I was looking at this page: https://www.soulfulkindamusic.net/rarest.htm (which is interesting to see actually as to what was previously considered rare and valuable and what things ended up not rare and what things ended up more rare...) and I saw this title:

Baby Huey & The Babysitters - Just Being Careful - Breakthrough H 1001 - £1200

I've never heard of this. I have it on both labels that I know about. Is this a real record and can anyone supply a scan? Thanks in advance.

I think that's a typo. Presumably meant to be the Shann release of the USA single?

  On 09/01/2012 at 18:32, garethx said:

I think that's a typo. Presumably meant to be the Shann release of the USA single?

"breakthrough H" is Shann? maybe they copied the inspirations label by mistake i guess.

Either way, if the shann release was considered 1200 pounds i would for the first time consider selling a record out of my collection. Crazy how things change.

Great publicity photo:

  On 09/01/2012 at 18:34, garethx said:

Great publicity photo:

i have that photo, can send you a high res version if you want.

Interesting list that. Funny how certain things on it have been de-rarified since, like Cashmeres, Johnny Summers, the two LaSalle 45s. Pretty much everything on it has come up for public sale at one time or other since it was compiled, although I can't recall seeing Classics on Yan-G do so. Even Junior McCants and Esther Grant have made an appearance. Doesn't mean they're still not super-rare though (like a few others on the list.)

Would say that June Jackson remains pretty rare and probably deserves to go on the list on the topic about common label / rare 45s.

  On 09/01/2012 at 18:43, garethx said:

Interesting list that. Funny how certain things on it have been de-rarified since, like Cashmeres, Johnny Summers, the two LaSalle 45s. Pretty much everything on it has come up for public sale at one time or other since it was compiled, although I can't recall seeing Classics on Yan-G do so. Even Junior McCants and Esther Grant have made an appearance. Doesn't mean they're still not super-rare though (like a few others on the list.)

Would say that June Jackson remains pretty rare and probably deserves to go on the list on the topic about common label / rare 45s.

what about the CODs? I'd love to buy one for 1000 pounds. Have never seen it for sale.

I think a new more accurate list would be much, much longer as the scope of collectors interests seems to have expanded greatly.

Interesting list, some have gone up some have gone down. When did the bespectacled one compile the list?

  On 09/01/2012 at 18:55, boba said:

what about the CODs? I'd love to buy one for 1000 pounds. Have never seen it for sale.

I think a new more accurate list would be much, much longer as the scope of collectors interests seems to have expanded greatly.

Beat me to it Bob.... i'll have one for 1000 too!....

  On 09/01/2012 at 19:08, trog said:

Beat me to it Bob.... i'll have one for 1000 too!....

I got first dibs but will let you know if I'm offered two

Few record collectors in USA told me Baby Huey used to singing dressed in baby (in baby cloth with layer!!!) like "Baby Huey" Duck (cartoon character) during his concerts around Chicago (Satelitte/St-Lawrence time)...

  On 09/01/2012 at 19:52, rom1 said:

Few record collectors in USA told me Baby Huey used to singing dressed in baby (in baby cloth with layer!!!) like "Baby Huey" Duck (cartoon character) during his concerts around Chicago (Satelitte/St-Lawrence time)...

I know some people who saw him and didn't mention that, although I guess they could have just left off the detail. I know he definitely didn't do it for every show. Baby Huey's main audience was a White rock audience (as that was their style of music) and they mainly played white clubs.

I was at the house of Johnny Ross' widow (Johnny was one of the Babysitters) and framed on the wall were these amazing photos of Baby Huey and his group posing next to a military tank and in some other weird locations. I've never seen those anywhere else and I didn't want to ask her to remove them from the frame so I could scan them.

  On 09/01/2012 at 20:00, boba said:

I know he definitely didn't do it for every show. Baby Huey's main audience was a White rock audience (as that was their style of music) and they mainly played white clubs.

Yes, I heard of this too...

And Baby Huey still have now this White rock-Garage audience with "Monkey Man", "Messin' with the kid" (very popular on the 50's scene)

  On 09/01/2012 at 20:57, rom1 said:

Yes, I heard of this too...

And Baby Huey still have now this White rock-Garage audience with "Monkey Man", "Messin' with the kid" (very popular on the 50's scene)

yeah that makes sense. My friend who sang in a group told me a story once where he went to a baby huey show and didn't have enough money to get in. As soon as Baby Huey saw him he ran to the door and was like "come on in brother!" and was really excited that he had a Black audience member.

These mid 60s Baby Huey records were big in Pittsburgh at the time. The St. Lawrence one with Monkey Man / Messin' With The Kid especially. I'd guess that a lot of the used copies around came from there.