Mattbolton

Stock issue for £8 from Beatin' Rhythm about 6 years ago. It can't be that rare. I think people just forgot about it. Ace record though.

36-22-36 is on his Here's The Man LP. Also another Duke compilation from the early 70's I think. It was also on a foreign 33rpm EP but it's very hard to find. You should be able to ebay the Here's The Man LP for about £20. I'm not so sure whether the EP has the amazing intro on it since it's years since I heard that copy out. That's the best bit about it. I heard Mark Lamarr use i recently, '.....the dynamic.... Mark Lamarr'. Really funny. Good luck with it. A stock fave of mine. The coolest delivered blues ever.

It'll be there come armageddon.

Oops.

It was definitely booted as the US copy. Had a heart attack in Hamburg once when I saw it on the wall of a record shop for 12 euros. Only to find out it was a boot. My heart sank. M

Hey Steve, I've got a black boot. Looks pretty good too. M

It makes me wonder if historians were having the same discussions when they made Titanic?

May I happily correct myself. I just found this. 'Piano player Monguito Santamaria recorded a series of LPs for Fania during the late '60s and early '70s that earned notice for their bass-heavy grooves and anthemic status for Latin soul fans. The son of Afro-Cuban conga hero Mongo Santamaria (and not to be confused with the vocalist Monguito who recorded with Johnny Pacheco), Monguito Santamaria grew up in New York surrounded by music, especially while his father played in Tito Puente's orchestra during the '50s. He also studied music and made a few recordings while at Brooklyn College. Name recognition undoubtedly helped him get a contract with Fania, but his late-'60s LPs, Hey Sister and Black Out, were some of the best in the Latin soul style sweeping the scene during that era. Still, he released only one more LP, 1974's En Una Nota!. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide' Like father like son!

My Proposal - Soul Incorporated - Coconut Groove.

They were easily going for £300 when I was looking, so you might be right. Can't afford to look any more sadly.

My last post got me thinking. If someone is going to try and recreate a label, pay for the pressing and go to the effort of booting a track to fool people and sell it on and make shit loads of cash, why not just replicate the matrix number as well? I know that it can be done, cos I oversaw all the pressing of our records, down to the etching on the run out. I'm not advocating this kind of action, just curious why someone hasn't done it before. Or please correct me if I'm wrong. Any thoughts? Cheers. M

It's only as hard as your bank balance is big! I was offered one (along with a few other people on this forum) by Althia Brown, who is George Brown's daughter. And I know a couple this shore came, so there's actually a few more in the country than there ever was. The difficulty of getting this record (as I've found over the years) is the shortage of people willing to part with this definitive piece of soul. Simply put it's very hard to get. Though I'm sure someone on here is the best person to ask... Good Luck. p.s. It was booted twice. And one a lot more convincingly than the other.

I've got the Belgian Demo on Pink Elephant. It IS Monguito and i'm sure it's the same artist. Isn't it just the shortening of his name? The singularly worst artwork I've ever seen on a picture cover. Like a 5 year old drew it with his eyes shut. I paid £10 for it a few years ago off the bay. No-one bidded on it. I was gobsmacked. It's his best record by far.. Work Out is a great b-side. Though it's crazy fast for dancing. You're right Mace/Joe, Latin has disappeared into the ether in recent years. Loads of really great latin stuff floating around in the late 90's. Hector Riviera is a prize piece for Northern and Mod and Latin collectors alike. Hundreds of people chasing them. For a good reason. As is Bobby Valentine. Which is even harder. But twice as good. Back on topic. I reckon anyone selling a Hector Riviera can name his price really. Best way is to waggle loads of cash in front of someone who has one. x

Hi Matt, I know Butch or Mick Smith had one in their box recently. Try them. Great double sider on Smash. I'll play it for ya tomorrow! Cheers.

It's not worth £200 realistically though is it? I remember it peaking at about £140 when it went daft a few years back. Mind you, it is his most sublime record... His other one on Jacklyn just went for half of that! Crazy.

The flip IS awesome. Had it a while ago, but remember it being more soulful than the a-side. If they are real they're worth that of anyone' money...

Jackie Wilson - Danny Boy. Brings tears every time.

You might have better luck finding it under 'Use it before you Lose It'. Reminds me of a misspelt tattoo story my mother once told me. Good luck, it's a great record and very hard to find. You'd have more luck with the Mods to be honest. It's a huge latin spin for them.

Glad somebody mentioned the Eldees. Had it for a while. Such a great harmony record. Though does anyone think it was mixed with the vocals really low?

Fcuk! I'm glad I didn't accept the one she one offered me! Though I think Rich Buckley got one off her that arrived safe. Perhaps she used her last mailer on his? Amateurs. Back on topic, I'm sure 90% of my collection broke when the firemen shovelled the charred remains of my fire ravaged room into a wheelie bin. Top that you buggers!

I agree with you to a fault here. Almost. I can play The Snake to 400 young people a week and go mental for it, though they don't have the same insight as we do. So even though it might be a corker of a record, we always have to look at things within a wider context, though of course this is no reason not to spin it! It's a very exciting and fresh sense of naivity if i can express it that way? I remember feeling the same way about 'Better Use Your Head' at the old Blackburn KGH nights as a youngster. It blew my head off. In retrospect it was a very common record. What's most exciting is playing a record that you know to be a great tune but have never heard out yourself.'Geni' did that for me. Anyway, I'm getting slightly off topic. x

Though you might have found some great 'records within your budget', I presume, like myself, that you're not in possession of a multitude of big hitting records like Mr Soul or Cody Bryant? The difference is that you're not competing in the higher echelons of DJing/collecting. You can't really mention your own acceptance of owning the tracks on MP3 and being 'not particularly fussed' as a case against a big money, competitive and genuinely rare collecting ethos where settling for an MP3 is just not an option.

Bless ya. Cheers love! I did the same. Shame he slotted lots of country in between. We were well happy with the harp! x

Cheers for that. It's cleared a few things up. Still, not quite sure where I stand on it now. It feels a bit weird knowing it's a bloke. Still, I thought San Franciscan TKOS was a bloke until recently. Yeah, the lyrics are a bit of a giveaway. Though I liked it better with a sapphic element! M x

Hi Beeks. I feel you're slightly off the mark here. The 'big name' DJ's (even collectors) we're talking about here already own most, if not all, of the 'fantastic records'. The most elusive ones are the ones to be most envious about. And in all credit to the DJ's themselves they've done their best to ensure that they aren't within most people's reach. To own anyway.