Baz Atkinson

lol hello mate still got loads of your tapes from shots and your brothers -hope your both well-we used to do a north east vs scotland c-90 swap lol,cant believe that was 23 +years ago . BAZ A Close the thread now, it can't get better than this!

lol total one off killa- my good mate jeff heads is the best firstly he describes the record then takes your cash -then he plays it to you afterwards -we could do with some of PETE LAWSONS SUBLIME SALES DESCRIPTIONS TO REALLY GET THE BALL ROLLING -could write a book about them!! Killa always cracks me up with sales. He describes everything in his box as 'brilliant that Mace, have a listen' Quick listen later, and telling him it's not my sort of thing he'll say 'I know, it's fcuking shite ain't it' Johnny Beggs has the classic line........ 'Butch doesn't know it, Tim Ashibende doesn't know it, Andy Dyson doesn't know it, etc etc etc etc'

dont know about sales patter but Killa said something really funny to me at Burnley last april "take it baz and if you dint like it shoot it with an air-rifle"priceless .

HELLO JOE Heres one for you mate -little store in San Antomio me and Gaz Simons done really well it was in a indoor market and we had to pay for the records at an exist point away from the record room -i got asked for a date lol,she said i had the nicest AUSTRALIAN ACCENT SHE HAD EVER HEARD - baz a. You're not wrong there Baz, I've got a theory that the more records that a store has, the nuttier the store owner is - they must give off some kind of toxic fumes.

As for the US had trouble in downtown Miami -New Jersey and parts of DC -simply us dealers intolelance to the british collector mentality-the best us dealer and most courteous by far was John Moore in philly [x veitnam vet and total gentleman] his love of group soul and doo wop kept the fires burning for him.I also scored 2 love doves in a small record shop in jacksonville florida -there well all off their nut listening to Sonic youth lol,so that went pretty well at the time lol.The states is always a challenge lol!!! BAZ A

Amazing how touchy some dealers can be -the worst experience i had was as a enthusiastic 21 year old at darlington dolphin centre in 1984 -ater the cocky twat came on as the big I am [id been to my grandas funeral on the afternoon"i broke his nose my mate Pat Brady moaned all night as he was stood next to me at the time that id spolit his best jackett[with the blood] lol,have not had a list since funnily enough lol-this guy if people have a memory of early eighties record dealers was a total knob. NEV will know this- the lad who worked the door that night was Conney so i did not get thrown out ,was heavily into the weights at the time and was a bit short fused lol. BAZ A BAZ A

drop me a pm with what you got mate -always on the look out for decent collections-all about expectations re selling up mate -throw your book out the window and be realistic!! BAZ A Any thoughts? Jim

paid 440 on mine mate !! nice number as well baz, whats the price on this?

SOUL-THE JONESES PART 1-MUSICOR - A couple o quid -great track-one ive pushed for a while. BAZ A

love this never thought in a million years 10 years ago id be buying stuff like this but hey ho !! alls good -love it. S.O.U.L - BURNING SPEAR - BAZ A

THANKS MATE-Tis a great little track imo!! BAZ A i bought that joneses record a month or two ago baz , only a few quid, didnt know it but was chuffed when i give it a spin ....atb diddy(good to see your on the mend btw)

hAVE YOU GOT THE S-O-U-L LP fetches a fortune now and burnning sphere regualry fetches over 400 quid + took me well over 5 years to get both -pipped to the post on numerous occasions -if you want a real brill latino influenced track by them get the jonesses its in refosoul-its absolutely brill!! BAZ A

thought you might sort that out Bob !! BAZ A the wasters are NOT the green berets. they are the same group as the dynamic heartbeats on ps and ralph and the wasters on emase.

have a feeling this is them also-could be wrong however-remarkably like them imho-same studio etc!!oNE OF MY ALL TIME SWEET TRACKS!! BAZ A THE WASTERS-ACCEPT MY LOVE-UNI -

