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After the Ted Massey robbery incident I started to be worried about my records...I haven't played out in a long while and I have obscure taste so I doubt anyone is going to be following me home anytime soon ! It vexes me that nobody ( in spite of the hefty reward ) has come forward with any info on who is behind the aforementioned theft, in my mind it smacks of a collector with a terrible envy problem. I don't see what the theft achieved as all the items are too hot to handle and nobody in a million years will forget the incident period, which makes selling them on way harder !. It has made me extremely nervous to the point that I have had an alarm system fitted in my house and I am also considering fitting trackers inside my record boxes. Apart from feeling violated when some arsehole breaks in to your house, it would break my heart to lose or have damaged things which are very dear to me, stupid things really like pictures and cards the kids made me ( my youngest turns 29 in two weeks! ). I am also astounded that the majority of people I work with do not have home insurance ! Do people not realise how much things cost to replace? What if the house burnt down let alone a robbery? So apart from the obvious record collections, What would have you running in to a burning building to save it? And heaven forbid anyone gets burgled, what precious thing would it vex you the most to lose or have damaged beyond repair?

Not sure if mine is a demo or not my memory is fading with age ( comes to us all )... I am currently in the throes of moving house so can't really check at the moment but the one thing that sticks out for me is it's a black label and mis-pressed it reads just can't help myself on both labels but the flip plays one way lover

I watch all the auctions and Ebay with baited breath either I don't know the true value of my records or I am sitting on a small fortune ! I have more than a few "big ticket" items but more than plenty lesser items that cost generally $20 or so and I enjoy them all equally. I have never bought a record I didn't like unless it was stupidly cheap and then stuck it up for sale ! Late last year I bought a long time want and was astounded nobody bid on it ! Ok it was not in the top 500 and probably not that well known but a fabulous record none the less it was around the $200 mark and to me that's enough for me to pay even though at my age I have more disposable income than I once did. I have watched stuff I own go through auctions that I have in equal ( sometimes much better) condition and all I think is that away from auctions and Ebay I probably wouldn't get anything like that money for it...

That's the trouble really apart from the obvious oldies my taste is somewhat left field I bought records nobody wanted at the time. 8 years roughly I have been off the scene and that's a fair old time out of the loop so to speak. I don't set any score by JM's auctions my only guide has been sales lists here on SS or Ebay. The last set sales list I put on here sold in seconds which would suggest to me they were too cheap lol. I just need somebody to bring me up to date with valuations to be honest.

Having been off the "scene" for quite a while now even pre-lockdown I find myself aghast at the prices some records are selling for. In spite of having the latest JM's price guide etc which to be honest bears no correlation to the actual price of a record these days I see records selling for silly money even ones I thought were maybe £40-£50 going for 100's. I have been considering selling up for quite a while now and bearing in mind it's no small collection who can I trust to give me a true valuation? My partner has no idea about soul music and although he knows the records are worth something he really hasn't got a scooby. I have terrible visions of my records in a charity shop with some lucky soulie saying f**k me 50p each !! I dread the idea of cherry pickers trawling through it and simply do not have the time to put up endless sales lists ( even if I knew what they were actually worth)...Some guidance would be much appreciated...

Heard the sad news today of his passing...The scene will be an empty place without him. A stalwart of all things soulful, a true gentleman and beautiful soul. Rest with the angels my friend..x

The most scandalous ones I have seen lately are the 100 club anni carvers...It puts me off looking at Ebay lately the amount of terrible bootlegs/carvers whatever you want to call them...

We all love our records we play them at home and we play them in public as DJ's but who is listening in? I own a bar and Easter Sunday we were due to hold a vinyl only event not necessarily all soul lots of local DJ's playing anything from soul to punk to funk to rock and roll. Anyway a first for me we did a live feed as we could not hold the actual event and having "attended" lots of virtual soul nights/nighters recently I thought oh lovely people can still enjoy. Within 30 minutes of going live 6 of my tracks had been blocked and blanked out ! ( I did get notification but still )... So how? or whom? is listening in? Is it an electronic policing system? Has Alexa been trained to hunt down obscure soul records?... The worst thing is as a business I pay PPL/PRS for a licence to play music ( and it aint cheap) so who gets that money? The artistes? Record companies?...Not sure if this is the right forum but I would like to hear from anyone who can shed light on this. TIA Cookie

last nights single thanks PM me...sorted now thanks !

