Gene-r

Yes Mick. If you've been given another allowance (as I have), you'll probably find a message from them in your Ebay inbox.

I don't think he's a seller to be trusted. One important recent item of negative feedback seems to say a lot about him and (IMO) makes him lose a fair bit of credibility: Would not let the record go for the won bid ! said he wanted more money for it ! d***r ( 4153) 15-Feb-14 07:59 Reply by sixtiescollectorsrecords1 (15-Feb-14 09:07): Rare record my mistake starting at £1 fully refunded his £12 and appologied So does that mean he'd refuse to sell this to the winning bidder if it was won at £200, still under the impression that it's original?

MAURICE & MAC: You Left The Water Running (UK Chess 45) VG+ (very faint split second hiss during intro) £8 EDDIE HOLMAN: You Know That I Will (US Parkway 45) EX+ (storage warp not affecting play) £8 BOBBY GOLDSBORO: It's Too Late (US United Artists 45) EX £5 P&P (registered): UK - £2.30. EUROPE: £8.50. REST OF WORLD: £9.50. Payment by PayPal only please. Please PM me if interested. I do not reserve records, so first come first served. Thanks, Gene

THE GROOVERS: SInce You've Gone / Ding A Ling (UK Hot Lead) (HL 8) Excellent skinhead-type reggae on a label out of Dewsbury, Yorkshire (check the address on the label)! Apparently, the Groovers were a Huddersfield-based band. This 45 dates from 1973, and is quite reminiscent of Pama-type reggae from '69-'70. B-side is a cover of Chuck Berry's "My Ding A Ling", but the A-side is awesome (can be found on YouTube). CONDITION: VG+ (very light 'swoosh' during first verse on the A-side caused by a pressing flaw. Centre prong on left appears to be loose, but is still intact. Top centre prong is not quite intact, but still very tight). £10 plus P&P P&P (registered): UK - £2.30. EUROPE: £8.50. REST OF WORLD: £9.50. Payment by PayPal only please. Please PM me if interested. I do not reserve records, so first come first served. Thanks, Gene

No probs - hope it's helped you with your copy.

Originals are light blue, not green. Only the boots are light green. Check the differences below, and then tell me that the colours are close!

Hard to say to be honest, Mark. Though on a close inspection of your picture, the label looks kinda flat with no ridge, and the paper quality looks matt. My guess is that it is a boot, but I'd need to see it in the flesh to be absolutely certain. Best to show it to someone in the know, if you can. What do the B-side grooves look like? See my description in #8. "Best way to tell is that on the original, the run-out area on the flip side, "I Don't Think I'll Ever Love Another" is quite thin, and the grooves seem to form a 'pattern' on the surface. In comparison, the run-out is quite broad on the boot, and there should be very little or no groove 'pattern'. The vinyl of the boot is also quite thin and flexible, and the label has an almost rough paper texture which is flat in comparison to the ridged label originals"

Had a few of those myself over the years, mostly Dick Coombes, Mick Webb, and even one signed by Carl Fortnum!

Definitely Cockney Mick - he engraved all his records with his real name.

Must have been that time of year!

Yes - only the "Alone With No Love" side has those etchings on the dead wax. "Alone With No Love", "Dontee 103", and the date "2/18/71". The Contemplations dead wax carries the etchings "Alone With No Love", "Dontee 101" and the date "8/19/69". There are three different issues and one demo of Dontee 103 (Rock Candy): a) Yellow label, "Melody-American, Baltimore" address on bottom of label with "Sharrief Music / Wilkens Music Corp / Wally Roker Music BMI" credit. b) Blue label with "Melody-American, Pensylvania Ave" address on left of label with "Wilkens Music Corp / Wally Rorer Music" credit. c) Blue label, no address with "Sharrief Music (BMI)" credit (same credit as The Contemplations on Dontee 101). d) White label demo with "Melody-American, Pensylvania Ave" address on left of label with "Wilkens Music Corp / Wally Rorer Music" credit. And just to confuse matters further, I can't remember if the blue label boot has the address or not (I haven't seen one in 26 years), but I do know it has the "Wilkens Music Corp / Wally Rorer Music" credit.

Can be confusing, since the bootlegs have the same matrix engravings as the original, but are faint and don't look like engravings. As Kjw says, the engraving on the originals are quite heavily scratched in. Best way to tell is that on the original, the run-out area on the flip side, "I Don't Think I'll Ever Love Another" is quite thin, and the grooves seem to form a 'pattern' on the surface. In comparison, the run-out is quite broad on the boot, and there should be very little or no groove 'pattern'. The vinyl of the boot is also quite thin and flexible, and the label has an almost rough paper texture which is flat in comparison to the ridged label originals Blue and yellow issues with heavily engraved matrix are originals.

