Frankie Crocker

Pricing records for sale is not an exact science. It is difficult to know what to sell a record for when you overpaid for it in the first place and you need to recoup the outlay. It sometimes depends on the number of other copies available at the same time - shrewd sellers can then undercut the competition but risk being criticised by other dealers for deflating other peoples' investments. For those who travel to the USA, is it justifiable to charge top prices to spread the costs of flights and hotels etc? Bottom line is, the market's flexible enough to cope with price variability, and once condition is factored in, there are bargains to be had for collectors on modest budgets. Keep an eye out for 'Buy It Now Items' and there are real bargains to be had on a regular basis.

At this moment in time, the best five copies are reserved. The remaining four copies have niggling little flaws such as a storage warp that does not affect play. Copies are unplayed which is always a plus for a styrene record and three are mint, the final one being VG++. At the price quoted, it is a nice bargain for such an awesome tune. Please PM me if interested. thanks for looking.

Thanks for all the PM's. Replied to two and about to respond to three more.

A small quantity of unplayed store stock in company sleeves in Mint minus to Excellent condition is available at £32.50 per copy inclusive of postage and packing to British Isles addresses; postage abroad extra. Please reserve by PM. Payment by Pay Pal only. 'Times Have Changed' has had recent exposure and oozes potential for further turntable action. Sound clip on YouTube. Thanks for looking.

Presumably so they can film all those Shredded Wheat adverts...

Why leave records to children who don't like the music let alone the vinyl format? Far better to make plans for records to go to people who will play them, enjoy them and care for them. Auction them off in you want the money - kids usually prefer this strategy. Give them to a mate - great strategy to teach kids not to take the mick out of soul music. Finally, if some bloke can leave two Ferraris to the RNLI, maybe record collections could be donated to Soul Source so they can be shared out to members on a first come, first served basis...

What did the Detroit Executives on the green Pameline label go for? Thought it finished this week?

You're right, I was getting my Bangla mixed up with indigenous peoples or something like it. It was when Butch jumped off the stage waving a tomahawk that I realised he said 'injun'. Mind you, that's no way to encourage dancers to move to Milton James, even if you've just splashed out £30 for a copy. Small wonder everyone sat cross-legged on The 100 Club dancefloor and chanted 'We Want Walter'.

Money well spent. If you have enough of the stuff, blow it on whatever pleases you. The real question is, how do we all get a nice fat wodge of spare cash to buy nice records?

Mint unplayed copy here for £100 for the unlucky under bidder who just missed out on the VG wrpd copy in Chicago that went through eBay for £132.16. PM me to reserve the record. Payment by PayPal only. Postage at extra cost. Thanks for looking. Record SOLD. Thanks for the interest shown.

You're right, Walter got plenty of spins. It was Mark's ace in the hole record late 80's and early 90's when I got back into Allnighters and was one of the records that really hooked me. I was at the 100 Club when he spun Milton first, second, third etc and he really had to work hard to break it. If I recall, once he called it 'Indian Music' and another time he said something like I hope you dance to this 'cos it cost a ******* lot of money.

Harvey Scales- Trackdown-Magic Touch-Ex @£300 Jay J Jones-I Don't Know About You-V Tone- Mint minus @£75 SOLD Joe Tex-I Wanna Be Free-Dial-Ex unplayed but slight label wear and light scuffs @£90 Determinations-Bing Bong-King - VG drill hole ring wear @£110 Wiley McEwan-Hello Darling-BTSY-Ex @£80 Bobby Reno-Just Like A Fool-Pitassy-Mint minus @£50 Ronnie Savoy- Big Hand, Little Hand-Philips- VG minus @£65 Prices include postage, packing and insurance to anywhere in the British Isles. Postage abroad extra. Please PM me to reserve records. Payment by PayPal only via Friends & Family. Thanks for looking.

I'd have gone for Walter and the Admerations too, quality over rarity plus two decent sides.

So, a few late entrants have finally stumbled across Southside Movement...even prompted requests on SS perhaps. Thought Cool Off might have fetched more as this is a hard record to come by and a work of sheer brilliance.

Perhaps somewhat inferior but if it's good enough for Butch then probably good enough for most of us. Me, I'd like a copy in the collection.

