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  1. Frankie Crocker
    Pointer Sisters Demo makes sense as issues are controversial. Lonnie Lester now hard to find but this price is off the wall. Mind you, lots of cheapies from 20 years ago are now impossible to locate in the USA.
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    This gives me hope I actually have an issue tucked away in a box - I just can't visualise it at the moment, but let's hope it's a red one. When I heard it at Soul On The Square at London University Union, I thought great tune, gotta have it but oblivious to its existence in the house. I've often said one of the best places to discover new sounds is in your own collection.
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    I doubt John will think the gains from selling Yvonne Baker will make up for what he failed to realise on Herman Lewis. Some of the records were really set-sale fodder confirming how difficult it is to source top-drawer auction items week after week. Still the best British auction by a long way.
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    Hi Kim. Good to see you're alive and kicking. It's a good place to be when you discover records you didn't realise you had. Recently heard Joe Murphy - So Blue Without You played out, liked it, went and bought it on a white label. Saw it again on a white label this time labelled DJ Copy so bought it. A few weeks later, found Joe Murphy in the Filofax lists of records in the collection, picked up 20 years ago in Pittsburgh - not yet stumbled on this copy but rather hoping it's not a duplicate that will be sold on... not a clue what colour label this is...
  5. Frankie Crocker
    Suspect you're referring to Melvin Davis here. Now at £800+ with a fortnight to go so probably north of £3K. Fantastic record that ticks all the boxes and pretty high up on so many wants lists.
  6. Frankie Crocker
    Could never understand why people listen to music on headphones... Music should be listened to via loudspeakers in a dancehall or room in the house.
  7. Frankie Crocker
    One for sale on Craig Moerer's site at a reasonable price.
  8. Frankie Crocker
    Shrewd thinking. Now looking to be less common than originally thought simply due to the stock turning up in quantity. The book price should slip a bit, and once supplies dry up, the value should perk up a bit. This one looks more like a Danny Moore repeat rather than the Four Tracks all over again.
  9. Frankie Crocker
    Point proven. Sometimes it can prove beneficial but too often it is a poor deal. Paying fractionally less than a winning bidder is not necessarily the same as stumping up a bit more than the third highest bidder in an auction, explaining why eBay are keen to promote Second Chance Offers.
  10. Frankie Crocker
    Never heard of this method but might give it a try. Putting a warped record between two sheets of glass in a hot oven crinkled it beyond use so I wish I had known of this idea back then.
  11. Frankie Crocker
    Lots and lots and lots... Been two variations up for auction most months over the last two years or so. Not sure if there have been any Second Chance Offerings. Given these records turn up in 25 count boxes, sometimes within 100 count cartons, there could be at least 50 to 100 on each label being dribbled into circulation.
  12. Frankie Crocker
    I'd keep them both. They look good filed together. Hard enough to obtain one let alone the pair. Great tune by the way.
  13. Frankie Crocker
    Hi Lee. Hope one comes your way one day. With your outlook, one surely will at some point in the distant future. Fortunately there are heaps of good records out there in the interim to make the chase all the more enjoyable. Good luck mate.
  14. Frankie Crocker
    If a quantity turn up, please can I put my name down for one too. Also in the market for George Pepp, Walter and the Admerations and Ray Agee but must be in mint condition with no writing on the labels and absolutely no drill holes, no silly prices pleeeease...
  15. Frankie Crocker
    Been on the scene over 40 years since the early days of Wigan and can safely say there's no substance to the comment made. On the contrary, all people in general have been welcomed and whilst largely a 'white' scene embracing 'black' music, race has never been an issue. On the contrary, some of the very best dancers have been black and held up as role models, admired by all notably Steve Caesar who I travelled to Cleethorpes with, Pete Rickets of Wolverhampton, Fran Franklin and Vernon to name but a few.
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    Sometimes the drill hole is described in sales blurb as BB which supposedly stands for ball bearing - it appears that the holes were shot by a gun firing ball bearings. Once holed, the records were deemed unfit for sale and returned to the wholesaler for a refund or put into a discount bin for sale. Most drill holes are not a problem, but those in the run out, on the edge of the spindle hole or through the credits detract from the record and can be the source of hairline cracks.
  17. Frankie Crocker
    Often wondered why ABC issues had smudges of gold paint on them so now I know why, thanks.
  18. Frankie Crocker
    Not really. Court Davis rarely comes to market. You can pick up Cecil Washington more easily for £1,750. Better to own both rather than view it as an either/or decision.
  19. Frankie Crocker
    Great care needed here. Bought a white demo a few years back so decided to move on the orange issue as it was described as a boot in the Manship Bootleg Guide. It sold for a bit less than the price of an original suggesting it may well have been a proper issue and not a bootleg.
  20. Frankie Crocker
    Thread on here a few months ago confirmed the Rampart issue was by far the rarest of all the label variations of this track.
  21. Frankie Crocker
    Weighed in at a hefty £1,828 or a shade below 3K. Money well spent - the lucky winner evidently has immaculate taste.
  22. Frankie Crocker
    Hi Derek. Always enjoyed your magazine when I picked up a copy at The 100 Club. Still use your grading system...one hanky...two hankies etc. Now, if you could talk the compiler of Stak-o-Wax into putting his lists on Soul Source, it would help achieve your goal in double quick time.
  23. Frankie Crocker
    Only two known copies of Junior McCants so is this a third? This combination of records in the same ownership would be very hard to come by, perhaps half a dozen individuals in this league. For them to be for sale simultaneously is a chance in a million. Nevertheless, the descriptions appear plausible enough.
  24. Frankie Crocker
    Credit to Kenny for spinning True Patron of The Arts in recent times. Really only a third rate sound but someone's got to experiment with fresh material otherwise the scene stagnates. Stand by for a load more Northern Garage once the Northern Funk movement has petered out.
  25. Frankie Crocker
    You are wise to express concern. Most would pass over an advert as vague as this. I think we all have a responsibility to flag up potential pitfalls if record collecting is to be the clean game we want it to be.


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