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Anyone remember Vernon from Bradford (@ Wigan)?

Here y'are lads.

I bid for the JJ Caillier last week for a friend, a friend who doesn't/can't spend a great deal of time on the net, or buying too many records out anymore - he gave me an amount to bid for it (I'll not say how much as I will piss Lars off, whom I eventually bought it from) - and that was that. What I'm saying is, if you want it and it's there and you can afford it....then you'll pay it....and a lot of people are in that situation these days...not enough time to go looking but the money to buy it if it is there...and John's site is known to more than most. Money talks.

Freddy Butler - That's When I Need You (Bought from Brian Rae's 3 for a quid box at Wigan). J.J. Caillier - Pusherman

Quite a dear little number too, I got £170+ about two year back for one.

Ay oop Robin, wasn't it... 'Kids at school used to laugh at me, leather patches, pants outworn' I always smiled so that they didn't see, The tears I held deep inside of me' Picked my first copy up in Leicester Oddfellows early 80's for £2, made up to f*ck. I made the mistake of leaving it on the table at the services on the way home, went for a piss and hey presto the 60's Mafia had a new ash tray. Bastards.

It will eternally remind me of shuffling alongside Yogi (Haughton) at Rotherham and looking down at my talcy blue Top Man moccasins....for some reason.

Many thanks to Lars for coming up trumps.

Maybe, if they are collectable US House label stuff. If they are just white label funky house/euro bang bang bollox then I'd say no.

Now that was a good read.

You can't go wrong on this site can you?

QUOTE(Geoff B @ Apr 12 2007, 05:17 PM) Bankhall Miners ran from August 1983 untill late 80s.I have the alldayer video for 1985,Think there were 3 or 4 Alldayers in total. Thanks for that fella - didn't realise there was a vid.

Subway Riders - After the Session - Moon Shot (N.Y. address) Another of the quirk of collecting Northern Soul is; if you obtain this 45 without the New York address on the label, it plays a bland, boring Teddy Vann instrumental studio jam. If you�re lucky enough to acquire it, with a label with the New York address you�re treated to "Moonlight, Music In You" instrumental! Needless to say, as always this press is infinitely rare.

And some of the packs you can pick up for £5/£6 delivered - feckin' wonderful!!! Even if you get an out and out duffer, it's worth the quid for the label artwork.

Oooh the things I paid a tenner for back then - it grates looking at prices today.

As well as having to endure the pain of parting with a lot of hard earned for stuff these days, I get so much fantastic stuff just hoovering up 99p unknowns (well, to me) on Ebay. For a £20 punt, you can have 15 7"s brought to yer door - and working on the knowledge of labels, artists etc it's very rare I get a duff track. The trepidation of sitting in front of yer deck with a handful of unknowns is worth the £20 alone.

Ay Oop Jamie. I'm buying it for Deano and have a fairly big purse for it - just didn't want to spend his money unduly that's all. He wants it...desperately, it's one of those records for him. I've banged a bid in and I suppose we'll see. Thanks for the come backs chaps.

Having given plaudits to 'Pimmies', they are as tight as arseh*les - I contacted their Bakery's promotional department as a very similar pie thread on my own site had raged on for weeks prior to one of our events, with people from all over rattling on about the merits of their own local pie manufacturers. I wanted to put all the gobbing to rest and hand out 100 Pimbletts meat and tatties on the door at the do, finally proving beyond all reasonable doubt that 'Pimbletts' were/are the finest in pies. I contacted the local rags in Warrington and St Helens, both willing to do a piece on the great pie/clubbing debate. What did Pimbletts offer me? A 5p (that's 5 pennies) reduction on each pie if I bought a hundred. I put a black music quiz on instead.

Banjo's are sold over the counter in Parr mate.

Oh no, no, no - that accolade is reserved wholly for Pimbletts of St Helens.

All Dayers - anyone remember these? I may have the dates a little wrong as I normally do. I did a bit myself at these with Sam, Ray Rose etc.

I'm aware that there is a copy on Manships auction which will do if I get no luck on here. What should I normally be expected to pay? Thanks in advance.

I love the Doug Parkinson version, it brings back to me very much an exciting time in my Northern Soul history. It was/is a cracking record to dance to. Doug's vocals have great emotion. It was a totally different take on The Spinners, and more Northern in feel than Terri Wells version. It was perfect to bring the pace down at Wigan a little. It fitted in with what the likes of Poke were playing at Rotherham (a very different all-nighter) perfectly. I love the backing vocals, especially right at the end of the track. I think it's soulful vocally, having not been brought up with DP in his many guises. All in all it's a big memory record, that sums up this scene perfectly....for me.

It did cracking pies.