Frankie Crocker

AI will ultimately prove to be bad for society but good for some businesses. Even this tiny extract is complete garbage - it presents Bristol as the epicentre of contemporary Northern culture which of course is far from the truth. AI will use robots to replace people impoverishing both knowledge and citizens. Any money involved will head to Silicon Valley leaving originators of songs/films/books etc without payment or credit.

Ron Rush was a bargain. Again, a rare record that has sold for more in the past. Not really well known as the artist’s stash of copies was only unearthed fairly recently with most labels being water damaged.

Bizarre. Great record. Very rare. Buyers becoming very wary with all these 1K, 2K, 3K sounds popping up everywhere.

I happen to think it’s a great record. The vocal is very distinct and has a hint of mystique about it. The individuality is there for those who seek it, to appreciate it. The record is unlike any other and for that reason alone it should be respected. Soul Source is here for those with a passion for good music, not detractors who lack taste or tolerance. It would be a sad day if posters moaned that it wasn’t Charlotte Church or Katherine Jenkins songbirding away like Maria Callas…The beauty of soul music is often in the less than perfect vocal that has a built-in frailty to it. Not every female vocal sounds like Ty Karim, Esther Phillips or Timi Yuro…Terri Goodnight has done a pretty decent job on this record and I would be very proud to own it.

I’ve got one but you don’t know me and I don’t know you…does that make me a scammer or a clown?

Very sad news. Will be sorely missed on Soul Source. He made loads of useful contributions here and always exuded a positive soulful vibe.

Got the nod on the rarity indicator too but Manship considered it a lower quality sound hence the much lower value. Gene Toones always a massive tune when heard out.

Sandy Wynns went for a relatively low value - good tune too. Gene Chandler went for more than usual despite being a fairly common set-sale record. Poets is still a very rare record and in the rarest of the rare class that commands big money.

Selling on eBay therefore makes limited sense if the value of items is to be reported. Surely it makes more sense to sell privately, on small online platforms or negotiate a trade of some sort. Paying eBay commission is also madness when valuable items are involved - the seller loses out significantly.

Hardly surprising given the amount of information out there. He’s probably missed the boat anyway - all the major music centres were cleaned out long ago. The trick these days is to look for records that are unlisted, unknown and have hidden qualities. If this guy finds cheap common sounds, good luck to him.

This is why I asked. It was very rare a few years ago but a hoard has been uncovered. Plenty have been auctioned by carolinasoul so the price recently has dipped. Ward Burton’s daughter had a few, sold them but kept one copy for herself. I just wondered where the quantity came from…

A few price-drops evident here. Post-Christmas poverty perhaps? Ward Burton was a bargain as a load have turned up - does anyone know the story on this one?

‘Low rider sounds’… Manship used this term a year or two ago…I thought it referred to weak B sides that wouldn’t be acceptable at a public venue, but I’m still none the wiser.

I suspect that most records bought never see a DJ’s turntable in public so the Blenders was probably bought for home enjoyment. For sure, there are plenty of rabid buyers who crave the latest sound for their hotbox, desperate for a round of applause…but I reckon this rarity will please the lucky buyer who may well eventually sell it on.

Great record. Worth every penny.

Blenders was bought for a snip!

John has a colossal stock with records arriving virtually every day so it makes sense to move items that have been on the shelves for a while. The sale has been very popular and he has indicated that the huge volume of orders will be processed in chronological order. Ultimately though, and all collectors should appreciate this fine point, a record initially purchased at a low cost in the past can be sold at a higher value at some point in the future. This can still be profitable taking into account inflation. Many records nowadays are overpriced by sellers on the basis of Price Guide figures, eBay sales, Manship auctions, rumoured going rates etc. You only have to look at Soul Source records for sale to see evidence of this, and the inevitable discounts that follow confirm this. Overpriced records generally don’t sell. High prices may be artificially inflated and are best ignored. Records for sale really should be priced at a figure that tempts potential buyers, yet still profits the seller on a modest level. John’s sale offers records at a fair price judging from the large number of orders.

Blackpool Mecca was essentially a Saturday Night not an Allnighter. Regulars will have a better recollection as I only went twice in the evening and once to an afternoon. Ascending the escalator was an experience itself, checking your tie was straight, searched by the bouncers then into the Highland Room. The Mecca finished at 2.00 pm but I stand to be corrected on this. Many at the Mecca then drove to Wigan which was weird as you were seeing the same people again but in a much larger crowd. Don’t allow yourself to be taken in by the Joe 90 stuff - there were always odd-ball tunes given the rare outing as DJ’s pioneered - even towards the end, the high quality tunes outnumbered the poppy-disco things.

Several posts on Facebook in recent weeks so he’s OK.

Thanks. Not seen this variant before. Plain label threw me.

Not seen this before. Not the usual Soul City label. Any thoughts? Thanks for any info…

Wonder what he’d take in trades? How many collectors called Kenny are going to show interest? I doubt if anyone would pay 100K for the record, not even a multi-millionaire, as the item is overpriced.

Dobber sums up the situation nicely. There are some nice records portrayed but they go up and up in price then vanish to reappear again at a later date. The auction is a sealed bid one so only the seller knows what is actually going on. Some of the records are advertised a few days after what John and Tim have also put up for auction. The minimum bids and finishing values are often too high so nobody can really snag a bargain. I would be very interested to learn of any auction winnings on Pat’s site…

Well done Peter for reviving the topic.I saw a copy at the Pasadena Flea Market about 30 years ago. I didn’t sample it or buy it, but the occasion stuck in my head filed under ‘Records I Stupidly Passed Over In A Hurry’. I snagged one on eBay a few years ago, just VG condition and nothing really to commend it sound-wise, but still part of folklore as it was the sort of record piloted by go-ahead DJ’s back in the day.