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That's a very fair point and let me assure you that as a once full-time record dealer I made bugger-all in the way of money!! ROD

Pete, if they're overpriced they won't sell will they? I too am amazed at some asking prices. What's more worrying is when something sells at a very high price to one individual then it becomes the going rate. Fosland was completely different in that, despite the photo, he misrepresented a re-issue to give some people the idea it was an original. He appears to be doing the same with the DC Blossoms. https://cgi.ebay.com/KILLER-RAREST-NORTHERN...1QQcmdZViewItem

Of course I do. Why wouldn't I? I guess it's the need to own rather than just hear and each 45 is part of a jigsaw that I will never complete but the pleasure is in getting the individual pieces so at least I can kid myself that Im slowly getting there. Don't start me on sellers. "It's not for sale,mate" Then why the F... have you brought it out. Actually I had to do this last time at the Friendship in Barnsley. A guy wanted a 45 but I'd got this anxious signal from his girlfriend that she'd already got it for him as a Birthday gift, so I had to mumble that it wasn't for sale. He was pissed at me so if he's on this site by any chance Im sorry and Im not a dickhead. Shame really cos I wanted rid of it for £8 and she'd spent £15 on it!! ROD

Gotta be buying a 45. However, I don't get out much and when I do it's a load of overpriced tripe that nobody is in interested in and I guess an excuse for the seller to engage you in inane chit-chat. I don't care if Biffo is playing this track in darkest Bedfordshire, it's still Rosemary Clooney on Columbia for £25 and it's from the mid-50's and it cannot in any way be described as R&B. And that goes for your Surfaris "Wipe Out" which is definitely NOT a Northern instrumental. The above is based on an actual experience. ROD

Is it because of the same reason that there is no woMENSA? ROD

Well Gareth, that's put an end to this thread by the looks of it. You're right though. You have say 45 X and 45 Y and you think 45 Z will just go nicely there and make 100% difference but then it just appears to get swallowed up and collection appears exactly the same as it was before, and you're left to look for the next one and it happens all over again. I think the "tipping point" may occur when you forget you have a record. Not happened to me yet as I only have around 1000 but it may do with those with really big collections. ROD

To Steve, Im very well thank you and I can see you are the same. I understand you perfectly. I do the cryptic crossword and my wife works with disturbed patients. Between us we can usually figure out the gist of your ramblings. I look forward to seeing you again sometime. To Mark B, Mentioned this elsewhere on this site but I always think 45s I have are not as good as 45s I don't. It's what keeps me trying to collect. ROD

--> QUOTE(mark.b @ Jan 18 2006, 06:34 PM) link thank you for your kind words mr shard as nearly all my records came from you you are therefore to blame for my dj spots at the greatstone for a guardian reader you are a very good speller just wish you were still a soul seller bought some really shit records from you mark Surely some mistake here. "Shit" is a noun or an intransitive verb. You bought some "shite" 45s off me but I did point out that they were 70's at the time. ROD

Apart from sex, playing 45s is the only exercise I get. Which reminds me that I must get in shape as the sex is due again this August. Anyone know any good tongue exercises or will I have to hire the body-double again so I can get on with something more enjoyable like re-arranging the cutlery draw. Trouble with collecting 45s is that once you've got them, what then. You need another one before boredom sets in. ROD

To Stevie Z If I wasn't a Guardian reader I think I'd be tempted to give you a good slap.I think that's the most hurtful thing anyone has ever said to me. Always interested to see what you gotta say on here and Im sure one day some of it may make sense. To Heavenly Blocked, I've been to Weston Super Mare. ONCE!! There didn't appear to be any sea. Just some kinda river off in the distance. Bit of a drawback for a seaside/holiday resort. We stopped for an hour or so and then headed off to Birmingham as I thought there'd be more chance of the tide coming in there. To Mark Cowman's is still going strong and if I pop down to Greatstone I will let you know in advance and if you want any sausages I can pick some up. Wild Boar and Rosemary are a particular favourite. No wait, that was that blue film I watched last night. You actually run the club. I had wondered how you'd got on there as a dj Thank you all for your kind thoughts. ROD