I've got the invincibles as they all are with the labels reversed...£200 if it's any good to you?

Is this for sale or a want?

Hi usual script from me prices incl standard postage in the UK any Q,s PM me or email cookinupsoul@aol.com...trades considered thanks for looking ! THE JAMMERS - WHERE CAN SHE RUN TO - LOMA W/D VG - £20 WESLEY PAIGE + THE MASTER THREE - IVE GOT TO FIND OUT FOR MYSELF - ROJAC EX+ £40 MSQ - SAVE A PLACE FOR ME - RAINY DAY-VG+ £25 C-QUENTS - ITS YOU AND ME BABY - ESSICA-EX £60 WORLDS FUNKIEST BAND - WHEN YOURE ALONE - CALIFORNIA GOLD-EX £40 MERCY MEN - YOU MADE IT THUNDER - BEE GEE-EX+ £90 BETTYE SCOTT + THE DEL VETTS - GOOD FEELING - TEAKO -EX+ £30 DINO + DOC - A WOMAN CANT DO (WHAT A MAN DO) - VOLT EX+ £80 CALIFORNIA ROCK CHOIR - WHOEVER YOU ARE - CYCLONE W/D ( BUBBLING ON LABLES) EX++ £80 ROTATIONS - DONT EVER HURT ME GIRL - LAW-TON VG+ £70 ROBERT TAYLOR - TIME KEEPS TICKING BY - LU-TALL M- £50 FLORIDA SPIRITUALAIRES-I REMEMBER WHEN-ERNIES RECORD PARADE EX £100 ROYAL JOKERS - NICKEL,3 DIMES AND FIVE QUARTERS - KELDON-EX++ £80 ORIGINAL LARKS - TOGETHER - SHAZAM EX++ £90 ATTRACTIONS - WHY SHOULDNT A MAN CRY - BELL M- £150 CASINOS - IF I TOLD YOU - DEL VAL EX £100 SERENADERS - IF YOUR HEART SAYS YES - VIP EX++ £100

A simple "no thank you" would be nice at times...or even worse you spend umpteen hours exchanging PM's and when you think the deal is done they dissapear! not a word not a get stuffed or anything...

Usual script from me any Q's Pm me or email cookinupsoul@aol.com P+P uk is £3.00 overseas £9.50 anything over £100 will be sent signed for £7.50. It's a mix of stuff here any you don't know can mostly be found on youtube...trades considered for male group harmony type records...Happy looking... SUPERLATIVES-DONT LET TRUE LOVE DIE-DYNAMICS-EX+++ £150 COMPOSERS-LETS GET TO THE POINT/CHANCES GO ROUND-COMPLEX3-EX+ £80 OTIS BUSH-SO MUCH LOVE/SOMEONE TO LOVE-CHA CHA-M- £75 BLEU LIGHTS-I GUESS IM IN LOVE-BAY SOUND-M- £100 FLAIRS-YOU GOT TO STEAL IT-RAP-EX £100 GEORGE (JUKE) BYRD-I KNOW IM IN LOVE WITH YOU-PAY-TONS ( GOLD)- M- £350 IKE AND TINA TURNER-SOMEBODY NEEDS YOU-LOMA-EX £75 VAN DYKES-I WONT HOLD IT AGAINST YOU-HUE-EX++ £100 NAT FROSS-TOO MANY SKELETONS IN THE CLOSET-HOW BIG- EX++ £250 ERNIE MARBRAY-AINT NOBODYS BUSINESS-WEE-EX++ £125 THE EXCEPTION-GET DOWN/THIS TIME BOY-VINCENT P/S-M- £100 VOICES-BABY YOURE MESSIN UP MY MIND-VICTORIA-visual vg- plays way above the grade WOL cracking tune and less than half book price! £200 CALIFORNIA ROCK CHOIR-WHOEVER YOU ARE-CYCLONE W/D-EX+++ £100 FOUR WONDERS-JUST LOOKING FOR MY LOVE B/W SAME-SOLID FOUNDATION-EX £75 BARRETT STRONG-IS IT TRUE-CAPITOL-M- £40 BETTYE SCOTT AND THE DEL-VETTS-GOOD FEELING-TEAKO-M- £30 LEE MARTELL-ITS IMPOSSIBLE TO DESCRIBE OUR LOVE-RENEGADE W/D- visual vg- plays above grade if you dont know this i suggest you go check it out on youtube blinding x-over!! £100 Thats it for now thanks for looking