Mike Lofthouse

Do you not pay VAT on the the 20% commission you are charged as a seller. So if you sell a record for £1000 you get £760.

And playing himself in John Walters' Hairspray movie

Andy - thanks - nothing like a good ramble about these things. I have the 185 issue with 'Drown In My Own Tears' rather than the less inviting flip to 157 'Broomstick Horse Cowboy' !

Any ideas why (on Discogs) the later release 185 considerably more expensive than the earlier 157?

I Was Born To Love - Hawa

Not a lot in the scheme of things really. However, I've been playing the LP since this cropped up and I have to say that's the way to hear it!

Chris there was a seller on ebay selling lots of Curtom 'job lots' inc at least one box of 25 of this one. He also had multiple copies of the job lots - a nice lot of seven releases inc a copy of this which he had six lots of! one of which is winging its way to North Carolina as I speak

Have a good trip you three!

I have the Rockin' The Same Old Boat aussie release

Mal - I have two label variations of ‘Cry Cry Cry’ with the second titled ‘Cry Cry’. Both are on the earlier brown/yellow. I don’t have an orange variation. ‘Ain’t That Loving You’/ ‘Jelly Jelly Jelly’ is the only one I have on both brown/yellow and orange. Mike

Been a bit of a project these past few years collecting Bobby's Duke 45's. Two short of the US releases - his first and 369 (anyone got one out there?), I'm not sure the second variation of Duke 160 exists(?) and I only have his second release on a 78 - he only put two singles out on the label before his Army service. Including Demos, Label anomalies, EPs (French, Jukebox, UK), Canadian Dukes (and London), Australian CBS and UK Vogue, Vocalion, Action, Sue, I'm up to 94. I'm not so bothered about his ABC, MCA, Malaco 45's.....maybe i'll get around it☺

The 'dreaded' Nashville and all that 'awful' country music eh?

The 'someone' at Stax who owned an MG was Chips Moman, thought that was as well known as any aspect.

Always thought 30% was the norm - if you are lucky

What a fantastic piece of work Red .... invaluable