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  1. Frankie Crocker
    Cheers Steve. Two of the above are destined for Crocker Towers. The other was very keenly faught over by two collectors chasing the elusive 3rd anniversary patch - I have been in touch with two Soul Source members about this collectible in the last year or so. Also up for sale today was a home made Wigan lookalike Tommy Hunt patch with white trim. This brings the total of home-made patches to three varieties in the last month or so.
  2. Frankie Crocker
    Number 484 arrived Friday and only had time to glance at every page before catching a train. Looks a brilliant additition to books on Northern Soul.
  3. Frankie Crocker
    Seen a yellow issue up for sale on eBay today...was over $600. Sold for £486.00 in the end
  4. Frankie Crocker
    More or less agreed. Benny Curtis with clean labels is a tough find and warrants auction status. That said, this and the next auctions also have set sale items for buyers to scrap over. Perhaps some of the set sale type records are on so many wants lists, it’s just fairer to auction them?
  5. Frankie Crocker
    I paid $3,600 for my copy last year plus £300 in bank loan interest charges. If yours was the copy that Manship auctioned a few months ago, it made me appreciate how lucky I was to snag the record and what a shrewd buy it was. Definitely one of the best double-siders ever and only the luckiest few on planet earth will enjoy the benefits of ownership.
  6. Frankie Crocker
    Good luck with your quest. Was the Easter All Dayer an official freebie?
  7. Frankie Crocker
    Let ‘em frown. I’m collecting the patches as I had the first, third and fourth anniversary souvenirs and thought let’s put together a colourful display for the record room in the dream retirement home. Any info on ‘unofficial mechandise’ is therefore welcome - good luck to these entrepreneurs but let’s have accurate listings and preferably not of the private sort.
  8. Frankie Crocker
    Yep. Saw it on eBay, the seller mentioned it was a DIY job. I was beginning to think that these other home-made patches were indeed genuine as they look so exact, then this yellow one shows up. I think there are several of us Casino attendees who are collecting not just records, but other related memorabilia and it’s good there’s a forum like this to share our expertise.
  9. Frankie Crocker
    Very nice... Is it up for sale somewhere?
  10. Frankie Crocker
    Never seen this red and gold version before - sure looks old. I wonder if it was a sort of prototype for the maroon nylon Keep The Faith patch that was available during the first year of Wigan Allniters?
  11. Frankie Crocker
    So, is this the copy that ended up with Butch or did the Willinghams hang onto theirs making it two known copies perhaps? Butch spent a considerable sum on his copy and had to work hard to get the audience to appreciate it more fully.
  12. Frankie Crocker
    Thanks for posting. So, am I right in saying the white patches with either yellow or green trim and red writing are home-made? They do look very professional for unofficial patches I have to say. Odd that the original maroon patch seems so scarce - I sold mine back in the late 70’s and have seen very few for sale since.
  13. Frankie Crocker
    Just waiting for somewhere like Manchester University to start up a degree course in Soul Studies. I fancy three years of hedonism up north, especially if they do away with tuition fees.
  14. Frankie Crocker
    Or maybe someone got Sam Williams confused with J D Martin? I’m always getting my white demos on Tower mixed up... was it Jerry Naylor or the Four Larks I meant to get next and so it goes...
  15. Frankie Crocker
    Ah, but you’ve still got the record to remind you of happy times... Me, I’m trying to forget those large outlays from decades ago. Once upon a time, I listed all the records bought and the prices paid. When returning to the scene in the 90’s, I resolved not to do this and not to count the cost. As I see it, some records are picked up cheaply and others are too expensive, but hopefully things average out over the long run.
  16. Frankie Crocker
    Ah, but when you’re a megabuck-tycoon, life is too busy to mess around on Facebook or other social media. At least the big spender has their priorities right - firstly, make a fortune, secondly blow it on great records...
  17. Frankie Crocker
    Fair point...so two ultra-rich newbies to the scene as they would have picked this one up much earlier had they been around a few years ago...
  18. Frankie Crocker
    You can have control of billions regardless of intelligence. I think we’re seeing a one-off situation involving a multi-millionaire personality who can spend money without even bothering to check the credit card statement. There was always the possibility that some TV celeb B lister would latch onto the music and grab the nice tunes when they came to market - it could be a Chinese businessman, a Russian oligarch, a Radio 1 DJ, it matters not, but there’s at least one person out there who spends on records like no-one ever has. Only John knows their identity and he sure won’t be telling us the name of his golden goose...
  19. Frankie Crocker
    If you’re a millionaire, then the price paid for J D Martin is pocket-change. Maybe some ultra-rich tycoon has stumbled upon a strain of music they quite like and fancy owning mint copies, money no object. No ordinary mortal could justify shelling out over a thousand quid for J D Martin. Someone in Hollywood or Silicon Valley is having a jolly fun time...
  20. Frankie Crocker
    Has he forgotten the words or is just an overlong intro? Overtones of Julian Covey make it tolerable but can’t quite see anyone dancing to it...
  21. Frankie Crocker
    Compared to what...
  22. Frankie Crocker
    Strange title for the book causes confusion... Kissing The Black might have been better... Ben is a top lad and erudite to boot, so I would certainly advocate checking out this volume. Don’t recall Sam’s demise, he’s always been ahead of the game. I’ve always said the next best thing to listening to the music is reading about the music, so I will certainly be picking up the book.
  23. Frankie Crocker
    So, have given this further thought, did The Casino issue any white badges at all, and in particular, the ones with yellow trim? Can anyone confirm they actually bought a genuine white patch over the counter? Now wondering if the white Keep The Faith patches with yellow trim are of the home-made variety. QED.
  24. Frankie Crocker
    You can’t go wrong with Technics - they are probably the must have decks for DJ’s. I use a Thorens deck, brilliant in the house but not made for DJ ing. If the missus got rid of her jewellery box on the chest of drawers, I would install a pair of Technics decks tomorrow.
  25. Frankie Crocker
    Nah, the question was mo-ti-vation... hangin’ up the whole darn nation... Great tune. Great lyrics. Always liked it. Always will. For years I felt totally inadequate without the import, just the British Bulldog release. Now I can play it in the house without fearing a knock on the door from the Soul Police...


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