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Cheers Moz, Get yer wallet out and buy some of my tunes you tight wad! Chris

The Jokers, Soul Sound (Skofield). Bought 1999 from Val Shively's in Philadelphia for $15 on a buying trip with Neil Brown. Sold on our return for £1,500 to fund the trip. Chris

Hi and thanks for looking. I'm selling the following and hope that I've been realistic with the prices based on conditions. I have tried to grade extremely strictly as I'd rather you were pleaseantly suprised by the actual condition rather than slightly disappointed (if this makes sense). Some represent updates from previous sales with 'sold' items removed and a number of price reductions. Many are newly listed. Ideally I'd prefer a cheque rather than PayPal but I can accept PayPal if there's really no other option. If you do pay by PayPal please do so as a gift. £2.75 recorded delivery or £5.50 Special Delivery. Please contact me via chris.penn@voweurope.com if interested or call 07799 772513. Many thanks Chris Previous Sales List (Updated) The Hytones, Bigger And better (A-Bet) Vinyl EX but label damage both sides (label tear on "I've Got My Baby" side) Plays great and absolutely fine for DJ'ing. You will not be disappointed. £350 NOW £275 Linda Griner, Good-by Cruel Love (Canadian Tamla) Extremely rare Canadian Tamla issue. EX vinyl generally but with a scratch that results in 5 - 6 minor 'tics'. £125 NOW £100 The Chancellors, All The Way From Heaven (Cap City) VG / VG+ visually (as there quite a few surface marks) but plays EX (at least). £75 NOW £60 The Kittens, Is It Over Baby (ABC w/demo) VG+ visually (a few surface marks) but plays EX (at least) £40 NOW £35 Marvio Wilson, I Really Do Love You (Soulville) At least EX visually, plays Mint- £70 NOW £60 Little Johnny Taylor, Somewhere Down The Line (Galaxy) VG vinyl visually but plays EX. Dirty label with some writing but fine for DJ'ing. £20 NOW £15 Otis Redding, Look At The Girl (Atco) EX £20 NOW £15 The Escorts, You Can't Even Be My Friend (RCA Victor) Vinyl at least VG+, plays EX, some minor label wear. £30 NOW £25 The Fantasic Johnny C, New Love (Phil La) EX / M- £15 Marvin Holmes & Justice, You Better Keep Her (Brown Door) Vinyl copy, VG+ / EX at least, ever so slight label wear £20 Varetta, Fly By Night (Brent) Looks like it's had a hard life, plenty of marks but plays great. Very hard to obtain and great for DJ'ing. Less than ¼ of JM's guide price. £60 NOW £50 Roy Hamilton, The Panic Is On (MGM) Some label wear / damage but vinyl is EX at least. Brilliant for DJ'ing. £100 NOW £75 Lamar Morris, I Lost Someone (ABC Demo) EX £10 Spencer Sterling, Jilted (Big Top Demo) Again, had a hard life with plenty of marks but plays EX (at least) £30 NOW £25 Kenny Lonas, Would You believe (Columbia Demo) Vinyl M-, label has radio station stamp WBBZ £30 NOW £25 The Royal Esquires, Ain't Gonna Run (Prix) M- £50 NOW £40 The Elites, You'll Break Two Hearts (ABC Demo) Vinyl VG+ / EX £45 NOW £40 Willie West, A man Like Me (Rustone) M- £20 NOW £15 Tony Harrison, Sad Occasion (Commerce) VG+ vinyl at least (plays EX), slight label wear & WOL £40 NOW £30 Eddie Roberts, Immaculate Love (Time) VG+ vinyl at least (plays EX), slight label discolouration £20 NOW £15 The Daisies, Cold Wave (Capitol) M- £35 Gino Johnson, I'm Aware Of Your Love Affair (Bailey) EX (at least) £20 NOW £15 Brenda & The Tabulations, Lies, Lies, Lies (Top & Bottom) EX / M- £20 NOW £15 Barbara Dane, I'm On my Way (3 Trey) EX / M- vinyl (3 numbers written on label) £150 NOW £125 The New Stuff Jackie Payne, I Found Myself (Barak) EX condition (at the very least). I believe this is a UK only release. Price £30 Fay Simmons, Please Tell Me I'm Yours (Senca). Ex-biggie for Carl Willingham EX condition with small amount felt pen on the 'please tell me' side. A couple of scratches on flip Price £70 Billy Williams, The Lover Of All Lovers (Coral) EX condition at least. RnB influenced. Price £10 (book value £25) Curtis Davis, Your Love & My Money b/w Somebody (Bevmar) EX condition, funk influence with deep flip Price £15 (book value £75) The Dells, All About The Paper (20th Century Fox) EX condition (at the very least) of this great 1980 track. Price £10 James Kelly Duhon, In School (Jude) Ex condition. Used to sell for upwards of £100 Price £30 Gene Chandler, Buddy Ain't It A Shame b/w Fool For You Mint- and two great sides Price £20 Cookie Scott, Your Love It Won Me Over (Orr) EX condition (at least) Price £20 Jackie Ross, Selfish One (Chess) EX condition (at least) Price £10 The Singing Swinging Counts, Along The Way (The Label) Label wear and some felt pen marks. Vinyl plays great, visually VG+, you won't be disappointed. Price £150 (£300 in JM Guide) Maurice McAlister & The Radiants, Shy Guy (Chess) Ex Condition. Price £15 The Shepards, Little Girl Lost (ABC W/D) EX Condition (Stamp on Label) Price £150 Jimmy McCraklin, Can't Raise Me (Imperial Demo) Vinyl as new, small WOL. Great RnB influenced record. Price £25 Ronnie & Joyce, On The Stage Of Love (Alpha) Mint- Price £30 Jimmy McCracklin, Get Back (Premium) Mint-, great RnB and extremely rare. Price £75

