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Bump - most still available!

Cheers George - just sent you a reply!

Would you also pay for my boob job if it sold?

Who needs a penis enlargement when you've got a luxury flat in Canary Wharf?

Bump - a few items on hold, one sold, and another item added this morning.

All items strictly graded. I'm happy to accept PayPal, cheque or PO. P&P in UK: £2 recorded delivery. P&P outside the UK: £6 registered post. Please PM to reserve any items, which are held for three days only! NOLAN PORTER: If I Could Only Be Sure (ABC) EX- £30 ON HOLD Two small, light scratches at the start which can be heard in the background, otherwise a lovely copy. THE WITCHES: She's Got You Now (Bang DEMO) EX £100 THE FOXES: Soul City (Bridgeview DEMO) MINT- £250 Great girl group stomper from '64, at far less than book price! Co-written by Lou Reed GORDON KEITH: Look Ahead (Calumet) MINT- £60 THE MAGNIFICENTS: My Heart Is Calling/On Main Street (Dee Gee) EX £100 Lovely silver issue with "Promotional Copy" rubber stamp on the A-side. THE TONETTES: I Gotta Know/My Heart Can Feel The Pain (Dynamic RED VINYL DEMO) MINT- £100 Beautiful looking red vinyl demo - and alsmost as good as new! THE ELCTRODES: Go Away (Fran BLUE VINYL DEMO) MINT- (X on lbl) £120 Another nice demo for the colour vinyl junkies like myself......... THE FIRST GRADE: Please Come Back (Frog) MINT £50 BILLY STORM: Please Don't Mention Her Name (HBR DEMO) EX- £80 A few light marks, plays excellent. GEATER DAVIS: My Love Is So Strong For You (House of Orange DEMO) MINT £40 Bloody hard on a white demo - you only ever see the stock copy when it turns up. EDDIE FOSTER: I Never Knew (IN) MINT- £250 Nuff said........... SUMMITS: Sophisticated Lady (La Salle) MINT- £40 No, not the Detroit label - this one's a lovely Chicago dancer. Produced by Billy "Mr Shy" McGregor TEARDROPS: Every Step I Take (Max) EX+ (light sticker mark on label) £75 B-side is their version of Eddie Floyd's "Raise Your Hand" SPYDER TURNER: I Can't Make It Anymore/Don't Hold Back (MGM) MINT £15 SOLD Stone mint issue - if you can't find The Monticellos on Red Cap, play the other side of this! SHAWN ROBINSON: My Dear Heart (Minit DEMO) EX- £125 Few light marks, plays perfect. Rubber stamp on label. Don't forget the B-side, "Find Love Right Now" LONNIE LESTER: You Can't Go (Nu-Tone) EX+ £75 THE AMBASSADORS: Too Much Of A Good Thing (Pee Vee) MINT- £280 Stunning sky-blue label original - A-side label off centre by a quarter of an inch. VINCE APOLLO: I Bear Witness/Can't Turn My Back (Pentagon) MINT- £200 THE NATURALS: Don't Just Stand There (Path) EX- £150 SOLD Few light marks - plays absolutely perfect. FIRST CHOICE: This Is The House (Where Love Died) (Scepter) EX/MINT- £25 Very, very slight cue burn for a split second before the intro - otherwise would be stone Mint. JIMMY SOUL CLARK: Nothing Like A Mother (Teek) EX- £80 BILLY TAYLOR TRIO: I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free (Tower DEMO) EX- £20 THE REVLONS: (Oh, Oh, Oh) What A Love This Is (Toy) EX+ £50 One light mark on the A-side - the only thing preventing it from being totally Mint. Plays perfect. THE SHALIMARS: Stop & Take A Look At Yourself (Verve DEMO) MINT £50 SOLD Also check out the mid-tempo flip side, "Baby". BOBBY TAYLOR: Oh, I've Been Blessed (VIP RED VINYL DEMO) EX- £40 SOLD A few marks on the A-side, but nothing to worry about - plays lovely. BILLY HINES: Eleanor Jean (Wa-Tusi) MINT (light damp stain on label) £40 Soul from Jamaica - not as rare as his Ling Ting Tong (oo-err!), but the next best thing! MAXINE BROWN: Am I Falling In Love (UK HMV) EX £75 ON HOLD Beautiful turquoise label issue - very tiny mark on A-side label. KENNY LYNCH: My Own Two Feet (UK HMV) MINT- £15 A fraction of the Hal Miller going rate, and probably just as good. JERRY BUTLER: Only The Strong Survive (UK Mercury) EX- £10 A few light marks, plays excellent. SUSAN MAUGHAN: That Other Place (UK Philips) MINT £20 ON HOLD Stone Mint copy. JOHNNY ADAMS: Come On (UK Top Rank) EX- £30 A couple of very light ticks on the intro, otherwise really nice.

