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    Al Mason.....good Lovin

    in Look At Your Box

    Posted

    As I remember it aint all that good and is very fast too boot! Am I missing something here?

    Missing Nothing Alan,

    One of my least favourites from the Thorne era.

    A bit of Uptempo Disco I reckon.

    That's about it... but at the time Kev and I joked that 'one day' the Northern Scene would catch onto it.

    :thumbsup:

    Yes, must speak before the weekend Alan.

    Sean

    Al Mason.....good Lovin

    in Look At Your Box

    Posted

    Does'nt sound like a £400 sound to me. But what do I know.

    Sell it Alan!

    You've got far better records and it should help towards the Wedding Costs!

    OUCH!

    Looking forward to next Saturday mate.

    Digging out me Shirley Lawson especially for you!

    :thumbsup:

    Sean Hampsey

    Anyone Know A Track With The Same Backing As

    in Look At Your Box

    Posted

    I'm glad this subject has come up, I have a copy of the Aretha version but it just doesn't look like any Columbia record I've ever seen - yet I doubt that this title has ever been bootlegged. But this one must surely be a boot. In the run off it says:

    "does love believe in me"...thats scratched in. Also has a scratched in ztsp number and it's on vinyl, so I'm presuming it's a recent one which came out after the last John Manship bootleg book came out...unless anyone knows different.

    Different again to my copy Pete... where the label stock ... is GREEN!

    Sean Hampsey

    Patches

    in All About the SOUL

    Posted

    Does anyone sell patches on here or are you all collectors. As i check ebay at times i do know Peterborough Wirrina patch was black as seen in local paper not so long ago but if i ever come across it on ebay etc i really want it. Or any Peterborough patch. Dad seem to have lost his surely as not seen him with one.

    :rolleyes:

    Just Great!

    Made my day.

    Sean

    Under-played, Under-rated Motown

    in All About the SOUL

    Posted

    Marvin Gaye - Tear It On Down ("In the Groove" LP)

    David Ruffin - What You Gave Me ("Feelin' Good" LP)

    Spookiest Post ever for me Tony!

    As I'm scrolling down I immediately thought of these two gems and thought, YES!!, a chance to give Marvin & David a plug!

    Nearly fell off me keyboard when I saw your post!

    Played them both on a regular basis for the past 30+years, but never hear them otherwise.

    Superb recommendations!

    Also rate

    Four Tops - You Got To Forget Him, Darling

    Four Tops - Left With A Broken Heart

    Four Tops - Is There Anything I Can Do

    Stevie Wonder - Aint No Loving

    Supremes - You've Been So Wonderful To Me

    Temptations - Loneliness

    Syreeta - What Love Has Joined Together

    Miracles - Soulful Shack

    Miracles - Its A Good Feeling

    Tammi - Tears At The End Of A Love Affair

    Gladys Knight - He's My Kinda Fellow

    Gladys Knight - Since I Lost You

    Thelma Houston - Nothing Left To Give

    G C Cameron - I'm Gonna Give You Respect

    Brenda Holloway - I've Got to Find It

    All Indispensable!

    Sean Hampsey

    The Worst Record Ever Played By Soul Sam

    in All About the SOUL

    Posted

    The Bloody Awful "I'm Not Over You" True Image 'Gonzalez' soundalike.

    Me, Benson & Briscoe nearly pissed ourselves the first time he dropped that heap o' shite at Yarmouth.

    (Their stuff on Juana... now you're talking!)

    Mind you, Sam wasn't the only guilty party :wicked:

    And over the years, Sam's often delivered the goods!

    Sean

    Jimmy Helms

    in Look At Your Box

    Posted

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    im still after a soundclip of his 'thats the way it is' - cant find it anywhere!

    Ouch!

    It was me that said I'd do you one a couple of months ago!

    Totally slipped my mind.

    Anyone else out there I've promised to do something for recently (you know who you are, Russ, Eddie. etc) I apologise.

    Currently working a 17 hour day (two jobs with double pay!) and haven't been down in my Basement for ages.

    I'm onto it!

    Sean Hampsey

    Rare Records - 30 Years On

    in Look At Your Box

    Posted

    I look at todays music, and they (all too often) look to us for inspiration

    Aha! Too True!

    But the question was "What Will Happen to Rare RECORDS 30 Years From Now?"

    The music should be (and probably WILL be) preserved as an art form, just as Mozart, Bach, Beethoven etc.. are today.

    However, you can trip over a pile of 60 year old 78's for three quid any day of the week at a car boot sale or a charity shop.

