Md Records

I Sold a Mint one on Tarpon about 4 Weeks ago for £75 and the number of People who told me it was worth double that beggared belief, am I missing something here, or is DL this Months flavour.

I've always found the Big Apple pretty poor for Vinyl, shopwise. Apart from the Sound Library, the best tunes I've found have been at the flea markets, at the Weekends. There's quite a few in Manhatten, 1 of which is just along from the Sound Library, and some more are around the 20's but I can't quite remember. It's extremely hit & miss (sometimes no vinyl at all!!) However if you do find anything, there probably won't be a guide book in sight. Last Year there was a guy with a suitcase full of 70's & 80's Soul 45's on his stall, in which I found Mandrill, Donny Mann,Storm (Pi Kappa), Brothers Of Love, Gloria Scott, Wales Wallace etc etc, and all at $1 each, and a US based friend of mine found a Mint Court Davis at a Manhatten flea market a couple of Years ago, jammy bastard. Deffo worth checking out, but often more miss than hit.

Did a trade at the weekend for the storming old Stafford spin Rosa Lee Brooks - The Utee - Revis This features a young "Jimmy Hendrix" on Guitar, and a copy (claimed to be very rare) is on show in the "Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame" in Cleveland, Ohio. It worked out about £200 in trades for the disc, which I thought was about on the button, give or take £50 either way (hey but what the F*** do I know) Anyhow when I got home, out of curiosity I consulted the guides. JOHN MANSHIP - £600 TIM BROWN - £30 Although I knew of discrepancies between the books, I'd never seen one in there to this degree, or are there more at this level (I'd like to know of them), and frankly was a little stunned. Is the Manship price outrageous, is it a typo in Tim Brown's (I certainly have never seen this for £30, or I'd have F****ng bought it)Have I unwittingly just chanced upon the worst example of price variation between the Two books. Des

One of the most overlooked, underplayed & cheap toons in this genre has to be:- Tony Bruno - Small Town Bring Down - Capitol or Buddah Musically brilliant, great lyrics, and searing vocals.

Have "Johnny Jones" in stock @ £25 (Inc P & P) Des

Curtis Liggins from Kansas City (hence "Kay Cee") is now sadly deceased, and I've been informed that his Widow did have some copies, but they were being "managed" by her son.

Mikey, you KNOW I wasn't advocating the playing of a whole set of "unknown/60's newies thingys".Stop being pedantic or I won't sell you one of these sealed "Harry Deal" Albums on the Eclipse Label, that I have in stock for £20 (inc P & P) Des

If we're gonna use the term 60's Newies, then maybe let's try and figure out a clearer definition for it, as all Records are known by someone, starting with the people who made the ****ing things, conversely there's no one that knows every Record made & played (although there are a few that feel that the maxim doesn't apply to them) in other words it's a bit of a mess, so get out there and start playing stuff that's new to YOU and you believe to be good, and F*** the "Intelligentsia". Even someone who knows Jack Shit like me managed to play Stevie Z a couple of tunes round his gaff that he hadn't heard. Keep Digging Des

Have Promo Copies of this for sale @ £15 (Inc P & P)

Have a few of the "Lou Rawls" in stock @ £10 (Inc P & P) Des

Just for the "Anoraks" the handwritten lyrics for this are on display in the Stax Museum of American Soul Music in Memphis.

Have the "Springers - Every Night & Day - Ves Thad" with intact label, vinyl looks a bit scruffy,plays with a few crackles at the start, but certainly playable, yours for £10 (inc P 7&P) and will refund your dosh if you ain't happy with it

Don't normally do "UK" discs as I know F*** All about them, but just had about 200 UK Motown 45's dumped on me, all pretty common stuff, but there's one of these in there. How does £10 (Inc P & P) sound. It's in pretty good shape with intact Label etc. Des

Have "Ovide" copies @ £10 each (Inc P & P) Des

Have a few clean copies of the "Pauline Shivers" double sider for £10 (Inc P & P) Des

One reality is that many, many people want to get up there, DJ and play the music they love, and in some cases spent loads of dosh on, and if they aint given an oppurtunity to do this, they start their own event. If you satisfy part of this hunger, for people to have a go, then you might reduce the number of events. This is not the only factor, obviously, but it's one to think about. Des

Lpook out for the "107th Street Stickball Team" Album on "Dorada" which contains the "On Old Broadway" track, probably harder to find than the 45. One of the foundation blocks of any Latin Soul "collection" has to be:- Hector Rivera (AKA Ray Pollard) - Do It To Me - Barry On the flip of "At The Party" this has to be one of the most accessable pieces of quality Latin Soul at Pocket Money prices.

Have a copy of "Al Scott" with the words "To Audrey from the best of Al Scott" written on it, which doesn't quite make sense, and curiously is written on the "What Happened" side, which was the intended "B" side, so maybe Audrey was giving this side a few spins in her New York home way before, way before the "Casino" had turned onto it!

It doesn't surprise me that JA had quantity of pristine copies, but I do know that Tim Ashibende had a ruck of these (with the Water damaged labels if my memory serves me right) to the point where he was selling them wholesale to other dealers, so they are out there! i'm currently doing some business with somebody that has a clean one, but is dithering over the price, so let me know if you want me to put an offer in for it, which may persuade him. I did find original "labels" for the said record, and "Uplook" headed notepaper (how cool is that) but sadly no copies of that tune......what a pisser. Des

Have a clean copy in stock @ £20 (Inc P & P) Des

Got a clean copy for sale @ £20 (Inc secure P & P) Des

Have a clean copy of this in stock for £200 (Inc secure P & P) Des

Sorry to go slightly off track, but amongst the oddments I've just picked up in the States was a Leroy Taylor cover of an Eddie Floyd penned tune on "Columbia" records titled "Hey, I Like It", it's a bit early (which no longer seems to be a handicap) but does sound like the "Brunswick" guy.

I have a few copies for £8 (inc P & P) Des

Mark I have a copy @ £15 (inc P & P) if you're still interested. Des