Sean Hampsey

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

How many tickets are there Martin? Capacity of the place? Sean

Not as many as I used to have. I've tried to keep 'em to a minimum, since that Fred West thing a few years ago!

Sam Dees (Been mentioned) Homer Banks & Carl Hampton. Buy anything blind by these guys! Sean Hampsey

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! Sean

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! Sean Footnote: Will gladly take in any unwanted vinyl... before its too late... ...at the right price of course!

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

Amen to that Martin. Sean Hampsey

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

Couldn't possibly comment Russ. Done your CD Mate. Please let me have your current address and it will be in the post, transatlantic stylee, to you! RSVP soon. Best regards Sean Hampsey

My Love For You - Magnificent! Ex "PITCHES" Monster and has been a player in my Yarmouth 'Soul Essence' sets for years! A Great Upload! Thanks for the mp3 Sean Hampsey

A tasty selection... and these two SUPERB! Sean Hampsey

Very Good Steve. Nope, Not yet. Hopefully I wont get one of those midnight calls from Mr Dees ever again. He was one angry guy... and I can't say I blame him. Anymore controversy and I'm gonna give him your number!! Sean Hampsey

I gave a VG copy to Tats Taylor about 6 years ago. Is it the cleanest record in his collection? Sean Hampsey

Bernice Swanson.... one of my biggest purchasing mistakes ever! Bought a UK Demo copy off Jim Eddleston in the 70's, because he said it was "Just Like Betty Swann" - 'Make Me Yours' - which I'd told him was my favourite tune. Bloody awful record. As I threw it across the room, I seem to remember that it bounced quite well though,,, off about three walls! Shocking. Sean Hampsey

Today, cruising north on the M1.... I had:- Patti Jo - Make Me Believe In You Ann Sexton - I Had A fight With Love Mille Jackson - Its All Over But The Shouting Jackie Moore - Loser Again Enchanted Five - Darling I Need You Now Tony Love - Crying Time Is Over Donnie Ray - I Never Dreamed Full Blast... Full Speed! Wicked! Sean Hampsey

I agree - Sean Hampsey ..... he owes it all to the Bill Payne School of Deck Techniques . ( Malc Burton ) Thanks for the vote Malc....... but I actually owed a lot of it to both Bill and yourself. See on Darrens jpeg (DJ & Venue Poll) how the Windmill, a small town 'Local Venue' figured in the Top UK Venues at that time! Incredible mate. Sean Hampsey

Guys, Agree. We were all in an environment very much ahead of it's time. The Northern Scene had a real shot in the arm from Alan & Steve's Clifton Hall and Steve's "Winter Gardens" & Bradford. Right place, right time and we got away with an awesome selection of truly 'across the board' Soul Music. I'd certainly be in favour of pulling in Robin & Adam for a one off... or even something more regular! Suggest we discuss at the CLIFTON HALL REUNION when we get a mo! As for the DJ Poll, couldn't believe that the Searling fella got twice as many votes as me that year! Was he the guy in the Yellow Suit? Love him really! And only a handful of votes between 5th & 7th place!! Was this 1983? Would love to see a copy of the previous year's chart for comparison....anyone? Steve, retired or not, you'd still have blinded some of the newbies! Good to see you back and at 'em! Sean Hampsey

Hi Steve, I know that mate, but there was another, totally different Sy Hightower LP ISSUED. Little known fact. Sean

Ah Yes, I vaguely remember him. A Tall Dark Handsome chap?? Oh No............. that was me as well!! CU at the Clifton Hall Revival. We'll show 'em how it's done Stevie! Sean Hampsey

Aha an easy one..... .........errrrrrrrr Me? IMHO Sean Hampsey Oh.... and Steve Mannion CLIFTON HALL RE-UNION Saturday 29th July Bar no 10, Wellgate, Rotherham. Guest DJ's Sean Hampsey, Darran Arden, Steve Mannion & Cliff Dale

Oh.... and it's my belief that the Sandra Wright LP on Demon is the first vinyl issue of these tracks other than the "Midnight Affair" / "Wonded Woman" Truth 45. Sandra has had other LP releases though in recent years in the shape of the "Shake You Down" LP and the "After Hours" LP. Sean Hampsey

Hi Chris, The Sy Hightower LP with "I Wonder Why" etc did not come out... but.... a little known fact... there was another Sy Hightower LP with different tracks that did gain a release. Sean Hampsey

Tony, You've obviously got far too much time on your hands. Previously a watchmaker by any chance? Sean Very good though mate. Very good.

A worthwhile release if ever there was one. Great tracks from Rod's superb Canal Tavern / Thorne sets 15+ years ago!... Happy days! Put me down for one sharpish! Sean Hampsey