Hi, Can anyone help me please? I would like a high quality copy / high resolution copy of the 45 rpm logo (silver & black) as used on the Stateside / TMG records. No commercial gain, just to use as the basis of artwork so that the logo can be replicated and resized for enbriodery on the back of my denim jacket. Not sure of the file format I can open but would appreciate either a Word document (with logo as lare eas possible on 1 page so that it can be reduced to the final size, or a jpeg). I can't seem to copy images / resize without losing the image quality. Please can you send any such images to chris.penn@voweurope.com or advise me where I might be able to down load them. Thanking you in anticipation. Regds Chris

Updated with some sold / on hold and some further reduced. Please see original post for UK postage rates etc. Oversea's postage rates will be confirmed once I know which country / which service you require. Paypal as a gift please (though cheque is more tha acceptable). Thanks for looking. The Hytones, Bigger And better (A-Bet) Vinyl EX but label damage both sides (label tear on "I've Got My Baby" side) Plays great and absolutely fine for DJ'ing. £350 NOW £275 Linda Griner, Good-by Cruel Love (Canadian Tamla) Extremely rare Canadian Tamla issue. EX vinyl generally but with a scratch that results in 5 - 6 minor 'tics'. £125 NOW £100 The Chancellors, All The Way From Heaven (Cap City) VG / VG+ visually (as there quite a few surface marks) but plays EX (at least). £75 NOW £65 The Kittens, Is It Over Baby (ABC w/demo) VG+ visually (a few surface marks) but plays EX (at least) £40 NOW £35 Marvio Wilson, I Really Do Love You (Soulville) At least EX visually, plays Mint- £70 NOW £60 Little Johnny Taylor, Somewhere Down The Line (Galaxy) VG vinyl visually but plays EX. Dirty label with some writing but fine for DJ'ing. £20 NOW £15 The Turnpikes, Cast A Spell (Capitol Demo) M- Priced to sell @ £125 SOLD Otis Redding, Look At The Girl (Atco) EX £20 NOW £15 The Escorts, You Can't Even Be My Friend (RCA Victor) Vinyl at least VG+, plays EX, some minor label wear. £30 NOW £25 The Fantasic Johnny C, New Love (Phil La) EX / M- £15 Philly Devotions, I Just Can't Say Goodbye (Don De) VG+ / EX vinyl, slight label lift and label tear £15 SOLD Marvin Holmes & Justice, You Better Keep Her (Brown Door) Vinyl copy, VG+ / EX at least, ever so slight label wear £20 Little Johnny Taylor, Zig Zag Lightning (Galaxy) EX at least £20 SOLD Varetta, Fly By Night (Brent) Looks like it's had a hard life, plenty of marks but plays great. Very hard to obtain and great for DJ'ing. Less than ½ price. £60 NOW £50 Roy Hamilton, The Panic Is On (MGM) Some label wear / damage but vinyl is EX at least. Brilliant for DJ'ing. £100 NOW £80 Lamar Morris, I Lost Someone (ABC Demo) EX £10 ON HOLD Spencer Sterling, Jilted (Big Top Demo) Again, had a hard life with plenty of marks but plays EX (at least) £30 NOW £25 Kenny Lonas, Would You believe (Columbia Demo) Vinyl M-, label has radio station stamp WBBZ £30 NOW £25 The Royal Esquires, Ain't Gonna Run (Prix) M- £50 NOW £40 The Elites, You'll Break Two Hearts (ABC Demo) Vinyl VG+ / EX £45 NOW £40 Willie West, A man Like Me (Rustone) M- £20 NOW £15 Tony Harrison, Sad Occasion (Commerce) VG+ vinyl at least (plays EX), slight label wear & WOL £40 NOW £30 Eddie Roberts, Immaculate Love (Time) VG+ vinyl at least (plays EX), slight label discolouration £20 NOW £15 The Daisies, Cold Wave (Capitol) M- £35 NOW £30 Gino Johnson, I'm Aware Of Your Love Affair (Bailey) EX (at least) £20 NOW £15 Brenda & The Tabulations, Lies, Lies, Lies (Top & Bottom) EX / M- £20 NOW £15 Barbara Dane, I'm On my Way (3 Trey) EX / M- vinyl (3 numbers written on label) £150 NOW £125

