John Reed

The original release of Always In The Mood was the B-side to I'd Rather Hurt Myself, the demo copies are single sided.

There are three different red sleeves that I know of. One which is the same as the brown sleeve with Creed, Abet, Excello, etc icons on the white bottom half of the sleeve. The other two are similar both with a red top banner. One has the white bottom half with label names with the rows alternating between black and red text. The other one has a top banner which is much smaller and the black and red alternating text is more like 3/4 of the sleeve.

I ordered from the website on boxing day and it arrived this morning. They're probably trying to deal with a significant amount of order volume.

If you're talking about that Jackin Disco monstrosity, think they've only released it on a 7". Also, don't really understand who this series is aimed at and they all look a bit booty to me as well as being poor re-edits.

I always thought this was one of the previously unreleased tracks from Maxx, Vee Jay or one of Bobby Robinson's label's, used to cash-in on Knight's success with Midnight Train To Georgia on Buddah, after leaving Motown. The Springboard subsidiary Trip also released some "budget" LPs on Knight on 1973/74 containing retrospective recordings, with labels in the UK (Pickwick/Hallmark) as well in Europe releasing the same/similar stuff.

Does anyone have a copy that they're willing to sell of Al Green - God Blessed Our Love / Take Me To The River - South African Hi 7" Needs to be Ex+ at least. Many thanks in advance

I don't think it was just him, his family are difficult to deal with as well. Around 20 years ago I posted Stormy Love Affair on my YouTube channel, it was on there for about 10 years, before one of his family accused me of making money off of this recording and threatened to sue.

There are occasions where the Kent releases differ from the released records as sometimes the master tapes don't specify what version it is. There was a thread on here regarding the subject quite a few years ago.

Do you want the original promo 12" on Al & The Kid from 1980, the first 7" reissue on Fynal Vynal from 1985 or the 2nd 7" reissue on Bunky from 1990?

That picture doesn't look right to me and is different to my copy that I've had for about 35 years. Apologies for the picture quality as the lights too low. The band name and song title are the same font, whereas the earlier picture the fonts are a different size. I have a vague recollection of those popping up in the the 2000's.

The Dickie Wonder release is slightly different compared to a straight reissue as its the only way to get his version of All My Friends Call Me A Fool, which has its own champions especially on the West Coast Low Rider scene.

It got released as both a 78 and 7". It's Sun 257, with Shoobie Oobie on the other side.

Charley reissued the LP in 1985, are they reissuing it again?

Both of these releases have a 1977 date. All these sides were on their 1974 LP - Christ Is All, so that's a 3 year retrospective release. Maybe they tried to cash-in and repackage songs they already paid for.

I wonder who'll win that when it comes up for auction....

Sebastian, have you checked Steve's book?

That's the copy Ian Clarke has for sale and his grading of vg plus plus is the highest grading he uses.

Now that is a proper rare record, never had a sniff at the issue

I hope this doesn't turn into another tired thread of just "biging up" the plays for the major DJ's of the 70s/80s. There can also be a big divergence between rarest, most valuable or sought after. Garry Cape had stock of Earl White Jr, and I had multiple friends phoning up over the next week asking and getting copies. There are also quite a few records posted that are owned by quite a lot of DJ's and collectors, with Melvin Moore being one of them, but i agree, that getting an original has always been tough. The evolution of the internet has brought to light that many records were not as rare as they were once thought to be.

I seem to remember a significant discussion about this maybe 20 years ago. I think the whole Anada set up was quite dodgy and I remember comments like the writers were not paid for the use of their songs, the groups who recorded them were not paid and the record company released them without the knowledge of those involved. I think when Sharon Brown was asked about it in an interview, she didn't have any good words to say about the subject. So in my eyes, if no permission was given by those who had any rights, then any releases are bootlegs.

I don't understand the obsession over who or what will come after us, both from a scene and collecting perspective. From a scene perspective, it will eventually die and be reborn sometime in the future as something slightly different, like all youth scenes' tend to do. From a record collecting perspective the same will probably happen as well, with interest diminishing leading to lower prices for a while, then some bright spark will pick them up cheap, play them leading to demand and value rising again - A bit like what happened with trips to the US in the 80s/90s. Saying that, for sure the prices of some records in the future may never reach the heady heights of what they are now. Those who talk about a "northern soul" legacy are either deluded or out to make as much money out of it as they can, as its just a part of general youth club-culture, that's lasted longer than others.

It's time to get rid of a load of used 7" & 12" record mailers and stiffeners I've accumulated over time. So, if you're in South East London anytime soon and want to pick them up, they're free. Send me a PM and we can arrange a time.

Don't think "Randy" on Chocolate City has been reissued on CD either.

Its a cheapie, but seem to have either lost it or I just imagined I had it, as I've got it on the LP George & Gwen McCrae - Winners Together Or Losers Apart - CAT 2002. I'm only after an issue. Must be a minimum EX+ and from a UK seller as I don't want to pay more postage than what I pay for the record. Please state price and recorded postage cost.

There's always a chance someone is so desperate for a record and if it's the only one for sale, they hit the buy button.