--> QUOTE(mark.b @ Jan 17 2006, 03:54 PM) link hi rod yes indeed i am the younger more handsome and of higher intelligence brother of paul, i now live in cheshire have never lived in social housing, so could afford to move to the leafy suburbs of hale. is that mr rod shard mark Hello Mark, I tend to think Paul would agree with me. I hadn't realised that the Manchester overspill had reached Hale. I now live in Clitheroe which by coincidence is right next to Yorkshire so we keep the sheep locked up at night. I figured it was you from the ad for the Greatstone. I see you're dj-ing there now. I saw Budgie a few weeks back at Billington Brass Band Club. I must try and get down to the Greatstone one day. Worst dance floor in the UK unless it's been re-done but at least the food was OK. Dj's sound a bit dodgy though. Regards to your brother and thanks for that info, which I was aware of, but would like it on Kay-ko label.

that a lot of PIR discs have been spun in the past and that successive generations of the northern soul scene have seen a place for them. I firmly believe there should continue to be a place for them

Cover ups are brill!! Searling's c/u's took longer to announce than actually play. "This is Alvera Washington and the Soul Senders featuring Lalome Jackson" The record itself was always a bit of a disappointment after such a build-up. ROD

--> QUOTE(mark.b @ Jan 16 2006, 11:09 PM) link hi rod you obviously dont know me because if you did you would have know that those four words dont work on me, buy me or send money something to do with my upbringing ancestry from yorkshire mark Yorkshire, I have heard of. Im from Cheshire myself, where Yorkshire people would like to move once they've sold that council house they bought under Margaret Thatcher but fortunately for us cannot afford to. Are you not Mark Baildon, the less attractive and intelligent brother of Paul. If not, my apologies. If so, my deepest sympathies. ROD

--> QUOTE(mark.b @ Jan 16 2006, 08:38 PM) link you may get it cheaper on its national release mercury i think. mark That may be true but I've decided to collect the Kay-Ko label, as I think there may be only 2 releases, so I can have the complete set by next Friday, when I can then start collecting some other label and finish that off by a week on Monday.In this way I should have every Northern 45 by 14th April. I cannot imagine why you didn't realise this before forcing me to reply to your email and wasting my valuable Kay-Ko collecting time. I may have to put back my original estimate to dinnertime on the Saturday after. Thank you anyway Mark for your kind consideration and next time I see you, you must buy me a drink or better still send me the money now. Cheers ROD

Anybody got a Mintish copy of "Two time loser". Will pay £50. Thanks ROD

Arthur Scargill but he was only a miner celebrity. I did have that guy outta the B52's at my stall one day buying cheap end Northern. No idea who he was at the time but I saw him on TV a couple of days later. Said he was a member of the N.Y.Soul Club. Shoulda realised really as he was accompanied by a bit of an entourage but then I never paid much attention to my customers as they got in the way of the crossword!!

Both £50 in Tim's guide. Don't think I've heard Matta Baby since it was "big" , so cheaper I'd guess.

Im not sticking up for the guy BUT I don't really see that much difference between this and the hundreds of boots that fetch "big" money on Ebay such as Mel Britt,Rose Battiste etc. OK, they're now harder to get hold of but a boot is a boot and unless it is misrepresented it is the buyer's choice whether to bid and how much. There's a picture of the 45 whereby it's obvious it's a re-issue. The only difference in my mind is that say Mel Britt was done years ago and this relatively recently. Whether it is taking advantage of the "uninformed and stupid" we have no idea of Fosland's thinking. It is sensible though to have some idea of what you're doing in any activity.I just had a bill for £500 from the garage cos the dilithium crystals had clogged the gear box and I couldn't get warp drive!!

https://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-NORTHERN-SOUL-THE...1QQcmdZViewItem Hope I've done that link correctly You can't really blame the seller can you? It's up there for all to see. I bought a Poets "Two hearts" offa the guy and it was Mint and fast delivery so Im not gonna knock him. ROD

I was just thinking what an impossible task and then I saw this post and it is an incredible Northern 45 but if I had it, then it would have to be something else. Am I alone in thinking that the 45s I do have are nowhere near as good as those I don't. Is there a way out of that mind-set. ROD

And I'll join you there. Obviously they shoulda played Archie Bell and Gayle Adams instead. Two all time classic.......er......non-descript disco records ROD

Just been watching BBC2, the word 'naff' may not mean what you thought it did

I guess Franki Valli would be considered naff but then there's "Opus 17"."You're ready now", "Im gonna change" and "You're gonna [hurt yourself]. "The night" is a step too far!! ROD

https://cgi.ebay.com/NORTHERN-SOUL-THE-FI-D...1QQcmdZViewItem looking cheaper by the minute!! ROD