Hi Moz, I see you're getting the hang of 'posting' lark now. Great price for a great tune - hope you sell it. Chris

Hi and thanks for looking (I'm not sure if I've posted this twice...I had difficulty with my Internet connection the first time I tried) I'm selling the following and hope that I've been realistic with the prices based on conditions. Ideally I'd prefer a cheque rather than Paypal but I can accept Paypal if there's really no other option. £2.75 recorded delivery or £5.50 Special Delivery. Please contact me via chris.penn@voweurope.com if interested or call 07799 772513. Many thanks Chris The Hytones, Bigger And better (A-Bet) Vinyl EX but label damage both sides (label tear on "I've Got My Baby Side") Plays great and absolutely fine for DJ'ing. £350 Linda Griner, Good-by Cruel Love (Canadian Tamla) Extremely rare Canadian Tamla issue. EX vinyl generally but with a scratch that results in 5 - 6 minor 'tics'. £125. The Chancellors, All The Way From Heaven (Cap City) VG / VG+ visually (as there quite a few surface marks) but plays EX (at least). £75. The Kittens, Is It Over Baby (ABC w/demo) VG+ visually (a few surface marks) but plays EX (at least) £40 Marvio Wilson, I Really Do Love You (Soulville) At least EX visually, plays Mint- £70 Little Johnny Taylor, Somewhere Down The Line (Galaxy) VG vinyl visually but plays EX. Dirty label with some writing but fine for DJ'ing. £20 The Turnpikes, Cast A Spell (Capitol Demo) M- Priced to sell @ £125 Otis Redding, Look At The Girl (Atco) EX £20 The Escorts, You Can't Even Be My Friend (RCA Victor) Vinyl at least VG+, plays EX, some minor label wear. £30 The Fantasic Johnny C, New Love (Phil La) EX / M- £15 Philly Devotions, I Just Can't Say Goodbye (Don De) VG+ / EX vinyl, slight label lift and label tear £15 Marvin Holmes & Justice, You Better Keep Her (Brown Door) Vinyl copy, VG+ / EX at least, ever so slight label wear £20 Little Johnny Taylor, Zig Zag Lightning (Galaxy) EX at least £20 Varetta, Fly By Night (Brent) Looks like it's had a hard life, plenty of marks but plays great. Very hard to obtain and great for DJ'ing. Less than ½ price. £60 Roy Hamilton, The Panic Is On (MGM) Some label wear / damage but vinyl is EX at least. Brilliant for DJ'ing. £100 Lamar Morris, I Lost Someone (ABC Demo) EX £10 Spencer Sterling, Jilted (Big Top Demo) Again, had a hard life with plenty of marks but plays EX (at least) £30 Kenny Lonas, Would You believe (Columbia Demo) Vinyl M-, label has radio station stamp WBBZ £30 The Royal Esquires, Ain't Gonna Run (Prix) M- £50 The Elites, You'll Break Two Hearts (ABC Demo) Vinyl VG+ / EX £45 Willie West, A man Like Me (Rustone) M- £20 Tony Harrison, Sad Occasion (Commerce) VG+ vinyl at least (plays EX), slight label wear & WOL £40 Eddie Roberts, Immaculate Love (Time) VG+ vinyl at least (plays EX), slight label discolouration £20 The Daisies, Cold Wave (Capitol) M- £35 Gino Johnson, I'm Aware Of Your Love Affair (Bailey) EX (at least) £20 Brenda & The Tabulations, Lies, Lies, Lies (Top & Bottom) EX / M- £20 Barbara Dane, I'm On my Way (3 Trey) EX / M- vinyl (3 numbers written on label) £150

