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Well in my opinion for what it's worth (not a great deal I know). I think it's great. Just got the test pressings yesterday and they sound fantastic! It sounds so much better on vinyl than any digital version I have heard. In fact I like it so much I'm releasing on vinyl imminently Plenty of people will love it I'm sure. I know I do. Phil

I sold one on here yesterday for £80.00. I think I may have one or two copies more. I think I'll put 'em on ebay

Well I stand by my earlier comment that you don't have to be stupid not to use snipes. Why not just bid as much as you're willing to pay for an item and then forget it? That's what I do and I win a LOT of records, and not just on ebay. Phil

El Anthony now Sold!

I understand the logic behind it, but it's not for me. Aren't snipe service disallowed on ebay though? Phil

El Anthony On Hold

You know what Ken? You're right. I think it was just the old (pre-christian) me rearing his ugly head, being possessive etc etc. Thanks you for showing me the light (and I mean that sincerely, not sarcastically). I will be altering my will this week and instructing them to organise a post-mortem auction of my vinyl. That way the church will benefit and do some good with the dosh. Phil

Why selfish? I'll be leaving everything else to good causes They probably won't be worth owt by the time I peg it anyway (which will hopefully still be a while off yet), and I don't know if any of my family that would be bothered to take the trouble to sort 'em out.

The hassle that would be involved for people in selling 'em would be more than it would be worth. It has a certain appeal though. Saturday morning, church bring & buy sale full of dubious looking charcters after vinyl bargains:) I'd love to see that. But of course as I'd be gone I wouldn't be avle to

No, it's not a joke. Why would it be? Just means that other copies of every record I own will be that little bit rarer once I've shuffled off this mortal coil Phil

Few for sale. Payment preferred by Paypal with 4% added to total for fees Postage within UK - £2.25 recorded or £5.75 special delivery Postage overseas - £6.50 signed for £1 each additional Eddie Holman - A Free Country - Parkway P-960, VG++, BB Hole, Orig Sleeve - £10.00 Fred Hughes - Baby Boy - Brunswick 755419, Ex, Orig Slve - £12.00 Sonny Til - Tears And Misery - RCA 47-9759 Demo, VG, Ring wear on label - £25.00 Mel Davis - Double Or Nothin - Rock Mill, Ex - £10.00 Abstract Reality - Love Burns Like A Fire Inside - Sport 104 Demo, Ex but has a crack all the way across but only affects play with a slight click at the beginning, hence low price of £80.00 El Anthony - We've Been In Love Too Long - La Cindy 1002, VG+ - £80.00 - HOLD Jeanette White - Music - A&M 1092, VG+ - £10.00 Pearlean Gray - Let Them Talk - DCP 1143 W/Demo, Orig Slv - £7.00 Belita Woods - Magic Corner - Moira M-108, VG- (some surface noise) - £45.00 Marvin L. Sims - Get Off My Back - Revue R 11038, VG+ - £20.00 Theresa Lindsey - Good Idea / It's Love - VG/ VG- - £20.00 The Satin Dolls - Sitting Here - Gold Soul 1026 - M- - £100.00 Cookie Jackson - I Didn't Lose A Doggone Thing - Press 45-2814 Demo, M- - £20.00 The Showmen - It Will Stand / Country Fool - Minit 632, EX+ - £12.00 J J Barnes - Just One More Time - Mickay's - VG- - £10.00 Betty Harris - I'm Evil Tonight - Sansu 466, VG - £8.00 Brass Monkey - {Party When I can - Appleray AR 83011, M - £30.00 The Soul Blenders - I'm Not Ashamed / The Deal - Vanessa, VG, Slt Warp- - £10.00 The Chiffons - Nobody Knows What's Goin' On (in my mind but me) - Laurie 3301, VG - £8.00 Ebb Tide - Give Me Your Best Shot Baby - Sound Gems SG 100, Ex - £4.00 Joann Garrett - Watcha Been Doing - Duo D-7457, M- - £25.00 The Merllow Fellows - My Baby Needs Me - Dot 45-17135, VG+, WOL, Orig Slv - £25.00 Atlantic Starr - Circles - A&M 2392-S, M - £7.00 More to follow. Cheers Phil

I don't use snipers and I don't class myself as "stupid". I just put a bid in for what I'm willing to pay, and if I don't win it's fine as it obviously went for more than I wanted to pay. I don't really care if I have to pay the top amount I bid. That's fine by me. And, yes, I have very occasionally got involved in a last minute bidding war to win something. But again I don't care. The money's irrelevant if it's something I want, and the fun of the last minute bidding is worth the extra. Phil

I have specific instructions with my solicitors in my will for them all to be destroyed when I peg it. Phil

Well I don't really care how high an auction goes. Like I said I'll usually make an early bid for as much as I'm willing to pay. If I win and pay the full amount of my bid I'm still happy. If I lose then it was higher than I wanted to pay so I'm still happy. Bob & Fred is a good example, I bid $830.00, it's gone above that now so I won't win the record, but I'm not overly bothered as I already have a VG copy of it. Some you win, some you lose. But I win more than I lose. I must admit it can be a little frustrating to lose out on $1000 record by $10-$20 though Phil

I am one of the guilty ones. From my perspective, if I see summat I want I'll usually try and bid the max I want to pay straight away, then I don't have to waste time constantly looking at the same items over and over again. I don't always have time to spend looking at ebay and often records I bid on end at times that are inconvenient for me to bid last minute. So if I pay more than I may have done by waiting, then I really don't care. I'll never pay more than my maximum bid will I? And to me that's what the record is worth to me. Make sense? Phil

There's some absolutely great stuff on there. You can spend hours (and I have) and still not toiuch the surface. I'm also a Jigsaw fan now too Phil

That comment's more than a little mischievous. The others were delayed due to your request that we put Peter Lamarr out as the 2nd single. I listened to it, agreed and now I get this? Phil

I don't think so. Coupla grand or so a week would do it. Why would you need more than one venue? The whole point of a weekly venue would be to have one venue, surely? I remember when I was promoting a lot back in the late 80's early 90's, used to run sometimes 6 all-niters a month and the constant request was for just one venue every week. Admittedly it may be very different now. I'm not thinking of having a go though Too many other stuff going on. Maybe when I retire in 3 or 4 years though .....

Don Gardner - Cheating Kind. Can there be any record to even approach this from Sam's lengthy playlists over the years?

No problem. How many copies do you want to pre-order?

I admire your passion Ian, as you know. But I don't believe that I have any less than you. If I have a certain amount of tact and diplomacy. It has been learned by necessity over many years of being in sales. That's how I earn my living.

Shouldn't be too much. Coupla grand a pop at first maybe? Then the investment can be recouped by doing a deal with the venue after it's proved itself out of the profits made over the bar. I am sure that any "good" venue would cover DJ costs, give the place for free AND pay the promoter a few quid once it's a going concern. Anyone fancy a punt? Phil

Well, I can say it's definitely NOT been done to make money. It would be great if it did make loads of money. I absolutely love making money, because then I can buy more records, cars, holidays etc. And the ethos it preserves, I suppose, is that of good songs being sung by good singers. I "hope" that we'll sell enough to cover the costs, but if we don't then that's life. It is being put out because we at Soul Intention records believe it deserves a release on vinyl, because by being on vinyl it WILL get played by some DJ's. There are 500 copies being produced. If you want to pre-order it you will be able to do so via https://www.soul-intention.co.uk by next weekend. Cheers Phil

Good idea. I'll fund it for the first couple of months. Anyone else?? Phil

I didn't. It's just the way the files ended up after I uploaded them. Phil