From what I can tell by looking at the tone arm, the turntable itself is cheap, nasty and tacky - looks exactly like the ones you see selling for £50 in the back pages of newspapers. A turd disguised as a gold watch. Don't even go there IMO - spend just £20 more and get a decent Numark portable instead.

They seemed to be quite popular in Canada. This from the Canadian "Jam" website: Coralie Allan (vocals) Jackie Allan (vocals) The Allan Sisters were originally from Edmonton, Alberta. Jackie had begun singing at the age of seven and was later joined by sister Coralie for shows in Alberta. Eventually the duo would move to Toronto to try and foster this talent into a career. Jackie would soon marry CBC-TV musical arranger Art Snider ('Country Hoedown') but it would take several years before the duo would start recording. In 1963 they recorded their first single, "Larry", for Art Snider's Chateau label. The single hit the Canadian country charts in 1964. They would also see some success with follow-up singles on the pop charts. This chart exposure led to a guest appearance on CTV's 'A Go-Go 66' (hosted by Mike Darow) which, in turn, brought them to the attention of Tommy Hunter. Hunter would feature the sisters on his own CBC-TV show as regulars throughout 1966 and made them fixtures for 11 years running. The sisters left the Tommy Hunter show in March 1977 and went on tour with their own musicians across Canada until 1983, when they agreed to go their separate ways. Jackie continued to tour western Canada until cancer was diagnosed later that year. Coralie did some touring around Ontario that year, but stopped to establish herself in a business career. Jackie died Christmas Eve, 1985. Coralie joined Splendid Entertainment in 1986 with Peter Glen for the show "Hits Of The Blitz". She continued with Splendid Entertainment doing various nostalgia dinner/cabaret shows around Muskoka, Toronto and the northeast U.S. until moving to North Vancouver in 2000 to be caregiver for her daughter, Darcia Gayle Nolan, who died of cancer in 2005. Coralie was married to singer/guitarist James "Jamie" Nolan until his death in August 1987. with notes from Don Wayne Patterson, Seb Agnello, Gillian Snider and Coralie Nolan. Singles 1964 Larry (Shell) 1965 Remember The Face/In My Diary (Shell/Raleigh) 1966 Dream Boy/Devil To Angel (Quality) 1807 1966 I'm In With The Downtown Crowd/Give It Up, Girl (Quality) 1841 1966 Silly Jilly/Drummer Man (Op-Art) 303 1972 Where The Lilac Grows/Just Out Of Reach (Arpeggio/RCA) ARPS-1012 1972 The Day After Tomorrow/Somewhere There's A Mountain (Arpeggio/RCA) ARPS-1021 Albums 197? Jackie & Coralie (Sound) 7704 197? The Allan Sisters "In Song" (Quality) 197? Precious Moments Compilation Tracks 1974 "Easy Lovin'" on 'Country Music Cavalcade' (Marathon) CMC-101

The LP it's on is "Drummer Man" on Paragon (ALS 241). If you're easily put off records by the look of the artistes, don't look below:

NO LONGER FOR SALE - SORRY!

Is this a record??

Two People - Stop Leave My Heart Alone Royal Five - My Baby Cares For Me Charles Mann - Hey Little Girl Freddie Scott - Mr Heartache King George - I'm Thru' Losin' You Marty Thompson - Whirlpool The Deadbeats - No Second Chance

86. Sweet - Got To Have More Love - Smash WD E+ £25 Powerful stomper…criminally in the shadow of their other release Also check out the B-side "You Can't Win At Love" - a lovely dancer, which sounds like an earlier recording than the A-side!

Karl, you'd be best putting this in the sales forum mate!

Bloody hell Pete! How long did the 40 mile hike take you?

Absolutely - due largely to both deep grooves and the fast speed they play at.

You can probably get a 4HF on Ebay in reasonable nick for about £150 without a plinth. Obviously the Garrard 301 and 401 really do go for a king's ransom, but the 4HF does at least come with its own tonearm! One here actually: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GARRARD-4HF-H-IDLER-DRIVE-TURNTABLE-WORKING-/121253412240?pt=UK_AudioTVElectronics_HomeAudioHiFi_Turntables&hash=item1c3b443d90

And for those who have yet to hear a Beatles 78 playing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kCkrVN6w3A

Yep - certainly in the higher three-figure sums. Beatle 78s weren't just pressed in India though, but also in: Argentina https://www.45worlds.com/78rpm/record/75202 Phillippines https://www.45worlds.com/78rpm/record/pal60263 Colombia https://www.45worlds.com/78rpm/record/nco300938 ....and, of course, India https://www.45worlds.com/78rpm/record/r5084