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I just thought I'd been really clever finding it on google only to see this posted 20 minutes ago. Doh!

Just read this far and everything you say about me is true

Will do, cheers. Thanks for your comments above.

It's mint, the sound file is sh*te. I'd re-record it but its not for sale any more. Thanks anyway.

First issue has the "Smash" logo in big letters vertially on the label goes for 40 - 60. 2nd Issue has "Smash" written in small letters across the top goes for 20 - 30. 1st issue:

There was one in the sales section the other day for exactly that, sat there too, might have sold now tho Did the same person that bought Barbara Mason also buy the Ed & Ernie on Jay Boy? Wish they'd send me a wants list

There's one on ebay here Finishes today.

As I bought my ticket for the 100 mill euro-millions rollover the other week that was exactly the thought going through my head. Off to the states - large motorhome - see you in a few years.

That's what I meant really, that's the fun of it. If money was no object you could get one much more easily, you'd probably just have to ask and wave the wad about and one would be produced for enough money. Gene Toones is a good example really; what's a "proper" price - about 800 to 1200 over recent years (occasionally 1500) - if you put a want up and said you'd pay £2.5k - how long would you wait? Whereas if you want one at the right price then you search and it's really satisfying when you turn one up.

Can't get the sounds to work I'm afraid.

After the couple of Lester Titptons going for over £4k each (would love one - think its a great tune) and Junior McCants fetching around £8k (sh*te tune IMHO), I've been wondering whether if I could spend any amount on any record I wanted, anytime and all the time, would there be any fun in it anymore? I suppose its the same thing as the thought that winning the lottery would ruin your life as your current aspirations would probably seem trivial afterwards, but there is something special about winkling out enough money for a certain tune or sniping something "cheap" off ebay or spotting an underpriced gem in a sales box. Is it just me? Is this feeling just down to the fact that I am a tight Yorkshireman?

Chyvonne Scott "I'm Movin On" Atco There's one of these on my web site (It's on Alto not Atco) Cheers Paul

An example of said black label damage:

When I got my first copy of this, as it came out of the package there was a flutter of red paper bits to the floor as bits of the label fell off, it looked like the glue had perished the paper. I gathered all the bits up and hoped to stick them back on but my missus tidied them up How we laughed about that one. The copy I have at the mo looks like it has had a copy label done and stuck on the A side, the b side is missing though so I'm quite sure it is real

I was going to say the same thing, I think the post office "handling charge" is about £8 on top of the VAT? I wouldn't mind so much if if it was just the tax but a handling charge? - isn't that what they are supposed to do with post? Regarding the customs form - it asks for value, I once tried to explain the difference between value and price to a US seller who refused to put "Used record $5" on a parcel but it didn't get me anywhere

Sold a UK demo on ebay earlier this year for 50ish, listed it as a second issue too Just got a US demo (loma) for about $60

I'm with you, no bargains on ebay Everyone got that? STAY AWAY FROM EBAY!!

There's a mint spinners demo on ebay "buy it now" [here] and two ex issues "buy it now" [here]

I'd like to thank this thread for conjuring up the mental picture of somebody Djing and at the same holding up the originals of the boots/carvers/whatever of what they are playing .... and also the concept that this would somehow be the right thing to do The "top" DJ's could possibly have someone to do this for them? Perhaps scantily clad women like those that walk round with the round numbers at the boxing.

TUNE! I have that LP somewhere, put it on tape to play in my first car, always reminds me of my honeymoon in 1980 All off topic too My loft extension - all OVO apart from the CD's and my ipod.

I like records Bill gates reckons that it is pointless going to art galleries cos you can have the same pictures in your home at the touch of a button and change them whenever you like. So what is the point of having or wanting to see, an original Picasso or Leornardo or Van Gogh? Same argument really.

IMHO the rarer/high priced items will generally hold their value or increase due to the collecting aspect of the NS scene. It can be seen today that records that are hard to get seem to make better and better prices whilst common records are hard to sell unless they become what is termed "in-demand" and that status normally only lasts a few months. Additionally I feel that the supply of records has been really good for the last 5 - 10 years due to prices becoming known worldwide because of the internet and price guides, this has caused dealers in the US to search their stock for records that they would have overlooked previously and put them up for sale. I don't think this good supply will continue much longer, couple of years maybe? If you look on ebay US now (R&B, 45rpm, highest price first) there are some good records for about 2 or 3 pages, then after that it sort of tails off rapidly. Also the condition of records is getting much poorer as the barrel is scraped. Anyway records are for enjoying or for selling to buy more records, if you treat them as a commodity they must be one of the most volatile markets in the world.

There's another Harvey Scales listed on ebay [here] It will probably be cheap as it is listed as VG-, the guy has put a sound file up and it seems to play OK though.

It was The British Heart Foundation actually

It eventually went for the slightly ridiculous sum of £370