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Demo or issue on London label. VG+ or better please

The Exits on Gemini (Under the Street Lamp /You got to Have Money) is not a reissue. You may be talking about Ace/Kent's recent release of it where they reproduce the label faithfully. My view is that reissues have a negligible effect, if any, as collectors will always want the originals be they from US or UK or indeed other countries in some cases.

Phil Coulter is from my home town of Derry in the north of Ireland.. He's a composer and an accomplished pianist. He has 23 platinum discs, 39 gold and 52 silvers to his name plus 5 Ivor Novello awards. He co wrote Puppet on a String for Sandie Shaw and Congratulations for Cliff Richard. I think even he would agree that being part of NS history stretches the bounds of credibility just a wee bit.

This is not bad either. On you tube.

Much of what you say isn't actually true. When the Wheel closed the crowd split into two main factions. Some went to Leeds Metro and some to the Lantern allnighter in Market Harborough, Leics. There was and still is a thriving Rare Soul Scene in the area including Northants, Cambridge, Bedford out towards Peterborough. Bletsoe had an allnighter 71/72 there were numerous clubs such as the Howard Mallet in Cambridge. Post the Wheel but pre the Torch you also had places such as Saints & Sinners in Birmingham and Up The Junction at Crewe.

I have one acetate in my collection. The Formations. "At The Top Of The Stairs". They were used primarily as promotional discs. This is a Chappell acetate and, a doff of the cap to Karl White here, I had no idea who they were until he pointed me in the right direction. My point here is that there is an overused tendency to define things as acetates, when in actual fact they're just carvers. I wish you luck with your enquiries Stephen.

I'm not pro or anti but I was told that it damaged the wooden floors in some way rather than anything else and that it was premises managers rather than promoters who were against it. I don't know if that's true or not.

Mike.... I'll add my apologies too.

If that's the case how come 35% of the current hospital admissions are double vaccinated? We are told the efficacy starts to decline at after 5 months and at 6 months we will need more vaccine. That's probably why the Government ordered what at the time appeared ludicrously high volumes of the vaccine. I still believe it's all smoke and mirrors because if they told us the real scenario they'd have a rebellious population on their hands. My take on it as far as events are concerned? Go while you can because I don't you'll be able to by mid November.

I'm intrigued by this "flipping" concept Dave. As a buyer, I understand that there has to be something, in any transaction, for everyone. I also understand that on occasions a premium may be added to price for certain records. Dealers who wait for certain records to flip later are surely playing Russian Roulette aren't they? Not a sound basis for success or reputation I'd say.

I've been successful in three of JM's auctions in the last couple of years, but I've lost count of the number I've participated in. I normally approach them with a reasonable knowledge of the going rate for the record concerned and a maximum bid figure that I'm prepared to go to. Of the three, I paid just about the right amount for Kenny Shepard.... It went for double that less than a year later on the same auction site... I paid well under the going rate for the My Pleasure album, June Yamagishi, featuring Bobby Womack. On the third I lost all sense and cognative function when at the last minute a telephone bidder jumped in and proceeded to up the anti. Suffice to say I ended up paying £250 more than I'd set my maximum bid at and because I love the record with a passion nobody else was going to have it. I lost the plot completely. I went straight to Confession Therein lies the rub. I reckon there's enough people like me around to add upward pressure to prices, it's just that very few admit to it. The Incredibles was my downfall.

Randy Cozens (I think it was Randy) defined Modern Soul as being anything recorded after midnight on 31st December 1969. I reckon we've got enough to worry about without terminology being added to the list

Happy Christmas to you Mike and the Team. Let's hope 2021 brings us all joy and peace. xx

And an appalling record.

Doubt it Karl.... £300 is about right, I'd say. I've not seen it at £150 since you were 6