Solidsoul

The LP will be cheaper, but then you would only have the LP, and would not have the original 45! I would think that the buyer really wants the original single.

I was in Marks & Spencer's clothes dept about 10 years ago, heard the fabulous "Thank You Baby" - Matt Brown from the Jar Val label. One of the best so called "crossover" records you are ever likely to hear!

Not Cd, but you will remember there was the Ric Tic Relics Tamla Motown LP with the pictures of Ric Tic records on the cover. A proper CD of good sound quality would be a good thing.

I like the record and have always kept it. I must have owned it for over 40 years! 😱 Personally I would think about £30 to £40 for a good copy. Auctions do cause silly prices sometimes. But also some people can't be bothered shopping around! If they want it they just keep bidding and it turns into a competition to win!

It's strange when you see people paying more for a bootleg/ pressing than it would cost to buy the original! I have seen it happen on eBay!

I suppose some people are collecting bootlegs now. Soul-Sounds, OOTP, Colin Bee's top twenty boots from 1977, etc. They are quite nostalgic. When I see those 70's pressings/boots, it takes me back to my youth! Some are good recordings, but a lot of them are poor sound compared to the original records. I would imagine they were recorded directly off the original vinyl record.

"Do Something For Yourself" Bobby Powell - Whit. USA original first issue. Condition is Mint-. Slight label mark, see bottom picture. £30+ postage. Really great record and a one that sounds great played in a venue! Bottom picture is the copy for sale. This is a clip of another copy on youtube, just so you can check out the tune.

I think I read somewhere that it's not a good recording, something about the sound quality on all copies? Is that right?

Reading the article, I think he means it's patronising of rich people to glamorise poverty!

Amazing, who would of thought it would nearly go for more than Little Joe Cook!

Maybe nothing sinister, maybe he just did not like the picture!

You couldn't find a less racist person than Dave Godin!

Ironically I bought Ila Vann "You Made Me This Way" as a cheapie on two separate occasions, for £3 a time! We never thought that would end up a high price record back in those days.

The Lovelites "Get Him Of My Conscience" on Lovelite original has gone up in price lately to £200 to £300. But a lot of this is due to the flip being appreciated as well now. The changing styles and fashions have made "Oh What A Day" a wanted side as well now.

Sorry to hear this sad news. He was a good lad and I enjoyed talking to him about the records. He had a great taste in Northern Soul music.

Many years ago when I first heard this record I didn't like it much. Sounded like a fast funk record. But these days I am coming round to it after watching the dancefloor reaction and how well it works in a venue. I wouldn't pay lot's of money for it, but it's ok in a venue! My question is when did it first get popular at a Northern Soul venue? I can not remember it played at places like Wigan back in the day. I first heard it played out at the excellent, now long gone, Lowton Civic Hall. So when did you first hear it in a venue?

It's come a long way from being on sales tapes roundabout the late 80's, 1990's!

I would not like it. I always preferred to hear the proper records as opposed to live bands. I wondered what Nosmo King was up to these days!😊.

It is, but good if you have a copy tucked away!😉 But I hate it when a record goes for silly money and it's a one I sold for next to nothing😟.

He didn't create Wigan. He helped discover a lot of new records to play. Wigan was a continuation of the all-nighters that had preceded it, like the Wheel, Torch etc. It was a big top notch dance floor within walking distance of a two main line railway station's and very near a motorway. This with a licence to play records on a Saturday, all-night through till Sunday morning. That's some of the many things that created Wigan Casino, and also the timing was right for it to happen.

Some good points raised in this topic. Those camara's in venue's that show the dj's decks onto a big screen don't help. It plays right into the egotistical dj's ability to show off.

Richard Searling used to play the great Herman Hitson version of "Love Slipped Through My Fingers" in Wigan Casino and other places around 1980. I like all the versions of it. It's just a great song!

First time I heard "Branded" by Robert Knight was upstairs at Blackpool Mecca. It was not played very often. Back in those busy 1970's days there were so many records being discovered every week it was hard to sort out all the good from the bad. You were constantly bombarded with new records and not in the luxury of your own home. It's easy now with hindsight and lots of time to see things in perspective, to judge these records with a very critical view. Not one of my favorites, but all part of discovering new sounds and sorting it all out.

"The Laws Of Love" - The Volcanos - Arctic. Vocal & Inst. Original USA 45rpm. Light blue label with dark blue lettering. Exactly the same vinyl profile/matrix etc as the White Demo. Fantastic Northern Soul classic. Condition is Ex. £150 plus £3.50 recorded postage. Paypal accepted with friends and family option or bank draft transfer. As with all my sales, returns are accepted. Buyer pays for return postage.

This is like a little time snapshot of a spot in Wigan Casino! I remember them all being played there at some point or other. "Friday Night" by Johnny Taylor used to sound truly awesome in there!!!