Frankie Crocker

Was £25 25 years ago but has been bumping along at two hundred smackeroonies for a while now. This record is in a zero supply situation with nobody selling as it has two very good sides. The final auction figure may well be extremely high but the price of this record is not likely to go down in the years ahead.

Terribly sad...he can't dance side-to-side yet he's already shuffling back and forth like he owns the place. Did he have L pages on as he seems a total novice. Did you challenge him to a dance-off to make him feel so inadequate he had to throw his weight around? Next time he backs into you, just stamp your heel into his achilles tendon, pretend to look the other way and request the DJ plays a well known song by Kim Tolliver...

The following are up for sale. Prices include postage to UK addresses - additional cost overseas. Payment by PayPal only. Please send PM to reserve. Thanks for looking. Tommy Andre-One More Try Mis-press plays Hold Back Your Tears-Broadway WD in Excellent condition but has storage warp (NAP) @£220 SOLD Dobie Gray-Honey You Can't Take It Back-White Whale DJ in VG++ condition @£75 Bobby Treetop-Wait Til I Get To Know You-Tuff in VG condition @£100 SOLD Sheila Anthony-Livin' In Love-Buttercup WD in Excellent condition @£85 Rayons-You Confuse Me Baby-Forte in Excellent condition @£70 Jerry Ganey-Just A Fool-Verve DJ in Excellent condition @£90 Voices Incorporated-Thinkin'-Columbia (red issue) in Mint minus condition @£150

Sounds rather plain and flat. Maybe rare and obscure but unlikely to make a real impression on a scene rich in good tunes. One for the RnB collectors who might appreciate the earlier nuances.

PM'd you. Nice copy available.

Full marks for attention to detail. Looks like a legit re-issue enterprise. Well worth a read.

No, not a moan but fair comment. Many of us regard £30-50 records as cheap yet that's a lot of money to most people I guess but it's all relative really. Also difficult to have great sounds in the sales box and contain one's enthusiasm for them.

So did you have the op too? I like a person who is frank. I know a girl in Wales called Nia which would be a good name for someone called Ian. My nan used to get her sausages from Dewhirsts. Please darling, no more apologies. Francine C'Rocker (Ms)

Who says I'm a guy? Now you really have hurt my feelings... Back on topic, what's your view on selling and buying counterfeit records that have had false labels Pritt Sticked on?

Stuck on labels really suck... In the long run, this has got to be the worst thing that could happen to record collecting. At least you (usually) know where you stand when you buy a plain bootleg. Selling counterfeit records with fake labels added, and marketed to deceive the unwary is bound to cause problems somewhere along the way.

Copy of Ann Sexton on yellow Seventy Seven issue for sale. PM'd you

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.