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Yesterday afternoon I had the house to myself, and there was nothing to watch on TV, so I turned it off and pulled a few 45 boxes off the shelf and spun the following: The Colt 45's - Lady, Lady Wee Willie Denson - Strange Things Are Happening Eugene Church - Sixteen Tons The Webs - Tomorrow The Continental Four - How Can I Pretend The Lovettes - I Need A Guy Rene Bailey - I'm Just Gonna Be Missing You and to keep the good feeling going...... Bobbi Row & The Englishmen - Why's You Put Me On

Eddie Parker "I'm Gone" does he really sing "A B C D E F G" ? Can someone write 1 more line of a lyric please?

Freddie's Dead is a great song, so many great lines in it. Especially "We're all built up with progress, but sometimes I must confess, we can deal with rockets and dreams, but reality, what does its mean" is fantastic. I'm partial to "Pusherman", especially the opening lines.

one more photo, a must picture from any trip to Venice.

I returned from Venice this past Wednesday after a week there visiting my sister. Fairly busy there for Easter Sunday and the day after but overall had a really good time. Turn down a side street and there's quite some views, or enter a church to witness every inch of the interior covered in religious-ness.

thank you.

I've been revisiting my ska records again recently, and I am not sure what Prince Buster is referring to in "Wine and Grine" when he talks about a "brush" " First thing she asks if you have your brush, If you have your brush you can avoid the rush" He also references the "brush" near the end of "Rough Rider" - "I wore me brush" OK, so what is a "brush"? If it's extremely lewd, send me a message. Thanks.

I have a really nice copy on Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/sell/item/2099692844

Going through another box, I found an old sales list from a seller I must have found through Goldmine or Discoveries, Social Insect Records from Danville, IL There was also another sales list from Lew Staley. Funny that I don't have any of the magazines. I did find a Scootering mag from 2000.

I was active from the late 80s to the late 90s. Buying records from dealers across the USA who had their small square ad in Goldmine or Discoveries and then you would get on their mailing list for their future auctions or sales lists. I also bought a number of UK mod revival & related records in the early 90s from a dealer in Canada from one of those listings, everything in great shape, some sealed. It never seemed a hassle, you just had to have some patience to wait for the auction end + a week or two to (hopefully) get the letter or postcard with any of the records you won. When the migration to eBay happened, I remember seeing some of those same dealers and buying from off of them on eBay.

was going through some boxes in my basement recently, and found a number of Discoveries magazines and a Lew Staley auction list in one of them. the Lew Staley auction has 2 pages of label scans and 3 pages front & back of 45s up for auction. Just having a flashback of record collecting before the internet. anyone remember the days of bidding on auctions through the mail? a money order or cash through the mail if you won?

Heard it on Philly news radio yesterday, and this morning in the local paper: https://www.inquirer.com/obituaries/william-poogie-hart-delfonics-dies-sound-of-philadelphia-20220715.html

I would think there's: the major labels The large independent labels (Motown / Brunswick / Chess / Scepter / I am not sure of all the labels that would qualify, we could debate, Motown probably needs to be treated separately) the bigger local independent labels (I am thinking labels like Arctic & Phil-la of Soul since I am near Philadelphia, but others that are similar) the mom & pop / local labels with a handful of releases (I like the thought of a group or artist recording in the back or basement of a hair salon, which I read some where) private press I am not sure about, would need some examples (unless you mean the package deals that some studios had where paying for the session would also get the artist a 45 on the studio's label, like my neighbor's brothers band)

It's a good thing to find collectible records in battered shape. It means people were enjoying them before the 45s were discovered by soul 45 collectors.

Really bummed out to hear this. I've known Dennis for years from Ebay as well as various record shows in the Philly to Lancaster area. Always had a smile on his face, good sense of humor, and willing to share recommendations and information. RIP Dennis.

I started trying to get through the overflow 45s in my basement during the pandemic, and I'm still working on it and I noticed that someone modified the name of this 45 when I was cleaning it. I guess if he doesn't find a way, he'll have to find the modified song title. anyone else have any interesting modified labels?

here's one I found at a flea market (car boot) several years back:

Lately the tune I have been returning to is Sam Cooke's 'A Change Is Gonna Come'. A few weeks ago I bought Walter Jackson "Its An Uphill Climb" 45 and its great, too.

Both years ago: A Trinikas 'Black Is Beautiful / Remember Me' M- original 45 buy it now for $70 one Saturday morning. Also, a box of 45s that I won for $100 that included a picture of the flip side of a Leon Gardener's "You Don't Care" funk 45 in the listing The box of 45s included The Incredibles "Nothing else to Say" and a few others I sold on to pay for the box of 45s. So I got the 45 I wanted for nothing.

Robbk and Richard - sorry to hear that. I did find the Frank Williams Rocketeers 45 late last night so could not give it a spin without the headphones on, but still sounded great. It was filed in a funk box under F because of side 2. Yes, I used to buy a lot of funk 45s and instrumentals...only to flip them over later and find what I have been missing.

This is the source of my problem. I used to be so particular about everything being in order alphabetically. And then I let that go, which leads to the resent situation. I have tried to start this process, combining the new 45s with the older titles that are in alpha order, but have never quite finished. I think I need to take a few days off work to sort it all out. I can see that going over well with my wife......I can't make the family vacation this year as I need to sort out the records.....

what's the record you can't find? it's extremely frustrating...... The. Numero topic had me pull the Deep City Eccentric Soul collection down and give it another listen, and all I want to do is give my copy of Frank Williams Rocketeers 'Good Thing' 45 a spin.....and I can't find it anywhere. I've been through half of the boxes twice and still no 45. I guess I'm moving on for now. maybe not looking for it will make it show up, or perhaps posting this thread. you know how things go.

Here's a picture of the Lorelei In have on a poster from a soul concert in Newark, NJ where Jackie Wilson headlines

Good news that the collection will be preserved and available for others to learn from. Makes a visit to the Stax museum ever more necessary.