GREEN BERETS - I'VE GOT TO BE LOVED - UNI - BAZ A

GREEN BERETS - (LORD ) SEND ME SOMEBODY -

Put some of their stuff on uni in refosoul-check them out folks -incredible!! BAZ A

all discs out today for those that have paid via paypal!!! BAZ A

oh yes indeed Johnny Adams did some great deep stuff -put a few in refosoul-ill have a scratch about in the vaults-Paul me and Gaz Simon are off to new orleans after the austen record fair -any contacts re artistes -records would be appreciated-know your well networked mate,already had help from Sean and Tats !! BAZ A Hello Baz, I hope you're well. Yes, Raymond Jones did arrangements on a lot of Senator's stuff, Johnny Adams, Charles Brimmer etc. I always assumed he might be 'Guitar Ray' but I can't be certain, and I also thought he was related to Senator. I'm just going off memory here. I'll ask Garry Cape, he knew Senator quite well, or I could email Isaac or Cynthia or someone else who worked with him. By the way, I loved the Charles Brimmer LPs and the Johny Adams stuff, even though some of it was a bit low-budget and dated at the time. It's almost as if the indie labels in New Orleans were living in the past to some degree. Best wishes, Paul

Hello Paul good to see the Senator get a plug -check this read out- it states that Raymond jones was the organ man for Charles Brimmers band -I did not even know the senator was dead-his funk cd is really worth a listen folks -great little history on this read of some oF the moovers on the southern soul scene!! https://thevinylword.blogspot.com/2008/12/senator-jones.html BAZ A

judson moore ernie lucas bernice willis dave +vee gene chandler mill evans JOE TOWNS SOLD SOLD.

Usual drill folks add £2 postage and paypal gift preffered but all forms of payment -all discs are HALF PRICE -so if 40 -disc is 20 [youd be surprised lol].CONDITION ALWAYS STATED AND RETURNS!! ALL HALF PRICE!!!! DAVE+VEE -DO YOU LOVE ME -DE LUX MINT [stafford biggie] sound great £30 SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD. DAVE AND VEE-DO YOU LOVE ME-DE LUX - judson moore-lisa -chicago music bag- £50 [indemand xover soneone needs to get this i have a demo]MINT SOLD SOLD SOLD JUDSON MOORE - LISA - CHICAGO MUSIC BAG CO:INC, - mill evans -got to have your love-constellation vg+ish £30 MILL EVANS - I'VE GOT TO HAVE YOUR LOVE - sold sold GENE GHANDLER-NOTHING CAN STOP ME-CONSTELLATION VG+ISH £30 sold sold. GENE CHANDLER - NOTHING CAN STOP ME - David Will-loneliness-soul craft mint £30 DAVID WILL - LONELINESS - joe towns-look around and youll see-TOP DOG MINT £40 LOVELY OBSCURE DETROIT WATCH THIS!! SOLD SOLD SOLD. EDWIN STARR-GIRLS ARE GETTING PRETTIER-RIC TIC MINT WHITE DEMO £40 EDWIN STARR - GIRLS ARE GETTING PRETTIER - FREDDIE GORMAN-TAKE ME BACK-RIC TIC WHITE DEMO £50 FREDDIE GORMAN - TAKE ME BACK - RIVINGTONS-YOUR GONNA PAY-QUAN MINT THUMPER NICE TO HAVE £40 RIVINGTONS-WITH RIVINGTONS BAND-YOR GONNA PAY-QUAN - CHAREN COTTON-LITTLE BIT O LOVE -PERCEPTION MINT DEMO £50 RARE RARE DEMO ARTISTICS-GET YOUR HANDS ON SOME LOVING-OKEH £40 THE ARTISTICS - GET MY HANDS ON SOME LOVIN - OKEH - SANDRA LOPEZ-IM SO LONELY -PHILA OF SOUL DEMO WHITE £40 OH NICE VG+ISH SANDRA LOPEZ - I'M LONELY - ERNIE LUCAS-WHAT WOULD I DO-OKEN WHITE DEMO MINT- £40 SOLD ERNIE LUCAS -WHAT WOULD I DO WITHOUT YOU - OKEH - BERNICE WILLLIS-CONFIDENCE-OKEH DEMO WHITE VG+ £30 SOLD BERNICE WILLIS-CONFIDENCE-OKEH PROMO - FINALLY -INVITATIONS -LOVE HAS TO GROW-POLYDOOR BRITISH GOT A US ONE MINT £50AWESOME SOMONE GET IT INVITATIONS-LOVE HAS TO GROW-SILVER BLUE -

I thought he was fantastic -pensive etc but its all still there-interesting link up also,still the marverick genius imho!!! BAZ A

WELL DONE MATE THAT IS A RESULT -BLOODY GREAT RECORD REALLY GROWS ON YOU!! BAZ A RESULT!!!!!! https://cgi.ebay.co.u...e=STRK:MEWNX:IT

the one people really need to look at is lou courtney on verve i swear its a scorcher-i played it at burnly and it sounded incredible-proper in your face 6ts soul!! BAZ A GOOD LIST KEITH!!