    I don't see youngsters (future generations) getting too enthused about crusty old bits of circular plastic that they are ill equipped to listen to... even if their Grand parents spent the weekend getting off on them.

    I'm afraid I've seen the BIG picture. And its not a pretty sight.

    Gold Bullion. Property. Diamonds.

    Very Good Investment.

    Records... Nah.

    Best advice is treat 'em like you do your Women.

    Enjoy 'em when you first get 'em.

    Get 'em across the table half a dozen times a day for the first week and get your moneys worth out of them (until the novelty wears off) and then stick them in a cupboard and forget about 'em... while you go looking for the next one!

    Never hurt me!

    :thumbsup:

    Sean

    Rare Records - 30 Years On

    in Look At Your Box

    Posted

    What will happen in 30 years time? Will our offspring be able to cash them in? Or will they just become part of a house clearance?

    This is a potentially a far scarier thread than the recent 'Sam Dees / Rumour' question.

    I was discussing this at some length with Kev Briscoe on the 4 hour journey down to the last Yarmouth 'Soul Essence'.

    The best parallel I could come up with would be Antiques.

    I buy quite a few bits of Antique furniture (and pictures and the like) and in recent years have noticed the following:

    1. Mid Range stuff is dropping through the floor (Some real bargains around)

    2. Top Drawer stuff is holding its own (to a very narrow market)

    3. People under 40 (your average Joe) tend not to buy antiques (The IKEA generation)

    4. People over 50 (average Joe again) are more concerned with their money (The 'I Fear For My Pension' and my old age generation).

    Lets say you're in your early to mid 40's right now.

    Picture the scene 5-10 years from now.

    You're 50+.

    Pension looking thin.

    Time to cash in on some of your hard earned vinyl.

    Who's going to buy it... at the price you're wanting.

    Not the 30 somethings (they're gonna be busy lazer zapping, download, MTV stylee, video nasty, mega pixel, 100 gigabyte files down onto their remote solar powered palm tops).

    Other coffin dodgers, like us, will be off loading our vinyl too, so competition will be fierce.

    As we all know, price is affected by the law of supply and demand.

    Supply will increase, demand will decrease (diminishing market).

    Frightening prospect.

    Much like the Stock Market (or Property Market), it's about knowing what to buy, when to buy, when to hold and when to sell.

    Right now is still a pretty good time to buy the top dollar stuff.

    The Pound is fairing quite well against the dollar so 'relative bargains' are still to be had from the US.

    Mid range material though is already showing signs of devaluation.

    Regular stuff, well you can hardly give it away.

    Oh and it could get worse. Come a Global Pandemic, you'd swap your complete set of Red & White TMG's or Mint Shrine 45's for a fresh loaf of Warburtons. Especially if your (grand)kids are starving!

    Ouch! Just read the above back to myself.... Scared myself to death.

    Good job we're not in it for the money I reckon!

    Please absorb and delete... before anyone else reads it!

    :thumbsup:

    Sean

    Footnote: Will gladly take in any unwanted vinyl... before its too late...

    ...at the right price of course!

    Shades Of Soul Fanzine Issue 32 Out For The Weekend

    in All About the SOUL

    Posted

    Reading Derek's post there , can anyone enlighten me on what 'tent' music is please :yes:

    Thanks

    We've been kicked out of the House & Garage and now we're in the bloody Tent!

    Seriously though, it's a mix of Soulful Crossover and Modern Stuff that originated just up the road from you at some weekender thang, where the good stuff has been relegated to a Tent.

    I'm getting into 'Kennel' at the moment. In the dog house, as usual.

    Sean Hampsey

    Value Please?

    in Look At Your Box

    Posted

    Quantity vs Quality . . . Quality wins every time, whatever the price. Remember the old saying, "It's what's in the groove etc". Remember also, if a £5 sound sounds better than a £5000 sound, then the one who spends £5 has got the better bargain!!!

    Martin

    Amen to that Martin.

    :thumbsup:

    Sean Hampsey

    Value Please?

    in Look At Your Box

    Posted

    Sam Dees Lonely For You Baby on SSS International

    I've had 3 copies in the last 7 years off ebay.

    None of them cost me more than 10 Dollars and two of them showed up in the same week!.

    That said, its a relativley hard record to track down.

    If a 50 or 100 Count turned up it wouldn't diminish the quality or intrinsic value of the record to me and over the medium term I don't feel it would grossly affect the price in a negative sense, such is the demand.

    Sean Hampsey



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