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  1. Frankie Crocker
    Check out the Soul-Source listing for today and you’ll see one for sale. The Manship result will not be repeated any time in the near future.
  2. Frankie Crocker
    Some of us want to see a book published - he must spend hours penning the descriptions so let’s hope there’ll be a nice fat volume of shiny pages and colourful photos one day.
  3. Frankie Crocker
    I always thought Mel Britt was a cracking record. A jolly nice evening’s results for John and thoroughly deserved with a proper set of tunes up for grabs. Thought Soft Touch would go for much more but the blurb didn’t do justice to this under the radar tune.
  4. Frankie Crocker
    Two different records mate. Well done on spotting a scammer. Photos are proof of the facts - the buyer should be rather worried now his wheeze has been rumbled.
  5. Frankie Crocker
    Most prices in most price guides and data bases are inaccurate and misleading. The best price for any record is the one it sells at optimally. A flood of John Bowies hitting the market at the same time won’t allow the price to hold up. Always better to consult a number of sources then formulate a set-sale price based on condition. If the price is right, the record has an improved chance of selling but many other factors come into play…
  6. Frankie Crocker
    The curse of Frank Wilson… Your photos should clinch it - send them to the chancer and confront him.
  7. Frankie Crocker
    Much depends on whether the label was applied manually or mechanically. Some minor local labels would load the paper discs by hand for a small pressing run - the YouTube clip for Archer reveals this. Major labels eg RCA, ABC, MGM pressing many thousands of records would use a machine so batches of records’ labels could appear very similar in their positioning. You sold a mint record so surely there was no scratch on it… Always best to photograph records for sale to avoid this situation.
  8. Frankie Crocker
    Understandable Dave. It’s a ‘keeper’ nowadays. Demand will always outstrip supply of this record.
  9. Frankie Crocker
    Bargain! Got to be more at auction these days depending on the auctioneer
  10. Frankie Crocker
    On a John Manship auction it probably would be judging by the John Bowie result.
  11. Frankie Crocker
    Been £500 for years and years. White demo only, scarcer than John Bowie and many would say a better tune by far…
  12. Frankie Crocker
    Monique fetched a tidy sum as did Kenny Carlton. If John Bowie, a £700 record can almost triple in price, what would Vivian Carol ‘Oh Yeah Yeah’ on Merben go for…asking for a friend
  13. Frankie Crocker
    True but it is a rough indicator and one of the best out there. Yes, Discogs and other databases exist but they’re no better, clunkier to access, and even less comprehensive. In an ideal world, Tim Brown’s results alongside John’s would give a current valuation for auctionable items; Soul-Source sales can give a pretty good idea of current values but many of these are eBay ie Popsike based. Popsike infact informs us of how un-rare a record is eg John Bowie.
  14. Frankie Crocker
    Agreed - no logic to this finishing price. Manny bigged up the rare red-issue thing but it’s not that rare with c50 copies listed on Popsike. Rather interestingly, there’s only c20 white demos on Popsike making this the harder to own variety!
  15. Frankie Crocker
    Supposedly rare red issue when compared to the white demo of John Bowie - finishing value really off the scale of bewilderment BUT if someone has the money and it is their favourite record, anything can happen.
  16. Frankie Crocker
    A much better lot of records this week, some at very nice prices. John Standberry Jr went for a higher value than shown.
  17. Frankie Crocker
    Siding with Chalky here at £1,500. Not a rare record by any means but certainly a four-figure always in-demander. Usually found in well-worn condition so a minter would possibly pass £1,500.
  18. Frankie Crocker
    Wishing you a rapid recovery Mark. Keep on Keepin’ On…
  19. Frankie Crocker
    Nowt wrong using talc to help dancers shuffler. The complainants usually can’t dance as they’re glued to the floor. Church’s brogues are fine but they cost a lot. There are lesser known brands available in good shoe shops but again they cost a lot - if just used for dancing, they’ll last years.
  20. Frankie Crocker
    A few more but the memory is a bit hazy. Possibly not exclusives but definitely rare tunes that Butch championed. Antellects- Love Slave Johnny Praye -Can’t Get Too Much Love Gallahads - I’ve Got To Find A Way Stormie Wynters - Life Saver Les Watson & Panthers - Occasionally I Cry Pee Wee, Shuck & Huey - Beside Myself Butch’s playbox has always been packed full of goodies eg Professionals, Ray Agee, Tranells etc…He also gave Walter And The Admirations -Man O Man the push it deserved after I think Pat Brady had spun the other side. Butch’s salesbox would put many DJ’s in the shade.
  21. Frankie Crocker
    Jean Wells - With My Love And What You Got Nurons -All Of My Life Probably a story behind these two?
  22. Frankie Crocker
    Big at The 100 Club and Cleethorpes Weekender.
  23. Frankie Crocker
    A few more from the Nineties and Noughties… Joseph Webster - My Love Is So Strong Saints - I’ll Let You Slide Camaro’s We’re Not Too Young Milton James - My Lonely Feeling
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    Mr Big Shot, his best by far in my humble opinion - one of the records that hooked me on the music back in 1973. Gene Chandler has got to be one of the most prolific ‘Northern’ artists going with so many decent tunes to his name.


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