Is that you Moz? Chris

PM's you Buddy. Chris

It was the Parr Hall in Warrington for me in 1985. I'd just started a course at Liverpool University and up to that point my only experiences of Northern Soul had been limited to scooter rallies / scooter club 'do's' and from the early Kent albums. As Warrington is only a short (and relatively inexpensive - student funds were tight) train ride / bus ride from Liverpool it was an ideal venue for me and a couple of University pals (25 years later I'm still in very regular contact with my original 'nighter buddy Neil Brown). I went through the whole night without knowing a single record! Not a one. Chris

I think it was originally covered up by Pat Brady as Lee Otis Valentine & The Lost Souls. I remember travelling all over the country as a young impressionable fledgling 'soulie' to hear Pat play this at ths start and end of his 'sets'. It took me 20 years to get a copy (from Neil Brown - thanks Buddy) on Bell (just about as Minty as you can get) and it's still my No.1 tune of all time as it brings back many, many happy memories. Sourced a copy on Southern Artists for Dave Truscott not long after getting mine and this now lives in France with Trevor Bridge. Still makes the hair stand up on the back of neck every time I hear it.

Many thanks for the extra information Ian. I'm glad that my original post was reasonably accurate (though lacking in the fine detail). Chris

Try John Manship. My mate (Dave Truscott) sold him a copy only a few days ago. It was in great shape when I originally sold it to Dave around 4 years ago and has hardly been played since. Chris

I believe that a more recent 'find' was The Jokers, Soul Sound (Skofield). I understand that a very good mate of mine (Neil Brown) jointly found the first 2 copies of this with Stevie Z in the mid 90's in Val Shiveley's in Philly. If memory serves, Stevie kept his copy and Neil sold his to Ginger. Ian Cunliffe (I seem to recall being told) found the 3rd copy. 2 years after Neil and Stevie found the first copies Neil and I returned to Val's and found copy 4, misfiled under 'T' instead of 'S' (Val's is organised in label order). Bought it for $15 and took and offer from Terry Davis for £1,500 within a week of coming home (paid for the trip did that). Wish I'd kept it though as it was in tip top condition. Chris

By way of conclusion.... A full refund has now been made to David (and the cheque is genuinely 'in the post'). I'd just like to say a massive 'Thank You' to David and to all of you who offered your messages of support (as I was understandably aprehensive about the reaction my post would generate, but a promise is a promise and I did say to David that I would publically acknowledge my error). I am genuinely humbled by your comments and kind words. Chris

I wanted to know which record had cost him £200 and took him 7 months to "track down".