In that case Dave, remind me to dedicate "You Can't Sit Down" for you at SHS on Friday!

Thought that was "Keep On Doggin' " by Roscoe Gordon?

Very sad news. "Stranger in My Arms" is in my all-time Top 50. What a stunner of a girl in her day too - she was far too young to go just yet. FROM ABC NEWS ONLINE: Australian pop star of the late 60s, Lynne Randell, has died after a long illness. The 57-year-old, who had also worked as Ian "Molly" Meldrum's personal assistant, passed away yesterday. She developed an addiction to slimming pills early in her career and years of drug abuse damaged her brain, nervous system and adrenal glands. She had requested that there be no funeral, and that a party to celebrate her life be held later this year.

Hmmm.....Touch of Penis on a 7"? I brought back a good cache of records from New Zealand in 2001. Here's a link to the thread where I posted some nice-looking labels (plus there's a few nice ones posted by Tony Rounce as well). /index.p...ic=39134&hl=

Glad you said that John..............just got a 3002 with no centre! Was going to let it go quie cheaply, but guess I'll reconsider now! EX condition, no centre, someone drew a small "A" on the B-side label - offers, anyone?

Were they plain-labelled as well Pete? Or am I thinking of something totally different?

Flip side is "When The Morning Comes". Doubt it will be worth any more than a normal straight issue (around £5). MW 3002, the first issue, is rarer and sells for around £10.

Sure was Tony - and if my memory serves me right, was booted along with Bobby Bennett on V-Tone.

There can't be more than 1 or 2 copies of Margaret Little on Genebro - surely this must be in the same rarity and price league as the Mello Souls or Don Gardner?

One of Dawn Brown's big spins over the past 20 years - superb!

TEARDROPS: You Won't Be There/Tears Came Tumbling (Musicor - also Saxony) HOLIDAYS: I'll Love You Forever/Makin' Up Time (Golden World) MISS MADELINE: Lonely Girl/Behave Yourself (Mar-V-Lus) RONNIE & JOYCE: On The Stage Of Love/Yes, I'm Falling In Love (Alpha)

Making it the world's rarest Northern Soul record, with demand pushing the price up to £15,000!

Well, tickle my ass with a feather...........just played it, and you're right - they are one and the same track! The Intentions version doesn't contain the "Handle it" hook but, apart from that, it is most certainly a cover of The Capitols. The composer on the Intentions is Gary Russell, who may well now be accused of plagiarism! There would be about 2 years difference in between the two cuts; the Capitols version dates from 1966, and I'm pretty sure that the Intentions version comes from 1968. I do believe this was the line-up of the Intentions that featured Dennis Brennan. But maybe it's not such a good idea to ask him about it!

I would hope not - The Intentions is one of my key spins at the moment!

Hey Pete - wasn't there a few soul related releases that credit 'Recorded at Eamon Andrews Studios, Dublin' or something like that? Did you have a couple of them? Think one was released on Dolphin?

Think it's "Phil The Fluter's Ball", Pete!

