VG+ (plays well) 60 (sound file below) Brothers Of Soul - Come On Back - Boo 1005 - M- (2 X's on label) 60 The Volcanos - (Its Against) The Laws Of Love - Arctic 115 - Ex+ 50 (Light blue label, blue text) UK Cheques & Paypal welcome Will haggle for multiple purchases. Postage: Recorded: 2.20 Special Delivery: 5.60 Please Note: If you pay by paypal and your order is worth more than £36 Special Delivery postage must be used. Thanks Paul

HTH Cheers Paul

Great program! But it uses the term bootleg in its original meaning - an illegal recording of a performance that normally wouldn't have otherwise been commercially available - normally live performances. Highly collectable these days. Boots on the Northern scene are just counterfeits and the term these days is used generally to describe anything that isn't an authentic original. Northern boots (counterfeits) in the 70's were, for most, the only way of regularly hearing a tune outside the venues. They were also produced on what was the medium of the day - vinyl. I would say that these boots have now become historically significant items as they represent a youth culture of the time. My wife still has her small collection (in my best vintage record case ) as they represent a time in her youth. Why anyone buys todays counterfeits is beyond me: they are not recorded on the medium of the day, the tunes are easily available in other formats, they have no historical significance so are not collectable, they are heavy and they will have no future value. They are just cheap copies of what were, and in the main still are, commercially available items - produced by the unscrupulous to make a quick buck. Cheers Paul

There's a few Carol Jones on ebay [here] - 2 are Buy It Now

Amongst all the bootlegs, there's one on ebay [here]

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