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  1. Frankie Crocker
    Thanks for posting. Really insightful. An excellent resource for future buyers and sellers.
  2. Frankie Crocker
    Manship auction June 2022 realised £2,600. Another thread on Soul Source re this. Awesome pair of tunes - one of the best double-siders around.
  3. Frankie Crocker
    I vaguely recall a copy in a Manship auction in the last year or two, but don’t remember the final value it went for. A copy was put in Soul-Source Sales a few years ago priced at £1,750. I reckon it’s a 2K record in excellent condition these days.
  4. Frankie Crocker
    True, Steve. There are millionaires out there who have the reserves to buy anything without considering the cost. On the other hand, you don’t get to be a multi-millionaire by wasting money - some of the richest people in the world are amongst the most parsimonious. As mentioned earlier, the bids for the Carstairs could have been erroneous - just odd that at least two bidders went down that route...
  5. Frankie Crocker
    True, you do a great job but plenty of people would look at the figure in total disbelief
  6. Frankie Crocker
    Carstairs £1,115.00... a new level of lunacy for a very common record. Just in case anyone thought this was a typo, here’s the proof someone’s paid offered a thousand pounds more than they needed to.
  7. Frankie Crocker
    Has anyone contacted Russ Winstanley - surely he’d have something constructive to add. What about checking the back-editions of Blues and Soul - maybe a venue report following the anniversaries. Guessing there might be some photos out there in the Wigan papers. Yes, it’s almost 50 years ago but there must be some sources that could be checked out.
  8. Frankie Crocker
    How rare is this? Does anyone remember this being played out in public? would be interesting to know who owns the six copies!
  9. Frankie Crocker
    Ascots was well down in previous figures. John acknowledged below par condition and the visual disfigurement of WOL surely put off some bidders. On the other hand, someone snagged a bargain that should be OK to DJ with.
  10. Frankie Crocker
    Hi Janie. Thanks for this. Perhaps you’re a year younger than you thought you were? Great to be in the most iconic photo of the Casino regardless of the record in the picture sleeve. There are three lasses in patterned shirts - long hair, short hair and bunches...Which one are you? I’m in the Spotlight On Wigan Casino one but had moved for the Footsie one with just a bit of my patterned shirt showing at the top. I’m still kicking myself for moving
  11. Frankie Crocker
    My recollection too. I travelled from Leeds to Cleethorpes with Caesar in 1975 so it was something we chatted about.
  12. Frankie Crocker
    Was Kim Gethro’s girlfriend? Just going on a vague recollection from reading Gethro’s book...
  13. Frankie Crocker
    Photos taken at the first anniversary - one graced the back of the Footsie/Seven Days Too Long picture sleeve.
  14. Frankie Crocker
    Hi Janie. How sure of the dates are you? I recall Steve Caesar of Leeds winning at the first anniversary in 1974. I missed the 1975 anniversary - could this be the one you won? If so, maybe Angie won the third anniversary in 1976. I was at the 1976 and 1977 anniversaries but can’t recall who won - hazarding a wild guess, maybe Sandy Holt from Bolton won in 1977 QED.
  15. Frankie Crocker
    Bingo. I was well pleased to have a line in last night’s auction. paid Kev Draper £25 for Thelma Lindsay back in the early 90’s. Similar deal for Bob Relf. Not often I have a line come up in John’s auctions. Johnny Robinson was big at The 100 Club at the turn of the century - wish I’d gone for this one now.
  16. Frankie Crocker
    Thanks for the heads up Benji. I’ve only found this one twice in 75+ trips to The States. Some of her other records are as common as muck.
  17. Frankie Crocker
    Usually a set-sale record but is scarce these days.
  18. Frankie Crocker
    Johnny Robinson a big bargain. Usually goes for double this figure.
  19. Frankie Crocker
    Thanks Trev. Wasn’t aware - good version despite audio-quality.
  20. Frankie Crocker
    Big thanks to Chalky for the track list. Other cover-ups are Royal Esquires - Ain’t Gonna Run, The Q - That’s The Way and Sam Williams - Love Slipped Through My Fingers. Little Ann was an acetate, now issued on Kent. What an awesome set from Richard - surely a knighthood awaits him?
  21. Frankie Crocker
    It’s those Wigan clips Chalky. A few camera-hungry kids turned up on the night that most of us skipped deliberately. The continual focus of the media on spinning and backdropping does no justice to the scene as we’d like to remember it.
  22. Frankie Crocker
    Northern Soul Dance can’t be taught - you’ve got to watch then pick it up. The so-called ’dance teachers’ should go to a few soul do’s to see how it’s done - then they can go away and practise as they are generally pretty rubbish...
  23. Frankie Crocker
    Really just a short and sweet segment built onto a prom rehearsal. The emphasis was on young people and their accessing the music. Russ has more than earned the right to be included in any Northern Soul TV feature. I’ve gone off the One Show lately but this was an okeh tit-bit to throw to the common people - the Coutts/Nat West censors should be reasonably content therefore the Spanish Inquisition need not be called upon on this occasion.
  24. Frankie Crocker
    Well said Russ. This thread was simply about a BBC Prom concert a week ago. The thread was ultimately about the music, musicianship, performers and in the context of Northern Soul. To read more into it than that is not necessary. It was a couple of hours entertainment hugely enjoyed by those attended - it may have enlightened some of the uninitiated. I certainly had my money’s worth attending and want to commend the BBC for the innovation.
  25. Frankie Crocker
    For the record, the tracks by Darrell Banks and Nolan Chance were not performed. That of course leaves an old-school playlist compiled by two people commissioned to derive a populist selection of catchy tunes - that the die-hard soul fans present, regular prom goers, tourists and assorted others seemed to engage with the music confirms Maconie did exceedingly well.


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