Absolutely. Butch had a hard time breaking it at the 100 Club. Suffers from near total obscurity but also the very nature of the song. Dead rare doesn't always mean dead good to dance to. Respect to Butch for sticking with Milton.

I might have gone along with this a year or two ago but we've entered a whole new era - Bobby Kline @ £2K, Mel Britt @£1,000 plus, Cecil Washington @ name your price... It's like the classics in short supply are doubling in price. I guess once you've secured the one at the top of the wants list, you just have to shell out more than you want for anything else on the list.

Unbelievabubble... Good record but surely not in this price bracket. John is a top notch dealer. Ten years ago, he barely touched a Motown record - now he has a great batch of hot ticket sounds, maybe from a collection that's come to market rather than the siftings of a distributor buyout. Here's evidence that big Northern sounds on 45rpm are going to rise and rise in future.

The following are available at nice prices that include postage, packing and insurance to anywhere in the British Isles. Postage overseas at extra cost. PM me to reserve records and for further details. Payment by PayPal only. Ann Sexton -You've Been Gone Too Long-Seventy Seven-VG+ light ring wear @£125 Embers-Watch Out Girl-MGM DJ- VG++ @£180 Jimmy McFarland-Lonely Lover-RPR WD-VG++ Slight label stain @£225 SOLD Malibus-Gee Baby (I Love You)-Sure Shot-Mint minus @£200 (Rare original issue) Bell Boys-I Don't Want To Lose You-Jamar-VG Slight WOL traces erased @£250 Ann Heywood-Crook His Little Finger-Hondo yellow label- VG+ Slight ring wear, slight stains on B side vinyl @£225 Thanks for looking

Prices reduced according to condition and inclusive of postage, packing and insurance to anywhere in the British Isles. Postage overseas at additional cost. PM me to reserve records and for further details. Payment by PayPal only. Rocky Gil And The Bishops-Soul Party-Tear Drop-VG minus @£125 SOLD Del Cords-Your Mommy Lied To Your Daddy-Impulse- Mint minus vinyl WOL&SOL on B side @£100 Specials-Everybody Say Yea-Satch-VG @£45 SOLD Robert John-Raindrops, Love And Sunshine-A&M-VG+ WOL B side @£35 Eddie Hill-I Can Hear You Crying-Ge Ge-VG minus, label ring wear @ £35 Inovations-Stay On The Case-Hit Sound-G scuffed filler copy @£15 Thanks for looking.

The following three-figure records are available at reduced prices inclusive of postage, packing and insurance to anywhere in the British Isles. Postage abroad extra. Payment by PayPal only. PM me to reserve records and for further details. Lee Williams-Since I Don't Have You-Black Soul-VG+ @£175 SOLD Rick Thompson-What Do I Have a To Do-Columbia DJ-Mint minus/slight label stains @£100 Rick Thompson-What Do I Have To Do-Columbia DJ-Ex @£100 Roe-O-Tation-Special Category-Gerim-Mint minus @£90 SOLD

Scientists of Soul is the best tune I reckon...

An unexceptional week apart from Buddy Smith but not all that much up for grabs really. Still the best British auction by far compared to the competition. The spiel is brilliant - someone's angling for an Honorary Degree - but most importantly, the whole process is totally transparent. How John sources records in such good condition I'll never know. I guess it's tough coming up with better and better records so some weeks inevitably will be fairly low key. I check the bids on John's auction items daily but very rarely bid on them. I strongly recommend watching some other ( non eBay) websites with auctions to observe how superior John's is.

The book is brilliant and a must for all serious vinyl hounds. The contributors are credited at the front but are ordinary guys who don't seek publicity in the UK or the USA. Several of the records pictured have been sold on via JM auctions. If you want info on a specific record, someone on here may give you brief details. Most of the records featured are hard to obtain and some are almost impossible to acquire so it's worth attending a major venue when the scans' contributors are DJing. Could you tell us which of the records featured in the book you have in your collection?

Very sad news. Only knew of Joe through Soul Source and others who mentioned him at various events. His contribution to the scene will be sorely missed. Our thoughts and condolences go out to Joe's family at this time.