Hi Folks, Many thanks to all of you for your comments / scans / observations regarding the recent enquiry by David Miller regarding the authenticity of the Royal Five record 'Say It To My Face'. Your input was essential in helping clear up a major c*ck-up on my part as I was the seller to whom he referred. I offer an unreserved aplogy to David for my error in selling him a boot when I had genuinely believed I was selling an original record. I had said to David that should this be proved to be a boot I would offer my apology via this site and that's exactly what I'm doing for all to see. A full refund is being made to David and the final email I sent him regarding this most embarrassing episode is posted below (this was sent yesterday @ 18.18). I have never erred in this way before and will canvass opinion / advice / guidance in future before selling anything if there is even the slightest doubt regarding authenticity as I am keen that no-one else has cause to be in any way disatisfied with any dealings with me. I sincerely hope that this genuine error has not in any way brought this site into disrepute and I can only hope that I will not be ostracised by SS and it's members for this mistake. Once again I offer an unreserved apology. Chris Hi David, Further to our respective emails on Friday / Saturday I have conducted further research into the appearance of the originals / boots (this has been helpfully supplemented by the SS thread). I was wrong. You were right. I had sold you what I firmly believed to be an original issue and it has indeed proved to be a boot. I was blissfully unaware of the deep purple (almost blue) original issue label and thought that rich purple colour of the label on the record I sent you was indeed the original. No deceit or misrepresentation was intended and I apologise unreservedly (not only for selling the record but for any embarrassment caused to you if you got 'pulled up' for playing a boot). As I had bought this as an original myself I feel even more of a fool (1. for selling it to you and 2. assuming I'd got a legit copy in the first place). Can you please remind me of your address and I will refund the £100 (plus postage of £5) immediately. I'll also add and other £2.50 to cover postage back to me. I intend to have this record framed as a reminder to check, check and check again before selling anything. I shall, as per my emails early on Saturday post a full apology to you on SS (would you like to see the proposed text before I submit to ensure that you are happy with the content?). Once again, please accept my unreserved apologies; the mistake was genuine but nonetheless it was a mistake on my part. I hope there are no hard feelings. Kind regards Chris

No offence taken. I bought this through Soul Source only a couple of months ago (so that might explain 2 of the copies...it's the same copy twice). My inability to either say "No, I've spent too much already" or accept that my salary does not match my collecting aspirations has resulted in the reluctant sale of this record. Chris

Hi Folks, Up for sale is an Ex+ copy of this ultra rare 45. Only minimal signs of play, sound quality is outstanding. Over committment on other records forces reluctant sale. £1,750 or closest offer (assuimg I believe it's reasonable) by Sunday night gets it. Please contact me via chris.penn@voweurope.com rather than a PM via Soul Source (I can't always log on to the site but can generally access emails). Cheques or cash preferred but will take PayPal if it's a deal-breaker and offers are in line with the asking price. Many thanks Chris

3 For sale: The Chancellors, All The Way From Heaven (Cap City) VG / VG+ visually (as there quite a few surface marks) but plays EX (at least). A bargain @ £75. The Kittens, Is It Over Baby (ABC w/demo) VG+ visually (a few surface marks and small faded wol) but plays EX (at least) A bargain @ £40 Marvio Wilson, I Really Do Love You (Soulville) EX visually, plays Mint- Another great bargain @ £70 Buy all 3 for £150!!!! £2.75 recorded delivery or £5.50 Special Delivery. Cheque or paypal (no cash) Please contact me via chris.penn@voweurope.com in interested. Many thanks Chris

This is now sold. Thanks for looking. Regds Chris

Royal Five, hard issue for sale. EX cond. £100 (this includes Special Delivery). Need the money. Cheque or Paypal. If Paypal please 'gift' the money so I don't pay the fees (I am, after all offering to pay postage). chris.penn@voweurope.com Thanks for looking.

Hi Folks, Many thanks for your comments. The styene copy I have does have the delta number and it appears to correspond with the date of release. The styrene copy looks like it's got a faint Monarch Records stamp in the run out groove. And yes Paul, it does play loudly enough (so may thanks for a belter of a replacement copy). Thanks for your assistance. Chris

Hi, I hope I'm posting this in the correct section; if not please accept my apologies. I'm trying to find out if 'Love Runs Out' was booted. I've had a white demo for years and years. This is on styrene and it doesn't have 2 parallel lines running across the label horizontally. As this copy was well-worn I was on the hunt for a replacement. I was lucky enough to obtain a replacement recently. This replacement copy does have the 2 parallel lines and is on vinyl. Whilst I'm sure that this is a 'proper' version, I'm not so sure about my old styrene copy. Can anyone shed any light on the authenticity (or otherwise) of my well worn styrene demo? Any help would be appreciated. Many thanks Chris