Here's the Independent's obituary to Don Charles. Interesting, as it mentions another track on Parlophone called "Bring Your Love To Me". Wonder if he emigrated to Ireland in the mid-60s? Don Charles Joe Meek's 'only legit artist' Published: 09 December 2005 Walter Stanley Scuffham (Don Charles), singer: born Hull, Yorkshire 10 December 1933: four times married (five daughters); died Herstmonceux, East Sussex 4 December 2005. The unconventional record producer Joe Meek worked with numerous acts in the 1960s but he considered Don Charles had the best voice, telling him, "You are my only legit artist. All the others are yugga-dugs." Charles recorded fine ballads with Meek, notably the chart-making "Walk With Me, My Angel", in 1962. Six foot four and weighing 17 stone, he was an imposing presence on teenage pop shows. He was born Walter Scuffham in Hull in 1933, though known as Don from an early age. His father died when he was four and he took his stepfather's name, becoming Don Bennett. He joined the Navy at 15 and remained there until he was 25. By then he had acquired a taste for singing standards with big bands and hoped to be a professional singer. In 1960 he came to London when he was signed to EMI's Parlophone label by George Martin. Unfortunately, Martin struggled to find the right material for his voice, releasing the unsuccessful "Paintbox Lover" in 1961. He moved to Joe Meek - who renamed him Don Charles, Don Bennett being too close to Tony Bennett - for "Walk With Me, My Angel", on Decca, which Meek had written for the 1961 album Two Sides of John Leyton. The song is in keeping with the otherworldly sounds from Meek's Holloway Road studio, including "Johnny Remember Me", "Tribute to Buddy Holly", "Son, This is She" and "Telstar". It was among Meek's best productions and deserved better than its Top Forty placing. The same could be said of the follow-up, "The Hermit of Misty Mountain", a very commendable cover of a Ben E. King single. That year Charles also recorded a gimmicky version of a country song, "It's My Way of Loving You", and the B-side, "Guess That's the Way It Goes" with Roger LaVern of the Tornados on piano is archetypal Meek. His "Angel of Love" (1963) was banned by the BBC because of its lyric, "Everyone has an angel of love, / Way up in the heavens above". Relatively few people heard the record but possibly it would not have sold anyway as the Beatles had arrived. "Heart's Ice Cold" was rush-released when "Angel of Love" was banned and, despite an excellent production, it failed to sell. Meek had a dispute with Decca over their not pushing the Tornados' records and he refused to hand over the tapes of his forthcoming releases. So Charles left Decca and, in 1965, himself produced the Tornados on "Space Walk" and the ironically titled "Goodbye Joe". Between 1963 and 1965 Charles made seven singles for HMV including "Tower Tall", "Big Talk from a Little Man", and "Dream On Little Dreamer", but without commercial success. It was the same story at Parlophone but "Bring Your Love to Me" (1967) subsequently became a Northern Soul favourite. Realising that he was never going to have a big record, he bought a nightclub in Malta with Rolf Harris and then became a car salesman. He wrote a practical guide, How to Buy a Used Car (And Save Money), in 1989. The trick was to carry a magnet: "If it sticks, it's metal. If it skates or barely sticks, it's filler." Spencer Leigh

Don Charles started out on Decca in 1962. His first few sides (including The Hermit of Misty Mountain) were produced by Joe Meek. THOMM is also on his ultra-rare Decca EP from 1963. He moved away from Joe Meek's production in 1963, and went on to record for HMV from then on, finishing on Parlophone during 1967 -1968, where he also released an LP, though I'm not sure if The Drifter was on it. PS - This is NOT the same Don Charles who had that awful Top 20 hit in 1955 with "Jingle Bells" by The Singing Dogs!

And some from me: PHILHARMONICS: I Need, Need Your Love (Soulin') THE MAGIC TONES: It's Better To Love (Mah's) RONNIE & JOYCE: On The Stage Of Love (Alpha) HELP TRUTH & THE PORTRAITS: Emotions (True Love) THE NORVELLS: Why Do You Want To Make Me Sad (Janis - also on Penny) THE DYNELS: C'mon Little Darlin' (Natural) THE CASINOS: If I Told You (Del Val) C L BLAST: What Can I Do (United) CHARLES MANN: Hey Little Girl (Lanor) FATS DOMINO: Work My Way Up Steady (Broadmoor) BILLY BLAND: All I Wanna Do Is Cry (Old Town) BARBARA MERCER: Call On Me (Sidra) - everyone wants this! Why is is still so cheap? THE WEBS: Tomorrow (Popside - also UK London)